Doubles Teambuilding Competition - Week 69 - GAME OVER

[Derivatives]

TFC / Bowman

 

[Paraplegic]

Omega

 

[Elegyy]

TalkingTree thats pretty creative ngl
Hopefully i lose by more than one vote

 

[Matame]

Corruptedomega7
despite linking an eminem song ew

 

[Yoda2798]

Nido-Rus

 

[Idyll]

In the end, it ended up with a tie between CorruptedOmega7 and thetalkingtree ft. n10sit. However, I'm gonna put my vote on thetalkingtree's team, making the two this week's winners, congrats!

This week, we're having Mega Aerodactyl - DUU Edition! Instead of DOU, this time we're building around a specified Pokemon in DUU (without Mega Charizard X). We're also building around Mega Aerodactyl, which serves well as a check to the numerous Fire- and Flying-types in the metagame and is a pretty strong fast attacker.

Deadline is on Saturday GMT Noon!

 

[Tymano]

Import

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Sky Drop
- Wide Guard
- Protect

GlopGlop (Gastrodon) @ Life Orb
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Earth Power
- Recover
- Protect

Victini @ Life Orb
Ability: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- V-create
- Bolt Strike
- Zen Headbutt
- Protect

Hitmontop @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Detect
- Feint

Darkrai @ Life Orb
Ability: Bad Dreams
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Sludge Bomb
- Taunt
- Protect

Mitochondria (Manaphy) @ Wacan Berry
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Protect

Description

This team is a team that is built around Mega-Aerodactyl, as it is arguably the best mega in the tier (behind maybe Metagross) due to its ability to be a great fire and flying check. I put on Gastrodon on the team for its ability to beat things like Diancie, Electrics, and Grounds thanks to Storm Drain and its awesome typing. Max SpA means it can hit hard against most threats. Victini is the most powerful Fire right now and is a great offensive breaker while also checking Grasses and Ice types better than Aero does. I put on Hitmontop since I wanted a mon that gave me Intimidate, protect breaking, Fake Out, and a steel check. Darkrai is a psychic and ghost check while SBombing Diancie. Its also a good TR check thanks to taunt. The Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell and a great set-up sweeper due to its cool bulk and good speed tier.

Relevant log

[13:03:24] Tymano: someone duu battle me
[13:03:27] #Arcticblast: no
[13:03:36] #Arcticblast: do not battle him
[13:03:45] #Arcticblast: by order of Arcticblast
[13:03:47] Tymano: :(
[13:03:59] Tymano: What did I do to deserve this
[13:04:16] #Arcticblast: dunno

 

[CorruptedOmega]

I'm out of witty titles

Importable

Manaphy @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Tail Glow
- Protect

Tangela @ Eviolite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Giga Drain
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

Rotom-Heat @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 60 SpA / 76 SpD
Calm Nature
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Protect

Mew @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Fake Out
- Tailwind
- Taunt
- Transform

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

Aerodactyl @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sky Drop
- Rock Slide
- Wide Guard
- Protect

Description

I've had variants of this team kicking around in my teambuilder from forever ago, all centered around the core of Manaphy, Tangela, Rotom-Heat, and Mew. It's basically bunnies for DUU (Azumarill=Manaphy, Tangela=Amoonguss, Rotom-Heat=Heatran, and Mew is Mew), but I explain the core in more detail here. The last two slots I wanted a mega and a Liepard check. I decided Aero because it helps Manaphy set up with Sky Drop support and Wide Guard blocks stupid ladder Discharge teams or other spread moves such as Rock Slide. I decided Virizion for my last mon kind of at a whim, since I really needed a fast Quick Guard user to shut down Liepard but at the same time I already had Tangela for a bulky Grass-type. Since no better option seemed to jump out at me, I just decided to go with it.

I used Tangela before it was cool

 

[BlueSkiddo]

A fuck Trick Room, that's that shit I don't like!
A snitch Volcarona, that's that shit I don't like!
A bitch Char-X, that's that shit I don't like!

