Pet Mod Random Tandem (RESULTS Slate 16)

[zxgzxg]

48 hours left to submit.

 

[Athyestic]

:zoroark-hisui:

tandem

:lucario-mega-z:
Pokémon: Lucario-Mega-Z
Ability: Steadfast -> Aura Guard
Item: Lucarionite Z
Nature: Modest
Tera: Fighting
Moves: Secret Sword, Flash Cannon, Vacuum Wave, Shadow Ball

:deoxys-speed:
Pokémon: Deoxys-Speed
Ability: Pressure
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Rash
Tera: Fire, Psychic
Moves: Psycho Boost, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Superpower, Knock Off

:Azumarill:
Pokémon: Azumarill
Ability: Huge Power
Item: Choice Band, Assault Vest
Nature: Adamant
Tera: Fairy, Fire, Water
Moves: Aqua Jet, Play Rough, Bitter Blade, Liquidation, Knock Off

:golisopod-mega:
Pokémon: Golisopod-Mega
Ability: Emergency Exit -> Tough Claws
Item: Golisopite
Nature: Adamant
Tera: Bug
Moves: Swords Dance, Bullet Punch, Iron Head, Leech Life

 

[zxgzxg]

:ss/skeledirge:

Skeledirge

:golisopod-mega:
Pokemon: Golisopod-Mega
Abilities: Emergency Exit
Item: Golisopodite
Nature: Impish
Tera Types: Bug
Moves: Leech Life, Roost, Iron Head, Spikes

:venusaur-mega:
Pokemon: Venusaur-Mega
Abilities: Chlorophyll
Item: Venusaurite
Nature: Bold
Tera Types: Grass
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Synthesis, Calm Mind, Giga Drain, Earth Power

:Landorus-Therian:
Pokemon: Landorus-Therian
Abilities: Intimidate
Item: Assault Vest
Nature: Relaxed
Tera Types: Water, Fairy
Moves: Sandsear Storm, Rapid Spin, Smack Down, U-turn

:Samurott-Hisui:
Pokemon: Samurott-Hisui
Abilities: Ice Scales
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Sassy
Tera Types: Steel, Fairy, Dark
Moves: Ceaseless Edge, Surf, Rest, Sleep Talk

ive always liked how ting lu dirge felt so i featured it with its own tandem set.

 

[Spammernoob]

:ss/minior:

Minior

:chimecho-mega:
Pokemon: Chimecho-Mega
Abilities: Levitate
Item: Chimechite
Nature: Calm
Tera Types: Psychic
Moves: Cosmic Power, Nasty Plot, Draining Kiss, Stored Power

:Clefable-Mega:
Pokemon: Clefable-Mega
Abilities: Magic Guard / Magic Bounce
Item: Clefablite
Nature: Bold
Tera Types: Fairy
Moves: Cosmic Power, Nasty Plot, Draining Kiss, Stored Power

:Eternatus:
Pokemon: Eternatus
Abilities: Pressure
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Water, Fairy
Moves: Dynamax Cannon, Cosmic Power, Life Dew , Meteor Beam

:Corviknight:
Pokemon: Corviknight
Abilities: Pressure
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Careful
Tera Types: Dragon, Dark
Moves: Roost, Cosmic Power , Power Trip, Hone Claws

I had a really bad idea

 

[cat111ca]

SORRY IF THIS IS LATE PLEASE LET THIS THROUGH!
:SV/Weezing-Galar:

"Levitate" squad

:Rotom-Wash:
Pokemon: Rotom-Wash
Abilities: Levitate
Item: choice scarf
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Grass
Moves: Scald, Volt Switch, Trick, Shadow Ball

:Delphox-Mega:
Pokemon: Delphox-Mega
Abilities: Magician -> Levitate
Item: Delphoxite
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Fire
Moves: Moonblast, Nasty Plot, Psyshock, Flamethrower

:Garchomp-Mega-Z:
Pokemon: Garchomp-Mega-Z
Abilities: Rough skin -> Levitate
Item: Garchompite Z
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Ground
Moves: Core enforcer, Earth power, Flamethrower, Power Gem

:Cresselia:
Pokemon: Cresselia
Abilities: Levitate
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Modest
Tera Types: Fairy
Moves: No Retreat, Moonblast, Stored Power, Moonlight

 

[zxgzxg]

Vetos

:sv/Politoed:

Rain World

:Golisopod-Mega:
Pokémon: Golisopod
Abilities: Emergency Exit (Tough Claws)
Item: Golisopite
Nature: Brave
Tera Types: N/A
Moves: Leech Life, Iron Head, Swords Dance, Trick Room

