Pokémon VGC 2016 Sample Teams

These are the sample teams used by top-performing players during the Pokémon VGC 2016 format! Complete with a list of multiple Restricted Pokémon duos consisting of many types of strategies with multiple different Pokémon, there's guaranteed to be a team on this page for anyone that's looking for a team to try out.

Teams below are separated by the Restricted Pokémon duo used by the player.

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Dominic Rhodes	Top 4 Wakefield Regional		Paste
Ashton Cox	Top 4 Kissimmee Regional		Paste
Randy Kwa	1st Place Portland Regional		Paste
Alberto Lara	Top 8 Anaheim Regional		Paste
Flavio Del Pidio	Top 4 Turin Regional		Paste
William Bassolino	Top 4 Longjumeau Regional		Paste
Damon Murdoch	Top 8 Brisbane Regional		Paste
Sam Schweitzer	2nd Place Madison Regional		Paste
Alberto Lara	Top 16 Salt Lake City Regional		Paste
Jack Kurniawan	Top 4 Taiwan National		Paste
DJ Mead	Top 8 Kansas City Regional		Paste
Nicholas Bingham	Top 8 Australia National		Paste
Damon Murdoch	Top 8 Australia National		Paste
Aaron Traylor	2nd Place US National		Paste
Randy Kwa	Top 32 US National		Paste
Alberto Lara	Top 32 US National		Paste
Jeremy Gross	Top 32 US National		Paste
Eduardo Cunha	Top 4 Worlds		Paste
Aaron Traylor	Top 8 Worlds		Paste
David Mizrahi	Top 64 Worlds		Paste
Yuanhao Li	Top 64 Worlds		Paste
Jeudy Azzarelli	Top 128 Worlds		Paste
Alberto Lara	Top 8 Phoenix Regional		Paste

Matthew Jackson

Top 8 Phoenix Regional

Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Jamie Boyt	1st Place Wakefield Regional		Paste
Rajan Bal	Top 16 US National		Paste
Wolfe Glick	1st Place Worlds		Paste
Matthias Suchodolski	1st Place Dortmund Regional		Paste
Alex Collins	Top 16 Fort Wayne Regional		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Simone Sanvito	2nd Place Innsbruck Regional		Paste
Gary Qian	Top 4 Seattle Regional		Paste
Jake Muller	Top 8 Kansas City Regional		Paste
Jamie Boyt	Top 8 UK National		Paste
Grant Weldon	Top 4 US National		Paste
Jonathan Evans	2nd Place Worlds		Paste
Edward Kh Cheung	Top 16 Worlds		Paste
Rajan Bal Alvin Hidayat	Top 32 Worlds		Paste
Grant Weldon	Top 64 Worlds		Paste
Simone Sanvito	Top 128 Worlds		Paste
Carson Confer	1st Place Worlds (SR)		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Barry Anderson	Top 8 Worlds		Paste
Jamie Boyt	Top 16 Worlds		Paste
Wonseok Jang	Top 32 Worlds		Paste
Dane Zieman	Top 32 Worlds		Paste
Jamie Boyt	1st Place Liverpool Regional		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Andrew Nowak	1st Place Collinsville Regional		Paste
Joshua Winfield	Top 4 Anaheim Regional		Paste
Justin Carris	Top 8 Worlds		Paste
Jonathan Chiang	Top 128 Worlds		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Alessio Yuri Boschetto	1st Place Innsbruck Regional		Paste
Joseph Selmer	Top 8 Salt Lake City Regional		Paste
Ulises Arreola	Top 8 Mexico National		Paste
Alessio Yuri Boschetto	Top 8 Italy National		Paste
Sam Pandelis	Top 16 Worlds		Paste
Daniel Oztekin	Top 8 Liverpool Regional		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Samuel Haarsma	Top 8 Portland Regional		Paste
Gary Qian	Top 16 US National		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Daniel Oztekin	Top 16 UK National		Paste
Eric Hogan	Top 8 Athens Regional		Paste

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Others

Player	Finish	Team	Links
Franklin Avos	Top 4 Collinsville Regional		Paste
Patrick Smith	2nd Place Anaheim Regional		Paste
Ugur Tatli	Top 4 Turin Regional		Paste
Lajos Woltersdorf	Top 32 Germany National		Paste
Mark Duo	Top 4 Italy National		Paste
Alex Underhill	Top 128 Worlds		Paste

Demitrios Kaguras

Top 128 Worlds

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