I lead with a Ninjask @ Focus Sash.
He knows Double Team, Baton Pass, X-scisor and Arial Ace.
I always start with a Double Team, if the enemy miss the move I go for another DoubleTeam, if the enemy attack me (I will survive because I'm Focus Sash) so I used my baton pass. Since DoubleTeam is a very generic move I don't have a exactly pokémon to switch, I just never give evasion to Smeargle.
Smeargle @ Salac Berry.
He knows Endure, Spore, Endeavor and Extreme Speed.
I put this Smeargle against strong sweepers, I need to predict a atk to use my Endure to survive with 1 HP and active my Salac Berry to be a bit more fast. Smeargle's EV is all in Speed and he is Naive (+Speed - Sdef).
It's ability is Own Tempo, I used to have Moody ability, but it's so random and I just care only about my speed (and there is a risk of lost my speed with this ability, so I take out this ability).
Breloom @ Toxic Orb.
He knows Spore, Focus Punch, Leech Seed and Energy Ball.
Since in this tier don't have the Sleep Clause I put two pokémons with Spore to put all enemy team to sleep. If I managed to receive some Speed boost of Ninjask helps a lot to out speed the enemy and put him to sleep. I just need to be aware of Ghost pokémon, because they are imune a Focus Punch. And aware about Grass pokémon since they are imune to Spore and Leech Seed in this generation.
Articuno @ Leftovers.
He knows Mind Reader, Sheer Cold, Hurricane and Ice Beam.
Since in this tier don't have the OHKO Clause, I put one pokémon with OHKO move. First I go to Mind Reader and then to Sheer Cold to garantee a kill. If the enemy used Gygantamax after I used Mind Reader I use Hurricane since Gygantamax pokémon are imune to OHKO moves. I also have Ice Beam in case I find a Sturdy/Focus Sash pokémon... So I need a very accurate move to eliminate they.
Also Articuno is the pokémon I like to Gygantamax, because Hurrican become Max Airstream and raise my speed each time I used it.
Zacian-Crowned @Rusted Sword.
He knows Sacred Sword, Crunch, Fire Fang and Psychic Fang.
He is just a very powerfull pokémon with 4 atk moves. He is a good option to receive the Ninjask boosts because it can deal with a lot of Pokémons.
And also it have the Intrepid Sword ability who raise it's atk in one stage when it's enter in battle.
Primal-Kyogre @ Blue Orb.
He knows Calm Mind, Water Spout, Ice Beam and Thunder.
Also another very powerfull pokémon just to complete the team, he is also a option to receive Ninjask boost.
What I don't understand is why in this generation the rain not continues when Kyogre is out of battle.
Now some replays to you understand how this team works:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656094807
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656136557-hcstirycprgds9gcvoiajo0uqxxt069pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656143308
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656281180
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656289102
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656293095
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656297630-j19ibehl0yy7rw2cdyuinehjddsbz91pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656306996
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656369463
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1657507752
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1657518785
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1666008526
And to finish, there is the pokepasta of this team: https://pokepast.es/5dd16341f2440822
He knows Double Team, Baton Pass, X-scisor and Arial Ace.
I always start with a Double Team, if the enemy miss the move I go for another DoubleTeam, if the enemy attack me (I will survive because I'm Focus Sash) so I used my baton pass. Since DoubleTeam is a very generic move I don't have a exactly pokémon to switch, I just never give evasion to Smeargle.
Smeargle @ Salac Berry.
He knows Endure, Spore, Endeavor and Extreme Speed.
I put this Smeargle against strong sweepers, I need to predict a atk to use my Endure to survive with 1 HP and active my Salac Berry to be a bit more fast. Smeargle's EV is all in Speed and he is Naive (+Speed - Sdef).
It's ability is Own Tempo, I used to have Moody ability, but it's so random and I just care only about my speed (and there is a risk of lost my speed with this ability, so I take out this ability).
Breloom @ Toxic Orb.
He knows Spore, Focus Punch, Leech Seed and Energy Ball.
Since in this tier don't have the Sleep Clause I put two pokémons with Spore to put all enemy team to sleep. If I managed to receive some Speed boost of Ninjask helps a lot to out speed the enemy and put him to sleep. I just need to be aware of Ghost pokémon, because they are imune a Focus Punch. And aware about Grass pokémon since they are imune to Spore and Leech Seed in this generation.
Articuno @ Leftovers.
He knows Mind Reader, Sheer Cold, Hurricane and Ice Beam.
Since in this tier don't have the OHKO Clause, I put one pokémon with OHKO move. First I go to Mind Reader and then to Sheer Cold to garantee a kill. If the enemy used Gygantamax after I used Mind Reader I use Hurricane since Gygantamax pokémon are imune to OHKO moves. I also have Ice Beam in case I find a Sturdy/Focus Sash pokémon... So I need a very accurate move to eliminate they.
Also Articuno is the pokémon I like to Gygantamax, because Hurrican become Max Airstream and raise my speed each time I used it.
Zacian-Crowned @Rusted Sword.
He knows Sacred Sword, Crunch, Fire Fang and Psychic Fang.
He is just a very powerfull pokémon with 4 atk moves. He is a good option to receive the Ninjask boosts because it can deal with a lot of Pokémons.
And also it have the Intrepid Sword ability who raise it's atk in one stage when it's enter in battle.
Primal-Kyogre @ Blue Orb.
He knows Calm Mind, Water Spout, Ice Beam and Thunder.
Also another very powerfull pokémon just to complete the team, he is also a option to receive Ninjask boost.
What I don't understand is why in this generation the rain not continues when Kyogre is out of battle.
Now some replays to you understand how this team works:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656094807
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656136557-hcstirycprgds9gcvoiajo0uqxxt069pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656143308
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656281180
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656289102
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656293095
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656297630-j19ibehl0yy7rw2cdyuinehjddsbz91pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656306996
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1656369463
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1657507752
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1657518785
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldexag-1666008526
And to finish, there is the pokepasta of this team: https://pokepast.es/5dd16341f2440822
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