Introduction:
Hi there. The team that im going to present you is what you can describe as the standard Bw2 Rainstall team. Maybe someone already seen it on the ladder (i play showdown mostly, but i also used this on Po) anyway it already works well, im posting it mostly to share it with you. I have not reached any important rankings with this though, but simply because i dont have so much time to ladder.
Building Phase:
As a defensive player i've always liked stall-based team, even though since the release of bw2 i've only played balanced teams. The reason was that the metagame was not enough stabilized to attempt a good stall team. Before building the team i did a "list" of thing that i wanted to use or not.
A) I didnt want to use a Weatherless team. The reason is that anytime i do a weatherless team, then i have problem with "boosted Fire blast under sun" "clorophillers" "boosted hydro pump" ect. meaning that without the control of the weather you have an handicap. My idea was to build possibly around the Sand.
B) I didnt want to use Starmie as a spinner. Starmie doesnt have the stat to be good in a fullstall team, because if u use bulky variants its easily pursuittable and his defenses are not enough anyway. Also, i wanted to avoid any Bug weaknesses, due to Genesect. I didnt want to use Donphan because its a shitty spinner in my opinion (yeah he does his work under the sun but thats about it) also it needs the support of a grounded poison pokemon to work, meaning that i have to add amoonguus or tentacruel. Forretress was somehow tempting, even though its a setup fodder of a lot of things, his Toxic spikes support can be good. I didnt want to run tentacruel under sand, i really hate it.
C) I already knew that Skarmory was going to be in the team. The reason is simple, stall teams NEEDS the spikes support to work, and other than ferrothorn any other spiker doesnt work that well in defensive teams. The advantage that Skarmory has compared to Ferrorhorn is its typing and Roost, also its the only thing that can "stop" the ground+dragon coverage (aka Garchomp)
D) Sheer force landorus. Sheer force Landorus is a pain of a pokemon, really, his coverage makes it so hard to check, not to talk about his raw power. Basically, i wanted to build around a true counter of this pokemon because any stall i made before were weak to Landorus. Calm mind Latias, Specially defensive Celebi and Blissey were the only stallish things that came to mind in that moment. Firstly, i thought that neither Celebi or Latias would have worked well because they are easily trapped by Tyranitar's Pursuit and they both had that bug weakness that i wanted to avoid. After some calculations, sadly, i realised that Modest Focus blast with Stealth rock support against a 0/252+calm nature had chances to get a 2ko on Blissey (Just to say how powerfull it is) so i had to use Chansey instead. Even tough im not a fan of eviolite, because i think that Leftovers is superior in a lot of situations, the extra bulk that chansey has was needed. The problem is, that Chansey hates the sandstorm, meanign that i had to use weatherless (no) or.. Politoed. Yeah politoed could solve me the problem of the spinner, making rain dish Tentacruel almost immortal, and halfing my fire weakness to Skarmory, making Dragonite and Salamence less threating. At this point I needed a second special wall to support Chansey, because a lot of things can lure her (psyshock, trick, magic guard users, Gengar, ect) so my choice was Jirachi. Jirachi has that rock resistance that helps me dealing with Choice Terrakion, an the wish support which is great. At this point i needed another reliable switch-in on fighting types, as well as eletric pokemon. Basically i wanted a Grass type pokemon, so i tried Regenerator Amoonguss.
The Team:
In Depth:
Politoed (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Protect
- Toxic
- Refresh/ Perish Song
Politoed is here only because it can support the team with Drizzle and almost nothing else. Its typing is not that usefull here, but at least i have something to sac if i dont have to care about the weather war. I use a bulky set to take more hits, mostly V-create or Flare blitz, otherwhise a choice scarf variant would be really apreciated to revenge kill annoying stuff. I use that speed evs to outspeed the majority of Jellicent and toxic it before they can taunt me. Refresh helps me here to avoid being burned. This is basically my best way to deal with it, since Tentacruel has Toxic spikes instead of toxic(yeah, obviously if my opponent doesnt have spinners/grounded poison pokemon the first thing you should do it to setup Ts) . Scald is the general stab, the burn rate helps me dealing with Ferrothorn, Protect helps to scout moves and toxic to cripple anything weak to it. Refresh is also here to have a safe switch-in in Ninetales, even though i have Chansey, and to avoid status by other bulky water, called Gastrodon, Tentacruel,Jellicent. To be honest, Politoed should have 5 slot to work perfectly here :( in fact, with Perish song i have at least something to beat Baton pass teams(yeah i know sometimes they have mr mime...) , and it makes Politoed less setup fodder. honestly, i think that both Refresh and Perish song are usefull here, so im thinking about Protect<Perish song.
