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Project SV OU Teambuilding Competition (Indigo Disk Edition) (Week 21: Iron Hands)

Week 19: OU’s Greatest Hit

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By popular demand(bribery from anonymous sources), Great Tusk is our next Mon of the Week. A staple of the OU meta since launch, this funny elephant has a massive trusk fund to burn his money on. So get your record players spinning and teambuilding skills ready because this week is practically a free-for-all. You all know what this silly guy does, so I expect good teams.

Deadline: Treat it like the deadline is on June 8th, but until we say it’s over, you can still submit.
 
General Info + PokePaste
A team I made in a fugue state the past week, basically the highlight isn't on Tusk (although we can't play without him in this team cause he's a reliable fellow), but scarf Revavroom. Yes, scarf Rev. Basically I was experimenting on a fast parting shot 'mon and figured he'd fit on a team that has bulky 'mons and made use of the fact that he can kill fairies like no other 'mon could... not Tink though but it'd be funny to give her scarf. Not scarf Enamorus either. Man, this thing is kind of bad at its job lmao.

https://pokepast.es/817d86b2e5a37919
:alomomola: :tornadus-therian: :revavroom: :tyranitar: :great-tusk: :iron-valiant:

Team Info
:alomomola: :tornadus-therian: :revavroom:
The pivot trio, jolly scarf Rev outspeeds Pult who's commonly running mixed but can go either extremes so he can help scout the set through a parting shot into either Mola, Torn or even Ttar to soften the blow even on incorrect guesses. standard wishpass Mola set for the heal support and standard av Torn set for his special bulk and access to a faster pivot which helps against Wogers.

:tyranitar: :great-tusk:
Hazard pair, Ttar uses the standard defensive set. he also provides a way to making things pretty annoying with the sand chip on top of the rocks damage. Tusk is on an offensive utility set with close combat because we can very much afford it with two knock off users in Ttar+Torn.

:iron-valiant:
Specs Valiant, can mindlessly click moves and defer to the rest of the team for a little trolling of the regen+wish shuffling variety.

Replay
No mid or high-level replays cause playing with a heavily modified gas guzzling engine takes your ELO from mid 1400s to 1000s real quick and I'm still very much a newbie but for everyone's entertainment here's two highlight replays
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2398507761-e4ydna9o7hlcgo9gg6430yojflwa15tpw vs LO Pult Webs HO
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2400371197-lj474biv041s2a3pfs4pmbxec73hmm7pw vs possibly Scarf Hoopa-U Bulky Offense, I think? I wouldn't know cause Rev made light work of the genie
 
Thanks to everybody who submitted

It's voting time
mcribs said:
https://pokepast.es/40c8d792e629539d

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This team is pretty old. like, 2024 old. but it can prob still work here with some changes.
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was here for spinning and beating the shit out of some
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with CC. Rocks
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was horrible enough for me to use
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, so i just made tusk super strong and super scary. Its a colorful cast of goobers here

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2250019011-2z6ax31mdnm2rrvu86sg8ribug4oyz0pw
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HydreigonTheChild said:
https://pokepast.es/4709f9e5f14bc759

This team is interesting and it uses tusk with spike stack, I feel tusk is a great abuser of hazards and with knock can slam a lot of fat teams who rely on boots and with darkrai, pecha, wellspring i think the MU vs offense is ok and in addition ting lu is quite god at covering great tusk lack of defense investment

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2397680843-ljx03yqqprfnilp5hamt0vbwc3wg6sbpw
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YaVR_1 said:
https://pokepast.es/f242c7175c0a2332
Don't build sv much but decided to try my hand at it. Tusk spins and checks kgb. Tink is there to check most krai variants. Hsam + tink form the teams hstack core with pecha acting as spin blocker. Dnite was added to act as teams fire-water resistance and breaker. Crown provides immediate damage with specs
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t.t said:
https://pokepast.es/eac60bac7d288050
:latios::Ogerpon-Wellspring::Darkrai::Great Tusk::Iron Crown::Kingambit:

