Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)

Best Doubles Team for Indigo Disk

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The Indigo Disk DLC will feature Double Battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)! Read on to learn which Pokemon to use, their strengths, synergies, and strategies!

Best Team for Indigo Disk DLC

Best Overall Team

Pokemon Explanation
Landorus (Therian Forme) ImageLandorus (Therian Forme) Physical Attacker
・Powerful and consistent
・Monstrous Attack stat with decent Speed.
・Can use Earthquake next to Gyarados, who is a Flying-type.
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Stomping Tantrum
Swords Dance
Gyarados ImageGyarados Physical Attacker
・Powerful and consistent
・High Attack stat with decent Speed.
・Can use Earthquake next to Landorus, who is a Flying-type.
Earthquake
Waterfall
Taunt
Dragon Dance
Flutter Mane ImageFlutter Mane Special Attacker
・Positive matchup against most Pokemon.
・Fast and powerful Special Attacker.
・Can use powerful Fairy-type Attacks.

Moonblast
Dazzling Gleam
Shadow Ball
Thunderbolt
Chi-Yu ImageChi-Yu Special Attacker
・Can support Flutter Mane with its Beads of Ruin Ability
Overheat
Will-O-Wisp
Flamethrower
Dark Pulse
Iron Hands ImageIron Hands Physical Attacker
・Offers the team a slow mode, giving the team variance in Speed.
・Can recover HP with Drain Punch, and allow you to conserve your healing items.
Drain Punch
Thunder Punch
Heavy Slam
Fake Out
Rillaboom ImageRillaboom Physical Attacker
・Grassy Surge can support its team by giving them incremental HP recovery.
・Can support its team with Fake Out and Priority Grassy Glide.
Grassy Glide
Wood Hammer
Knock Off
Fake Out

This team features mostly attackers, which will allow you to run through opposing teams in Blueberry Academy with ease. This team can also work in a similar fashion to Battle Tower teams, where you would want quick and easy victories against CPU opponents.

It also features notable VGC-relevant Pokemon, who are all popular in competitive play.

VGC Doubles Team Building

Sample Doubles Pairings

Physical Attacker Physical Attacker
Landorus (Therian Forme) ImageLandorus (Therian Forme) Gyarados ImageGyarados
Special Attacker Special Attacker
Flutter Mane ImageFlutter Mane Chi-Yu ImageChi-Yu

Landorus and Gyarados can both spam Earthquake next to each other, dealing good damage to both opposing Pokemon unless they have Wide Guard.

Landorus can also use Rock Slide against opposing Flying-types, who would be immune to Earthquake.

Flutter Mane and Chi-Yu can also spam spread moves next to each other, with Dazzling Gleam and Heat Wave respectively.

Best Indigo Disk Team

Pokemon Explanation
Excadrill ImageExcadrill Physical Attacker
・ Great Attack stat and modest Speed.
・ Access to Earthquake and useful Steel-type coverage in Iron Head.
・ Immune to Rotom's Discharge.
Earthquake
Iron Head
Heat Rotom ImageHeat Rotom Special Attacker
・Powerful Discharge attack which has a chance to paralyze opponents.
・Has access to powerful Overheat.
・Can burn physical attackers with Will-O-Wisp.
・Is immune to its teammates' Earthquakest.
Discharge
Overheat
Will-O-Wisp
Metagross ImageMetagross Physical Attacker
・Impressive bulk allows it to be an effective user of Weakness Policy.
・Good typing with powerful STAB options.
・Benefits from Whimsicott's Tailwind.
・Its Ability, Clear Body, prevents its stats from being lowered.
Iron Head
Zen Headbutt
Bullet Punch
Ice Punch
Lapras ImageLapras Special Attacker
・Gives the team Water and Ice coverage, as well as Electric.
・Benefits from Whimsicott's Tailwind.

Ice Beam
Hydro Pump
Thunderbolt
Psychic
Reuniclus ImageReuniclus Special Attacker
・Gives the team Psychic-type coverage.
・Massively bulky with a high Special Attack stat.

Psyshock
Trick Room
Psychic Terrain
Expanding Force
Archaludon ImageArchaludon Mixed Attacker
・Great typing and physical bulk makes it an effective Stamina and Body Press user.
・Good typing with powerful STAB options, such as Draco Meteor and Flash Cannon.
・Excellent coverage option that also boosts its Special Attack in Electro Shot.
Electro Shot
Flash Cannon
Draco Meteor
Body Press

The Pokemon in this team can all be found in the Polar Biome that don't require Egg Moves, with moves that the Pokemon can naturally learn or with TMs. This team can be used in Drayton's Elite Trial, as well as the rest of The Indigo Disk DLC.

