WILD EYES
(aka BULKY FUCKING OFFENSE)
Hello smogon and welcome to my next rmt! Having tried different playstlyles recently such as stall, sand, rain, hail, sun and hyper offense i decided to go back to my favourite playstyle and build a weatherless bulky offense team. I really like the concept of bulky offense having pokemon with good offensive and defensive synergy wearing my opponent down until one of my pokemon sweeps their team. I also built this team around a certain win condition in Sub+CM Latias. As anyone who knows me well probally knows i have a MASSIVE LATIAS FETISH. It is such a cute pokemon and a great and somewhat underated competitive choice as well. I picked Latias to be the win condition of my team because 1. Its my favourite pokemon and 2. it is a good bulky sweeper as well. Latias is also a great pokemon to use on a weatherless team such as my own. This is because with weatherless teams having no way of eliminating opponents weather effects they are forced to endure it, Latias does well against rain and sun teams resisting the common attacks found by pokemon on these team archetypes as well as being able to set up Calm Minds on them. After i had Latias and the style of team i wanted to use figured out i moved on to picking offensive partners for Latias that can help her with some of her threats. With Dragon Pulse as Sub+CM Latias's only coverage move Steel-types wall the shit out of it, Chansey, Blissey and Tyranitar also have no trouble walling Latias. There are also a few offensive threats to Latias. Scizor, Genesect and Mamoswine can all give Latias trouble with their Bug and Ice-type stabs respectivly. Terrakion can also revenge kill Latias with some prior damage. I took all these pokemon into acount when making the offensive core for Latias, and i eventually decided on a core of Heatran/Scizor/Latias. Heatran and Scizor are great partners for Latias. Heatran takes on the Steel-types that give Latias trouble like Scizor, Ferrothorn, Genesect, etc. Heatran is also an excellent check to sun teams which is aboslutely cruicial for a weatherless team. Scizor on the other hand can beat down Tyranitar, Mamoswine and Terrakion with Bullet Punch while also being able to beat Chansey, Blissey and Ferrothorn with Superpower. The core not only synergises well offensively but defensivly as well. Heatran and Latias have perfect synergy together with Heatran resisting all of Latias's weaknesses (Ice, Dragon, Dark, Ghost, Bug) and Latias resisting all of Heatrans ( Water, Fighting, Ground). Scizor also fits in nicely providing a second Steel-type and a pokemon that can lure in Fire-type pokemon then U-turn out to either Heatran or Latias who do good against the type. After the core was picked it seemed like Sub+DD Gyarados could be quite threatening to the core, furthermore with my team being weatherless i knew i would need an additional check for rain teams so i picked Rotom-W to help with Gyarados and rain. Rotom-W also completes the famous Volt Turn combo with Scizor garunteed to make battlers cringe when they see them in harmony in the team preview. After this i wanted a method of keeping hazards of the field because they would eventually wear down my volt turn core. I settled upon Xatu for its ability to stop Deoxys-D, Breloom and hazards with Magic Bounce. With U-turn Xatu was a perfect fit for the volt turn combo and the team in general. I originally had Breloom in the last spot but changed to Terrakion for its revenge killing capabilities, late game sweeping and ability to help me with certain threats that used to trouble my team. After posting the rmt due the help of some raters we identified Xatu as the weakest link to the team, after trying out Gliscor, Starmie and Tentacruel i settled upon a defensive Starmie on this team for its ability to Rapid Spin, take hits from rain teams and help my team against certain threats like Choice Band Terrakion, Keldeo, Conkeldurr and Gengar. The team gets its name from the song 'Wild Eyes' by Parkway Drive. Feel free to bag my taste of music i don't give a shit ;) I happenend to be listening to the song while i was putting my team in the team builder so thats why i picked it. So enough chit-chat lets get to the team!
