Billowing Sands - A BW2 OU RMT

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I'll keep this short.
The point of this team is to use Tyranitar, Keldeo, Latios, Celebi, and Heatran to clear out any threats and attempt to bring in Landorus safely. If I can remove things like Mamoswine, Gastrodon, and Blissey, Landorus can and will sweep the floor with the enemy team. I have had a lot of fun using this team on PS but as I got higher on the ladder I would lose more and more often. Some of the biggest flaws of this team are that the whole team (minus Keldeo) is weak to Water or Ice, 2 very common attacking types. (Most Water-types carry Ice Beam, and vice-versa.) Mamoswine destroys this team, and Gastrodon is a huge thorn in my side. I made this RMT to try and remedy those issues and make this team even better.


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Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Sand Stream
180 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Spd
Adamant

Stone Edge | Crunch | Pursuit | Superpower



Tyranitar provides sand and eliminates Ghost and Psychic types. With a Choice Band, his attack skyrockets to a massive 604. Gengar, Latios, and Latias are usually easily OHKOed with Pursuit even if they do not switch out! Tyranitar's Special Defense is also huge because he receives a 50% boost in the sand, which is always up because of his ability. Pursuit and Crunch are Tyranitar's 2 main moves, making short work of Jellicent, Celebi, Reuniclus, Lati@s, Gengar, or anything that dares to switch in. Stone Edge is reliable STAB, (when it hits T_T) and Superpower destroys Breloom, Terrakion, and Keldeo. The EVs maximize damage output, and allow Tyranitar to shrug off Draco Meteors and other special attacks.





Keldeo @ Choice Scarf
Justified
252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid

Hydro Pump | Secret Sword | Hidden Power [Ice] | Surf



Keldeo is my scarfer and rain counter. It is very easy to pull off a late-game sweep with Keldeo if rain is up. Keldeo is also my one shot at taking out Mamoswine, as Keldeo only takes 14.5 - 16.97% from Ice Shard and can outspeed and score an easy OHKO with Hydro Pump or Surf. Keldeo can also revenge kill many threats to this team, such as Dragonite at +2, or Salamence and Garchomp at +1. Hydro Pump provides massive damage, and Surf is a more reliable alternative. Secret Sword is great Fighting STAB, and it can also break through Blissey easily. Hidden Power Ice provides great coverage and can take out the many dragons that roam OU. The EVs are standard with leftovers in special defense.





Landorus @ Life Orb
Sheer Force
252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest

Rock Polish | Earth Power | Focus Blast | Hidden Power [Ice]



Landorus is the star of the team. He can break through so many "walls" with Sheer Force. (See damage calcs below) Rock Polish is the crux of the set, allowing him to outspeed just about everything you will normally encounter in OU. When the enemy team is weakened, Stealth Rock is up, and Landorus is at +2, it is next to impossible to stop him. Earth Power is the main move here, it is reliable STAB and KOs almost everything in OU once the rest of my team has weakened them. Focus Blast gives more coverage and can take out soooo many things: Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Hydreigon, Rotom-W, and even Blissey! Hidden Power Ice is the last move, even though it is not boosted by Sheer Force, it can OHKO Gliscor, opposing Landorus, and Dragon, Grass, Flying, and Ground types.





Latios @ Life Orb
Levitate
4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid

Draco Meteor | Psyshock | Hidden Power [Fire] | Recover



Latios is the big guns on this team. It may seem weird to run Life Orb since he will already be taking a lot of residual damage from the sand, but I can heal off damage with Recover, and the pros outweigh the cons. Latios takes out so many things, almost nothing can safely switch in to a Life Orb boosted Draco meteor echoing off of base 130 SAtk. Psyshock is great with STAB, and can bypass Blissey and Chansey. Hidden Power Fire is my favorite move, it allows Latios to roast Ferrothorn and Scizor trying to Pursuit. Recover allows me to restore health after switching in and taking Life Orb and sand damage.





Celebi @ Leftovers
Natural Cure
252 SAtk / 54 HP / 204 Spd
Modest

Leaf Storm | Earth Power | Thunder Wave | Recover



Celebi takes special hits for the team. Rotom-W can not touch Celebi, and is very easily OHKOed. (One Leaf Storm has the power to OHKO two Rotom-W hehe) Celebi can counter rain teams more effectively now because Tornadus-T is banned. I opted for a more offensive Celebi since I want my team to maintain offensive pressure constantly, and I personally feel this Celebi is better than the specially defensive one. Leaf Storm is raw power, and can dent anything that doesn't resist it, and Earth Power hurts Steel and Fire types that resist Leaf Storm. Thunder Wave lets me spread paralysis, If I can paralyze their scarfer It makes the battle a lot easier. Recover is for healing. The EVs give Celebi good Offensive stats and allow it to take hits like a champ. I run 204 speed EVs to outspeed opposing Celebi and base 100s by one point.





Heatran @ Leftovers
Flash Fire
252 SDef / 244 HP / 12 Spd
Calm

Lava Plume | Stealth Rock | Protect | Toxic



Heatran acts as glue keeping the team together. He takes so many hits with his superb Fire / Steel typing, and can burn physical attackers with Lava Plume. I originally added Heatran to counter Ferrothorn and other dual type steel types, but he does so much more than that. Lava Plume is his main STAB, and a lot of people forget how powerful it is. Stealth Rock is great for this team, whether it is up or not is usually the difference between a OHKO or 2HKO for many pokemon for Landorus. Protect allows me to scout an enemy's move and rack up sandstorm damage. Toxic allows me to spread even more status and rack up even more residual damage. The EVs make Heatran immensely bulky and allow me to outspeed opposing Heatran by one point.