Solar Vengeance
A sun team that's much more than your average by the Poké-BackRoom (Gamester, Oristeros, Gr8astard, Naixin, Sadfthadsf and a touch of help from Soviet)
Artwork by Naixin aka AznSeal
"Cause if we can't protect the sun, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it"
Introduction
Hello to everybody reading this. First off I'd like to give a disclaimer about the title of this RMT. By saying #1 on all major ladders I'm talking about the PO Beta Server, Smogon server before the move to PS, and the PS ladder. These are the most competitive battling ladders as far as I'm concerned. Second, I'd like to apologize for even putting the peak of #1 in the title. However, this is the best team I've built by far and I'd like it to get attention and I want the community's feedback on it. I'm not trying to brag or anything of the sort, I just happen to be rather proud of this team.
The name of the team derives from the fact Ninetales gets ironically "out-shined" by other weather inducers like Tyranitar and Politoed, however this team pulls off a deadly strategy other weathers could only dream of and thusly gets it's fiery vengeance.
A sun team that's much more than your average by the Poké-BackRoom (Gamester, Oristeros, Gr8astard, Naixin, Sadfthadsf and a touch of help from Soviet)
Artwork by Naixin aka AznSeal
"Cause if we can't protect the sun, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it"
Introduction
Hello to everybody reading this. First off I'd like to give a disclaimer about the title of this RMT. By saying #1 on all major ladders I'm talking about the PO Beta Server, Smogon server before the move to PS, and the PS ladder. These are the most competitive battling ladders as far as I'm concerned. Second, I'd like to apologize for even putting the peak of #1 in the title. However, this is the best team I've built by far and I'd like it to get attention and I want the community's feedback on it. I'm not trying to brag or anything of the sort, I just happen to be rather proud of this team.
The name of the team derives from the fact Ninetales gets ironically "out-shined" by other weather inducers like Tyranitar and Politoed, however this team pulls off a deadly strategy other weathers could only dream of and thusly gets it's fiery vengeance.
Team-Building Process
I started off by wanting to use what I consider the best sweeper in OU along with Gastrodon because of their fantastic synergy together and of course sun was obligatory to make Volcarona a true monster. I was unsure if anyone had ever actually gotten #1 using Volcarona but I wanted to make the team that would do it
I took this idea to my friend Oristeros (Solar Prominence) and from there we added the almighty Dugtrio to eliminate Heatran and Tyranitar and then Scarf Scizor to take care of Latios and other various threats. This version of the team showed plenty of potential but was still mediocre.
Scizor was more or less the weakest link failing to sufficiently revenge kill dragons so I added an HP Ice and Sunny Day Venusaur. This set really shined and I was beginning to see the beginning of a great team. Although the Latios weakness was a bit annoying.
BAM! This was it. This was the change that truly took the team to the next level. Wobbuffet + Dugtrio is an insane combo. You can simple encore + tickle things to -6 for Dugtrio to anihilate and it "revenged" latios which was great! I initially had safeguard but my good friend Ban Nattorei (soviet) pointed out the incredible utility in tickle. However you were forced to tediously switch to trap weather and dragons were still problematic.
As much I loved Claydol I no longer needed such a dedicated Terrakion check with Wobbtrio around. This change actually occurred via my good friend and incredible battler Gr8astard who always hates on all my hipster pokemon choices! He got about #8 with this version of the team in B&W1 (while simultaneously being #1 on the ladder)
With B&W2 out and Xatu getting Heat Wave and having U-turn I figured it would fit in perfectly. This was one of the only changes that made the team worse. FAR worse at that.
Going back to a modified Forretress set as well as going through series of different sets for every pokemon I settled back to these 6. This team has been growing since the beginning of summer and I started on it the same day I RMT'd Euthanasia. This is the longest it's taken for me to ever finalize a team but without a doubt it's my absolute best being so meticulously crafted.
But it turned out even after RMT'ing and all the time I had already spent more it could be improved! Victini over Volcarona worked brilliantly. With Venusaur becoming the main special sweeper the team took on new life. This version definitely surpasses what I initially RMT'd and was agree'd as the best version
(Gamester)[7/31/12 8:42:37 PM] Aye Bee: ok so do we agree on this as the best possible and final version?
