Trial & Error
Acre:
Hello Smogon community welcome to one of my best ou rmt's Trial & Error. Despite my number of post i am not new here. Somehow my account got erased during the time smogon was down so i had to make a new account. Joim said he will try his best to get my post back, so i am happy there is atleast a chance that i can get my account back to normal. Thats why he is my favorite Smogon member. Anyway this team is very good in what it does. I pretty much just adapted to every situation. It even does great against the fearsome Keldeo, Landorus, and Tyranitar core. How does it do that easy. Landorus gets walled by Celebi unless it has (U-Turn) and Bronzong (unless it has gravity) and gets checked by Rotom-W (unless it has Scarf). Keldeo gets walled by Jellicent and Celebi (unless it has Hp Bug) and checked by Rotom-W and Terrakion (if it doesn't have scarf). Tyranitar job is to trap Keldeo and Landorus counters with pursuit. Well Bronzong damages Tyranitar alot and pursuit doesn't do much, Jellicent has Will-O-Wisp and it EV spread outspeed Banded Ttar, and Celebi has Baton Pass to run away.Though Choice Scarf Tyranitar is a problem though since it doesn't hit that hard i have a chance against it.
Teambuilding
The full teambuilding is to long so i had to shorten it. The name of the team is trial and error so guess what i tried a pokemon if it didn't work it was a error so i try another pokemon thats why it is called trial and error.
Ok so this is going to be long so i am going to shorten it alot. First i started off with Tyranitar because i felt like using a sand pokemon. Also i like Tyranitar's design.
Next i wanted something that could use sand to its advantage and i used this poke on one of my test teams and it worked great. I also needed something with speed and power and can take out alot of pokemon fast.
Ok well i have these to pokes so that third poke has to be Jirachi or Celebi. Why because they look cool with these 2 pokemon by there side. I needed something that could be Keldeo, Celebi won :) .
Hmm Celebi is not enough to beat Keldeo because some of them now carry Hp Bug, so i really don't want to get swept by Keldeo, so i needed another pokemon to defeat Keldeo. Go chips.
You get it Pringles, Chips, Jellicent well nevermind lets continue. I needed a steel type of course so i wanted get swept by dragons and i needed stealth rocks, so i decided on a Skarmory.
For the last poke i just wanted a dragon type since almost all teams have s dragon type and i really didn't feel like thinking too much. I went with Latios because i am lazy.
Tyranitar sucks so i replace it with Rotom-W for a easier time against rain teams and Landos and Keldeos. Lol for people who like Tyranitar don't be offended by my comment thank you.
I decided to replace skarmory, because all skarmory did was Whirlwind, so i decided to Whirlwind it outta my team and replace it with Bronzong.
Well Latios had a good run. It had competition mostly with Calm Mind Latias, but i have finally found the successor of Latios. Why did i remove Latios becuase all it could do was get caught by Pursuit Tar after the Draco Meteor and the special drop didn't really help. Guess what Latios because you keep dropping your special i am going to drop you outta this team and replace you with Garchomp.
This is what i ended up with so far.
CHANGES ARE IN BOLD
Analysis
K.C. (Rotom-Wash) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Trick
Well Rotom-Wash is my usually lead against any pokemon. It owns Non-Choice Scarf Landorus leads., It can hit every weather lead for SE damage (but Abomasnow), and it can Volt-Switch out of losing situations. Not only is it a good lead it puts so much offensive pressure onto my opponent making them switch giving me momentum with Volt-Switch. It also acts as a good way to check both Landorus and Keldeo if they are lacking scarf. Rotom-W it can also tank a Focus Blast or a Psychic from Landorus and defeat it with Hp Ice or Hydro Pump. Keldeo is a different story. With Rotom-W i can only dent Keldeo with Volt-Switch no KO it. Trick is great in many situations. It allows me to defeat big walls like Ferrothorn and Blissey easier. Hp Ice is more of a situational move allowing me to defeat Dragons though i have been deciding if i should use Signal Beam over Trick and Hp Ice.
Bii (Celebi) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 220 SDef / 252 HP / 36 Spd
Calm Nature
- Baton Pass
- Giga Drain
- Recover
- Psychic
Celebi is my counter to both Landorus and Keldeo. Though some of them have a few ways to get past Celebi, Celebi had never let me down. Well Celebi often has a hard time with Volt-Turn teams because of the way they can force Celebi out with U-Turn and gain momentum. When i play those types of team i tried to bring Celebi in only went it is necessary. Well Baton Pass lets me combat the TTar-Lando-Keldeo core because it allows me to escape from Tyranitar's Pursuit which is really important to be able to fight that core. Giga Drain is my main way to defeat Keldeo and Landorus. You may ask why not Psychic on both because it has more Base Power. Well because Giga Drain allows me to gain hp after i use an attack, so it makes it harder for Keldeo and Landorus to take me down. Recover is my only form of reliable healing which allows me to have a easier time against alot of threats like Latios and Alakazam. Psychic is my second stab and it is the only way for my team to hit fighting types.
