SM OU metal sound heatran 1800+

galal · Feb 23, 2018

Introduction

yo whats up smogon!! its galal here with my first rmt in sun and moon. iv always loved bulky offence and i dont think its used as much in this gen with all the tapu's and graninjas around. i wanted to make something fun and creative that can beat any playing style and the most commonly used Pokemon right now. so here goes:

The Team

my mixtape (Heatran) @ Firium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Metal Sound
- Taunt

i was looking around in the forums and i came across this heatran set in OU next best thing. its trapper heatran. this set is amazing. its main purpose is to trap annoying pokemon like chansey, mega venu, taxapex, mega sab, celestela, zapdos,skarmory and clefable for a late game sweep with kartana or scizor. heatran is the mvp of the team. he literally destroys stall and fat mons. earth power is given to get rid of other heatrans and taxapex.

jiren (Scizor) @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 64 Atk / 124 Def / 16 SpD / 56 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Roost

next i needed something that would work well with heatran. who else than scizor. heatran gets rid of scizors main checks like celestela, and zapdos. Scizor has a good shot at switching in on Ground-type moves, and can stand up against or defeat Heatran's checks, I.E Tyranitar or Landorus-T. Scizor is a very flexible Pokèmon that can either wall break or sweep late game, and it has amazing offensive and defensive synergy with Heatran.

kartana oh nana (Kartana) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike
- Knock Off

next i needed a fast sweeper/late game cleaner that can put alot of pressure on my opponent and to help against rain teams. beast boost is the most op ability made. i ran knock off to help get rid of assault vests and rocky helmets on skarmory, magerna, and tangrowth. kartana completes my 3 way offensive steel core.

goku (Landorus-Therian) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn

the team was missing a stealth rocker and some good defense. probably the best pokemon in ou landorus does this job perfectly. hidden ice was used for zygrades and other landorus's making kartanas and scizors job easier

naruto (Zapdos) @ Leftovers
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Roost
- Heat Wave
- Defog

i needed another defensive pokemon and someone that can get rid of other scizors and hawlucha who can pretty much sweep this team. zapdos and landi make a very solid core that can get rid of each others checks. zapdos is a hax legend. discharge is very important to cripple opponents heatrans to avoid speed ties with my heatran and fat mons for the sweepers.

GreatWallofChansey (Chansey) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Seismic Toss
- Protect
- Heal Bell
- Wish

the team was lacking sp defence. tapu leles,graninjas, and kokos have nothing on chansey. wish support is amazing, giving heatran more chances to destroy stall and other bulky teams. heal bell is also great just in case your opponent is haxing you to death and for the burns on scizor. i had thunder wave on him before but changed it to this set. wish support is amazing on bulky offence.

Conclusion

i hope you guys like the team and im open for advice. im not an amazing player or anything but i feel like this team can make it to the top of the ladder.
on the bottom of the page are some replays. i got to 1900 with this team but didnt have a replay or pic for it :(

my mixtape (Heatran) @ Firium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Metal Sound
- Taunt

jiren (Scizor) @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 64 Atk / 124 Def / 16 SpD / 56 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Roost

kartana oh nana (Kartana) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike
- Knock Off

goku (Landorus-Therian) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn

naruto (Zapdos) @ Leftovers
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Roost
- Heat Wave
- Defog

GreatWallofChansey (Chansey) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Seismic Toss
- Protect
- Heal Bell
- Wish

patlop2307 · Feb 24, 2018

Hey galal, this is a very cool idea and a team, that is very well built.
However, this is not a team without flaws, so I will do my best to try to improve this team.

What is your team weak to?

Charizard-X can be quite the nuisance to your team, with the only Pokémon being able to hit it for a considerable amount of damage (Landrous-Therian), only having Wish-Pass as the only option of recovery.
Heatran, altho needing to win a speed tie versus your own Heatran, can be really annoying to your team. Taunt + Earth Power + Magma Storm traps, disables, and/or kills all of your Pokémon on your team.
Zapdos can make the rocks basically be gone the whole game, if it is Pressure.

How can you improve your team?