(Gr8astard)[7/31/12 8:43:32 PM] Hugo: yeah.
(Oristeros) [7/31/12 8:43:34 PM] Oliver Zhang: yea
( Naixin ) [7/31/12 8:43:51 PM] Hey Napkin: yes.
(Gr8astard)[7/31/12 8:43:32 PM] Hugo: yeah.
(Oristeros) [7/31/12 8:43:34 PM] Oliver Zhang: yea
( Naixin ) [7/31/12 8:43:51 PM] Hey Napkin: yes.
Under the Light
Naixin (Ninetales) @ Leftovers
Trait: Drought
EVs: 184 HP / 216 SDef / 108 Spd
Calm Nature
- Roar
- Will-O-Wisp
- Sunny Day
- Flamethrower
Set Explaination
Name: Naixin is the name of this Ninetales after a friend who both extensively helped with the team and essentially had a replica of this team created independently. Also has great musical taste.
Moves: The given set of moves aims to keep Ninetales alive as long as possible to win the weather war and is very difficult to set up on due to roar and will-o-wisp along with sun boosted flamethrowers. While Sunny Day can maintain momentum for you.
Item: Leftovers is the chosen item to maximize longevity
Evs: The ev's outspeed jolly Cloyster and Adamant Dragonite among other threats. And provide appreciable special bulk.
Role: Well obviously to set up the sun but also to bait and lure the opponent as well as cripple and phase when necessary. Doubles as a Special Wall of sorts.
Summary: Ninetales is amazing and my favorite weather starter please continue to underestimate him.
Gr8astard (Forretress) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 8 Atk / 220 Def / 40 SAtk
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 2 Spd
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Gyro Ball
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
Set Explaination
Name: Since Forretress is on the team because of Gr8astard it's only right that it's named after him. In addition, with the way Forretress deceives people on this team you could indeed think of him as a great bastard!
Moves: I'm sure many people will look at this and think that's it's likely the most awkward set they've seen but it works brilliantly for this team being able to check everything that gives it trouble. Hp Ice for dragons and Gliscor, Volt switch for Gyarados and pivoting while Gyro Ball is reliable stab for things like Mamoswine and Terrakion and finally the ever important Rapid Spin!
Item: Leftovers here to increase Forretress's life span
Evs: The ev's provide fantastic physical bulk and enough special attack to 2hko Landorus and Salamence after Stealth Rock damage.
Role: Forretress does a bunch of useful stuff for this team. It's a Physical Wall, a Spinner and a fantastic Pivot into my trappers.
Summary: Throw Forretress at all problems that occur, he can fix them.
Ban Nattorei (Wobbuffet) @ Leftovers
Trait: Shadow Tag
EVs: 156 Def / 208 SDef / 144 Spd
Calm Nature
- Encore
- Tickle
- Counter
- Mirror Coat
Set Explaination
Name: I initially had safeguard on the set like a fool but Ban Nattorei wisely pointed out how useful Tickle would be instead and so this name goes to him.
Moves: Encore things trying to set up. Mirror Coat/Counter things trying to attack you. Tickle and Encore things to -6 for Dugtrio.
Item: Leftovers again! I bet you can't guess why! ;D
Evs: Wobbuffet can outspeed and encore Chansey and has enough bulk to survive basically anything.
Role: Revenge Killer of sorts. Eliminator of Politoed and other problem pokemon
Summary: WHY ISN'T WOBBUFFET OU?!?!!?
Oristeros (Dugtrio) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Arena Trap
EVs: 8 HP / 240 Atk / 36 SAtk / 224 Spd
Naive Nature
IVs: 19 HP / 30 Def
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Reversal
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Set Explaination
Name: Named after the person I first started building this team with. A good friend and great battler. Also partners well with Gr8astard :)
Moves: Stealth Rocks here because Forretress was busy dying for the sake of the team and also Dugtrio is more reliable in the sense Espeon and Xatu can't stop you and you out-speed most Taunt users. Earthquake and Reversal are standard but HP Ice is to prevent things like dragons and gliscors from setting up on you.
