'Ello all! ^-^ This is going to be my first rate post with an actual ORAS Mega now. xD So yeah, in this team, I based some of my pokemon's sets off swords dance. I got the SD Idea because one of my alts: "Swordland" needed an actual OU Ranking so I decided to make a team for it.
So lezgo!
INCURSIO!~
Item: Galladite
Ability: Justified --> Inner Focus
EVs: 4HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Zen Headbutt
- Ice Punch
So I started off with Mega Gallade as I really, really wanted to use it, with it's amazing new design. (Cape is 12/10 imo.) Plus, it has an amazing base attack stat, having 165. Along with this, it has a great physically attacking movepool, with moves like CC, Psycho Cut, Shadow Sneak, Fire Punch, etc. But from all the moves, I picked 4. First, I chose Swords Dance because of (explained further above) and because of the fact this can win me games. Given it's pretty great speed at 110, it can speedtie with Latios/Latias and can outspeed a bunch of powerful threats, like Keldeo(w/o scarf.), Mega Charz, etc. So, the SD is to help with brutally slaughtering my opposition's pokemons with the pwoerful STAB Move, Close Combat. I chose CC over moves like Drain Punch because of the fact that it will do much, much more damage.Secondly, I chose Psycho Cut over Zen Headbutt because Accuracy > Power in this case. Finally, I chose Ice Punch for coverage but I'm still not sure about it (open for suggestions.) I changed Psycho Cut to Zen Headbutt cause I tested out Zen Headbutt on ladder and it worked a lot better than Psycho Cut, thanks Riahi
Pumpkin!
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 HP / 40 Atk/ 212 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Naive
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- HP Fire
- Gunk Shot
So, I chose Greninja second because of the fact in ORAS, Greninja learns the powerful move Gunk Shot. Gunk Shot is so useful now as it can OHKO Clefable, which was such a wall against Greninja in XY. In addition to that, I'm running Hydro, Ice Beam and HP FIre because:
Hydro Pump and Ice Beam are standard and I'm running HP Fire to take out unsuspecting Ferro's, Scizor's, etc.
I'm running 40 Atk > 4 Atk because I simply wanted more damage on special walls who can live a hit from a normal Gunk Shot.
Thirdly, I chose Thundurus.
Susanoo-san~
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpDef / 252 Speed
Nature: Timid
-Thunderbolt
-Knock Off
-Superpower
-HP Ice
I chose THunder wave due to the incredibly high speed tier in ORAS. With many pokemons reaching above 120speed, you need the t-wave to slow them down so that your other mons can actually do something against them and to prevent a clean/sweep.
Second, Thunderbolt and HP Ice are standard and Knock Off to get rid of them pesky Eviolite users so that my other mons can get rid of them easier and faster.
I ran 4SpDef > 4HP so that I only lose 24% instead of 25% from SR.
I changed the entire set to a mixed Thundurus set, because with Bisharp gone, I now have no pokemon to deal with eviolite users good. So I started off with Thunderbolt because it's Thundy's main move. Then, I moved onto Knock Off as it almost a staple in the current metagame in my opinion. Then, I chose Superpower to deal with T-Tar, Bisharp, etc. Finally, HP Ice for coverage. 76 ATK to OHKO Latios after rocks, thanks Riahi again xD
Lubba-Senpai~ =3
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 ATK / 4 HP / 252 Spe 128 HP / 252 ATK / 128 SPeed
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
-Knock Off
-Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
Swords dance because of title + tons of power. Knock Off to again, get rid of those pesky eviolite users and to do more damage than sucker punch if the opposition's pokemon has an item. Also, STAB Knock Off + the item effect does so much damage. (Same with Iron Head.) Sucker Punch is pretty much standard. 128 Speed to outspeed non invested Bulky Rotom-W.
