Project Break This Team (Week 42)

[cfdba]

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Sets

Diancie-Mega @ Diancite
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 32 Atk / 224 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Moonblast
- Earth Power
- Diamond Storm
- Protect

Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch

Diancie Zone cores are great, as many of Diancie's checks are trapped and eliminated by Magnezone so that Diancie can unleash its huge offensive pressure. This team is no exception, with Diancie OHKOing a large portion of the team. The team can't even try to tie with Diancie as the Latios is running HP Fire. The only ways it has of dealing with Diancie are Jirachi, which gets trapped by Magnezone if it's locked into anything but U-Turn, and letting Lando take a hit. If lando takes even like 30% prior damage then it's curtains.

calcs

224 SpA Mega Diancie Moonblast vs. 56 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-T: 214-253 (64.2 - 75.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

32 Atk Mega Diancie Diamond Storm vs. 0 HP / 24 Def Gardevoir: 228-268 (82.3 - 96.7%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

224 SpA Mega Diancie Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Keldeo: 390-462 (120.7 - 143%) -- guaranteed OHKO

224 SpA Mega Diancie Moonblast vs. 240 HP / 0 SpD Garchomp: 408-482 (97.8 - 115.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

224 SpA Mega Diancie Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Latios: 326-386 (109 - 129%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[MANNAT]

Sets

Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 16 Def / 200 SpD
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- Bullet Punch
- Knock Off

Gothitelle @ Choice Specs
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 168 HP / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
- Psychic
- Trick
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Ice

HP Ice Gothitelle is fucking cash rn because it removes all of the regular answers that most teams have for scizor with ease and makes it really easy for scizor to sweep. Since Jirachi is running ice punch over fire punch on this team, literally nothing on the team can break bulky scizor after gothitelle does its shit barring major hax from jirachi lol. After Keldeo, landot, and chomp have been removed by Gothtitelle , Scizor is free to set up with sd and sweep. For those of you saying, that's too much for goth to kill omg, chomp's gonna use dtail and underslow goth catching an HP Ice to the noggin, keldeo can be killed when its locked into secret sword, and landot might be more of a problem but it still can be removed fairly easily due to the surprise factor of hp ice.

 

[Absollite]

sets

Bisharp @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance / Pursuit
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch

Azumarill @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off

AV Azumarill itself does a number to the team, beating Keldeo, Lando, and probs even Latios and Garchomp. Bisharp is also a huge threat to the team, threatening pretty much everything with a Knock Off (Keldeo doesn't like to be knocked off, despite the resist). The only switchins for Bisharp, Garchomp and Keldeo, are easily beaten by Azumarill with Play Rough. Azumarill can come in on a hard special attack from M-Garde directed at Bisharp, and Bisharp can come in on Latios's Psyshock directed at Azumarill. These two, despite being slow, still both do a lot of harm to the team.

 

[Eraxxer]

Sets

Raikou @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Substitute

Jirachi @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- U-turn
- Healing Wish
- Ice Punch

The fact that Latios is Psychic and not Psyshock means that Raikou comes in on Iron Head locked Rachi, on -2 Latios, or simply forces a switch on Keldeo, Garchomp or Lando and can Sub up or CM up. Of course, Hyper Voice goes around the Sub, but Gard is the only thing on the team that can actually deal with Raikou at +1, so Scarf Rachi of my own is nice to beat Gard and get U-Turns off to bring out Raikou the god to get more kills.

 

[Ramses]

sets

Manectric @ Manectite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Flamethrower / Overheat
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Knock Off
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Electric Spam just decimates this core. Mega Manectric itself can kill off Jirachi, Keldeo, Landorus-T, and Garchomp with its Hidden Power Ice, while Thundurus handles Latios by luring it with Knock Off and both of them take big chunks out of Mega Gardevoir.