Made this a while back for OU SSNL, it did really well got to top 16
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2361762327-9asnnekjwx8e8ypmj1qncjh8b6fg5uqpw?p2
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NietzTheBlitz said:
General Info + PokePaste
A team I made in a fugue state the past week, basically the highlight isn't on Tusk (although we can't play without him in this team cause he's a reliable fellow), but scarf Revavroom. Yes, scarf Rev. Basically I was experimenting on a fast parting shot 'mon and figured he'd fit on a team that has bulky 'mons and made use of the fact that he can kill fairies like no other 'mon could... not Tink though but it'd be funny to give her scarf. Not scarf Enamorus either. Man, this thing is kind of bad at its job lmao.

https://pokepast.es/817d86b2e5a37919
:alomomola: :tornadus-therian: :revavroom: :tyranitar: :great-tusk: :iron-valiant:

Team Info
:alomomola: :tornadus-therian: :revavroom:
The pivot trio, jolly scarf Rev outspeeds Pult who's commonly running mixed but can go either extremes so he can help scout the set through a parting shot into either Mola, Torn or even Ttar to soften the blow even on incorrect guesses. standard wishpass Mola set for the heal support and standard av Torn set for his special bulk and access to a faster pivot which helps against Wogers.

:tyranitar: :great-tusk:
Hazard pair, Ttar uses the standard defensive set. he also provides a way to making things pretty annoying with the sand chip on top of the rocks damage. Tusk is on an offensive utility set with close combat because we can very much afford it with two knock off users in Ttar+Torn.

:iron-valiant:
Specs Valiant, can mindlessly click moves and defer to the rest of the team for a little trolling of the regen+wish shuffling variety.

Replay
No mid or high-level replays cause playing with a heavily modified gas guzzling engine takes your ELO from mid 1400s to 1000s real quick and I'm still very much a newbie but for everyone's entertainment here's two highlight replays
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2398507761-e4ydna9o7hlcgo9gg6430yojflwa15tpw vs LO Pult Webs HO
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2400371197-lj474biv041s2a3pfs4pmbxec73hmm7pw vs possibly Scarf Hoopa-U Bulky Offense, I think? I wouldn't know cause Rev made light work of the genie
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Week 20: The genie of the winds
:sv/tornadus therian:

Tornadus therian has seen an explosion of usage in tournaments recently, standing out as a top tier defensive pokemon that can be very annoying to switch into (when its moves hit ofc). Standard boots pivot sets are its bread and butter, with its ability to use knock off against switch-ins such as glowking, and then pivoting out with u-turn. Its not the bulkiest pokemon in the world, but it can usually stomach a few hits and respond offensively. Assault vest sets have been a thing since XY, being able to easily take special hits and respond with their own pressure. They do have a crippling weakness to Stealth Rocks, but with hazard support, this set can shine. Finally, Nasty Plot sets with Life Orb have popped up recently, with its ability to destroy typical balance cores by using coverage such as Grass Knot to hit Pokemon such as Ting Lu extremely hard. How wil you build around this inconsistent wind genie?
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Deadline is July 28 2025 (which means you have one week to build).
Good luck builders
 
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https://pokepast.es/44038b552b517a41
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An old variation of a team that im planning for the future.
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is here specifically for its blend of speed utility and pivoting. i decided outspeeding
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was good enough given that it also outspeeds stuff like
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. taunt was nice here for
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, so theres less pressure for
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to spin as much.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2406338024-9r3g4379nhvyo0amoxxphyuf1pppsbbpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2406339068-4xtfkrj2ltmf015ew7u61l3x4hreicdpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2406405311-wee6v6edmhu61b5u7460m1rf4tsjl72pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2392475440-1tutj98nbjtspvasd4g42x2l2k5hsjjpw
 
Voting time
mcribs said:
https://pokepast.es/44038b552b517a41
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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2406338024-9r3g4379nhvyo0amoxxphyuf1pppsbbpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2406339068-4xtfkrj2ltmf015ew7u61l3x4hreicdpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2406405311-wee6v6edmhu61b5u7460m1rf4tsjl72pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2392475440-1tutj98nbjtspvasd4g42x2l2k5hsjjpw
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GOATED im_m0rtal. said:
https://pokepast.es/c15908317dbb1400
:iron-hands: :tornadus-therian: :hoopa-unbound: :alomomola: :pecharunt: :iron-treads:
Band Hands, whats not to like?
Paired band hands + hoopa for the ultimate breaking core. Provided alomomola wish to these bulky guys to make sure they stick around. Treads is my utility mon of choice and pech is our bulky guy for offensive threats like ogerpon zama dnite etc.
I chose torn here for its speed and pivot, you can go an AV set too

