Hey so this is a team i started making probably 4 days ago. Its come a long way from then and im only going to talk about the current build. I've been laddering moderately well with it, i think i peaked around high 1600's the other day and i could have gotten a lot higher but i had to go to class and i haven't really had a chance to play today. Anyway here's the squad in its current form, which is obviously subject to change.
Zapdos @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 248 Def / 8 Spd
Bold Nature
- U-turn
- Thunderbolt
- Roost
- Hidden Power [Ice]
So i used to have rotom-w here, because rotom is arguably the best or one of the best pokemon in the meta right now so i usually slap him on every team, but i needed defog support and my team was weak to excadril and somewhat to pinsir so i switched it out for a zapdos with defog and heat wave. I changed it to this set when i decided i needed u turn support and i have defog on a different mon. also i have HP cause my team is lacking in Ice type attacks, which is actually a bit of an issue. Zapdos is working well for me but he is by no means necessary and i might even go back to rotom now that i don't need him for defog
Heatran (F) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
Heatran is one of those pokes that works and a lot of teams for a lot of different reasons. He works pretty well with zapdos as a defensive core, he gets rocks up, and i NEED roar because baton pass is everywhere it seems like. At least as soon as i make a team without roar or dragon tail i fight like 5 baton pass teams in a row so now i always use it. Heatran is a great mon but he isn't a lock in either, if someone has a better suggestion I'm all ears.
Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Recover
- Psyshock
I usually run either latias or latios on almost every team because they are just so awesome but i never tried a defog set before. Not sure if this is an ideal set but its working for me pretty well. I've tried HP fire over defog as well as a calm mind set with max HP instead of SpAtk but this one seems to benefit the team the most. I'm considering replacing recover cause I almost never use it. I also might switch her out for Latios cause i have a lotta bulk on all my other pokes except for terrakion so i might put latios's power to better use
Terrakion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Another guy who is a staple on almost all my teams. My favorite set is banded but scarfed seemed to benefit the team the most cause were pretty slow with out it and we have no priority outside of sucker punch (another issue I think I need to address). Yeah not much to say about terrak, he stone edges things that fly and close combats things that don't. Thats about it.
Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 236 SDef / 20 Spd
Calm Nature
- Giga Drain
- Heal Bell
- U-turn
- Recover
My favorite pokemon of all time and in my opinion, one of the most underrated pokes in the meta I almost never run a team with out celebi and when I do I wish I had her. She beats a lot of stuff that is tough to deal with with out her and is just really useful in a lot of situations against things like latios rotom breloom etc. I usually run psychic over heal bell but ive been running into a lot of status abuse lately and getting really angry at that so i slapped heal bell on. It's probably not optimal but whatever. If i get rid of heatran i can always put rocks on celebi which is something i do pretty often.
Mawile @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 248 HP / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Substitute
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
I used to have a mega venusaur and a bisharp instead of celebi and mawile but this pair has been working a little better for me. Not sure which mawile set i should use, I really like sub but swords dance seems really good and I'm considering fire fang over iron head but then i don't have any steel attacks on the team so its a toss up. Anyway mawile is a solid poke but i might go back to bisharp and put a different mega somewhere else. Maybe I should replace tran with mega zard cause that thing is broken as hell haha.
So theres the squad. Lemme know what you think and leave some constructive criticism please, I've been having fun with this team lately and i wanna make it better.
Zapdos @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 248 Def / 8 Spd
Bold Nature
- U-turn
- Thunderbolt
- Roost
- Hidden Power [Ice]
So i used to have rotom-w here, because rotom is arguably the best or one of the best pokemon in the meta right now so i usually slap him on every team, but i needed defog support and my team was weak to excadril and somewhat to pinsir so i switched it out for a zapdos with defog and heat wave. I changed it to this set when i decided i needed u turn support and i have defog on a different mon. also i have HP cause my team is lacking in Ice type attacks, which is actually a bit of an issue. Zapdos is working well for me but he is by no means necessary and i might even go back to rotom now that i don't need him for defog
Heatran (F) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
Heatran is one of those pokes that works and a lot of teams for a lot of different reasons. He works pretty well with zapdos as a defensive core, he gets rocks up, and i NEED roar because baton pass is everywhere it seems like. At least as soon as i make a team without roar or dragon tail i fight like 5 baton pass teams in a row so now i always use it. Heatran is a great mon but he isn't a lock in either, if someone has a better suggestion I'm all ears.
Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Recover
- Psyshock
I usually run either latias or latios on almost every team because they are just so awesome but i never tried a defog set before. Not sure if this is an ideal set but its working for me pretty well. I've tried HP fire over defog as well as a calm mind set with max HP instead of SpAtk but this one seems to benefit the team the most. I'm considering replacing recover cause I almost never use it. I also might switch her out for Latios cause i have a lotta bulk on all my other pokes except for terrakion so i might put latios's power to better use
Terrakion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Another guy who is a staple on almost all my teams. My favorite set is banded but scarfed seemed to benefit the team the most cause were pretty slow with out it and we have no priority outside of sucker punch (another issue I think I need to address). Yeah not much to say about terrak, he stone edges things that fly and close combats things that don't. Thats about it.
Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 236 SDef / 20 Spd
Calm Nature
- Giga Drain
- Heal Bell
- U-turn
- Recover
My favorite pokemon of all time and in my opinion, one of the most underrated pokes in the meta I almost never run a team with out celebi and when I do I wish I had her. She beats a lot of stuff that is tough to deal with with out her and is just really useful in a lot of situations against things like latios rotom breloom etc. I usually run psychic over heal bell but ive been running into a lot of status abuse lately and getting really angry at that so i slapped heal bell on. It's probably not optimal but whatever. If i get rid of heatran i can always put rocks on celebi which is something i do pretty often.
Mawile @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 248 HP / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Substitute
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
I used to have a mega venusaur and a bisharp instead of celebi and mawile but this pair has been working a little better for me. Not sure which mawile set i should use, I really like sub but swords dance seems really good and I'm considering fire fang over iron head but then i don't have any steel attacks on the team so its a toss up. Anyway mawile is a solid poke but i might go back to bisharp and put a different mega somewhere else. Maybe I should replace tran with mega zard cause that thing is broken as hell haha.
So theres the squad. Lemme know what you think and leave some constructive criticism please, I've been having fun with this team lately and i wanna make it better.
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