:Meganium-Mega:
Pokémon: Meganium
Abilities: Leaf Guard (Mega Sol)
Item: Meganiumite
Nature: Modest
Tera Types: N/A
Moves: Solar Beam, Fleur Cannon, Weather Ball, Synthesis

:Urshifu-Rapid-Strike:
Pokémon: Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
Abilities: Swift Swim
Item: Choice Band
Nature: Jolly
Tera Types: Water
Moves: Surging Strikes, Close Combat, Aqua Jet, U-turn

:Landorus:
Pokémon: Landorus
Abilities: Sheer Force
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Water, Ground
Moves: Sandsear Storm, Hurricane, Weather Ball, Stealth Rock

You're stuck with Politoed as the head because these tandems are pretty strong.
EDIT: Sludge Wave on Landorus has been swapped for Weather Ball, as the former doesn't provide much coverage since Landorus now has Hurricane to deal with Grass-types.

Click to collapse...

Probly take LO off of lando and ur good

SORRY IF THIS IS LATE PLEASE LET THIS THROUGH!
:SV/Weezing-Galar:

Levitate squad

:Rotom-Wash:
Pokemon: Rotom-Wash
Abilities: Levitate
Item: choice scarf
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Grass
Moves: Scald, Volt Switch, Trick, Will O Wisp

:Delphox-Mega:
Pokemon: Delphox-Mega
Abilities: Magician -> Levitate
Item: Delphoxite
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Fairy
Moves: Moonblast, Nasty Plot, Psyshock, Flamethrower

:Garchomp-Mega-Z:
Pokemon: Garchomp-Mega-Z
Abilities: Rough skin -> Levitate
Item: Garchompite Z
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Ground, Fire
Moves: Core Enforcer, Earth power, Flamethrower, Surf

:Cresselia:
Pokemon: Cresselia
Abilities: Levitate
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Modest
Tera Types: Fairy
Moves: Quiver dance, Moonblast, Stored Power, Moonlight

Click to collapse...

The Fire Tera on Chomp is useless because Megas cannot Tera (ignore the recent bugs). Additionally, Quiver Cress is probably too strong. No Tera Elec/Poison helps with this but Cress's natural bulk lets it get boosts way too freely anyways. I'd just go CM or whatever

EDIT: yeah cant change mega abils. also why call levitate squad if you take levitate off half of them sobbing emoji

24 hours.

 

[zxgzxg]

Everything's all good now. Let us vote.

:tentacruel: HydreigonTheChild's Tentacruel
:hydrapple: RetroSquad's Hydrapple
:samurott-hisui: Reonthestreet's Samurott-Hisui
:politoed: AthenaStrive9's Politoed
:slowking-galar: traceyscetchit's Slowking-Galar
:gengar: anaconja's Gengar
:toxapex: G-Luke's Toxapex
:hitmontop: Idontthinkgreat's Hitmontop
:araquanid: Orangesodapop's Araquanid
:zoroark-hisui: Athyestic's Zoroark-Hisui
:skeledirge: zxgzxg's Skeledirge
:minior: Spammernoob's Minior
:weezing-galar: cat111ca's Weezing-Galar

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The top 3 submissions will win and be added to the meta. If 3rd place is a tie, we will extend voting for tiebreakers. You have 72 hours to vote (10/23). Good luck!

 

[RetroSquad]

:hydrapple::politoed::toxapex::skeledirge::gengar:

 

[AthenaStrive9]

:politoed: AthenaStrive9's Politoed
:hydrapple: RetroSquad's Hydrapple
:toxapex: G-Luke's Toxapex

 

[G-Luke]

My Final Vote

:toxapex: G-Luke's Toxapex
:skeledirge: zxgzxg's Skeledirge
:hydrapple: RetroSquad's Hydrapple
:tentacruel: HydreigonTheChild's Tentacruel
:hitmontop: Idontthinkgreat's Hitmontop
:zoroark-hisui: Athyestic's Zoroark-Hisui

 

[Idontthinkgreat]

:hitmontop:
:tentacruel:
:slowking-galar:
:samurott-hisui:
:minior:

 

[TheShowdownHero]

:hydrapple: RetroSquad's Hydrapple
:toxapex: G-Luke's Toxapex
:araquanid: Orangesodapop's Araquanid

 

[HydreigonTheChild]

:toxapex::tentacruel::hydrapple::gengar::zoroark-hisui::politoed::slowking-galar::skeledirge:

 

[AppletunFan]

:zoroark hisui: :Hydrapple: :Gengar:

 

[Athyestic]

:Toxapex:
:Zoroark-Hisui:
:Gengar:
:Tentacruel:
:Araquanid:
:Skeledirge:
:Hydrapple:

 

[zxgzxg]

24 hours to vote.

