The title sounds really stupid but I've seen a lot worse on here so I don't feel too bad. I built this team when rain was really prevalent with Tornadus-T running around and basically built it to counter a common rain threats (Ferro specifically). I also hated Gliscor so I worked hard to stop that too. I ended up finding out that this team played pretty decently and was a lot of fun to use. I didn't go in with the mindset that I'd use all these UU Pokemon, but I wanted to use Bisharp and the rest of the team fit together with my playstyle.
The goal of this team is to put down rocks right away, spend mid-game forcing switches and nailing stuff with high power moves (Focus Punch, Fire Blast, & Seed Flare) and then finally clean up with Sharp or Lando. I probably need help with the EVs since I basically just made them up without doing calcs. Anyways check it out, hopefully this team can inspire others to try and find a niche for some UU Pokemon in OU like I (think I) have.
Azelf @ Focus Sash
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Taunt
- U-turn
Lead Azelf. Prettybasic stuff. I prefer U-Turn over a STAB move since this think it meant to die early. I almost always lead with this. If I see they don't have a spinner I'll put down rocks and explode right away even if its stuff like Ferro just to get another Pokemon in so I can start getting the opponent to make switches. I like this over mew since I want a taunter to use on stuff like Politoed. Aerodactyl and Tyranitar are only annoying here because they stop me from putting down Rocks or exploding, respectively. I'll usually explode on spinners like Ferro as well since then their Rapid Spin doesn't hit and then I can force them out with Heatran.
Poliwrath (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Encore
- Focus Punch
- Ice Punch
This thing is really cool against rain teams. It can mess with most Keldeo and Gliscor which is nice. I just made up the EVs but it can take hits from stuff like Scizor and set up SubPunch on it which is nice. Between Water Absorb and Encore it can force a lot of switches and like rocks damage pile up.
Heatran (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Fire Blast
- Toxic
- Earth Power
This thing, along with Landorus help the synergy of the team. Again the toxic goes with the semi-stall of the team. I've found sub really useful since Heatran forces so many switches and Fire Blast, Toxic or Earth Power can be a burden to anything that's not balloon Heatran (I haven't seen it lately though). I usually end up sacrificing this if I'm facing a rain team since everyone else handles rain pretty well.
Shaymin @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 76 SAtk / 252 SDef / 180 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Seed Flare
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Like the previous pokemon it force switches by virtue of Leech Seed. I like this set a lot, I was thinking of Celebi but Shaymin can take a unSTAB U-turn and the power of Seed Flare is nice. Again, makes a good switch into Gliscor.
Landorus-T (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Superpower
Scarf Lando. I like Adamant since I use this to clean up games and I need U-turn to make a dent. I should probably go less speed since its not like I'm outspeeding any scarfers anyways. I was thinking just get enough so I can outspeed Starmie. Sometimes I'll out-speed +1 Dragonite dependent on the spread they use but I don't know what number to hit to outpseed bulkier variants. Though I'm not too worried about it since both Shaymin and Poliwrath can take a hit and KO with it an ice move right back.
Bisharp (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Brick Break
This is my favourite Pokemon on the team since most people aren't prepared for it. I really like this for setting up on Ferro. It can usually switch into it, substitute on the Leech Seed, SD on the switch and nail the switch in with a boosted Sucker Punch. SubGar stops this set fairly well. I've had trouble with Hippodown switching into this and Sucker Punch doesn't do much to it. I'm thinking of some Speed EVs to outspeed Jolly Scizor so I don't lose to Superpower but its not like Brick Break with OHKO it at full health.
Basically my early game is setting up rocks and using my FGW core + U-Turn in order to maintain momentum and get some rocks damage in and then eventually sweep with Landorus EQ spam or set up Bisharp.
Obviously this doesn't always work out , my main problem is if I can't get Rocks down because then all the switches I force don't mean as much (hitting people with Fire Blast or Focus Punch on the switch is cool but it won't win the game for me. I guess I could use Jellicent as a spin blocker over Poliwrath but I really like Encore and Focus Punch hurts people (and people don't know how deal with Poliwrath as well as Jellicent). Residual damage is a huge problem for me since I switch a lot within my FGW core and my only method of healing is Shaymins Leech Seed.
In terms of specific threats Hippodown is hard to take down without Shaymin (but I guess it can't really hurt me), Lucario (ifits a SD my only shot is Lando or hope Poliwrath can take a hit so he can SubPunch. Sun gives this problems and I have to be careful playing against Venosaur. I usually really on some combination of Sucker Punch, Heatran and Lando (if it doesn't carry HP Ice) to handle it. A don't really have “counters” to a lot of the games premier offensive Pokemon so I rely on prediction and timely switches (which is why Sub is so prevelant on my team, it makes keeping the momentum and prediction so much easier). Anyways I can't think of a way to improve this team so I wanted some input as well as show off some Pokemon that have a niche in OU.
