[Sword & Shield] Rate my future Shield Pokemon team!

[Sapphirejas]

Hi everyone! This is the team I'm planning to use for Pokemon Shield! 😃 I'm going to choose Scorbunny as my starter.

Cinderace
Ability: Blaze
Moves:
Pyro Ball
Low Kick
Bounce
U-Turn

Corviknight
Ability: Pressure or Unnerve
Moves:
Iron Head
Brave Bird
Hone Claws
U-Turn

Boltund
Ability: Strong Jaw
Moves:
Thunder Fang
Crunch
Fire Fang
Dig

Obstagoon
Ability: Reckless or Guts
Moves:
Hone Claws
Brick Break
Throat Chop
Cross Poison

Ludicolo (only non gen-8 Pokemon)
Ability: Swift Swim or Rain Dish
Moves:
Energy Ball
Rain Dance
Surf
Ice Beam

Galarian Rapidash
Ability: Pastel Veil
Moves:
Psycho Shift
Play Rough
High Horse Power
Quick Attack

I will have to do a lot of den raid grinding to get the moves I want on my Pokemon.
Note: I will use the date and time exploit to get the trs for my Pokemon.

 

[Nah]

Should be fine, though there's a few moves I'd change. Two-turn moves like Bounce and Dig often aren't worth it, would replace Psycho Shift with Psycho Cut on Rapidash.

idr how soon you can get hidden ability Pokemon from dens, but if it's sooner rather than later, Mirror Armor is great for Corviknight, much better than Pressure or Unnerve.

 

[Sapphirejas]

Hello Nah. The reason I have dig and bounce on Cinderace and Boltund is because they are great coverage. And dig is on Boltund because I need coverage against electric types. And moves can't hit dig during the first time turn soo.

And I meant to type Psycho cut on Rapidash, but I accidentally typed Psycho shift instead, so Rapidash is always going to have Psycho cut.

And if I find Corviknight with the hidden ability in raids, I will use it, but otherwise I won't bother. The game is rather easy anyways….

 

[Corveone]

Bounce is unreliable, and doesn't offer Cinderace relevant coverage either. Flying is super effective against three types, two of which Cinderace already hits for super effective damage with Pyro Ball. Even against a Fighting type: Stab Pyroball = 180, Bounce = 170 (and less accurate).

Hone Claws on Corviknight and Obstagoon looks basically just for the Attack boost, since none of the moves you want to give them would benefit for the Accuracy boost, so it would be more useful to give them Bulk Up instead, for Attack + Defense boost.

Boltund can learn Psychic Fangs via TR, which benefits from the Strong Jaw boost.

Rapidash will likely outspeed pretty much everything in-game. I don't think Quick Attack would do much on it.

 

[Devalue]

Seems fine. Notices no glaring type weaknesses. Skews a bit heavily towards physical attackers.

Do you have the DLC? Speeds up the TR grind considerably between the Cram-o-matic and Digging Pa.

On Corviknight: Recommends Bulk Up, Power Trip, and Body Press. Combos really well with each other. Depends how much patience you have with setting up, though.

Finds Corviknight's hidden ability on some 4-5 star common den Corviknights. Unlocks as early as the sixth badge, in other words. Pops up on 2-star rare den Corvisquires in Crown Tundra, however.

Another minor point: Would have liked to see more team synergy with Ludicolo. Thrives in the rain. Sees nobody able to take advantage of Ludicolo's rain or assist in setup, however.

 

[Sapphirejas]

Thank you so much for the suggestions! 😀I've upgraded my team to be more balanced in physical and special attacks and I replaced Ludicolo with Gastrodon because I don't have a special electric type attacker Pokémon that can benefit from it. Also, I just got the game and a Nintendo switch lite. It's too early for me to start thinking of DLC because it's expensive and I just spent a lot of money. Although I did cancel another game's subscription (I don't play it anymore) to make room for the Nintendo online subscription to make TR grinding much easier.

Here's my current future team.

Cinderace
Ability: Blaze
Moves:
Pyro Ball
Low Kick
U-Turn
Quick Attack

Corviknight
Ability: Mirror Armor
Moves:
Iron Head
Brave Bird
Bulk Up
U-Turn

Boltund
Ability: Strong Jaw
Moves:
Thunder Fang
Psychic Fangs
Crunch
Play Rough

Thievul
Ability: Run Away or Unburden
Moves:
Dark Pulse
Shadow Ball
Psychic
Grass Knot

Gastrodon
Ability: Stormy Drain or Sticky Hold
Moves:
Surf
Ice Beam
Earth Power
Sludge Bomb

Galarian Rapidash
Ability: Pastel Veil
Moves:
Play Rough
Psycho Cut
Low Sweep
High Horsepower

I know that Thievul isn't the best Pokémon, but I will ev train and over level it.

Temporary Members:

Normal Ability Corviknight
-I will use either an unnerve or pressure Corviknight until the 6th gym.

Drednaw
-I will use a drednaw to beat the third (fire) gym. Then, when I get to the mines, I will replace it with Shellos.