The Homunculi (Peaked 1434)

Team Building Process

The Team
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Greed (Ferrothorn) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
Moves:

• Bulldoze: This move is a real life-saver for Ferrothorn. Not only it keeps Magnezone at bay but also it hits a Lucario trying to set-up and finish him off with Magneton on the next turn thanks to the Speed Drop.
  
• Leech Seed: A very important move not only to regenerate him, but also to help his team-mates that mostly lack a reliable way of recovery. It also eases Dragonite´s time of setting up and makes his MS + Roost abuse more easier.
  
• Power Whip: This is Ferrothorn´s best STAB and it hits Water, Rock & Ground types strongly for super-effective damage.
• Stealth Rock: Standard layers to keep at bay Volcarona and opposing Dragonites.
  

Ferrothorn was given Greed´s name mainly because I play recklessly with him and the results were satisfactory. Staying on the opponent´s Swords Dance from a Lucario and Bulldoze him to get it revenge killed by Magnezone, or Leech Seed on a Conkeldurr is just as reckless as Greed´s ambitious actions. Also Ferrothorn has 11 resistances and great defenses resembling Greed´s Ultimate Shield. Ferrothorn is the main wall on the team and the guy in charge of setting up layers.

Envy (Dragonite) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 212 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
Moves:

• Roost: This move is what makes this Dragonite so difficult to take down. With her decent defenses, Multiscale, and Roost removing Dragonite´s Flying weakness, ice & Rock type moves do pitiful damage. Dragonite is able to pull out multiple Dragon Dances and sweep the foe thanks to Roost.
  
• Earthquake: This is the best coverage move Dragonite can have when using a Bulky DD set. With Earthquake, she is able to OHKO Heatran who would otherwise wall her and hits for greater damage Steel-types like Jirachi. With Magneton on the team, Fire Punch is not needed.
  
• Dragon Claw: Not precisely Dragonite´s most strongest move but it is still a strong STAB that hits for a lot of damage anything that doesn´t resist it. After 2 or 3 DD, Dragon Claw obtains most of the OHKOs or 2HKOs that a +1 Outrage from a standard DD Dragonite would obtain.
  
• Dragon Dance: Dragonite´s main set-up move raising its Speed and Attack. After 2 DD, Dragonite outspeeds Scarf Landorus and she can proceed to Roost off any damage that would normally knock her out and with MS abuse, set even more!
  

Dragonite was given Envy´s name because both are green and a monster. Envy´s true form is very powerful and most weapons are not even able to damage her in the same way for Dragonite thanks to her bulkiness and Roost abusing Multiscale. Envy gets stronger and stronger as whe absorbs more human soul. Dragonite gets more stronger as whe pulls out more Dragon Dances and proceed to wreck the foe. She is the main sweeper of the team and with the help of Magnezone and Blastoise, she is guaranteed to wreck the foe.

Pride (Magneton) @ Eviolite
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 112 HP / 200 SAtk / 196 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
Moves:

• Volt Switch: A good STAB move that allows Magneton to scout any possible switch-in and keeps momentum on my Volt-Turn core with Azelf & Infernape. Thanks to the Eviolite it can fake a Choice item and escape from a disadvantageous situation.
• Flash Cannon: Magneton´s 2nd STAB being able to 2HKO offensive Tyranitar and OHKO pokemons like Terrakion & Mamoswine on the switch-in or predicting their moves.
• Metal Sound: I was a bit redundant about this, but neverless this change pretty much worked out in the end. Eliminating Ferrothorn under the Rain was a bit more difficult because it was a 4HKO, however with Metal Sound dropping his Sp.Def, he is destroyed even in Rain (suggested by Pocket).
• Hidden Power [Fire]: This move is what murders Steel-types like Forretress, Scizor and Ferrothorn removing them from the field and ease Dragonite´s sweep.