Skarmory (F) @ Leftovers/ Shed shell
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
- Roost
- Brave Bird
Skarmory is my spiker, phazer and main phisical wall. its role is quite obvious, and so is the set. It helps me dealing with Ground types pokemon, Dragon and some Fighting pokemon. Just a little comment on the item: Magnezone/Gothitelle are not that common, even though now with the unban of Garchomp they will probably get more love. As of now, i use leftovers on the ladder and the shed shell in the tourney, but i think that shed shell will be the right item because of Garchomp+Magnezone.
Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic
- Softboiled
- Stealth Rock
Chansey is my main special wall. It takes hits like a boss, even the physical one (yeah lol) and its my Stealth rocker. I didnt want to run Stealth rock on jirachi because generally Chansey has more chance to setup it, lets sey that Jirachi can setup easily Stealth rock against Sand teams but not that easily against Sun teams. Chansey can avoid this problem because it can setup on almost any special pokemon. Toxic is to stall out things, and seismic toss because.. well i dont know its the only way to her to do damage. Then again i havent that much to say, i use calm nature to tank more easily Sheer force Landorus and special hits in general. I've never felt the need to change this spread, since Chansey is not here to tank phisical hits anyway.
Tentacruel (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rain Dish
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
Another standard set. The only thing that i have to say is that Toxic spikes are sometimes game breaking, sometimes.. not. Levitate pokemon, Flying and Steel pokemon, Magic guard, Poison pokemon and Rapid spin are all thing that can stop this strategy, and they are quite common. Anyway, as a spinner i always need to keep it healty, otherwhise it cant get his job done. Scald helps me dealing with ferrothorn, because the burn is essential to make it less threatening. Its typing helps me dealing with fighting types like Lucario, Keldeo or Terrakion, as well as taking hits by Scizor or Genesect.
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Iron Head
- Thunder
Jirachi is.. the best pokemon in existence. Its wish support helps a lot this team, and its typing is really good, having a lot of resistances and only one weakness under rain. Iron head is for general stab, and in combination with Thunder can flinch to death everything.. even Air baloon Heatran. Wish should be always used in combination with protect though, because it really helps Jirachi being alive. My only doubt is between Body slam or Thunder: Thunder is generally better, because it hits water types, and Skarmory, even tough Body slam can catch some ground types like Dugtrio or Landorus in predict, and can paralize Thundurus. I dont have much to say, if played correctly this set is a pain even for offensive teams. The evs are to maximize the special bulk (even tough i dont think its even necessary, maybe i will fix this spread to take less damage from outrage)
Amoonguss (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Stun Spore
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Giga Drain
Amoonguss is serious business. With spore, its basically like playing 5 vs 6, and in combination with Stun spore, if used well, it can cripple even more than one pokemon. Anyway you should not mindless click Spore, because sometimes sporing something is the best way to deal with it. I have 4 evs in speed here just to outspeed other Amonguss or Calm mind Reuniclus. Giga drain is the general stab, while Hp ice hits for supereffective damage Thundurus, Glisocr, Landorus, and Dragons. I have a max defense one to take less damage from something like Choice band Terrakion or Earthquake from Landorus.
Threath List:
Import:
Hi there. The team that im going to present you is what you can describe as the standard Bw2 Rainstall team. Maybe someone already seen it on the ladder (i play showdown mostly, but i also used this on Po) anyway it already works well, im posting it mostly to share it with you. I have not reached any important rankings with this though, but simply because i dont have so much time to ladder.