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(Heatran) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Heatran is one of the best pokemon that the bw2 metagame has to offer. He can fit on just about any team style except rain. Heatran is especially good on weatherless teams such as my own because weatherless teams are known to get notriously thrashed by sun unless they carry Heatran or Rock Polish Landorus. With Heatrans useful ability Flash Fire and resistances to common sun team attacks like Fire and Grass, as well as Dragon Heatran is very easy to fit on bulky offensive teams. I knew when making this team that Steel-types and Dragon-types are going to be big threats to Latias so that is why Heatran fits perfectly on this team helping me combat these types of pokemon. I went with the standard offensive Heatran set for this team. Stealth Rock is an obvious move that every team should carry to not only break Dragonites Multiscale and halve Volcaronas health, but also to just damage my opponents pokemon, break Focus Sashes and break Sturdy. Seriously it gives me a mini heart attack when i see teams in the rmt forum not carrying Stealth Rock. Fire Blast is the prefered stab on Heatran to make the most of its offensive capablilities. Fire Blast roasts the Steel-types that give Latias trouble while just being Heatrans hardest hitting move. It is also a great move to spam vs sun teams seeing as the boost in damage from sun makes Heatrans Fire Blasts 'to hot to handle'. Earthpower is a great move to hit opposing Fire-types especially Ninetales and Heatran super effectively. The slight chance to lowen special defense is also quite nice. Hidden Power [Ice] is the last move on the set and is good to beat down Outrage-locked Dragons like Salamence or Dragonite that can really threaten my team otherwise. The ev spread maximises Heatrans speed and special attack letting him make the most of his base 130 SpA. This Heatran hits extremely hard especially in sun. Air Balloon is good to help me avoid Dugtrio and beat Salamence and Dragonite when it is intact.
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Apple
(Scizor) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- Superpower
(Scizor) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- Superpower
Ahh Scizor once the most feared pokemon in ou has come back into the spot light for my team. Scizor is a perfect fit for this team, synergising well with it, helping to take out some of Latias's biggest counters (Tyranitar, Terrakion, Ferrothorn, Chansey, Blissey), as well as bringing his U-turn into the volt turn core on my team. Scizor forms the offensive core of my team with Heatran and Latias synergising well with the two while helping to take out Latias's counters. My team utilises the standard Choice Band Scizor. U-turn is a very obvious move and is Scizors main move. It is a reliable Bug-type stab that does great damage after a Choice Band boost and it makes Scizor switch out upon use letting Scizor form a Volt Turn core with Rotom-W and Xatu. Scizor can also use his U-turn very sneakily to lure in Fire-types that Latias, Heatran, Rotom-W and Terrakion can capatalise on. Bullet Punch is a great move on Scizor the priority is nice to pick of weakend pokemon and the power is great when combined with Technician and a Choice Band. Pursuit is mainly there to trap the Lati twins which obviously hinder a Latias sweep of my own. Superpower is such a powerful move a 120 base power Fighting-type move is great and lets Scizor get past some of the biggest pains to Latias like Ferrothorn, Tyranitar, Chansey and Blissey. Choice Band is the obvious item for the power boost in moves, it helps me revenge kill threats with Bullet Punch easier as well which is nice. Getting locked into a move is not bad at all on Scizor seeing as he we mainly be spamming U-turn and my team is quite good synergy wise so having to switch out Scizor when he is locked into a 'bad' move isn't an issue. The standard ev spread maximises attack with 252 atk evs and Adamant nature while Scizor has 248 Hp evs to give him the best bulk possible while still remaining offensive. 248 evs are used instead of 252 so Scizor has more Stealth Rock switch ins. Which is important for a pokemon that will be switching in and out a lot thanks to U-turn. The rest of the evs are dumped into special defence.
