I had my Round 2 OST matches today, so now I can finally retire some of these teams in my "Pre-Home Hall of Fame". These three teams were the ones I brought to each of my matches and I'm happy to share them here. Click the teams for the importable.
I got the inspiration for this from the "Next Best Thing" thread with the DD Sucker Punch Dragapult. I managed to ladder this on an alt to around 1650, so the team definitely works on the ladder. It's not great in a tournament setting though since it relies on Pult being a set no one is expecting. +1 Shadow Force will always knock out Clef, which makes it perfect for when you switch it in and DD on their switch into Clef. I also really like Sylveon here since it manages to be a good wishpasser that can make it easier for pals to get wishes thanks to Mystical Fire. Then of couse you've got the essentially standard Rotom-H / Seismitoad / Corviknight core which is just really good in general. Lastly I have scarf Gengar if only so that I can trick Toxapex, and not fear Black Sludge. Team's pretty fun, I'm honestly surprised at how well it works, but I can't complain. Just make sure Sylveon doesn't die and you can basically win if you play well enough. If there's any indicator about how good this team is, I got to 1500 before I realized Dragapult was missing like 4 EVs, oops.
I love Body Press Kommo-o. It's so good. This team was built right before this thing got really hyped up and I remember going o the ladder and stunting on Dracovish when I was at +2 Def. Real talk though, Body Press Kommo-o is one of those mons that puts in a ton of work, but can be dealt with with things like Dragapult,so I opted for Banded Aegislash, because Aegislash is also really good. Rounding out the DFS core is Clef with T-Wave which can just be so unfair sometimes. There's also Corv and Ferro to round out a Steel Core, with Ferro being a Vish answer. The team is also very slow so Scarf Hydreigon is there to help overwhelm teams. This is a much better tour team, but it's also fun on the ladder, I remember getting to around 1535 on this before I decided to stop laddering and get back to studying (lol).
This is the most recent team I've made based on the "Next Best Thing" thread, and probably the most "heat" of them, so bear with me. This team isn't going to be the greatest team on the planet, but between AV Snarl being able to stop any special Dragapult in its tracks, and literally no one knowing what Toxicroak does, this team is great for making people panic in critical situations. This was the team I brought G3 for OST and my opp brought Rain and literally couldn't beat Toxicroak after I took out Seismitoad. My teams have a problem with being pretty slow and I figure Rotom-W could probably be Rotom-C instead, but I think Washtom is the best Trick-Scarf Rotom form out there at the moment. Aegislash and Kommo-o core makes a return, but this one has Specs Aegi just because of Snarl (which also makes a neato DFS bulky offense core). But again, Toxicroak is really fun as a Dracovish check so long as you know it's either banded or scarfed. Toxicroak beats so much on Rain and it's a blast to use. Don't remember where this peaked on the ladder, but like, at this point, are you really going to bring this to the ladder?
Otherwise, these teams are kind of useless at this point. I wouldn't use these on the ladder now just because there's so much to really account for now and they're really out of date, but like, here you go for stealing I guess. That said, I'm proud of them too because they really made me get back into laddering after the initial slog of adjusting to the new gen.
