Break This Team - UU Edition! (Week 9 - Submission phase)

[Villa]

Mag Reun
Hydrei Hippo

 

[lightninging]

kyu tenta and volc sciz

 

[leng loi]

Reuniclus + Mag and Hydrei + Hippo

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Reun+Mag, Kyurem+Tenta

 

[sparrow]

Reuniclus + Magneton;
Kyurem + Tentacruel

 

[Adam the First]

volcanion + scizor / celebi + hippo

 

[Highways]

Congratulations Sacri' for winning this week! You've been added to the Hall of Fame n_n. King UU gave me this team for the week 2, thanks and enjoy seeing it being broken! Muahaha!

Results:
1st - Sacri': 10
2nd - Lord Esche: 8
3rd - HQuaze: 6
pokemon sparrow: 5
Renny_: 2
Ov3r Ac3: 1

Importable

Hydreigon @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Fire Blast
- U-turn

Togekiss @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 248 HP / 148 Def / 16 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Thunder Wave
- Roost
- Defog

Swampert @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 32 SpD / 8 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Scald
- Earthquake
- Roar

Amoonguss @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 40 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Spore
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Foul Play

Cobalion @ Fightinium Z
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Iron Head
- Rock Polish

Chandelure @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 248 HP / 112 Def / 16 SpA / 116 SpD / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Flamethrower
- Taunt

Hydreigon is a really solid wallbreaker and it gives the team the needed momentum with U-turn, while checking threats such as Latias and Mega Aerodactyl thanks to Choice Scarf. Togekiss is pretty annoying against bulkier archetypes, such as balance and stall, while giving the team a solid Dragon switch-in and Ground resist. Swampert is a blanket check to pokemon such as Mega Aero or Krookodile, which would annoy the team otherwise, while being the Stealth Rock setter. Amoonguss is a good check to Primarina and Raikou, and it gives the team a huge advantage in Spore. Cobalion checks Bisharp, def Scizor, and SR Krookodile, while giving the team a solid wincon with Swords Dance and Rock Polish. Our last 'mon, Chandelure, defeats stall teams single-handedly with Taunt, Will-O-Wisp and Hex, while checking stuff like Scizor. Togekiss has Thunder Wave to defeat faster teams and help Chandelure with Hex.

Have fun guys! Deadline is Thursday, 16th March, 2PM GMT -3. Again, you CAN'T submit a core with Azumarill.

 

[Kreme]

core

Raikou @ Normalium Z
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Thunderbolt
- Hyper Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Aerodactyl @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wing Attack
- Stone Edge
- Roost
- Earthquake

Essentially this team is quite weak to CM Raikou in general with the main checks being either Scarf Hydreigon, Amoonguss or Swampert. With Normalium-Z + HP Ice you can basically smack both Amoonguss and Swampert for a lot of damage given Swampert has some prior damage to it (~20%) and Amoonguss has already slept something else. Raikou sets up easily on Togekiss and can force out the likes of Cobalion, Chandelure and even Swampert depending on how the user plays it. On the other hand, Aerodactyl also has a good chance of beating this team, as it forces out Togekiss, Chandelure and Amoonguss quite easily while the main ways of checking it are through Scarf Hydreigon and Swampert. The former has to Draco should Aerodactyl be quite healthy, allowing Raikou to have a free setup opportunity while the latter is easily weakened into Raikou range or Raikou can weaken it sufficiently for Aerodactyl to clean.

 

[AbrarWasee]

Ok, sorry for posting without even reading the description. By the way, the team looks nice.

Clefable+Gengar

Sets

Gengar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Cursed Body
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Sludge Wave
- Focus Blast
- Trick

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Ice Beam

I was looking through the viability rankings and thought if the team was weak to Clefable. It was not to the common variants. So I used the Calm Mind set with Ice Beam. Ice Beam is great as it can hit Togekiss and Amoonguss super effectively. Clefable can easily setup Calm Mind versus any Pokemon except Cobalion, Amoonguss, Chandelure. And I added Gengar to deal with these Pokemons. Choice Scarf Gengar OHKOes Cobalion, Chandelure and can cripple Amoonguss with Trick. Swampert is not a problem as Clefable can easily setup in front of it. Blizzard could be used instead of Ice Beam, but the low accuracy can turn the tide of the match.

Some relevant calcs

252 SpA Hydreigon Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 324-384 (124.1 - 147.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO.