The team primarily consists of attackers that you can send out and go offensive with minimal effort.

Sample Doubles Pairings

Physical Attacker Special Attacker
Excadrill ImageExcadrill Heat Rotom ImageHeat Rotom
Special Attacker Special Attacker
Lapras ImageLapras Archaludon ImageArchaludon

Excadrill and Heat Rotom are powerful leads to have as they can both click their spread attacks without fear of damaging its partner. Earthquake can damage both foes, and leave Heat Rotom unharmed because of its Levitate Ability, while Heat Rotom's Disharge will not affect Excadrill because of its Ground typing.
Clicking these moves will often result in quick victories, as this strategy can mow through most teams in Blueberry Academy in a few turns, with few exceptions such as Amarys' Focus Sash Alolan Dugtrio + Sturdy Skarmory combo.

Lapras and Archaludon are reliable and powerful Pokemon to have at the back as they have great bulk and are able to hit a variety of types for neutral or super-effective damage.

Best Trick Room and Sun Team

Pokemon Explanation
Armarouge ImageArmarouge Special Attacker
・Effective Trick Room Setter.
・Powerful Trick Room Attacker.
・Makes use of Indeedee's Psychic Terrain to boost the power of Expanding Force.
Charizard ImageCharizard Special Attacker
・Fast and powerful.
・Effective late-game anchor.
Flutter Mane ImageFlutter Mane Special Attacker
・Fast and powerful Special Attacker.
・Can use powerful Fairy-type Attacks.
Indeedee (Female) ImageIndeedee (Female) Support
・Can support its team with Follow Me and Helping Hand.
・Can protect its team from Priority Moves with its Psychic Surge.
Hisuian Lilligant ImageHisuian Lilligant Physical Attacker
・Can deal respectable damage with Close Combat.
・Can be disruptive with Sleep Powder.
・Can allow Torkoal to quickly use Eruption with After You.
Torkoal ImageTorkoal Special Attacker
・Powerful Trick Room Attacker.
・Difficult to cleanly KO because of natural bulk.
・Provides Sun for the team's Fire-type Attackers.

This team is a rough recreation of ColdingLight's Regulation D Trick Room and Sun team with the same Pokemon but with different EV spreads.

It is able to make use of both Trick Room and Sun, giving the Pokemon on the team Speed advantage and offensive boosts to their Fire-type Attacks.

The team does not run Protect at all so careful decision making is crucial for piloting this team.

Best Trick Room Sun Team

Sample Doubles Pairings

Special Attacker Support / Special Attacker
Armarouge ImageArmarouge Indeedee (Female) ImageIndeedee (Female)
Special Attacker Special Attacker
Charizard ImageCharizard Torkoal ImageTorkoal

This team can set up Trick Room with minimal effort, and allow Pokemon like Armarouge and Torkoal to sweep. Indeedee and Torkoal can be switched in and out to ensure that Terrain and Weather are always in your favor, while Charizard with its Choice Scarf can ensure knock outs late-game.

Best Rain Team

Pokemon Explanation
Basculegion (Male) ImageBasculegion (Male) Physical Attacker
・Potent physical attacker.
・Difficult to outspeed in Rain.
・Is immune to Fake Out.
Flutter Mane ImageFlutter Mane Special Attacker
・Fast and powerful Special Attacker.
・Can use powerful Fairy-type Attacks.
Pelipper ImagePelipper Support
・Consistent Rain setter.
・Provides Tailwind Support.
Thundurus (Therian Forme) ImageThundurus (Therian Forme) Special Attacker
・Gives the team a switch-in to Electric-type Attacks.
・Strong and reliable Special Attacker.
Tornadus (Incarnate Forme) ImageTornadus (Incarnate Forme) Support
・Can support its team with Tailwind and Rain Dance, and shut down setup strategies with Taunt.
・Can deal decent damage with Bleakwind Storm.
Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style ImageUrshifu Rapid-Strike Style Physical Attacker
・Can take full advantage of Tailwind and Rain.
・Powerful signature move, Surging Strikes, always scores critical hits.

This team focuses on Rain Hyper Offense, with many strategies and synergies depending on Rain. It focuses to hit hard and fast, and score quick knock outs, closing out games quickly.

