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.
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Regulation Set B
The Regulation Set B, formerly known as Series 2, in use in Seasons 3 and 4 of Ranked Battles (from 1 February to 31 March 2023) and in the official Play! Pokémon rules document, was announced on 6 January 2023.
The following are some Regulation Set B 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!
Teams from official tournaments
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) | Vancouver Regional Champion (12 Mar 2023) |       |  |  | |
| Ryan Loseto (SableyeVGC) | Vancouver Regionals Runner-up (12 Mar 2023) |    |  | |  |
 | Markus Stadter (Yoshi) | Bochum Regional Champion (26 Feb 2023) |     |  | | |
 | Álex Soto (LenVGC) | Bochum Regionals Runner-up (26 Feb 2023) |     |  | | |
 | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | OCIC Champion (19 Feb 2023) |     |  | | |
Teams from grassroots tournaments
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kaito Arii (ナーク) | Terurun Offline #4 Winner (4 Mar 2023) |   |  | ||
| Taisuke Konohana (ハミガキコ) | Sekappy Coloseum Winner (19 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Naoto Mizobuchi (ペンギン) | Sekappy Coloseum Runner-up (19 Feb 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Ella Kershaw (grubfriend) | Hatterene Series SV #2 Runner-up (12 Feb 2023) |   |  | | |
 | Eden Batchelor (XenoVGC) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Winner (29 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
 | Fiona Szymkiewicz (Yoshiandlugia) | Hatterene Series SV #1 Runner-up (29 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
| Justin Burns (Justin) | NinoPokeBros FF#64 Winner (27 Jan 2023) | |  | | |
| Kosta Kalamaris (Kosta) | Beanie BWW #3 Winner (25 Jan 2023) |    |  | | |
| Will Scully (Will) | NinoPokeBros FF#63 Winner (21 Jan 2023) |   |  | | |
| Chris Danzo (Lunar) | NinoPokeBros FF#62 Winner (13 Jan 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 Season 3 1st place (1 Mar 2023) |   |  | ||
| Shuji Endo (えげ) | Ranked Season 3 2nd place (1 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
| Motarike (なんじょる) | Ranked Season 3 6th place (1 Mar 2023) |   |  | | |
| Fumiaki Suwa (ゆヌ) | Ranked Season 3 12th place (1 Mar 2023) | |  | ||
| Yoichiro Kurogi (ASACA) | Ranked Season 3 16th place (1 Mar 2023) |    |  | ||
| Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | Ranked Season 3 18th place (1 Mar 2023) |  |  | ||
| Munenori Okumura (COM*) | Ranked Season 3 19th place (1 Mar 2023) | |  | ||
| Fusamanto (れいび) | Ranked Season 3 22nd place (1 Mar 2023) | |  | ||
 | Jin Zhiyu (阿苌) | Ranked Season 3 23rd place (1 Mar 2023) |  |  | ||
| Saraie (さらいぇ) | Ranked Season 3 25th place (1 Mar 2023) |  |  | ||
 | Pan Si Ming (蓝宝石) | Ranked Season 3 27th place (1 Mar 2023) |  |  | ||
| Tekubon (TKBN) | Ranked Season 3 28th place (1 Mar 2023) |  |  |
Other teams in top cuts of large tournaments
Teams from official tournaments
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demitrios Kaguras (DEMITRI) | Vancouver Regionals Top 8 (12 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
| Ian Holdeman (Ian) | Vancouver Regionals Top 16 (12 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
| Matt Tidd (Tidd) | Vancouver Regionals Top 32 (12 Mar 2023) |    |  | | |
| Devin Bales (Dev) | Vancouver Regionals Top 32 (12 Mar 2023) |  |  | | |
| Donald Smith (donaldwsjr) | Vancouver Regionals Top 32 (12 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
 | Jefferson Camelo (KSV lJeff) | Natal Regionals Top 4 (12 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
| Jonathan DeKoekkoek (Jonathan) | Knoxville Regionals Top 16 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | ||
| Ashton Cox (Ash *) | Knoxville Regionals Top 16 (26 Feb 2023) |   |  | ||
| Will Inabinet (Will) | Knoxville Regionals Top 32 (26 Feb 2023) |  |  | ||
| Chris Danzo (Lunar) | Knoxville Regionals Day 2 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Dillon Kleinvehn (MLBD) | Knoxville Regionals Day 2 (26 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Jimmy Friedle (Jimmy) | Knoxville Regionals Day 2 (26 Feb 2023) |  |  | ||
| Víctor Jiménez (VictorJColl) | Bochum Regionals Top 4 (26 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
 | David Koutesh (Hamstermania) | Bochum Regionals Top 32 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