Importable

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Aerial Ace
- Aqua Tail
- Protect

Infernape @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 100 Atk / 156 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Fake Out
- Fire Blast
- Close Combat
- Protect

Tangela @ Eviolite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 28 Def / 232 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Giga Drain
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

Deoxys-Attack @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Extreme Speed
- Taunt
- Protect

Manaphy @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Energy Ball
- Tail Glow
- Protect

Hoopa @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Magician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Hyperspace Hole
- Focus Blast
- Thunderbolt

Description

As most of my Aerodactyl-based teams do, this team became a bit more HO than I personally prefer, but that certainly doesn't mean it doesn't perform well. Obviously number one is Aero-mega, and I decided to go with aerial ace / rock slide / aqua tail because the flying and rock coverage is super helfpul vs. Tangela and the plethora of fire type is UU, and aqua tail helps to take down diancie, though it does not kill it. Next I added Infernape because 1. I need a way to deal with genesect and 2. It complements Aerodactly well, helping it to stop TR setters withfake out and take down any steel types in Aero's way. The ev set I used guarantees the ohko on 248 hp / 232 sp def Tangela with fire blast with max speed and the rest dumped into attack. Next I added Tangela because look at those fucking cute af shoes!! You can't say no to that shit! Also it may or may not be extremely effective at redirecting water type moves away from Infernape / Aero. From there I went with Deoxys-Attack because it provides some priority attacking for the team, as well as hits everything and its mother like a truck with psycho boost. It also has taunt to help keep down many of the popular TR setters. Hoopa-C is the end piece to this obviously amazing team, and it rounds the team off pretty well. It's a nice little soft check to many things, including other Hoopas, which this team does not like. It also, once again, helps to beat TR setters because fuck TR that's for plebs.

 

[emma]

EDIT: THANKS TREE

Immaculate SQUAD

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Unnerve
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sky Drop
- Rock Slide
- Aqua Tail
- Protect

Victini @ Life Orb
Ability: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- V-create
- Bolt Strike
- Taunt
- Protect

Manaphy @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Tail Glow
- Protect

Tangela @ Eviolite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Giga Drain
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

Liepard @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Thunder Wave
- Knock Off
- Encore

Hariyama @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Wide Guard

Immaculate DESCRIPTION

I used Mega Aero because we are forced. Manaphy is a great set up sweeper and checks rock types. Victini is another pixie and checks steel types. tangela redirects water moves for squirrel + mega aero and sleeps things. liepard checks trick room with encore and fake out and psychic and ghost types with knock off. hariyama for another steel and trick room check along with providing fake out. victini w/ taunt is cool because i was going to use infernape to help check tr but i like victini more so i used that.

it's good i swear

 

[talkingtree]

http://fulllifegamer.bplaced.net/format.php

^that link is where I always get mine, just select "sprites" instead of "xyani"

 

[Nido-Rus]

Importable

Slurpuff @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Play Rough
- Drain Punch
- Protect

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Sky Drop
- Iron Head
- Protect

Krookodile @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Stone Edge

Blastoise @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 248 HP / 180 Def / 80 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Follow Me
- Scald
- Roar
- Icy Wind

BIG FLOWER (Roserade) @ Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sleep Powder
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Protect

Infernape @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 36 Atk / 220 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Fake Out
- Feint
- Close Combat
- Overheat

Description

Seems like everyone's posted M-Aero+Manaphy and Manaphy is bad, so I tried to use Slurpuff as the setup mon instead. Slurpuff and M-Aero have great synergy, with Stone edge maero outspeeding and getting the OHKO on all the fires slurpuff can't handle. Also allows M-Aero to do far more damage compared to its normal moveset, and allows it to net some nice OHKOs and 2hkos. Sky drop is there to support Slurpuff and create nice 1v1 situations for roserade/infernape, and iron head gets the surprise ohko on TR diancie. I'd originally started the team with tangela as the redirector, but felt these three were too M-Stoise weak, so I switched over to blastoise and added S-tier grass type BIG FLOWER. The rest of the team filled holes, with infernape providing fake out and a second tangela/genesect check, and scarf krook being the fast mode of the team and checking stuff like victini, latias, etc.