Building Phase:
As a defensive player i've always liked stall-based team, even though since the release of bw2 i've only played balanced teams. The reason was that the metagame was not enough stabilized to attempt a good stall team. Before building the team i did a "list" of thing that i wanted to use or not.
A) I didnt want to use a Weatherless team. The reason is that anytime i do a weatherless team, then i have problem with "boosted Fire blast under sun" "clorophillers" "boosted hydro pump" ect. meaning that without the control of the weather you have an handicap. My idea was to build possibly around the Sand.
B) I didnt want to use Starmie as a spinner. Starmie doesnt have the stat to be good in a fullstall team, because if u use bulky variants its easily pursuittable and his defenses are not enough anyway. Also, i wanted to avoid any Bug weaknesses, due to Genesect. I didnt want to use Donphan because its a shitty spinner in my opinion (yeah he does his work under the sun but thats about it) also it needs the support of a grounded poison pokemon to work, meaning that i have to add amoonguus or tentacruel. Forretress was somehow tempting, even though its a setup fodder of a lot of things, his Toxic spikes support can be good. I didnt want to run tentacruel under sand, i really hate it.
C) I already knew that Skarmory was going to be in the team. The reason is simple, stall teams NEEDS the spikes support to work, and other than ferrothorn any other spiker doesnt work that well in defensive teams. The advantage that Skarmory has compared to Ferrorhorn is its typing and Roost, also its the only thing that can "stop" the ground+dragon coverage (aka Garchomp)
D) Sheer force landorus. Sheer force Landorus is a pain of a pokemon, really, his coverage makes it so hard to check, not to talk about his raw power. Basically, i wanted to build around a true counter of this pokemon because any stall i made before were weak to Landorus. Calm mind Latias, Specially defensive Celebi and Blissey were the only stallish things that came to mind in that moment. Firstly, i thought that neither Celebi or Latias would have worked well because they are easily trapped by Tyranitar's Pursuit and they both had that bug weakness that i wanted to avoid. After some calculations, sadly, i realised that Modest Focus blast with Stealth rock support against a 0/252+calm nature had chances to get a 2ko on Blissey (Just to say how powerfull it is) so i had to use Chansey instead. Even tough im not a fan of eviolite, because i think that Leftovers is superior in a lot of situations, the extra bulk that chansey has was needed. The problem is, that Chansey hates the sandstorm, meanign that i had to use weatherless (no) or.. Politoed. Yeah politoed could solve me the problem of the spinner, making rain dish Tentacruel almost immortal, and halfing my fire weakness to Skarmory, making Dragonite and Salamence less threating. At this point I needed a second special wall to support Chansey, because a lot of things can lure her (psyshock, trick, magic guard users, Gengar, ect) so my choice was Jirachi. Jirachi has that rock resistance that helps me dealing with Choice Terrakion, an the wish support which is great. At this point i needed another reliable switch-in on fighting types, as well as eletric pokemon. Basically i wanted a Grass type pokemon, so i tried Regenerator Amoonguss.
The Team:
In Depth:
Politoed (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Protect
- Toxic
- Refresh/ Perish Song
Politoed is here only because it can support the team with Drizzle and almost nothing else. Its typing is not that usefull here, but at least i have something to sac if i dont have to care about the weather war. I use a bulky set to take more hits, mostly V-create or Flare blitz, otherwhise a choice scarf variant would be really apreciated to revenge kill annoying stuff. I use that speed evs to outspeed the majority of Jellicent and toxic it before they can taunt me. Refresh helps me here to avoid being burned. This is basically my best way to deal with it, since Tentacruel has Toxic spikes instead of toxic(yeah, obviously if my opponent doesnt have spinners/grounded poison pokemon the first thing you should do it to setup Ts) . Scald is the general stab, the burn rate helps me dealing with Ferrothorn, Protect helps to scout moves and toxic to cripple anything weak to it. Refresh is also here to have a safe switch-in in Ninetales, even though i have Chansey, and to avoid status by other bulky water, called Gastrodon, Tentacruel,Jellicent. To be honest, Politoed should have 5 slot to work perfectly here :( in fact, with Perish song i have at least something to beat Baton pass teams(yeah i know sometimes they have mr mime...) , and it makes Politoed less setup fodder. honestly, i think that both Refresh and Perish song are usefull here, so im thinking about Protect<Perish song.