Magneton was given Pride´s name because just as he uses his shadows to trap its victims and devour them, Magneton can trap the omnipresent Steel-types with his black magnets and murder them with HP Fire or, in Skarmory´s case, fry it to death with an Electric move. The EV spread is designed to make Magneton as bulky as posible while being able to outspeed certain pokemon. 112 HP EVs gives the best bulk to Magneton´s Eviolite defenses. Magneton is able to survive Starmie´s LO Hydro Pump or Hydreigon´s Flamethrower thanks to the EVs and Eviolite. 196 Speed allows Magneton to outspeed Magnezone, Jolly Tyranitar, and pokemons like Celebi, Gliscor, Jirachi, etc, who sit at a 244 or 245 Speed stat. 200 Sp.Atk still allow Magneton to 2HKO Ferrothorn & Magnezone, and OHKO any Scizor or Forretress with HP Fire.

Lust (Azelf) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk /252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef) (suggested by Olman)
Moves:

• U-turn: This move allows Azelf to scout its switch-in and gain momentum alongside Infernape & Magneton. It also does decent damage to Tyranitar, Reuniclus, and OHKOs Starmie.
• Fire Blast: Coverage move that murders Scizor, Forretress, Ferrothorn, Jirachi and other Steel-types that pests OU.
• Psyshock: Amazing STAB move that OHKOs Fighting types like Terrakion, Virizion and Conkeldurr while being able to 2HKO Blissey & Chansey.
• Grass Knot: Not only hits bulky Water-types and Ground-types for heavy damage, but also deals a huge blow to Tyranitar.

Azelf replaced Infernape as the main scout and stallbreaker on the team taking Lust´s name because Azelf schemes and paves the way for Dragonite to sweep. Pretty much like Lust´s Ultimate Spear that can cut through anything, Azelf is able to dismantle most stall teams by itself thanks to his excellent coverage, blazing Speed and high offensive stats. Azelf also keeps momentum on its favor for the team to pressure the oponent.

Wrath (Infernape) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Blaze
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef) (suggested by Olman).
Moves:

• U-turn: Infernape´s scouting move allowing him to pressure the oponent with Azelf and Magneton.
• Flare Blitz: An excellent STAB move for Infernape to carry. With the given EV spread, Infernape still OHKOs Celebi, Jirachi and Scizor. To add more, this move has the advantage of revenge killing Volcarona and score a OHKO even without SR! (suggested by Pocket).
• Close Combat: Infernape´s most powerful STAB move being able to OHKO Tyranitar, Blissey, Terrakion & Heatran.
• Hidden Power Ice: With this move Infernape becomes able to revenge kill and OHKO pokemons like Salamence, Dragonite, Gliscor, and Landorus always outspeeding them thanks to his insane Speed and the Choice Scarf.

Infernape was given Wrath´s name because when rampaging they can destroy anything on their path in seconds. Wrath acts swiftly with his sword and in seconds he can even dismantle a tank! Now with the role of the Choice Scarfer being relegated to Infernape, he can even outspeed Scarf Landorus and OHKO him with HP Ice scoring a surprise KO since this set is really underused. Infernape checks common threats like Landorus, Moxie Mence, Scizor, Dragonite, Scrafty, Chlorophyll Venusaur and the list goes on... Late-game if Infernape was kept in good health, he can even become a late-game sweeper thanks to his outstanding Speed.


Gluttony (Blastoise) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 224 Def / 32 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) (suggested by Olman; changed EV spread).
Moves:

• Scald: Blastoise´s main STAB move being able to burn and cripple pokemons like Tyranitar, Terrakion, Lucario, etc.
• Toxic: It allows Blastoise to poison those pokemons he wouldn´t hurt with Scald like Rotom-W, Vaporeon, Volcarona and others, crippling them for the rest of the match. It is also helpful against Jellicent who tries to block Rapid Spin.
• Rapid Spin: With Blastoise´s good defenses, he can pull out a Rapid Spin in most situations eliminating the hazards that would cripple Dragonite or Infernape.
• Haze: This move is simply an amazing move for Blastoise. It bypasses Magic Bounce and Substitute making it the perfect troll for Baton Pass teams who think that can sweep me easily. It also cancels any stat boost, most sweepers try to attempt in order to get the jump on Blastoise´s Defenses defeating 1 vs 1 pokemons like Gliscor, Scrafty, etc. (suggested by Pocket).

Blastoise was given Gluttony´s name because just like the Homunculus, he can "eat" almost anything thrown at him without trouble. Although it might sound attractive to have Starmie as a Rapid Spinner, 2 Psychic types like Azelf & Starmie would made me pretty weak to Scarf Tyranitar being able to take 2 important pokemons on the team. Although it sound weird to use Blastoise, considering its UU rank, he did pretty well on the team. Blastoise is able to tank most hits the rest of my pokemons would not be able to, while being able to phaze and eliminate the hazards, just like Gluttony who is mostly in charge to take action on the Homunculus´s plans with Envy. The new EV spread maximizes Blastoise´s Def allowing him to take down pokemons like Gliscor, and 32 Sp.Def EVs to take Special Attacks better.


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Conclusion
I enjoyed making this team and it is one of the most interesting and funny teams I ever used. For me, it is an achievement reaching the 1400s with a Volt-Turn that does not even use Scizor and Rotom-W. This team was initially a Drag-Mag but with the addition of the Volt-Turn core, it became a blast different from other teams in Smogon. I would like to thank Trinitrotoluene as his RMT inspired on Bleach The Gotei 13 of Soul Society, inspired me to create this RMT with an anime theme. Also I would like to thank everyone that read this thread and provides useful feedback to improve this team. Special thanks to mostwanted, although Mew didn´t worked out I believe that he pointed out the huge weakness I had to stall as well. My biggest thanks to a close friend of mine, named Olman who suggested Azelf and Scarf Infernape who worked out amazingly. Another shout-out to Pocket who made simple and minor changes, but they greatly improved the team.

I would like to close this thread with the same words Gustavo Cerati in Soda Stereo´s last concert did thanking all the people who supported them in their career:

This RMT is gorgeous and thorough and all the things that an exceptional RMT should be. Plus, it's based on the best anime series ever.

By the way, on Sloth's quote, he says "pain" instead of "drag". ^_^

I'll rate this when I have more time, but for now, all I can say is great job! I'm glad to see you still have it going on, Motagua. Excellent team!

Hey there.

Have to rate this because it has Magneton :)

Anyway, Rock Polish Terrakion seems like a problem for this team late-game. It can easily set up on Landorus locked into HP Ice or Stone Edge, as well as on Magneton (can take a Flash Cannon easily in sand). If Ferrothorn and Landorus have been weakened a bit, whic hsi highly probable late-game, it has a good chance of sweeping. You can easily fix this by running Mach Punch over Fake Out and Iron Fist over Blaze on Infernape. Iron Fist only works with Mach Punch, but Blaze only works for Overheat anyway, so it's not too big of a problem. Mach Punch can destroy Terrakion after a defense drop, and can even do upwards of 60% without a defense drop. This also means that you can knock out weakened Pokemon such as Latios and Scarf Rotom-W without having to switch out. Fake Out isn't too necessary anyway since Ferrothorn can handle most of the common switch-ins to Infernape.

Nice team. Hope I helped, and good luck!

Nice team, Motagua, although I figured it would feature Reuniclus x_x. Anwyays, I can see any rain stall teams featuring a Tangrowth or Quagsire being a pretty big nuisance for the team, given that Dragonite will have a hard time breaking either and while Magneton may be a decent means of preventing Spikes, Stealth Rock is often laid by the team's Chansey and can rack up on Dragonite, Landorus and Infernape. While you do have Starmie, I'd really like to advocate the use of Recover on Starmie over Ice Beam, since that's essentially what makes Starmie so hard to kill for stall teams. Without the ability to recover, a stall team can simply keep luring in Starmie by laying hazards and just hurting it with their special wall until it dies. I don't really find Ice Beam extremely necessary on Starmie, since you already have a revenge killer in Landorus, which can KO the types you mentioned via HP Ice, Stone Edge and U-Turn. With Recover, Rain stall will have an extremely hard time killing Starmie, since it doesn't carry anything to trap it like some sand stall teams do with ScarfTar, guaranteeing your field to be hazard free for the majority of the match. Anyways, I think the best way you can pressure stall is by giving Spikes to Ferrothorn and putting Stealth Rock on Infernape over Fake Out, which, while being somewhat useful, is not entirely necessary on Infernape and can easily be replaced for Stealth Rock which Infernape can easily set on quite a few Pokemon. Spikes provide a great means of wearing down the opponent, as your U-Turn chain will cause switches and apply pressure. Spikes can allow you to wear down Pokemon that counter Dragonite, such as Quagsire to the point where you can 2HKO them and pull off the sweep. Overall, this team would really love Spikes to help apply extra pressure to Rain stall and score a few more KOs in general.

Change Summary:

Starmie:
Ice Beam-> Recover

Infernape:
Fake Out-> Stealth Rock

Ferrothorn:
Stealth Rock-> Spikes

@Lavos Spawn: Thank you bro for the compliment, I did a big effort to make this RMT as appealing as possible. Also I already corrected Sloth´s quote, thanks for pinpointing that :).

@ShakeItUp: Magneton FTW! And yeah, you´re pretty much right about Double Dance Terrakion. I will definitely test Iron Fist to deal more easily with Terrakion.

@Karpman: Lol what homunculus resembles Reuniclus? :o. Anyways, I don´t really have trouble with Rain Stall mainly because Magneton can trap Ferrothorn or Skarmory who are really common in them, and proceed to sweep with Dragonite. To be honest I never saw Tangrowth or Quagsire on Rain-stall, but anyways you mentioned Quagsire being a nuissance for the team and Starmie´s lack of recovery unappealing. You got a point there because Ferrothorn is the only pokemon that can deal with Quagsire and the Scald burn can be a bitch. I believe that running Recover on Starmie means that I need more power on him if I only got Water + Electric moves making Life Orb somewhat of a must but will make battling Rain stall more easier. Putting Stealth Rock on Infernape sounds unappealing to me considering ShakeItUp exhorts me to run Mach Punch and using 2 layers without a Ghost-type seems a waste of time. Thanks for your suggestions anyways, your point on Starmie is definitely helpful :D.

Homunculus: Tell me, why did you refuse to join me? Why God? How did I disappoint you?​

Truth: You were incapable of believing in yourself. You stole your power from others, you rejected your human origin, and chose to covet the power of what you call God. You never grew beyond your days in the flask. Did you truly think you'd become superior to humans by removing your seven desires? Don't make me laugh!​

Homunculus: What's wrong with that? I only wanted to obtain perfection? I wanted this worlds knowledge for my own! Why should I be punished for that? What's wrong with craving knowledge? What's wrong with seeking perfection? Well, speak! What are you, anyway? Do you even have a name? Who the hell do you think you are!?​

Truth: Who am I? One name you might have for me is the world, or you might call me the universe, or perhaps God, or perhaps the Truth. I am All, and I am One. So, of course, this also means that I am you. I am the truth of your despair, the inescapable price of your boastfulness. And now, I will bestow upon you the despair you deserve...​

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Wow~ this translations is pretty bad. The Japanese is much more concise.

The last quote which I highlighted red should be something like: "You said that God deals the appropriate despair, so that humans will know their place... And so, I shall give you despair as well... :D"

Pretty sure, I'm just trying to remember off the top of my head.