:araquanid:
:toxapex:
:hydrapple:
:skeledirge:
:weezing-galar:
:tentacruel:
:gengar:
:politoed:

 

[anaconja]

:gengar::araquanid::hydrapple::skeledirge:

 

[traceyscetchit]

:tentacruel::politoed::slowking-galar::toxapex::hitmontop::skeledirge:

 

[HydreigonTheChild]

Winners

With first place we have :toxapex: with 16 points

:ss/toxapex:

Toxapex

:steelix-mega:
Pokemon: Steelix (-Mega)
Abilities: Sturdy
Natures: Careful
Item(s): Steelixite
Tera Type(s): Steel
Moves: Earthquake, Shore Up, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Curse

:clefable:
Pokemon: Clefable
Abilities: Magic Guard, Unaware
Nature: Bold
Item(s): Leftovers
Tera Type(s): Water, Poison, Steel
Moves: Moonblast, Moonlight, Take Heart, Knock Off, Thunder Wave

:dragalge-mega:
Pokemon: Dragalge (-Mega)
Abilities: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
Item(s): Dragalgite
Tera Type(s): Dragon
Moves: Draco Meteor, Sludge Bomb, Flip Turn, Scald, Recover

:mandibuzz:
Pokemon: Mandibuzz
Abilities: Neutralizing Gas
Natures: Impish
Item(s): Heavy Duty Boots
Tera Type(s): Poison, Steel, Fairy
Moves: Foul Play, Roost, Knock Off, Toxic, U-turn, Defog

I was wanting Hydreigon but I think the presence of Toxapex is much more important for what the metagame would need. The sheer amount of powerful Water, Fire and Fighting types in the tier will deive you crazy, and our defensive teams are rather lacklustre in regards to variety. Its really only one or two good defensive tandems out right now. Toxapex seeks to help give you more options, with access to great supportive teammates that help Toxapex succeed in answering the various walls around.

Keldeo, Scizor, Cinderace, Heatran and Manaphy are all massive threats and Toxapex finally gives consistent long term counterplay to these Pokemon with one mon.

Click to collapse...

2nd place we have Hydrapple

:bw/hydrapple:

nomnomnom

:bw/golisopod::golisopod-mega:
Pokémon: Golisopod-Mega
Abilities: Emergency Exit -> Tough Claws
Item: Golisopodite :golisopite:
Tera Type: NA
Nature: Adamant
Moves: U-Turn, Iron Head, Liquidation, First Impression, Leech Life

:bw/garchomp::garchomp-mega-z:
Pokémon: Garchomp-Mega-Z
Abilities: Rough Skin -> Levitate
Item: Garchompite-z :garchompite-z:
Tera Type: NA
Nature: Timid
Moves Nasty Plot, Draco Meteor, Flamethrower, Surf, Earth Power, Power Gem

ps

if setup is too broken we can make this dragon pulse and scorching sands for a lower ceiling

:bw/corviknight:
Pokémon: Corviknight
Abilities: Well-Baked Body
Item: Rocky Helmet :rocky helmet:
Tera Type: Electric
Nature: Impish
Moves: Body Press, Brave Bird, Roost, Defog

:bw/clefable:
Pokémon: Clefable
Abilities: Prankster
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots :heavy duty boots:
Tera Type: Fairy, Fire
Nature: Modest
Moves: Moonblast, Moonlight, Encore, Calm Mind, Flamethrower

Click to collapse...

3rd place we have tentacruel

:sv/tentacruel:

Tentacruel

:Skarmory-mega:
Pokémon: Skarmory-(Mega)
Abilities: Weak Armor (Stalwart )
Item: Skarmorite
Tera Type: -
Nature: Jolly
Moves: Swords Dance, Brave Bird, Drill Run, Sunsteel Strike, Roost

:Delphox-Mega:
Pokémon: Delphox-(Mega)
Abilities: Blaze (Levitate)
Item: Delphoxite
Tera Type:
Nature: Timid
Moves: Fiery Dance, Psyshock, Nasty Plot, Dazzling Gleam, Substitute, Encore

:iron hands:
Pokémon: Iron Hands
Abilities: Purifying Salt
Item: Assault Vest
Tera Type: Water, Flying, Fire
Nature: Careful
Moves: Close Combat, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Volt Switch

