Introduction
Well tbh I'm pretty experienced in OU but the rest of the tiers not-so-much. I'm just starting in ubers so I need your help on this new team. It's mostly offense with two very defensive members (wobbuffet/blissey) who can both be very annoying if used correctly and they cover most offensive weaknesses i currently have. I am a huge ubers fan and have been trying to get into it for a while but never really had any experience/knew anyone who had any either. I mostly just threw out random ideas to come up with this team and looked at an uber threat list, picked pokemon to check things and counter other things and eventually it just came together. I love the uber metagame more then any other and it's just so much fun to play so im happy im actually getting into it eventually even though i won't be playing pokemon much longer. This rmt has a rush theme which is the well known canadian band that happens to be one of the best bands ever and if you don't like them; i don't like you. I haven't tested this team much but so far it's done alright. This team has a playstyle that happens to deal with mainly offense but having some decent bulky walls and is decently standard. Well I cant really explain much more seeing as i lack much experience in ubers so ill just get onto the team so more experienced people can help me with this uber team. I decided to do the team building a bit differently this time around; for once i'll be putting the team building section in the introduction.
Team Rush
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In depth
Working Man @ Focus sash
252 Atk / 6 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly (+ Spe, - Sp atk)
Pressure
~Stealth rock
~Spikes
~Taunt
~Extremespeed/Superpower
This team does very well with Entry hazards as well as having a nice lead who can easily outspeed and stop most other leads that try to set up entry hazards who can be extremely annoying. Deoxys has an unmatched 504 spe without a choice scarf which is almost unbelieveable and beats out all other non scarfed leads. I chose focus sash over lum berry as with taunt you can stop darkrai from sporing you anyways. Extremespeed is standard but i could possibly run superpower over it for darkrai leads. Extremespeed also is the fastest priority bar moves like sucker punch/protect with deoxys-s' amazing speed. Shadow ball is also an option with running timid but at the moment ill keep Jolly E-speed. The evs are standard and the best you can run as what else do you really need to run with a deoxys-s suicide lead? Hits 289 Atk with jolly 252 which is mediocre for ubers but does fine with only one attacking move.
Tom Sawyer @ Life orb
252 Atk / 6 HP / 252 Spe
Adamant (+ Atk, - Sp atk)
Air Lock
~Swords dance
~Extremespeed
~Dragon claw
~Earthquake/Overheat
SD quaza is such a beast. 867 Atk after an SD with a base 80 power priority move. Wow. I don't have much experience in ubers but as soon as i decided to make a team this was on it right away. ExtremeSpeed always OHKOs Darkrai, and with help from Stealth Rock, a +2 Life Orb ExtremeSpeed has around a 87% chance of OHKOing 4 HP / 0 Def Timid Palkia and a 79% chance of OHKOing 4 HP / 0 Def Mewtwo, all of which are significant KOs. Air lock really helps being a unique ability that rapes the hell out of kyogre/groudon/tyranitar/etc. Dragon claw is a great STAB and i chose it over waterfall for the fact that it OHKOs giratina after an SD/SR damage which are almost ensured with the support from the lead/team. I could choose to run overheat over earthquake being able to OHKO scizor foretress and skarmory who can be annoying to this set. Swords Dance Rayquaza is very vulnerable to Lugia, due to having no way of boosting its Speed and the lack of Outrage. Because of this, Wobbuffet is highly recommended as a partner for Swords Dance Rayquaza for a number of reasons. Wobbuffet can use Tickle on trapped Lugia; after four, Choice Band Scizor can OHKO Lugia as it flees with Pursuit. With Lugia out of the picture, Rayquaza can easily sweep a team. Additionally, Choice Band Scizor can OHKO Gengar with either Bullet Punch or Pursuit, as well as OHKOing Weavile with Bullet Punch; which is why i chose to have scizor/wobbuffet on the same team as SDquaza. This team also runs Deoxys-s who works extremely well with SDquaza as entry hazards are a must for him sweeping.
Spirit of the radio @ Choice band
200 HP / 56 Atk / 252 sp def
Adamant (+ Atk, - Sp atk)
Technician
~Bullet punch
~Superpower
~U-turn
~Pursuit
Thanks to a combination of Scizor's typing, movepool, and offensive stats, Choice Band Scizor is an excellent choice in Ubers for a variety of reasons, the biggest of which being Scizor’s ability to revenge kill with Bullet Punch, and its ability to scout Uber teams with U-turn (which hits a large amount of the Uber metagame super effectively.) With this standard smogon uber scizor spread he can take a +1 thunder from latias, as well as take dragon attacks extremely easily. 4 HP Kyogre (who may switch in predicting a Bullet Punch) takes 52%-61% from a U-turn from the more bulky Choice Band Scizor. U-turn can easily OHKO darkrai, latias, latios, and offensive mewtwo. Darkrai is always 2HKO'd by bullet punch as well as many other threats in Uber which make scizor an amazing choice on an uber team. DD/SD rayquaza is also a problem to this team who gets a decent amount of hp taken from a bullet punch. One problem with using scizor are all the entry hazards which is good because im using a nice anti lead who taunts almost anything non scarfed as well as sets up entry hazards easily and fast in order to turn 2HKOs into OHKOs. Scizor really appreciates wish support from blissey which just makes the synergy even better.
