Helloooooo R0ady back again :) So over the past month or so ive done nothing but try to get better at UU (and id like to think ive made good progress :p) but with the ladder reset i figured id go back to some other tiers. Now i realize NU is pretty unbalanced at the moment with the megas running around,however this team fairs incredibly well against the broken meta, even tho its basically an x and y nu team.
Cuddles (rhydon)@Eviolite
rock head
252 speed 252 attack 4 hp adamant
-stone edge
-earthquake
-rock polish
-swords dance
After using double dance rhydon, it immediately became my favorite nu pokemon to use. 70% of my games end with this thing sweeping, and although i normally don't like double dancers, this thing is just dso goddamn bulky with eviolite it finds no issue setting up. it hits 358, out speeding up to 112 jolly/timid pokes, which is very fast in the nu tier, especially with something like archeops flying around. After an sd its attack hits 788, so not much can take this on, especially when it has perfect egdequake coverage. I could run rock blast over edge, however i lose out on a ton of power and im not to sure about it.
Ornament (cryagonal) Life Orb
levitate
252 speed 252 special attack 4 special defense timid
-ice beam
-freeze dry
-hp fire
-rapid spin
So ive always used cryagonal wrong, thinking it was a special defensive wall, however this thing is incredible offensivly in nu. It acts as my spinner, and seismatoad switch in, which gives this team problems. Ice beam for a strong stab, and freeze dry to hit water types. hp fie to get rid of steel types that would normally wall this. Although it only has base 95 special attack, it gets a lot of unexpected ohkos on things that im thankful for, and not to mention it has an amazing speed stat of 105.
High three (Hariyama) @assault vest
thick fat
252 hp 252 attack 4 special defense adamant
-close combat
-knock off
-ice punch
-bullet punch
so next i needed an answer to strong special attackers, so av came to mind. and possibly the best user of this is hariyama. Although close combat is pretty counter productive with av, its yamas best stab it has to work with unfortunatly. Knock off to nail psychic types who wanna switch into it, such as uxie and mesprit. Bullet punch is there because other wisse this team has zero priority. And ice punch is to hit things like the now very common dragalge. Thick fat makes fire types less likely to spam there stabs (lookin at you typhlosion)
LightBright (lanturn) Choice Specs
volt absorb
252 special attack 252 hp 4 defense modest
-volt switch
-hydro pump
-thunderbolt
-ice beam
Specs lanturn seemed kinda weird to me at first, with its meh special attack stat, but acces to strong stab and momentum makes up for it imo. This thing is seismatoads bitch unfortunatly, as ice beam doesnt do very much, but the main thing ill be spamming other wise is volt switch. Not to mention this thing is really fat, making up for its low speed.Hydro pump over scald because this thing needs to hit as hard as possible all the time Thunder bolt for that mid range spam stab. ice beam for those pesky grass types that think they can easily switch in.
Sleeper (uxie) Leftovers
levitate
252 hp 252 special defense 4 special attack
-thunder wave
-psyshock
-stealth rock
-u-turn
So im still not sure if having this specially defensive or physically helps me more. im thinking of changing it to defensive because this team already has a ton of special bulk. Any way if you havent realized it yet this team is pretty slow, so having t wave support is a god send. Rocks because every team needs rocks, too punish switches and what not. psyshock just for an attack, and makes poison types like garbodar and weezing less likely to stay in.Finally u-turn, because thats like required on everything that learns it lol. Uxie is a good pivot so i find myself switching into it alot.
Icanfly (golurk) @assault vest
iron fist
252 attack 252 hp 4 special defense
-shadow punch
-earthquake
-drain punch
-stone edge
So this is a mon im not too sure about keeping. In some situations its essential but most of the time its dead weight. Powerful eqs are nice but i have rhydon for that, and the special bulk is nice but i have yama for that. Any way shadow punch is just for a strong boosted stab that destroys other ghosts. Edge quake to punish the flying types that wanna come in on this, and drain punch to get hp back. fairly straight forward mon, strong, but replaceable i feel.
Threatlist
Seismatoad: like i stated earlier dont have any switch ins outside of cryagonal and uxie, but uxie cant do shit back.
zagoose: 2hkos everything on my team, i can sack then go into rhydon to eat up a close combat and kill it
swellow: less threatening than goose but once dons dead it can sweep me
Every mega in the fucking tier: because whos team dont they threaten
Anyway thank you for checking out my rmt :) please leave suggestions for me!
