ICE'S VENGEANCE
Hello everyone, I am Candice !
Known as [Aquarius] Candice too ^^
Finally I'm going to Introduce my Hail team !
I have been running Hail since... March 2011 I think. I have tried EVERY-THING, when I say everything, it's everything. Even Jynx... At first I wanted an Ice monoteam. But after a few battles, realised that it's completely impossible to run one if you want to reach at least page 1. It was fun, but I had to face it. Complete nonsense. But because I was so stubborn about the idea of using Hail, I tried to build a competitive Hail team. So before i'll show you the real team, I will show you my first competitive Hail Team that made me reach the top 10 on PokeBattleCenter and top 30 on the Beta. I've used that team for a long time and I loved it.
So here's my first competitive Hail team :
It did well, but if Gliscor was down, Scizor and Tyranitar just owned my team like no other pokemon could...
But very weak to many things, I could be top 10 with that team but yet lost to a simple Cloyster (lol)
Gliscor was cool handling scizor and Tyranitar but I really needed something that could make Tyranitar run, kill volcarona, Gyarados, cloyster, something solid... i've tried many fighting type and at the end I choose the one that could handle them very well : Conkeldurr. Also one thing my team was still pretty weak to fire moves and couldn't handle very well dragon attacks... so after many thoughts I decided to add one of the best special wall in OU : Heatran.
Also a very good team but sadly one thing could just destroy it : Reuniclus.
So I just decided to make a new hail team that could counter Reuniclus and other things. I started to work on it and after many many many tries I added scizor which could counter a lot of threats to my team, since I had Heatran it wasn't a problem at all to run him and also Latios for his good synergy with my team and to have great revenge killer.
This team is my best Hail team so far, i'm currently top 8 on PokeBattleCenter with 1425 points and currently top 32 on Smogon with 1462 points.
My final Hail Team :
Now, i will explain why i chose them and their individual roles in details
Volcarina (Heatran) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 248 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Protect
Why didn't I think of Heatran earlier? This pokemon works just great in my team, she can absorb fire hits and mainly make the biggest threat to hail teams (Scizor) run away. I usually use her as a lead, but never when I'm VS a rain team, Abomasnow will always be my lead in that case. For the EV spread Heatran is made here to resist any special attacks, especially Draco Meteor. I needed Stealth Rocks and she was the best Pokemon for that, since Stealth Rocks is the best move in the game. I use Lava Plume for the 30% burn rate, I can even have her facing a tentacruel since he will always end up burned and scald usually do 25% on Heatran. I have roar because I needed that move so badly, especially facing Volraronas or to predict a DD from a Dragonite or Gyarados, it helps a lot and can scout my opponents Pokemon as well. I was always not sure whether having Earth Power or Protect, but I decided to go for the safe one. It actually help me a lot, I love doing that on an opponent’s choiced Pokemon, loosing damage due to Hail and also seeing what move he will do against her. Oh and for the item I chosed leftovers because seriously running a balloon in hail is pretty stupid as I really need her to take special hits or Bullet Punch / U-turn.
Xmas Tree (Abomasnow) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Warning
EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 108 SDef / 4 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Ice Shard
Ah Abomasnow...You're a big freaking tree, so tell me why do you have to be so damn fragile? It's so unfair....i have to be VERY careful with this thing. Bullet Punch ohkos her, Stone edge ohkos her, HP fire ohko's her, i have to keep her very well checked if i want him to have any hope of survivability. However, she works really well against rain. When up against an opposing politoed, i'll usually leech seed because i know they won't be willing to stick around. Same thing for frail dragons like salamence, since they will switch fearing the Ice shard, however if i make a mistake poor abomasnow will get killed, very very fast. If i don't make any stupid mistakes though, leech seed+protect+hail is one nasty combinations, allowing me to reduce my opponents health insanely fast and force switches, racking up stealth rock dmg, add in the poison from toxic spikes(Read below), and you've got a very good staller on your hands. The most fun part is against tyranitar though. They'll usually bring it in expecting the ice shard...and take a wood hammer to the face. Most of them don't have much defense investment, meaning they lose a good 80% of their health, usually putting them in ice shard's ko range. I prefer the physical Abomasnow with 252 Ev's in Attack because of the useful priority in ice shard, and it allows me to deal with bulky waters like suicune and vaporeon very easily. All in all, she's the core of my team, she brings up my weather, but i have to keep her VERY well checked, because as useful as she may be, she has a wooping amount of weaknesses and can very easily be dispatched if i'm careless.
