Peak at 1 on Smogon, 49 on PO: Sand Offense by Porii Sames

Is this team a 9/10 team?


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So hello, Porii Sames here again. Normally I don't post here as much because I'm testing on PO, theorymoning, making my own sets, or just know stuff, but I peaked at only 49 on PO with this team (though I did later peak at 1 on Smogon). I was wondering if yall would helpe me. Thanks!

OK, so this was my "last attempt" at a good SS team, as most of mine barely peaked over 500. They were good, no doubt. But never were great.

As a lead, I wanted Hippowdon, as whenever I use Tyranitar, it seems to backfire on me; no matter what set I end up using, I never can seem to get it to work. Through and through, though, the Band version of Tyranitar seemed to always work the best. So I decided to try that idea...on Hippowdon.


Hippowdon
@: Choice Band
Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/248 HP/8 Spe
Sand Stream
~Earthquake
~Stone Edge
~Ice Fang
~Crunch

Let me tell everyone about this thing: CB Hippowdon is no joke. It has an astonishingly high attack stat for a common defensive wall, and the suprise value from this thing is amazing. It also has plenty of great coverage attacks, not to mention being physically bulky with nearly max HP. Earthquake kills stuff, and Stone Edge is for coverage. Ice Fang is for Dragons, and due to the significant investment and the Band being factored in, most of they are OHKO'd with ease. Crunch rounds the set off as a last resort to try to stop Reuniclus, and for lack of a substantially better move (Superpower is there, but after testing, Earthquake or Stone Edge normally turned out to be better). Overall, this thing kills. Everything.

Backing off of Hippowdon now, let me just say that my first experience with PO was with a Sandstorm team. It was highly offensive, and included Landorus. Now, yeah, there was the Sand Power bug at the time. But then, after it was fixed, I continued to use Landorus and it hit like a truck. The raw power from Sand Power and STAB made Earthquake an attack to be feared by anything not immune to it. However, I found myself missing a couple of 2HKO's on a few things, and for some reason, could never find a good time to Rock Polish, SD, or Sub. So I went the same route as I did with Hippo: Choice Band


Landorus
@: Choice Band
Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spe/4 HP
Sand Power
~Earthquake (2012)
~Stone Edge
~Hammer Arm/Punishment
~U-turn

Why this thing isn't a. Used more, b. Suspect tested is beyond me. The most defensive walls are 2HKO'd with ease from Earthquake, and with great coverage with Earthquake and Stone Edge, few things can stand up. Hammer Arm serves as a potential last ditch effort to KO something with a Balloon, such as a Balloon Excadrill. U-turn rounds the set off by making their prediction even more difficult; as now their potential Balloon is broken, AND they have to deal with another sweeper in their face.

So, going off of my 2 Choice Band users, I felt that I needed something with bulk. Something that wasn't dirt slow. Oh, and something that was Special Attacking too. Immediately, the first thing that came to mind was...Offensive Suicune. I had personally never tried this before, and was actually dissing the set on Shoddy and PO from long ago. However, now that I actually tried it on the right team, and it supported the team so much, I was in love. Certainly an underrated threat.


Suicune
@: Leftovers
Timid
EVs: 252 SpA/252 Spe/4 HP
Water Absorb
~Calm Mind
~Hydro Pump
~Ice Beam
~HP Grass

Amazing, amazing, amazing. Suicune, at maximum, reaches 295 speed. Now, that's not amazing, but it's pretty good. Even with no investment, it has 342/266/266 defenses, and that is further increased by Calm Mind. Onto why it's used on this team though, this team seems to need something that can take out Dragons, and something that can take out other Waters. Suicune works as a nearly perfect counter to both of these. Calm Mind makes Suicune's Special Attack 418. 418 after one boost isn't great, but it sure is nice considering Suicune's all around nice stats. Hydro Pump is my STAB move of choice, as I have found the power boost to be necessary, for two reasons. 1. Suicune's Special Attack stat isn't great, so I need as much power as possible. 2. I am the HAX KING. I do not miss Hydro Pump. I had Ice Beam/HP Electric for the final slots as I need as much coverage as possible from my attacker. It was basically put there for the reason of coverage, and possibly soaking up a hit (pun for Water Absorb fully intended). I miss having Rest, I truly do. But, for now, this will have to do. I have recently gone HP Grass as I have no surefire Quagsire counter.

There's one Pokemon on all of my DW teams, guaranteed, never off. Choice Scarf Genesect. I've had it on my Stall Teams, Offensive Teams, Hail Teams, Sunny Day Teams, Rain Teams, SS Teams, Balanced Teams, 4Drag2Mag Teams (wait, what?), Genesect is always there.


@: Choice Scarf
Naive
EVs: 184 Spe/136 Att/188 SpA
~U-turn
~Ice Beam
~Thunderbolt
~Flamethrower

I can't explain how well this thing works. Choice Scarf, with the ability to outspeed Scarfed Base 95's, Download boost, amazing mixed stats, perfect coverage, STAB U-turn, the list goes on. Genesect is too useful for me to put it into words, a definite staple on this team and any team I make.

So at this point, I felt that I had to include another obvious poke for a Sandstorm team; Excadrill. Standing in at under 3 foot, this mole is amazing, MAYBE should've gone to 2nd stage of suspect. Excadrill is fast, hits hard, and can abuse Air Balloon to the fullest.


