XY OU Gyarados Offense peaked 1670

Hey friends,
Last night i couldn't sleep and decided to ladder a bit up.
The team i used is built around SubDD Mega Gyarados..
So lets just jump into it.

1. Gyarados
@Gyaranite
Intimidate
252atk, 252speed, 4def
Adamant nature
Substitute
Dragon dance
Waterfall
Earthquake

Waterfall is your main Move, EQ for Rotom, Gengar, Latis..
Substitute to protect you from Leech seed, toxic and will-o. It also lets you setup easier with Gyaras great Bulk. Intimidate over Moxie because it boosts your Defense and makes you setup easier.

2. Talonflame
Choice Band
Gale Wings
252atk, 252speed, 4def
Adamant nature
Brave Bird
Flare Blitz
U-Turn
Tailwind

Great offensive synergie with gyara, mainly against venusaur, ferrothorn, and fighting typed such as Breloom.
Its probably the best revenge killer in the meta and a great late-game sweeper when the opponent is weakened.

3.Latias
Life Orb
Levitate
252SpAtk,252speed,4def
Psychic
Recover
Defog
Healing Wish
Main purpose is to threaten mega venu and breeloom and to defog for Talonflame and Thundurus.
Its good natural bulk and high speed make it a good defog user.
I chose recover over Draco, because i often need a defog later on. Draco offers more switch ins after -2 as well.
With heling wish, Latias can heal one member to full hp. It comes in handy late game when mainly gyara or thundurus are low and already punched holes in the opponents team. Also cures burns and paralysis, which is always nice too.


4.Landorus-T
@Choice-Scarf
Intimidate
252atk,252speed,4def
Jolly nature
Earthquake
Stone Edge
U-Turn
Knock Off

I tried CM-Lando and Defensive Lando-T in this slot before, but both did not work.
I remarked that Lando-T pressures alot offensively with its massive attack and Good Bulk due to Intimidate.
To speed up the team i scarfed it.
The edge-quake combo provides great coverage, u-Turen for momentum and Knock off because its knock off.
Great pivot and very oftem my lead.

5.Ferrothorn
Leftovers
Iron Barbs
252Hp, 166def, 88spdef
Impish nature
Gyro Ball
Leech seed
Protect
Stealth rocks
Checks mainly Azumarill, latis without hp fire and is overall nasty with leech seed+protect which weakens other mons pretty quickly.
Moreover the team needed a rocker.

6.Thundurus
Life Orb
Prankster
252spatk, 252speed,4 def
Timid nature
Thunderbolt
HP Ice
Thunder Wave
Focus Blast

Focus blast is a must in order to kill Ferrothorn which gives me nightmares otherwise.
Thundurus is generally a greak poke in offense as its fast, strong and shut down faster threats or setup-sweepers.
Hp is for landorus, garchomp, dnite, mence...mainly the first one
Life orb over leftovers because i can't afford not OHKOing a full health zard y with tbolt.


Overall this team performs pretty well..
Problems are bulky grass types and the lack of.priority on the team,,only talonflame with bravebird.


I'M open to any kind of critic or suggenstion.

Thank you, im out
 
Sorry, but i cant do this with my phone
Need to waint till im getting home again to access my laptop
Okay Ill give a rate then:

I give it 7.5/10 it's a nice team overall
but I suggest some changes:

I recommand this spread and the move ice fang for coverage and this gyarados will be able to set-up more easily:

Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 64 HP / 248 Atk / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Waterfall
- Ice Fang
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance

I recommand that you change ur 4 def to 4 spd because u will be more likely to be hit by a special attack if u wanna survive:

Talonflame @ Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Tailwind

I recommand this spread for the same job your ferro already does but better with this spread :

Eden Hazard (Ferrothorn) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball

Hope this helps

Kind Regards
ninjadieter
 
Hi Zidikeit, interesting team!
I recommend a couple of changes after looking at the team. Firstly, if you are running Tailwind on Talonflame, I recommend running a Sharp Beak over the Choice Band, as it does not lock you into a move.
Secondly, I recommend running Psyshock over Psychic on Latias, to hit Special walls such as Assault Vest Conkeldurr.
Finally, as a personal suggestion, I recommend running Roost over Tailwind on Talonflame. Calm Mind Clefable seems to be a bit of a problem for your team. Roost will help Talonflame effectively wall Clefable.

Overall, nice team. Hope this helped!

Talonflame @ Sharp Beak
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Tailwind/Roost

Latias (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psyshock
- Draco Meteor
- Defog
- Healing Wish
 
ninjadieter thanks for the ferro set, it performs pretty nicely ur right.

ThePack i chose psychic because it help me to do more damage to rotoms and foretress, but psyshock seems more profiteable, yes.
The Talonflame set is nice, but i replaced uturn with SD, i have to give roost another try

Thank you both so far
 
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