Team Spotlight - Lycanroc Dusk at Intimidators Champions Challenge #16

Here's a spotlight on player JOAO's team that hit spot #1 in a 49-player tournament last week: Intimidators Champions Challenge #16 (June 8, 2026). What makes this team a bit unusual is the presence of Lycanroc Dusk as well as Mega Scovillain , whose popularity has dropped quickly after its initial rise. Below is JOAO's team, as well as a Replica Code if you want to give it a try in Champions :

With a score of 9-0-0, this team beat the most prevalent and best-performing archetypes and Pokémon in the meta. Some notably interesting techs about this team:

• Lycanroc Dusk can OHKO Mega Charizard Y with Accelerock, making it really hard to capitalize on the currently best mega in the format. It can also OHKO 32HP Kingambit with Close Combat, even at -1 Atk (typically after an intimidate)
• Rain & Sand teams have a hard time against a well-timed Mega Froslass Snow Warning
• Lycanroc Dusk and Basculegion can work together for a double priority move offense that can pick off a lot of weakened targets
• Swords Dance Kingambit is a dormant threat that can awaken at any moment and quickly become hard to deal with

Top Cut and Swiss round results for this player and their team are available on Limitless here.