 

[bludz]

Pursuit Bisharp + Serperior

Bisharp @ BlackGlasses
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 52 SpD / 204 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
- Pursuit

Serperior @ Life Orb
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power Fire
- Giga Drain

Serperior is a rather large threat to this team especially if it gets a free switch against Keldeo. It OHKOs Keldeo at neutral while boosting to +2, at which point it cleanly OHKOs every other member of the team barring Jirachi which can also outspeed it. Basic premise of this core is that Bisharp Pursuit traps Jirachi and KOs it, which then forces in either Garchomp or Keldeo. Serperior cannot set up on a full HP Garchomp but if it's around half HP (which Bisharp can help to achieve) then it can KO with Leaf Storm and proceed to sweep.

 

[Creator of Chaos]

Quick heads up as shadow tag was just sadly ubered this will be the last round in which Goth or wobbufeet can be voted on. Anyway a very impressive number of cores this week and with that Its voting time

Voting Time: Remember everyone gets 2 Votes.

Core 1 - Mega Mane + Weavile
Core 2 - Mamoswine + Ferrothorn + Azumarill
Core 3 - Mega metagross + Magnezone
Core 4 - Mega Diancie + Magnezone
Core 5 - Gothitelle + Mega Zor
Core 6 - Bisharp + Azumarill
Core 7 - Raikou + Jirachi
Core 8 - Mega manetric + Thundorous T
Core 9 - Bisharp + Serperior

Voting will end monday afternoon Australia time. Either myself or Random Passerby will post the next team. If any voters have a preference let us know when you vote.

 

[Bendiving]

Core 4
Core 9

 

[Swagata]

Core 3
Core 4

 

[Creator of Chaos]

Core 4

Core 7

 

[Random Passerby]

Core 1
Core 8

 

[sparktrain]

Core 1
Core 4

 

[Random Passerby]

The winner for this week is cfdba and his Mega Diancie + Magnezone core. Congratulations and thanks everyone for your contributions. CoC will update the Hall of Fame soon.

Vote count

Core 1: 3 votes
Core 3: 1 vote
Core 4: 5 votes
Core 7: 1 vote
Core 8: 1 vote
Core 9: 1 vote

This week, we're going to break Halcyon. 's version of Electric spam team based around Thundurus and Mega Manectric.

Halcyon's Elec Spam

Thundurus @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Focus Blast
- Nasty Plot

Manectric-Mega @ Manectite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Flamethrower
- Volt Switch

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 132 HP / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Modest Nature
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt

Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Knock Off
- Belly Drum

Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Recover

Breloom @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Tomb
- Spore

Team description

Electrics spam is super good rn. A lot of people only have a few electric checks that they'll slap on last minute and call it a day, especially offensive teams. NP Thundy and Mega Mane easily wear down the likes of Lati, Hippo, and SDef Tran for one another. Since the core does struggle somewht against stall though, and needed a more dedicated Lai switch-in, I chose Magma Storm Tran as the next partner, since it can trap problem mons like Chansey and wear down stuff like Gastro. BD Azu simply benefits from the other Pokemon being around. It appreciated Lati being weakened by all the other mons so far, while also stuff Like Keldeo and Rotom-W being put into +6 AJ range by Magma Storm. The electric types can weaken the likes of Mega Venu as well. Lati is a reliable keldeo check as well as a defogger, and finally, Breloom fits in pretty much the same as Azu does. Helps wear down Lati, forms a solid 1-2 punch kind of core with rest of the team for Mega Venu, and can soft check Lopunny, which is easily the biggest threat to this team. You can use T wave NP Thundy if setup sweepers are too much, which works for sure, I just like being able to lure and KO Ferro.

EDIT: Sorry, made a mistake. corrected now.

 

[MANNAT]

Sets

Serperior @ Life Orb
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power Ground
- Giga Drain

Gardevoir @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace
EVs: 16 HP / 8 Def / 232 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Taunt

This core threatens the team immensely and can definitely run through the team in conjunction with one another. At team preview, the opponent will probably think that serp has hp fire to kill like scizor and skarm and shit, but with HP ground serperior lures in and kills heatran, the only mon stopping both of these mons from firing off their STAB moves every time that they come in. Garde literally OHKOs every member of the team bar azu with hyper voice once Hearan has been weakened, and azu can't switch into its attacks at all. Additionally, serp isn't really threatened as much as you would think by the team since thundy lacks twave, and serp can tank both of the prio moves on this team, so it can easily sweep with mmane out of the way. When Serp forces a switch or when it kills lol, it can giga drain up to regain HP sustained from LO recoil and this core kinda buttrapes the team after serp lures tran kek.

