Mega Chimecho / Palafin Rain Trick Room

Synergy

Mega Chimecho sets Trick Room and provides Steel-type coverage under rain, while Palafin-Hero sweeps with Jet Punch priority and Wave Crash boosted by Mystic Water, rain, and Pelipper Helping Hand. Krookodile handles speed control outside Trick Room via Choice Scarf and Intimidate support, Heliolisk walls Rotom-W and Basculegion with Dry Skin, and Machamp removes Kingambit and Charizard-Y threats with No Guard Dynamic Punch and Stone Edge.

Win Conditions

Set Trick Room with Mega Chimecho and sweep with Palafin-Hero Wave Crash or Jet Punch boosted by rain and Helping Hand from Pelipper. Outside Trick Room, Scarf Krookodile outspeeds and removes threats like Basculegion while Heliolisk pivots with Volt Switch to maintain rain.

Lead Options

Chimecho-Mega + Krookodile, Chimecho-Mega + Machamp, Pelipper + Palafin-Hero, Heliolisk + Pelipper

Threats

Charizard-Y (mitigated by rain, Machamp Stone Edge, Heliolisk Volt Switch pivot), Kingambit (Machamp Dynamic Punch/Wide Guard), Basculegion (Krookodile Choice Scarf Knock Off, Heliolisk Dry Skin immunity), Rotom-W (Heliolisk walls), spread moves like Dazzling Gleam and Heat Wave (Wide Guard Machamp)