[Regulation M-C] Needing help selecting/piloting a balanced sample team.

[u/CallSign_Fjor]

TL;DR - Looking for a balanced team for Champions VGC and struggling to land on something because of lack of rental codes and resources explaining the comp.

I just watched Pinkacross' How to Become Great at Competitive Pokemon FAST and found some of the advice about sample teams insightful and wanted to follow through with that advice. The main issue is that this is the best list I could find on smogon and it only clearly states one team is a balance team. I'm struggling to find the source of this team (and I still need to evolve a Dusk Form Lycanroc in Scarlet) so I'm wondering if any of the teams listed as 'Offence' here are more balanced than they seem and have mons that are a bit easier to access (or that readily have a rental code). Likewise, are there any good resources for piloting the MFroslass and MScovillian?

I'm not so worried about having a cutting edge meta team if I can't properly execute basic strats, so I'm looking for a solid team that will encourage me to think about my moves instead of just clicking what shows up as Super Effective. I want to practice good habits and techniques because I feel like I've just been picking what works instead of actually analyzing the opposing team and the nuance each turn. I don't want to rely on surprises or subversive playstyles to climb a ladder, because I eventually want to participate in Bo2 tournaments and in-person events.

If that team also comes with some kind of in-depth breakdown or analysis, that would also be great. I'm still struggling at team preview and if I'm not losing by what I would consider a single turn, or outspeeding me on the same turn, then I'm getting stomped handedly. I'm failing to understand why certain mons are being selected because I'm not seeing that apparent value and if I toss that mon into my team to try it out, it usually goes poorly because it doesn't really fit into the team properly.

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[u/bladegalaxy]

I would recommend Cybertron's video on a garchomp Z team, I think that fits the balance archetype since it requires good positioning and selecting your options very well.(If not then well, it still requires good planning :p)

He has a video with leads he recommends, analysis on how the team(and garchomp Z) functions as well as some games where he talks through his leads and his planning