Doubles Teambuilding Competition - Week 69 - GAME OVER

[ZOIuz]

Importable

Latias-Mega @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Psyshock
- Draco Meteor
- Recover

Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Belly Drum
- Protect

Heatran @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
- Heat Wave
- Earth Power
- Dark Pulse
- Protect

Amoonguss @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Spore
- Sludge Bomb
- Rage Powder
- Protect

Scrafty @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk
Adamant Nature
- Taunt
- Quick Guard
- Fake Out
- High Jump Kick

Reuniclus @ Leftovers
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 196 HP / 164 Def / 128 SpA / 20 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Protect
- Magic Coat
- Psyshock

Description

Offensive Trick room, although the team should do fine without it set up.

 

[Matame]

Importable

Latias-Mega (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stored Power
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Recover


Talonflame @ Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz

Scrafty @ Lum Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Fake Out
- Drain Punch
- Knock Off
- Head Smash

Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Protect

Togekiss @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 236 HP / 192 Def / 20 SpD / 60 Spe
Calm Nature
- Air Slash
- Thunder Wave
- Follow Me
- Dazzling Gleam

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
- Protect

Description

Calm mind lati is a monster that appriciates the support given by scrafty and toge. talon eliminates threats that lati finds hard to dispose of. ferro beats faries that threaten lati early on and also beats rain which is an annoying archetype to go up against. azu has fun sweeping when all its threats are gone.

 

[Roxer]

MEGA LATIAS IS BAD
REALLY BAD
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Team

Latias-Mega (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Substitute
- Recover

Keldeo-Resolute @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Quick Guard
- Protect

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Superpower

Heatran @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Heat Wave
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Protect

Zapdos @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 144 SpA / 112 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Roost
- Tailwind

Bisharp @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
- Protect

Description

Started with Mega Latias, Sub dodges sucker which is cool.
Added Keldeo because Bisharp and Hydreigon are cancer.
Added Lando-T, helps against Kangaskhan and Heatran; Good Pivot to get Latias in.
Added Heatran to fuck Sun and Steels not named Heatran up. Using Flash Cannon Goggles for Diancie on switch-in and hit Azumarill through Amoonguss.
Added Zapdos for Speed control and Kang switch-in with Rocky Helmet. Helps vs Lando-T
Added Bisharp to fuck up Cresselia and Trick Room. Priority is really good you know!!!

edit for clarification:

IM SERIOUS MEGA LATIAS IS TRASH​

 

[Ray Majore]

ADRENALINE RUSH HOUR

Chase Some Speed!

Latias-Mega @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Tailwind
- Psyshock
- Dragon Pulse
- Protect

Tornadus @ Damp Rock
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Rain Dance
- Heat Wave
- Taunt

Kabutops (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Protect

Ludicolo (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
- Ice Beam
- Giga Drain

Cobalion @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Iron Head
- Quick Guard
- Protect

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 12 HP / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Explosion
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Superpower

Know Your Place!

NOTE: Alright so I somewhat feel ashamed of what I did last week. Trust me, there are some errors with my computer probably that's why I haven't provided a presentable post but that doesn't matter now I guess. Alright so let's get right to it.

I personally don't like Mega Latias. While I do respect its niches in some way, I still feel that it's not good enough to make the slightest cut to standard DOU. However, it does look a lot interesting to build around, as Mega Latias has a wide movepool with a lot of possible combinations, so I thought that I'd go with the flow and build a team around it. First of all, I've been browsing some ideas cause I don't like the "so common" stuff like Sub + CM Lati, so I thought of actually using Rain Dance Latias, but ended up sticking to Tailwind Latias because I feel the need of using a versatile team in terms of speed. Next up, Tornadus. Simply the counterpart of Thundurus because it's not an Electric type, it actually is great and packs a punch with Hurricane and the actual Rain Dance setter, so I actually considered this team as manual rain from this point on. Priority is always nice to have especially that Trick Room can become a pain in the ass. Heat Wave can lure in Ferrothorn in case it likes to do crap. To abuse both Tailwind and/or Rain Dance one way or another, I've put in 2 of the best Swift Swim users, Ludicolo and Kabutops. Ludicolo is good, because it's always been good in Rain, and Kabutops walls Talonflame completely + priority again. Now, the team still remains weak to Kanga and begins to form fairy weaknesses, so Cobalion fits the line. It adds Quick Guard to stop the likes of Prankster, Brave Bird from fastburd, Sucker Punch and lots o' things. Finally, Landorus-Therian is a snug fit for last slot. Speed outside of Tailwind and Rain Dance is always good, and you have additional Kanga checks and bird checks.

