Whether this is your first time playing the format, or you just ran out of ideas, in this VGC rental teams compilation you will find a diverse archive of proven teams ready to use in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet and online battle simulators.
All teams will be credited to their respective creators, and those active on Twitter will be linked as well. If you want your teams to be featured on this compendium, send us a DM over on Twitter!
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Table of Contents
Latest update: 6 March 2025
Regulation Set G
The Regulation Set G, in use in Seasons 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of Ranked Battles (from 1 May to 31 August 2024, and again from 6 January to 30 April 2025) and in the official Play! Pokémon rules document.
The following are some Regulation Set G teams that have achieved great results in important tournaments or were created by very accomplished players. You can use them in the Ranked Battles ladder or to battle your friends!
Teams reaching finals of large tournaments
These include the finalists of the first batch of Regulation Set G Regionals!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eric Bush (Eric B.) | San Juan Special Event Finalist (15 Feb 2025) |       |  |  | |
| Justin Tang (Panda) | San Antonio Regional Champion (25 Jan 2025) |     |  | |  |
 | Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | San Antonio Regional Finalist (25 Jan 2025) | | | | |
 | Luca Ceribelli (Yume) | Worlds Champion (16 Aug 2024) |     |  | | |
 | Yuta Ishigaki (パラガス) | Worlds Finalist (16 Aug 2024) |  |  | | |
 | Chyr Wei (Megumi~) | Taiwan National Champion (16 Jun 2024) |     |  | | |
| Yang Hao-hsiang (Ayabe) | Taiwan National Finalist (16 Jun 2024) |    |  | | |
| Patrick Connors (Patrick) | NAIC Champion (7 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Hyuma Hara (スカーレット) | Japan National Champion (1 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
| Kiwamu Endo (バイオレット) | Japan National Finalist (1 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
 | Rin Leiba (Wen) | Mexico City Special Event Finalist (26 May 2024) |  |  | ||
 | Kenneth Tirado (Kenepa) | Carolina Special Event Champion (11 May 2024) |     |  | ||
 | Rajan Bal (Rajan) | Indianapolis Regional Champion (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
Ranked Battles ladder teams
These teams are optimized for best-of-1 play!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | Global Challenge I Top 16 (31 Jan 2025) |     |  | | |
| Kimu (Kimu) | Global Challenge I Top 64 (31 Jan 2025) |    |  | | |
| Runa (runa) | Global Challenge I Top 64 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| hayadayo135 (はや) | Global Challenge I Top 64 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| Jimako (じーまーこう) | Global Challenge I Top 64 (31 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| Ren Kotorii (オレンジ) | Global Challenge I Top 64 (31 Jan 2025) |    |  | | |
| Hinata Kozuka (のひと) | Global Challenge I Top 64 (31 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| UAJI5RaZ9J97391 (はるるーさ) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| lllllacdg (ジュノ) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| Mutou (ムトウ) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| Aimaru (あいまる) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| Shota Kusakabe (くさーしー) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| Megumi Natsu (夏目) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| Kimuchi (キムチ) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| Separu (せぱる) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) |     |  | | |
| Ishiro (いしろ) | Global Challenge I Top 128 (31 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
Other teams in top cuts of large tournaments
These teams reached Day 2 at major events!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Livinghouse (Animus) | EUIC Top 16 (21 Feb 2025) |  |  | | |
| Cary D’Ortona (Cary) | EUIC Top 32 (21 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
| Danilo Modugno (DaniVGC) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) |   |  | | |
 | Adam Cherfaoui (Shao) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) |  |  | | |
| Justin Tang (Panda) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
 | Miguel Paquete (Pearl) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) |  |  | | |
| Giulio Bassetti (BassotaraVGC) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) |  |  | | |
| Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
 | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
 | Jack Baker (CecilVGC) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) |  |  | | |
 | Toby Kongmun (tob) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
 | Corey Martin (Pudding) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
 | Hsuan-Chih Kuo (Suggy) | EUIC Day 2 (21 Feb 2025) |    |  | | |
 | Aapo Niemiranta (Aapo) | VR February Challenge #1 Day 2 (8 Feb 2025) | |  | | |
| Si Dawei (露露♪) | San Antonio Regional Top 4 (25 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| Andrew Figueras (Andrew) | San Antonio Regional Top 4 (25 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| Nicholas Donnelly (Nikk) | San Antonio Regional Top 32 (25 Jan 2025) | | | | |
| Jimmy Friedle (Jimmy) | San Antonio Regional Day 2 (25 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
| Zhang Zhe (天难忱斯) | San Antonio Regional Day 2 (25 Jan 2025) |   |  | | |
| Zachary Weed (Zach) | San Antonio Regional Day 2 (25 Jan 2025) |   |  | | |
| Zac Emerzian (Zac) | San Antonio Regional Day 2 (25 Jan 2025) |   |  | | |
| Abigail Watson (SlyAbby) | San Antonio Regional Day 2 (25 Jan 2025) |  |  | | |