Closer to the heart @ Leftovers
216 Sp def / 80 HP / 214 Def
Calm (+ Sp def, - Atk)
Natural Cure
~Wish
~Protect
~Seismic toss
~Toxic
Blissey is so great in uber teams especially with wobbuffet/scizor/etc that can really use wish support. I chose natural Cure over Serene grace as I'm not actually using any special elemental attacks, and Natural cure is great for absorbing statuses which fly around a lot in ubers. Seismic toss is preferred over a special attacking move with toxic as ghosts who wall it with seismic toss are stalled away by toxic/protect/wish. I moved the 80 Sp atk into HP for obvious reasons stated above as well as being a lefties point and that is the other most reliable stat i could've moved the evs into. Wish/Protect is preferred over Softboiled on this team as I can use her for passing wishes, and for stalling easier with protect/wish/toxic/seismic toss. Blissey is another one of those "ahh i hate using that thing so much" pokemon; but blissey pretty much makes this team way better then it is without it. Wish is also preferred over Softboiled for how many choice users you see in today's metagame. You can easily predict with protect for example; say something was going to pursuit, you could instead wish and take a base 40 power pursuit instead of taking a double boosted one. Most people usually use a cleric in ubers but wish just goes so well with other members on the team that i had to use it. This is also my main kyogre check. 216 Sp def was put over 176 as there are so many tank special attackers i shouldve really boosted sp def higher. 214 Def is filler and is as much that is needed in ubers.
LimeLight @ Choice scarf
6 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty (+ Spe, - Def)
Pressure
~Draco meteor
~Fire blast
~Thunder
~Outrage
Although Dialga is often seen as a slow, sturdy tank, Choice Scarf can make it an excellent revenge killer in the Uber metagame. Thanks to Dialga's Steel-typing and good defenses, it can easily switch into Darkrai as it uses Dark Pulse, and OHKO with Draco Meteor. Choice Scarf Dialga is also one of the few reliable revenge killers for both Swords Dance Rayquaza and Swords Dance Lucario, thanks to its resistance to ExtremeSpeed. I vouched for hasty with outrage so i can revenge kill blissey and latias. With dialgas decent 306 spe with 252 evs/+spe nature and a scarf it can outspeed many uber threats and take them out with it's amazing movepool and base 150 sp atk. Fire blast is there for scizor/skarmory/foretress who get hit harder by it then thunder. Choice Scarf Dialga, while being fast, is still outsped by other Choice Scarf users such as Garchomp and Darkrai which is why i ran other pokemon on the team who can take them out. 252 Sp atk / 252 spe are standard and take advantage of dialga's amazing revenge killing abilities in uber as well as checking things like SD quaza who my team was weak to before. I can consider running Naive which might be better for taking e-speeds easier and still taking resisted sp atks easy with his great sp def.
YYZ @ Leftovers
28 HP / 228 Def / 252 SpD
Calm (+ Sp def Def, - Atk)
Shadow Tag
~Encore
~Tickle
~Counter
~Mirror Coat
This sexy beast is a big part of my team. He can easily revenge kill choiced pokes in a weird way. They use a special attack; you mirror coat, they use a physical attack; you counter. That simple. Encore also helps killing non choice pokes in an easy way with very little prediction. Tickle helps rayquaza sweep easier being able to take down lugia/other things that can be annoying. Shadow tag is a douchebag ability and can make killing things/stalling things extremely annoying. Even with his mediocre defenses he has to be uber because of his HP and ability. The given EVs are fairly obvious, since Wobbuffet has a massive base HP stat and poor defenses. The 28 HP EVs allow Wobbuffet to gain maximum Leftovers recovery and, with a Calm nature, allows it to survive a Modest Kyogre's full powered Water Spout and OHKO back with Mirror Coat. Calm is emphasized over Bold because of the concentration on special attackers in Ubers. There isn't much else to explain about wobbuffet other then he supports other members greatly and works amazingly as a staller/easily killing things off with his amazing ability.
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Threat List
The Ubers
Darkrai: Scizor is my best check; as well as rayquaza can revenge it at about 50-60%.
Deoxys (all formes): Speed can be easily revenged as well as Attacke forme. Defense is taken by scizor/just stalled out and normal deoxys is the same as how speed/attack are handled.
Dialga: My dialga speed ties scarf versions and beats most other versions. Bliss takes special variations and wobb can revenge it.