:chien-pao:
Pokémon: Chien Pao
Abilities: Sword of Ruin
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Tera Type: Ice, Dark, Fighting, Stellar
Nature: Jolly
Moves: Ice Spinner, Crunch, Sacred Sword, Parting Shot, Sucker Punch, Ice Shard

I will give an explanation later

Tentacruel is the head of choice, we dont have very many spinners and i think tentacruel is quite a pokemon to have as a head with speed over pokemon like landorus-t, heatran, arcanine-h while also being quite a powerful pokemon with sludge bomb spam, knock off, surf and flip turn shenanigans, it can also wall skarmory and do quite well into clefable as well. The tandems are chose as such to help take advanatge of its abilities to do its job

SD Skarmory-Mega is chosen as the first tandem, SD Skarmory-Mega got robbed of tough claws but with SD Gigaton it will have a huge a nuclear bomb of a move instead, it takes advantage of the fact that tenta lures in pokemon it can setup on like grounds, psychics and in general benefits from the pivoting of tentacruel.

Edit: Now has sunsteel stike.. with it, it can threaten huge neutral damage esp on stuff that can prob take on brave birds and gives u a way to have recoil free damage as well as to hit rock types or

Iron hands is quite a pivot here, with it being able to sponge electric attacks from other mons like zapdos, raging bolt, thundurus, and raikou. It also synergizes quite well as its immune to status.

Mega delphox is quite a mon here as its a fire immune to ground which allows it to hard read against some pokemon like gliscor, landorus, ting lu and take advantage of them with its setup moves, encore, or ramping up with fiery dance. It pairs well with tentacruel especially as it likes rocks being off

Chien Pao is the speed control and appreciates tentacruel spamming knock off and pivoting it in. I wanted to use a chien pao set like this.. and i think it works pretty well with tenta

Click to collapse...

Well these results are intersting

 

[zxgzxg]

Yo.

Our run as Pet Mod of the Month has concluded. While player metrics were not the best, and we can't even get usage stats because the format breaks the usage tool's brain, I had fun, and most people enjoyed the format, and that's the most I'll ask for. I'll share some teams.

:mew::keldeo::garchomp: - Hazard lead Mew plus the broken sweepers. Mew generates some good offensive picks alongside the other two heads so it makes for pretty good instant offense.

:munkidori::quaquaval::ting-lu: - Munkidori has a pretty great speed tier so its pretty invaluable for getting kills early on, ESPECIALLY if you land Focus Blasts. Quaquaval and Ting-Lu are great at dealing with opposing Ting-Lu and Heatran, and the tandems Iron Moth and pretty much all of Ting-Lu's tandems deal with other Munkidori checks.

:rhyperior::primarina::dragapult: - Stole the Primarina-Rhyperior core from Peum. Thanks friend!

:cinderace::kyurem::corviknight:- Cinderace + Kyurem offensive core is a classic. Corviknight is here to ensure you can remove hazards and safely bring in either. I went with Adamant Scarf on Cind in order to help catch sweepers like Garchomp and Quaquaval while they are still at +1.

:mimikyu::revavroom::keldeo: - Mimikyu is pretty nice to either sweep, pick off something with Shadow Sneak, or stop a sweep with Red Card, all very powerful tools in an offense-heavy tier like Random Tandem.

Feel free to drop your own teams here as well. In the meantime...

Slate 16
regular slate
​

you know the rules by now.

one week to show your stuff (11/9). Have fun :)

​

 

[AthenaStrive9]

:sv/Rillaboom:

Rillaboom

:Gouging Fire:
Pokémon: Gouging Fire
Abilities: Intimidate
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Nature: Adamant
Tera Types: Fairy
Moves: Flare Blitz, Dragon Claw, Morning Sun, Burning Bulwark

:Hatterene:
Pokémon: Hatterene
Abilities: Magic Bounce
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Modest
Tera Types: Steel, Water
Moves: Lumina Crash, Draining Kiss, Nuzzle, Pain Split

:Ursaluna:
Pokémon: Ursaluna
Abilities: Guts
Item: Flame Orb
Nature: Brave
Tera Types: Ghost
Moves: Facade, Headlong Rush, Fire Punch, Trick Room

:Gyarados:
Pokémon: Gyarados
Abilities: Moxie
Item: Loaded Dice
Nature: Jolly
Tera Types: Dragon
Moves: Waterfall, Dragon Ascent, Scale Shot, Dragon Dance

Rillaboom provides Grassy Terrain for a team of bulky offense Pokémon, all of which synergize pretty well with each other. I've been confident in Ursaluna and Gyarados as tandems for a while now, so this is a resubmission from a previous slate. If this fails to get in again, I'll probably give up on trying to work with these Pokémon.

