Pokemon VGC 2020 Team Building Guide! | Pokemon Sword and Shield Team Building

Finally bringing you guys the VGC 2020 Team Building Guide! I spent a lot of time working on this in the past week so I hope you guys find it helpful. It's quite long so please feel free to skip around with the time-stamps in the description below (and in the pinned comments). This covers the basics of building a team for the Pokemon VGC 2020 format and covers a lot of important stuff that'll be helpful for beginners. Hope you enjoy!

Google Doc with all resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SyrcZWZrUjebrTVonfnSXnNsCv4ebmGdQJgsC7en1cI/edit?usp=sharing

Resources:
Marriland's Team Builder: https://marriland.com/tools/team-builder/
Trainer Tower: https://www.trainertower.com/
Trainer Tower Rental Teams: https://www.trainertower.com/pokemon-sword-and-shield-rental-teams/
Trainer Tower Damage Calculator: https://damagecalc.trainertower.com/
Trainer Tower Speed Tiers: https://www.trainertower.com/vgc20-speed-tiers/
Victory Road: https://victoryroadvgc.com/
Victory Road Rental/Showdown Teams: https://victoryroadvgc.com/pokemon-sword-shield-rental-vgc-teams/
Nugget Bridge: https://nuggetbridge.com/
VGC Stats: https://vgcstats.com/#/
VGC Stats Twitter: https://twitter.com/vgcstats?lang=en
r/VGC: https://www.reddit.com/r/VGC/
Pikalytics: https://www.pikalytics.com/pokedex
VGC 20 Attributes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109EiImfcD-ag4MIEOkggogtG7Ylkv70pRjNHphOv5JU/edit?usp=sharing (created by Khalid: https://twitter.com/khalidVGC)
Showdown Usage Stats: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1BAIySW0zF_buiL9ULO5AQVQaDAEExJ1S (created by JoriVGC: https://twitter.com/jorivgc?lang=en)
Season 1 Ranked Doubles: About Standard Lineups: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JbbJ6a4gHLdEKzXEyeEk31vM290wLmZwO3jGrX4jC4/edit (created by Barudoru: https://twitter.com/barudoru, translated by Hibiki: https://twitter.com/hibikivgc)
Wolfe Glick: https://t.co/aUpaYKS4cH?amp=1
Francesco Pardini: https://t.co/wiaEVD6SDe?amp=1

Top teams featured from the following players:
Edu: https://twitter.com/MeninoJardim
Sejun: https://twitter.com/pokemon_tcg
Nails: https://twitter.com/NailsOU
Tutput: https://twitter.com/TutpupTV/status/1203478049519472645

Timestamps:
0:00 - introduction
1:02 - what this guide covers
1:49 - VGC 2020 rules summary
3:34 - difference from singles
5:34 - Dynamax/G-Max
6:58 - fundamentals of top VGC teams
10:20 - top resources for team-building (see description)
14:09 - early strategies to prepare for
15:51 - old Pokemon you should expect to see
16:09 - new Pokemon you should expect to see
16:46 - G-Max (currently allowed and future)
17:35 - example of top teams in the early metagame
19:24 - the team-building process
31:43 - example of me building a team
36:21 - what moves/sets do I put on my Pokemon?
38:44 - what about EV spreads?
42:11 - thinking outside of the box
44:30 - important questions to ask yourself after building your team\
45:14 - still lost? some advice

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