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Wild Eyes
(Latias) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Dragon Pulse
- Substitute
(Latias) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Dragon Pulse
- Substitute
The mvp of the team my favourite pokemon its Latias! I for one am glad that Latias is getting more popular now days, more and more comptetive battlers i starting to like Latias even more than her overated brother Latios. This is probally because Latias has an easier time taking assaults from the rain and sun teams that are every where nowadays. I have tried a lot of Calm Mind Latias sets including Reflect + CM, Calm Mind Latias with Psyshock, Calm Mind Latias with Hidden Power [Fire] you name it i have tried it. However Sub+CM Latias to me has to be the most effective and efficent Latias set if you are going to attempt a sweep with it and for a few reasons. Substitute is such a great move on Latias because it lets Latias get a free turn when defensive pokemon try to Toxic/ ThunderWave it which is a very common scenario. With Spore users becoming increasingly popular in BW2 (Regenartor Amoongus, Technician Breloom) Latias is also protected against those to with Substitute. Another thing which i love about Substitute is its ability to be sort of like a shield to critical hits. Unfortunatly Latias is probally more impacted by critical hits then any other set up sweeper except maybe say Cosmic Power Sigilyph just because Latias has to get up a few Calm Minds before it can sweep. Its not like Genesect who only needs a Rock Polish, its not like Salamence who only needs a Dragon Dance, Latias needs 3 or 4 Calm Minds usually before attempting a serious sweep and that makes him very prone to critical hits unless he is running Substitute. Latias's Substitutes are also quite hard to break after a Calm Mind or two so they aid Latias in setting up easier. Dragon Pulse is a reliable stab move and is the only attacking move on the set. With Dragon only being resisted by Steel Latias can afford to only run one coverage move especially seeing as my team has a lot of Fire and Fighting-type coverage to dispose of Steel-types. Calm Mind is the main move of the set boosting Latias's already massive 130 base special defence to sky high levels while also boosting her special attack is amazing and allows Latias to sweep quite easily after he has used it a couple of times. Finally Recover is for the obvious recovery letting Latias gain back health he has lost from setting up and making Substitutes. The ev spread maximises speed and bulk so Latias can set up Calm Minds as quick as possible. It also lets Latias get up a quick Substitute and have pretty bulky Substitutes to. Leftovers is the prefered item to gain Hp back lost from setting up or getting up Substitutes.
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Flood
(Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 28 SAtk / 228 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split
(Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 28 SAtk / 228 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split
Ahhh Rotom-W! His Choice Scarf set dominated BW however his defensive set has become increasingly popular with BW2 bringing in Tornadus-T and BW2 being such a rain dominant metagame. Rotom-W is now one of the best support pokemon in the tier being able to act as a bulky pivot, crippling opposing pokemon with a status move then Volt Switching out. These are the reasons that my team uses Rotom-W. Rotom-W also fits great with my team forming the infamous 'Scrotom' core with Scizor and also creating a Volt Turn core with Scizor and Xatu. Rotom-W is my check to rain teams using his Volt Switch to damage the common pokemon found on rain teams while also being able to abuse extra powered Hydro Pumps in rain. Volt Switch is a great move on Rotom-W providing Rotom-W with an Electric-type stab while also letting him start a 'volt turn chain' with Scizor and Xatu. Hydro Pump is Rotom-Ws other attacking move and is quite powerful in rain despite the little special attack investment. I use ThunderWave over Will-o-Wisp primarily for its ability to slow down pokemon so i can take them out easier. A paralyzed opponent is also unbeliavably easy to get Calm Minds on with Latias especially behind a Sustitute with their 25% chance not to move. Pain Split provides Rotom-W with some recovery and is also a great move to use to wear down walls such as when a Blissey switches in. The evs maxmise special bulk with 28 special attack evs to garuntee the ohko on Gliscor with Hydro Pump. Leftovers is used to provide Rotom-W with some neat recovery.