Jelly Cutie (Tentacruel) (F) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Scald
- Knock Off
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
Tentacruel is a bit like my physical wall and oh god is she vital. Because i run hail, Stealth rocks obviouslty are a major pain in the.... Anyway, tried donphan as a rapid spinner, and it didnt work out too well, beside i already had someone to set up rocks. The best thing about tentacruel though if her ability to set up toxic spikes(And remove them without having to pull off the Rspin) I run knock off because of the omnipresent chansey, who is rendered pretty useless without eviolite, It also knocks off leftovers so they rack up hail dmg, choice scarfs which ruins revenge killers, amongst other things, it's an extremely useful and underrated move. The pokemon that annoys me the most is definitly jellicent, preventing me from getting rid of the rocks by spin blocking and being immuned to scald, although its not a problem if i have 2 layers of tspikes up. Tentacruel is a pretty decent physical wall, its able to take fire or fighting hits, and knock off the item of whatever switches in, crippling it. Scald's burn chance is also very appreciated if a dragon like Salamence switches in on tenta, allowing me to tank it even more but also rack up even more dmg. she is still somewhat frail, so I try to keep her alive until the end, considering how vital this girl is to my team.
Mistral (Scizor) (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Ah Scizor, I had to include you in my team. I used to love Scyther, but I fell in love with Scizor in Gen 2 and she became my favorite Pokemon since then. And now look at her, 1st Pokemon in the Metagame. ..I needed something that could hit hard and revenge hit, I used to have Conkeldurr but he was too ugly and was still not what I was looking for. I thought I should have another Pokemon with leftovers since Hail Damage also affect my pokemons, but Scizor was just the best pokemon to make Tyranitar and Terrakion run. I am extremely carefull with her, She needs to stay alive as long as Terrakion is not dead. I used to run the bulky Sword Dance at first, but it was lacking of power and it was luring heatrans. So I went for the standard one and as usual it never disappointed me.
Bullet Punch is just excellent, finishes off any weakened pokemon that doesn’t resist it. U-turn became one of the best move in the game, scouting my opponent's Pokemon and yet still doing a lot of damages, I usually do that in front of Tyranitar expecting they are not faster than her. Superpower is probably the move that I use the least, but I usually keep it when I expect a Heatran/Magnezone switch which can always help a lot. Pursuit here is great when facing any ghost that are not so defensive or a choiced Latios stuck on a Draco Meteor. Again, this is a very essential part to my team, as without her i'm wide exposed to threats like Terrakion, considering the abundance on the ladder at the moment.
Kimonobeauty (Froslass) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Cloak
EVs: 36 HP / 220 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Confuse Ray
- Blizzard
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
Okay, here comes the beast, the star of the show who also happens to be my 2nd favorite pokemon of all time: Froslass! I never understood why people wasted her as a suicide lead to set up spikes....so much potential gone to waste... I usually bring her in late game when she can clean up whatever is left on my opponent's team, and she is also by best check to fighting pokemons with a very helpful fighting immunity. I used to have twave, it worked sometimes, but more often than not i had tspikes up, wasting a moveslot, therefore i replaced it with Confuse ray and it worked out GREAT. People who battled me know from experience how annoying froslass can be. Like i said earlier, i usually have tspikes up, and considering Froslass's incredible base 110 speed, i can sub up. With the ability snow cloak, every move's accuracy is reduced by 20%, and most of the times people will try hitting me with stone edge, who already has quite shaky accuracy. I usually keep subbing up until they miss, or die from poison dmg and confusion. Confusion+Poison+Hail+Miss hax is total chaos for my opponent, causing him to pray and hope to break through not only confusion, which gives you a 50% chance of wacking yourself, but also my evasion boost, my sub, all that while taking loads of residual dmg, it usually doesn't end well for my victim. My biggest problem with this girl is probably tyranitar, as it gets rid of my evasion bonus, but like i said i usually bring it in late game when tyranitar is already dead. I love when people call me a noob for using its abilities to its finest, while they run jirachi, and cheap pokemons like Reuniclus and Terrakion...Then they come complain about a froslass, that's so cute :) She's also a fantastic counter to toxicroak, considering most run Drain Punch, Sucker punch swords dance and sub, meaning they can't win, no matter what they do. Never try using moves with shaky accuracy such as stone edge to kill my froslass, you will only end up regretting it, majorly. She is the star of this team and the glue that fits my team together, therefore getting rid of her is out of the question.