 | Guilherme Queiroz (Queiroz) | Rio de Janeiro Regional Top 8 (18 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| João Bozano (Mrbozz) | Rio de Janeiro Regional Top 16 (18 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
 | Aitzol Robles (Maco) | Birmingham Regional Day 2 (17 Jan 2025) |    |  | | |
| Cruz Ting (Ze Banded) | Birmingham Regional Day 2 (17 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
| Alex Soto (LenVGC) | Birmingham Regional Day 2 (17 Jan 2025) | |  | | |
 | Leaf Drapeau (Leaf) | VR January Challenge #2 Day 2 (11 Jan 2025) | | | | |
 | Seongjae Jeong (나연♥︎) | Worlds Top 4 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Zeng Chenyue (Mitsu) | Worlds Top 8 (16 Aug 2024) |  |  | | |
| Navjit Joshi (Navjit) | Worlds Top 8 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Wang Yuxiang (SG★) | Worlds Top 8 (16 Aug 2024) | | | | |
| Justin Knox (Justin) | Worlds Top 16 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Diego Aguirre (Diego) | Worlds Top 16 (16 Aug 2024) |   | | ||
| Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | Worlds Top 32 (16 Aug 2024) | | | ||
| Sho Akiyama (バイオレット) | Worlds Top 32 (16 Aug 2024) | | | | |
| Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | Worlds Top 32 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Daniel Yu (ArKane) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) |  |  | | |
| Chyr Wei (Megumi～) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Tomoya Ogawa (シット) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Daniel Walker (Daniel) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) |   | | ||
| Yuma Miyamoto (とり。) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | | | | |
| Zach Droegkamp (Braverius) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Nick Holmer (Nick) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Kenta Akagi (ケビン) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Takehiro Nakata (Grand) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) |  |  | | |
| Kiyoshiro Arai (じぇらーる) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | | | ||
| Haruka Goto (アルコ) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Motoki Agano (アガノ) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) |  |  | | |
| Seowon Kim (츠유) | Worlds Day 2 (16 Aug 2024) | |  | | |
| Pai Yu-ping (White) | Taiwan National Top 8 (16 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Liu Chen-wei (茄子) | Taiwan National Top 16 (16 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Jiang Jin-hao (PP) | Taiwan National Top 32 (16 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
 | Adrian Tang (Adrian) | Hong Kong National Top 8 (9 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | NAIC Top 8 (7 Jun 2024) |   |  | | |
| Henry Rich (Hobbit) | NAIC Top 8 (7 Jun 2024) |  | | ||
| Zee Costagliola (Vani) | NAIC Top 16 (7 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
| Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | NAIC Top 16 (7 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
| Si Dawei (露露♪) | NAIC Top 32 (7 Jun 2024) |  |  | ||
| Sam Pletcher (LuxioBro) | NAIC Day 2 (7 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
| Xiao Haotian (DayDay) | NAIC Day 2 (7 Jun 2024) | |  | ||
| Peter Chen (PTP) | NAIC Day 2 (7 Jun 2024) |   |  | | |
| Justin Knox (Justin) | NAIC Day 2 (7 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Aditya Subramanian (ck49) | NAIC Day 2 (7 Jun 2024) | | | | |
| Geoffrey Yang (Geoff) | NAIC Day 2 (7 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Naoya Osumi (ねこまる) | Japan National Top 4 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Takashi Yamamoto (ミガワリ) | Japan National Top 8 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | ||
| Takuma Yamane (スカーレット) | Japan National Top 16 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Tomoya Kimura (スカーレット) | Japan National Top 16 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Kenta Akagi (バイオレット) | Japan National Top 16 (1 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
| Takafumi Yukimori (バイオレット) | Japan National Top 16 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Hirofumi Kimura (スカーレット) | Japan National Top 32 (1 Jun 2024) |  |  | | |
| Yuki Shimizu (ユウキ) | Japan National Top 32 (1 Jun 2024) |   |  | | |
| Fumiya Okochi (かわち) | Japan National Top 32 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | | |
| Matteo Ghisini (Frost☆) | Bologna Special Event Top 32 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | ||
 | Kosta Daidimos (Koala-T Kost) | Bologna Special Event Day 2 (1 Jun 2024) |  |  | ||
| Alberto Cañuelo (Cañuelo) | Bologna Special Event Day 2 (1 Jun 2024) | |  | ||
| Aditya Subramanian (ck49) | Los Angeles Regional Top 4 (25 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Grant Weldon (Velocity) | Los Angeles Regional Top 16 (25 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Alejandro Jimenez (Legacy) | Los Angeles Regional Top 16 (25 May 2024) | |  | | |
| David Baumgardt (David) | Los Angeles Regional Top 16 (25 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Andrew Briceno (Andrew) | Los Angeles Regional Top 16 (25 May 2024) | |  | ||
| Ben Flitcroft (eragon11145) | Los Angeles Regional Top 16 (25 May 2024) |  |  | | |
| Ian Genis (Ian) | Los Angeles Regional Day 2 (25 May 2024) |   |  | | |
| Matt Maynard (bwenty) | Stockholm Regional Top 4 (11 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Javier Señorena (Javi) | Stockholm Regional Top 32 (11 May 2024) |  |  | | |
| Javier Rodríguez (Jiggypoo) | Carolina Special Event Top 8 (11 May 2024) |  |  | ||
