Best Sun Team in Pokémon Champions

You know the best way to beat a weather team? Use another weather team. Controlling the weather has become a major meta strategy in Pokémon Champions, with every player trying to one-up their opponent. Sun, rain, sand, and snow teams are dominating the leaderboards, with Sun having a slight edge over the others.

Today, I’m going to help you build the best Sun team in Pokémon Champions currently. The fun part is that some of the main Pokémon in Sun teams are starters from Generation 1, so definitely a blast from the past. I’ll also walk you through how to use this type of team and make sure you don’t get countered by another weather enjoyer. Let’s take a look.

What Is A Sun Team?

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A Sun team is based around a Pokémon that can upkeep Drought, and other Pokemon that benefit from the weather. These buffs act in different ways, like increased speed for Chlorophyll Pokémon and damage boosts for fire-type Pokémon. It also reduces damage from water-type attacks, which is an additional buff not found in Sand teams.

Another stark difference between the top Sand team and this one is the playstyle. Sun teams don’t rely on defensive, drawn-out battles. They use their damage boosts coupled with increased speed to knock out opponents quickly. A longer, drawn-out battle means more variables to consider, and versatility isn’t the Sun team’s strong suit.

Creating The Best Sun Team In Pokémon Champions

Currently, the best Sun team in Pokémon Champions looks something like this:

• Mega Charizard Y for Drought (weather-setter)
• Venasaur for Chlorophyll buffs + Sleep Powder
• Garchomp for Earthquake
• Rotom-Wash for weather counters
• Incineroar as support pivot with Fake Out
• Whimsicott or Gardevoir for speed control

This is your prime Sun team making rounds in the meta. It covers almost all of your bases, with Mega Charizard Y setting up the weather and Garchomp and Venasaur acting as your main damage dealers.

How It Works

On the first turn, you play Charizard and mega-evolve it immediately. This will activate Drought and give you the following advantages:

The crux of your strategy is firing off Solar Beam without a charge turn and the +50% damage increase. Next, your Venasaur’s Speed doubles, allowing you to use Sleep Powder on any immediate threats.

After you’ve set up the field, you need to start dishing out damage. That’s where Garchomp comes in. Even though Garchomp is not a fire-type Pokémon, it benefits from Charizard’s flying type. Garchomp’s Earthquake affects all non-flying type Pokemon. With Charizard on the field, it will only affect the opposing Pokémon without damaging your team. You’ll need to spam abilities at this point and use Venasaur to stop the opponent from getting a foothold.

If you run into another weather team, particularly Rain or Sand, Rotom-Wash is great to counter both Pelipper and Tyranitar. Be careful, though, since your opponent might be running a Rotom-Wash of their own. Finally, you have Incineroar and Gardevoir/Whimsicott for support. Having a speed control Pokémon is vital incase your run into a trick room team.

One point you must remember is that if both opening Pokémon are weather setters, the slower Pokémon’s weather takes priority. This is why players will sometimes stall a turn to bait out the opponent’s weather, evolving Charizard in the next turn.

While weather teams are quite strong in the meta right now, they’re very volatile as well, especially Sun teams. You must analyze your opponent’s deck and understand their win condition before revealing your own. Sometimes, gathering information is a better play than setting your plan into motion.