Excadrill
@: Air Balloon
Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spe/4 HP
Sand Rush
~Swords Dance
~Earthquake
~Rock Slide
~Brick Break

Excadrill is something I at first considered to be highly overrrated sheerly due to the amount of counters I packed on all of my teams to it. Now after sweeping with it so much, I can see why it's so good. Kill their Conkeldurr, cripple their Breloom, break their walls with Landorus, and have a fielr day. Swords Dance basically defines this and almost any other Excadrill set; doubling that amazing base 130 Attack will make life for the other team hell. Earthquake runs off of STAB, and should be on 100% of Excadrill sets. Rock Slide provides great Neutral coverage, and is great for hitting fast Flyers. Now, the last move I feel really needs to get more love on Excadrill. With other Excadrill lurking everytime I look around the corner, with about half having Air Balloons, I needed a solution. I didn't want to give up a team slot to Breloom or Conkeldurr, so I just did the smart thing: ran Brick Break to beat other Excadrill. The way I see it, Excadrill's other coverage moves are rarely used, and why use them when you can use a coverage move that lets you check one of the most deadly sweepers in the game? Offensive Spinners I think are good; I used Starmie a whole lot last gen, but not Sweeper Spinners. Excadrill should be raping switch ins or Swords Dancing, not screwing around with Rapid Spin. Plus, none of my team takes Super Effective damage from it anyway.

Now, at this point, I needed something to wrap the team together. I knew that anything Fighting would be a pain, and I felt that I needed something that had good synergy with the team. After some testing (nah, not really, first thing I tried!) I used Memento Latios. However, after a bit more testing, I found myself super Skarmory weak. So, I used Xatu in Latios's place, which has been a double edged sword.

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Xatu
@: Light Clay
Impish
252 HP/252Def/4 Spe
~Light Screen
~Reflect
~U-turn
~Wish

Xatu is a great mon that is on a lot of my teams, and I really appreciate Magic Bounce. The reason it's on here is for my Skarmory problems and it is a very good Breloom counter. The team appreciates Dual Screens in addition to a nice Wish every now and then. U-turn is great for letting me see a way to flee or just get a bit of damage on something (/break a Air Balloon, which is useful for killing Excadrill). Yeah, not really much to say, a good mon.

Also, I played a couple of battles with KM888. Won one, lost one. Here are the logs:

Battle between Porii Sames FLac0 and KM888 started!

Rule: Unrated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Freeze Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Self-KO Clause

KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!
The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!
Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Porii Sames FLac0: hmmm

Start of turn 1
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out BiG LuvDisc! (Alomomola)

Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: indeed hmm
KM888: lol
Porii Sames FLac0: i might take a while
Porii Sames FLac0: in turns
KM888: indeed
Porii Sames FLac0: when i try to actually win
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: and not mess around
Porii Sames FLac0: xD

Start of turn 2
Porii Sames FLac0 called Suicune back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Excadrill!

Excadrill is floating on a balloon!
KM888 called BiG LuvDisc back!
KM888 sent out U Thorny! (Ferrothorn)

The sandstorm rages!
KM888: I dont care
KM888: I hope for a good battle
KM888: lol switches
Porii Sames FLac0: what i always hope for

Start of turn 3
Excadrill used Swords Dance!
Excadrill's Attack sharply rose!

The foe's U Thorny used Power Whip!
Excadrill lost 204 HP! (56% of its health)
Excadrill's Air Balloon popped!

The sandstorm rages!

Start of turn 4
Excadrill used Earthquake!
A critical hit!
KM888: aww
The foe's U Thorny lost 100% of its health!
The foe's U Thorny fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
KM888: that mattered from the start
Porii Sames FLac0: my hax>all hax
Porii Sames FLac0: sorry
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: :(
KM888: doesnt matter
KM888: it just sucks
KM888 sent out BiG LuvDisc! (Alomomola)

Porii Sames FLac0: it does

Start of turn 5
Excadrill used Earthquake!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc lost 61% of its health!

The foe's BiG LuvDisc used Scald!
It's super effective!
Excadrill lost 128 HP! (35% of its health)

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 6
KM888 called BiG LuvDisc back!
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

Excadrill used Earthquake!
It had no effect!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 7
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!
Excadrill used Rock Slide!
The foe's No Rain lost 57% of its health!

Rain continues to fall!
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: nice
KM888: lolz7

Start of turn 8
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

Excadrill used Earthquake!
It had no effect!

Rain continues to fall!
Porii Sames FLac0: very nice

Start of turn 9
The foe's ZeuS used Hidden Power!
Excadrill lost 30 HP! (8% of its health)
Excadrill fainted!

Rain continues to fall!
KM888: predictions are hard ^^
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Porii Sames FLac0: your predictions are great
Nachos is watching the battle.
Porii Sames FLac0: mine
Nachos stopped watching the battle.
Porii Sames FLac0: eh not so much
Porii Sames FLac0: lol
KM888: ^^

Start of turn 10
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out PoizinCntrL! (Toxicroak)

Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Latios!

The sandstorm rages!
Latios is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!

Start of turn 11
Latios used Reflect!
Reflect raised Porii Sames FLac0's team defense!

The foe's PoizinCntrL used Substitute!
The foe's PoizinCntrL made a substitute!

The sandstorm rages!
Latios is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!

