OU RMT
Hiya Smogon! Today i bring you another RMT. This one based around one of my favorite sweepers Lucario. I had good success with this team but i always feel i need to improve. After trying to get advice from serebii and getting shit worth responses i felt i needed to take it to the pros. Not much else to say In the intro i hope you enjoy my RMT and if you actually take the time to read every word and give me a solid rate. ILY <3
Changes Will be in BOLD
WELCOME
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~Team Build~
Stage 1:Obviously this is a Lucario team and, well you try building a Lucario team without Lucario himself. So i present the amazing sweeper himself
Stage 2:The next three pokemon i decided on are apart of my G/W/F core that was popularized very quickly during the Salamence suspect period. Swampert/Heatran/Shaymin seem to have good synergy so i went with them. Not to mention Swampert is a hell of a tank. Heatran revenges nicely and Shaymin is a great sweeper as-well.
Stage 3:The next Pokemon Starmie was chosen for two reasons. One the life orb set is a surprising sweeper but the main reason is because of the way it deals with Lucario's checks. Gliscor, Gyarados, Heatran all get taken out by LO Surf/Ice beam making it an ideal choice on paper. Of course Starmie also has the ability to rapid spin those nasty spikes that might get in my way.
Stage 4: The 6th member of my team was introduced as a specs revenge killer. I added PZ for some extra pow on Gliscor/Skarmory who wall Lucario. I always thought PZ was a underrated sweeper that really had some potential. Also during this stage i noticed i really had no good lead so i plugged Swampert as a lead. To be honest i always thought Swampert was a good user of SR and a great tank but i never found it a good pokemon to lead. One of the reasons i made a RMT.
Stage 5: PZ simply wasn't cutting it and my team was getting walled by special walls(Mainly everyones favorite fatass). PZ wasnt doing much anyways so it got replaced by Gengar. Gengar lures blissey and wrecks her with Pain split. Not to mention Gengar has the ability to hit pretty much everything hard with Shadow ball/Focus Blast. Gengar also causes a lot of switches making it a good substitute sweeper
Stage 6: As recognized by raters i have a large weakness to DD Gyara/Agility Empoleon. I also noticed Agility Lucario/Metagross can also be a problem. In response to this I made Gengar a scarf user and Heatran a LO taunt variant. I also replaced Suicune>>>Starmie to remove a weak Gyarados link. The Lucario-Suicune combo is also rather pleasing.
Hiya Smogon! Today i bring you another RMT. This one based around one of my favorite sweepers Lucario. I had good success with this team but i always feel i need to improve. After trying to get advice from serebii and getting shit worth responses i felt i needed to take it to the pros. Not much else to say In the intro i hope you enjoy my RMT and if you actually take the time to read every word and give me a solid rate. ILY <3
Changes Will be in BOLD
WELCOME
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~Team Build~
Stage 1:Obviously this is a Lucario team and, well you try building a Lucario team without Lucario himself. So i present the amazing sweeper himself
Stage 2:The next three pokemon i decided on are apart of my G/W/F core that was popularized very quickly during the Salamence suspect period. Swampert/Heatran/Shaymin seem to have good synergy so i went with them. Not to mention Swampert is a hell of a tank. Heatran revenges nicely and Shaymin is a great sweeper as-well.
Stage 3:The next Pokemon Starmie was chosen for two reasons. One the life orb set is a surprising sweeper but the main reason is because of the way it deals with Lucario's checks. Gliscor, Gyarados, Heatran all get taken out by LO Surf/Ice beam making it an ideal choice on paper. Of course Starmie also has the ability to rapid spin those nasty spikes that might get in my way.
Stage 4: The 6th member of my team was introduced as a specs revenge killer. I added PZ for some extra pow on Gliscor/Skarmory who wall Lucario. I always thought PZ was a underrated sweeper that really had some potential. Also during this stage i noticed i really had no good lead so i plugged Swampert as a lead. To be honest i always thought Swampert was a good user of SR and a great tank but i never found it a good pokemon to lead. One of the reasons i made a RMT.
Stage 5: PZ simply wasn't cutting it and my team was getting walled by special walls(Mainly everyones favorite fatass). PZ wasnt doing much anyways so it got replaced by Gengar. Gengar lures blissey and wrecks her with Pain split. Not to mention Gengar has the ability to hit pretty much everything hard with Shadow ball/Focus Blast. Gengar also causes a lot of switches making it a good substitute sweeper
Stage 6: As recognized by raters i have a large weakness to DD Gyara/Agility Empoleon. I also noticed Agility Lucario/Metagross can also be a problem. In response to this I made Gengar a scarf user and Heatran a LO taunt variant. I also replaced Suicune>>>Starmie to remove a weak Gyarados link. The Lucario-Suicune combo is also rather pleasing.
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-Team In Depth-
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-Team In Depth-
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The Lead:
-Swampet@Leftovers
-Ability:Torrent
-Nature:Relaxed
-EV's:252 HP, 252 Defense 4 Attack
-Moves:
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Roar
- Stealth Rocks
~ Swampert?