I apologise if some people hate my froslass so much now :p
Biscuit (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Fire]
And here's my second Revenge Killer, Latios. He's my backup cleaner, as he outspeeds 99% of the things i face. One of the strongest Draco Meteor in the game is always not pleasant to take if you don't carry any steels. Most people will switch in Ferrothorn/Scizor on this thing...That's where hp fire comes in. Then they'll try switching in a Tyranitar or a Heatran and get Surfed. You think you can wall this with Chansey/Blissey? I'll be happy to give you my choice scarf.
Always faster than any dragons after 1+ Dragon Dance and then revenge kill them with Draco Meteor. I love predicting when i'm using him, because to any teams, Latios is always a big threat. He is also a great pokemon against Rain team. Easy to switch in front of Politoed and then he can be prepared to take mighty Draco Meteor if he has no Steel Pokemon. Tyranitar is probably the best Pokemon to wall my Latios, he can sponge all of Latios's attacks in sandstorm and Surf will do about 30% most of the time which isn't so much... and of course that thing usually carries Pursuit which isn't helping things. So usually I always end up doing Surf on him since i'm too afraid it might run Pursuit. It's better to deal as much as damage I can to weaken the beast. But like I told you he is my backup cleaner and I usually bring him out not so early in the game, especially if Tyranitar is still alive.
Conclusion
I love that team so much, you have no idea, the fact that I could use most of my favorite Pokemons in it is a great thing. My main problem I would say, is that I don't have any safe switch for Tyranitar or Terrakion. So those two Pokemons can really deal a lot of damage in my team. I'm using hail on a more offensive scale than most other hail team's you will see on the ladder. I hate stall, which is why i try to avoid using it as much as possible. Hail stall is generic, and easy to run. Rain teams are a breeze to take care off, it's really sand teams that give me the most trouble, even more so than sun. If tyranitar is alive, i have a huge problem on my hands. Running Hail is much more complicated than running Rain or Sand team. Most Sand team don't even bother have a rapid spinner because rocks does 12% on them most of the time. But again, i can't afford changing everything, since i like having my cup of originality in my teams. I use hail to not be generic, i have no intention of changing that thought process. I could run skarmbliss, i could run hail stall, i could run something completly different that would most likely be more effective, but i don't want to, and that's what matters. My team is unique, and i love it for that specific reason. I love this team, i know it's weaknesses, i know what i have to take care off and what doesn't treaten me, and i have to play around accordingly. Once I have seen someone with the exact same team as mine, I was quite upset. So please don't just copy and paste it. Even If you do you'll see it's a very difficult team to use. Try it, have fun with it and tell me what you liked or not about the team :) I will be glad to hear suggestions that can help me improve my team. I hope you enjoyed reading this and that it will give you another Idea of Hail Team. A big big thanks to Vega that did help me a lot while doing this RMT, because this is actually my first one ever and because he has watched all most of my battles he know how I play and could help me to think of everything to say. Thanks everyone for reading my RMT, I hope you can give me some advices and thanks to everyone that I know from Smogon ! ^^
Candice.
Standard OU Threats
One of the most dangerous Pokemon to face. My best check is Scizor or setting up the Toxic Spikes with Tentacruel is also one of the best way the get rid of him.
Rotom-W with any set is an annoying pokemon to battle against. Latios is my best check for this guy and Abomasnow too if it doesn't carry HP fire.
I don't mind the choice band set because I can handle it pretty easily, but the SD set that's another problem. If he is faster than my heatran I have to be extremely carefull.