Start of turn 12
Latios used Dragon Pulse!
The foe's PoizinCntrL's substitute faded!

The foe's PoizinCntrL used Bulk Up!
The foe's PoizinCntrL's Attack rose!
The foe's PoizinCntrL's Defense rose!

The sandstorm rages!
Latios is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!

Start of turn 13
The foe's PoizinCntrL used Sucker Punch!
But it failed!

Latios used Memento!
Latios fainted!
The foe's PoizinCntrL's Attack sharply fell!
The foe's PoizinCntrL's Sp. Att. sharply fell!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
KM888: lol
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

KM888: ow damn
KM888: I made a calculation on this thing ^^

Start of turn 14
KM888 called PoizinCntrL back!
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

Landorus used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's ZeuS lost 27% of its health!
Porii Sames FLac0 called Landorus back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: it cant OHKO my Alomomola
Porii Sames FLac0: Landorus?
KM888: ^^
KM888: yes him
Porii Sames FLac0: dang
KM888: not even with EQ
Porii Sames FLac0: banded?
KM888: yeps
Porii Sames FLac0: wow
Porii Sames FLac0: landorus is like the only physical poke
KM888: and I made my calculation whan he would get 50% from sand force
Porii Sames FLac0: :O
Porii Sames FLac0: that can get past

Start of turn 15
Genesect used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's ZeuS lost 36% of its health!
Porii Sames FLac0: ferro + jelly
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

The foe's ZeuS used Thunder!
The attack of the foe's ZeuS missed!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: aw
Porii Sames FLac0: miss lol
KM888: that sucked
KM888: ^^
KM888: lol
KM888: miss

Start of turn 16
Porii Sames FLac0 called Landorus back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

The foe's ZeuS used Hidden Power!
It's not very effective...
Suicune lost 37 HP! (10% of its health)

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: I hate you genosect the most
Porii Sames FLac0: its broken
Porii Sames FLac0: srsly

Start of turn 17
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!
Porii Sames FLac0 called Suicune back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
KM888: :o
Porii Sames FLac0: :D

Start of turn 18
Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

The foe's No Rain used Rest!
The foe's No Rain went to sleep and became healthy!
The foe's No Rain ate its Chesto Berry!
The foe's No Rain woke up!

Porii Sames FLac0's reflect wore off!
The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: ^^
KM888: yeay
KM888: Resto Chesto ftw

Start of turn 19
Suicune used Hidden Power!
It's super effective!
The foe's No Rain lost 27% of its health!

The foe's No Rain used Toxic!
Suicune was poisoned!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Suicune is hurt by poison!
KM888: awd finally reflect is gone
KM888: and*

Start of turn 20
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out Holy Pig! (Mamoswine)

Suicune used Ice Beam!
A critical hit!
The foe's Holy Pig lost 65% of its health!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Suicune is hurt by poison!
Porii Sames FLac0: lol
KM888: xD

Start of turn 21
KM888 called Holy Pig back!
KM888 sent out PoizinCntrL! (Toxicroak)

Suicune used Hydro Pump!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored HP using its Dry Skin!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Suicune is hurt by poison!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
KM888: yeay

Start of turn 22
KM888 called PoizinCntrL back!
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!
Suicune used Ice Beam!
It's not very effective...
The foe's No Rain lost 9% of its health!

Rain continues to fall!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Suicune is hurt by poison!

Start of turn 23
Porii Sames FLac0 called Suicune back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
The foe's No Rain used Hydro Pump!
The attack of the foe's No Rain missed!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
KM888: xD
KM888: damn
Porii Sames FLac0: my luck
Porii Sames FLac0: is like
Porii Sames FLac0: liquid sun
KM888: yea
KM888: lol

Start of turn 24
The foe's No Rain used Ice Beam!
It's super effective!
Porii Sames FLac0: lol
Hippowdon lost 208 HP! (49% of its health)

Hippowdon used Stone Edge!
The attack of Hippowdon missed!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
KM888: lmao
KM888: 49%
KM888: xD
Porii Sames FLac0: :D

Start of turn 25
Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
The foe's No Rain used Hydro Pump!
Genesect lost 165 HP! (58% of its health)

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Porii Sames FLac0: this team
Porii Sames FLac0: would suck

Start of turn 26
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out PoizinCntrL! (Toxicroak)

Genesect used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's PoizinCntrL lost 14% of its health!
Porii Sames FLac0: without genesect
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
KM888: lol
KM888: Genesect is pro

Start of turn 27
Landorus used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
The foe's PoizinCntrL lost 85% of its health!
The foe's PoizinCntrL fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
KM888: aw crap
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

Start of turn 28
Porii Sames FLac0 called Landorus back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

The foe's ZeuS used Focus Blast!
Suicune lost 114 HP! (33% of its health)
Suicune fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
KM888: ow man this 1 is hard
Porii Sames FLac0: yeah

Start of turn 29
Genesect used Ice Beam!
It's super effective!
The foe's ZeuS lost 36% of its health!
The foe's ZeuS fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!

Start of turn 30
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
The foe's No Rain used Hydro Pump!
The attack of the foe's No Rain missed!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
KM888: again xD
Porii Sames FLac0: wow...

Start of turn 31
The foe's No Rain used Hydro Pump!
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 211 HP! (50% of its health)
Hippowdon fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
KM888: lol
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!

