This is a strategy guide and complete explanation of an alternative Trick Room Doubles Team with Pokemon available in the base game for Ranked Battle in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for the team's rental code and tips on how to use this team effectively in competitive play, recommended movesets and best builds, and strategies and synergies for each Pokemon.

Trick Room Team Summary and Rental Code

Rental Code	YY67VD

This team is able to consistenty set up Trick Room. With lots of Pokemon that can enable Trick Room and abuse Trick Room, this team is sure to be enjoyable for anybody who wants to play a Trick Room team.

Trick Room Team Movesets & Best Builds

Trick Room Sweeper Torkoal Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Quiet (+Sp. Atk, -Spe)
EV Spread	252 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
Final Stat Values	177 HP / 160 Def / 150 Sp. Atk / 91 Sp. Def / 22 Spe
Ability	Drought
Tera Type
Held Item	Charcoal
Moveset	・ Eruption ・ Earth Power ・ Flamethrower ・ Protect

Torkoal is possibly Scarlet and Violet's premier Trick Room Sweeper, who truly shines when it is allowed to burn through entire teams with Eruption

Torkoal is an Offensive powerhouse once it gets going, and it is difficult to stop once in Trick Room.

An important thing to remember when playing Torkoal is that it is slower than Amoonguss, who can put it to sleep outside Trick Room with Spore.

Final Gambit Annihilape Moveset and Best Build

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	252 HP / 52 Atk / 204 Spe
Final Stat Values	217 HP / 142 Atk / 100 Def / 110 Sp. Def / 149 Spe (223 with Choice Scarf)
Ability	Defiant
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Scarf
Moveset	・ Final Gambit ・ Close Combat ・ U-turn ・ Shadow Claw

With 252 HP EVs, Annihilape has 2 more HP than Hippowdon, allowing it to OHKO it with Final Gambit.

Final Gambit Annihilape is useful for trading Pokemon 1-to-1. This is great for enabling Trick Room for your team, by taking out a key Pokemon from your opponent's side of the field.

On games where you have to start Farigiraf and Hariyama, Annihilape can function as an anchor who can knock out low HP Pokemon late-game, who it can outspeed outside of Trick Room thanks to Choice Scarf.

204 Speed EVs puts Annihilape at 223 Speed with Choice Scarf. This allows it to outspeed most Pokemon (Electrode or slower Pokemon) if they have no speed modifiers like Tailwind or Choice Scarf.

Shadow Claw is chosen as Annihilape's Ghost STAB move over Rage Fist because of its higher base power, and because Annihilape will usually be attacking first.

Something to consider when using Final Gambit is that it does not KO Amoonguss if it is heavily invested in HP, which Amoonguss usually are.

Guts Hariyama Moveset and Best Build

Nature	Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EV Spread	28 HP / 252 Atk / 228 Sp. Def IVs: 0 Spe
Final Stat Values	223 HP / 189 Atk (283 with Guts) / 80 Def / 109 Sp. Def / 49 Spe
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Fake Out ・ Wide Guard ・ Drain Punch ・ Knock Off

Hariyama is a powerful Trick Room sweeper who can also help enable it by supporting its partner with Fake Out. Fake Out also affords Hariyama a turn to activate its Flame Orb and give itself an Attack boost from Guts.

Steel is Hariyama's Tera Type of choice because it helps Hariyama resist moves that its Fighting Typing may be weak against, making it even harder to KO.

Knock Off is a strong move on its own but it is also disruptive. It is great for removing Berries, Choice Items, Eviolites from Murkrows, as well as OHKO-ing most Gholdengo.

Wide Guard is a great defensive move especially in Ranked Battles, but it may be less useful in Open Team Sheets tournaments since opponents can play around it.

Lastly, Drain Punch is a good recovery option able to deal good damage even on neutral hits.

Trick Room Setter Farigiraf Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Sassy (+Sp. Def, -Spe)
EV Spread	252 HP / 108 Sp. Atk / 148 Spe IVs: 0 Atk, 0 Spe
Final Stat Values	227 HP / 90 Def / 144 Sp. Atk / 119 Sp. Def / 58 Spe
Ability	Armor Tail
Tera Type
Held Item	Mental Herb
Moveset	・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Helping Hand ・ Trick Room ・ Protect

Farigiraf is a reliable Trick Room setter who can protect itself and its partner from Priority Moves thanks to its Armor Tail Ability. Torkoal and Hariyama find a great teammate in Farigiraf, who can consistently set Trick Room for them.

Protect is in this set to protect Farigiraf from getting double targetted, while Dazzling Gleam and Hyper Voice are solid Spread Moves.

Mental Herb is the Item of choice because it protects Farigiraf from non-Priority Taunt.

It can Terastallize into a Steel-type if it is under threat of getting OHKOd and ensure that Trick Room goes up.

