Heavily Aggressive DW OU

[SteelRocks]

This is the team i've been working on for a few weeks, i've been enjoying a great deal of success with it, but there is still something missing. I'm not sure what it is yet, but when it doesn't clean sweep through every opposing team member, I am left a quivering wreck in puzzlement at my crushing defeat. But without further ado, i'll jump right into it.​

Metagross
Gyarados
Volcarona
Starmie
Electivire
Gengar​

Metagross @ Focus Sash
Clear Body
Adamant (+Attack - Special Attack)
252 Hit Points / 252 Attack / 4 defense
Stealth Rocks
Meteor Mash
Explosion *EDIT* Earthquake is now being used over Explosion.
Bullet Punch​

This doesn't need too much explanation on what it is; its my Lead. Its intention is to set up stealth rocks straight away; then explode to kill the opposing lead, or at the least; leave a pretty nasty dent. This does not always go down so smoothly, however. If the opposing lead is a taunter, i have one of two options. My first is to explode straight out. This would kill or dent any opposing leads, and not sacrifice a wasted turn to a lost cause. My second option is to use a meteor mash. The focus sash on metagross allows it to use a meteor mash flawlessly, without having to worry about being killed before i have a chance to use it. After this round has completed, i will know if my metagross is faster than their lead or not. More often than not, it isn't, but you never know. If it is faster (and the opponent hasn't had any kind of speed boost in the first round) I will explode and move to the next match up. If it isn't faster, i will bullet punch. I will only Bullet Punch / Explode when i fear the next attack will kill it. Until then, i'll meteor mash and hope for a speed boost. If the opposing pokemon is steel, i'll more than likely switch to Volcarona with a Heat Wave. If a pokemon is ground, but is a mix groud like Quagsire or Swampert, the same System applies. If not, enter: Gyarados.​

Gyarados @ Leftovers
Moxie
Jolly
4 Hit points / 252 Attack / 252 speed /
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Earthquake
Stone edge​

Gyarados has two main purposes in this team. The First is to be on of my Set - Up - Sweepers. After two Dragon Dance's it can outspeed anything that has not HEAVILY invested in speed, and can at least 2HKO a lot of pokes. Waterfall is there to be my physical STAB. Earthquake is there to deal with annoying electric and steel types for a OHKO and Stone edge deals with Flying types and opposing Gyarados's. Leftovers is to recover any minimal damage i might get from ferrothorn's sticky barb's etc. Also, if i want to Dragon Dance again later, i can recover any little damage i may have taken from Sucker Punch's / Extremespeed's etc. The other use for Gyarados is lead synergy. It can take the fire attacks that Metagross can't, and it completely avoids the ground attacks that would seriously maim him. Switching in onto a Fire / Ground type provides another bonus, in the form of a free Dragon Dance. Most will run in fear of a STAB Waterfall from the Pseudo-Dragon wrecking ball that is Gyarados, meaning I can get a Dragon Dance when they switch, and Seriously Maim anything on the end of a +1 STAB Waterfall. And if they don't pose an instant threat (unlikely, but it HAS happened) then I can get a +2 on speed and attack. Time for a Gyarados Sweep. Another good time to switch Gyarados in is when there are no pokemon, for instance when Gengar has Destiny bonded, or Metagross has done a late-game Explosion. It may not seem it, but this thing can work wonders, even in late game. I have, on two sepreate occasions, managed to get a +7 due to the opponent repeatedly *attempting* to Sucker Punch me, all the while Dancing and eating Leftoverss.​

Volcarona @ Leftovers
Flame Body
Timid
4 Hit Points / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Quiver Dance
Fiery Dance
Bug Buzz
Hidden Power [Grass]​

