Hello Smogon! This is my first RMT, excuse me if i am quite noob, i played Pokemon all my life but i recently discovered the PO world. Also, please excuse me for my poor english, which is my second language, fell free to correct me and land some suggestions on improving the team. So, without further ado let's take a quick look at my current UU tier team members:
So this team resolves around four Choice users (!), two of them are tricksters, which are the core of the strategy. In Pokemon, like in most of the RPG, whoever has a bigger versatility, a bigger hall of ways to the victory, has a bigger chance of achieving it :nerd:. Or at least this team aims to that premiss. Shall we go to the description my 'mons?
That is all for now friends, i hope you guys liked the team and have some good suggestions to improve it! Thanks for reading.
So this team resolves around four Choice users (!), two of them are tricksters, which are the core of the strategy. In Pokemon, like in most of the RPG, whoever has a bigger versatility, a bigger hall of ways to the victory, has a bigger chance of achieving it :nerd:. Or at least this team aims to that premiss. Shall we go to the description my 'mons?
THE SUPPORT
DNA Blob @ Leftovers
Deoxys-D
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
Calm (+SDef, -Atk)
- Taunt
- Spikes
- Night Shade
- Recover
Deoxys-D is my main special wall, and sometimes lead. Reaching 304 HP and 392 SDef is enough to annoy any special hitter and 356 Def means it is very far from frail in the physical side too. It does it all and fears not much in this tier. The investment in speed proves itself very useful to taunt setup sweepers and slower leads. With this speed it can even revenge kill (!) some stuff with Night Shade and Recover means it can take with ease any attempt to 3HKO it. The Spikes setup is much appreciated as i let the SR role for my other wall.
Eyjafjallajökull @ Leftoves
Torkoal
Trait: White Smoke
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Sdef
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Lava Plume
- Toxic
Like a Boss. Gotta love a turtle that burns coal inside his shell, it is epic, period. Anyways, i wanted a spinner and a defensive wall who covered my large weakness to bugs (damn bugs) and i found this in Torkoal, who is a potent physical wall packing 344 HP and 416 Def. It is not meant to live much though, the purpose it is enter against a physical threat, spin, SR up and possibly Toxic/Burn one or two foes. That is it, it does that successfully often, so i am quite happy with it so far. It is a very easy target to special attacks and suffer a little from SR itself, so it will probably not switch in often.
THE CORE
NotShiny @ Choice Band
Azelf
Trait: Levitate
Evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Adamant (+Atk, -Satk)
- Trick
- Thunder Wave
- U-turn
- Zen Headbutt
One of the main pokes of the team. Trick on Azelf is proving its value as most people don't see it coming at all, specially now that NP Azelf is becoming more and more popular. The biggest thing about this set is versatility, it can act as wallbreaker, scout or late-game sweeper depending on how the matchup turns out. STAB Zen Headbutt hits hard if you already removed anything that resists it. As lead it can act with Trick on anything that don't want to be banded (a lot of things) if you are faster and cripple the switch with T-wave. U-turn for great scout coming from a banded 383 Atk stat.
NiceSmile @ Choice Specs
Rotom-C
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Satk / 252 Spe
IVs: 30 Spe
Modest (+Satk, -Atk)
- Trick
- Volt Switch
- Leaf Storm
- HP Ice
The other trickster. I have to use him a lot more cautious though, as he is very slower than Azelf and i opted for Specs over Scarf for more raw power. I use him because Electric/Grass/Ice helps me a lot with coverage issues and there are not much teams that wants to face two more of his pokes wearing a choice item. He is also my only special attacker, which can come in handy.
Crowhat? @ Choice Band
Crobat
Trait: Inner Focus
Evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Adamant (+Atk, -Satk)
- Brave Bird
- Zen Headbutt
- Pursuit
- U-turn
Now with Staraptor gone Crobat can shine as one of the main physical threats in the tier. Brave Bird can punch holes in anything that don't resist it and usually takes care of at least one opponent. U-turn hits hard while keeping the momentum and Pursuit to trap those pesky Ghosts and Psychics, i assume he is not the best at this role but it have a function every now and then. Zen Headbutt is just for coverage, i could change for Super Fang or something else though.
