Sabella
formerly Booty
The Fix
Introduction
Hi guys my name is Sabella somewhat new to competitive scene in OU but today I have an Rmt of a very successful team I used to qualify for Smogons Official Ladder tour. This is part 2 the finale and the original version and the inspiration for njnp anti abr aids rmt. As many of you seeing may know I qualified in cycle 3. Proof can be seen here http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/smogons-official-ladder-tournament-cycle-4-signups-read-post-253.3549512. Enough of that now the team i used 95% of the time was a team build around Medicham-Mega. I find balance to fit with my conservative play style so this team while having an offensive presence still can check many of the big threats the Oras meta has to offer.
The Team
Medicham @ Medichamite
Ability: Pure Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Fake Out
- Zen Headbutt
- Bullet Punch / Thunder Punch
States earlier the focus of this team Mega Medicham. It functions as an amazing wallbreaker in the XY meta but due to Mega Sableye it has lost some shine but I chose to to give it some love. Medicham can 2HKO with a combo of High Jump Kick and Zen Headbutt. Hjk is the main STAB being extremely spammable with no Ghost types on the field. The only drawback is its 90% accracy. Fake Out for chip damage vs offense Zen Headbutt to hit Fairy types and to hit bulky flying types. Bullet Punch for Diance and Weavile to further help vs offense. You can also chose to also run Thunder Punch if u want to hit Slowbro.
Clefable @ Leftovers / Shed Shell
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 166 Def / 90 SpD
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Thunder Wave / Fire blast / Stored Power / Encore
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
Clefable is here to beat bulky teams and switch into Kyurem-B and Mega Sableye. It synergizes well with Medicham because Medicham destroys all bulky steel types giving Clefable a much easier time to set up and win. The set is pretty self explanatory. Calm Mind to boost, Thunder Wave to slow mons down, Moonblast as STAB and Soft-boiled for recovery. Fire Blast to help vs Amoongus on stall. Stored Power to also hit amoongus and bypass unaware users. Shed Shell is there so you cannot be trapped by Gothitelle and you can switch out into Weavile and trap Gothitelle with Pursuit.
Weavile @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Pursuit
Weavile a great mon vs offense but used mainly as a good trapper. Weavile comes in on a lot of the switch Rotom can vs into Lati's and other hazard removers. Weavile is used to pressure hazard removal but also trap Starmie, Gengar and Lati as they outspeed Medicham. Taking out a crucial mon on an opponents can be very helpful. Weavile also beats Lando-T which can switch into Medicham at least once. It also can trap the ever popular Tornadus-T which is good Medicham check. The moveset pretty basic. Ice shard for priority, Icicle Crash as main STAB. Knock Off is the other main STAB, hitting bulky psychics and removing items, and Pursuit to trap the mons I mentioned earlier.
Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic / Whirlwind
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
Fat Bwoi. Checkin Physical attackers for days man. This is my Bisharp, Mega Lopunny and Tyranitar, Talonflame switch in along with other physical attackers. It is a great check all in this meta and is also my fav rock setter as my X league goons say. So Stealth Rock for hazards and to break sash's. EQ as the main stab to hit Bisharp and Lop. Slack Off for recovery, and Toxic to hit passive set up mons like Mega Slowbro. It can help wear down Pokemon like Keldeo and Cresselia. Whirlwind to phaze out set up sweepers. Finally, it can hit Mega gyarados if it tries to set up. Afterwards, Toxic plus Fake Out can wear it down.
Tornadus-Therian @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 144 HP / 112 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Knock Off / Iron Tail
- Heat Wave
My pseudo Keldeo switch in and U-turner creating a little Volt-turn core with Rotom as Torn also forces a decent amount of switches. Torn forces pokemon like Heatran, Rotom, Hippowdon, Tyranitar, Rhyperior, and Zapdos to switch in, letting Medicham can come in on all of these mons and either ohko them or put a serious dent in them. Hurricane to hit fighting types and Keldeo also serving as main stab. U-turn for pivot into Medicham for free kills. Knock off to knock off items on stall and knock off crucial items on balance. Heat wave to hit Scizor so it cannot set up as this team is a bit weak to Mega Scizor. Mega Scizor usually finds itself on balanced teams in which Medicham has a field day so its usually not an issue. Heat Wave also hits Ferrothorn and other bulky steel mons that want to switch in. Iron Tail can be used if running Thunder Punch on Medi to hit Diance on the switch in.
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 240 HP / 176 Def / 92 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
Used as my secondary torn and Talonflame switch in and also the second part of my Volt-turn core. This helps getting Weavile in safely, easing prediction. It also checks Lando-T and Sand Rush Excadrill. Hits flying types with Volt Switch, and Hydro Pump is for bulky grounds. Will-o-wisp to burn set up sweepers and Pain Split to keep it healthy. Also used as my Mega Scizor Check as this team is a bit weak to sd scizor
Conclusion:
This team absolutely demolishes offense and balance but struggles vs full stall with Mega Sableye. It was a very fun team to ladder with as no one is really prepared for Medicham anymore. As part of my conclusion I'd like to give a huge shoutout to njnp for taking this team apart and creating his own spin on and asking to do a joint RMT. Also like to shout him out for giving me so much love in his RMT. I'm going to give some other options this team can run to be just as effective vs offense and balance while also having a much easier time vs stall. I will state this team is the I used primarily to ladder with also I did make some changes as you will see below and did a few on ladder with these changes.
