How's it going, Smogon? It's the IbanezObsession back again for yet another RMT. I'm not a big OU player, but after playing in pretty much every tier besides OU (and LC), I decided to try it out. I've been playing it for about a month and after constantly failing at making a decent team, I finally have one here, which of course still needs work, but that's why I'm asking the smarter players of OU to help me out. There's no use trying to play a tier that I haven't been the best at if I don't even ask for some help along the way, right? So, without further ado, let's jump in!
From Earth's Crust to the Stratosphere!
An OU RMT
I'm a big fan of sand, so I figured I would use Tyranitar to start the weather, seeing as how this is an offensive team, and Tyranitar's quite a powerful poke right from the get-go. Its special bulk in sand will also prove to be quite useful as well to take on stuff like Hydreigon and Heatran (mainly because you can also bluff the Earthquake to force switches, even though I only run Superpower and not Earthquake). It may be dirt slow in a tier with pretty fast Pokémon, but again, its ability to be used as hazards support and an attacker when I need it make it quite versatile.
I knew that I would need a powerful special attacker to be able to smash through walls such as Skarmory and Donphan (while not common, I still see it every now and then) that give Tyranitar a problem. Latios seems to fit the job perfectly, seeing as how it works well with Tyranitar to take down opposing fighting types and ground types with ease (well, except Gastrodon, but even that doesn't like taking a Specs Draco Meteor from Latios)
Heatran's the next special attacker on the team that can take care of pokes that Latios can't (Latios can't OHKO Ferrothorn with Hidden Power Fire, and even then, I have to predict to get the switch right). The key is to sub (yes, SubTran is amazing) up on an opposing Ferrothorn, Forretress, Skarmory, Magnezone, or any other Pokémon that doesn't enjoy taking Fire Blasts or Earth Powers, and proceed to either status or attack the incoming Pokémon.
It's fun to give teams a run for their money when you have two dragons on your team, so I decided to add Dragonite, and boy has it been an amazing choice. Dragonite's given me three 6-0 sweeps off of Dragon Dancing on Ferrothorns and other opposing walls that think they can take it on.
After I added Dragonite, I knew I would need a Rapid Spinner to blow away the Stealth Rocks so that they wouldn't tear apart Lance's beast of a dragon. It's also nice to be able to get rid of Spikes and possible Toxic Spikes too, seeing as so far, I have two pokes affected by the Toxic Spikes and three that'll take damage from Spikes. Also, Starmie can wreak havoc as an attacker, as well.
To finish the team off, I put on a Conkeldurr, seeing as how it's bulky, and can sweep when a couple Bulk Ups have been used. I'm considering replacing it with Breloom, mainly because Breloom's Grass attacks could be more useful than Conkeldurr's Bulk Up / Mach Punch combo, but I guess it's up to the RMT raters.
I seemed to be having a problem with pokes spamming Outrage (especially when Heatran was dead), so I added a Scizor for extra dragon-type defense and because choice banders are quite useful, indeed.
Main Threats to this Team:
I can't remember any other threats to this team other than Tentacruel (which can pretty much wall me except for Starmie and Dragonite, but that's about it. It's just annoying), but again, you should be able to pick them out, since I can't seem to. Anyhow, let's get into the movesets for these pokes!
The Sets:
Tyranitar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd)
- Stealth Rock
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Ice Beam
As I said earlier, Tyranitar can take special attacks all day. Now, I originally had him as a mixed attacker with 252 HP / 64 SpAtk / 192 SDef and Stealth Rock / Crunch / Fire Blast / Ice Beam, but seeing as I had a Heatran already and I needed to hit opposing Dark types with something more powerful, I replaced Fire Blast with Crunch and kept the Ice Beam (could be useful, just not sure). I'm open to any suggestions about the set.
Stratoclaw (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Trick
I originally had specs, but the extra speed was needed when I realized how slow my team was other than Starmie and Latios, but I needed extra speed to help deal with Dragonite (if the multiscale's broken, it's still going to be KO'd by Draco Meteor) and Trick is even more annoying if you can catch a Chansey or Blissey off guard. Thanks to Novaray for the suggestion on replacing HP Fire with Psyshock, seems to be working so far.
Dr. Heater (Heatran) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Toxic
- Substitute
SubTran is probably one of the best sets out there for Heatran, mainly because it's nice to get up a free sub on a Ferrothorn as it switches out, and then you can just attack the Pokémon that comes in to take the "predicted" Fire Blast. But nope, just Substitute. If you're wondering why Air Balloon and not Leftovers, it's nice when you can also come in on something that's choice locked into Earthquake and force it to switch while setting up a sub. Toxic is a useful move to status Pokémon like Politoed that Heatran can't really hit (that's why I run Toxic over HP Ice).