 

[Tressed]

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Gyarados @ Lum Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Ice Fang

Toxicroak @ Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Gunk Shot
- Drain Punch
- Sucker Punch

These two are a pretty big pain for this team. Despite having a pair of dual Electric types, neither Thundurus or Manectric can deal with a +1 Gyarados. It's able to set up on Heatran and can pretty much blow up the team from that point. The only real check to this particular set is Azumarill. As a result Toxicroak makes for a great partner. Although it isn't able to switch into Play Rough, Croak really doesn't have any switch ins on this team, so bringing it in on Azumarill puts a ton of pressure on whoever's piloting Halcyon's team. It also outruns both Breloom and Heatran, so there are plenty of opportunities to get this sucker in on a double switch.

 

[cfdba]

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why does manaphy look so tiny lol

Explanation

Honestly, the Manaphy isn't even necessary. Mega Altaria cleans this team by itself. It gets tons of setup opportunities and pretty much OHKOs most of the team at +1, being able to set up on Latios (especially if it's at -2 from Draco), Breloom (if it's already put something to sleep), Mega Manectric, Thundurus, and even Heatran since it lacks Flash Cannon. Thundurus is incapable of stopping its sweep since it lacks twave. Manaphy just helps it beat with its shakier setup fodder like tran and loom.

Altaria-Mega @ Altarianite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Return
- Dragon Dance
- Roost
- Earthquake

Manaphy @ Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Tail Glow
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
- Scald

calcs

Malt killing everything
+1 252 Atk Pixilate Mega Altaria Return vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 348-411 (95.6 - 112.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

+1 252 Atk Pixilate Mega Altaria Return vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios: 696-822 (232.7 - 274.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+1 252 Atk Pixilate Mega Altaria Return vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Thundurus: 385-454 (128.7 - 151.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Mega Altaria Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Manectric: 234-276 (83.2 - 98.2%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

+1 252 Atk Mega Altaria Earthquake vs. 132 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 552-652 (155 - 183.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+1 252 Atk Pixilate Mega Altaria Return vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Breloom: 696-818 (266.6 - 313.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Malt eating it up
252 Atk Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Altaria: 90-107 (30.9 - 36.7%) -- 71.7% chance to 3HKO

252 SpA Thundurus Hidden Power Ice vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Altaria: 124-146 (42.6 - 50.1%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO

252 SpA Mega Manectric Hidden Power Ice vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Altaria: 130-154 (44.6 - 52.9%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO

252 SpA Life Orb Latios Psyshock vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Altaria: 156-185 (53.6 - 63.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Altaria: 95-112 (32.6 - 38.4%) -- 98.6% chance to 3HKO

 

[Bendiving]

sets

Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Dragon Claw
- Roost

Serperior @ Life Orb
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Glare

Starmie @ Life Orb
Ability: Analytic
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Hydro Pump
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam

One of my favourite cores which just happens to destroy this team (and most teams tbh). CharX at +1 has very few checks, most of which Serperior can dispatch (Heatran, Slowbro, Quagsire, etc). Starmie removes rocks and also takes care of defensive Lando-T. Normally I run psyshock over Tbolt on starmie for Keldeo & M-Venu but Tbolt works better here. Also Breloom can be ran instead of Serperior to have a better matchup against sand at the cost of being weaker to Slowbro.

Vs this team, Serperior lures Heatran with HP ground and takes care of Azu with leaf storm, and also absorbs Breloom's spore. Starmie removes Heatran's rocks as well as providing additional pressure on Heatran and Azumarill with hydro pump and thunderbolt respectively should Serp go down, also hurts Breloom with ice beam. With those two weakened or removed, CharX can boost up against either Thundurus or Manectric and at +1 proceed to outspeed and sweep the remaining team.