Start of turn 32
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out Holy Pig! (Mamoswine)

Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's Holy Pig lost 34% of its health!
The foe's Holy Pig fainted!
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

The sandstorm rages!
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!

Start of turn 33
Landorus used Earthquake!
The foe's No Rain lost 20% of its health!
The foe's No Rain fainted!

Rain continues to fall!
KM888 sent out BiG LuvDisc! (Alomomola)

Start of turn 34
Landorus used Earthquake!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc lost 38% of its health!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc fainted!

Porii Sames FLac0 won the battle!
KM888: Even though I lost, I think of it as an extra experience. Good Game
KM888: gg
Porii Sames FLac0: gg
Porii Sames FLac0: nice one
Porii Sames FLac0: you're great
KM888: it does more than half though
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: whew...
KM888: rematch ??
Porii Sames FLac0: yeah


Battle between Porii Sames FLac0 and KM888 started!

Rule: Unrated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Freeze Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Self-KO Clause

KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!
The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!
Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Porii Sames FLac0: also
Porii Sames FLac0: im 14!
Porii Sames FLac0: woooo
KM888: man that hax last game ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: was crazy
Porii Sames FLac0: xD

Start of turn 1
The foe's No Rain used Toxic!
Hippowdon was poisoned!

Hippowdon used Earthquake!
KM888: wow 14 ^^
The foe's No Rain lost 81% of its health!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's No Rain is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Hippowdon is hurt by poison!

Start of turn 2
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 3
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out U Thorny! (Ferrothorn)

Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's U Thorny lost 33% of its health!
The foe's U Thorny's Iron Barbs hurts Genesect
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: that did a lot
Porii Sames FLac0: yeah
Porii Sames FLac0: xD

Start of turn 4
The foe's U Thorny used Protect!
The foe's U Thorny protected itself!

Landorus used Earthquake!
The foe's U Thorny protected itself!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 5
Porii Sames FLac0 called Landorus back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
KM888 called U Thorny back!
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: aw

Start of turn 6
Genesect used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's ZeuS lost 39% of its health!
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Excadrill!

Excadrill is floating on a balloon!

The foe's ZeuS used Hidden Power!
Excadrill lost 111 HP! (30% of its health)
Excadrill's Air Balloon popped!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 7
Excadrill used Earthquake!
It had no effect!

The foe's ZeuS used Focus Blast!
The attack of the foe's ZeuS missed!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: wow
KM888: ^^
KM888: lol
Porii Sames FLac0: i misclicked
Porii Sames FLac0: whoops

Start of turn 8
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out BiG LuvDisc! (Alomomola)

Excadrill used Rock Slide!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc lost 16% of its health!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: also
Porii Sames FLac0: Lum>Lefties
Porii Sames FLac0: on Thundurus
KM888: really??
Porii Sames FLac0: yes
KM888: why is that
Porii Sames FLac0: paralysis
KM888: I really need to know
KM888: aaaah
Porii Sames FLac0: screws thundurus
KM888: ok
Porii Sames FLac0: damage
Porii Sames FLac0: not as much
KM888: I'll try it ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: on bulkier sweepers
Porii Sames FLac0: like Virizion
Porii Sames FLac0: Lefties
Porii Sames FLac0: not Thundurus

Start of turn 9
Porii Sames FLac0 called Excadrill back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

The foe's BiG LuvDisc used Calm Mind!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Att. rose!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Def. rose!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 10
Porii Sames FLac0 called Suicune back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

KM888 called BiG LuvDisc back!
KM888 sent out U Thorny! (Ferrothorn)

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 11
The foe's U Thorny used Protect!
The foe's U Thorny protected itself!

Landorus used Earthquake!
The foe's U Thorny protected itself!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 12
Landorus used Earthquake!
The foe's U Thorny lost 69% of its health!

The foe's U Thorny used Leech Seed!
Landorus was seeded!

The sandstorm rages!
Landorus's health is sapped by leech seed.
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 13
Porii Sames FLac0 called Landorus back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
The foe's U Thorny used Protect!
But it failed!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: i hate predictions now ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: lol

Start of turn 14
Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's U Thorny lost 36% of its health!
The foe's U Thorny's Iron Barbs hurts Genesect
Porii Sames FLac0: youre doing fine
KM888: lolz
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Latios!

The foe's U Thorny used Leech Seed!
Latios was seeded!

The sandstorm rages!
Latios is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Latios's health is sapped by leech seed.
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 15
Porii Sames FLac0 called Latios back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

The foe's U Thorny used Power Whip!
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 224 HP! (53% of its health)

The sandstorm rages!
Hippowdon is hurt by poison!
The foe's U Thorny restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: whoops

Start of turn 16
Hippowdon used Earthquake!
KM888: ^^
The foe's U Thorny lost 34% of its health!
The foe's U Thorny fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
Hippowdon is hurt by poison!
Porii Sames FLac0: no protect?
KM888: misclick
Porii Sames FLac0: oh
KM888: i accidently pressed leech seed
Porii Sames FLac0: :(
KM888: doesnt matter
KM888: You had 1 as well
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: 1 what?
KM888: misclick
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!

Start of turn 17
Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

The foe's No Rain used Ice Beam!
It's not very effective...
Suicune lost 32 HP! (9% of its health)

Rain continues to fall!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 18
KM888 called No Rain back!
KM888 sent out Holy Pig! (Mamoswine)

Suicune used Hydro Pump!
It's super effective!
The foe's Holy Pig lost 100% of its health!
The foe's Holy Pig fainted!