Best Rain Team

Sample Doubles Pairings

Physical Attacker Support / Special Attacker
Basculegion (Male) ImageBasculegion (Male) Pelipper ImagePelipper
Special Attacker Special Attacker
Thundurus (Therian Forme) ImageThundurus (Therian Forme) Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style ImageUrshifu Rapid-Strike Style

Basculegion can run away with games if its Rain is not contested by opposing weather. Pelipper can provide weather dominance for Basculegion and Urshifu, while Thundurus works as a reliable switch-in to Electric-type attacks for the rest of the team who are weak to Electric,

Best Team Counters

Trick Room Counters

Tornadus (Incarnate Forme) ImageTornadus (Incarnate Forme)
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Flying Icon
Amoonguss ImageAmoonguss
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Grass Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Poison Icon
Kingambit ImageKingambit
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Dark Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Steel Icon
Incineroar ImageIncineroar
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Fire Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Dark Icon

Tornadus can handily Taunt Trick Room Setters and deny Trick Room from going up. Kingambit is able to deal big damage to the usual Trick Room Setters, as they are often Psychic or Ghost-types who are weak to Dark.

Incineroar can Intimidate and pivot out of the active position for a more suitable Pokemon to the matchup.

And lastly, Amoonguss can outspeed most Pokemon in Trick Room and put all its opponents to sleep with Spore.

Weather Counters

Tornadus (Incarnate Forme) ImageTornadus (Incarnate Forme)
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Flying Icon
Pelipper ImagePelipper
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Water Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Flying Icon
Torkoal ImageTorkoal
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Fire Icon
Altaria ImageAltaria
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Dragon Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Flying Icon

It is often a good idea to have a Weather Setter on your team so that it does not struggle against teams with potent weather synergies. Weather Setters such as Pelipper, Torkoal, or even Tyranitar are great to have, and building teams around them often result in teams with great synergy.

Altaria can be slotted into teams, to invalidate Weather entirely with its Cloud Nine Ability.

Tornadus is always a great addition to these teams because of its ability to quickly set weather with Prankster.

Hazard Counters

Glimmora ImageGlimmora
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Rock Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Poison Icon
Maushold ImageMaushold
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Normal Icon
Great Tusk ImageGreat Tusk
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Ground Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Fighting Icon
Hisuian Braviary ImageHisuian Braviary
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Psychic Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Flying Icon

Some Pokemon have access to moves that can remove pesky entry hazards. Moves such as Mortal Spin, Tidy Up, Rapid Spin, and Defog are useful to have if you want your team to have a better matchup against teams that set up Entry Hazards.

List of Moves that Remove Entry Hazards

Recommended Pokemon for Indigo Disk DLC

For Catching: Smeargle

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Smeargle Image

Smeargle is an excellent Pokemon for catching Wild Pokemon thanks to its ability to learn most Moves in the game. It can be taught Spore and False Swipe.

Though its offensive stats are not that great, with a high enough level advantage, Smeargle can be a reliable Pokemon to help you catch Wild Pokemon.

Smeargle Location and Evolution

For Money Farming: Gholdengo

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Gholdengo Image

Gholdengo is the best Pokemon to use if you want to earn more money. Its signature move Make It Rain gives money equal to 10x Gholdengo's current level every time it is used. You'll be able to receive the money at the end of the battle.

It's best to use Gholdengo for trainer battles. Make it hold the Amulet Coin item to increase the monetary rewards from these trainer battles. Combined with your Make It Rain earnings, you should have no problem earning enough money to use in the DLC.

Money Farming Guide: How to Make Money Fast

For Tera Raids: Iron Hands

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Iron Hands Image

Iron Hands is the best Pokemon for Tera Raids because of its access to Belly Drum and a reliable recovery option in Drain Punch.

Iron Hands is generally a good option for Tera Raids, unless you are up against Pokemon that Iron Hands matches up unfavorably against, such as Psychic, Ground, or Fairy-type Pokemon.

Iron Hands Best Tera Raid Builds

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Pokemon SV - Epilogue
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The Indigo Disk New Pokemon

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The Indigo Disk Moves

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The Indigo Disk Items

All New DLC Items Metal Alloy
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Synchro Machine All Alcremie Sweets
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The Indigo Disk New Characters

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2 Anonymousabout 1 year

I feel like people aren’t giving enough attention to the power house of a fire Tera type Terastallized, full health Typhlosion holding a Charcoal and using the move Eruption in a double battle with allies using support moves to increase the power of the attack that can just right from turn one start sweeping without needing any setup.

1 Anonymousabout 1 year

So I'm working on putting the best indigo disk team together, but I'm having a tough time deciding on the movesets for them. Any suggestions?

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