Skarmory (F) @ Leftovers/ Shed shell
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
- Roost
- Brave Bird
Skarmory is my spiker, phazer and main phisical wall. its role is quite obvious, and so is the set. It helps me dealing with Ground types pokemon, Dragon and some Fighting pokemon. Just a little comment on the item: Magnezone/Gothitelle are not that common, even though now with the unban of Garchomp they will probably get more love. As of now, i use leftovers on the ladder and the shed shell in the tourney, but i think that shed shell will be the right item because of Garchomp+Magnezone.
Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic
- Softboiled
- Stealth Rock
Chansey is my main special wall. It takes hits like a boss, even the physical one (yeah lol) and its my Stealth rocker. I didnt want to run Stealth rock on jirachi because generally Chansey has more chance to setup it, lets sey that Jirachi can setup easily Stealth rock against Sand teams but not that easily against Sun teams. Chansey can avoid this problem because it can setup on almost any special pokemon. Toxic is to stall out things, and seismic toss because.. well i dont know its the only way to her to do damage. Then again i havent that much to say, i use calm nature to tank more easily Sheer force Landorus and special hits in general. I've never felt the need to change this spread, since Chansey is not here to tank phisical hits anyway.
Tentacruel (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rain Dish
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
Another standard set. The only thing that i have to say is that Toxic spikes are sometimes game breaking, sometimes.. not. Levitate pokemon, Flying and Steel pokemon, Magic guard, Poison pokemon and Rapid spin are all thing that can stop this strategy, and they are quite common. Anyway, as a spinner i always need to keep it healty, otherwhise it cant get his job done. Scald helps me dealing with ferrothorn, because the burn is essential to make it less threatening. Its typing helps me dealing with fighting types like Lucario, Keldeo or Terrakion, as well as taking hits by Scizor or Genesect.
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Iron Head
- Thunder
Jirachi is.. the best pokemon in existence. Its wish support helps a lot this team, and its typing is really good, having a lot of resistances and only one weakness under rain. Iron head is for general stab, and in combination with Thunder can flinch to death everything.. even Air baloon Heatran. Wish should be always used in combination with protect though, because it really helps Jirachi being alive. My only doubt is between Body slam or Thunder: Thunder is generally better, because it hits water types, and Skarmory, even tough Body slam can catch some ground types like Dugtrio or Landorus in predict, and can paralize Thundurus. I dont have much to say, if played correctly this set is a pain even for offensive teams. The evs are to maximize the special bulk (even tough i dont think its even necessary, maybe i will fix this spread to take less damage from outrage)
Amoonguss (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Stun Spore
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Giga Drain
Amoonguss is serious business. With spore, its basically like playing 5 vs 6, and in combination with Stun spore, if used well, it can cripple even more than one pokemon. Anyway you should not mindless click Spore, because sometimes sporing something is the best way to deal with it. I have 4 evs in speed here just to outspeed other Amonguss or Calm mind Reuniclus. Giga drain is the general stab, while Hp ice hits for supereffective damage Thundurus, Glisocr, Landorus, and Dragons. I have a max defense one to take less damage from something like Choice band Terrakion or Earthquake from Landorus.
Threath List:
Politoed: Tentacruel, Chansey, Amoonguss.
Ferrothorn: Mainly i have to burn it with scald. It cant touch Skarmory or Jirachi anyway, so i just have to wait till i get the burn. Also amoonguss can outspeed it and spore it.
Genesect: Just check its move with protect and send out the right pokemon. Anyway Jirachi and Chansey can stop it.
Dragonite: Dragon dance Dnite are stopped by skarmory all day. Choice band one are almost the same.