Rain continues to fall!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: aw fuck
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

Start of turn 19
Porii Sames FLac0 called Suicune back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Excadrill!

The foe's ZeuS used Thunder!
It had no effect!

Rain continues to fall!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: when you get behind
Porii Sames FLac0: or misplay
KM888: yea
KM888: i know
Porii Sames FLac0: you make obvious moves
KM888: ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: don't do that
Porii Sames FLac0: play normally
KM888: lolz
Porii Sames FLac0: protip lol

Start of turn 20
The foe's ZeuS used Focus Blast!
It's super effective!
Excadrill lost 251 HP! (69% of its health)
Excadrill fainted!

Rain continues to fall!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: forgot rain was up
KM888: obvious right ^^
Porii Sames FLac0: :(
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

Hippowdon's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!

Start of turn 21
Porii Sames FLac0 called Hippowdon back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Landorus!

The foe's ZeuS used Hidden Power!
It's super effective!
Landorus lost 280 HP! (87% of its health)
Landorus fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: rrggghhhh
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
KM888: ^^

Start of turn 22
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out BiG LuvDisc! (Alomomola)

Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc lost 25% of its health!
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Latios!

The sandstorm rages!
Latios is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 23
Latios used Light Screen!
Light Screen raised Porii Sames FLac0's team special defense!

The foe's BiG LuvDisc used Calm Mind!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Att. rose!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Def. rose!

The sandstorm rages!
Latios is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 24
Latios used Memento!
Latios fainted!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Attack sharply fell!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Att. sharply fell!

The foe's BiG LuvDisc used Calm Mind!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Att. rose!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc's Sp. Def. rose!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's BiG LuvDisc restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: lol
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Suicune!

KM888: nooo
KM888: my attacks
Porii Sames FLac0: do nothing
Porii Sames FLac0: xD
KM888: what i almost care about
KM888: hmm
KM888: now what

Start of turn 25
KM888 called BiG LuvDisc back!
KM888 sent out PoizinCntrL! (Toxicroak)

Suicune used Calm Mind!
Suicune's Sp. Att. rose!
Suicune's Sp. Def. rose!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0: so i just beat stone cold 22 twice
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
Porii Sames FLac0: no idea how that happens
KM888: ^^

Start of turn 26
Suicune used Ice Beam!
The foe's PoizinCntrL lost 46% of its health!

The foe's PoizinCntrL used Drain Punch!
Suicune lost 120 HP! (35% of its health)
Suicune had its energy drained!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
Porii Sames FLac0: i have really low self confidence
Porii Sames FLac0: xD

Start of turn 27
Suicune used Ice Beam!
The foe's PoizinCntrL lost 48% of its health!

The foe's PoizinCntrL used Drain Punch!
Suicune lost 111 HP! (32% of its health)
Suicune had its energy drained!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's PoizinCntrL is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's PoizinCntrL restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!

Start of turn 28
The foe's PoizinCntrL used Sucker Punch!
Suicune lost 75 HP! (21% of its health)

Suicune used Ice Beam!
The foe's PoizinCntrL lost 36% of its health!
The foe's PoizinCntrL fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
Suicune is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Suicune restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
TheDubyah is watching the battle.
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

TheDubyah stopped watching the battle.

Start of turn 29
The foe's ZeuS used Focus Blast!
Suicune lost 36 HP! (10% of its health)
Suicune fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!

Start of turn 30
Genesect used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's ZeuS lost 36% of its health!
Porii Sames FLac0 called Genesect back!
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Hippowdon!

The foe's ZeuS used Focus Blast!
The attack of the foe's ZeuS missed!

Porii Sames FLac0's light screen wore off!
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Hippowdon is hurt by poison!
Porii Sames FLac0: wooo

Start of turn 31
The foe's ZeuS used Hidden Power!
It's super effective!
KM888: crap
Hippowdon lost 65 HP! (15% of its health)
Hippowdon fainted!

The sandstorm rages!
The foe's ZeuS is buffeted by the sandstorm!
The foe's ZeuS restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
KM888: lol
Porii Sames FLac0: gg tho
Porii Sames FLac0: i think
KM888: i dont know
Porii Sames FLac0: maybe....
Porii Sames FLac0 sent out Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!

Start of turn 32
KM888 called ZeuS back!
KM888 sent out No Rain! (Politoed)

The foe's No Rain's Drizzle made it rain!
Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's No Rain lost 12% of its health!
The foe's No Rain fainted!

Rain continues to fall!
KM888 sent out ZeuS! (Thundurus)

KM888: i wanted the rain

Start of turn 33
Genesect used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
Porii Sames FLac0: come on...
The foe's ZeuS lost 34% of its health!

The foe's ZeuS used Thunder!
Porii Sames FLac0: yeah
Genesect lost 213 HP! (75% of its health)
Genesect fainted!


So, for now, this is my team. Help is much appreciated. Thanks everyone!
 
Going to edit in the threats in a second.

