LilOu
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(this is a copypasta from something i posted on the metagame discussion thread. guess this place is more suitable for this contribution?)
no special attackers needed pokepaste (december 2023 meta)
scarf reckless HJK mienshao
life orb 4 atks weavile
life orb 4 atks lycanrock
sub dd tera flying gyara
life orb sd trailblaze rotom-w lure scizor
shuca berry iron treads
this team is really fun as it explores some underdogs in shao, lycanrock and, surprisingly, gyarados (why is that thing RUBL and not UU????) and also was born right after the last metagame updates when iron hands, amoongus and skele left UU and the demon of alolan ninetales dropped down. without skele and amoongus (2 prominent fighting-type walls), i figured out good old and forgotten reckless HJK tera fighting mienshao would be a monster. the team started with him. weavile was added to be the strong knock off that kills sinitscha, slowking, slowbro and other switchins to mienshao.
as i hate making standard teams, i explored lower tiers in the search of hidden gems. that's when lycanrock caught my eye. it is a REALLY good mon right now but NOBODY uses it. psychic fangs to break the newly spammed aurora veil teams and send okidogis to hell. rock typing to check omnipresent tornadus-t. priority accelerock to revenge torn, weavile, scarf thund and sometimes barraskweda. good 110 base speed and access to close combat so that iron treads is NOT a check (it comes into a stone edge and then what? lol). rock typing allows it to check banded h-arcanine's extremespeed (which often obliterates offense). and on top of that, tough claws as ability makes all of its attacks extra strong. really good mon in today's meta. give it a shot. demanded. or better not and let me be the only cool guy around haha.
with shao, weavile and lycan, the team was destroyed by scizor. so what do you do when all your team members lure scizor in? you slap in a scizor abuser: gyarados. sub dd gyara is INCREDIBLE right now. you'll see the replays. sets up on clodsire, gastrodon and slowking, as most of the time all they can do is status it. tera flying is super strong. the only thing that reliably takes on it is rotom-w, so that's why trailblaze scizor was added as it is an eaaaasy lure and also a cool dragon and fairy check the team needed. and lastly, iron treads was slapped because rocks, spin, and because, well, it's freaking treads. shuca berry has proven to be amazing right now with all the protosynthesis lead sandyshocks.
even tho the team started with mienshao as the star, subdd gyara quickly stole the spotlight. lycanrock usually doesn't work as a sweeper, but as an amazing glue, revenge killer, pressure-putter and progress making mon.
all in all, i decided to post this because overlooked threats like mienshao, subdd gyara and lycanrock are really good in today's meta (december 2023). idk if it will change with the new january 2024 drops, but i really hope not because this team is so freaking fun.
no special attackers needed pokepaste (december 2023 meta)
scarf reckless HJK mienshao
life orb 4 atks weavile
life orb 4 atks lycanrock
sub dd tera flying gyara
life orb sd trailblaze rotom-w lure scizor
shuca berry iron treads
this team is really fun as it explores some underdogs in shao, lycanrock and, surprisingly, gyarados (why is that thing RUBL and not UU????) and also was born right after the last metagame updates when iron hands, amoongus and skele left UU and the demon of alolan ninetales dropped down. without skele and amoongus (2 prominent fighting-type walls), i figured out good old and forgotten reckless HJK tera fighting mienshao would be a monster. the team started with him. weavile was added to be the strong knock off that kills sinitscha, slowking, slowbro and other switchins to mienshao.
as i hate making standard teams, i explored lower tiers in the search of hidden gems. that's when lycanrock caught my eye. it is a REALLY good mon right now but NOBODY uses it. psychic fangs to break the newly spammed aurora veil teams and send okidogis to hell. rock typing to check omnipresent tornadus-t. priority accelerock to revenge torn, weavile, scarf thund and sometimes barraskweda. good 110 base speed and access to close combat so that iron treads is NOT a check (it comes into a stone edge and then what? lol). rock typing allows it to check banded h-arcanine's extremespeed (which often obliterates offense). and on top of that, tough claws as ability makes all of its attacks extra strong. really good mon in today's meta. give it a shot. demanded. or better not and let me be the only cool guy around haha.
with shao, weavile and lycan, the team was destroyed by scizor. so what do you do when all your team members lure scizor in? you slap in a scizor abuser: gyarados. sub dd gyara is INCREDIBLE right now. you'll see the replays. sets up on clodsire, gastrodon and slowking, as most of the time all they can do is status it. tera flying is super strong. the only thing that reliably takes on it is rotom-w, so that's why trailblaze scizor was added as it is an eaaaasy lure and also a cool dragon and fairy check the team needed. and lastly, iron treads was slapped because rocks, spin, and because, well, it's freaking treads. shuca berry has proven to be amazing right now with all the protosynthesis lead sandyshocks.
even tho the team started with mienshao as the star, subdd gyara quickly stole the spotlight. lycanrock usually doesn't work as a sweeper, but as an amazing glue, revenge killer, pressure-putter and progress making mon.
sub gyara setting on cress and turning tables around: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020638767
subdd gyara winning turn 1 (battle that got me to 1600): https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020797450
subdd gyara setting vs slowking (idk why opp didnt revenge with weavile): https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020825387
shuca treads and gyara vs standard protosynthesis sandy shocks offense: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2014326603
mienshao pressuring A LOT: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2021258566
shao is cool: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020790314
subdd gyara winning turn 1 (battle that got me to 1600): https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020797450
subdd gyara setting vs slowking (idk why opp didnt revenge with weavile): https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020825387
shuca treads and gyara vs standard protosynthesis sandy shocks offense: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2014326603
mienshao pressuring A LOT: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2021258566
shao is cool: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-2020790314
all in all, i decided to post this because overlooked threats like mienshao, subdd gyara and lycanrock are really good in today's meta (december 2023). idk if it will change with the new january 2024 drops, but i really hope not because this team is so freaking fun.