Lubba x Chelsea should've been a thing, but nooooo~
Pokemon: Klefki
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 DEF / 4 SpDef
Nature: Bold
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Foul Play
- Thunder Wave
So yeah, I got rid of Bisharp and replaced it with Klefki. As some of you said down below, Talonflame is a huge threat to my team. So I replaced Bisharp with Klefki (a much better "Lubba" in my opinion) and chose Foul Play to get rid of the Talonflames who are attempting to setup SDs. Foul Play will either do a ton of damage or even kill the Talonflame, along with many other pokemon. I then decided to give it dual screens so that my pokemon can setup easier and live more hits. Finally, Thunder Wave to cripple the ORAS Mega's who hit above 120 base speed >.>. Thunder Wave works well as I have replaced my Thundy set with Mixed Thundurus, so I needed a crippler. So Klefki was a really good choice, thanks Invok3r and Der Twist ^-^
Shark£$H@~
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Speed / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Outrage
-Stealth Rock
SD because of previous reasons. EQ is one of or even THE BEST Stab Move due to no additional effects and a nice and powerful 100 base power, which is pretty high. Then I put on Outrage to do more damage to other mons as I mainly use Chomp as a cleaner/suicide lead. Finally, SR because of the standard reason.
One-Eyed Owl~
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Speed / 252 Atk / 4 SpDef
Nature: Modest
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Trick
Draco Meteor does tons of damage to opposing pokemon because of STAB+it's base damage + Latios' high special attack, starting at 130SpA. Then, Psyshock is used for messing up special walls and to use a move to not get that -2 SpA drop. I use Defog to get rid of rocks for other mons. Finally , I use trick to lock the opposition into something like a recovery move.cause I absolutely hate stall, it's so annoying. :/
And I needed a scarfer because of the ORAS SPeed Tier, one of the highest speeds always.
So yeah, that's my pokemon team, hope you can make it better! :]
yeah, my scarfed latios set sucked.
"A new challenger Approaches"
"!"
"Keldeo Appears"
Kirito x Shiro (SAO + No Game No Life woooo)
Pokemon: Keldeo
Replacement for: Latios
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Justified
-EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpDef
Nature: Timid
-Hydro Pump
-Secret Sword
-Icy Wind
-Scald/HP Electric
I needed a great scarfer and a good counter to bisharp + scarfed lando-t. Then, someone suggested Scarfed Keldeo. ( Thanks Der Twist ) Scarfed Keldeo works well against both of the threats mentioned above. With Icy Wind being 4x effective against Lando-T and Secret Sword being 4x effective against Bisharp, pretty sure they just die. Then, I chose Hydro Pump because of power. Then for the last move, I'm still unsure about whether to use Scald or HP Electric. Scald would help me burn physical attackers but HP Electric has more coverage. Right now, I'm using Scald and it's doing fairly well.
~Namda
So yeah, that's my Pokemon Team
P.S: Thanks for the help guys ^-^
So lezgo!
Item: Galladite
Ability: Justified --> Inner Focus
EVs: 4HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Zen Headbutt
- Ice Punch
So I started off with Mega Gallade as I really, really wanted to use it, with it's amazing new design. (Cape is 12/10 imo.) Plus, it has an amazing base attack stat, having 165. Along with this, it has a great physically attacking movepool, with moves like CC, Psycho Cut, Shadow Sneak, Fire Punch, etc. But from all the moves, I picked 4. First, I chose Swords Dance because of (explained further above) and because of the fact this can win me games. Given it's pretty great speed at 110, it can speedtie with Latios/Latias and can outspeed a bunch of powerful threats, like Keldeo(w/o scarf.), Mega Charz, etc. So, the SD is to help with brutally slaughtering my opposition's pokemons with the pwoerful STAB Move, Close Combat. I chose CC over moves like Drain Punch because of the fact that it will do much, much more damage.
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 HP / 40 Atk/ 212 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Naive
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- HP Fire
- Gunk Shot
So, I chose Greninja second because of the fact in ORAS, Greninja learns the powerful move Gunk Shot. Gunk Shot is so useful now as it can OHKO Clefable, which was such a wall against Greninja in XY. In addition to that, I'm running Hydro, Ice Beam and HP FIre because:
Hydro Pump and Ice Beam are standard and I'm running HP Fire to take out unsuspecting Ferro's, Scizor's, etc.