252 SpA Hydreigon Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 324-384 (124.1 - 147.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO.

252 SpA Gengar Sludge Wave vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Togekiss: 276-326 (73.9 - 87.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery.

252 SpA Gengar Sludge Wave vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Togekiss: 276-326 (73.9 - 87.3%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock.

16+ SpA Togekiss Air Slash vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 135-159 (51.7 - 60.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock.

0 SpA Amoonguss Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 45-53 (17.2 - 20.3%) -- possible 5HKO after Stealth Rock.

0 SpA Amoonguss Sludge Bomb vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 27-31 (10.3 - 11.8%) -- possible 8HKO after Stealth Rock.

252 SpA Gengar Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Cobalion: 340-402 (105.2 - 124.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO.

252 SpA Gengar Shadow Ball vs. 248 HP / 116 SpD Chandelure: 254-300 (78.6 - 92.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock.

0 SpA Clefable Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Hydreigon: 432-508 (132.9 - 156.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO.

16+ SpA Togekiss Air Slash vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Clefable: 115-136 (29.1 - 34.5%) -- 99.9% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery.

 

[esche]

and

NP Infernape + Pursuit Mega-Aerodactyl

Infernape @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Vacuum Wave
- Grass Knot
- Nasty Plot

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Aerial Ace
- Earthquake
- Pursuit

This is pretty straightforward: NP Infernape can sweep this team pretty handily at +2 as soon Chandelure is out of the picture so Pursuit Aerodactyl is a fantastic pick for a partner. Opportunities for setting up a Nasty Plot include choice locked Hydreigon and Amoonguss (put sth else to bed), although it is not mandatory for Infernape to boost to do work: It does work checking Scarf Hydreigon and DD Cobalion with Fighting priority and can heavily pressure the rest of the team with Fire Blast as well as Grass Knot for Swampert. LO stalling can be annoying, I guess, but the power boost is necessary, even at +2.

Calculations

Infernape's damage output:
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Infernape Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Togekiss: 355-419 (95.1 - 112.3%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Infernape Vacuum Wave vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Hydreigon: 320-377 (98.4 - 116%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Infernape Vacuum Wave vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Cobalion: 377-447 (116.7 - 138.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Life Orb Infernape Grass Knot (80 BP) vs. 252 HP / 32 SpD Swampert: 411-489 (101.7 - 121%) -- guaranteed OHKO (duh)
252 SpA Life Orb Infernape Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 40 SpD Amoonguss: 460-541 (106.4 - 125.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO (duh)

Damage on setup:
0 SpA Amoonguss Sludge Bomb vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Infernape: 112-133 (38.2 - 45.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
-2 252 SpA Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Infernape: 136-162 (46.4 - 55.2%) -- 67.2% chance to 2HKO
252 SpA Hydreigon Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Infernape: 84-99 (28.6 - 33.7%) -- 0.9% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Hydreigon Fire Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Infernape: 77-91 (26.2 - 31%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

all these raikou noms tho :o​

 

[Breezy]

Sets

Nidoking @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Ice Beam/ Stealth Rock
- Flamethrower

Mienshao @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Stone Edge

King UU's team struggles a lot against Nidoking which is able to 1HKO the majority of the mons and 2HKO the rest. Nothing really likes to switch in on its moves and only scarfed Hydreigon and Swamper at full hp may be able to revenge kill or deal damage to it. Amonguss can put it to sleep but only if it's got enough health to take on a Flamethrower, which deals around 70% damage. Initially I paired Nido with Conkeldurr but then I changed it to Mienshao because of it's high speed and for U-Turn.

 

[Lycans]

Sets

Talonflame (M) @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Brave Bird
- Taunt / Roost

Raikou @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 40 HP / 216 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Substitute

I was hesitant to choose either a core with Talonflame or Volcanion, at the end I chose to stick with Talonflame because I have noticed that people is starting to play without bird resist. In this team, I saw that the only check to Talonflame is Swampert that has a lot of chances of getting knocked out to a Supersonic Skystrick at +2 making the team super weak against CM Raikou as it can win in the 1vs1 matchup against Amoongus, it can have a free set up against Togekiss and because of Hydreigon being scarf, without a recovery move, it gets 2hko with HP Ice at +1 SPA moreover Hydreigon can't kill Raikou with neither Draco Meteor nor Dark Pulse at +1 SPD.