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RednBlue
(Starmie) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Def / 216 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
(Starmie) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Def / 216 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
Defensive Starmie is a perfect fit for my team and is another great example of a good set becoming popular in BW2 for its ability to take Wtaer-type moves from rain teams and Recover tha damage. Defensive Starmie was suggested from quite a few people and it is the perfect glue for the team, helping my team against rain teams, Conkeldurr, Choice Band Terrakion, Keldeo and Gengar among others. Scald is the first move on the set which has a great base 80 damage letting it hit quite hard especially in rain. However Scalds burn rate is why people really love the move. Having a 30% chance to burn an apposing pokemon is huge and can severly cripple a physical attacker. A burned opponent is also quite easy for Latias to set up on which is cool as well to help a Latias sweep. Psyshock is the prefered coverage move providing a secondary stab and ensurance to strong Fighting-types like Breloom, Conkeldurr, Terrakion and Keldeo. Psyshock also helps wear down Blissey and Chansey switch ins while also smashing Gengar. Recover is an obvious move for recovery which combined with Starmies Hp investment and Water-type resist lets Starmie switch in against rain teams often to either Rapid Spin hazards or deal damage. Rapid Spin is the most important move on the set and gives my team safety against entry hazards. Rapid Spin is also more reliable than Magic Bounce to get hazards of the field so Starmie does that job better then Xatu to! Starmie can also take status quite well with Natural Cure which is a nice bonus. 248 evs are used in Hp to give Starmie the best overal bulk while giving him more entry hazard switch ins than 252. 216 evs are used in speed because Starmie doesn't have to speed with other Starmie anyway without Thunderbolt, the 216 speed evs allow Starmie to outspeed Gengar and beat it with Psyshock, as well as other base 110s. The spare 44 evs are placed in defence, which also lets Starmie combat Fighting-types easier.
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Mighty
(Terrakion) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
(Terrakion) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
Terrakion is regarded as one of the best pokemon in the ou metagame. With his great speed, attack and movepool Terrakion is infamously known for being one of the most terrifying revenge killers and Choice Scarf wielders in the tier. Terrakion is the revenge killer for me team and does a pretty damn good job at it to. With thhe volt turn pressure that my team provides Terrakion can switch into my opponent quite easily and then begin to wreck havoc with his moves, typically Close Combat. Close Combat is the main move on Terrakion and a 120 base damage stab move coming of a base 129 attack is very fearsome and its not unusual for Terrakion to sweep late game with this move. Stone Edge is his other stab move and has a great base 100 damage and lets Terrakion beat the Flying-types anticipating a Close Combat. Unfortunatly as all competitive battlers know Stone Edges 80% accuracy is more like 5% acuracy and it is THE MOST FRUSTRATING MOVE IN THE GAME! Terrakions stab moves have such good coverage that his last to moves very rarely get used. However they are still important with X-Scissor hitting the Psychic-types super effectively and Rock Slide is a good move to revenge kill pokemon like Volcarona when i can't afford to bank on Stone Edges 80% accuracy. Max speed and attack is used alongside a Choice Scarf to make Terrakion the most efficent revenge killer it can be.
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Roast (Heatran) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Apple (Scizor) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- Superpower
Wild Eyes (Latias) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Dragon Pulse
- Substitute
Flood (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 28 SAtk / 228 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split
RednBlue (Starmie) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Def / 216 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
Mighty (Terrakion) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
So that is my rmt and thank you for reading it! I really like this team and personally it is my favourite team to use atm. I would like to give out a massive thanks to Asek and The Great Mighty Doom for helping me with this team and just being good team raters and friends to me. Me making this rmt is also a celebration for me getting my team rater badge! I would like to thank the team raters, pre contributors and mods of the rate my team forum for just being really nice and helpful people. To think that my rates started out looking like this http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3468806 before these awesome people helped me is unbelievable! Rate My Team would have to be my favourite place on smogon and is a place i have happily contributed in for 4-5 months. So receiving my Team Rater badge is such a great honour and what better way to celebrate it then paying back the rmt forum by making a rmt? So yeah feel free to try out this team and if you like it please leave a luvdisc
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