Other Options
Togekiss @ Shed Shell
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 248 HP / 84 Def / 176 Spe
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Air Slash
- Roost
- Heal Bell
If you chose to make any changes you can use Togekiss over Clefable. Serving a very similar function as Clefable as a way to beat mega Sableye and absorbing status just as Clefable does. Shed Shell is to prevent goth trap and pursuit with Weavile as said before. Toge can beat Amoongus easier and flinch its way thru stall while also breaking thru Mega Slowbro too.
Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psychic
- Healing Wish
- Defog
This can used over Tornadus-T as a much better switch in to Keldeo. It also provides hazard support in which the original version didn't have. Hazards weren't a real issue to the team but none the less support is still nice. Medicham and Latias go nicely together as Medicham destroys many of the steel types that like to switch into latios. Draco is there for spam STAB. psychic as other STAB. Defog for hazard support and Healing Wish to get another shot around with Medicham or Toge.
Replays
I will leave some replays to show the team vs various styles
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268785589 vs Tewmew also cycle 3 qualifier congrats
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268777497 vs BKC
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268767379 vs Unamed
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268811395 vs corumba
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-273354361 My friend hingo vs cleaner the rotom washs stall. This is the toge + lati version effectively shitting on stall.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268785589 vs Tewmew also cycle 3 qualifier congrats
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268777497 vs BKC
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268767379 vs Unamed
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-268811395 vs corumba
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-273354361 My friend hingo vs cleaner the rotom washs stall. This is the toge + lati version effectively shitting on stall.
Threats to the Team
Sableye-Mega
Immune to Medicham's STABs, and it's very hard to break full stall core.
Mega Slowbro
One of the true Medicham counters in the game. This team's weak to CM bro.
Keldeo
Not a huge threat but well played Keldeo can be annoying as I don't have a stable switch in. Torn can switch into any move but can but worn down by Scald burns.
Mega Gyarados
While not being a massive threat because of Fake Out and Rotom it has the ability to be a huge threat if setting up vs Hippowdon. If it flinches Clefable I can get full blown swept by this.
Sableye-Mega
Immune to Medicham's STABs, and it's very hard to break full stall core.
Mega Slowbro
One of the true Medicham counters in the game. This team's weak to CM bro.
Keldeo
Not a huge threat but well played Keldeo can be annoying as I don't have a stable switch in. Torn can switch into any move but can but worn down by Scald burns.
Mega Gyarados
While not being a massive threat because of Fake Out and Rotom it has the ability to be a huge threat if setting up vs Hippowdon. If it flinches Clefable I can get full blown swept by this.
Ok Time to end this but not without shouting out all my true mates.
While I'll say I didn't really have any help building this team I did have an amazing group of support behind me while trying to qualify.
Shoutouts go to all my X League bois Air Jak 11, Pk-Kaiser, iwanka, arifeen, ashaury azelea30, iGlack and many more im forgetting for rooting me on the whole time and believing me. I dont think I could have done it without u guys believing in me.
Shoutout to my dudes Freeroamer, scpinion mah main bitch Anttya and the rest of the monotype staff that was rooing me on.
Shoutout to Balto for getting me hyped up whenever i would ladder and shoutout to my man bushtush for my ego boosts all the time XD.
Shoutout to all the BOF homies rooting me on as i was laddering WCAR, Somalia, logic and the rest of you who make me wan to elevate my game everyday.
Please use the team and enjoy it!!
Special shout to njnp again for encouraging me to do this RMT and show everyone where the hype started.
bc hes a bitch I LOVE YOU ASHAURY
BIG Ass shoutout to my wdff bois Fortune, Geotal, Based God Josh, Cnorth, MattyBrollic, and Laxuy. Thanks for the support guys
Special Shout to Anttya for editting and making this look amazing
Shout out to blackbloodz for being fucking awful =)
Shoutout to my dudes Freeroamer, scpinion mah main bitch Anttya and the rest of the monotype staff that was rooing me on.
Shoutout to Balto for getting me hyped up whenever i would ladder and shoutout to my man bushtush for my ego boosts all the time XD.
Shoutout to all the BOF homies rooting me on as i was laddering WCAR, Somalia, logic and the rest of you who make me wan to elevate my game everyday.
Please use the team and enjoy it!!
Special shout to njnp again for encouraging me to do this RMT and show everyone where the hype started.
bc hes a bitch I LOVE YOU ASHAURY
BIG Ass shoutout to my wdff bois Fortune, Geotal, Based God Josh, Cnorth, MattyBrollic, and Laxuy. Thanks for the support guys
Special Shout to Anttya for editting and making this look amazing
Shout out to blackbloodz for being fucking awful =)
Importable
http://hastebin.com/alekanuqec.md - Original Team
http://hastebin.com/jucogukebo.md - Togekiss and Latias
http://hastebin.com/jucogukebo.md - Togekiss and Latias
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