 

[Lyssa]

reserving alakazam and raikou

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Raikou @ Normalium Z
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Hyper Beam

Alakazam @ Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Energy Ball
- Counter / Thunder Wave

Alakazam is a big threat for the team. It just got 2 checks in togekiss and chandelure that are both checked by raikou. If rocks are up the team has no safe switch ins on kazam, the sash would help with hydreigon or cobalion if it gets a +2 speed. Raikou will help kazam killing togekiss, with the zmove it can also beat one of amoonguss or swampert. Counter zam helps against cobalion but you can use tw as well

Sorry for my bad english, I hope you can understand anyway :/

 

[TSR]

sets

Togekiss @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Nasty Plot
- Roost
- Heal Bell

Nidoqueen (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 88 HP / 252 SpA / 168 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Sludge Wave
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam

The team here is extremely weak to Togekiss and both Nidoqueen and Nidoking. To begin with, there's no actual Flying resist, so Togekiss hammers the defensive core pretty easily. The Hydreigon set is also completely walled by Togekiss, giving it a free switch in unless it U-turns. Nidoqueen is here since the Chandelure and Togekiss are both extremely slow, so Nidoking's extra speed isn't super necessary. Nidoqueen is also impossibly hard for the team to check properly, and carries Taunt to stop Amoonguss from using Spore against it and fire off some free attacks. Nidoqueen's added bulk gives it the ability to assist Togekiss by soft checking Cobalion as well.

 

[HotFuzzBall]

Highways I don't think Chandelure has the right EV spread since the EV total is 260, pretty sure you are missing the HP Evs

anyways reserving Primarina and Talonflame

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Primarina @ Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Scald

Talonflame @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- Swords Dance
- Roost

The team does not have a guaranteed safe switch in to Primarina at all. With Amoonguss's spread, Psychic is a guaranteed 2hko while the rest of the team is threatened by either Moonblast or Scald/Hydro Pump, which will require a lot of prediction for this team. After the team has been softened up by Primarina, Talonflame can basically go ham on the team due to the lack of a reliable Flying-resist. It is also important to note the only Pokemon that will outspeed Talonflame is Hydreigon but, Primarina easily deals with it.

 

[sparrow]

Reserving Alakazam + Gliscor

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Sets

Alakazam @ Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 244 HP / 208 SpD / 56 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Facade
- Swords Dance
- Roost

Alakazam OHKOs every member of this team barring Togekiss & Chandelure (Toge is a 2HKO after SR, and Chandelure is 2HKO). SpD Gliscor uses this variant of Togekiss as an opportunity for set up. Roosting off any significant damage from Hydreigon, and not really worrying about Scald from Swampert (which fails to 2hko after Poison Heal recovery); Gliscor can set up on the majority of this team and threaten a sweep of its own.

 

[Kink]

Highways I don't think Chandelure has the right EV spread since the EV total is 260, pretty sure you are missing the HP Evs

anyways reserving Primarina and Raikou

Chandelure @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 248 HP / 112 Def / 16 SpA / 116 SpD / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Flamethrower
- Taunt

fixed OP

 

[Mac3]

Importz

Latias (F) @ Psychium Z
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 128 HP / 128 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Calm Mind
- Roost
- Psyshock


Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Scald
- Moonblast

King UU's team is extremely weak to CM Latias with only Chandelure and Hydreigon threatening it out. Primarina beats both Hydreigon and Chandelure with its respective STABs. Prima's EV spread makes it able to have an extremely slim chance of living a 3hko from hex when asleep. Psychium Z on Latias lets it Ohko Togekiss at +2. when primarina comes in it can also fish for burns on Amoonguss or any other mon to further weaken King UU's team for the Latias sweep.

 

[Highways]

Hello guys, time to vote! Deadline is 18th March, Saturday, when our esteemed co-host Accelgor decides to post the results and the third week :D. Again, you can vote on two cores.

by Kreme
by AbrarWasee
by Lord Esche
by HQuaze
by Lcans
by Renny_
by TSR
by HotFuzzBall
by pokemon sparrow
by Ov3r Ac3

good luck all :3

 

[Empo]

kreme
renny

 

[Kink]

hotfuzzball
Lcans

 

[Breezy]

lord esche and renny

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

renny and sparrow

 

[TSR]

Lcans and lord esche

 

[Bouff]

lcans tsr