First Team Since Gen IV!!

Terrakion @ Focus Sash
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Taunt






Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 180 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Pursuit
- Crunch


I have loved Tyranitar for as long as I remember. He is a complete powerhouse, and through Sand Stream, gains 50% SpD, as does Terrakion. With Choice Band, he is even more threatening. Ghost/Psychic types facing against him don"t have much hope, risking a Pursuit if they attempt a switch, or a devastating Crunch if they decide to stay. One of his biggest counters is Scizor, which is why i have Magnezone on the team. When that threat is gone, not much stands in his way.




Latios (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Roost


I knew when I was creating this team I wanted a heavy-hitter that would synchronize well with Tyranitar, and Latios exceeded my expectations. With this set, I try to bait a Fighting-type move on Tyranitar and switch to Latios to allow at least 1 Calm Mind for free. So far that's all its taken for nearly full sweeps. Leftovers helps nullify the damage i take from the attack while switching in and pair with Roost gives great sustain.




Magnezone @ Light Clay
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 252 HP / 96 Def / 160 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Volt Switch


Scisor is such a big threat, especially to Tyranitar. I needed someone to get rid of him, and any other Steel-type threats that would otherwise go unchecked. Dual-Screens just give a little more protection against the opponent's heavy-hitters. Volt Switch usually gives a free switch-in for one of my sweepers




Scizor (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Iron Head
- Aerial Ace


Scisor is probably my favorite revenge killer ever. His variety of movesets always keep opponents guessing. With this set, I wanted to have most types covered for successful revenge kills. U-turn can take out weak Pokes and let me switch for free. I feel I have a big advantage before the opponent figures out my item,and i try to capitalize on that.




Jellicent (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 36 Def / 220 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Shadow Ball

Jellicent is the special wall of my team, and it does a great job. I use it primarily as a spin blocker and to absorb damage from Water/Fighting-type attacks, while letting it stall with Toxic/Recover. It can handle other Ghost-types relatively well with Shadow Ball, and Scald can burn to help fend off physical attackers.
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Pretty cool Sand team you got hre, with good use of a potent threat in Focus Sash Terrakion and Calm Mind Latios, so huge props on using both of them in your team. However, you are weak to many potent threats in the Metagames and hopefully my rate will help your team not only combat the threats, but it will also help iron out some flaws that I can also see. With all that said, let's get on to my rate. First off, as mentioned before, you have some threats that you may have trouble handling, with the biggest one being Dragon Dance Dragonite. Dragonite can come in on a Choice locked Scizor, set up 2 Dragon Dances, and completely obliterate your team with the combination of Outrage, Fire Punch, and Earthquake. For these reasons, I would recommend running a Physically Defensive Skarmory over your current Magnezone. With Skarmory, you will be able to beat Dragonite, as he can come in as Dragonite boosts, and then Whirlwind its boosts away, while not being OHKO'd by a +1 Fire Punch. Skarmory also provides Spikes support, which is also very helpful in supporting a Latios sweep. I don't really believe Scizor threatens this team much, as Jellicent can wall it, no matter what set it's running. Now, I would like to make some nitpicks that could make your team better. First up, I would like to suggest trying out Ice Beam on your Jellicent over Shadow Ball. Ice Beam is a real solid move that helps hit dragons such as Dragonite and Salamence hard, while also providing good coverage against Grass types. Finally, I would definitely suggest running a Choice Band variant of Scizor over your current Choice Scarf variant. Choice Band Scizor is a very dangeous and powerful Revenge-Killer, dealing out huge damage to whatever switches in to it, while also providing some excellent momentum with U-Turn. That's about all I have to say for now. I hope my advice helped. Have fun and good luck in your future endeavours!​

~Dr Ciel~ ​