THE TEAM
Serperior
Terapagos
Keldeo
Iron Crown
Grimmsnarl
Rillaboom
TEAMBUILDING PROCESS
So.... After waking up to one of the most unbalanced OU metagames I have ever seen, I decided to start testing and I discovered something truly evil. Terapagos is a truly busted clearly uber level pokemon, and its only drawback is a lack of recovery to synergise with its second form and the ability Tera Shell. I started with the idea of Grassy Terrain, Terapagos and Screens. Leftovers + Screens + Grassy Terrain allows terapagos to keep returning to full hp and keep getting the effect of tera shell. I like grimmsnarl in this meta, as it gets a fast taunt on setup sweepers and guarantees screens multiple times around the game, all while parting shotting and lowering stats, letting your sweepers in easier. The next three took me some time to figure out, as I wanted to get the most out of this initial structure. I tested many potential mons, but the best 3 were Serperior, Keldeo and Iron Crown. Serperior is just nasty; substitute + glare + leftovers + grassy terrain allowes it to cheese through almost anything. Behind screens it is a force to be reckoned with. Iron Crown is a new broken stored power cheese mon. Its natural bulk and good typing, especially when under grassy terrain with a grassy seed up, makes it very difficult to kill. One agility with 112 speed evs puts it at 572 speed, creeping booster energy Iron Boulder. Tera water allows it to flip matchups on common steel type switchins such as Ghold and Kingambit (when screens are up). Crown can also force a tera dark/steel out on an Unaware pokemon such as Clodsire which terapagos can then abuse later in the game with Tera Starstorm. Keldeo actually has a far more important role on the team than is visible to the naked eye. Not only is it a far better setup sweeper behind screens thanks to it getting Vacuum Wave, its defensive type and natural bulk provides a check to common threats such as Darkrai and Kingambit. This mon has clutched me from many a losing position, and many players dont expect vacuum wave, and Tera Steel flips almost all of its matchups instantly, resisting Grass, Psychic, Fairy and neutral to electric.
THREATS
Gouging Fire- this thing threatens pretty much every team, but due to the Serperior, Rillaboom and Iron Crown type advantages it has, this thing finds easy setups. Against it, keep Terapagos and Grimmsnarl healthy and dont be afraid to sack Serperior for a glare if needed.
Darkrai- I hate this thing. Hypnosis darkrai is extremely scummy and stops this team in its tracks if it gets lucky. Try and have Rillaboom asleep, everything else is too important to be crippled by Hypnosis spam.
Serperior- This pokemon can often lead off against Grimmsnarl and go out of control fast, and this team lacks a solid glare switchin. Always go Rilla and u-turn, and only let a setup sweeper with the least chance of popping off get glared.
Volcarona- This is another sweeper that gets out of hand too fast. Its natural resist to Rillaboom's moves and ability to quiver dance on all other special attackers on the team makes it a huge threat. Against this, Terapagos is pretty much the only hope, and you have to not get crit. Grimmsnarl can slow it down with screens and parting shot, but if its stat boost lead against Terapagos gets too high it will win.
POKEPASTE
https://pokepast.es/e58b57ad86932082
This is my first RMT, so apologies if it lacks a more refined structure, i struggle to work this platform. Hopefully this team helps people climb the ladder for the next few hours until the inevitable Terapagos ban.
Serperior
Terapagos
Keldeo
Iron Crown
Grimmsnarl
Rillaboom
TEAMBUILDING PROCESS
So.... After waking up to one of the most unbalanced OU metagames I have ever seen, I decided to start testing and I discovered something truly evil. Terapagos is a truly busted clearly uber level pokemon, and its only drawback is a lack of recovery to synergise with its second form and the ability Tera Shell. I started with the idea of Grassy Terrain, Terapagos and Screens. Leftovers + Screens + Grassy Terrain allows terapagos to keep returning to full hp and keep getting the effect of tera shell. I like grimmsnarl in this meta, as it gets a fast taunt on setup sweepers and guarantees screens multiple times around the game, all while parting shotting and lowering stats, letting your sweepers in easier. The next three took me some time to figure out, as I wanted to get the most out of this initial structure. I tested many potential mons, but the best 3 were Serperior, Keldeo and Iron Crown. Serperior is just nasty; substitute + glare + leftovers + grassy terrain allowes it to cheese through almost anything. Behind screens it is a force to be reckoned with. Iron Crown is a new broken stored power cheese mon. Its natural bulk and good typing, especially when under grassy terrain with a grassy seed up, makes it very difficult to kill. One agility with 112 speed evs puts it at 572 speed, creeping booster energy Iron Boulder. Tera water allows it to flip matchups on common steel type switchins such as Ghold and Kingambit (when screens are up). Crown can also force a tera dark/steel out on an Unaware pokemon such as Clodsire which terapagos can then abuse later in the game with Tera Starstorm. Keldeo actually has a far more important role on the team than is visible to the naked eye. Not only is it a far better setup sweeper behind screens thanks to it getting Vacuum Wave, its defensive type and natural bulk provides a check to common threats such as Darkrai and Kingambit. This mon has clutched me from many a losing position, and many players dont expect vacuum wave, and Tera Steel flips almost all of its matchups instantly, resisting Grass, Psychic, Fairy and neutral to electric.
THREATS
Gouging Fire- this thing threatens pretty much every team, but due to the Serperior, Rillaboom and Iron Crown type advantages it has, this thing finds easy setups. Against it, keep Terapagos and Grimmsnarl healthy and dont be afraid to sack Serperior for a glare if needed.
Darkrai- I hate this thing. Hypnosis darkrai is extremely scummy and stops this team in its tracks if it gets lucky. Try and have Rillaboom asleep, everything else is too important to be crippled by Hypnosis spam.
Serperior- This pokemon can often lead off against Grimmsnarl and go out of control fast, and this team lacks a solid glare switchin. Always go Rilla and u-turn, and only let a setup sweeper with the least chance of popping off get glared.
Volcarona- This is another sweeper that gets out of hand too fast. Its natural resist to Rillaboom's moves and ability to quiver dance on all other special attackers on the team makes it a huge threat. Against this, Terapagos is pretty much the only hope, and you have to not get crit. Grimmsnarl can slow it down with screens and parting shot, but if its stat boost lead against Terapagos gets too high it will win.
POKEPASTE
https://pokepast.es/e58b57ad86932082
This is my first RMT, so apologies if it lacks a more refined structure, i struggle to work this platform. Hopefully this team helps people climb the ladder for the next few hours until the inevitable Terapagos ban.
