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VGC Reg F Scizor Team - First attempt on teambuilding

personzj05

personzj05

I wanted to try to actually teambuild for the first time and I wanted to include my favorite pokemon....Gengar! But its pretty bad so I wanted to try a DIFFERENT favorite pokemon which is Scizor. It's pretty good against Flutter Mane since it can outspeed with +1 priority Bullet Punch boosted by Technician.

Here's the team: https://pokepast.es/09f66fbefbdee106
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Shrimp (Scizor) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 220 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 12 SpD / 20 Spe
Adamant Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Dual Wingbeat
- Close Combat

Scizor is here to remove any Flutters I see with Bullet Punch, and also Chien Pao, Farigiraf, Indeedee, Oger-W, Whimsicott. I run Dual Wingbeat to defeat the Urshifus. It is here to take down as many mons as possible until its dead. Originally I ran Tera Water to resist fire attacks and Rapid Urshifu...But I lost a game because Scizor got burned from a Chi Yu's Heat Wave so I switched to Tera Fire to not get burned.
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Chien-Pao @ Focus Sash
Ability: Sword of Ruin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Ice Spinner
- Protect
- Sacred Sword

Chien pao can lower defenses with Sword of ruin so Scizor can easily defeat Incin even if it got intimidated with a close combat. Ice spinner can also remove Psychic Terrain so Scizor's Bullet Punch can't be stopped. The rest is standard.
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Farigiraf @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Armor Tail
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 244 HP / 132 Def / 76 SpA / 52 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Trick Room
- Protect
- Imprison

Farigiraf can stop priority attacks like Fake out from slowing me down. I use TR mostly to just stop opposing TR with Imprison. Tbh I dont really like using Farigiraf so I wonder if theres any other sets or pokemon.
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Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Unseen Fist
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 44 HP / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 92 SpD / 212 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat
- U-turn

Urshifu threatens the Fire types that'll burn Scizor to a crisp. It's also very good in the rain which is needed to weaken fire attacks ALSO for Scizor. Originally I used Mystic Water set but I switched to Scarf.
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Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Level: 50
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 132 HP / 4 Def / 116 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Tera Blast
- Sandsear Storm
- Earth Power
- Protect

Originally I had Raging Bolt but I found out I had a BIG weakness to Iron Hands, so I switched to Lando. I use Rock Tera instead of the usual Poison Tera so I can surprise Tornadus and Ice types. Also bonus plus Sandsear dont miss in the rain so thats cool.
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Tornadus @ Mental Herb
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 92 Def / 4 SpA / 132 SpD / 28 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Bleakwind Storm
- Tailwind
- Protect
- Rain Dance

The Rain AND Tailwind setter of the team. I tried Pelipper but I liked Tornadus more with the Prankster priority boost. Ghost tera makes it immune to Fake out and Mental herb to shake off Taunt for one time. Bleakwind can defeat Ogerpons if Scizor is on the bench.
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This team's probably bad so I hope somebody can help me.
 
I don't think lando i needs two ground STABs. Maybe use sludge bomb, but I'm not sure. Sandsear is weaker cause spread and can be blocked, so maybe, but hitting 2 is often an advantage, it doesn't really bait wide guard from them until they see it the 1st time, and it can burn. So it's mostly the better move I THINK, since you have some rain.
 
The team looks good. It might be a bit clunky at times but it's not a bad team by any means. If you want to change the mons up a bit you could replace one or two of them with something that works well in Trick Room like Ursaluna (either Hisui or Blood Moon), but that is up to you.

I suggest you use an adamant nature on Chien-Pao since you have tailwind anyways.

You should also consider giving Farigiraf Helping Hand instead of Protect in my opinion. Imprisoning Protect isn't very helpful when you have Urshifu anyways. Helping Hand can also be used to let your strong attackers get KOs they wouldn't normally be able to get. Farigiraf is also bulky enough to not have to protect itself from big hits.

Landorus should have Earth Power, Sludge Bomb, and one of Substitute or Sandsear Storm. Tera Rock doesn't alleviate the weakness to water which you want to be at least neutral to after terastallizing. Tera Rock Blast also doesn't hit anything meaningful for good damage. You'd be better off using Earth Power or Sludge Bomb 99% of the time. Poison and Steel are generally the two best Tera types for Landorus. Poison is a neutral defensive typing that boosts the power of Sludge Bomb. Steel is used for defensive purposes, mainly against PsySpam teams and Chien-Pao.

I get the point of Mental Herb on Tornadus, but you should also consider Covert Cloak or Rocky Helmet which are generally more consistent items.

This came to me right as I was about to post the reply: If you are not set on Farigiraf, then Tsareena is another option for a priority blocker. It also hits water types for good damage and can use taunt to prevent status moves. However, your Trick Room match up is significantly worse with Tsareena compared to Farigiraf.
 
christianfinity said:
The team looks good. It might be a bit clunky at times but it's not a bad team by any means. If you want to change the mons up a bit you could replace one or two of them with something that works well in Trick Room like Ursaluna (either Hisui or Blood Moon), but that is up to you.

I suggest you use an adamant nature on Chien-Pao since you have tailwind anyways.

You should also consider giving Farigiraf Helping Hand instead of Protect in my opinion. Imprisoning Protect isn't very helpful when you have Urshifu anyways. Helping Hand can also be used to let your strong attackers get KOs they wouldn't normally be able to get. Farigiraf is also bulky enough to not have to protect itself from big hits.

Landorus should have Earth Power, Sludge Bomb, and one of Substitute or Sandsear Storm. Tera Rock doesn't alleviate the weakness to water which you want to be at least neutral to after terastallizing. Tera Rock Blast also doesn't hit anything meaningful for good damage. You'd be better off using Earth Power or Sludge Bomb 99% of the time. Poison and Steel are generally the two best Tera types for Landorus. Poison is a neutral defensive typing that boosts the power of Sludge Bomb. Steel is used for defensive purposes, mainly against PsySpam teams and Chien-Pao.

I get the point of Mental Herb on Tornadus, but you should also consider Covert Cloak or Rocky Helmet which are generally more consistent items.

This came to me right as I was about to post the reply: If you are not set on Farigiraf, then Tsareena is another option for a priority blocker. It also hits water types for good damage and can use taunt to prevent status moves. However, your Trick Room match up is significantly worse with Tsareena compared to Farigiraf.
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I agree, and also since torn shouldn't be herb, what about the common dark tera?

Edit: esp with cloak for fakes.
 
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