Item: Focus Sash because Dugtrio is ridiculously frail and needs the safety net.
Evs: Attack and Speed is all you need!
Role: Revenge Killer and Hazard Setter. Helps eliminate problem pokemon like Heatran and Tyranitar. Also is Wobbuffet's and Forretress's partner in crime.
Summary: Arena Trap makes Dugtrio a fantastic pokemon.
DevinTheDude (Venusaur) @ Life Orb
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 156 Atk / 172 SAtk / 180 Spd
Naive Nature
IVs: 30 Spd
- Sleep Powder
- SolarBeam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
Set Explaination
Name: Named after another good friend and is another fantastic battler.
Moves: This is a rather unusual set. Mixed with no boosting moves. Well let me break it down, Solarbeam is your primary stab and it's strong for killing things. Earthquake is to catch Heatran and Infernape and Ninetales and Jirachi and other things off guard. Hidden Power Ice is to revenge kill all these pesky dragons and finally Sleep Powder is near-broken on Venusaur, you have blistering fast speed and good coverage along with the potential to eliminate basically any pokemon from the battle on a whim.
Item: Life Orb because this set doesn't boost offenses so the extra power is very needed
Evs: The ev's guarantee a 0hko on Heatran and outspeed Choice Scarf Latias and Latios the rest is in SpAtk for maximum power
Role: Revenge Killer and Mixed Sweeper
Summary: Venusaur in sun is really good and does lots of useful stuff.
Gamester (Victini) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- V-create
- Flare Blitz
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn
Set Explaination
Name: Named after me because Victini is my favorite 5thgen pokèmon!
Moves: The set might look a touch weird but basically v-create is for wall-breaking while Flare Blitz allows you to run through a weakened team if you've kept rocks off the field. Zen Headbutt is for revenge killing fighting types and also has a little potential to sweep late game while u-turn scouts and allows for easy traps also forms a volt-turn combo with Forretress.
Item: Victini is scarf'd because he's already strong enough as is and the speed is very helpful
Evs: Speed and attack maxed to kill lots of stuff fast. An Adamant nature is here because until Genesect is released there's nothing to notable Victini doesn't out speed and speed-tying is a risk anyways.
Role: Wallbreaker, Lure, Sweeper.
Summary: Victini does an amazing job at killing stuff.
Closing Words
I hope you all like the team as much as I do. I urge you to try it out and share it with your friends if you do. I was rather hesitant on RMT'ing it as I have other teams I wanted to share but getting this out there will hopefully push me to have a new "best" team. I'd love to see what sort of improvements you guys think can be made and thank you all for reading this RMT!
Achievements
Gr8astard attained the #1 ladder position on PO beta, PO smogon (before the move), and the PS ladder through usage of this team.
To break it down the PS #1 was only this and my Salad Storm (rain) team, the old Smogon server #1 was this team and another rain team we made, the PO #1 was a mix of this team, Salad Storm, a rain team me and Gr8astard made and his sub Kyurem team
DevinTheDude used this for his last portion of his run to attaining 1802 on PO beta ladder
Noodlez won the wcop matches he used this team for.
I've personally got multiple accounts into the top 40 of PS and PO beta while just testing this team
And I'd have to say the biggest achievement is that this team is really fun to play! :D
Shout-Outs and Credits
Huge thanks to Naixin for helping with the team and the artwork and everything
Big thanks to Oristeros for helping build on the initial versions of this
Thanks to Soviet for the suggestion and etc
Thanks and shout out to Sadfthadsf for always being my right hand man in team-building
Thanks to JayJay for somewhat helping me pick a name? And just for being my homie.
Shouts out to DoomVendingMachine for being a huge homie.
Shout out to Darkoness21 for being chill and testing my teams
Shout out to Snowflakes for being around I guess :|
and finally
MASSIVE SHOUT OUT to GR8ASTARD for being a strong user and getting #1 everywhere utilizing this team in tandem with others I've worked on
Also thanks to Great Sage for removing all the pointless bickering on the RMT :]
P.S. If you like the team or borrow it at least give a Luvdisc if you really liked it then share it and don't forget to leave a team rate.