| Leonard Craft III (DaWoblefet) | Indianapolis Regional Top 4 (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Aaron Traylor (Traylor Moon) | Indianapolis Regional Top 8 (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Luka Trejgut (£) | Indianapolis Regional Top 16 (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Matin Moradi (Matin) | Indianapolis Regional Top 32 (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Arthur Collier (Arthur) | Indianapolis Regional Top 32 (4 May 2024) |    |  | | |
| Joey Woodring (Panda Man) | Indianapolis Regional Day 2 (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Brandon Wright (Bright Size) | Indianapolis Regional Day 2 (4 May 2024) | |  | | |
| Ruben Gianzini (Sedia) | VR Spring Challenge Top 8 (27 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Aapo Niemiranta (Aapo) | VR Spring Challenge Top 16 (27 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| Leonardo Cincotti (レーア) | VR Spring Challenge Top 16 (27 Apr 2024) | |  |
Early-meta teams
Some of our first featured teams from Regulation Set G!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bruno (Bruneaux) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |   |  |  |  |
| Matt Bruno (Bruneaux) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Matt Bruno (Bruneaux) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
 | Mark Liveta (Sparkz) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Mark Liveta (Sparkz) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Mark Liveta (Sparkz) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| Mark Liveta (Sparkz) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Kneeckoh (Kneeckoh) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| Kneeckoh (Kneeckoh) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Kneeckoh (Kneeckoh) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |   |  | | |
| Kneeckoh (Kneeckoh) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| Kneeckoh (Kneeckoh) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| PokeBurm (PokeBurm) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |     |  | | |
| Jeans (Jeans) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |   |  | | |
| Jeans (Jeans) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Pokésports (Pokésports) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
 | Adryan Zein (Magnetman) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| Ryota Otsubo (バルドル) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |    |  | ||
| Atalanta (阿塔兰忒) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | | |
| Atalanta (阿塔兰忒) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) |  |  | | |
| Atalanta (阿塔兰忒) | An early-meta team! (23 Apr 2024) | |  | |
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Batchelor (XenoVGC) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Winner (29 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Fiona Szymkiewicz (Yoshi&lugia) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Runner Up (29 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
| Giuseppe Cangemi (Knuckles) | Palermo Local Winner (31 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Javier Figueroa (Jai) | Meowscarada Challenge #2 Winner (29 Jan 2023) |    |  | | |
| Justin Burns (Justin) | NinoPokeBros FF#64 Winner (27 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Ryan Schambers (Ryan) | DuranzTV Tour #7 Winner (26 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Kosta Kalamaris (Kosta) | Wooper Wednesdays #3 Winner (25 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
| Will Scully (Will) & Justin Knox (45mice) | NinoPokeBros FF#63 Winner (21 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Brandon Davis (Brandon) | Pico Rivera Local #4 Winner (15 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Chris Danzo (Lunar) | NinoPokeBros FF#62 Winner (13 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Clementine (krangune) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Top 8 (29 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
| Zhou XinJie (Setsuku) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Top 16 (29 Jan 2023) |     |  | | |
 | Pros Leerman (Araluwen) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Top 16 (29 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Boris Hamm (RakeyVGC) | Helping Hands Tour #3 Top 4 (28 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
 | Yamid Rodriguez (RhaegoVGC) | NinoPokeBros FF#64 Top 8 (27 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Matthew Gonzalez (Melody) | DuranzTV Tour #4 Runner Up (14 Jan 2023) |    |  | | |
| Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | NinoPokeBros FF#62 Top 4 (13 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| ArKane (ArKane) | NinoPokeBros FF#62 Top 8 (13 Jan 2023) |    |  | | |
| Ryota Otsubo (ナミ) | Featured team! (28 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Liberty Note (L_NOTE) | Featured team! (28 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Liberty Note (L_NOTE) | Featured team! (28 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Liberty Note (L_NOTE) | Featured team! (28 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Marcos Perez (MoxieBoosted) | Featured team! (22 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
Past formats
| Format | Dates | Ranked Battles | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regulation Set A | 2–31 Jan 2023 | Seasons 1–2 | |
| Regulation Set B | 1 Feb–31 Mar 2023 | Seasons 3–4 | |
| Regulation Set C | 1 Apr–30 Jun 2023 | Seasons 5–7 | |
| Regulation Set D | 1 Jul–30 Sep 2023 | Seasons 8–10 | |
| Regulation Set E | 1 Oct 2023–3 Jan 2024 | Seasons 11–13 | |
| Regulation Set F | 4 Jan–30 Apr 2024 | Seasons 14–17 | |
| Regulation Set H | 1 Sep 2024–5 Jan 2025 | Seasons 22–25 | |