The goal of this team is to put down rocks right away, spend mid-game forcing switches and nailing stuff with high power moves (Focus Punch, Fire Blast, & Seed Flare) and then finally clean up with Sharp or Lando. I probably need help with the EVs since I basically just made them up without doing calcs. Anyways check it out, hopefully this team can inspire others to try and find a niche for some UU Pokemon in OU like I (think I) have.
Azelf @ Focus Sash
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Taunt
- U-turn
Lead Azelf. Prettybasic stuff. I prefer U-Turn over a STAB move since this think it meant to die early. I almost always lead with this. If I see they don't have a spinner I'll put down rocks and explode right away even if its stuff like Ferro just to get another Pokemon in so I can start getting the opponent to make switches. I like this over mew since I want a taunter to use on stuff like Politoed. Aerodactyl and Tyranitar are only annoying here because they stop me from putting down Rocks or exploding, respectively. I'll usually explode on spinners like Ferro as well since then their Rapid Spin doesn't hit and then I can force them out with Heatran.
Poliwrath (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Encore
- Focus Punch
- Ice Punch
This thing is really cool against rain teams. It can mess with most Keldeo and Gliscor which is nice. I just made up the EVs but it can take hits from stuff like Scizor and set up SubPunch on it which is nice. Between Water Absorb and Encore it can force a lot of switches and like rocks damage pile up.
Heatran (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Fire Blast
- Toxic
- Earth Power
This thing, along with Landorus help the synergy of the team. Again the toxic goes with the semi-stall of the team. I've found sub really useful since Heatran forces so many switches and Fire Blast, Toxic or Earth Power can be a burden to anything that's not balloon Heatran (I haven't seen it lately though). I usually end up sacrificing this if I'm facing a rain team since everyone else handles rain pretty well.
Shaymin @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 76 SAtk / 252 SDef / 180 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Seed Flare
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Like the previous pokemon it force switches by virtue of Leech Seed. I like this set a lot, I was thinking of Celebi but Shaymin can take a unSTAB U-turn and the power of Seed Flare is nice. Again, makes a good switch into Gliscor.
Landorus-T (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Superpower
Scarf Lando. I like Adamant since I use this to clean up games and I need U-turn to make a dent. I should probably go less speed since its not like I'm outspeeding any scarfers anyways. I was thinking just get enough so I can outspeed Starmie. Sometimes I'll out-speed +1 Dragonite dependent on the spread they use but I don't know what number to hit to outpseed bulkier variants. Though I'm not too worried about it since both Shaymin and Poliwrath can take a hit and KO with it an ice move right back.
Bisharp (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Brick Break
This is my favourite Pokemon on the team since most people aren't prepared for it. I really like this for setting up on Ferro. It can usually switch into it, substitute on the Leech Seed, SD on the switch and nail the switch in with a boosted Sucker Punch. SubGar stops this set fairly well. I've had trouble with Hippodown switching into this and Sucker Punch doesn't do much to it. I'm thinking of some Speed EVs to outspeed Jolly Scizor so I don't lose to Superpower but its not like Brick Break with OHKO it at full health.
Basically my early game is setting up rocks and using my FGW core + U-Turn in order to maintain momentum and get some rocks damage in and then eventually sweep with Landorus EQ spam or set up Bisharp.
Obviously this doesn't always work out , my main problem is if I can't get Rocks down because then all the switches I force don't mean as much (hitting people with Fire Blast or Focus Punch on the switch is cool but it won't win the game for me. I guess I could use Jellicent as a spin blocker over Poliwrath but I really like Encore and Focus Punch hurts people (and people don't know how deal with Poliwrath as well as Jellicent). Residual damage is a huge problem for me since I switch a lot within my FGW core and my only method of healing is Shaymins Leech Seed.
In terms of specific threats Hippodown is hard to take down without Shaymin (but I guess it can't really hurt me), Lucario (ifits a SD my only shot is Lando or hope Poliwrath can take a hit so he can SubPunch. Sun gives this problems and I have to be careful playing against Venosaur. I usually really on some combination of Sucker Punch, Heatran and Lando (if it doesn't carry HP Ice) to handle it. A don't really have “counters” to a lot of the games premier offensive Pokemon so I rely on prediction and timely switches (which is why Sub is so prevelant on my team, it makes keeping the momentum and prediction so much easier). Anyways I can't think of a way to improve this team so I wanted some input as well as show off some Pokemon that have a niche in OU.
