Introduction
With the departure of Deoxys-D, it seems that Hyper Offense lost its niche but with Xatu, this is the new era of Deo-D. Xatu is probably the best Deoxys-D replacement out there and can single-handily beat every non-offensive (Landorus-T, Terrakion, Tyranitar) wall. Deoxys-D had to struggle with starmie to but xatu does too so I would like to enter the new team, a new era, a new future, the psychic replacement, Xatu.
Construction
Coming soon
In-Depth Descriptions
Xatu @ Leftovers *** Protection
Magic Bounce
Bold Nature
248 HP / 204 Def / 56 Spe
- Toxic
- Roost
- Night Shade
- U-turn
This is the new era of Hyper-Offense! Xatu, enter. This is probably the best Deoxys-D replacement up to date. Espeon is a fake imposter of Magic Bounce. no wonder, people avoid you.
Xatu is pretty much the "glue" to this team. Bouncing back hazards, status, whatever. The reason I picked this over Espeon is because Xatu has Roost and U-turn. I'd say that Xatu is the new Deoxys-D today and should actually be OU. The standard Sun Offense teams always have 'em and offensive teams like this appreciate it too. The set is pretty simple and is a good utility pokemon, by breaking down walls with Toxic and Night Shade and gaining momentum. I have used Heat Wave over Night shade to combat steels but Heat Wave didn't really do anything to non-steels and I considered it a waste of a moveslot. Leftovers shouldn't need explanation. I you want to know what it is, go to Battling 101 actually Dumbo Battles 296.
This team also lacked a Breloom check which over made my use it over Espeon too. Breloom is getting more poular every second and I needed a way to combat this. If Breloom spores it is good game. 56 Speed EVs is always useful because it lets me outspeed neutral-natured base 70s which is a nice jump. I have tried specially defensive spreads but they do not work. Trust Me. Rain-boosted Hydro Pump still OHKOs and is common as mosquitoes. the physically defensive spread is much more useful. Rotom-Fan is also a very good teammate with Xatu. Lol, look at that art, it is going to stalk you. Regardless, Xatu is pretty much irreplaceable member on this team. It is the heart of Hyper Offense and Sun Offense.
Salamence @ Choice Scarf *** Inferno
Moxie
Naive Nature
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
Say hello to probably the best dragon-type in OU, Salamence. I was in the OU Viability thread and they said that Salamence is only A-Rank material. I'm like,"Are you kidding me?!" Salamence is a much better scarfer than those jokes like Terrakion and Garchomp. With Moxie, it can function as both a cleaner and sweeper. Who needs useless Scarfer and DD Dragonite when you can have both, in one slot for your team? Salamence is an amazing scarfer and checks the majority of rain and sand teams with ease. This beast has many competitions for this team slot with Keldeo, Gothitelle, Garchomp, and the Lati twins. Salamence easily came on top.
Dragon Claw is the preferred STAB move I use. Sometimes I use outrage but I hate the confusion damage after the moxie boosts. Sometimes I sweep with Earthquake which is good here and there but is mainly for Heatran, Tyranitar, and Magnezone. Flamethrower lets me burn down steel-types. I run Flamethrower over Fire blast because i hate it when this thing misses especially when you have a Fire Blast sweep going. And also, I am an unlucky guy. One thing that annoyed me was the move Refresh isn't legal with Moxie! Noooooo! That would be a game-changer by removing paralysis, burn or poison. Please make Refresh legal! Please! Anyways, Salamence provides me a check to Volcarona too because it resists its STAB and HP [Rock] is so uncommon you'll see it every 1 out of 8 HP [Ground] or Giga Drain Volcarona and those are rare too so yeah. Other DD Salemence are check and same with Dragonite (once Multiscale is broken of course). Overall, Salamence is a good memeber, but there are times it fails me like a Vaporeon living with 1%.
Mamoswine @ Expert Belt *** Everest
Thick Fat
Jolly Nature
252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Bulldoze
After taming the dragons in OU in DPPt, Mamoswine is back with its fantastic STAB and with two new toys, Bulldoze and Icicle Crash. Bulldoze may seem like a gimmick but it is super helpful as Mamoswine forces a lot of switches. By slowing them down, Mamoswine can use its stronger attacks Icicle Crash, which has a high chance to flinch or Earthquake which is that awesome move we all know of. Icicle Crash finally gave Mamoswine a reliable physical Ice STAB other than the pathetic Ice Fang. Thick Fat makes that even better making it survive moves like Kyurem's Blizzard and Ninetale's Flamethrower. Wow, I have gone really dramatic. Time to get a more RMTy.
Mamoswine is a check to offensive dragon and grass-types. And actually isn't weak to STEALTH ROCK. I think you noticed that Mamoswine runs no coverage moves at all. The reason is that Mamoswine has almost perfect coverage with Ice shard and Earthquake so it can run some other nicer moves. Bulldoze has helped me a lot with Keldeo, Haxorus, Kyurem-B, whatever. The only time it sucks is when it hit CB Ferrothorn or Curse Steelix. Well, then I'm screwed, but those are uncommon threats. Icicle Crash even has an amazing flinch rate which lets me muscle through Specially Defensive Skarmory, Ferrothorn, aand others as well. Expert Belt was chosen because I really hated Life Orb recoil and a boosted Ice-shard is all you really need. It sometimes even bluffs Choice Scarf against inexperienced players. Jolly is the preffered nature to outspeed Mach Punch KOs. Mutch better than Adamant. When facing against rain-teams it is even more helpful because the fire-type weakness is negated... ok, I think you already understand Mamoswine's nature. Revenge. Slow Down. Finishing Blow. Be Awesome.
