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Pet Rock (Glimmora) @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Toxic Debris  
Level: 50  
EVs: 2 Def / 32 SpA / 32 Spe  
Timid Nature  
- Sludge Bomb  
- Energy Ball  
- Earth Power  
- Spiky Shield

Cat (Meowstic) (M) @ Sitrus Berry  
Ability: Prankster  
Level: 50  
EVs: 31 HP / 32 Def / 3 Spe  
Impish Nature  
- Fake Out  
- Charm  
- Yawn  
- Skill Swap

Bird (Staraptor-Mega) @ Staraptite  
Ability: Intimidate  
Level: 50  
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Close Combat  
- Brave Bird  
- Roost  
- Protect

Pet Food (Sinistcha) @ Leftovers  
Ability: Hospitality  
Level: 50  
EVs: 32 HP / 2 SpA / 32 SpD  
Calm Nature  
- Matcha Gotcha  
- Rage Powder  
- Trick Room  
- Protect

Turtle (Torkoal) @ Quick Claw  
Ability: Drought  
Level: 50  
EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpA  
Quiet Nature  
- Eruption  
- Weather Ball  
- Earth Power  
- Protect

Dog (Arcanine-Hisui) @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Intimidate  
Level: 50  
EVs: 32 Atk / 2 Def / 32 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Rock Slide  
- Flare Blitz  
- Wild Charge  
- Extreme Speed

by Singler

Aerodactyl-Mega (Low Threat) - Meowstick shuts this down, especially when next to Arcanine or Staraptor. Charm lowers attack so it can't hurt Star, or Fake Out with a few Rock Slides should pick it off. === Garchomp (Low Threat) - Meowstick shuts this down as well with Charm, and with Staraptor's Intimidate + it outspeeding and getting a CC defense boost mean this isn't doing any damage to you. === Annihilape (Low Threat) - If you ignore it and don't boost its Rage Fist, doesn't do a ton of damage. Assuming it does get a Defiant boost, it can cause some trouble, or if it is Bulk Up, but generally Sinistcha shuts down Beat Up strategies with Rage Powder and Mega Staraptor can take care of it with little issue usually. Yawn can help from Meow if it gets too boosted. === Trick Room (Low Threat) - If they don't have Farigiraf, Fake Out into attacks handle nicely. Even Mimikyu has to fear an Arcanine + Torkoal lead. Torkoal and Sinistcha counter most Trick Room teams pretty well together, even if Sin isn't min speed. You can change that if you feel it helps but I've done fine without it. === Milotic (Medium Threat) - Competitive can get out of hand quickly, and if it sets up too far Yawn from Meow may be necessary to send it out. Always bring Sinistcha against Milotic, but Energy Ball on Glim can help, and if you boost your own Mega Staraptor with Charm you can get past it. === Toxapex (Medium Threat) - Live +2 Mega Star at full, and generally not too many ways to hit it hard outside of Glim's Earth Power. Sinistcha helps keep the pressue off your main threats, but its Wide Guard can be very annoying for you Matcha Gotcha and Rock Slide. === Weather Teams (Medium Threat) - Sand is literally not a problem with Mega Staraptor, but will often be brought when they see Arc + Torkoal. Torkoal does well for Weather Wars, especially with Trick Room. Your main weapon against weather is Meowstic with Fake Out + Skill Swap, slowing down the speedy threats (even Unburden Sneasler) for the rest of your team. Sash Glim with Energy Ball takes out offensive Mega Swamperts and threatens Peli and Zard with Power Gem even if it doesn't have it. Always lead Glim + Meow into rain. === Staraptor-Mega (Medium Threat) - Usually next to a Whimsicott, which you want to take out immediately with Fake Out + Sludge Bomb so their Star can't boost Attack or Speed. You can Yawn Mega Star out too if it begins boosting too far. === Psy-Spam (Medium Threat) - Usually other suckers trying to use Meowstick but yours is better, being fast enough to outspeed most bulky variants as well as other FO users like Incineroar and Grimmsnarl. You can pair Fake Out with Trick Room or Scarf Arcanine to take out whoever is next to their Meow. If these initial two turns fail, it can get out of hand and be hard to deal with, so Trick Room comes in handy a lot. === Perish Trap (Medium Threat) - In theory you have the tools to handle this mode, from Roar on Arcanine to Skill Swap on Meowstic. You even have a Ghost type to not be trapped, but it does little damage to the typical Mon on the team bar Politoed. Need to play around carefully or it can quickly get out of hand. === Archaludon (High Threat) - It's typing and ability make it very hard to deal with, whether it's leftovers or scarfed. Your best options are CC on Staraptor or Earth Power on Glim or Torkoal. Eruption will do plenty of damage too, but if they have Arch they likely have rain supporting it. Very hard to play around, but bringing in the Sun can help protect against Electro Shot. === Delphox-Mega (High Threat) - Another Pokemon whose speed tier and dual STAB hurts the team bad, and honestly most of the time you see this Mon its an insta-loss. You can run Power Gem on Glim over Earth Power, but then you lose much needed coverage against Arch who is much more common. Yawn can send it out if it Plots, and putting it to sleep like this is generally the best way to deal with it. Always bring Arcanine into this matchup. === Team Notes - Energy Ball is a must have on Glimmora, and Sludge Bomb hits a lot of things you need to weaken like Whimsicott, Floette, and Grimm. But if you do feel a strong need for Power Gem over Earth Power, I've mixed its moves a bit while testing. It being at the front also gives the illusion of it being another Mega, so its Sash throws people off. - I used to have Fake Tears on Meowstic, mainly when I was using the likes of Whimsicott and Mega Pyroar, but I feel this is one set that should remain the same. I ended up replacing it with Yawn, but it did help Star in certain matchups. True GOAT of the team. - I wouldn't touch Staraptor either. Too good having the bulk, even if more offensive sets might help deal with Archaludon or whoever better. The bulky set is better for the meta as a whole, especially with Charm support. - Sinistcha can be negative speed nature or have Life Dew/Strength Sap over Protect, the latter of which could help you boost Mega Staraptor. But I haven't seen the need for any changes in the games I've played. - You could change Torkoal to be a bit bulkier if you have certain calcs, but generally tanks hits well enough and the more firepower the better. You can change the item maybe, though Quick Claw is fun and can come in handy. Iron Ball, Charcoal, and some reduction berries have proven helpful in testing, but Quick Claw is what I settled on. - Arcanine is one I've adjusted a lot on this team, even replacing it with Mega Pyroar for a time. Flare Blitz and Rock Slide are a must, and I've encountered many situations where I'd want E-Speed. The last slot I've swapped around, from Wild Charge to Crunch to Head Smash to Close Combat. It's Roar for now to help against Perish Trap, but feel free to adjust if you feel the need.

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