Lance (Dragonite) (M) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
Again, a Pokémon that, with the help of the rest of the team, can become a late game sweeper and finish off the rest of the opponent's team when it's been weakened by my plethora of offensive Pokémon. Most people expect the usual Adamant nature, but Jolly allows me to outspeed Jolteon after one Dragon Dance, and even though you might be thinking that it's not worth it to change the nature just to cover one Pokémon, it also allows me to outspeed just about any scarfer in the tier at +2 Speed and start wrecking with an Outrage. Lum Berry's an even bigger bonus as it heals my confusion (and paralysis from pokes like Ferro), as well as any other type of status. Again, most people run Roost with this set, but with Stealth Rocks gone because of Starmie's Rapid Spin, I'll save Dragonite for late-game and Fire Punch at +1 easily OHKO's Ferrothorn and it can do some huge damage to Skarmory as well (but again, I'll probably have taken it out already to prevent being whirlwinded). Earthquake deals with Jirachi, Tentacruel, Toxicroak, and Tyranitar, and Outrage is the ultimate stallbreaker after a Dragon Dance.
Pearl (Starmie) @ Life Orb
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Rapid Spin
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Hit 'em with that Life Orb Rapid Spin, Starmie! Yes, while it is a reliable rapid spinner, Starmie can also do some major damage to the opposing team with its great type coverage of Water / Ice / Electric. Natural Cure is also a great ability because it allows you to switch in on predicted status moves and switch back out, no problem at all. Life Orb of course adds the extra power that you'll need to score some key KOs.
Pinch Ya! (Scizor) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Originally was a Conkeldurr, but I was having problems with Dragon Dance Outrage spammers and needed something to help cover this, so I chose Scizor because of its massive power and priority (which Conkeldurr also had, but Bullet Punch with Technician is far more powerful). It's been a great change from Conkeldurr to Scizor so far. Pursuit's a great move for trapping pokes choice locked into moves resisted by Scizor and KO'ing them easily. 8 Spd EVs is useful mainly because of speed creep.
Some Last Words:
I hope you all enjoy the RMT I have posted here today, and I also hope you will be able to help me improve my first good OU team that I've ever built. Oh, and if you ever want to see me battle in action, you can always check my Youtube, which of course is IbanezObsession as well. Have a great day everyone! :)
Edit: Looking back on the team, I realize I don't really have anything to take physical attacks on this team, any suggestions on that?
2nd Edit: I've replaced Conkeldurr with Scizor and the team seems to be working better, but I guess we'll see.
By the way, here's a Pokemon Online video of me battling with this team!
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-IbnzSwag-vs-Dallasboi1992--2012-02-15
An OU RMT
Building the Team:
I'm a big fan of sand, so I figured I would use Tyranitar to start the weather, seeing as how this is an offensive team, and Tyranitar's quite a powerful poke right from the get-go. Its special bulk in sand will also prove to be quite useful as well to take on stuff like Hydreigon and Heatran (mainly because you can also bluff the Earthquake to force switches, even though I only run Superpower and not Earthquake). It may be dirt slow in a tier with pretty fast Pokémon, but again, its ability to be used as hazards support and an attacker when I need it make it quite versatile.
I knew that I would need a powerful special attacker to be able to smash through walls such as Skarmory and Donphan (while not common, I still see it every now and then) that give Tyranitar a problem. Latios seems to fit the job perfectly, seeing as how it works well with Tyranitar to take down opposing fighting types and ground types with ease (well, except Gastrodon, but even that doesn't like taking a Specs Draco Meteor from Latios)
Heatran's the next special attacker on the team that can take care of pokes that Latios can't (Latios can't OHKO Ferrothorn with Hidden Power Fire, and even then, I have to predict to get the switch right). The key is to sub (yes, SubTran is amazing) up on an opposing Ferrothorn, Forretress, Skarmory, Magnezone, or any other Pokémon that doesn't enjoy taking Fire Blasts or Earth Powers, and proceed to either status or attack the incoming Pokémon.
It's fun to give teams a run for their money when you have two dragons on your team, so I decided to add Dragonite, and boy has it been an amazing choice. Dragonite's given me three 6-0 sweeps off of Dragon Dancing on Ferrothorns and other opposing walls that think they can take it on.
After I added Dragonite, I knew I would need a Rapid Spinner to blow away the Stealth Rocks so that they wouldn't tear apart Lance's beast of a dragon. It's also nice to be able to get rid of Spikes and possible Toxic Spikes too, seeing as so far, I have two pokes affected by the Toxic Spikes and three that'll take damage from Spikes. Also, Starmie can wreak havoc as an attacker, as well.