 

[sam-testings]

So i didnt see the duu sample team till after i finished making the team i swear =(

Team

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Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Sky Drop
- Wide Guard
- Protect

Volcarona @ Life Orb
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heat Wave
- Giga Drain
- Quiver Dance
- Protect

Tangela @ Eviolite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 28 Def / 232 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Giga Drain
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect


Blastoise @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 248 HP / 180 Def / 80 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Follow Me
- Scald
- Roar
- Icy Wind

Hariyama @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Wide Guard

Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 124 Atk / 216 SpA / 168 Spe
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Iron Head
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt

Description

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So I looked through the list of set up sweepers available and I noticed that no one was really doing Volcarona which is one of the better mons in the tier. It has great stab and giga drain coverage and pairs up pretty well with Mega Aero. So I started with that core first. Then I chose tangela as a main trick room check and another way to deal with waters. Blastoise is just more misdirection + support moves and also completing a FWG core which is pretty nice. Hariyama just felt like a good mon that also helped with misdirection and dealing tons of damage while also knocking off things such as Tangela eviolite to weaken mons for the Volcarona sweep. Finally I chose genesect because i felt my team was decently weak to Diancie and wanted a solid way to deal with it.

 

[Idyll]

I had to deal with IRL stuff, sorry for the wait! Anyways, voting time! To vote, just post the name of the guy who built the team you're voting for.

Tymano
CorruptedOmega7
BlueSkiddoWeCanToo
GreenGogoatttt
Nido-Rus
Sam-testings

Deadline on Tuesday GMT Noon

 

[emma]

Nido-Rus

 

[Tymano]

Nido-Rus

 

[sam-testings]

nido rus

love slurpuff

 

[xzern]

BlueSkiddoWeCanToo

 

[clius]

Nido-Rus!, can we have a cooler less used mega next week Memoric

 

[Mishimono]

BlueSkiddoWeCanToo

 

[ryo yamada2001]

BlueSkiddoWeCanAlso

 

[miltankmilk]

Nido-rus
Praise big flower

 

[Matame]

Nido-Rus
Roserade suspect when?

 

[Idyll]

With a solid lead in votes, Nido-Rus takes the week, congrats!

This week, we're having Roserade - DUU Edition! According to Nido-Rus, Roserade has a strong matchup against Bulky Offense and Trick Room builds. It has good matchups in the metagame as shown by its ability OHKO redirectors (Tangela, Blastoise) and two common Mege formes in Mega Abomasnow and Mega Blastoise. It can also help a team's Trick Room matchup thanks to being able to Sleep Powder non-Safety Goggles setters. Its frailty and middling Speed hold it back however, making it a liability against more offensive buildings such as Hyper Offense.

Deadline is on Satudrday GMT noon!

 

[miltankmilk]

Sponsored by: Me, Yoda2798 and Nido-Rus

teambuilding process

Nido: Yo big flower is strong and we get 6-0d by genesect so lets add blaziken and latias with tailwind and not lose to it.
Yoda: /me tips fedora
Me: Lets use moltres
Yoda: /me tips fedora
Nido: No lets not do that

importable

Roserade @ Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sludge Bomb
- Leaf Storm
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

Rhyperior @ Life Orb
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Drill Run
- Rock Slide
- Ice Punch
- Protect

Crawdaunt @ Focus Sash
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Crabhammer
- Knock Off
- Aqua Jet
- Protect

Blaziken-Mega @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick
- Stone Edge
- Protect

Clefable @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 72 Def / 184 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Follow Me
- Helping Hand
- Thunder Wave

Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psychic
- Tailwind
- Protect

description

So big flower is the starting point on this team and LO attacker with Sleep is a dope set so we went with that. Timid so that we outspeed things in TW and we still have a roll to kill m-aero with storm. Rhyperior has p-good typing synergy with Roserade as it hits flying types and fire types that generally beat big flower. Next was CrawDon which provides a semi-decent trick room check as well as stopping things like volcarona and victini from getting out of hand. Mega Blaze rounds out a SLICK FWG core and prevents us from forfeiting to genesect completely. 3 Atk because we still weak to fires on this team and edge helps with that. Clefable redirects shit and sits there to be annoying and t-wave things, providing useful speed control and also a dragon check. Lastly we have Latias which provides tailwind support which greatly help Rhyperior(which is fast) and Crawdaunt as well as Rose with their sub-par speed. Also it drops dracos and psyshocks things which is p nice.