Volcarona is my second Set - Up - Sweeper. It is a special sweeper, rather than a physical Sweeper like Gyarados, but is harder to set up. Its obvious weakness to Stealth Rocks and Spikes means it is better to get this Puppy (Puppy? :S) out early in the game, or after starmie has cleared the field. If there are no Entry Hazards on the field i will switch to Volcarona after Metagross's Explosion, if there are, I swill switch to starmie. I will rarely switch in when there is minimal health remaining on an enemy opponent. Reason being - when a poke is close to death, it won't bother setting up etc, it will only worry about firing off as much damage as possible - which is not good for Volcarona. The only exceptions to this are walls and stallers. If it is a physical wall, i'll send out Volarona. If it is a Special wall - I'll send Gyarados. Unless i can get a quick kill, i will always Quiver Dance to raise my Stats. If I have sent Volcarona out against a steel type, in the place of Metagross, i will Fiery Dance straight away. I chose Fiery Dance is my main STAB attack. It has good accuracy and power, and has a chance to increase my special attack. Bug Buzz is my other STAB. It deals with those horrible Dark / Psychic types. For instance Reuinclus. Although Reuniclus is a special wall, a +2 STAB super effective attack will still deal life threatening damage. And last, but by no means least, Hidden power Grass. This deals with annoying Rock / Water / Ground types that threaten my Beautiful Bug. Volcarona has the same strength to Sucker Punch that Gyarados has.​

Starmie @ Life Orb
Natural Cure
Timid
4 Hit Points / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Rapid Spin
Hydro Pump
Thunder
Blizzard​

Starmie is my Prized Possession. She is my rapid spinner, but most of all, she has the ability to some of the opponents team, and hit most things for 2HKO. Her amazing speed allows her to almost guarantee a Rapid Spin on an unsuspecting Victim. Her 'BoltBeam' coverage combined with a STAB Hydro Pump and a Life Orb makes her a force to be reckoned with on any team. I know that the accuracy is a bit 'iffy' but she can always attack again, her main priority, after all, isn't to destroy, its to spin. But she still does a fine job with both. I won't switch her in on anything that has a bug move, as her defenses leave much to be desired so she often goes down in one hit, due to the Psychic typing gving her a weakness to Bug / Dark moves. If i have already used Rapid Spin, and the opponent switches into a Bug, or a Poke that can use a Bug move, I will switch to Volcarona or Gyarados, if someone switches into somoething for an Electric attack, I will switch to Electivire for Motor Drive. Blizzard is good because it hits 100% in the Hail, and Thunder does the same in the Rain.​

Electivire @ Life Orb *EDIT* Electivire is now Holding an Air Balloon
Motor Drive
Jolly
4 Hit Points / 252 Attack / 252 Speed
Thunder Punch
Fire Punch
Ice Punch *EDIT* Wild Charge is now being used over Thunder Punch.
Cross Chop​

Electivire is one of the Sets that I am most proud of. His amazing type coverage allows him to hit EVERYTHING for supereffective or neutral. If Fire, Ice AND Fighting are all not very effective, his STAB Thunder Punch will do a lot of damage, especially with the life orb. Motor Drive is essential for blocking Electric attacks aimed at Gyarados and Starmie. It allows Electivire to boost his Average speed, and then has the ability to use his deadly Type Coverage to sweep through opposing Team Members like butter. Any ground attacks aimed at Electivire would be redirected to Gyarados. Electivire also acts as a sort of revenge killer. I know that sounds silly, but against opposing sweepers that are unboosted in speed, he can be a menace. Especially seeing as he has fery few weaknesses, and decent natural bulk. He can also focus as a wallbreaker, and is very able at destroying enemy Tanks.​

Gengar @ Life Orb
Levitate
Timid
4 hit Points / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Shadow Ball
Destiny Bond
Focus Blast
Energy Ball​

And last, but by no means least, my Gengar. Gengar is fast enough to be an amazing unscarfed revenge killer, wth good type coverage and a STAB Shadow Ball. His Focus Blast can hit enemies like Heatran or Umbreon (I do see a surprising amount of Umbreons) for super effective damage, whilst being able to fend off Bulky water types like Jellicent or swampert for supereffective damage. And when Gengar's Life Orb Run's him out, or he doesn't have a 'fitting' move to use against an enemy Pokemon, his bad defenses and amazing speed come to the rescue, allowing him to use destiny bond the take the foe down with him, and create an empty field for either Volcarona or Gyarados to come in to play.​