Notice how the team doesn't use U-turn on Landorus/Tornadus at least or Draco Meteor on Latias. It's because with a mindset of "need for speed", it's difficult to throw away important momentum and chances. If I have U-turn on Lando, I wouldn't actually have a good switch-in lol! And if I have Draco Meteor on Latias to at least get the immediate OHKO on Sub Kyu-B, Latias can also lose momentum by forcing a switch with the loss of power. Still, the goal of the team is: to take advantage of speed; and to never lose that advantage in ANY WAY POSSIBLE. So this is my team!

 

[megacyber]

Mega Latias is pretty much completely outclassed by crocune and or latios, so i just threw something silly together

importable

Latias-Mega @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psyshock
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Recover

Keldeo @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Psych Up
- Protect

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 8 HP / 228 Atk / 96 Def / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Superpower

Heatran @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 48 HP / 252 SpA / 208 Spe
Timid Nature
- Heat Wave
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Protect

Serperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Dragon Pulse
- Substitute
- Protect

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Thunder Wave
- Protect

description

So normally you cant really set up latias early game, but if you psych up it with keldeo, then you can just obliterate shit as long as the other guy doesnt have a talonflame. If he has talon, you have to lead lando t or w/e which is kinda gay but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Also, you can psych up serperior too, which is pretty cool, especially cuz keldeo and serperior have pretty decent offensive synergy. If you're really cool btw, you can run defog on latias and target your own serp for evasion boosts, which is fuckin hilarious shoutouts to the memelord himself, iliketrains11 for inventing that dank strat

 

[Idyll]

Mega Latias isn't that shit but okay w/e lol

Votin'. To vote, please post in bold the name of the guy who built the team you're voting for.

n1n1
n10sit
Meloettaaa
Flame Road
ZOluz
Lana Del Seldo
Roxer
Ray Majore
megacyber

Deadline of voting on Sunday GMT Noon!

 

[Level 51]

Roxer

 

[QWILY]

Meloettaaa

 

[Ray Majore]

Meloettaaa for using cool sets and stuff

 

[Louna]

Meloettaaa

 

[Platinum God n1n1]

Lana Del Seldo

 

[Ksh13]

Roxer

 

[Derivatives]

Flame Road
how was his team the only one with a jirachi which I would assume synergizes really well with latias?
in fact how was it the only one with a redirector in general that also had cm+sub on latias?????

 

[ryo yamada2001]

Roxer
it looks like a team i'd use

 

[Mishimono]

megacyber

 

[Roxer]

You know your team is superior teambuilding lord l51 votes for you.

ZOluz looks interesting

 

[Matame]

flame road
tangela

 

[eren]

ray majore

 

[Hiro97]

Lana del seldo

 

[Flame Road]

Lana del Seldo
Latias+toge seems cool

 

[Idyll]

Roxer, Meloettaaa, and Lana del Seldo are tied at 3 votes! That leaves me to break the tie with my own vote; after looking through the three teams, I have decided that Lana Del Seldo has the best team and Mega Latias set out of the choices I hand. Congratulations!

This week, we'll have:

Weavile - With its blazing fast Speed, Weavile provides one of the fastest Fake Outs of the DOU metagame. Its also useful for its neat Ice-type coverage and utility in breaking Protect with Feint, taking off items with Knock Off, and meme-ing with Beat Up. Run wild!

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Deadline on Friday, noon GMT+1

 

[talkingtree]

Well this is a little sad - time to revive the thread with one of my favorite teams I've built in a while. It's a truly w-EVIL crew :^)

Importable

Weavile @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash

Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 196 HP / 252 Atk / 60 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Belly Drum
- Protect

Jirachi @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 24 Atk / 92 Def / 140 SpD
Impish Nature
- Iron Head
- Follow Me
- Thunder Wave
- Protect

Zapdos @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 36 Def / 176 SpA / 24 SpD / 20 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Tailwind
- Roost
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Terrakion @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Rock Slide
- Taunt
- Protect

Charizard-Mega-X @ Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 48 HP / 188 Atk / 32 Def / 240 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Flare Blitz
- Protect

Description

I started out with Weavile + Azu, since Weavile's fast Fake Out would likely give Azu chances to set up. Added Jirachi for redirection support once Weavile inevitably died. Then I was feeling pretty sun and rain weak to Zapdos seemed like a decent pick. Terrak was chosen to help my Kang and Thundy matchups which were looking dismal and then I realized I needed something to get rid of Amoon other than Weavile, as well as a Mega and Ferrothorn checks besides Terrakion. I toyed around with Zard Y and even fast Camerupt, but Zard Y weakened Azu's Aqua Jets and fast Camel is super bad lol. Ended up going with Zard X since I already had the redirection, Fake Out, and speed control support needed to set up, and it gave me a decent secondary wincon.

