Core Type: Offensive
SpecsTaria @ Choice Specs
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
Modest Nature (+SpA, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Rest
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CBoar @ Choice Band
Trait: Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpA)
- Flare Blitz
- Superpower
- Head Smash
- Wild Charge
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ROTT TIME @ Lum Berry
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpA)
- Swords Dance
- Waterfall
- Megahorn
- Aqua Jet
Ebeast posting about SpecsTaria? What a surprise! This core is making a comeback from the original
NU Combinations and is updated to fit with the 5 month older metagame. Even with the replacement of Torterra the way the core works is the same, Altaria and Emboar have beyond excellent offensive synergy together, and not too shabby defensive synergy as well. Together they break down both sides of the defensive spectrum and can each destroy each other's counters easily. Wielding the power of a Modest Latios, out of the commonly used Pokemon in NU only Specially Defensive Lickilicky, Specially Defensive Gardevoir, and Probopass can reliably take a Draco Meteor from Altaria. Outside of Gardevoir, Emboar is generally given a free switch into these Pokemon can easily start destroying anything in it's way. Out of the things that could claim to be capable of withstanding Emboar's inferno, Alomomola is the one to stand out the most. It can easily take any hit Emboar could dish out, even Wild Charge, and proceed to wall it or recover lost health with Regenerator. Thankfully for Emboar, SpecsTaria is a hard counter to Alomomola, as it doesn't care about Toxic or Waterfall and Draco Meteor is going to OHKO. Last, but not least Samurott finishes the combination by using its good bulk to set up a Swords Dance to sweep any remaining scraps left behind.
The most fun about this core is the sheer spam factor of SpecsTaria and CBoar. They can break down so many Pokemon by just spamming Draco Meteor or Flare Blitz/Superpower, respectively. This makes breaking down Pokemon a lot easier and makes Samurott sweeps more accessible. EVs on Altaria are set to outspeed Adamant/Modest Samurott and other base 70 Speed Pokemon. Dragon Pulse is great against more offensive teams, where Draco would be overkill and preventing Altaria from becoming possible set up fodder at -2 is undesirable, while Hidden Power Ground will 2HKO any variant of Probopass and Bastiodon barring Air Balloon or Shuca Berry. Emboar uses a Jolly nature to outspeed other Altaria, (2HKOes offensive varients with Flare Blitz and even defensive ones after SR) to guarantee outspeeding Specs Gothitelle (Normally runs Modest), and lastly to outspeed Adamant Absol and not risk taking a possible Superpower or Psycho Cut. Another great perk about Jolly Emboar is that it doesn't miss out on any key OHKOes or 2HKOes, outside of Alomomola who is beaten by Altaria anyways. Since Altaria and Emboar already break down walls so well, Samurott can afford to change it's attitude and put down it's Life Orb in exchange for becoming Jolly and gaining a one-time immunity to status in Lum Berry. One turn though is all you'll need though as a +2 Samurott can cleanly finish teams that have been broken down by the rest of the core and Jolly comes with the perk of, like Emboar, not missing out on any key KOes and allows Samurott to out prioritize Adamant Absol's Sucker Punch with its +2 Aqua Jet.