Also, the English titles are pretty funny~ because in the Japanese, it would be like 強欲のグリード(Gouyoku no Greed), but "Gouyoku" and Greed mean the same thing... they're just explained that way because most Japanese viewers wouldn't know the English words, and the homunculi were named "Wrath", "Envy" etc. (instead of "Fundo", "Shitto", etc.) because SDS are Western in origin and they're just trying to be cool. That's why the names like "Wrath the Furious" make me laugh because it doesn't sound cool with 2 words that mean the same thing in the same language. :P

@Chou Toshio: Thanks for the japanese lessons! Lol, I actually copied the speech down from the video itself subtitled in Spanish, but I guess that all translations are never the same. I´ll be sure to edit it on the RMT. Thanks :).

Hey guys, just below the RMT I finally made a threatlist for this team. I should say I identified more threats than what I expected to be. Most of them are easily handled by Scizor so I am considering him for a spot on the team. Any suggestions? Feel free to suggest any other pokemon (except Magneton ¬¬) that could improve the team.

By the way, thank you everyone for the luvdiscs :D. I never ask for them but this is my 2nd RMT that gets unexpected luvdiscs and it really makes me happy that you start to like the teams I build or the format I present them. Thanks everyone! You guys are the best :D!

Hey

Got the request, solid team Motagua. It seems you're heading in the right direction if you want to set-up for a Dragon Dance Dragonite sweep. Although this team definitely has a glaring fighting-type weakness especially against Bulk Up Conkeldurr and Calm Mind Virizion. For instance BU Conkeldurr has the potential to set up alongside your every single Pokemon and directly take them down if used correctly, your one and only option would be able to hit it with stab Hydro Pump from Starmie and essentially finish it off via Infernape like you stated in your threat list. To be honest this is not a very reliable option while facing such a huge threat and should be taken into the consideration. On the other hand CM Virizion's superb typing and coverage allows it to be very difficult and situational to beat down and is clearly this team's biggest threat. None of your mons has the ability to revenge it safely. To fix all the above situations I highly encourage you to switch out Infernape for Nasty Plot Mew. This set utilizes Mew's natural bulk and solid typing to act as a shield while setting up. Nasty Plot skyrockets Mew’s Special Attack to 598 which gives it more enough power to decimate majority of the metagame. Psyshock is Mew’s standard stab move which lets it bypass Chansey and Blissey with ease. Aura Sphere provides perfect coverage demolishing the likes of defensive behemoths such as Tyranitar and Heatran. Fire Blast is Mew’s potent weapon against opposing bulky steel-types like Scizor and Bronzong. Shadow Ball is an excellent alternative over Fire Blast which gives you basic insurance against opposing psychic and ghost-type mons. Life Orb is more superior to Leftovers as it boosts Mew’s sweeping potential and turns many 2HKOs to OHKOs. Nasty Plot Mew also packs the capability to power through SkarBliss core teams better than Infernape. Originally, I had something like Offensive Calm Mind Latias and Alakazam in mind but after some thought NP Mew made a perfect candidate for this position thanks to its unpredictability and versatility.


For some minor changes, I greatly suggest running Recover over Ice Beam on Starmie. This new addition would be extremely beneficial for your team. It slightly increases Starmie's survivability and essentially makes it function even better. Starmie also becomes a great mid-game sweeper due to its great Speed and high Special Attack, especially when boosted by a Life Orb. Since you will only be running two attacking moves, Life Orb is a natural choice which will power up Starmie's attacks and works wonders in the conjunction with Recover. Overall this is a brilliant team and a prime example for Volt-turn in the current metagame, Good Luck!

Hey I have I small nitpick. I think magneton should have 220 speed EV's to outrun jolly scizor. They're getting popular and I don't really see any reason why you wouldn't run more speed to trap them reliably. Cool team.

@mostwanted: Thanks bro, you always help me out with my teams :). I tested Mew and it did great against stall teams while slightly solving my huge weakness to Conkeldurr. Unfortunately, without Infernape Sun Teams have a more easier time against me and if Mew is at low health, Virizion still sweeps me. However I removed Ice Beam on Starmie and used Recover with a Life Orb equipped. Starmie is now more durable and it helped a lot!

