An OU team from a Mono Trainer

[littlea53]

But How is this possible? A Mono-Team maker creating a NON Mono Team? Lets get this Disaster over with.

Team Building Process​

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Well Where else to start than a lead? Thundurus worked well before, so he should work now!

Now, Since I have been mass-breeding these, might as well use one! Cue, Excadrill.

Now to add a Special Sweeper. Gengar come on in!

Now I needed a Rapid Spinner and Support Poke. Donphan Time!

Now to bring a classic from My Mono Electric. Electivire!

Now for a wall. From my Mono Dark. Spiritomb!

The Team​

Dhalism (Thundurus) (M) @ Red Card
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 12 HP / 252 SAtk / 244 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
~ Taunt
~ Focus Blast
~ Thunderbolt
~ Nasty Plot

Yet again, Dhalism makes a return from my Mono-Electric Team. This is my lead. Well, an Anti-Lead. Taunt is your basic anti setup. Focus Blast checks Tyranitar, Ferrothorn, and any other rocks/steels.. Thunderbolt is an additional form of damage and Nasty Plot boosts its attacks to high amounts. Prankster is Sublime on this set. It gives Taunt and NP priority to utterly destroy almost every lead.

Excadrill @ Life Orb
Nature : Jolly
Ability : Sand Force
EV's : 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
~ Swords Dance
~ Earthquake
~ Brick Break
~ Rock Slide

This Excadrill is your classic, Run-off-the-Mill Sweeper. Excadrill Sword Dances and just sweep. It is unfortunate that Excadrill can't learn Stone Edge though. Instead I put Rock Slide for coverage against flying types. Earthquake is Earthquake; not much explaining. Brick Break ruins Screens and is for coverage.

Gengar @ Life Orb
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
~ Shadow Ball
~ Focus Blast
~ Thunderbolt
~ Hidden Power [Ice]
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

Shadow Ball is STAB, Focus Blast is for T-tar and anyother Darks that would Wall Shadow Ball. Thunderbolt has reliable accuracy and decent power, with some useful super-effective hits on Gyarados and Starmie, and Hidden Power [Ice] OHKOs Salamence and other Pokémon 4x weak to Ice moves.

Donphan @ Leftovers
252 HP/ 188 Atk / 68 Def
Ability: Sturdy
Jolly Nature (+Spd, - SpAtk)
~ Rapid spin
~ Earthquake
~ Stealth Rock
~ Ice shard

This is for Rapid Spin support with a nasty Surprise. Rapid Spin is Rapid Spin and Earthquake is yet again Earthquake. Stealth Rock is Stealth Rock. While Ice Shard is for Priority and Cover.

Bug Swatta (Electivire) (M) @ Expert Belt
Trait: Motor Drive
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly (+ Spd, -SpAtk)
~ Earthquake
~ Brick Break
~ Ice Punch
~ Thunder Punch

This is your classic off-the-mill physical sweeper. Earthquake is Earthquake. I prefer Brick Break over Cross Chop for the Accuracy and Screen Breaking. Ice punch is for grounds and Dragons, and Thunder Punch is STAB. I chose Thunder Punch over Wild Charge because of the recoil Wild Charge gives. Motor Drive is used for the speed boost on the random Electric move. And Expert belt is there for any super-effectives.

Spritomb @ Leftovers
Ability" Pressure
Nature: Careful
EVs: 208 HP/ 184 Atk/ 116 SpD
~ Suckerpunch
~ Pursuit
~ Will-O-Wisp
~ Pain Split

Spiritomb is a great pokemon as he has absolutely no weaknesses. Sucker Punch has priority and hits well. Pursuit takes care of switching out Ghosts such as Gengar and hopefully a Rotom who will be a pain later on especially against my Donphan. Will-O-Wisp causes a burn which helps out heaps. Pain Split lets me heal as well as damaging the opponents which is a double plus.
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So, thoughts? Opinions?

Any constructive criticism is highly appreciated. If you found this team pathetic, I hope you enjoyed your laugh...

 

[SoT]

You have absolutely nothing to lure Electric-type attacks in Electivires direction. At this point he seems like he's the weakest Pokemon on the team and doesn't offer all too much. What I'd recommend is that you drop it for a Tyranitar. Either a Mix Tar Crunch or Pursuit/ Hp Ice/ Fire Blast/ Superpower or even a CB Tar cold work out rather well for you. Additionally if you change your Excadrill's ability towards Sand Rush then you can automatically get a x2 Speed boost by just having sand present.

For Excadrill I'd recommend that you drop Brick Break for X-scissor so you can deal with Lati@, Celebi, Reuni, and other mons that switch in that rock slide/eq don't deal with effectively. For the item you can keep Life Orb for power, or go to Air Balloon for a ground resist but at the cost of some power.

You could also consider dropping Gengar for a Rotom-w since you don't really have any Water-type resists. However, gengar seems like he does well for this team.

Idk, just a few suggestions.

 

[Milking the Tank]

This team is okay, I guess. It has a weaknesses to Ground-types after looking at Excadrill, and Electivire. So, Landorus practically wrecks this time to a degree. I suggest removing Donphan for a Tentacruel or a Starmie for the role of a Spinner. Although that Donphan is able to set up the inevitable SR, Tentacruel can also set up Toxic Spikes, has an immunity to Toxic Spikes, and is relatively bulky. Starmie, on the other hand, is suitable for the role of a Spinner, but it can't lay out any entry-hazards at all. Even so, it is a viable pokemon to have on your team due to a Landorus weakness or any Ground-types in general.

 

[SoT]

Gengar isn't weak to ground, and it even outspeeds landorus....? lol and Tentacruel itself has a ground weak, starmie can spin with natural ability and not worried about being poisoned but i just don't see where you're coming from with that.

 

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[Josh187]

In gen 5 rotom loses its ghost typing and gains it special move typing so pursuit on your spiritomb will do nothing to a rotom

 

[Evire]

Nice team but in my opinion running Excadrill without sand is just gimmicky :/

 

[littlea53]

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