Speaking of Trick teams, I revised mine a bit and did three attempts. The first one ended at like 60, because I was surprised by U-Turn and made a mistake afterwards. The second one ended at 128, because of an even greater mistake (Tricked Staraptor CB off, because I was sure it would be carrying Muscle Band, so I mixed set 3 and 4 up). The third one - the one I'm going to register - ended just 7 matches later, at
135. :(
The team: Uxie, Scizor and Latios
Maharishi
Levitate, Bold
Lv. 50 stats: 181/84/173/94/149/136
@ Choice Scarf
~ Trick
~ Yawn
~ Thunder Wave
~ Memento
>>>
A great seer. Should be self-explanatory by now. I still like to paralyze stuff that would be too fast for Scizor although having no chance to even 2HKO the Substitute after Memento. I might try Flash on a new team with a new lead, but this Uxie just worked fine.
Muramasa
Technician, Adamant
Lv. 50 stats: 157/200/120/59/100/106
@ Sitrus Berry
~ Substitute
~ Swords Dance
~ Bullet Punch
~ Superpower
>>>
A swordsmith with blood-hungry blades. Finally, I copied Jumpman's offensive Scizor who I didn't believe in at first, but now I can say he's just great. He's got to be one of the best partners for Uxie, as he won me the most battles (see below).
Hyperion
Levitate, Timid
Lv. 50 stats: 154/87/96/180/127/178
@ Leftovers
~ Substitute
~ Calm Mind
~ Recover
~ Dragon Pulse
>>>
A titan looking from above. I didn't even need him 15 times, lol. Though, he was (mostly) also great when I needed it - except for the very last battle...
How I lost
Ice Ace Trainer, Uxie vs. Abomasnow. With the aid of hail, Uxie got 2HKOed by Blizzard. Choice Scarf meant Abomasnow would be a few points faster than Scizor, so I used Thunder Wave to buy time. Three Blizzard PP left for Scizor to stall. I subbed all three away, but could only get one Swords Dance in without losing too much. Abomasnow and the following Articuno got killed by Bullet Punch then, last man standing being Weavile against my Scizor with 6 HP. I would be able to outspeed three sets, but the very Weavile 1 would be packing Fake Out. Of course, it was Weavile 1 and Latios as my last resort didn't get the needed critical hit. I blame this very annoying Hail for the loss and this really gets me to considering Tyranitar somehow. I won't be bothering with the Hax Tower on the weekend though, I'm just fed up right now...
Other matches
I saved some replays that will be filmed. Check out my
YouTube channel around tomorrow evening. Here's a little preview of what I will be uploading:
- U-Turn...
- an exploding lead (they DO exist!)
- an Infernape on fire
So in short, three matches without proper Trick setup.
Some statistics
As I already mentioned, Scizor swept the most. I kept record of my Pokémon usage since match 50, so here it is:
Latios shown: 14
Latios swept: 10.5 (see match 123...)
+6 Latios failed: 1
+6 Scizor failed: 1
Scizor swept: about the rest
longest Scizor sweep streak: 24
I also kept record of every single match with the opponents' leads and who I set up on them, if possible. If there is no special commentary, I usually Tricked first turn and did something suitable afterwards.