Garchomp: Dialga beats non scarf variations. Scarfers can be annoying but locked into dragon claw or something wobb can revenge it.
Giratina: Handled moderately easy with all the different dragon attacks flying around as well as scizor as a last resort.
Giratina-O: Scizor is my #1 switch-in as it can Pursuit / Bullet Punch it etc.
Groudon: Groudon is annoying if its RP+SD which is almost never seen and i can handle most other sets fairly easily.
Ho-oh: Special versions are rare and taken very easily. Physical versions are annoying but sometimes handled by wobb.
Kyogre: Dialga and other pokemon can handle about every set except for CM resttalk which can be very annoying.
Latias: Scizor, generally. Other things like dialga can handle non CM versions as well.
Latios: A stronger Latias, so I have to be more careful with Scizor. Lower defenses make it easier for dialga to handle.
Lugia: Lugia can be annoying but with tickle support its taken down with ease from a sweeper.
Manaphy: Don't see this that often but if i do then dialga can take it with a thunder, bliss can stall non rest versions, and other members on the team just annoy it.
Mew: Scizor kinda threatens it, it has so many different sets it's really hard to tell which set it's running though.
Mewtwo: Scizor can take it at around 50% with a bullet punch or bliss can wreck fully special versions. Dialga rapes non scarfed variations with a DM.
Palkia: Dialga takes it if it's not scarfed or if it is choiced and is locked into something dialga resists. Blissey takes special versions, Wobbuffet also takes it fairly well.
Rayquaza: Dialga takes the boosted e-speed and kos with draco meteor.
Shaymin-S: Bullet punch from scizor, Dialga takes the air slash/seed flare and kos with fire blast or pretty much any combo of e-speed from quaza then bullet punch etc.
Wobbuffet: Scizor revenges it with u-turn/pursuit.
The Non-Ubers
Blissey: Rayquaza+scizor hurt it a lot.
Forretress: FB from dialga, Rayquaza sets up on him/overheat, Wobb likes to Encore.
Lucario: Dialga survives a +2 e-speed and outspeeds the CC from jolly luke+KO's with fire blast.
Ludicolo: Scizor can take almost every attack from him if it's offensive and KO with u-turn if its the defensive variation i don't have much trouble with it.
Metagross: Fire blast from dialga, Wobbuffet likes coming in on a bullet punch then taking a MM/Bullet punch and countering him.
Ninjask: Not really a threat.
Scizor: Dialga deals with this one pretty easily.
Skarmory: Dialga, encore from wobbuffet, rayquaza sets up on it.
Tyranitar: Scizor handles this one pretty easily or something can revenge it if it's a CBTar locked into EQ and rayquaza comes out and sets up on it.
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Team building
First thing i did was pick a main sweeper for my team as that's usually how i make all of my teams and i figured it would work for ubers as well. First i was going to pretty much copy theoryomons team and use SD luke as the main sweeper, tested it out with a random team, didn't like it, then switched to RP groudon who i didn't like either when tested. After thinking about it for a while i picked SD rayquaza and during testing it did amazingly which made it an obvious choice. I picked his set and decided to go for the adamant set and run e-speed, overheat, dragon claw, and swords dance with the standard 252 atk / 252 spe / 6 spe set.
Next thing was finding something that supported rayquaza in setting up for a sweep/making his sweep easier as well as being a weird form of revenge killer. I've always loved wobbuffet and he does extremely well revenging things like defensive groudon who can be annoying to rayquaza sweeps. I used the standard smogon set as there's not much you can really change in order for it to do much different.
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Now i had rayquaza and wobbuffet and there was one more pokemon that came as an obvious choice; scizor. He revenges things just like wobbuffet and traps A LOT of the pokemon in ubers like latias/latios who can be annoying to this team. He actually works better in ubers then OU depending on how you use him. I ran the specially bulky set so i can take those special hits easier.
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Next thing i noticed was i should probably get some wish support as well as something that can absorb status with natural cure. Blissey fit the spot perfectly checking most kyogre as well as things like fully special palkia/dialga etc. She really fit well into the team and Toxic/seismic toss stalling can never not be helpful.
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After that i decided to put in a lead. Wobbuffet/Scizor/Rayquaza/Blissey REALLY enjoy entry hazards, especially spikes but don't enjoy getting hit by them so i decided to run a quit suicide lead who taunts pretty much every slower lead which prevents them getting up annoying entry hazards as well as pretty much ensures i can get up my own entry hazards. That suicide lead was Deoxys-s.
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The final pokemon on the team had originally been specsogre, but after realizing i had a bunch of weaknesses left open and just the fact that specsogre didn't really fit in nicely, i decided to change it. Scarfdialga seemed to fit in really well and was suggested so i ran it. It also works as sort of a revenge killer for things like non scarf kyogre and +2 SD rayquaza.
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Now that ive explained the team in detail all that's left to say is RMT.