MegaHorny @ Choice Scarf
Heracross
Trait: Guts
Evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Adamant (+Atk, -Satk)
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
This scary beetle is my revenge killer and it is a damn good one. It hits really hard and has great coverage making switch in against him hard, and leaving the opponent with hard decisions to make. I sometimes use him as anti-lead to take the opponent by surprise and oftem switch him in as i scent a Burn/Toxic attempt, don't want to get him paralyzed though as it would really hurt the strategy. He is also my main answer against Deo-D.
DNA Blob @ Leftovers
Deoxys-D
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
Calm (+SDef, -Atk)
- Taunt
- Spikes
- Night Shade
- Recover
Deoxys-D is my main special wall, and sometimes lead. Reaching 304 HP and 392 SDef is enough to annoy any special hitter and 356 Def means it is very far from frail in the physical side too. It does it all and fears not much in this tier. The investment in speed proves itself very useful to taunt setup sweepers and slower leads. With this speed it can even revenge kill (!) some stuff with Night Shade and Recover means it can take with ease any attempt to 3HKO it. The Spikes setup is much appreciated as i let the SR role for my other wall.
Eyjafjallajökull @ Leftoves
Torkoal
Trait: White Smoke
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Sdef
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Lava Plume
- Toxic
Like a Boss. Gotta love a turtle that burns coal inside his shell, it is epic, period. Anyways, i wanted a spinner and a defensive wall who covered my large weakness to bugs (damn bugs) and i found this in Torkoal, who is a potent physical wall packing 344 HP and 416 Def. It is not meant to live much though, the purpose it is enter against a physical threat, spin, SR up and possibly Toxic/Burn one or two foes. That is it, it does that successfully often, so i am quite happy with it so far. It is a very easy target to special attacks and suffer a little from SR itself, so it will probably not switch in often.
THE CORE
NotShiny @ Choice Band
Azelf
Trait: Levitate
Evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Adamant (+Atk, -Satk)
- Trick
- Thunder Wave
- U-turn
- Zen Headbutt
One of the main pokes of the team. Trick on Azelf is proving its value as most people don't see it coming at all, specially now that NP Azelf is becoming more and more popular. The biggest thing about this set is versatility, it can act as wallbreaker, scout or late-game sweeper depending on how the matchup turns out. STAB Zen Headbutt hits hard if you already removed anything that resists it. As lead it can act with Trick on anything that don't want to be banded (a lot of things) if you are faster and cripple the switch with T-wave. U-turn for great scout coming from a banded 383 Atk stat.
NiceSmile @ Choice Specs
Rotom-C
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Satk / 252 Spe
IVs: 30 Spe
Modest (+Satk, -Atk)
- Trick
- Volt Switch
- Leaf Storm
- HP Ice
The other trickster. I have to use him a lot more cautious though, as he is very slower than Azelf and i opted for Specs over Scarf for more raw power. I use him because Electric/Grass/Ice helps me a lot with coverage issues and there are not much teams that wants to face two more of his pokes wearing a choice item. He is also my only special attacker, which can come in handy.
Crowhat? @ Choice Band
Crobat
Trait: Inner Focus
Evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Adamant (+Atk, -Satk)
- Brave Bird
- Zen Headbutt
- Pursuit
- U-turn
Now with Staraptor gone Crobat can shine as one of the main physical threats in the tier. Brave Bird can punch holes in anything that don't resist it and usually takes care of at least one opponent. U-turn hits hard while keeping the momentum and Pursuit to trap those pesky Ghosts and Psychics, i assume he is not the best at this role but it have a function every now and then. Zen Headbutt is just for coverage, i could change for Super Fang or something else though.
MegaHorny @ Choice Scarf
Heracross
Trait: Guts
Evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Adamant (+Atk, -Satk)
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
This scary beetle is my revenge killer and it is a damn good one. It hits really hard and has great coverage making switch in against him hard, and leaving the opponent with hard decisions to make. I sometimes use him as anti-lead to take the opponent by surprise and oftem switch him in as i scent a Burn/Toxic attempt, don't want to get him paralyzed though as it would really hurt the strategy. He is also my main answer against Deo-D.
That is all for now friends, i hope you guys liked the team and have some good suggestions to improve it! Thanks for reading.