Heatran is also a problem, Tentacruel can handle the specially defensive one. But the offensive one is a bit more tricky since it's usually faster and can 2HKO me with Earth Power. You might laugh but I actually use Froslass to kill the offensive one, since he usually lose HP in hail and I can spam sub until his HP gets low (with a miss it's even better) Latios with surf is also a possibility
If Scizor is dead then Reuniclus can destroy my whole team. But i'm usually extremely carefull so that Scizor stays alive until this thing get killed. Froslass can also 2HKO it if no Calm Mind
I hate all Terrakion sets, stone is just the most dangerous attack. None of my pokemon can take it, I usually end up losing 1 Pokemon against this guy. Scizor is my best answer for him, or I also set up the Tspikes to get rid of him.
Any Volcarona running HP ground is a pain to deal with. I usually sent in Heatran and go straight to Roar, so that HP ground doesn't OHKO me, and then if I can, set up the rocks.
Substitute - The Sub one is a pain, Heatran can take two of his Focus Blast so it can be ok. But I still need to Roar it to get rid of the sub.
Dragon Dance - Everytime I'm facing one of those, I switch straight to scizor to Superpower it before it get too strong.
I never know what to expect when facing this guy. He can run EQ, he can run Bullet punch so I don't really have any safe switch. But I usually switch around and bring in Scizor or Latios to kill it. Or froslass if he doesn't carry BP
Alakazam can come on Tenta/Heatran/Abomasnow and set up pretty easy. Scizor usually handle him if it doesn't carry HP fire. And latios can revenge kill it too
Everytime I send in Abomasnow on Gliscor then I realize that he's not carrying Toxic Orb, i'm like "S***". I always end up losing one of my Pokemon against this one, but that's it. froslass, latios can kill it easy. But yeah Acrobat Gliscor can be a pain.
Importable
Hello everyone, I am Candice !
Known as [Aquarius] Candice too ^^
Finally I'm going to Introduce my Hail team !
I have been running Hail since... March 2011 I think. I have tried EVERY-THING, when I say everything, it's everything. Even Jynx... At first I wanted an Ice monoteam. But after a few battles, realised that it's completely impossible to run one if you want to reach at least page 1. It was fun, but I had to face it. Complete nonsense. But because I was so stubborn about the idea of using Hail, I tried to build a competitive Hail team. So before i'll show you the real team, I will show you my first competitive Hail Team that made me reach the top 10 on PokeBattleCenter and top 30 on the Beta. I've used that team for a long time and I loved it.
So here's my first competitive Hail team :
It did well, but if Gliscor was down, Scizor and Tyranitar just owned my team like no other pokemon could...
But very weak to many things, I could be top 10 with that team but yet lost to a simple Cloyster (lol)
Gliscor was cool handling scizor and Tyranitar but I really needed something that could make Tyranitar run, kill volcarona, Gyarados, cloyster, something solid... i've tried many fighting type and at the end I choose the one that could handle them very well : Conkeldurr. Also one thing my team was still pretty weak to fire moves and couldn't handle very well dragon attacks... so after many thoughts I decided to add one of the best special wall in OU : Heatran.
Also a very good team but sadly one thing could just destroy it : Reuniclus.
So I just decided to make a new hail team that could counter Reuniclus and other things. I started to work on it and after many many many tries I added scizor which could counter a lot of threats to my team, since I had Heatran it wasn't a problem at all to run him and also Latios for his good synergy with my team and to have great revenge killer.
This team is my best Hail team so far, i'm currently top 8 on PokeBattleCenter with 1425 points and currently top 32 on Smogon with 1462 points.
My final Hail Team :
Now, i will explain why i chose them and their individual roles in details
Volcarina (Heatran) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 248 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Protect
Why didn't I think of Heatran earlier? This pokemon works just great in my team, she can absorb fire hits and mainly make the biggest threat to hail teams (Scizor) run away. I usually use her as a lead, but never when I'm VS a rain team, Abomasnow will always be my lead in that case. For the EV spread Heatran is made here to resist any special attacks, especially Draco Meteor. I needed Stealth Rocks and she was the best Pokemon for that, since Stealth Rocks is the best move in the game. I use Lava Plume for the 30% burn rate, I can even have her facing a tentacruel since he will always end up burned and scald usually do 25% on Heatran. I have roar because I needed that move so badly, especially facing Volraronas or to predict a DD from a Dragonite or Gyarados, it helps a lot and can scout my opponents Pokemon as well. I was always not sure whether having Earth Power or Protect, but I decided to go for the safe one. It actually help me a lot, I love doing that on an opponent’s choiced Pokemon, loosing damage due to Hail and also seeing what move he will do against her. Oh and for the item I chosed leftovers because seriously running a balloon in hail is pretty stupid as I really need her to take special hits or Bullet Punch / U-turn.