 

[DoABarrelRoll]

Mamo's back. This electric spam team is very weak to it, since Mamo has the ability to hit 5/6 pokemon for super effective damage, It's able to revenge kill Thundurus, Breloom and Latios after a bit of prioir damage, laugh at anything Manectric tries to do and shit on Heatran. Even Azumarill loathes Earthquake. Meanwhile, Celebi can switch into anything but Knock Off and threaten it with Seed Bomb, or proceed to set up a Swords Dance as Azu tries to BD and OHKO it. If it switches into Breloom, Celebi can even Baton Pass a SD boost to Mamoswine, which can then possibly unleash hell if Azu is gone. For this, Celebi underspeeds Breloom.

sets

Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock

Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 100 Spe
Impish Nature

- Swords Dance
- Baton Pass
- Seed Bomb
- Recover

calcs

252 Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Earthquake vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 255-302 (70 - 82.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Breloom: 205-244 (78.5 - 93.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Thundurus: 229-273 (76.5 - 91.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios: 205-244 (68.5 - 81.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 0 Atk Celebi Seed Bomb vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 414-488 (113.7 - 134%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Huge Power Azumarill Aqua Jet vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mamoswine: 192-228 (53.4 - 63.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Mega Manectric Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Thick Fat Mamoswine: 154-182 (42.6 - 50.4%) -- 1.2% chance to 2HKO

 

[Ramses]

Like DoABarrelRoll said Mamoswine is a huge pain for electric spam in general, being able to take on Thundurus and Mega Manectric. When paired with Mega Pinsir, who can weaken Latios enough through a Quick Attack to the point where an Ice Shard finishes it. They both can take care of Breloom and Azumarill as non Banded Azumarill can't KO Mamoswine with Aqua Jet allowing it to ravage it with Earthquake and Quick Attack can KO it after a Belly Drum and prior damage. Heatran just gets curbstomped lol.

sets

Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs; 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake

Pinsir @ Pinsirite
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Quick Attack
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Return

 

[Creator of Chaos]

Updated Hall of fame everyone :). Looking foward to all the awesome cores. Sorry it took so long to update

 

[Infernal]

Metagross @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 184 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Polish
- Meteor Mash
- Zen Headbutt
- Hammer Arm or Earthquake

Garchomp @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 240 HP / 176 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Dragon Tail
- Fire Blast

It's not gonna sweep right away, but RP Metagross can be very scary for this team with prior damaging. It forces away Latios and Azumarill easily and boosts to +2. From there, your STABs knock out every team member in one or two hits, with Hammer Arm taking care of Heatran. Earthquake can be used if you dislike the speed drop and prefer a guaranteed kill without SR. Jolly with 252 speed is an option, but this spread performs better here, providing more power, enough speed for Heatran pre-mega, and making you faster than Manectric after boosting. Even without a polish under its belt, Mega Metagross is still really threatening to this team because no member appreciates taking its attacks.

Aside from providing SR, Garchomp lures in Latios and Azumarill for Metagross to polish on. It's a good check to Breloom/Heatran, and keeps BD Azumarill from sweeping between recoil and EQ damage. It's better for Garchomp to avoid, but it can also take HP Ice from Manectric and Thundurus from full if needed! It's not as threatening as Mega Metagross is, but does a nice job supporting it for an eventual clean up.

 

[Creator of Chaos]

Voting Time: Remember everyone gets 2 Votes.

Core 1 - Serperior + Mega Gardevoir
Core 2 - Gyarados + Toxicroak
Core 3 - Mega Altaria + Manaphy
Core 4 - Mega Zard X + Serperior + Starmie
Core 5 - Mamoswine + Celebi
Core 6 - Mamoswine + Pinser
Core 7 - Mega Metagross + Garchomp

Voting will end monday afternoon Australia time. Either myself or Random Passerby will post the next team. If any voters have a preference let us know when you vote.

 

[Aragorn the King]

Core 4
Core 5

 

[DoABarrelRoll]

Core 6
Core 4

 

[Random Passerby]

Core 1
Core 3