Gengar @ Life Orb *** Dirt
Levitate
Timid Nature
252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
0 HP
- Substitute
- Pain Split
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
Probably my favorite set to be used. Substitute and Pain Split causes so many rage quits and is hilarious to use. While it looks like a horrible idea to combine Substitute and Life Orb, it benefits from it because of Pain Split. It can easily get past it's counters and KO like Blissey and Snorlax. When fighting against Blissey, you can use Pain Split and easily win the battle. I would have to say that Gengar is the best special attacker in OU. There is one thing that are different from the standard SubSplit set, the IVs used. Since Gengar's defenses are already trash I use this to my advantage to make Gengar get to the zero HP bar quicker on weak resisted hits such as Ninetales's Energy Ball. Shadow Ball provides good STAB and a way to combat a lot of pokemon. Sludge Bomb was used here before but it is walled by the many poison-types and Latias doesn't take trash. The SubSplit set is easily better than the SubDisable which is utter crap. What is with the analysis, tell it to switch the first two sets actually 3 attacks is way better too. Sand damage is a pleasure to have as it makes it use Pain Split better, same with hail. Gengar is easily taking over the metagame from the shadows. Salamence may be good, but Gengar is much better.
Gengar is pretty much the rage-quit player. I just SPAM Substitutes, Pain split, repeat, then KO. Since the sub has 16 PP, it only gets drained with Encore. Gengar also provides me a spin-blocker simultaneously and is a really good receiver of the U-turn switch. Gengar has the potential to single-handily sweep teams with its coverage and power. Oh yeah, Gengar also looks like a mad boss because of those ghost spikes and awesome hair style.
Rotom-Wash @ Chesto Berry *** Whirlpool
Levitate
Calm Nature
248 HP / 32 SAtk / 228 SDef
29 Spe
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Signal Beam
- Rest
This team struggled against rain offense greatly and a bulky pivot was the way to fix this. Rotom-Wash is the best Rotom form out there and for a reason. It's STAB is resisted by grass and dragon-types only. Volt Switch also lets it form a VoltTurn core with Xatu and plus, it also beats all of it'c counters 1 v. 1. Thats is the true power of Rotom-W. Will-O-Wisp was barely used and I usually let set-up sweepers set-up regardless then volt Switch to Salamence revenge kill and start the sweep going. Hydro Pump still hits like a nuke with only 32 SAtk 2HKOing Garchomp and other pokemon that take nuetral damage. Rain is even more common boosting this thing's power to 240 which is deadly. Lastly, you got Rest and combined with Chesto Berry is excellent. When picking Rotom-Wash, I also thought about Rotom-Fan and Rotom-mow. Rotom-Mow easily was leaving thanks to its weakness to sun teams but Rotom-Fan for some reason was an interesting choice. In my opinion, the only viable Rotom-Fan sets are the Scarf and Sub sets. Air Slash could flinch things to death and Substitute gave it a cover to flinch more. then I saw a useless ability with its flying-type, Levitate. Why Game Freak, why? You could've made an exception and gave it at least Air Lock
. Actually, Limber is better! Trolling time of years... Rotom-Wash wins.Specs Hydro Pumps don't 2HKO this thing which I am lucky because it is a big threat. signal beam is the odd option but is super useful. It surprises Celebi and Latias which usually like to switch in and also the here and there Reuniclus. Celebi is turned into a liability now as a check to Rotom-Wash. Rotom-Wash had some really good use and I have thought of Magnezone in this slot as well, but I'm not sure. Magnezone trapped steels but it was pretty much all it can do. If I do, I'll have to use Ludicolo in place of Breloom. Also, i hate this thing too, because all the crits and hax happen to Rotom-W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scizor @ Choice Band *** Armor Pest
Technician
Adamant
248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- U-turn
- Superpower
After Breloom and Scizor's rivalry, Trinitrotoluene and some friends from PS! told me to switch to Scizor. Scizor is way better than Breloom because one, Breloom sucks, loses momentum, and two, it isn't a steel type. Scizor also provides me a more reliable priority user and with this bulk, it'll last long in war. Pursuit also lets me KO weakend switches and the majority of psychic-types and ghost-types that threaten this team. Superpower is never used but comes in handy here and there when I have to use or I lose. U-Turn packs a punch, destroying many pokemon and gaining momentum at the same time. Scizor is my momentum gatherer and hardly fails me. The steel-typing also prevents me from being crushed by stupid dragon-types and ice beam.
Looking at the set, nothing else seems special. speed was never an issue so I ran a bulky set. You know what. This explanation is super redundant. Yo yo yo, this is over. Conclusions and credits now. Let us U-turn out.
Conclusion
You guys all rule and are boss. Just remember to be cool and you know, stuff. I would like to thank the following people for being all boss on Smogon. I thought this website was lame but dang, Serebii is oozed in class by Smogon. Well here we go.
Jirachi
Letting me borrow his boss format
Princess Bri & Alexwolf
For helping me in OU analyses
Trinotrotoleune
For being a boss chemical formula and giving me ideas to build this RMT
Well, the final words its time. Thanks to all my not real life homies who will rate, hate , steal. Whatever. Luvdisk.
o.O
Xatu FTW
Jirachi
Letting me borrow his boss format
Princess Bri & Alexwolf
For helping me in OU analyses
Trinotrotoleune
For being a boss chemical formula and giving me ideas to build this RMT
Well, the final words its time. Thanks to all my not real life homies who will rate, hate , steal. Whatever. Luvdisk.
o.O
Xatu FTW