Xmas Tree (Abomasnow) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Warning
EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 108 SDef / 4 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Ice Shard
Ah Abomasnow...You're a big freaking tree, so tell me why do you have to be so damn fragile? It's so unfair....i have to be VERY careful with this thing. Bullet Punch ohkos her, Stone edge ohkos her, HP fire ohko's her, i have to keep her very well checked if i want him to have any hope of survivability. However, she works really well against rain. When up against an opposing politoed, i'll usually leech seed because i know they won't be willing to stick around. Same thing for frail dragons like salamence, since they will switch fearing the Ice shard, however if i make a mistake poor abomasnow will get killed, very very fast. If i don't make any stupid mistakes though, leech seed+protect+hail is one nasty combinations, allowing me to reduce my opponents health insanely fast and force switches, racking up stealth rock dmg, add in the poison from toxic spikes(Read below), and you've got a very good staller on your hands. The most fun part is against tyranitar though. They'll usually bring it in expecting the ice shard...and take a wood hammer to the face. Most of them don't have much defense investment, meaning they lose a good 80% of their health, usually putting them in ice shard's ko range. I prefer the physical Abomasnow with 252 Ev's in Attack because of the useful priority in ice shard, and it allows me to deal with bulky waters like suicune and vaporeon very easily. All in all, she's the core of my team, she brings up my weather, but i have to keep her VERY well checked, because as useful as she may be, she has a wooping amount of weaknesses and can very easily be dispatched if i'm careless.
Jelly Cutie (Tentacruel) (F) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Scald
- Knock Off
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
Tentacruel is a bit like my physical wall and oh god is she vital. Because i run hail, Stealth rocks obviouslty are a major pain in the.... Anyway, tried donphan as a rapid spinner, and it didnt work out too well, beside i already had someone to set up rocks. The best thing about tentacruel though if her ability to set up toxic spikes(And remove them without having to pull off the Rspin) I run knock off because of the omnipresent chansey, who is rendered pretty useless without eviolite, It also knocks off leftovers so they rack up hail dmg, choice scarfs which ruins revenge killers, amongst other things, it's an extremely useful and underrated move. The pokemon that annoys me the most is definitly jellicent, preventing me from getting rid of the rocks by spin blocking and being immuned to scald, although its not a problem if i have 2 layers of tspikes up. Tentacruel is a pretty decent physical wall, its able to take fire or fighting hits, and knock off the item of whatever switches in, crippling it. Scald's burn chance is also very appreciated if a dragon like Salamence switches in on tenta, allowing me to tank it even more but also rack up even more dmg. she is still somewhat frail, so I try to keep her alive until the end, considering how vital this girl is to my team.
Mistral (Scizor) (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Ah Scizor, I had to include you in my team. I used to love Scyther, but I fell in love with Scizor in Gen 2 and she became my favorite Pokemon since then. And now look at her, 1st Pokemon in the Metagame. ..I needed something that could hit hard and revenge hit, I used to have Conkeldurr but he was too ugly and was still not what I was looking for. I thought I should have another Pokemon with leftovers since Hail Damage also affect my pokemons, but Scizor was just the best pokemon to make Tyranitar and Terrakion run. I am extremely carefull with her, She needs to stay alive as long as Terrakion is not dead. I used to run the bulky Sword Dance at first, but it was lacking of power and it was luring heatrans. So I went for the standard one and as usual it never disappointed me.