Scizor: Tentacruel and Skarmory can stop it, both sword dance set and cb.
Heatran: lol its a rain team.
Tyranitar: Chople tar with stealth rock cant do much to Politoed, Tentacruel, Skarmory only fear Fire blast, even amoonguus can wall it and spore it, Jirachi can flinch it to death. Maybe i can have some problem with choice banded versions, but i can just send out amongus to check its move and send out the proper pokemon. Any form of status helps me dealing with it.
Breloom: Spore is annoying, for sure, anyway almost any set are stopped by a combination of Amongus+Skarmory.
Gliscor: Sword dance variants without Taunt are stopped by skarmory, even the acrobat one. if it has taunt u can still hit it with Politoed or Amoonguss. Sub toxic gliscor is completely walled by Skarmory and Amongus.
Rotom-w: Chansey and amongus can stop it. The first thing u should is to check if its a choice variant or not. If its a choice scarf one, then always send out amongus to avoid being tricked chansey. If its a bulky variant with will-o-wisp, then switch out to chansey.
Jirachi: well... Jirachi with a set of iron head, thunder wish+filler can be annoying for sure, even tough once u have burned it its a way easier to deal with. Calm mind version with substitute seems to be dangerous but, you are underestimating the fatness of chansey. Even at +6 psichic fails to do more than 40% damage lol. Only the 3% of the jirachi has psyshock (according to the september stat) so its not that common. If it has calm mind+wish... well to be honest i've never found one in the ladder. If it has choice scarf, just be careful about trick.
Salamence: Choice scarf variants are not difficult to deal with. i dont have any "counter" for dd salamence, here u need to be smart and send out skarmory when u know it will outrage you.
Ninetales: itself cant do much against this team. the problem is drought and only that.....
Terrakion: ahha, well, scarf variants (the more common) cant do anything to this team. Cb one can be annoying, even tough i can check his move with amongus and then send out Jirachi if it did stone edge. Also, skarmory can take an hit, so can politoed and the same tentacruel. Sword dance one are difficult to deal with it (not impossible, just dont let it setup)
Latios: any set are checked by chansey and Jirachi. The only thing that it can do is to trick Chansey or Jirachi, but still its not a problem.
Forretress: well lol. noth much to say about this guy.
Starmie: can be annoying if it has rapid spin+recover, but well offensively speaking it cant do anything to chansey.
Gengar: hard stopped by jirachi.
Alakazam: stopped by jirachi and chansey.
Tentacruel: Refresh toed does the trick. If u have burned it its pretty much gg.
Mamoswine: Skarmory can handle it.
Volcarona: Chansey and tentacruel both can stop it.
Infernape: rain itself make it less viable. Tentacruel can stop it.
Venusaur: well, it can setup on blissey BUT if i have rain up (the reason why i always want to switch politoed on ninetales) jirachi can paralize it, and it it has earthquake so i should assume it has hp ice, so skarmory can brave bird it.
Tornadus-t: well i have chansey and jirachi, i couldnt be more prepared for this guy.
espeon: well i dont know, jirachi can stop it and if it has stored power and baton pass... maybe perish song toed? lol
Skarmory: always send out tentacruel.
Cloyster: hum, Politoed, tentacruel, Jirachi, can all stop it.
Landorus: special sets are handled by Chansey. Phisical one by SKarmory and amongus.
Gyarados: well, one of the reason why perish song should be used on politoed is dragon dance gyarados. Anyway jirachi can take an hit and strike back a ko with thunder.
Thundurus: nasty plot variants can be annoying, i know, but honestly i've only faced one or two. Body slam can help here, anyway the other sets are not a problem.
Jellicent: i can toxic it with Politoed, amongus can help somehow and so does thunder jirachi. Sure is that untill it doestn die i will have problem to spin.
Lucario: well lol. Lucario is strong. Tentacruel and amongus can both try to take espeed+2 to scald or status him back, anyway it can setup a sd only against chansey and nothing else.
