Well, as I said some comments ago, it's time to reveal the set that I believe crushes the whole team 2.
In fact, there is no running away from Volcarona, no matter what would be the last pokemon, and in my opinion Skarmory made it worse. Seems like everybody rushed the "put SR and wall to death the opposing pokemons" idea, and I'm pretty sure that was a bad shortcut. It totally ruined the possible creativity of the last round, I don't even want to wonder why a pokemon able to kill the whole opposing team and set haven't been pick. Oh, yes, because it can't wall more than one turn a pokemon that is outsped, OHKO'd, and anyway, unable to switch in.
It's also, from my point of view, pretty funny that at start people were criticizing some picks for being defensive, then later for not not being defensive. However, if you think about it one second, it's far more logical to build a strong defensive skeleton on the first steps of the project (basically because defensive pokemons bring more utility than offensive ones, spin, hazards, status etc.. thus can never be totally shut down and "countered", you can't contain their utility) and focus on the offensive side the last steps.
Whatever, it's not like I didn't whine enough already.
And I did not even tell yet about the nomination I was so proud of.
Here I go :
Volcarona @ Life Orb
Flame Body
252 SpA / 16 SpD / 240 Spe
Modest Nature
- Fire Blast
- Hidden Power [Fight]
- Giga Drain
- Quiver Dance
Okay, because you're probably tired to read my stuff let's stick to that :
If Volcarona is at 0 :
252SpAtk Life Orb Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast vs 88HP/SpDef Scizor (Neutral): 456% - 539% (1384 - 1636 HP). Guaranteed OHKO.
252SpAtk Life Orb Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast vs 252HP/0SpDef Skarmory (Neutral): 230% - 271% (770 - 906 HP). Guaranteed OHKO.
252SpAtk Life Orb Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast vs 252HP/232SpDef Celebi (+SpDef): 103% - 123% (420 - 498 HP). Guaranteed OHKO.
Now at +1 :
252SpAtk Life Orb +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Hidden Power (Fighting) vs 4HP/0SpDef Flash Fire Heatran (Neutral): 98% - 116% (318 - 376 HP). Guaranteed 2HKO. 89% chance to OHKO.
252SpAtk Life Orb +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Hidden Power (Fighting) vs 4HP/0SpDef Levitate Hydreigon (Neutral): 112% - 131% (366 - 430 HP). Guaranteed OHKO.
252SpAtk Life Orb +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Giga Drain vs 88HP/SpDef Keldeo (Neutral): 114% - 134% (394 - 464 HP). Guaranteed OHKO.
About Keldeo :
ye blabla Keldeo blabla outspeeds Volcarona blabla.. and ? :
252SpAtk Keldeo (Neutral) Hydro Pump vs 0HP/16SpDef +1 Volcarona (Neutral): 79% - 93% (246 - 290 HP). Guaranteed 2HKO.
Not a single chance to KO it, and furthermore, not even a guaranteed KO after a LO recoil, Volcarona has far more chances to survive.
Now, it is ALL about assumptions.
Why would I even let my Volcarona on a Keldeo, if SR are not up (and they are not, because else my Volcarona is at +1) I can play around and let him sacrifice one pokemon each time I come in.
Let's tell you now, how Volcarona will sweep the whole opposing team.
The guy against you switches Skarmory in ? :
GO
The guy against you switches Scizor in ? :
GO
The guy against you has Celebi ? :
SAC SOMETHING AND GO (who cares, you only need one pokemon to end a game)
The guy against you locked his Keldeo into SecretSword/HPIce ? : GO
The guy against you put Hydreigon ? :
LET HIM DRACO METEOR THEN GO
The guy against you has Heatran ? :
SAC/GO (the better thing would be to sac, you be sure but w/e, play safe with your auto-win pokemon)
It means that, the guy playing the team 2 can't :
- Draco Meteor and kill something with Hydreigon
- Throw Keldeo to revenge kill something without using a Water move (oh, Rotom-W, now you REALLY counter him, because if he gets you with Secret Sword, game's over)
- Play Scizor
Oh, what a surprise, with one offensive set-up pokemon, you totally crushed every single offensive option of the opposing team.
And for those who didn't understand, unboosted Volcarona kills half the team, and the remaining half gets killed at +1 (and dented hard even at 0 anyway).
However, this pokemon will probably not fit the team. I don't know why, and I'll never know I guess, but afterall what did matter is that I did researchs and tried to improve myself in this project, and I thank the creator for that. Still, in the end, I feel like.. tired to try to be honest. I should maybe change my name for something fancier, I don't know.
PS : Am I missing something or Starmie just fails to 2HKO Celebi and gets almost killed by Giga Drain, so Celebi does not even need to Recover ?