Bullet Punch is just excellent, finishes off any weakened pokemon that doesn’t resist it. U-turn became one of the best move in the game, scouting my opponent's Pokemon and yet still doing a lot of damages, I usually do that in front of Tyranitar expecting they are not faster than her. Superpower is probably the move that I use the least, but I usually keep it when I expect a Heatran/Magnezone switch which can always help a lot. Pursuit here is great when facing any ghost that are not so defensive or a choiced Latios stuck on a Draco Meteor. Again, this is a very essential part to my team, as without her i'm wide exposed to threats like Terrakion, considering the abundance on the ladder at the moment.
Kimonobeauty (Froslass) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Cloak
EVs: 36 HP / 220 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Confuse Ray
- Blizzard
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
Okay, here comes the beast, the star of the show who also happens to be my 2nd favorite pokemon of all time: Froslass! I never understood why people wasted her as a suicide lead to set up spikes....so much potential gone to waste... I usually bring her in late game when she can clean up whatever is left on my opponent's team, and she is also by best check to fighting pokemons with a very helpful fighting immunity. I used to have twave, it worked sometimes, but more often than not i had tspikes up, wasting a moveslot, therefore i replaced it with Confuse ray and it worked out GREAT. People who battled me know from experience how annoying froslass can be. Like i said earlier, i usually have tspikes up, and considering Froslass's incredible base 110 speed, i can sub up. With the ability snow cloak, every move's accuracy is reduced by 20%, and most of the times people will try hitting me with stone edge, who already has quite shaky accuracy. I usually keep subbing up until they miss, or die from poison dmg and confusion. Confusion+Poison+Hail+Miss hax is total chaos for my opponent, causing him to pray and hope to break through not only confusion, which gives you a 50% chance of wacking yourself, but also my evasion boost, my sub, all that while taking loads of residual dmg, it usually doesn't end well for my victim. My biggest problem with this girl is probably tyranitar, as it gets rid of my evasion bonus, but like i said i usually bring it in late game when tyranitar is already dead. I love when people call me a noob for using its abilities to its finest, while they run jirachi, and cheap pokemons like Reuniclus and Terrakion...Then they come complain about a froslass, that's so cute :) She's also a fantastic counter to toxicroak, considering most run Drain Punch, Sucker punch swords dance and sub, meaning they can't win, no matter what they do. Never try using moves with shaky accuracy such as stone edge to kill my froslass, you will only end up regretting it, majorly. She is the star of this team and the glue that fits my team together, therefore getting rid of her is out of the question.
I apologise if some people hate my froslass so much now :p
Biscuit (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Fire]
And here's my second Revenge Killer, Latios. He's my backup cleaner, as he outspeeds 99% of the things i face. One of the strongest Draco Meteor in the game is always not pleasant to take if you don't carry any steels. Most people will switch in Ferrothorn/Scizor on this thing...That's where hp fire comes in. Then they'll try switching in a Tyranitar or a Heatran and get Surfed. You think you can wall this with Chansey/Blissey? I'll be happy to give you my choice scarf.
Always faster than any dragons after 1+ Dragon Dance and then revenge kill them with Draco Meteor. I love predicting when i'm using him, because to any teams, Latios is always a big threat. He is also a great pokemon against Rain team. Easy to switch in front of Politoed and then he can be prepared to take mighty Draco Meteor if he has no Steel Pokemon. Tyranitar is probably the best Pokemon to wall my Latios, he can sponge all of Latios's attacks in sandstorm and Surf will do about 30% most of the time which isn't so much... and of course that thing usually carries Pursuit which isn't helping things. So usually I always end up doing Surf on him since i'm too afraid it might run Pursuit. It's better to deal as much as damage I can to weaken the beast. But like I told you he is my backup cleaner and I usually bring him out not so early in the game, especially if Tyranitar is still alive.