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2419453056-29b32ue98dk2x2u0xc0x5vp51mx4eqvpw
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Heatranator said:
https://pokepast.es/2aaea0416ec7d9cb
:iron valiant: :landorus therian: :goodra hisui: :tornadus therian: :rotom wash: :rillaboom:

Decent BO team I've made in the past. T-wave i-val is great at enabling slower breakers such as SD rilla and hoodra. Rest of the team is centered around pivoting to said threats, with torn acting as decent speed control that can help defensively
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Week 21: The electric athlete
:sv/iron hands:

Insert slow joke here that relates to this thread.
Iron Hands is certainly interesting, while it certainly has amazing stats and a great offensive and defensive type combo, it sadly doesn't always live up to those expectations. With the unremarkable wild charge and typically relying on drain punch to keep itself healthy, iron hands doesn't always hit as hard as its 140 base attack suggests. However if there is one thing iron hands is amazing at, its trading. OHKO'ing Iron Hands is exceedingly difficult, as even strong super effective attacks such as great tusks headlong rush and primarina's moonblast don't OHKO it, so it will most likely be hitting them back for massive damage. Its type combo also means it can completely wall kingambit, besides the occasional tera blast fairy variant. Iron Hands has a decent amount of variety, SD sets with any of booster energy, lum berry or shuca berry are the standouts, but Assault Vest, CB, Rest talk, Custap Berry etc can all be used if supported well. How will you bring out the best in this robotic sumo wrestler?
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Deadline is 13th October 2025.
Good luck builders
 
This is where we out all the Swifties right?


:Hatterene::iron-hands::cresselia::ursaluna::tsareena::ting-lu:
(Click on the sprites for the paste!)

Folklore is a Trick Room team that plays very differently from standard Trick Room to accommodate Trick Room's biggest limitation. Trick Room itself only has five turns to operate including setup. It's not a lot of time. Instead of breaking teams with brute force, it focuses on maximizing the limited time under Trick Room with some creative pivots. Iron Hands is an Assault Vest pivot on this team primarily to handle Kyurem. The EV spread is for underspeeding Ting-Lu but outspeeding Alomomola to attack before Scald has a chance to ruin things. The setters are focused on bulk, hazards, and setup prevention. Hatterene is huge for deterring hazards with Magic Bounce on Turn 1. Cresselia partners with it to provide additional bulk and healing. Choice Scarf Tsareena looks really strange on paper, but it has just enough speed to handle Ogerpon-W and Queenly Majesty gives it the best option out there to handle Kingambit end games, and Kingambit is the major reason why Trick Room doesn't work well in OU in the first place. Ting-Lu earned the last slot for setting up hazards and absorbing hits from Raging Bolt and Gholdengo that the rest of the team struggles to handle.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2349898600-02vefsnfvb4ha7keli279i6ktaertmtpw?p2 (We outed a Swiftie here)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2349876348-uoqca3ob2rcoynroe5fqkq5mt0wr311pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2349869823-lfe3upe4n4l9t700e3osvra0pw474nlpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2349867305?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2410309725
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2416507604

You put it on and said it was your favorite.
 
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Iron Hands Custap Spam HO
:iron hands: :tornadus therian: :ting lu: :hatterene: :iron moth: :ogerpon wellspring:

Had a lot of fun with this team. The main idea around custap hands is that you can live absurd hits such as tusk headlong or primarinas moonblast from full, and then once they send in a revenge killer, you get the custap proc and bully the hell out of the revenge killer, which can be very nice to soften up defensive cores. NP torn can help against fatter structures that can somewhat deal with hands, while helping against the many grounds that iron hands may struggle with. Ting Lu is the main hazard setter and can generally trade well. Hatterene can help keep off hazards and also be another custap user to get surprise ko's while supporting the team with healing wish and nuzzle. Iron moth is the main mon against offense, with whirlwind to help chip switchins such as ting lu constantly. Finally, waterpon can help break down defensive cores pretty easily, which is always appreciated.
 
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