Pokémon VGC 2018 Sample Teams

These are the sample teams used by top-performing players during the Pokémon VGC 2018 format! Complete with a list of multiple Mega Evolutions 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 primary Mega Evolution used by the player.

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Jamie Boyt	1st Place Malmö Regional		Paste Report
Wolfe Glick	1st Place Charlotte Regional		Paste Report
Meghan Hyman	Top 8 Zelda Challenge		Paste
Diego Montes	Top 16 Nashville Open		Paste Report

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Alberto Lara	Top 8 OCIC		Paste
Alex Collins	Top 8 Toronto Regional		Paste
Jerry Meyers	Top 8 Salt Lake City Regional		Paste
James Baek	Top 4 Roanoke Regional		Paste
Ben Kyriakou	Top 4 Sheffield Regional		Paste
Jackson Finch	Top 8 NAIC		Paste
Leonard Craft III	Top 16 NAIC		Paste
Sean Worcester	Top 32 NAIC		Paste
Paul Chua	Top 16 Worlds		Paste
Javier Valdés	Top 32 Worlds		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Fabian Braun	Top 4 Prague Special Event		Paste
Alberto Lara	2nd Place LAIC		Paste
James Baek	1st Place Toronto Regional		Paste
Matthew Greaves	1st Place Salt Lake City Regional		Paste
Dylan Salvanera	1st Place Roanoke Regional		Paste
Kyle Livinghouse	Top 16 NAIC		Paste
Daniel Thorpe	Top 32 NAIC		Paste
Emilio Forbes	2nd Place Worlds		Paste
Kiwamu Endo	Top 16 Worlds		Paste
Simone Sanvito	Top 16 Worlds		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Paul Chua	Top 4 NAIC		Paste
Gabriel Agati	Top 8 Zelda Challenge		Paste
Tomohiro Seki	Top 8 Worlds		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Eric Rios	1st Place Valencia Special Event		Paste
Barry Anderson	Top 32 Worlds		Paste
Jeremy Odena	Top 64 Worlds		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Adrien Sigler	1st Place Portland Regional		Paste
Yuanhao Li	2nd Place Portland Regional		Paste
Ben Kyriakou	Top 4 Stuttgart Regional		Paste
Jake Muller	Top 16 NAIC		Paste
Nuno Rosário	Top 32 Valencia Special Event		Paste Report
James Evans	1st Place Worlds (SR)		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Louis Milich	Top 8 Collinsville Regional		Paste
Brian Youm	Top 8 Charlotte Regional		Paste
Zee Costagliola	Top 8 Charlotte Regional		Paste

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Gary Qian	Top 4 Portland Regional		Paste
Jake Smith	2nd Place Madison Regional		Paste
Hirofumi Kimura	1st Place Japan National		Paste
Justin Frys	Top 32 NAIC		Paste
Paul Chua	1st Place Worlds		Paste Report
Yusei Matsuno	Top 4 Worlds		Paste
Andy Anderson	Top 64 Nashville Open		Paste Report

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Player	Finish	Team	Links
Alex Arand	Top 8 Collinsville Regional		Paste
Teemu Mankinen	Top 8 Malmö Regional		Paste
Patrick Donegan	Top 8 Prague Special Event		Paste Report
Max Waterman	Top 8 Sheffield Regional		Paste
Kiyoshiro Arai	Top 4 Japan National		Paste
Jeremy Rodrigues	1st Place NAIC		Paste Report
Arash Ommati	Top 8 Worlds		Paste
Alessio Yuri Boschetto	Top 16 Worlds		Paste

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Other Mega Evolutions

Player	Finish	Team	Links
Graham Amedee	Top 16 OCIC		Paste
Alberto Lara	Top 16 Salt Lake City Regional		Paste
Yanqing Sun	2nd Place Roanoke Regional		Paste
Ben Grissmer	Top 32 NAIC		Paste
Tommy Cooleen	Top 32 NAIC		Paste
Gilberto Goracci	1st Place Nashville Open		Paste