Offensive Threats

Aerodactyl - Outspeed with Excadrill and Genesect, take its hits and OHKO back with Cune and Hippowdon.
Archeops - Outspeed with Excadrill and Genesect
Azelf - Outpseed with Excadrill and Genesect, take its hits with Cune.
Bisharp - Take its hits with Suicune and Hippowdon, or, if necessary, just bring in Genesect or Excadrill.
Breloom - Wall with Latios and then bring in Landorus or Genesect.
Cobalion - Everything, really.
Conkeldurr - Wall with Latios and knocking it down low with Suicune.
Darmanitan - Wall with Suicune or Latios, Hippowdon to change the weather and take a hit or two, and Excadrill to outspeed and OHKO.
Deoxys-S - OHKO with Hippowdon Crunch + SS so it can only Taunt me or set up 1 layer of entry hazards.
Dragonite - Hippowdon OHKO's with Ice Fang, Genesect w/ Scarfed Ice Beam, Excadrill with Rock Slide.
Druddigon - Hippowdon takes its hits and hits hard back, Suicune does the same, Excadrill and Genesect just damage the thing heavily if not killing it.
Eelektross - Latios comes in and walls it, and, after the Memento, it is set up fodder for Excadrill.
Electivire - What doesn't counter Electivire?
Empoleon - Suicune can normally take it down, depends on its health though. Regardless, Excadrill comes in and Earthquakes after an Agility anyways.
Espeon - Hippowdon does huge damage to it, as does the rest of my team. Latios also stalls it out with Screens + Memento.
Escavalier - Not much, to be honest. Provided it gets in safely, Genesect obviously scares it off with Flamethrower.
Excadrill - My own Excadrill, or Hippowdon if it has not Swords Danced yet. Latios can also screw it up pretty badly.
Genesect - This thing has no counters. Hippowdon can take its attacks most of the time, but it's so hard to freakin' kill the thing because of how hard it hits, how fast it is, and that it can just U-turn out at any time.
Gengar - Suicune normally takes its attacks fine, Hippowdon annihilates it into the 5th Dimension with Crunch.
Golurk - Since it'll normaly be Dynamic Punching, I don't have a whole lot that can reliably take that. However, once I can get a free switch in, Landorus will blow this thing into another dimension.
Gyarados - Suicune and Latios normally wall the thing to death or just OHKO it in Suicune's case.
Haxorus - Suicune can hopefully take 1 hit, but if not, Excadrill can heavily damage it, Latios can just outspeed it if it isn't Scarfed, as can most of my team.
Heatran - If Balloon, use Latios to Screen + Dragon Pulse to break the Balloon, or just bring in Suicune to OHKO.
Heracross - Not much really; Hippowdon can normally heavily damage it if it gets in safely, and then I can bring in Genesect for the finishing U-turn.
Hydreigon - Suicune normally scouts the hit, seeing if it is Scarfed or Specs. If Specs, I can outspeed it with whatever I want, but if Scarfed, I can bring in something that resists the move.
Infernape - Suicune takes it and scares it off easily, Excadrill outspeeds it.
Jirachi - Landorus, or, if it's Scarfed, Excadrill.
Jolteon - Excadrill and Latios can take it down or stall it out respectively.
Keldeo - Latios, once again, laughs in Keldeo's face. Suicune fares nicely too.
Kingdra - No surefire counters, if Landorus gets in safely, it 2012's Kingdra into the next century.
Krookodile - Genesect laughs at Krookodile, as does Excadrill, so long as the Balloon is in tact. Suicune also scares it off nicely.
Kyurem - This thing is seriously a beast. Suicune and Excadrill can normally take it, but that's basically it.
Landorus - Ahhh Landorus. Since most go Rock Polish/Earthquake/Stone Edge/HP Ice, Excadrill can come in after a Rock Polish, and attempt to at least damage it with Rock Slide if it took a hit coming in. Suicune also takes on Rock Polish variants nicely. CB versions are something else. Those things hit so hard that I basically have to get in Latios to have any chance of living, and then switching out if it Stone Edges.
Latios - Genesect is like "trololol, U-turn" while Hippowdon can normally take it 1-on-1.
Lilligant - Genesect laughs at it, as does Latios.
Lucario - Luckily I haven't seen any of these, as he is just as much of a beast as he was last gen. Excadrill can take it, provided I don't switch in to Close Combat.
Machamp - Same with Lucario. Basically, I just bring in Latios and hope for the best, then I get a free Landorus switch in, and attack from there.
Magnezone - Without Balloon, most of my team can kill it. With a Balloon, go to Latios, Light Screen, Dragon Pulse, and KO with Earthquake from something.
Mamoswine - Same with Lucario and Machamp. Genesect can normally take it just fine, and I can play mindgames against it with Excadrill.
Metagross - Aww, you just Agilityed? Ope, Excadrill KO.
Mienshao - ANNOYING. Suicune normally takes it nice, and Latios can cripple it with Screens.
Reuniclus - Savior, Landorus. Earthquake does so much damage, and even if they kill me, I've got Hippowdon, Excadrill, and Genesect to KO it after that.
Roserade - lol Latios takes it, as does Scarf Genesect.
Salamence - Hippowdon normally fares nice, as many of these are going Moxie so there goes Outrage. Ice Fang annihilates Mence.
Sawsbuck - Latios can take it, Reflect, Light Screen, Dragon Pulse if possible, and then Memento out. At this point, I can easily bring in anything else, preferably Excadrill, Swords Dance, and sweep.
Scizor - Annoying poke, right here. Suicune can normally take it on nicely, unless it U-turns out...Genesect is also a good counter.
Scrafty- Landorus can heavily, heavily damage it, even after a Bulk Up.
Serperior - Genesect laughs at Leaf Storm, and hits it depending on the Download boost.
Shaymin - Between Genesect, Landorus, and Latios, it has little to do.
Sigilyph - Annoying as heck; without Landorus that is.
Smeargle - If it's Shell Smash, then the majority of my team can handle it accordingly. Genesect can U-turn to Excadrill, Landorus can U-turn to Excadrill, Hippo can OHKO, Latios can Memento out and go to Excadrill, and Suicune and Hydro Pump for massive damage.
Starmie - Genesect laughts at it with Thunderbolt and U-turn, Latios can take anything from it bar Specs Ice Beam, Light Screen, Reflect, and MEmento away.
Terakion - Excadrill outspeeds and Earthquakes, however, it depends on what stat up move it uses on the switch in. However, I haven't seen one of these yet for some reason, so I don't exactly have a plan to kill it.
Thundurus - Excadrill can take it, Latios can take it with resistances.
Togekiss - Landorus is immune to Thunder Wave, and 2012's it with Stone Edge.
Tornadus - Latios walls it normally, as does Suicune. Excadrill outspeeds and is like LOL ROCK SLIDE.
Tyranitar - 2HKO'd or OHKO'd by most of the team. If it is Scarfed, Suicune can just take its hits in, weaken with Hydro Pump, and then it's Genesect time. Excadrill is also nice for killing it.
Venusaur - Hippowdon can change the weather, while Latios can just completely wall it.
Victini - Latios laughs at anything it attempts to do, Excadrill outspeeds it, and Suicune scares it off normally.
Virizion - Latios laughs at anything it attempts to do.
Volcarona - Suicune normally does a nice job, and, if not, there's always Excadrill to fall back on.
Weavile - Excadrill outspeeds it and OHKO;s, as does Genesect.
Zoroark - Hippowdon can normally OHKO, as these are commonly leads. If not, Landorus should KO with any of its attacks, and Genesect can U-turn if suspicious.