Donphan: pretty much the entire team bar jirachi.
Conkeldurr: annoying one, but honestly i think that is a fail of a pokemon, and i cant understand why people uses it... anyway, it may seems stupid but you can try to Toxic it, so its easier to stall out, you can spore it with amongus, and brave bird with skarmory.
Haxorus: skarmory is my main answer.
Hydreygon: anything on the team can take a draco meteor, anyway depending on the set, both jirachi and chansey can stop it.
Dugtrio: can be annoying if it traps jirachi, but wathever,eq is not even a ko.
Latias: chansey can stop calm mind latias easily. If it has refresh i can still flinch it to death with jirahci.
Reuniclus: a combination of jirachi and chansey stops any set.
Magnezone: Well as i said just use shed shell if u play for a tour. It can give pressure to almost the entire team bar chansey, even tough scarf variants are easily to deal with since it will be locked into a move. If it has substitute and it can trap jirachi im in trouble, but hey, nothing can avoid this.
Keldeo: if its a choice one, a combination of amongus and tentacruel can stop it. Calm mind variants just have to be statused. if it has substitue, then it probably have hp ghost and secret sword, so amongus can wall it.
Deoxys-d: just saying, if your opponent has an heavy offense with deo-d ALWAYS lead with tentacruel, no matter what. If they lead with deo-d, then just spam rapid spin (psychoo bost is not that common) to avoid stelath rock. If they dont, well you still have an answer to almost anything, so its not a big problem.
garchomp: well lol skarmory is my main answer even tough i can only phaze it.. well a status can let it down anyway.
Ferrothorn: Mainly i have to burn it with scald. It cant touch Skarmory or Jirachi anyway, so i just have to wait till i get the burn. Also amoonguss can outspeed it and spore it.
Genesect: Just check its move with protect and send out the right pokemon. Anyway Jirachi and Chansey can stop it.
Dragonite: Dragon dance Dnite are stopped by skarmory all day. Choice band one are almost the same.
Scizor: Tentacruel and Skarmory can stop it, both sword dance set and cb.
Heatran: lol its a rain team.
Tyranitar: Chople tar with stealth rock cant do much to Politoed, Tentacruel, Skarmory only fear Fire blast, even amoonguus can wall it and spore it, Jirachi can flinch it to death. Maybe i can have some problem with choice banded versions, but i can just send out amongus to check its move and send out the proper pokemon. Any form of status helps me dealing with it.
Breloom: Spore is annoying, for sure, anyway almost any set are stopped by a combination of Amongus+Skarmory.
Gliscor: Sword dance variants without Taunt are stopped by skarmory, even the acrobat one. if it has taunt u can still hit it with Politoed or Amoonguss. Sub toxic gliscor is completely walled by Skarmory and Amongus.
Rotom-w: Chansey and amongus can stop it. The first thing u should is to check if its a choice variant or not. If its a choice scarf one, then always send out amongus to avoid being tricked chansey. If its a bulky variant with will-o-wisp, then switch out to chansey.
Jirachi: well... Jirachi with a set of iron head, thunder wish+filler can be annoying for sure, even tough once u have burned it its a way easier to deal with. Calm mind version with substitute seems to be dangerous but, you are underestimating the fatness of chansey. Even at +6 psichic fails to do more than 40% damage lol. Only the 3% of the jirachi has psyshock (according to the september stat) so its not that common. If it has calm mind+wish... well to be honest i've never found one in the ladder. If it has choice scarf, just be careful about trick.
Salamence: Choice scarf variants are not difficult to deal with. i dont have any "counter" for dd salamence, here u need to be smart and send out skarmory when u know it will outrage you.
Ninetales: itself cant do much against this team. the problem is drought and only that.....
Terrakion: ahha, well, scarf variants (the more common) cant do anything to this team. Cb one can be annoying, even tough i can check his move with amongus and then send out Jirachi if it did stone edge. Also, skarmory can take an hit, so can politoed and the same tentacruel. Sword dance one are difficult to deal with it (not impossible, just dont let it setup)
Latios: any set are checked by chansey and Jirachi. The only thing that it can do is to trick Chansey or Jirachi, but still its not a problem.