Conclusion
I love that team so much, you have no idea, the fact that I could use most of my favorite Pokemons in it is a great thing. My main problem I would say, is that I don't have any safe switch for Tyranitar or Terrakion. So those two Pokemons can really deal a lot of damage in my team. I'm using hail on a more offensive scale than most other hail team's you will see on the ladder. I hate stall, which is why i try to avoid using it as much as possible. Hail stall is generic, and easy to run. Rain teams are a breeze to take care off, it's really sand teams that give me the most trouble, even more so than sun. If tyranitar is alive, i have a huge problem on my hands. Running Hail is much more complicated than running Rain or Sand team. Most Sand team don't even bother have a rapid spinner because rocks does 12% on them most of the time. But again, i can't afford changing everything, since i like having my cup of originality in my teams. I use hail to not be generic, i have no intention of changing that thought process. I could run skarmbliss, i could run hail stall, i could run something completly different that would most likely be more effective, but i don't want to, and that's what matters. My team is unique, and i love it for that specific reason. I love this team, i know it's weaknesses, i know what i have to take care off and what doesn't treaten me, and i have to play around accordingly. Once I have seen someone with the exact same team as mine, I was quite upset. So please don't just copy and paste it. Even If you do you'll see it's a very difficult team to use. Try it, have fun with it and tell me what you liked or not about the team :) I will be glad to hear suggestions that can help me improve my team. I hope you enjoyed reading this and that it will give you another Idea of Hail Team. A big big thanks to Vega that did help me a lot while doing this RMT, because this is actually my first one ever and because he has watched all most of my battles he know how I play and could help me to think of everything to say. Thanks everyone for reading my RMT, I hope you can give me some advices and thanks to everyone that I know from Smogon ! ^^
Candice.
Standard OU Threats
One of the most dangerous Pokemon to face. My best check is Scizor or setting up the Toxic Spikes with Tentacruel is also one of the best way the get rid of him.
Rotom-W with any set is an annoying pokemon to battle against. Latios is my best check for this guy and Abomasnow too if it doesn't carry HP fire.
I don't mind the choice band set because I can handle it pretty easily, but the SD set that's another problem. If he is faster than my heatran I have to be extremely carefull.
Heatran is also a problem, Tentacruel can handle the specially defensive one. But the offensive one is a bit more tricky since it's usually faster and can 2HKO me with Earth Power. You might laugh but I actually use Froslass to kill the offensive one, since he usually lose HP in hail and I can spam sub until his HP gets low (with a miss it's even better) Latios with surf is also a possibility
If Scizor is dead then Reuniclus can destroy my whole team. But i'm usually extremely carefull so that Scizor stays alive until this thing get killed. Froslass can also 2HKO it if no Calm Mind
I hate all Terrakion sets, stone is just the most dangerous attack. None of my pokemon can take it, I usually end up losing 1 Pokemon against this guy. Scizor is my best answer for him, or I also set up the Tspikes to get rid of him.
Any Volcarona running HP ground is a pain to deal with. I usually sent in Heatran and go straight to Roar, so that HP ground doesn't OHKO me, and then if I can, set up the rocks.
Substitute - The Sub one is a pain, Heatran can take two of his Focus Blast so it can be ok. But I still need to Roar it to get rid of the sub.
Dragon Dance - Everytime I'm facing one of those, I switch straight to scizor to Superpower it before it get too strong.
I never know what to expect when facing this guy. He can run EQ, he can run Bullet punch so I don't really have any safe switch. But I usually switch around and bring in Scizor or Latios to kill it. Or froslass if he doesn't carry BP
Alakazam can come on Tenta/Heatran/Abomasnow and set up pretty easy. Scizor usually handle him if it doesn't carry HP fire. And latios can revenge kill it too
Everytime I send in Abomasnow on Gliscor then I realize that he's not carrying Toxic Orb, i'm like "S***". I always end up losing one of my Pokemon against this one, but that's it. froslass, latios can kill it easy. But yeah Acrobat Gliscor can be a pain.
Importable
Volcarina (Heatran) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 248 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Protect
Biscuit (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Jelly Cutie (Tentacruel) (F) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Scald
- Knock Off
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
Mistral (Scizor) (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Kimonobeauty (Froslass) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Cloak
EVs: 36 HP / 220 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Confuse Ray
- Blizzard
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
Xmas Tree (Abomasnow) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Warning
EVs: 148 HP / 252 Atk / 108 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Ice Shard
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 248 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Protect
Biscuit (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Jelly Cutie (Tentacruel) (F) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Scald
- Knock Off
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
Mistral (Scizor) (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Kimonobeauty (Froslass) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Cloak
EVs: 36 HP / 220 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Confuse Ray
- Blizzard
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
Xmas Tree (Abomasnow) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Warning
EVs: 148 HP / 252 Atk / 108 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Ice Shard