Quagsire > Kartana: To be fair, this team consits of three stall Pokémon, so why not add another stall Pokémon? Also, it gives you an answer to all of the three problems (Heatran, as long as it is not Grassium Z) and is just generally an extremely solid Pokémon to have on stall.

Knock Off > U-Turn; Scizor-Mega: Now, since I replaced Kartana for Quagsire, I do think that you need a knocker on your team to not just go down to stall. Also, you have a Landorus provides the "turn" to Heatran as well.

It is a very well built team otherwise! But without further ado, here is the team:

http://pokepast.es/4f7e207981eab8fd

Hope I helped you out ^^

babyvortex · Feb 24, 2018

Hi, I would like to rate/fix your team just a bit!
I like the heatran set, it reminds me of when I was just starting out and I used metal sound because of its amazingness ingame! The set can force switches if you have SR up, or it can just get kills on trapped mons! I like the synergy. However, the trouble pokemon for you that you use chansey for are all going to beat it one way or another. Greninja has spikes, tapu koko will voltswitch or u-turn out of it, while tapu lele does massive damage with the Z or choice specs sets. I think that this can be fixed if you use a dedicated special wall like tapu-fini. That pokemon is a check to greninja, it can defog thus freeing a slot for zapdos such as toxic or hidden power ice, and can change terrain for you. I think that you are better off using a specially defensive scizor, rocky helmet zapdos, and a yache landorus or an assault vest landorus and move the stealth rock onto heatran because metal sound does the same thing as taunt. That is just my two cents, happy laddering!

galal · Feb 24, 2018

patlop2307 said:
Hey galal, this is a very cool idea and a team, that is very well built.
However, this is not a team without flaws, so I will do my best to try to improve this team.

What is your team weak to?

Charizard-X can be quite the nuisance to your team, with the only Pokémon being able to hit it for a considerable amount of damage (Landrous-Therian), only having Wish-Pass as the only option of recovery.

Heatran, altho needing to win a speed tie versus your own Heatran, can be really annoying to your team. Taunt + Earth Power + Magma Storm traps, disables, and/or kills all of your Pokémon on your team.

Zapdos can make the rocks basically be gone the whole game, if it is Pressure.

How can you improve your team?

Quagsire > Kartana: To be fair, this team consits of three stall Pokémon, so why not add another stall Pokémon? Also, it gives you an answer to all of the three problems (Heatran, as long as it is not Grassium Z) and is just generally an extremely solid Pokémon to have on stall.

Knock Off > U-Turn; Scizor-Mega: Now, since I replaced Kartana for Quagsire, I do think that you need a knocker on your team to not just go down to stall. Also, you have a Landorus provides the "turn" to Heatran as well.

It is a very well built team otherwise! But without further ado, here is the team:

http://pokepast.es/4f7e207981eab8fd

Hope I helped you out ^^

thank you so much for the rate! i agree with you om the heatran. theres also keldeo who can be vary hard to kill. charizard isnt a big deal tbh.. you just gotta keep landi healthy, but if he starts d dancing click X lol. ill give the new team a try. love brojack as a name though lol

galal · Feb 24, 2018

babyvortex said:
Hi, I would like to rate/fix your team just a bit!
I like the heatran set, it reminds me of when I was just starting out and I used metal sound because of its amazingness ingame! The set can force switches if you have SR up, or it can just get kills on trapped mons! I like the synergy. However, the trouble pokemon for you that you use chansey for are all going to beat it one way or another. Greninja has spikes, tapu koko will voltswitch or u-turn out of it, while tapu lele does massive damage with the Z or choice specs sets. I think that this can be fixed if you use a dedicated special wall like tapu-fini. That pokemon is a check to greninja, it can defog thus freeing a slot for zapdos such as toxic or hidden power ice, and can change terrain for you. I think that you are better off using a specially defensive scizor, rocky helmet zapdos, and a yache landorus or an assault vest landorus and move the stealth rock onto heatran because metal sound does the same thing as taunt. That is just my two cents, happy laddering!

thank you for the help. ill give this a try. what am i going to switch though for tapu fini? kartana? rain will be a very big problem without him. tapu fini will really help with the charizard,keldeo and heatran weaknesses. and with wish support hes gonna be very hard to kill