Forretress: well lol. noth much to say about this guy.
Starmie: can be annoying if it has rapid spin+recover, but well offensively speaking it cant do anything to chansey.
Gengar: hard stopped by jirachi.
Alakazam: stopped by jirachi and chansey.
Tentacruel: Refresh toed does the trick. If u have burned it its pretty much gg.
Mamoswine: Skarmory can handle it.
Volcarona: Chansey and tentacruel both can stop it.
Infernape: rain itself make it less viable. Tentacruel can stop it.
Venusaur: well, it can setup on blissey BUT if i have rain up (the reason why i always want to switch politoed on ninetales) jirachi can paralize it, and it it has earthquake so i should assume it has hp ice, so skarmory can brave bird it.
Tornadus-t: well i have chansey and jirachi, i couldnt be more prepared for this guy.
espeon: well i dont know, jirachi can stop it and if it has stored power and baton pass... maybe perish song toed? lol
Skarmory: always send out tentacruel.
Cloyster: hum, Politoed, tentacruel, Jirachi, can all stop it.
Landorus: special sets are handled by Chansey. Phisical one by SKarmory and amongus.
Gyarados: well, one of the reason why perish song should be used on politoed is dragon dance gyarados. Anyway jirachi can take an hit and strike back a ko with thunder.
Thundurus: nasty plot variants can be annoying, i know, but honestly i've only faced one or two. Body slam can help here, anyway the other sets are not a problem.
Jellicent: i can toxic it with Politoed, amongus can help somehow and so does thunder jirachi. Sure is that untill it doestn die i will have problem to spin.
Lucario: well lol. Lucario is strong. Tentacruel and amongus can both try to take espeed+2 to scald or status him back, anyway it can setup a sd only against chansey and nothing else.
Donphan: pretty much the entire team bar jirachi.
Conkeldurr: annoying one, but honestly i think that is a fail of a pokemon, and i cant understand why people uses it... anyway, it may seems stupid but you can try to Toxic it, so its easier to stall out, you can spore it with amongus, and brave bird with skarmory.
Haxorus: skarmory is my main answer.
Hydreygon: anything on the team can take a draco meteor, anyway depending on the set, both jirachi and chansey can stop it.
Dugtrio: can be annoying if it traps jirachi, but wathever,eq is not even a ko.
Latias: chansey can stop calm mind latias easily. If it has refresh i can still flinch it to death with jirahci.
Reuniclus: a combination of jirachi and chansey stops any set.
Magnezone: Well as i said just use shed shell if u play for a tour. It can give pressure to almost the entire team bar chansey, even tough scarf variants are easily to deal with since it will be locked into a move. If it has substitute and it can trap jirachi im in trouble, but hey, nothing can avoid this.
Keldeo: if its a choice one, a combination of amongus and tentacruel can stop it. Calm mind variants just have to be statused. if it has substitue, then it probably have hp ghost and secret sword, so amongus can wall it.
Deoxys-d: just saying, if your opponent has an heavy offense with deo-d ALWAYS lead with tentacruel, no matter what. If they lead with deo-d, then just spam rapid spin (psychoo bost is not that common) to avoid stelath rock. If they dont, well you still have an answer to almost anything, so its not a big problem.
garchomp: well lol skarmory is my main answer even tough i can only phaze it.. well a status can let it down anyway.
Import:
Politoed (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Protect
- Toxic
- Refresh
Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic
- Softboiled
- Stealth Rock
Skarmory (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
- Roost
- Brave Bird
Tentacruel (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rain Dish
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
Amoonguss (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Stun Spore
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Giga Drain
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Iron Head
- Thunder
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Protect
- Toxic
- Refresh
Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic
- Softboiled
- Stealth Rock
Skarmory (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
- Roost
- Brave Bird
Tentacruel (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rain Dish
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spd
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
Amoonguss (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Stun Spore
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Giga Drain
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Iron Head
- Thunder
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