I hope you all like the team as much as I do. I urge you to try it out and share it with your friends if you do. I was rather hesitant on RMT'ing it as I have other teams I wanted to share but getting this out there will hopefully push me to have a new "best" team. I'd love to see what sort of improvements you guys think can be made and thank you all for reading this RMT!
Achievements
Gr8astard attained the #1 ladder position on PO beta, PO smogon (before the move), and the PS ladder through usage of this team.
To break it down the PS #1 was only this and my Salad Storm (rain) team, the old Smogon server #1 was this team and another rain team we made, the PO #1 was a mix of this team, Salad Storm, a rain team me and Gr8astard made and his sub Kyurem team
DevinTheDude used this for his last portion of his run to attaining 1802 on PO beta ladder
Noodlez won the wcop matches he used this team for.
I've personally got multiple accounts into the top 40 of PS and PO beta while just testing this team
And I'd have to say the biggest achievement is that this team is really fun to play! :D
Shout-Outs and Credits
Huge thanks to Naixin for helping with the team and the artwork and everything
Big thanks to Oristeros for helping build on the initial versions of this
Thanks to Soviet for the suggestion and etc
Thanks and shout out to Sadfthadsf for always being my right hand man in team-building
Thanks to JayJay for somewhat helping me pick a name? And just for being my homie.
Shouts out to DoomVendingMachine for being a huge homie.
Shout out to Darkoness21 for being chill and testing my teams
Shout out to Snowflakes for being around I guess :|
and finally
MASSIVE SHOUT OUT to GR8ASTARD for being a strong user and getting #1 everywhere utilizing this team in tandem with others I've worked on
Also thanks to Great Sage for removing all the pointless bickering on the RMT :]
P.S. If you like the team or borrow it at least give a Luvdisc if you really liked it then share it and don't forget to leave a team rate.
Importable
Naixin (Ninetales) @ Leftovers
Trait: Drought
EVs: 184 HP / 216 SDef / 108 Spd
Calm Nature
- Roar
- Will-O-Wisp
- Sunny Day
- Flamethrower
Gr8astard (Forretress) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 8 Atk / 220 Def / 40 SAtk
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 2 Spd
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Gyro Ball
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
Ban Nattorei (Wobbuffet) @ Leftovers
Trait: Shadow Tag
EVs: 156 Def / 208 SDef / 144 Spd
Calm Nature
- Encore
- Tickle
- Counter
- Mirror Coat
Oristeros (Dugtrio) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Arena Trap
EVs: 8 HP / 240 Atk / 36 SAtk / 224 Spd
Naive Nature
IVs: 19 HP / 30 Def
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Reversal
- Hidden Power [Ice]
DevinTheDude (Venusaur) @ Life Orb
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 152 Atk / 176 SAtk / 180 Spd
Naive Nature
IVs: 30 Spd
- Sleep Powder
- SolarBeam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
Gamester (Victini) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- V-create
- Flare Blitz
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn
Trait: Drought
EVs: 184 HP / 216 SDef / 108 Spd
Calm Nature
- Roar
- Will-O-Wisp
- Sunny Day
- Flamethrower
Gr8astard (Forretress) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 8 Atk / 220 Def / 40 SAtk
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 2 Spd
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Gyro Ball
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
Ban Nattorei (Wobbuffet) @ Leftovers
Trait: Shadow Tag
EVs: 156 Def / 208 SDef / 144 Spd
Calm Nature
- Encore
- Tickle
- Counter
- Mirror Coat
Oristeros (Dugtrio) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Arena Trap
EVs: 8 HP / 240 Atk / 36 SAtk / 224 Spd
Naive Nature
IVs: 19 HP / 30 Def
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Reversal
- Hidden Power [Ice]
DevinTheDude (Venusaur) @ Life Orb
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 152 Atk / 176 SAtk / 180 Spd
Naive Nature
IVs: 30 Spd
- Sleep Powder
- SolarBeam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
Gamester (Victini) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- V-create
- Flare Blitz
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn