I got a 473 streak in Super singles. In fact, I've had the record for quite many weeks now. I just haven't bothered to post the team. Now that someone else got to 1st place, I figured out it would be time to post my team, lol. I lost vs a legendary trainer whose pokemon exploited all the weaknesses in my team, although I didn't really care about playing accurately since I'd already crushed the old record. More on that later. Picture link:
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Here is the trio I used:
Dragonite (M) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
My lead. The key to success when using this Dragonite is to only set up at the right times. It never gets OHKO'd unless it's from a super strong ice stab move (In which case I'd usually switch to Aegislash in the first place and sweep). On the very rare occasion it happens, I switch in Aegislash or Kangaskhan and sweep. As everyone knows, Outrage >> Dragon Claw. It KO'd everything except steel and fairytypes, which are easily takes care of by my two others. Great pokemon, and very often (2/3 of matches maybe) did it seal the win. Not necessarily KOing all the opponens, but leaving only leftovers of my opponents team.
Aegislash (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 196 HP / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 28 SDef / 4 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Sacred Sword
- Shadow Sneak
- King's Shield
- Swords Dance
This Aegislash is the best pokemon in la Maison, in my opinion. And this set, and the spread, works wonders. Especially in combination with Dragonite. In about 90 % of my matches, I didn't need Kangaskhan. It sets up to +6 on an unbelievable amount of pokemon. I can also use Kings Shield to recover health, and usually I end up with +6 at full or near full health. It's so good; I used an imperfect 31/31/31/31/31/0 adamant Aegislash with the terrible EV spread 252Atk/128Def/128Sdef for the 200 first battles without much problems. When I later bred and trained a new Aegislash with the ideal set, it became soo good. Now, let me explain the set.
All the moves are logical, and I never tried anything else because I quickly realized there is no better set for Aegi. Sacred sword is also extremely usefull against cursers, like the regis and umbreon. Also laughs at double teamers. Leftovers is the only item you should ever consider running. It recovers so much health; it's amazing. The HP EVs give 160 HP at level 50. That means 10 hp leftovers recovery each turn, and it cannot get more. The EVs, in other words, give it the highest possible percentage recovery each turn. It also enabled it to survive any move at full healt, even eartquakes from rhyperior. After attack is maxed for safest sweeping, the rest are split between the defenses. Aegislash has almost never been OHKO'd. That means it will take multiple hits before possible going down, and in such scenarios, defense investment is better than max HP investment. The last point is put in speed, because it would not make a change anywhere else and it enables it to outspeed a few pokemon sitting at 80 speed. Adamant ("fast" aegislash") is much better than brave Aegislash in my opinion. Why should you ever let many things outspeed you, and risk getting critted, statused, or simply lose your hit points? Why not KO the other poke before it attacks instead? The speed was very useful against for example umbreons, regis and much more. Because of the recovery provided by leftovers, and all the nice resistances, I'd very often switch this thing in on turn 1 against anything that Dragonite couldn't destroy on its own. Or to be honest, I'd still switch it in if I knew I could set up. This pokemon is just... my favorite pokemon. I would never change anything about it. It set up and swept in maybe 2/3 or 3/4 of my matches. There are so many examples of how it saved me after getting haxed early on. I remember one time, I used earthquake on a weakness policy Carracosta (I watched zurich chess challenge, so I didn't think, lol), which KO'd my Dragonite and Kangaskhan. In came Aegislash. It killed the turtle with shadow sneak, just to face down the manectric with overheat, a 130 BP Super effective move from s strong special attacker. I took the hit, and beetween, Kings shields I PP stalled him and won at +6.
Kangaskhan (F) @ Kangaskhanite
Ability: Scrappy --> Parental Bond
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Fake Out
- Power-Up Punch
- Return
- Crunch
Yeah, you read correctly. Fake out is absolutely amazing on Mega Kangaskhan. It does quite a lot damage (almost halv as much as return, after all), and serves many purposes:
1) Finishes off a faster threat
2) Puts a bulkier pokemon in KO range of return (or sometimes the other moves).
3) Gets free damage.
4) Breaks sashes (useful for its teammates) and Multiscales
5) Stalls out tailwind or trick room
6) Flinches an opponent to get the extra speed from the mega form on the next turn.
7) Puts weakened targets from Dragonite in excact KO range from 2 PuPs. I might or might not mega evolve on the fake out, dependant on how much damage I want to do.
In other words, fake out sets up kills or allows me to kill with PuP and simultaneously set up a sweep. It's also good to have to fight hax, since it will go first. Power-Up Punch is what makes this poke good, and makes it sweep. I can use it against most pokes, since mega kanga is naturally bulky. Return is the best move, combining power and reliability. Crunch is the most reliable move for the last slot against ghosts. Because many ghost types types garry status moves and ghost stab, they often go for a non-attacking move against kangaskhan. However, I still missed Sucker Punch a few times, as it would help me immensely against frail, fast pokes like Archeops. I guess the choice between them depends on what your team needs. The thought of being completely walled by ghost types didn't appeal to me, so I went with the more "safe" option in Crunch. Oh, and Jolly > Adamant in my opinion, especially without sucker punch. But to be honest, I'd use jolly even if I had had both fake out and sucker punch on the set. Jolly enables you to outspeed sooo many extra powerful pokes. I think it was worth it, although it depends on preference.
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Overall, the team is quite solid, but lacks something in the defensive department. What made the team still work out is that all the three pokemon can sweep on their own. This offensive pressure allowed me to find the win, even after being haxed a lot. Certain speedy pokes gave me problems if my team was already weakened, though. This also made me lose in the end. There are especially a couple of times I've been afraid of losing though. Once, I tried to play around a tyranitar by clever swithing and shielding, only to find it setting up a total of 3 (!) dragon dances. It had the potencial to defeat me, but after I succesfully blocked a crunch with king's shield, I managed to defeat it and win. After that, I always used EQ against lead tyranitars, and I never had problems with it again. In another battle, I had played the battle correctly and just needed to finish off a glaceon with Kangaskhan. Then: Quick claw activates, blizzard hits, I get frozen, I am frozen solid. Bam. One more blizzard, and I'm dead. Next turn: Quick claw activates again. Uses blizzard again.
hits again misses. I thawed out, and KO's it.
I lost vs a veteran. He lead with latios, and I immediately knew I was gonna set up +6 with Aegislash. Dragonite got OHKO'd by specs draco meteor, and I set up and KO'd at full healt. In came Heatran, the only pokemon that Aegislash couldn't sweep past. I scoutet the overheat, and decided to bring it to red with shadow sneak and KO with PuP, knowing that I'd win unless the last poke was a +speed fully offensive musketeer. In came Cobalion, and I at least thought I had a chance to win. Just to find out it was the life orb set.
I had a lot of fun during the streak, and my goal was just to beat 363, an then reach 400. After that, I just relaxed, and my lack of attention put me in dangerous positions sometimes. My loss could've been avoided by switching to Aegi right away to scout, but that would lead to complications if it was a DD set. In hinsight, I shoul've just switched to Aegi, and if it used DD, I'd switch back to dragonite to take the earthquake. Then, I'd switch back to aegi to take the outrage, and set up to kill it with dragonite safe in the back. With that said, the combinantion of pokes and their sets on my opponents team clearly exploited the dangers with having an all out offensive team like I had
Conclusion: Dragonite + Aegislash combo is a strong combo when used correctly. I strongly reccomend using it. Mega Kanga complements it quite well, but that's because it's such a broken pokemon, lol. It should probably be repleced with a pokemon that is able to tank ice moves better. Although Mega Kanga saved me a few times with its amazing power, I think having 3 sweepers is too vulnerable to hax and unlucky matchups. I'll probably try to replace Kangaskhan with a bulky water, to have more insurance against hax next time.
Thanks for reading, and good luck à la maison! =)