 | Geonwoo Myung (수호자) | Bochum Regionals Day 2 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | ||
| Jannik Koch (Jannik) | Bochum Regionals Day 2 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Bodo Engel (Nova) | Bochum Regionals Day 2 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Chuppa Cross IV (Chuppa*Cross) | OCIC Top 8 (19 Feb 2023) |   |  | | |
| Jesse Beard (Jesse) | OCIC Top 32 (19 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Matthew Mitchell (Bahamate) | OCIC Top 32 (19 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| George Tifverman (Tiff Curry) | Orlando Regionals Top 16 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
 | Aditya Subramanian (ck49) | Orlando Regionals Top 16 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
 | Jonathan Melendez (Wacka) | Orlando Regionals Top 16 (5 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Kyle Livinghouse (Animus) | Orlando Regionals Top 16 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Bhushan Thumsi (Freezai) | Orlando Regionals Top 32 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | Orlando Regionals Top 32 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Max Gelman (Max) | Orlando Regionals Top 32 (5 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Rushil Thakkar (Conkledonk) | Vancouver Regionals Top 64 (12 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
 | Luciano Muñoz (Hummus) | Natal Regionals Top 16 (12 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
| Matthew Anderson (Matt) | Perth Regionals Top 16 (5 Mar 2023) |  |  | | |
| Chamath Abeyawardana (Samus) | Perth Regionals Top 32 (5 Mar 2023) | |  | | |
| Ryan Nesmith (Nehzzy) | Knoxville Regionals Top 128 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | ||
| Philip Cohen (Inferno) | Knoxville Regionals Top 128 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | ||
| Nicholas Clark (KantoClark) | Knoxville Regionals Top 128 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Michel Zazzi (OBM) | Bochum Regionals Top 128 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | ||
| Max Waterman (Simipour) | Bochum Regionals Top 128 (26 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Jessica Bradley (Banndittaa) | OCIC Top 64 (19 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Austin Forcinito (Lylah) | Orlando Regionals Top 64 (8-2) (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Mohammed Faizan (Fizzay) | Orlando Regionals Top 64 (8-2) (5 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Joshua Robinson (Kaneoji) | Orlando Regional Champion (SR) (5 Feb 2023) | |  | |
Teams from grassroots tournaments and other featured teams
| Flag | Player | Best results | Team | Code | Paste | Rep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Paky Esposito (¡Puddin!) | Victory Road to Melbourne Top 4 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Iker Rodrigo (Reki) | Victory Road to Melbourne Top 8 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
 | Patrick Dawson (Phatrick) | Victory Road to Melbourne Top 8 (5 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Maheen Thakur (Maxi) | Victory Road to Melbourne Top 16 (44962) | |  | | |
| Emanuele Briganti (BK) | Victory Road to Melbourne Top 16 (5 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Yukuse (Yukuse) | Sekappy Coloseum Top 4 (19 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Kegawa (けがわ) | Sekappy Coloseum Top 4 (19 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Shime Saba (〆_saba) | Sekappy Coloseum Top 8 (19 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Yuki Shimizu (ユウキ) | Sekappy Coloseum Top 8 (19 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Tentei (ひかり*) | Sekappy Coloseum Top 8 (19 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Kaito Arii (ナーク) | Sekappy Coloseum Top 8 (19 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Jamie Mancini (Jamm) | Beanie BR KO Knoxville Top 8 (18 Feb 2023) |  |  | | |
| Adit Selvaraj (Chrom) | Hatterene Series SV #2 Top 8 (12 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Chloe (chlotad) | Hatterene Series SV #2 Top 8 (12 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Mia Gray (Moone) | Hatterene Series SV #2 Top 8 (12 Feb 2023) | |  | | |
| Online (Online) | Terurun Challenge #14 Top 8 (11 Feb 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) |    |  | | |
 | Yamid Rodriguez (RhaegoVGC) | NinoPokeBros FF#64 Top 8 (27 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) | |  | | |
