The team:
Introduction:
A lot of things changed in pokemon showdown, Garchomp to OU, Gensect banned, Tornadus-T banned... That's why I've decided to create a new team.
I wanted to do a team without weather, so I started to prove some pokemons. After a month proving things that seems the best team for me but I need your suggestions to make it better. What do you think?
A closer look:
Breloom (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+ Atk,-SATK)
- Spore
- Low Sweep / Stone Edge
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch
Breloom has always been good, but now even more so. With his dream world ability Expert and the sword dance movement can be a big problem for many teams.
Because I have SD Sizor (and I didn't want two SD users) I tought that Breloom would be better with Choice Band.
Also thanks to spore movement, that does not fail, I can put to sleep any opponent's pokemon (unless It has insomnia or a similar ability) and prevent the use of Stealth Rock.
Scizor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Roost
Scizor has the same ability as Breloom. I could say that his role on the team is more or less the same. The difference is that scizor has less speed but more defense, special defense and life.
Also with some prediction and the Superpower movement I can OHKO pokemons like Heatran or Magnezone.
Because Scizor can't take a lot of damange from Stealth Rock / Spikes with a LO set I tought that a Bulky would be better.
Heatran (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Earth Power
- Toxic
Heatran, one of the best fire type pokemon so far with Volcarona.
With its ability Flash Fire I can cover the weakness of my first two pokemons and easily defeat sun teams with Lava PLume / Earth Power.
The problem I see is that Tornadus / Thundurs-T: 252 SpA Life Orb Thundurus-T Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Heatran: 255-302 (66.23 - 78.44%) -- guaranteed 2HKO // 4 Atk Life Orb Tornadus Hammer Arm vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 203-239 (52.72 - 62.07%) -- 98.83% chance to 2HKO, but fot that I have Rotom-W and Latias.
Then I have Roar which goes well against volcarona.
Landorus-T (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-Turn
With the arrival of BW2 Landorus has obtained a new form and a new skill, Intimidation. Many people said that landorus-T was not too useful because of its low speed, but over time people released that is a good and useful pokemon.
Although it's main function is to work as a lead it must be said that this pokemon can work as revenge killer in some cases ( specially against sand teams ).
Finally, and although some think it is not very important, I'll explain why these Ev's.
The Ev's in defense and life are because of Terrakion and Dragonite, pokemons that can come to be a problem, that Landorus can defeat easily.
It also has intimidate, which also helps.
Latios (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
- Psychic
Latias has 110 base speed, allowing to outspeed Dragonite and defeat him after rocks with draco meteor.
Besides being a good sweeper, Latias has bulk, so can wall a few pokemons like Hippowdon (without toxic).
But the reason because I took Psycshock inestead of Refresh or Substitute is because I had problems with some fighting types (and also some walls that I've mentioned).
Latios has more special atack than Latias, so it works better as a Choice Scarf user. With the choice Scarf set It can outspeed most OU dragons (exept Latios scarf).
Rotom-W @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 28 SAtk / 232 SDef
Calm Nature (+ sdef,-Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split / HIdden Power [Ice]
Rotom-W is a good pokemon against rain teams. With that set I can take hits from politoed and starmie, wich are common pokemons in rain, and with Volt Switch I can beat them. It also helps the team with thunder wave (I can t-wave Latios scarf for example predicting the switch).
Hp [Ice] works against Landorus and Gliscor, beacause hydropump can miss but Pain Split helps me beacause of SR / Spikes damange when my opponent uses a stall team.
A final look:
Importable version:
Introduction:
A lot of things changed in pokemon showdown, Garchomp to OU, Gensect banned, Tornadus-T banned... That's why I've decided to create a new team.
I wanted to do a team without weather, so I started to prove some pokemons. After a month proving things that seems the best team for me but I need your suggestions to make it better. What do you think?
A closer look:
Breloom (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+ Atk,-SATK)
- Spore
- Low Sweep / Stone Edge
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch
Because I have SD Sizor (and I didn't want two SD users) I tought that Breloom would be better with Choice Band.
Also thanks to spore movement, that does not fail, I can put to sleep any opponent's pokemon (unless It has insomnia or a similar ability) and prevent the use of Stealth Rock.
Scizor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Roost
Scizor has the same ability as Breloom. I could say that his role on the team is more or less the same. The difference is that scizor has less speed but more defense, special defense and life.
Because Scizor can't take a lot of damange from Stealth Rock / Spikes with a LO set I tought that a Bulky would be better.
Heatran (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Earth Power
- Toxic
Heatran, one of the best fire type pokemon so far with Volcarona.
With its ability Flash Fire I can cover the weakness of my first two pokemons and easily defeat sun teams with Lava PLume / Earth Power.
The problem I see is that Tornadus / Thundurs-T: 252 SpA Life Orb Thundurus-T Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Heatran: 255-302 (66.23 - 78.44%) -- guaranteed 2HKO // 4 Atk Life Orb Tornadus Hammer Arm vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 203-239 (52.72 - 62.07%) -- 98.83% chance to 2HKO, but fot that I have Rotom-W and Latias.
Then I have Roar which goes well against volcarona.
Landorus-T (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-Turn
With the arrival of BW2 Landorus has obtained a new form and a new skill, Intimidation. Many people said that landorus-T was not too useful because of its low speed, but over time people released that is a good and useful pokemon.
Although it's main function is to work as a lead it must be said that this pokemon can work as revenge killer in some cases ( specially against sand teams ).
Finally, and although some think it is not very important, I'll explain why these Ev's.
The Ev's in defense and life are because of Terrakion and Dragonite, pokemons that can come to be a problem, that Landorus can defeat easily.
It also has intimidate, which also helps.
Latios (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
- Psychic
Latios has more special atack than Latias, so it works better as a Choice Scarf user. With the choice Scarf set It can outspeed most OU dragons (exept Latios scarf).
Rotom-W @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 28 SAtk / 232 SDef
Calm Nature (+ sdef,-Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split / HIdden Power [Ice]
Rotom-W is a good pokemon against rain teams. With that set I can take hits from politoed and starmie, wich are common pokemons in rain, and with Volt Switch I can beat them. It also helps the team with thunder wave (I can t-wave Latios scarf for example predicting the switch).
Hp [Ice] works against Landorus and Gliscor, beacause hydropump can miss but Pain Split helps me beacause of SR / Spikes damange when my opponent uses a stall team.
A final look:
Importable version:
Breloom (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Spore
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Low Sweep
Scizor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Roost
Heatran (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Earth Power
- Toxic
Landorus (Landorus-T) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
Latios (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
- Psychic
Rotom (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 28 SAtk / 232 SDef
Calm Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split
Trait: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Spore
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Low Sweep
Scizor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Roost
Heatran (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SDef / 8 Spd
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Earth Power
- Toxic
Landorus (Landorus-T) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
Latios (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
- Psychic
Rotom (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 28 SAtk / 232 SDef
Calm Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split