A snapshot of the dominant archetypes in Pokémon Champions VGC: Sun, Rain, Sand, Trick Room, Tailwind Offense, Goodstuffs, Hyper Offense, and Balance. Each archetype is built around a small core of Pokémon — usually 2 or 3 — that lock in its identity (a weather setter and abuser, a TR setter and slow attacker, a redirection support and frail sweeper, etc.). The S-tier and A-tier Pokémon below are the building blocks of nearly every meta team. For a deeper read on each archetype, see the strategy guides.