Physically Offensive Meowscarada Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 252 / Spe 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 151 / Atk 162 / Def 90 / Sp.Def 91 / Spe 192
Ability	Overgrow
Tera Type
Held Item	Focus Sash
Moveset	・ Flower Trick ・ Knock Off ・ Trick Room ・ Protect

Meowscarada with Trick Room is a fun Trick Room setter option for Ranked Battle. While it does not flourish in Trick Room itself, it can reliably set it up for teammates because it is immune to Prankster Taunt thanks to its Dark typing, and Spore thanks to its Grass typing.

Meowscarada can also function as a late-game sweeper who can be a fast option outside of Trick Room.

Focus Sash works in conjunction with its Overgrow Ability, giving Meowscarada an Overgrow boost to its Flower Trick when it is down to 1 HP.

Support Maushold Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	150 HP / 127 Atk / 90 Def / 95 Sp. Def /179 Spe
Ability	Technician
Tera Type
Held Item	Wide Lens
Moveset	・ Population Bomb ・ Follow Me ・ Encore ・ Protect

Wide Lens is Maushold's item of choice, ensuring that Population Bomb hits as many times as possible.

Maushold can run through unprepared teams with its powerful Population Bomb. On turns when it cannot knock something out, it can support its teammates with its great selection of support moves.

Trick Room Doubles Team Strategies and Synergies

Best Four to Bring into Battle

Farigiraf and Hariyama Lead

Farigiraf

Hariyama

Torkoal

Annihilape

Farigiraf and Hariyama can almost always set Trick Room up successfully. Hariyama is often a good choice to lead with as it can Fake Out Pokemon who might want to OHKO Farigiraf.

It can also Fake Out an opposing Amoonguss who might want to Spore Farigiraf because it cannot protect itself from Spore.

Under Trick Room, Amoonguss will outspeed both Farigiraf and Hariyama, so it is fine to let Farigiraf get KOd or have it use Helping Hand on Hariyama for a powerful Knock Off into Amoonguss.

Farigiraf and Hariyama are also good to lead into Murkrow and Gholdengo teams, where Hariyama can flinch Murkrow on the first turn or Wide Guard to protect the team from Make it Rain.
When in Trick Room, Hariyama can Knock Off to OHKO Gholdengo (or Drain Punch if it Terastallizes into Steel), while Farigiraf can 3HKO Murkrow with Dazzling Gleam.

Farigiraf and Annihilape Lead

Farigiraf

Annihilape

Torkoal

Hariyama

Annihilape is a good Pokemon to lead with when we see Arcanine in Team Preview.

Hariyama in particular does not like getting Intimidated, and having Annihilape take it out with Final Gambit can swing momentum in your favor.

Forcing a 3-vs-3 in Trick Room will almost always be in your favor provided Trick Room goes up successfully.

Meowscarada and Hariyama Lead

Meowscarada

Hariyama

Torkoal

Farigiraf

These two are good to lead with if you are particularly wary of both Spore and Prankster Taunt. Hariyama can protect Meowscarada from getting double-targetted with Fake Out, while Meowscarada sets up Trick Room on the first turn.

Meowscarada can then get KOd to safely let a teammate switch in, or switch it out in preparation for a late-game sweep later on.

Maushold and Farigiraf Lead

Maushold

Farigiraf

Hariyama

Torkoal

Maushold, being the least used Pokemon in the team, can make an appearance against certain opposing team compositions.

Against teams with both Maushold and Final Gambit Annihilape, Maushold will have to Follow Me on Turn 1 to direct the Final Gambit into itself, while Farigiraf Terastallizes into Steel to survive Population Bomb.

While this forces you to sacrifice a Pokemon and Terastallization, having Trick Room set up with powerful sweepers in the back can help spell victory for this team.

Maushold and Annihilape Lead

Maushold

Annihilape

Hariyama

Farigiraf

Maushold and Annihilape are good to lead against Indeedee-F and Armarouge teams. Annihilape can Final Gambit into Indeedee-F, while Maushold Population Bombs Armarouge.

Leading with these two saves you from complicated Trick Room vs Trick Room lead matchups.

When to Terastallize

Boost STAB Moves

Torkoal Tera Type:

Meowscarada Tera Type:

Maushold Tera Type:

Torkoal, Meowscarada, and Maushold can all Terastallize offensively to give their STAB moves an extra boost. Of the three, Torkoal will be Terastallizing most often in order to dish out even more powerful Eruptions in Trick Room.

Use to Remove Weaknesses

Farigiraf Tera Type:

Hariyama Tera Type:

Annihilape Tera Type:

Farigiraf, Hariyama, and Annihilape all have Steel Tera Types. This is because Steel is an excellent defensive Tera Type with few weaknesses and plenty of resistances, and it also allows these Pokemon to resist otherwise super-effective moves.

Beware of Counter Weather

Pelipper Drizzle

Tyranitar Sand Stream

Abomasnow Snow Warning

Countering Torkoal's Weather is a sure-fire way to mitigate its damage output while giving added benefits to their own teams.

Consider switching Torkoal out when anticipating an opposing Weather Pokemon to switch in, or switch Torkoal in strategically to have weather in your favor.

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