 

[anaconja]

:ss/magnezone:

zone

:zarude:
Pokémon: Zarude
Abilities: Grassy Surge
Item: Choice Band
Nature: Adamant
Tera Types: Grass
Moves: Knock Off, Power Whip, Grassy Glide, U-Turn

:latios:
Pokémon: Latios
Abilities: Adaptability
Item: Soul Dew
Nature: Timid
Tera Types: Steel
Moves: Draco Meteor, Luster Purge, Recover, Flip Turn

:cobalion:
Pokémon: Cobalion
Abilities: Magic Guard
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Bold
Tera Types: Ghost
Moves: Body Press, Steel Beam, Stealth Rock, Volt Switch

:pecharunt:
Pokémon: Pecharunt
Abilities: Merciless
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Nature: Bold
Tera Types: Ghost, Dark
Moves: Shadow Ball, Malignant Chain, Recover, Parting Shot

 

[AppletunFan]

:sv/Tyranitar:

Pokemon

:Uxie:
Pokemon: Uxie
Abilities: Prankster
Item: Leftovers
Tera Types: Dark
Moves: Stealth Rock, Knock Off, Psychic Noise, Thunder Wave

:Eternatus:
Pokemon: Eternatus
Abilities: Sand Force
Item: Assault Vest
Tera Types: Rock
Moves: Meteor Beam, Dragon Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Flamethrower

:ambipom:
Pokemon: Ambipom
Abilities: Adaptability
Item: Assault Vest
Tera Types: Psychic, Normal
Moves: Fake Out, U-Turn, Double Edge, Knock Off

:Maushold:
Pokemon: Maushold
Abilities: Technician
Item: Wide Lens
Tera Types: Water, Ghost
Moves: Population Bomb, Tidy Up, Bullet Seed, Surging Strikes

This Pokémon was actually made by me doing /randpoke fe for each part, in order. I believe it actually made a decent pokemon weirdly enough.

 

[HydreigonTheChild]

:sv/heracross:

Heracross

:kingambit:
Pokémon: Kingambit
Abilities: Mirror Armor
Item: Leftovers
Tera Type: Fire, Fairy
Nature: Impish
Moves: Swords Dance, Sucker Punch, Iron Head, Kowtow Cleave, Low Kick

:garchomp:
Pokémon: Garchomp
Abilities: Opportunist
Item: Leftovers, Lum Berry
Tera Type: Steel, Water
Nature: Jolly
Moves: Swords Dance, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Dragon Claw, Liquidation

:tinkaton:
Pokémon: Tinkaton
Abilities: Pickpocket
Item: Leftovers, Rocky Helmet, Air Balloon
Tera Type: Flying, Water
Nature: Careful
Moves: Gigaton Hammer, Pain Split, Stealth Rock, Thunder Wave, Encore, Knock Off

:palkia:
Pokémon: Palkia
Abilities: Pressure
Item: Assault Vest
Tera Type: Water
Nature: Timid
Moves: Spacial Rend, Surf, Dragon Tail, Flip Turn

 

[traceyscetchit]

Alomomola

:deoxys:
Pokemon: Deoxys
Abilities: Defeatist
Item: Expert Belt / White Herb
Tera Type: Stellar / Fighting / Psychic
Nature: Naive
Moves: Psycho Boost, Ice Beam, Superpower, Knock Off

:chien-pao:
Pokemon: Chien-Pao
Ability: Sword of Ruin
Item: Life Orb
Tera Type: Dark / Ice
Nature: Jolly
Moves: Beat Up, Ice Fang, Swords Dance, Sacred Sword, Ice Shard

:fezandipiti:
Pokemon: Fezandipiti
Ability: Toxic Chain
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Tera Type: Dark / Water
Nature: Careful
Moves: Beat Up, U-turn, Roost, Spirit Break

:landorus-therian:
Pokemon: Landorus-Therian
Ability: Intimidate
Item: Rocky Helmet
Tera Type: Ghost / Water
Nature: Impish
Moves: Earthquake, U-Turn, Toxic, Stealth Rock, Taunt

The core is inspired by national dex ubers pivotspam cores, hopefully the two ubers are nerfed enough to be manageable by a good wall or priority move. There are light beat up themes for some synergy between high attack pokemon.

edit: Changed knock off to taunt on landorus, it was supposed to be taunt the whole time but I copied the wrong move over