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!
For teams usable in the current Scarlet & Violet ruleset, please check out this page!
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Regulation Set A
The Regulation Set A, formerly known as Series 1, in use in Seasons 1 and 2 of Ranked Battles (from 2 December 2022 to 31 January 2023) and in the official Play! Pokémon rules document (from 2 to 31 January 2023), was announced on 1 December 2022.
The following are some Regulation Set A 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 teams are optimized for best-of-3 play!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jiseok Lee (282) | San Diego Regional Champion (8 Jan 2023) |       |  |  |  |
 | Chuppa Cross (Chuppa*Cross) | San Diego Regionals Runner-up (8 Jan 2023) |     |  | | |
 | Tseng Yan-rong (Tony) | Tainan Regional Champion (10 Dec 2022) |      |  | | |
| Ku Chao-chen (FM寶可夢子) | Tainan Regional Runner-up (10 Dec 2022) |   |  | | |
 | Bartek Kuskowski (Bartek) | The Espeon Cup Winner (31 Dec 2022) |       |  | | |
| Scubar (Spencer) | X9 Pop Up #2 Runner-up (21 Dec 2022) |     |  | | |
 | Eduardo Cunha (Edu) | Elite Eight Winner (21 Dec 2022) |    |  | | |
 | Mao Harada (シズ) | Liberty Note Championships Winner (18 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | Liberty Note Championships Runner-up (18 Dec 2022) |   |  | | |
 | Daniel Munuera (DaMuGa) | VR Gamergy Open Winner (17 Dec 2022) |     |  | | |
| Juan Benítez (Palo) | VR Gamergy Open Runner-up (17 Dec 2022) |  |  | | |
| Nathaniel Sitler (Atmosphere) | NinoPokeBros FF#59 Winner (9 Dec 2022) |   |  | | |
 | Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) | LimitlessVGC S1 Winner (4 Dec 2022) |   |  | | |
| Aaron Traylor (Unreality) | LimitlessVGC S1 Runner-up (4 Dec 2022) |  |  | | |
 | Markus Stadter (Yoshi) | Stuttgart VG Side Event Winner (3 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Constantin Klose (Conni) | Stuttgart VG Side Event Runner-up (3 Dec 2022) |  |  | | |
Ranked Battles ladder teams
These teams are optimized for best-of-1 play!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naoto Mizobuchi (ペンギン) | Ranked Season 1 1st place (5 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | Ranked Season 1 3rd place (5 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Bun (ぶん) | Ranked Season 1 5th place (5 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
 | M. Kobayashi (バヤシ) & Shuli (奇牙牙) | Ranked Season 1 6th place (5 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Mao Harada (さしす) | Ranked Season 1 7th place (5 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Joji Kaieda (Suica) | Ranked Season 1 8th place (5 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Yuu (ゆー) | Ranked Season 1 10th place (5 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
Other teams in top cuts of large tournaments
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeudy Azzarelli (Jeudy) | San Diego Regionals Top 4 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Emilio Forbes (Emily) | San Diego Regionals Top 8 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | San Diego Regionals Top 16 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Marco Martinez (Mars) | San Diego Regionals Top 16 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Zach Carlson (Zachary) | San Diego Regionals Top 16 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Chase Tiedtke (Chase) | San Diego Regionals Top 32 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Norah Bowman (Bubs!) | San Diego Regionals Top 32 (8 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Si Dawei (露露♪) | San Diego Regionals Top 32 (8 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
 | Jonathan Zuniga (Jawnzu) | San Diego Regionals Top 32 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| James Baek (SoulUnison) | San Diego Regionals Top 32 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Jourdan Bul-lalayao (Ragna) | San Diego Regionals Top 64 (8 Jan 2023) |    |  | | |
| Zac Emerzian (Zac) | San Diego Regionals Top 64 (8 Jan 2023) |    |  | | |
| Brandon Wright (Bright Size) | San Diego Regionals Top 64 (8 Jan 2023) |  |  | | |
| Dong Bo (db) | San Diego Regionals Top 64 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Ding Zishuo (江泽香菜) | San Diego Regionals Top 64 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | San Diego Regionals Top 128 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Jairo Contreras (Alchem1st) | San Diego Regionals Top 128 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Jonathan Duran (DuranzTV) | San Diego Regionals Top 128 (8 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Xie Yantong (Darko) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 4 (11 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Peng C. (伊藤峻峻) & Tang S. (20亮亮) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 8 & Top 32 (11 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
 | Aapo Niemiranta (Aapo) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 8 (11 Dec 2022) |  |  | | |
| S. Kimura (ナンス) & M. Harada (シズ) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 16 & Top 32 (11 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Markus Stadter (Yoshi) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 16 (11 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Joshua Dimond (Dimond>5) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 16 (11 Dec 2022) |     |  | | |
 | Gaëtan Lugon-Moulin (gataen CH) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top 32 (11 Dec 2022) |  |  | | |
| Juanma Luque (JuanmaEl32) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top cut (11 Dec 2022) |    |  | | |
| Dan Brown (StoutGaming) | VR Welcome to Paldea Top cut (11 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Chen Chih-chun (ToooTz) | Tainan Regional Top 4 (10 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Fang Yu-yang (Wow_ヤン) | Tainan Regional Top 8 (10 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Li Yi-ju (帕帕拉) | Tainan Regional Top 16 (10 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Li Chia-ching (蕾蒂) | Tainan Regional Top 16 (10 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Wan Ting-te (萬萬) | Tainan Regional Top 16 (10 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Li Yu-chi (東雲青空) | Tainan Regional Top 16 (10 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Christopher Danzo (Lunar) | NinoPokeBros FF#61 Top 4 (23 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Jayme (Jayme) | NinoPokeBros FF#61 Top 4 (23 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Bun (ぶん) | Liberty Note Championships Top 4 (18 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Ryota Otsubo (ナミ) | Liberty Note Championships Top 32 (18 Dec 2022) | |  | | |
| Fevzi Özkan (Fevzi) | Stuttgart VG Side Event Top 8 (3 Dec 2022) | |  | |