Rayleigh (Garchomp) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rough Skin
EVs: 60 Spd / 252 HP / 196 Def
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock
Garchomp is my Stealth Rock setter and it could be considered a physical wall though not a very good one. Garchomp with Stealth Rock usually catches alot of people off guard because they are usually used to the more offensive ones. Well Earthquake is my main stab and it hits annoying electric types who mess with this team and makes me mad for SE damage. Which is really nice since most electric types carry Volt-Switch which won't work on Garchomp because of his typing, so Garchomp can easily dispatch of them not counting Thundurus-T. Dragon Claw is my other stab. I don't really use it alot, but when Earthquake can't hit something it is usually Dragon Claw that i use. Fire Blast is really important. Fire Blast allows me to own Custap Berry Skarmory and get myself Stealth Rock on the field. It also owns Forretress leads, Ferrothorn leads, and Scizor leads. Stealth Rock lets me get some extra damage from not attacking which is awesome for my team. Thats pretty much all i can say about that.
Lucci (Jellicent) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Spd / 168 SDef
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Will-O-Wisp
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
Jellicent is one of my favorite pokemon. It reminds me of the guy on the pringles box. Anyway Jellicent job is to counter Keldeo all the way. Jellicent is to be considered the best Keldeo counter and the people who say that are 100% right. The random EV's in speed allows me to outspeed Choice Band Ttar and burn it with Will-O-Wisp which is a big help when fighting the core. It can also do okay against Landorus which is never bad.(If Landorus gets banned then this team will own just a simple Keldeo-Tar core). Scald is my main attack prowess and it allows me to get burns without counting on Will-O-Wisp. Will-O-Wisp may seems redundant with Scald but Bronzong already has Toxic and Will-O-Wisp allows me to burn Tyranitar making it easy to defeat for my team. Shadow Ball is so i can hit those annoying Alakazams and Gengars for SE damage. It is also great to be able to hit that Lati@s twins for SE. Recover is the final move and it is just mostly there so Jellicent won't get killed easily making my team a pain to defeat.
Diego (Terrakion) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- X-Scissor
- Rock Slide
Terrakion is the best pokemon on this team by far. Why because it has great speed, great attack, and to top it all of great synergy with my team. This one thing happens alot when i battle. Well i have Celebi out on the field and they have Tyranitar. They use Pursuit while i Baton Pass. I get away safely and go straight to Terrakion who gets the attack boost form Justified and sweeps my opponents team like nothing happened. I love when that happens and it seems to happen alot. Close Combat is the main attack and it helps kill alot of pokemon or do i good chunk out of my opponents pokemon. Stone Edge helps me hit flying types which Close Combat can't do. It also good for hitting bug and fire types. X-Scissor lets me KO most Celebi's which is a great thing for Terrakion. Rock Slide is just a filer move NOT REALLY. Rock Slide saved me more times then i can count. You may say it is redundant having both Stone Edge and Rock Slide well thats a big lie. Stone Edge always miss when you needs it to hit. Thats where Rock Slide comes in and does amazing damage still.
Ben.G (Bronzong) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 88 SDef / 252 HP / 168 Def
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Hypnosis
- Gyro Ball
- Toxic
- Earthquake
For the last pokemon i have Bronzong. I decided to name Bronzong Ben.G because he used a bronzong on his trick room team. Bronzong allows me to do better against Landorus and it gives me a steel type which all teams need alot. Bronzong acts as a wall and the most annoying pokemon for anything to face. For some reason most teams have never seen a Bronzong with Hypnosis. Well when you meet one like mine you are going to get mad. It is alot of fun to just put my opponent pokemon to sleep it makes me laugh when some of them forfeit because they switch straight to a pokemon who can beat Bronzong and they get put to sleep. Gyro Ball is my main stab and it really helps against pokemon who try to setup on Bronzong. Toxic allows me to wear down big walls and do great against stall teams. Earthquake actually saved my butt on a few occasions. One is when someone switched to heatran on my bronzong and i returned. Next time i had my Bronzong out i used Earthquake poor Heatran started crying Lol jk he couldn't cry since he was no more.
REPLAYS
It seems i have a few replays saved.
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/oucurrent-39272191 - Loses to hax on last move
THREAT LIST COMING SOON
Choice Scarf Tar is a threat though
CONCLUSION
Well I hope the smogon community liked my RMT. Please do not think this is my first rmt on this site My account just got erased :( . I have made over 5 RMT's, so please really take the time to rate this team. Please actually make a suggestion that helps this team and actually give a reason why it helps. If your like replace bronzong because it is UU and Skarmory is OU and is better i am going to totally ignore your suggestion. Also if anything please tell me you enjoyed my RMT, and if you're a shy to change anything you better post in this thread becuase this team is named trial and error. That means i tried everything and tested everything. I hope you like the RMT.
