Other A 1v1 team that somehow peaked #1

[Anna says hi]

Hi and welcome to this RMT. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible.

I've always wanted to get into 1v1 because the strategies and play make it stand out from other tiers completely. The multitude of threats to prepare for and limited team slots make this tier EXTREMELY matchup reliant. So I was surprised to actually peak #1, albeit after a ladder reset and only likely for a short amount of time.

Proof of peak:

Now for the team.

PLAY ROUGH (Mawile) @ Mawilite
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough


This Mawile is fairly interesting. The large amounts of Speed EVs are to outspeed uninvested base 70s by 2 points, as that seems to be a fairly common target for speed creeps. Aside from that, the moves are standard. Hyper Cutter is used because other Mawiles and Gyarados seem to be popular on the 1v1 ladder, not to mention Intimidate in general.


HYPER BEAM (Porygon-Z) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Trick / Hidden Power Fire

This is perhaps the weakest link in the team. There really isn't much that it beats that my other two team members don't. Nevertheless, I feel that it deserves mention for being able to beat all FEAR users and it is also able to OHKO a large portion of the metagame with Hyper Beam.



OUTRAGE (Dragonite) @ Choice Band
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Outrage
- Extreme Speed


Band Dragonite is an extremely strong threat in 1v1 based on my experience. It is able to 2HKO or OHKO most of the meta with Outrage alone. Its coverage moves allow it to beat things that it otherwise wouldn't, like bulky steels and non-balloon Heatran. It has the bulk to take a hit if need be, and will hit very hard in return.

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Thanks for taking the time to rate this team that I happened to throw together on a rainy day. Please leave a constructive comment and thanks!

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PLAY ROUGH (Mawile) @ Mawilite
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough

HYPER BEAM (Porygon-Z) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Trick

OUTRAGE (Dragonite) @ Choice Band
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Outrage
- Extreme Speed

 

[aesf]

While the team can be solid, I immediately see 3 weaknesses with the team:
1) It loses to Will-o-wisp Charizard X
2) It loses to Mega Gyarados
3) It loses to Mega venusaur.

So how do we combat all these weaknesses in 1 pokemon?

I have three suggestions that I think you should try:
1) Replace Porygon-Z with

this

Landorus (M) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Focus Blast
- Psychic

to help deal with all three of the things I mentioned. However, it still doesn't completely beat charizard X
2) Give intimidate to Mawile. You gain nothing in using hyper cutter, as the matchup is either -1 pokemon vs -1 pokemon or +0 pokemon vs +0 pokemon, and quite frankly, intimidate helps in many more situations.
3) If you see a will-o-wisp charizard X on the ladder, replace a random move with rock slide to deal with it.

Overall a pretty nice team though, 8/10 from me.