I'm running 40 Atk > 4 Atk because I simply wanted more damage on special walls who can live a hit from a normal Gunk Shot.
Thirdly, I chose Thundurus.
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpDef / 252 Speed
Nature: Timid
-Thunderbolt
-Knock Off
-Superpower
-HP Ice
Second, Thunderbolt and HP Ice are standard and Knock Off to get rid of them pesky Eviolite users so that my other mons can get rid of them easier and faster.
I ran 4SpDef > 4HP so that I only lose 24% instead of 25% from SR.
I changed the entire set to a mixed Thundurus set, because with Bisharp gone, I now have no pokemon to deal with eviolite users good. So I started off with Thunderbolt because it's Thundy's main move. Then, I moved onto Knock Off as it almost a staple in the current metagame in my opinion. Then, I chose Superpower to deal with T-Tar, Bisharp, etc. Finally, HP Ice for coverage. 76 ATK to OHKO Latios after rocks, thanks Riahi again xD
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 ATK / 4 HP / 252 Spe 128 HP / 252 ATK / 128 SPeed
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
-Knock Off
-Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
Swords dance because of title + tons of power. Knock Off to again, get rid of those pesky eviolite users and to do more damage than sucker punch if the opposition's pokemon has an item. Also, STAB Knock Off + the item effect does so much damage. (Same with Iron Head.) Sucker Punch is pretty much standard. 128 Speed to outspeed non invested Bulky Rotom-W.
Pokemon: Klefki
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 DEF / 4 SpDef
Nature: Bold
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Foul Play
- Thunder Wave
So yeah, I got rid of Bisharp and replaced it with Klefki. As some of you said down below, Talonflame is a huge threat to my team. So I replaced Bisharp with Klefki (a much better "Lubba" in my opinion) and chose Foul Play to get rid of the Talonflames who are attempting to setup SDs. Foul Play will either do a ton of damage or even kill the Talonflame, along with many other pokemon. I then decided to give it dual screens so that my pokemon can setup easier and live more hits. Finally, Thunder Wave to cripple the ORAS Mega's who hit above 120 base speed >.>. Thunder Wave works well as I have replaced my Thundy set with Mixed Thundurus, so I needed a crippler. So Klefki was a really good choice, thanks Invok3r and Der Twist ^-^
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Speed / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Outrage
-Stealth Rock
SD because of previous reasons. EQ is one of or even THE BEST Stab Move due to no additional effects and a nice and powerful 100 base power, which is pretty high. Then I put on Outrage to do more damage to other mons as I mainly use Chomp as a cleaner/suicide lead. Finally, SR because of the standard reason.
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Speed / 252 Atk / 4 SpDef
Nature: Modest
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Trick
And I needed a scarfer because of the ORAS SPeed Tier, one of the highest speeds always.
So yeah, that's my pokemon team, hope you can make it better! :]
yeah, my scarfed latios set sucked.
"A new challenger Approaches"
"!"
"Keldeo Appears"
Pokemon: Keldeo
Replacement for: Latios
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Justified
-EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpDef
Nature: Timid
-Hydro Pump
-Secret Sword
-Icy Wind
-Scald/HP Electric
I needed a great scarfer and a good counter to bisharp + scarfed lando-t. Then, someone suggested Scarfed Keldeo. ( Thanks Der Twist ) Scarfed Keldeo works well against both of the threats mentioned above. With Icy Wind being 4x effective against Lando-T and Secret Sword being 4x effective against Bisharp, pretty sure they just die. Then, I chose Hydro Pump because of power. Then for the last move, I'm still unsure about whether to use Scald or HP Electric. Scald would help me burn physical attackers but HP Electric has more coverage. Right now, I'm using Scald and it's doing fairly well.
~Namda
So yeah, that's my Pokemon Team
P.S: Thanks for the help guys ^-^
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