Rate the whole team
Score coverage, synergy, speed control, hazards, win conditions, and set quality.
AI team builder + coach
AI Pokémon Team Builder for Smogon and VGC
The team builder that fights back
Built for Smogon. AI type coverage, format-aware picks, and a coach that reads your actual sets know your team's every edge and every gap.
Coverage Heatmap
Gen 9 OUNRM
·×1
FIRE
×0.5
WATR
×0.5
ELTC
×0.25
GRSS
·×1
ICE
×2
FTG
·×1
PSN
×0.5
GRD
×0.5
FLY
·×1
PSY
·×1
BUG
×0.5
ROCK
×2
GHST
×0.5
DRG
×0.5
DRK
·×1
STL
×0.5
FAIRY
·×1
ThreatShieldNeutrallive
19Smogon rulesets
1,025Pokémon in Dex
9generations
Meet your AI Team Coach
Build the six. Then make every slot earn its place.
Team Coach reads the format, roster, moves, items, abilities, and EVs already in your builder. Get a straight answer on what wins, what folds, and what to change before you queue.
- Uses your active battle format
- Reads your actual six and their sets
- No signup or separate import flow
Team CoachGen 9 OU
Rate my team and tell me the first thing I should fix.
7/10Strong core. No speed plan.
Your defensive core holds up, but Dragapult and Iron Valiant force a trade every time they enter safely. Keep Garchomp; turn one support slot into reliable speed control.
First fix
Add a Choice Scarf user or priority before changing your main breaker.
- What coverage am I missing?
- Which slot is weakest?
Ask real follow-ups
Question a matchup, focus one slot, or ask what your roster is still missing.
Get a concrete fix
See which Pokémon, move, item, EV spread, or role should change—and why.
From format to feedback
How MetaMons AI works
MetaMons combines a competitive Pokémon team builder with deterministic type analysis and an AI Team Coach. The coach is grounded in the format and roster data already present in the builder.
- 01
Choose the ruleset
Start with a supported Smogon singles, Battle Stadium, VGC, doubles, or older-generation format. The builder uses that choice to scope generation-aware moves, abilities, and mechanics.
- 02
Build the actual sets
Add up to six Pokémon, then set moves, items, abilities, natures, EVs, levels, and Tera types where the format allows them. You can also import a Showdown paste.
- 03
Read the team, not one slot
The defensive heatmap checks shared type pressure across the roster. Team Coach receives the active format and your real sets so it can discuss synergy, threats, speed control, hazards, win conditions, and concrete changes.
Gen 9 OU example
A real AI team-analysis example
The coach receives the chosen format plus the same species, moves, items, abilities, EVs, and Tera choices shown in the builder. It can then return the scored review format used by the live “Rate my team” action.
Analyze your own teamExample coach review
Roster + setsWhat it scores
- Offensive coverage and defensive synergy
- Speed control and hazard game
- Win condition and set quality
What it returns
- An overall score with short reasons
- Three matchup threats to investigate
- One urgent, concrete set or roster change
Advice is presented as a recommendation. When the builder cannot verify a factual detail, the coach is instructed to state that uncertainty rather than invent a legality ruling, damage roll, or usage statistic.
MetaMons versus a standard team builder
A standard builder records a team. MetaMons keeps that familiar workflow, then adds roster-wide analysis and a coach that can explain the gaps it finds.
| Capability | Standard builder | MetaMons |
|---|---|---|
| Assemble and edit a six-Pokémon roster | ||
| Import and export Pokémon Showdown paste | ||
| 18-type defensive coverage heatmap | ||
| Format-aware Smogon usage and teammate context | ||
| AI rating across synergy, speed, hazards, win conditions, and sets | ||
| Follow-up coaching about the current roster or one selected slot |
Explore the competitive team-building tools
Three tools, one goal: a team that holds up when the ladder gets serious.
Step 01
Smart Team Builder
Pick a format. Fill your six.
- OU, VGC, Ubers, and 10+ Smogon formats
- Search hundreds of format-legal Pokémon by name
- AI suggestions adapt to your roster as you build
- Export directly to Showdown paste
metamons / team-builder
1. Pick a format
Gen 9 OU
2. Add Pokémon
Garchomp
DragonGround
Corviknight
SteelFlying
Iron Moth
FirePoison
+ 3 more slots
Frequently asked questions about the MetaMons AI team builder
01What makes MetaMons an AI Pokémon team builder?
MetaMons combines a six-slot team editor with a deterministic 18-type defensive heatmap and an AI Team Coach. The coach receives your selected format and current sets, then can rate synergy, speed control, hazards, win conditions, and set quality or answer follow-up questions.
02Can I use the AI team builder for both Smogon and VGC?
Yes. The format picker includes Smogon singles tiers, Battle Stadium, VGC-style doubles, and formats from Gen 1 through Gen 9. The active definition controls the generation used for loaded moves and abilities, whether Terastallization is available, and whether the coach should reason about singles or doubles.
03Does MetaMons work as a Pokémon Showdown AI team builder?
Yes. You can import a Showdown-style team into the builder, edit the roster and sets, copy the completed export, or download it as a text file. The AI Coach reads the same Showdown-style set data used by the builder.
04What Pokémon knowledge does the AI Team Coach use?
The coach is prompted with the active ruleset, roster, moves, items, abilities, EVs, natures, levels, and Tera choices where applicable. It also receives a compact PokéAPI-backed snapshot of species types, base stats, and whether selected moves and abilities were present in the builder's generation-scoped options.
05Does the AI replace the coverage and format data in the builder?
No. The type heatmap and format data are separate product features and remain visible in the builder. AI advice is an additional coaching layer, and uncertain facts are supposed to be identified rather than presented as exact damage, legality, or usage data.