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 D
The Regulation Set D, in use in Seasons 8, 9 and 10 of Ranked Battles (from 1 July to 30 September 2023) and in the official Play! Pokémon rules document, was announced on 1 June 2023.
The following are some Regulation Set D 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 top cut of the 2023 World Championships and the finalists of the September Regionals!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eduardo Cunha (Edu) | Barcelona Special Event Champion (17 Sep 2023) |       |  |  | |
 | Riley Factura (Riley) | Pittsburgh Regional Champion (10 Sep 2023) |   | | ||
 | Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | World Champion (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
 | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | Worlds Finalist (11 Aug 2023) |    |  | |  |
 | Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) | Worlds Top 4 (11 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) | Worlds Top 8 (11 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen (Nikolaj_H) | Worlds Top 8 (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
 | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | Worlds Top 8 (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Luca Lussignoli (MOODY GIRL) | Worlds Top 16 (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Yosuke Takayanagi (やなぎ) | Worlds Top 16 (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Emilio Forbes (Emily) | Worlds Top 16 (11 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
| Yuta Takahashi (ミラボレアス) | Worlds Top 16 (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Kenji Miura (サファイア) | Worlds Top 16 (11 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
| Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | Worlds Top Cut (11 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Anthony Liuzzo (Glum) | Worlds Top Cut (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | Worlds Top Cut (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Kenji Yabata (ジョン) | Worlds Top Cut (11 Aug 2023) |    |  | | |
| Tomoya Ogawa (シット) | World Champion (SR) (11 Aug 2023) |    |  | |
Grassroots tournaments
These include the finalists of large or prestigious grassroots tournaments!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | VR September Challenge Champion (3 Sep 2023) | | | | |
| Kazuki Ogushi (ミオリア) | VR September Challenge Finalist (3 Sep 2023) | |  | | |
 | Liao Xinyu (代后) | Jolly Breloom Invitational Champion (4 Sep 2023) | |  | | |
| Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | Wolfe Glick’s Japan Invitational Champion (15 Aug 2023) | | | | |
| Ko Tsukide (ナンス ) | Victory Road to Yokohama Finalist (8 Jul 2023) | |  | |
Ranked Battles ladder teams
These teams are optimized for best-of-1 play!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joji Kaieda (Suica) | Ranked Battles Season 9 1st place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | ||
| Yukari (ユーカリ) | Ranked Battles Season 9 7th place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Kiyoshiro Arai (じぇらーる) | Ranked Battles Season 9 10th place (31 Aug 2023) |  |  | ||
| Yuki Shimizu (ユウキ) | Ranked Battles Season 9 11th place (31 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
| Pikapi (ピカピ) | Ranked Battles Season 9 12th place (31 Aug 2023) |   |  | ||
| Sora (またあした) | Ranked Battles Season 9 15th place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Hiroto Hayasaki (アルベガ) | Ranked Battles Season 9 18th place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Takumi Soma (アカバ) | Ranked Battles Season 9 19th place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | ||
| Meteor (メテオール) | Ranked Battles Season 9 21th place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Fusamanto (れいび) | Ranked Battles Season 9 28th place (31 Aug 2023) | |  | ||
| Chapimaru (zaka) | Ranked Battles Season 9 98th place (31 Aug 2023) |  |  | |
Other teams in top cuts of large tournaments
These teams reached Day 2 at major events!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Àlex Gómez (PokeAlex) | Barcelona Special Event Top 8 (17 Sep 2023) |   | | ||
| Álex Soto (LenVGC) | Barcelona Special Event Top 16 (17 Sep 2023) |    |  | | |
| Davide Fazio (♥️LOVE♥️Deiv) | Barcelona Special Event Top 16 (17 Sep 2023) |  |  | | |
| Christian De Nicolo (Dot1Q) | Barcelona Special Event Top 32 (17 Sep 2023) | |  | ||
| Aniello Pio La Pietra (Rodja) | Barcelona Special Event Top 32 (17 Sep 2023) | |  | ||
| Alejandro Santos (Alito) | Barcelona Special Event Top 32 (17 Sep 2023) |   | | ||
| Alejandro Fuentelsaz (Jill) | Barcelona Special Event Top 32 (17 Sep 2023) | | | ||
| Marc Román (Elsa) | Barcelona Special Event Top 32 (17 Sep 2023) | | | ||
| Francesco Rasini (Olymak) | Barcelona Special Event Top 32 (17 Sep 2023) |    |  | ||
| Baby Singh (N) | Pittsburgh Regional Top 16 (10 Sep 2023) | | | ||
| Chuppa Cross IV (Chuppa*Cross) | Pittsburgh Regional Top 32 (10 Sep 2023) |  |  | | |
| Justin Knox (Justin) | Pittsburgh Regional Top 32 (10 Sep 2023) | |  | | |
| Zachary Goldstein (zg9064) | Pittsburgh Regional Top 32 (10 Sep 2023) | |  | | |
| Huang Jianzheng (Mel) | Pittsburgh Regional Day 2 (10 Sep 2023) | |  | ||
| Will Connor (Arctic) | Pittsburgh Regional Day 2 (10 Sep 2023) | |  | ||