Defensive Threats (most of these will be covered by Landorus)
Alomomola - Landorus and Suicune if necessary
Blissey - Landorus
Bronzong - Cune can come in, stat up to whatever, and Bronzong can't really touch Cune
Celebi - Genesect
Chansey - Landorus
Deoxys-D - Landorus and Excadrill
Cofagrigus - Landorus can catch it on the switch in, Hippowdon is also there
Crustle - Landorus, Genesect, and Hippowdon
Dusclops - Landorus
Ferrothorn - Landorus and Genesect
Forretress - Landorus, Genesect, and sometimes Suicune
Garbodor - Excadrill, Landorus, and Hippowdon can OHKO, normallly Hippowdon as these are commonly leads
Gigalith - Since it is normally a lead, the whole Sturdy + Custap + Stealth Rock + Explosion doesn't really hit Hippowdon too hard.
Gliscor - CB Landorus can IIRC 2HKO with Stone Edge, Hippowdon can OHKO with Ice Fang, Suicune can OHKO with Ice Beam, and Genesect can nearly OHKO with Ice Beam.
Hippowdon - My own Hippo does insane damage with Ice Fang, and also pressures them with hax. Suicune also scares off 99% of Hippos.
Jellicent - Landorus goes 2012 on this thing
Latias - Genesect Scarf U-turn + Latios often at least scares it away. I don't have a surefire answer to it, but I bluff many things, so I normally scare it away.
Mandibuzz - Landoruszzz
Murkrow - Landorus can severely dent it even after Eviolite and Featherdance, because of Super Effective, CB, and Sand Power.
Ninetales - Latios laughs in the face of NInetales.
Porygon2 - Landorus 2HKO with Earthquake, or Excadrill can set up as P2 can't really hurt it too bad.
Rotom-H - Excadrill
Rotom-W - Latios
Scolipede - Basically anything but Latios
Skarmory - Landorus sometimes, Suicune sometimes, or Genesect
Snorlax - Landorus
Suicune - My own Suicune can obviously kill Crocune
Swampert - Landorus, Excadrill, Suicune, and Latios sometimes
Tentacruel - Landorus, Excadrill, sometimes Suicune and Latios
Vaporeon - Landorus, sometimes Suicune
Whimsicott - Genesect and Landorus U-turn to each other
Xatu - Landorus, Excadrill, sometimes Genesect.
Zapdos - Landorus, Excadrill, sometimes Genesect

So now...rate away.
 
Maybe you could try Fire Fang over Crunch on your hippo, Crunch seems filler at best and Fire Fang might could help against Ferro/Skarm
 
Very good team I must say but just a quick nitpick, as your using latios more defensive then offensive why dont you give latias a test? It lacks power but it's better defensive then her brother. Use the same set, EV's and nature just a latias :D
 
Hey, I'll give this team a test and a rate tomorrow (for me) after I finishing updating my thread since it is asking for a revamp.
 

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If you want Latias to suicide out you could use Healing Wish. Sweep as much as possible, switch to Latias to screen, fully heal the sweeper again with HW, and continue to wreak havoc.
 
@aost

Cool beans! Thanks, hope it works as well for you as it did for me.

@V0x

Totally forgot Latias learned Healing Wish >.<. After testing, I've found that Memento is quite useful though.
 