On Weavile I originally had Sash but it felt soooooo weak and wasn't really getting knocked down to sash that often so went for Life Orb with Ice Shard and Icicle Crash chosen over Steel moves, Low Kick, or Feint to have a roll on Lando-T with Fake Out + Ice Shard and also have a reliable Ice-type STAB and avoid triple priority. Azumarill has Play Rough over Knock Off because Weavile already covered most of Knock Off's targets, and runs enough speed to outrun Kang under TW, which is important to avoid getting Sucker Punched. EDIT: It actually creeps that benchmark by one because somehow in testing I only just realized it had odd HP lol. Jirachi is running TWave to help slightly with the not-great Rain matchup, and has enough Def to live Talon Flare Blitz and enough Atk to OHKO +1 Mega Diancie and 2HKO standard subKyube just for a little extra oomph, with the rest in SpD because I didn't need to outrun Breloom as I was going to be using Goggles to be able to better support Azu. Zapdos is Kyle's spread and decently offensive because the team is quite offensive in nature, Helmet chosen for a better Kang matchup and the rest is fairly self explanatory. Terrak is Lum to avoid TWave or Burns, and Taunt because otherwise TR was a problem. Zard X is a standard moveset but my own EV Spread - 240 Speed allows it to outrun modest Hydreigon and the defensive investment lives one spread-reduced Lando-T EQ. Rest dumped into Atk so that it can better nuke the opposition.

As I said, Rain is a rough matchup but everything else is handled pretty well. The team plays pretty simply and does lots of damage all around, feel free to test with it because it's a fun one.

EDIT: Fixed Azu's spread - I had odd HP oops
EDIT2: Realized I had XY ani images instead of sprites

 

[megacyber]

iunno weavile is hard to build around tbh. hopefully ill throw a a team together

 

[Elegyy]

alright weavile is like actual trash as a starting point so i tried my best

Importable

Weavile @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Feint

Virizion @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Close Combat
- Taunt
- Protect

Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt
- Substitute
- Protect

Gyarados @ Lum Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Protect

Rotom-Heat @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 24 SpA / 76 SpD
Calm Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Overheat
- Will-O-Wisp
- Protect

Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Rock Slide
- Earth Power
- Protect

Description

Ok so Weavile is actual trash to build around, and is usually a late-building mon in case you need it's utilities. However I figured it takes out Latios and psychic types in general (as well as some flying types [those not named charizard and talonflame]) so I added a mon that really benefits from the removal of the mons weavile actually beats, which is Virizion (virizion doesn't get duked on by lando like terrakion and cobalion, and like I guess I could have used Keldeo but I'm just really good at this game.) Next I put it Gyarados because it can switch into talon and, with stone edge, can beat Landorus and the two aforementioned fire birds. Then I added Metagross, idk a steel type sounded cool and we had a fighting type so it's not like I'm walled by steels, so Metagross joined the club. Rotom-Heat is really good against sun teams, is a levitator, and switches nicely into Thundurus, Talonflame, and somewhat Landorus, so it's on the team. Finally, Landorus-I just sounded good (idk i had a reason to use it but forgot lol.) I'm using mixed with Rock Slide because the team should be stacked af vs the Genies and such, which otherwise it would look weak to. It looks good next to Metagross so whatever. Team is now stacked vs the threats to Metagross, allowing Metagross to just win

 

[megacyber]

So weavile beats aegislash and bisharp (with low kick) so i thought it might pair ok with metagross.

importable

Weavile @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Low Kick

Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt
- Hammer Arm
- Protect

Keldeo @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Taunt
- Protect

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 8 HP / 228 Atk / 96 Def / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Superpower

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Thunder Wave
- Protect

Amoonguss @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Spore
- Rage Powder
- Giga Drain
- Protect

description

So i finished building this after i saw the other metagross team, though i had metagross before seeing it. I decided to go with a more conventional metagross build, with keldeo and landorus t. Next I added thundurus for talonflame and skill wave, and amoonguss for tr and lando i guess. the team seems pretty solid, if boring. also you have been visited by the genies of a healthy meta!!!

edit: memorics avatar is kawaii as fuck, y/y?