@animenagai: To be honest, I haven´t seen Jolly SD Scizor on ladder and if I run more Speed on Magneton, I´m afraid that he would either lack the power to 2HKO Ferrothorn if I remove Sp.Atk EVs or lose its bulk if I remove HP EVs. I tailored-made the EVs to what I needed specifically on Magneton. Neverless, I will keep that in mind. Thanks anyways :).

For the rest of you, I tested many of the suggestions you made. I should say, a friend of mine contacted me and recommended me to use LO Azelf instead of Landorus and Scarf Infernape. So far, the team has being doing way better with this changes and I am on my way to head back to 1400s. However, I am still testing Rapid Spinners mainly because I dont like having 2 Psychic types on the same team (I fear Scarf T-tar being able to easily remove Azelf & Starmie). So far Blastoise did well, while Tentacruel was a terrible fail. Anyone more suggestions?

The team was updated. Life Orb Azelf replaced Infernape as the stallbreaker, while Scarfed Infernape replace Landorus as the revenge-killer. Starmie was replaced by Utility Blastoise as the Rapid spinner while providing a very necesary bulk for the team. The team was updated as well as the threatlist. Thanks guys for everything :). Any more suggestions?

Innovative team, Mortagua! Nice to see Azelf and Blastoise (o_o) seeing some action :d

In the Rain, Magneton would have tons of trouble killing off Ferrothorn, especially if it has Leech Seed. I would consider Metal Sound over either Thunderbolt or Flash Cannon to reliably dispatch Ferrothorn even in the Rain.

I also suggest Flare Blitz on your Scarf Infernape. It lets Infernape OHKO offensive Volcarona in the sun (w/o Rocks) without Stone Edge. As your team's revenge killer, it should be able to reliably OHKO Volcarona.

Seeing how Dragonite and your Volt-Turn strategy relies on the lack of Rapid Spin on your team's field, I suggest Foresight over Toxic on Blastoise to get those Rocks spun even in the face of a Ghost-type. Also Haze would be a much more reliable way of beating Baton Pass teams than Dragon Tail. Not only does Haze bypasses Magic Bounce, it also works through Substitute, which is beneficial when you have to face a Smash Pass team. Roar is still useful to phaze out Sub Kyurem, Sub Hydreigon, and Sub Acrobatics Gliscor, though, which Blastoise's weak Dragon Tail fails to break (it can break Hydreigon's Substitute with Relaxed Nature, though). Basically, Haze and Roar are better (p)hazing moves than Dragon Tail on Blastoise, imo.

Note that Haze and Foresight are incompatible with Rain Dish, so you would need to go with Torrent.

Congrats for successfully creating an original team, Mortagua :)

@Pocket: Hey Pocket! I just saw your rate today, and didn´t had time to check Smogon yesterday. I will definitely try Flare Blitz instead of Fire Blast, however my only concern is that Infernape might end up dying too quickly considering that he really is an important revenge killer on this team.

Metal Sound souns like a really good option to have an easier time against Ferrothorn specially if he is under Rain, so I will definitely test it out.

You really made a fantastic replacement for Dragon Tail with Haze! I have trouble with Smash Pass Teams that managed to get under a Sub where this weak attack fails to break. Haze definitely sounds like an amazing option to deal with them and I don´t really mind the loss of Rain Dish, since it is mainly a filler ability. With Haze on Blastoise, I believe that I can run max Def to fully abuse that 100 base stat. Foresight sounds good as an excellent option to spin Rocks even in front of Jellicent, but I just found more important to catch that very same pokemon with Toxic, as well as other common switch-ins like Lati@s, Rotom-W, etc. Neverless Foresight really deserves a test run. Thanks Pocket, you and mostwanted always make the best rates for my teams and your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you for everything :).