Day 1: 1-49
Day 2: 50-105
50: Rhyperior Avalanche => Scizor
51: Milotic Double Team => Scizor
52: Metagross Meteor Mash => Scizor
53: Heracross Megahorn (set 4) => Yawn => Scizor
54: Bellossom Sunny Day => Scizor
55: Marowak Stone Edge => Scizor
56: Porygon-Z Adaptability Shadow Ball => Scizor
57: Aggron Metal Claw => Scizor
58: Latias Dragon Claw => Scizor
59: Weezing Dark Pulse => Scizor
60: Ambipom Double Hit => Scizor
61: Entei Calm Mind => Scizor
62: Skarmory Brave Bird => Scizor
63: Glalie Payback => Scizor
64: Claydol Explosion (!!!); Metagross afterwards and QC triggered against the almost fainted Uxie, Scizor fortunately swept
65: Glaceon Shadow Ball => Scizor
66: Slowbro Shadow Ball => Scizor (he lucked out, Scizor was at 11 HP after killing Slowbro lol)
67: Garchomp Outrage => Scizor
68: Yanmega Aerial Ace (U-Turn set...), Tricked into Night Slash a few turns later => Scizor
69: Gallade Thunder Wave => Latios (the first time I even showed it lol)
70: Gengar Shadow Ball => Scizor
71: Electivire ThunderPunch => Scizor
72: Articuno Reflect => Scizor
73: Slowbro Trick Room => Scizor
74: Jumpluff Sleep Powder => Scizor
75: Articuno Blizzard => Scizor
76: Medicham Ice Punch => Scizor
77: Shuckle Swagger => Scizor
78: Jynx Wring Out => Scizor
79: Exeggutor Leaf Storm => Scizor
80: Feraligatr Dragon Dance => Scizor
81: Poliwrath Hydro Pump => Scizor
82: Glaceon Double Team => Scizor
83: Rhyperior Aqua Tail => Scizor (Yawned of course, thus for the hell of it lol)
84: Hippowdon Swagger => Scizor
85: Houndoom Fire Fang => Latios
86: Blissey Sing => Scizor
87: Cresselia Psychic => Latios (just for convenience...)
88: Lanturn Thunder => Latios (now for real...I guess I'm stopping to favour Scizor)
89: Scizor Swords Dance => Scizor
90: Gardevoir Shadow Ball => Scizor
91: Rapidash SolarBeam (wtf?) => Scizor
92: Honchkrow Night Slash => Scizor
93: Articuno Signal Beam => Scizor
94: Machamp Counter => Latios (Fighting/Fire trainer, sorry Scizor)
95: Machamp Revenge (it's actually the same set again) => Latios
96: Lapras Confuse Ray => Latios
97: Swampert Muddy Water => Latios
98: Drapion Cross Poison => Scizor
99: Roserade Leaf Storm => Scizor
100: Alakazam Signal Beam => Scizor
101: Absol Night Slash (CB set) => Yawn => Scizor
102: Metagross Meteor Mash => Scizor
103: Alakazam Shadow Ball => Scizor
104: Gengar Shadow Ball => Scizor
105: Machamp Stone Edge => Scizor
Day 3: 106-136
106: Scizor X-Scissor => Scizor
107: Aggron Sandstorm => Scizor
108: Wailord Amnesia => Scizor
109: Metagross Facade => Scizor
110: Yanmega Night Slash (Tinted Lens...) => Scizor
111: Swellow U-Turn, then Pidgeot with U-Turn in set...wtf => Scizor
112: Lucario Stone Edge => Scizor
113: Gliscor Counter => Scizor
114: Umbreon Faint Attack => Scizor
115: Golem Stone Edge => Scizor
116: Scizor X-Scissor => Scizor
117: Porygon-Z Adaptability Shadow Ball => Scizor
118: Infernape Flare Blitz (stupid CH on Uxie) => Latios revenge kill, then Scizor setup on Hypno
119: Weezing Shadow Ball => Scizor
120: Medicham Poison Jab => Scizor
121: Metagross Meteor Mash => Scizor
122: Heracross Swagger => Latios (he missed instead of being FP lol)
123: Steelix Curse => Latios (well, almost... last Pokémon Metagross 4 lucked Latios out)
124: Gallade Ice Punch => Scizor
125: Flygon Fire Punch => Latios
126: Heatran Scary Face => Scizor
127: Flygon Outrage => Scizor
128: Salamence Dragon Dance => Scizor
129: Gliscor X-Scissor => Scizor
130: Dusknoir Confuse Ray => Scizor and Latios afterwards, because BrightPowder Manectric lucked out
131: Bastiodon Iron Defense => Scizor (better than Latios against PI imo)
132: Dewgong Signal Beam => Scizor
133: Breloom Stone Edge => Scizor
134: Shiftry Dark Pulse => actually Scizor, but this match was just awkward...I will upload it; it was the closest one to losing so far
135: Lunatone Shadow Ball => Scizor (a weak Parasol Lady to recover from that...)
136: Abomasnow Blizzard => Scizor (Scizor had to stall 3 PP and no FP, thus only +2 and Hail-drained HP. He needed Fake Out Weavile to win and he had it...)