- Swampert was added to the team as a tank that could also set up rocks. The move-pool is self explanatory Roar is a very helpful tool as it lets me roar away set up sweepers and BP's like Ninjask. Earthquake and Ice Beam are both coverage moves and SR becaue i need SR so Lucario can net important KO'so not much to explain here. I am however disappointed in Swampert. At first i thought it would be a good sufficient lead that would get up rocks easily but i find my self running away from Machamp,Roserade, Aerodactyl and Azelf all of which are extremely common and pose a threat to Swampert. Being a offensive team I dont like running away and losing the offensive momentum. I do however like Swamperts ability to wall, set up and phaze but having him in lead position hurts me.
- Considered changes :Like I said Swampert has its uses but having a Swampert in lead irritates me. My goal is too somehow fit a Azelf/Machamp and keep swampert for his other purposes. Suggestions?
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The StallBreaker:
-Heatran@Life Orb
-Ability: Flash Fire
-Nature:Timid
-EV's:252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
-Moves:
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Hidden power {Grass}
- Taunt
~Heatran?
- After noticing my large problem with DD Gyara/Agility Emp. I decided to make Gengar my resident scarf user who out-speeds these pokemon after they set up unlike Heatran. This change made my team weaker to stall so i made Heatran a LO variant. LO tran rips through walls like its his job. Fairly impressed with this set. ScarfTran has been replaced by Life Orb Tran as suggested by IBanez.
- Considered Changes: N/A
The Gimmicky Ghost:
Gengar@Choice Scarf
Ability:Levitate
Nature:Timid
EV's: 252 SpA, 252 SpE, 4 HP
Moves:
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power{ICE}
- Trick/Focus Blast
~Gengar?
- Heatran as a revenge killer is not bad but he can't deal with Empoleon/Gyarados/Metagross/Lucario etc after they set up. Gengar's blistering speed hits 525 with a scarf on. This helps me deal with my DDGyara weakness(who can otherwise tear through my team). ITs rather unpredictable and can be a problem with trick. The ScarfGar suggestion was made by IBanez
- Considered Changes: N/A
The Support:
Shaymin@Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid
EV's:252 HP / 36 SpA / 220 Spe
Moves:
- Seed Flare
- Hidden Power{Fire}
- Substitute
- Leach Seed
~Shaymin?
- SubSeed Shaymin is a very helpful tool on this team. Thanks to Shaymin's ability to cause switches, Shaymin usually manages to get a sub up. After that It can leech seed and start forcing more switches. Thanks to Salamence's ban to ubers very little standard in Shaymins way of seeding and sweeping to its hearts content. This little thing is really a powerful beast. It even works as a nice status absorber thanks to natural cure. Thanks to UlyssesI now run HP fire over Earth power so i can hit the likes of Celebi,Breloom and other grass types that cant be hit by leech seed.Thanks Ulysses
- Considered Changes: I'm thinking of changing this to a offensive variant. Suggestions? o.o
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The Supporting Sweeper-
Suicune@Life Orb
Ability:Pressure
Nature: Timid
EV's: 252 SpA, 252 SpE, 4 HP
Moves:
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power {Electric}
- Calm Mind
~Suicune?
Suicune replaced Starmie as i found it to be a weak link. Offensive suicune also makes a nice partner to Lucario. The offensive set is my final response to the DD Gyara weakness. Suicune also unlike Starmie can boost and sweep leaving it easier for Lucario to clean up.
~Considered changes: Someone on IRC actually suggested I use a DD Gyara in replace of Suicune so i can lure out physical walls before Lucario sweeps. Suggestions? O_o
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The Star Of The Show-
Lucario@Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly
EV's: 252 Atk, 252 speed, 4 hp
Moves:
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Extreme Speed
- When Salamence got banned to ubers, Lucario lost one of its best checks, Because of this Lucario became a even better sweeper than it already is. To take advantage of this i decided to make a Lucario based team. So far Im fairly impressed with Luke. Good move pool and offensive stats make it a prime pokemon for sweeping. I decided to go with SDLuke over AGULuke because the power after two swords dances is incredible. I usually try to get Lucario in a choiced hit or set up when i have the offensive momentum. The move set is fairly obvious. SD for boosts Close Combat for stab, Crunch for coverage and Extreme Speed for priority.
- Considered Changes: Not much. This team is for both Wifi and Shoddy so maybe BP over Crunch?
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Closing Words
I hope you liked my RMT and i hope you give me a good rate. The main focus of this RMT is too Find and new lead, find any possible threats to this team and overall get an impression of what smogonities think of this team. Any Advice from a small ev adjustment to replacing pokemon seems good to me. Well Thanks for reading my RMT i hope you enjoyed.
Last Look
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I hope you liked my RMT and i hope you give me a good rate. The main focus of this RMT is too Find and new lead, find any possible threats to this team and overall get an impression of what smogonities think of this team. Any Advice from a small ev adjustment to replacing pokemon seems good to me. Well Thanks for reading my RMT i hope you enjoyed.
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