I can see this set being particularly effective versus sun teams, but do Tyranitar's really feel inclined to stay in on Surf? As cool as Draco Meteor's Power is, I would rather have Dragon Pulse>Draco Meteor to further prevent Tyranitar from messing you up. How does a Water Gem/Life Orb Rain Dance boosted Surf deal with Scizor?
Latios @ Water Gem
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Rain Dance
- Psyshock
I think it was shrang who originally came up with this set and it is incredibly effective for rain teams. Latios is one of the best baits for Tyranitar to come in and a Water Gem boosted Surf in the rain has a 70% chance to OHKO 252/252 Careful Tyranitar after rocks. Not many people play that set anymore, but it's still out there.
Sun teams handle rain teams pretty well, but with this set you can turn the tides. It resists the Grass/Fire coverage the sweepers usually carry, has great bulk to take other random special hits, and it hits like a truck itself.
You can opt to go for Life Orb on the item if you dont like the one time only water gem, and have more power in your other attacks. Most life orb Latios do carry recover so that recoil could be costly.
For my contribution I am using the original Genesect:
Kabutops @ Life Orb
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Waterfall
- Rapid Spin
- Superpower / Night Slash
This is RU Kabutops with a slight modification to the OU metagame. Basically I cam to a position in teambuilding where I needed a check to Tornadus-T and a Rapid Spinner. Impossible with Choice Scarf Starmie except with Kabutops!
The reasoning behind Kabutops is that since Tornadus-T is always used in Rain, Kabutops should always receive the Swift Swim boost to outspeed him when the occasion comes. Overall, he makes a great check to offensive rain by smashing their offensive pieces to bits with Waterfall. Outside of rain, he makes a good offensive spinner since he can maim Ferrothorn with Superpower or be the bane of Jellicent with Night Slash. Kabutops is a paticularly cool pokemon on Sand teams, where he recieves the 1.5 sp. def boost to compliment his decent physical bulk.
Kabutops @ Leftovers
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 HP / 20 Atk / 176 Def / 60 SDef
Impish Nature
- Stone Edge
- Rapid Spin
- Waterfall
- Stealth Rock / Night Slash / ????
You can even opt to run a bulky spread in Sandstorm. Kabutops has had success with a bulk spread in the lower tiers, so it is quite possible to have success with it in OU. Only 20 Atk EV's are need to OHKO with Stone Edge and min speed still outspeeds Tornadus-T in rain. In Sandstorm you can tank Hurricane's more easily while in rain you can threaten to outspeed and KO with either Stone Edge or (after a -1 defense from Superpower) Waterfall.