P.P.S: I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so if you spot any grammatical errors etc please feel free to correct me in your reply!​

Offensive Threat List

Aerodactyl -
Metagross:Meteor Mash
Metagross:Bullet Punch
Starmie:Hydro Pump
Electivire:Wild Charge
Gyarados:Waterfall

Archeops -
See Aerodactyl

Azelf -
Volcarona:Bug buzz
Gengar:Shadow Ball

Bisharp -
Electivire:Cross Chop
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Gengar:Focus Blast

Breloom -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch
Starmie:Blizzard

Chandelure -
Gyarados:Waterfall
Starmie:Hydro Pump

Cobalion -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar:Focus Blast
Gyarados:Earthquake
Metagross:Earthquake

Conkeldurr -
Gengar:Destiny Bond (Need more Counters?)

Darmanitan -
Starmie:Hydro Pump
Gyarados:Waterfall
Gyarados:Earthquake
Gyarados:Stone Edge

Deoxys-S -
Volcarona:Bug Buzz
Gengar:Shadow Ball
Gengar:Destiny Bond

Dragonite -
Starmie:Blizzard
Electivire:Wild Charge
Electivire:Ice Punch
Gyarados:Stone Edge

Druddigon -
Starmie:Blizzard
Electivire:Ice Punch
Metagross:Meteor Mash
Metagross:Bullet Punch

Eelektross -
Metagross:Earthquake
If Gyarados is +1 or more:Earthquake
If not, switch to Gyarados to Electivire:Cross Chop

Electivire -
Metagross:Earthquake
Gyarados:Earthquake
Gyarados switch to Electivire:Cross Chop

Emboar -
Gyarados:Earthquake
Stamire:Hydro Pump

Empoleon -
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar:Focus Blast

Espeon -
Volcarona:Bug Buzz
Gengar:Shadow Ball
Gengar:Destiny Bond

Escavalier -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch

Excadrill -
Starmie:Hydro Pump
Gyarados:Waterfall
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar: Focus Blast

Genesect -
See Escavelier

Gengar -
Gengar:Destiny Bond
Gengar:Shadow Ball
Volcarona:Quiver Dance
Volcarona: Fiery Dance

Golurk -
Gyarados:Waterfall
Starmie:HydroPump

Gyarados -
Starmie:Thunder
Electivire:Wild Charge

Haxorus -
Starmie:Blizzard
Electivire:Ice Punch

Heatran -
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar:Focus Blast

Heracross -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Puch

Hydreigon -
Starmie:Blizzard
Electivire: Ice Punch

Infernape -
Gyarados:Waterfall
Starmie:Hydro Pump

Jirachi -
Metagross:Earthquake
Gyarados:Earthquake
Volcarona:Fiery Dance

Jolteon -
GyaradosCross Chop
Metagross:Earthquake

Keldeo -
Electivire:Wild Charge
Starmie:Thunder

Kingdra -
See Keldeo

Krookodile -
Starmie:Hydro Pump
Electivire:Ice Punch
Gyarados:Waterfall

Kyurem -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch

Landorus -
Starmie:Blizzard
Electivire:Ice Punch

Latios -
See Landorus

Lilligant -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Starmie:Blizzard

Lucario -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar:Focus Blast

Machamp -
Gengar:Destiny Bond (Need more Counters?)

