Hello folks! It's been a real fun month having this meta as the OM of the month! After some time playing and participating in the Suspect Test, i have crafted a team that i wanted to share. I also shared this in the sus thread, but here i will try to give a bit of explanation as to what each member does. Here goes:
Flamigo (Great Tusk) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Scrappy
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Close Combat
What a nice fella. Doesn't give a damn about those pesky levitating Pecharunts that are EVERYWHERE, knocks off crucial items like Assault Vest, Leftovers and Boots? Who wouldn't want this dude around?
Lycanroc-Midnight (Zapdos) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: No Guard
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Zap Cannon
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Roost
This team was hungry for a full on special attacker. I was also thinking about Drizzle Zapdos, but No Guard is much more addequate for this team, i like Zap Cannon basically forces them to accept that you are gonna paralyze a mon on their team no matter what.Unless they have a ground type like Swampert or Iron Treads, then u need to be a bit more careful.
Uxie (Pecharunt) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Malignant Chain
- Shadow Ball
- Parting Shot
- Recover
This is kind of a glue mon in this meta.Great defensive profile while also threatening a badly poison with Malignant Chain.Can tank most super effective hits in clutch situations( like a Knock Off from
) while also proving itself as a great annoyance to teams that use non scrappy tusk as their spinner.
Reuniclus (Cobalion) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Close Combat
- Steel Beam
- Volt Switch
- Stealth Rock
Honestly, this is the star of the team.Steel Beam+Close Combat is a terrific STAB combo, allowing for Cobalion to bruteforce its way through most team's defensive backbones.Volt Switch is a great move, allowing you to deal significant damage to most neutral targets.The one thing i dislike about this mon is that sometimes its damage falls flat, as it is not able to one most regen Iron Treads sets with CC from full, but you can't have everything. Only time i've seen this mon be used on ladder is with ppl who took this team from my reqs post to use it, which is kinda funny. Defo an underated pick in the meta.
Hydrapple (Swampert) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Flip Turn
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Mirror Coat
Forms a very good defensive backbone along with Pecharunt and the last mon of the team.Mirror Coat can save your ass in a lot of situations, but don't rely on it, only press it when you know that they are gonna hit you with a special attacker for sure, as otherwise you give them the freest turn possible. Not much to say about this mon honestly, just a very good, solid regenvester.
Tornadus-Therian (Roaring Moon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Scarf regen is crazy good. Being able to force out like 99% of Latios sets is amazing, giving you leeway to U-Turn as they switch out and keep the momentum up. I chose Eartquake as the coverage move because Treads is an annoying mon. Has insane sinergy with Swampert, as they can pivot around each others check and help scout opposing sets.
(this can also be considered a sample submission)
https://pokepast.es/4193b1a1e50de254
This is the team, please excuse me if i didn't write this in the best way, i'm kinda bad at writting posts that involve presenting teams. Here are the achievements this team has pulled:
