This my second RMT, so don't be too harsh. Well, this team stared me watching YouTube on my favorite Pokémon WiFi Batteler. He used the team "Aromaticity" And I wanted to make my own Sand-team, and I must say that it's been pretty successful, so here you go!
The making of the team
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I choose too use Hippowdon over Tyranitar because, 1. A Tyranitar lead will eventualy get broken, and if it was in a weather-war situation I would easily have lost 2. Hippowdon would be a great special-wall and he can pack quite the punch to those who are weak to Ground/Ice.
Then I added Stoutland, because of the inspiration I got from Aromaticity, for its great coverage and Speed with the Ability, Sand Rush.
This time I felt like I neede a physical wall, and for the circumstances Ferrothorn was perfect. And with Leech Seed and Rocky Helmet, he could deal a ton of damage, even for a wall. Plus, thanks for its survivability it can easily get up some entry hazards.
Now I had: A special wall, a physical sweeper/revenge-killer and a physical wall, then I had to get a special attacker and I choose Landorus with Sand Force and Expert Belt, and since it has pretty good coverage it made a perfect special sweeper and because its high speed stat it makes a good revenge killer too.
At this point, I had everything I really needed. But 2 Pokémon were still missing. And I figured I wanted to have a bulky, still offensive Pokémon with Toxic Spikes so I added Drapion since it can take quite the hit and still dish out some damage to its only threat with Ice Fang.
For the last pokemon I needed a good spin-blocker and I wanted to cover a different type than Steel/Ground/Rock. And 'm thinking to replace Drapion with Volcarona and Jellicent with Tentacruel, but thats for later.
Hippowdon@ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Hp / 60 Atk / 196 SpD
Careful Nature (+SpD, -SpA)
• Earthquake
• Slack Off
• Ice Fang
• Whirlwind
[box]Description:
The "Sand-Wall"
Well, I think this is a better Sand Streamer than Tyranitar because of its phenomenal bulk and unlike Tyranitar, it isn't afraid of meeting Dugtrio. Ice Fang also allows Hippowdon to take down Pokemon that are immune to EQ, such as Dragonite, Garchomp, Salamence, and Landorus-T. Whirlwind is also a good move to counter Pokémon that set up on Hippowdon, like CM Jirachi or SD Breloom. I run the mixed set because it allows Hippowdon to be able to take a STAB Icicle Crash from max Atk Mammoswine, and seeing that Politoed is a great threat to Hippowdon,if it runs Choice Specs and hits with Hydro Pump, it's a OHKO, but if Politoed misses or if it isn't Choice Specs, Hippowdon can easily take the hit.[/box]
At a glance
The making of the team
I choose too use Hippowdon over Tyranitar because, 1. A Tyranitar lead will eventualy get broken, and if it was in a weather-war situation I would easily have lost 2. Hippowdon would be a great special-wall and he can pack quite the punch to those who are weak to Ground/Ice.
Then I added Stoutland, because of the inspiration I got from Aromaticity, for its great coverage and Speed with the Ability, Sand Rush.
This time I felt like I neede a physical wall, and for the circumstances Ferrothorn was perfect. And with Leech Seed and Rocky Helmet, he could deal a ton of damage, even for a wall. Plus, thanks for its survivability it can easily get up some entry hazards.
Now I had: A special wall, a physical sweeper/revenge-killer and a physical wall, then I had to get a special attacker and I choose Landorus with Sand Force and Expert Belt, and since it has pretty good coverage it made a perfect special sweeper and because its high speed stat it makes a good revenge killer too.
At this point, I had everything I really needed. But 2 Pokémon were still missing. And I figured I wanted to have a bulky, still offensive Pokémon with Toxic Spikes so I added Drapion since it can take quite the hit and still dish out some damage to its only threat with Ice Fang.
For the last pokemon I needed a good spin-blocker and I wanted to cover a different type than Steel/Ground/Rock. And 'm thinking to replace Drapion with Volcarona and Jellicent with Tentacruel, but thats for later.
Hippowdon@ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Hp / 60 Atk / 196 SpD
Careful Nature (+SpD, -SpA)
• Earthquake
• Slack Off
• Ice Fang
• Whirlwind
[box]Description:
The "Sand-Wall"
Well, I think this is a better Sand Streamer than Tyranitar because of its phenomenal bulk and unlike Tyranitar, it isn't afraid of meeting Dugtrio. Ice Fang also allows Hippowdon to take down Pokemon that are immune to EQ, such as Dragonite, Garchomp, Salamence, and Landorus-T. Whirlwind is also a good move to counter Pokémon that set up on Hippowdon, like CM Jirachi or SD Breloom. I run the mixed set because it allows Hippowdon to be able to take a STAB Icicle Crash from max Atk Mammoswine, and seeing that Politoed is a great threat to Hippowdon,if it runs Choice Specs and hits with Hydro Pump, it's a OHKO, but if Politoed misses or if it isn't Choice Specs, Hippowdon can easily take the hit.[/box]