Importable:
Golurk @ Assault Vest
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Shadow Punch
- Stone Edge
- Drain Punch
Rhydon @ Eviolite
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Lanturn @ Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
Cryogonal @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Rapid Spin
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Hariyama @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Bullet Punch
- Knock Off
- Ice Punch
Uxie @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Gentle Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Psyshock
- U-turn
Cuddles (rhydon)@Eviolite
rock head
252 speed 252 attack 4 hp adamant
-stone edge
-earthquake
-rock polish
-swords dance
After using double dance rhydon, it immediately became my favorite nu pokemon to use. 70% of my games end with this thing sweeping, and although i normally don't like double dancers, this thing is just dso goddamn bulky with eviolite it finds no issue setting up. it hits 358, out speeding up to 112 jolly/timid pokes, which is very fast in the nu tier, especially with something like archeops flying around. After an sd its attack hits 788, so not much can take this on, especially when it has perfect egdequake coverage. I could run rock blast over edge, however i lose out on a ton of power and im not to sure about it.
Ornament (cryagonal) Life Orb
levitate
252 speed 252 special attack 4 special defense timid
-ice beam
-freeze dry
-hp fire
-rapid spin
So ive always used cryagonal wrong, thinking it was a special defensive wall, however this thing is incredible offensivly in nu. It acts as my spinner, and seismatoad switch in, which gives this team problems. Ice beam for a strong stab, and freeze dry to hit water types. hp fie to get rid of steel types that would normally wall this. Although it only has base 95 special attack, it gets a lot of unexpected ohkos on things that im thankful for, and not to mention it has an amazing speed stat of 105.
High three (Hariyama) @assault vest
thick fat
252 hp 252 attack 4 special defense adamant
-close combat
-knock off
-ice punch
-bullet punch
so next i needed an answer to strong special attackers, so av came to mind. and possibly the best user of this is hariyama. Although close combat is pretty counter productive with av, its yamas best stab it has to work with unfortunatly. Knock off to nail psychic types who wanna switch into it, such as uxie and mesprit. Bullet punch is there because other wisse this team has zero priority. And ice punch is to hit things like the now very common dragalge. Thick fat makes fire types less likely to spam there stabs (lookin at you typhlosion)
LightBright (lanturn) Choice Specs
volt absorb
252 special attack 252 hp 4 defense modest
-volt switch
-hydro pump
-thunderbolt
-ice beam
Specs lanturn seemed kinda weird to me at first, with its meh special attack stat, but acces to strong stab and momentum makes up for it imo. This thing is seismatoads bitch unfortunatly, as ice beam doesnt do very much, but the main thing ill be spamming other wise is volt switch. Not to mention this thing is really fat, making up for its low speed.Hydro pump over scald because this thing needs to hit as hard as possible all the time Thunder bolt for that mid range spam stab. ice beam for those pesky grass types that think they can easily switch in.
Sleeper (uxie) Leftovers
levitate
252 hp 252 special defense 4 special attack
-thunder wave
-psyshock
-stealth rock
-u-turn
So im still not sure if having this specially defensive or physically helps me more. im thinking of changing it to defensive because this team already has a ton of special bulk. Any way if you havent realized it yet this team is pretty slow, so having t wave support is a god send. Rocks because every team needs rocks, too punish switches and what not. psyshock just for an attack, and makes poison types like garbodar and weezing less likely to stay in.Finally u-turn, because thats like required on everything that learns it lol. Uxie is a good pivot so i find myself switching into it alot.
Icanfly (golurk) @assault vest
iron fist
252 attack 252 hp 4 special defense
-shadow punch
-earthquake
-drain punch
-stone edge
So this is a mon im not too sure about keeping. In some situations its essential but most of the time its dead weight. Powerful eqs are nice but i have rhydon for that, and the special bulk is nice but i have yama for that. Any way shadow punch is just for a strong boosted stab that destroys other ghosts. Edge quake to punish the flying types that wanna come in on this, and drain punch to get hp back. fairly straight forward mon, strong, but replaceable i feel.
Threatlist
Seismatoad: like i stated earlier dont have any switch ins outside of cryagonal and uxie, but uxie cant do shit back.
zagoose: 2hkos everything on my team, i can sack then go into rhydon to eat up a close combat and kill it
swellow: less threatening than goose but once dons dead it can sweep me
Every mega in the fucking tier: because whos team dont they threaten
Anyway thank you for checking out my rmt :) please leave suggestions for me!
Importable:
Golurk @ Assault Vest
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Shadow Punch
- Stone Edge
- Drain Punch
Rhydon @ Eviolite
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Lanturn @ Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
Cryogonal @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Rapid Spin
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Hariyama @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Bullet Punch
- Knock Off
- Ice Punch
Uxie @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Gentle Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Psyshock
- U-turn