@aost

Cool beans! Thanks, hope it works as well for you as it did for me.

@V0x

Totally forgot Latias learned Healing Wish >.<. After testing, I've found that Memento is quite useful though.
Alright, I'm beginning my testing right now and I was wondering how you deal with status-ers and what strategy you try to employ during matches. I want to get your strategies so I can employ them during my testing and give you suggestions that would be easy for you to implement (if you wish to do so). You can PM it to me if you wish. What do you do under these three conditions, a rain team, a fellow sandstream team, and a stall team?

You can walk me through a match if you're on the PO channel right now.
 
Nah, I'm not on PO atm.

OK, for Status, I normally go out to Excadrill as he's immune to the 2 top statuses; THunder Wave and Toxic. If I suspect WoW, then Latios is normally the choice as I can still go Dual Screen + Memento out. Sleep, I normally don't have an option, but since it's normally Breloom who's doing the sleeping, then Latios should take it fine, with maybe Hippo being the sleep fodder.

Rain Team:

Basically try to switch between Cune, Genesect, and Hippo the entire match gives me nice coverage vs. Rain teams. I haven't been beaten by one yet, so I must be doing something right.

Sanstorm Team:

Well, normally I take out their Ttar T1, unless they somehow predict that I am Banded, so that's a huge pain avoided. Genesect normally gives me great coverage with Ice Beam + STAB U-turn, so that's there. Cune also hits lotsa things Super Effectively with Hydro Pump. My Excadrill can take out other Excadrills as well since I have Brick Break. If they lack X-scissor, then Latios can come in and finish the job if I don't OHKO.

Stall Team:

Basically spam Excadrill and Landorus. They can normally hit through stall enough.
 
OK, I have now peaked at 49 on PO, and have tested Latias and it has been not as good as Latios. Plus, the extra power behind Dragon Pulse IS making a difference.
 
^I have not thought of Uxie, well definitely try it.

One of the things I love about Latios though is its ability to revenge Dragons though, and I lose that with Uxie. Latios also provides a Breloom counter which Uxie does not.
 
Porii, I've tried your team in a couple of matches and I still can't manage to master it. PM me if you have time to show me a couple of practice matches so I can maximize the output of your team during my testing.
 
@aost

I can't get on PO atm, mind telling me what's wrong with the team? Just wondering.
I can't really tell what's wrong (or right for that matter) with it just yet because I haven't been able to test it the way I would like. Just my style of testing is I would like to play the way the you would play using this team. If I use my style, I can't get the most out of the team. For example, I can't maximize Latios' output because of every Latios I've used, they've been offensive, not supportive. For the other team I rated, it was more straightforward in comparison with this team because that team wasn't as well built as this one (and as successful). I believe this one requires a little more strategy and since I am not knowledgeable of your strategies, I can't give you a full rate just yet.
 
Something I always liked on my sandstorm teams was Jellicent, but my team used Tyranitar instead so his ghost type blocked fighting more.

Maybe if FireFang wont work out, try Yawn on your Hippo? It's always fun to force a switch, especially on Mons who need to set up
 
@aost

I have a very, very unique and erratic playstyle. I play like I'm ADHD with this team.

I guess all I can say is use the synergy that's there, and don't think of Latios as Latios; think of it as a bulky supportive and quick Dragon/Psychic that synergizes with the team and is your Breloom and Conkeldurr counter.

@FunLovin

Suicune, imo, is much better on a team like this when I don't even have entry hazards than Jellicent, but thanks for the idea.

Fire Fang is alright, Yawn sounds just good enough to work. (I actually used a very successful Choice Banded WishMence last gen).
 
@aost

I have a very, very unique and erratic playstyle. I play like I'm ADHD with this team.

I guess all I can say is use the synergy that's there, and don't think of Latios as Latios; think of it as a bulky supportive and quick Dragon/Psychic that synergizes with the team and is your Breloom and Conkeldurr counter.

@FunLovin

Suicune, imo, is much better on a team like this when I don't even have entry hazards than Jellicent, but thanks for the idea.

Fire Fang is alright, Yawn sounds just good enough to work. (I actually used a very successful Choice Banded WishMence last gen).
That works. Haha, I'm not sure if I can pull of a successful ADHD playstyle (hahahaha)! Feel free to PM me when you're free so we can get some testing sessions in!
 
OK, will do, thanks!

yeah, basically my playstyle is like this

first few turns of the game: make synergistic, obvious moves.

Next few turns: make crazy moves and predictions, while throwing obvious moves in there.

Next turns: Bluff like crazy, alternate between obvious moves and prediction moves.

It's kinda weird, lol.
 
Whenever I look at an rmt I try to think about how I would handle it w/ my team of choice. Dual screen latios looks like a hugely useful pokemon in general, but I just wonder whether memento is really worth it, since you only really have one setup sweeper. But overall this team seems to cope really well in weather wars, with good electric/water abosrbers to beat drizzle.
 
^Memento seriously is worth it. If even just scaring something off, and Excadrill is about as good of a set up sweeper as they come. And I have 2 set up sweepers; Excadrill and Suicune.
 
WOW, all I can say is wow dude. I would love to battle you sometime, try to find your weaknesses, because it doesn't seem like you have many ... easily a 9/10, if not more so on this team. Let me know if you wanna battle sometime
 

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