Magnezone -
Metagross:Earthquake
Volcarona:Fiery Dance

Mamoswine -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch

Meloetta-S -
Gengar:Shadow Ball
Volcarona:Bug Buzz

Meloetta-V -
Gengar:Destiny Bond

Metagross -
Electivire:Fire Punch
Gyarados:Earthquake

Mienshao -
Metagross:Meteor Mash
Gengar:Destiny Bond

Reuniclus -
Gengar:Shadow Ball
Gengar:Destiny Bond
Volcarona:Bug Buzz

Roserade -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch
Starmie:Blizzard

Salamence -
Starmie:Blizzard
Electivire:Ice Punch

Sawsbuck -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Starmie:Blizzard

Scizor -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Electivire:Fire Punch

Scrafty -
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar:Focus Blast

Seismitoad -
Gengar:Energy Ball
Electivire:Cross Chop

Serperior -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Starmie:Blizzard

Shaymin -
See Serperior

Sigilyph -
Gengar:Shadow Ball
Anything Else:STAB

Smeargle -
Electivire:Cross Chop
Gengar:Focus Blast

Starmie -
Starmie:Thunder
Electivire:Wild Charge

Terakion -
Gyarados:Waterfall
Starmie:Hydro Pump

Thundurus -
Starmie:Blizzard
GyaradosIce Punch

Togekiss -
Gyarados:Stone Edge
Starmie:Thunder
Electivire:Wild Charge

Tornadus -
See Togekiss

Tyranitar -
Gyarados:Waterfall
Starmie:Hydro Pump

Venusaur -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Starmie:Blizzard

Victini -
GyaradosCross Chop
Metagross:Earthuake

Virizion -
Volcarona:Fiery Dance
Starmie:Blizzard

Volcarona
-Gyarados:Waterfall
Starmie:Hydro Pump
Gengar:Destiny Bond

Weavile -
Metagross:Meteor Mash
Metagross:Bullet Punch
Volcarona:Fiery Dance

Zoroark -
Well i'm not Gonna know it's a Zoroark -_-"

 

[Baller_King_SAZ]

Swap Explosion out for EQ on Metagross as Explosion is terrible this gen. Possibly swap Thunder Punch for Wild Bolt on Vire.


P.S. You spelt down wrong in the second to last line of your Gengar analysis.

 

[SteelRocks]

Swap Explosion out for EQ on Metagross as Explosion is terrible this gen. Possibly swap Thunder Punch for Wild Bolt on Vire.


P.S. You spelt down wrong in the second to last line of your Gengar analysis.

I'll change them and see how i works. And cheers.

 

[Rikkardo]

I'm assuming the above is your threat list? If so, there's a problem with the Eelektross entry: It's ability, Levitate, means you're not gonna be taking it down with EQ unless you're a haxorus =) Also Hydregion is weak to Electivre's Cross Chop, and there are ways to see through Zoroark's illusion (Not necessarily on your team, however remember it won't have the ability of the poke it's copying; Sounds obvious, but sometimes I've fooled friends by a non-intimidate salamence etc)
Ignore my previous comment about Jolteon if you read it; I see what you meant... Also worth noting, If you can avoid the Earthquake, Tyranitar's got a 4x weakness to Cross Chop

 

[SteelRocks]

I'm assuming the above is your threat list? If so, there's a problem with the Eelektross entry: It's ability, Levitate, means you're not gonna be taking it down with EQ unless you're a haxorus =) Also Hydregion is weak to Electivre's Cross Chop, and there are ways to see through Zoroark's illusion (Not necessarily on your team, however remember it won't have the ability of the poke it's copying; Sounds obvious, but sometimes I've fooled friends by a non-intimidate salamence etc)
Also, Jolteon reads: Gyarados:Electivre: Cross chop- I'm assuming that should be Gyarados: Earthquake Electivre: Cross chop?

Thank's for the Elektross and Zoroark heads up. And on the Jolteon, i mean that Gyarados draws an electric attack for Electivire to absorb.

 

[Rikkardo]

Thank's for the Elektross and Zoroark heads up. And on the Jolteon, i mean that Gyarados draws an electric attack for Electivire to absorb.