| Aaron Brok (Aaron) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
 | Alister Sandover (スカーレット) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Nico Davide Cognetta (Desu) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
 | Sebastián Bisbal (Brutus) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Hodaka Hatakeyama (はっくす) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Baris Akcos (>BillaVGC<) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Yuma Miyamoto (とり。) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
 | Michael Navas (Jejemena <3) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
 | Jiseok Lee (282) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Ren Kotorii (オレンジ) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
| Kai Yazawa (シャングリラ) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |  |  | | |
 | Wayne Yu (Wayne) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Yohei Yamane (りんご) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Patrick Donegan (P Donz) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |    |  | | |
| Thomas Gravouille (Hari) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Yuta Hiroki (ひろきんぐ) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Hippolyte Bernard (☆AllySwitch☆) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Yusuke Tsuganezawa (えぱ) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) |   |  | | |
| Estephan Valdebenito (Irina) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Jun Mikami (テル) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Meaghan Rattle (Dan Kuso) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | | |
| Ryoma Okamoto (まひる) | Worlds Day 2 competitor (11 Aug 2023) | |  | |
Other teams
Teams from official tournaments
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jannik Koch (Jannik) | Barcelona Special Event Top 64 (17 Sep 2023) | |  | ||
| Adrià Ortiz (DarkSword) | Barcelona Special Event Top 128 (17 Sep 2023) | |  | | |
| Edoardo Saggio (Wisedy) | Barcelona Special Event Top 128 (17 Sep 2023) | |  | ||
| Bryan Kim (Aberen) | Pittsburgh Regional Top 64 (10 Sep 2023) |    |  | | |
| Junxi Zhu (zgr) | Pittsburgh Regional Top 128 (10 Sep 2023) | |  |
Teams from grassroots tournaments
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bartosz Kuskowski (Bartek) | VR September Challenge Top 8 (3 Sep 2023) | |  | | |
| Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | Wolfe Glick’s Japan Invitational 3rd place (15 Aug 2023) | | | ||
| Shoma Honami (ビエラ) | Wolfe Glick’s Japan Invitational 4th place (15 Aug 2023) | |  | ||
| Yusei Matsuno (ベテ) | Wolfe Glick’s Japan Invitational Top 8 (15 Aug 2023) |  |  | ||
| Xie Yantong (Darko) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 16 (8 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Adrien Hurley (ColdingLight) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 16 (8 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Lin Guli (アオイ) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 16 (8 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
 | Devon Singh (Teenspirit) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 32 (8 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Kohei Sakurai (クララ) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 32 (8 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Iván Amate (Arknor) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 32 (8 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Hippolyte Bernard (★AllySwitch★) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 32 (8 Jul 2023) |   |  | | |
| Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | Victory Road to Yokohama Top 32 (8 Jul 2023) | |  | |
Early-meta teams
Some of our first featured teams from Regulation Set D!
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Note (L_NOTE) | Featured team! (7 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Atalanta (妮莫我老婆) | Featured team! (4 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Danilo Modugno (DaniVGC) | Featured team! (4 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
 | Yang Chieh-lun (血汗涙♪) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Zhang Zhe (天难忱斯) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Atalanta (阿塔兰忒) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
 | Brian Soh (Asada) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Atalanta (土龙格格) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Matt Bruno (Bruneaux) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
 | Giancarlo Abiera (Sakura) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| ♯TK (ペトラ) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Pokésports (Odín) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Adryan Sutantoso (Magnetman) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Pokésports (Colton) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Pierre-Antoine Deshaies (Pokésports) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| Atalanta (阿塔兰忒) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |  |  | | |
| ♯TK (ペトラ) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
| Wedge (Cole) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) |   |  | | |
| Álex Soto (LenVGC) | Featured team! (1 Jul 2023) | |  | | |