To finish the team off, I put on a Conkeldurr, seeing as how it's bulky, and can sweep when a couple Bulk Ups have been used. I'm considering replacing it with Breloom, mainly because Breloom's Grass attacks could be more useful than Conkeldurr's Bulk Up / Mach Punch combo, but I guess it's up to the RMT raters.
I seemed to be having a problem with pokes spamming Outrage (especially when Heatran was dead), so I added a Scizor for extra dragon-type defense and because choice banders are quite useful, indeed.
Main Threats to this Team:
I can't remember any other threats to this team other than Tentacruel (which can pretty much wall me except for Starmie and Dragonite, but that's about it. It's just annoying), but again, you should be able to pick them out, since I can't seem to. Anyhow, let's get into the movesets for these pokes!
The Sets:
Tyranitar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd)
- Stealth Rock
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Ice Beam
As I said earlier, Tyranitar can take special attacks all day. Now, I originally had him as a mixed attacker with 252 HP / 64 SpAtk / 192 SDef and Stealth Rock / Crunch / Fire Blast / Ice Beam, but seeing as I had a Heatran already and I needed to hit opposing Dark types with something more powerful, I replaced Fire Blast with Crunch and kept the Ice Beam (could be useful, just not sure). I'm open to any suggestions about the set.
Stratoclaw (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Trick
I originally had specs, but the extra speed was needed when I realized how slow my team was other than Starmie and Latios, but I needed extra speed to help deal with Dragonite (if the multiscale's broken, it's still going to be KO'd by Draco Meteor) and Trick is even more annoying if you can catch a Chansey or Blissey off guard. Thanks to Novaray for the suggestion on replacing HP Fire with Psyshock, seems to be working so far.
Dr. Heater (Heatran) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Toxic
- Substitute
SubTran is probably one of the best sets out there for Heatran, mainly because it's nice to get up a free sub on a Ferrothorn as it switches out, and then you can just attack the Pokémon that comes in to take the "predicted" Fire Blast. But nope, just Substitute. If you're wondering why Air Balloon and not Leftovers, it's nice when you can also come in on something that's choice locked into Earthquake and force it to switch while setting up a sub. Toxic is a useful move to status Pokémon like Politoed that Heatran can't really hit (that's why I run Toxic over HP Ice).
Lance (Dragonite) (M) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
Again, a Pokémon that, with the help of the rest of the team, can become a late game sweeper and finish off the rest of the opponent's team when it's been weakened by my plethora of offensive Pokémon. Most people expect the usual Adamant nature, but Jolly allows me to outspeed Jolteon after one Dragon Dance, and even though you might be thinking that it's not worth it to change the nature just to cover one Pokémon, it also allows me to outspeed just about any scarfer in the tier at +2 Speed and start wrecking with an Outrage. Lum Berry's an even bigger bonus as it heals my confusion (and paralysis from pokes like Ferro), as well as any other type of status. Again, most people run Roost with this set, but with Stealth Rocks gone because of Starmie's Rapid Spin, I'll save Dragonite for late-game and Fire Punch at +1 easily OHKO's Ferrothorn and it can do some huge damage to Skarmory as well (but again, I'll probably have taken it out already to prevent being whirlwinded). Earthquake deals with Jirachi, Tentacruel, Toxicroak, and Tyranitar, and Outrage is the ultimate stallbreaker after a Dragon Dance.
Pearl (Starmie) @ Life Orb
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Rapid Spin
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Hit 'em with that Life Orb Rapid Spin, Starmie! Yes, while it is a reliable rapid spinner, Starmie can also do some major damage to the opposing team with its great type coverage of Water / Ice / Electric. Natural Cure is also a great ability because it allows you to switch in on predicted status moves and switch back out, no problem at all. Life Orb of course adds the extra power that you'll need to score some key KOs.
Pinch Ya! (Scizor) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Originally was a Conkeldurr, but I was having problems with Dragon Dance Outrage spammers and needed something to help cover this, so I chose Scizor because of its massive power and priority (which Conkeldurr also had, but Bullet Punch with Technician is far more powerful). It's been a great change from Conkeldurr to Scizor so far. Pursuit's a great move for trapping pokes choice locked into moves resisted by Scizor and KO'ing them easily. 8 Spd EVs is useful mainly because of speed creep.
Some Last Words:
I hope you all enjoy the RMT I have posted here today, and I also hope you will be able to help me improve my first good OU team that I've ever built. Oh, and if you ever want to see me battle in action, you can always check my Youtube, which of course is IbanezObsession as well. Have a great day everyone! :)
Edit: Looking back on the team, I realize I don't really have anything to take physical attacks on this team, any suggestions on that?
2nd Edit: I've replaced Conkeldurr with Scizor and the team seems to be working better, but I guess we'll see.
By the way, here's a Pokemon Online video of me battling with this team!
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-IbnzSwag-vs-Dallasboi1992--2012-02-15