You're welcome; It's nice to see some fresh pokemon out there for a change, not just a team dominated by Lati@s/ Hydregion, Scizor etc... ^.^ I'm trying to finish RNGing a team with some unusual pokemon too... Sawsbuck will be fun to try =D

Hmm... Might be abusing the edit button today... :D Victini's part psychic, so it's better to use Gyara to pull out a motor drive, then hit it with wild charge, for STAB-neutral coverage... Will keep checking the counters, to see if I spot anything else :D

 

[SteelRocks]

You're welcome; It's nice to see some fresh pokemon out there for a change, not just a team dominated by Lati@s/ Hydregion, Scizor etc... ^.^ I'm trying to finish RNGing a team with some unusual pokemon too... Sawsbuck will be fun to try =D

Hmm... Might be abusing the edit button today... :D Victini's part psychic, so it's better to use Gyara to pull out a motor drive, then hit it with wild charge, for STAB-neutral coverage... Will keep checking the counters, to see if I spot anything else :D

Cheers again :P What's 'RNG'? You said in your signature you need help with it, i can help if you want :)

 

[Rikkardo]

Cheers again :P What's 'RNG'? You said in your signature you need help with it, i can help if you want :)

Basically, abusing the random number generator to get pokemon with High IVs (most of mine have around 28+) And, hehe... that's a pretty old sig, I should probably change it now that I'm a bit more experienced at it :D

 

[SteelRocks]

Oh cool :) I still don't know what you're on about, i haven't played the game in aages lol. Pokemon White is arriving off of ebay soon though s yay :)

 

[Rikkardo]

Oh cool :) I still don't know what you're on about, i haven't played the game in aages lol. Pokemon White is arriving off of ebay soon though s yay :)

Hehe, It's a long, confusing process at first... Made me want to stop playing pokemon, every time I read something, the world of pokemon gets more complex... Still, Almost got my head around it :D

 

[HurricaneBeeNYC]

Your weak to fighting types. Add Psychic on your Starmie. Boltbeam give you enough coverage that you can forgo the Water STAB but you should probably use slightly more accurate moves on your starmie unless it's purely to abuse weather.

 

[HurricaneBeeNYC]

Also ditch Fire Punch & replace it with Ice Punch. The things you'd kill with Fire Punch are hit equally if not harder by your Cross Chop (exception, Thorn, & the Bug/Steel) being able to hit dragons for super effective is just to good to pass up

 

[danilo]

on gyarados, replace stone edge or earthquake with taunt. That way you can set up dragon dances all day on ferrothorn

 

[Axmaster68]

I would keep Stone Edge and Earthquake on G-dos so you get almost perfect coverage (except Breloom and Verizion) and if you don't put SE on there, grass types will dominate you, and Earthquake-less, G-dos has absolutly no response to Electric types.

 

[SteelRocks]

Also ditch Fire Punch & replace it with Ice Punch. The things you'd kill with Fire Punch are hit equally if not harder by your Cross Chop (exception, Thorn, & the Bug/Steel) being able to hit dragons for super effective is just to good to pass up

I already have Fire Punch AND ice punch on electivire. I don't know what you're saying . . .

 

[ganj4lF]

Hi, I'm playing your team a bit these days because I like the sinergy between Motor Drive and Gyara, and really love Volcarona. It's really nice and funny to play but I found some major problems:

1-Your team is overall slow, despite having Gengar and Starmie; a scarf user in the enemy team that have powerful, unresisted attacks will most of the time open huge holes in your team (e.g. Scarf Haxorus, you don't have any safe switch-in into Outrage, except Metagross which more often than not will die trying to get rocks in place). Also, it's very hard to revenge kill the enemy without a scarf user or some powerful priority attacks.

2-(somehow connected to 1-)If the opponent manages to pop your balloon on Electivire, your team becomes food for Excadrill in sand. He can hit almost everyone for super effective damage (Metagross and Electivire with EQ, Starmie with X-scissors, Volcarona, Gyarados with Rock Slide), and you don't have priority attacks that can harm him.

3-You are prone to let baton passing chains rape your team. You don't have any poke that can Taunt, and it's hard to stop them if they get a Shell Smash or an Agility off. I'm actually running a slight variation of your Gyarados, bulkier with Intimidate and Taunt, but it's still not easy to stop them, and if you lost the taunt user for whatever reason you're in a really bad position.

Hope that the feedback will help you to improve your team. Have fun ;)