https://pokepast.es/57fc9935af79092e
I also posted this in the MnM cup thread but I wanted to make at least one new team for the tour and after
in the hills brought a team using the gen 8 mnm staple Ampharosite Blissey, I realized how this could actually be a pretty great tool in the gen 7 meta as well because a lot of teams rely on Magic Bounce to keep rocks off while also running very rocks weak teams. Blissey can defensively answer a few special threats but its main job is to get Stealth Rock early and harass common defoggers like Mandibuzz and bulky Arceus. Kartana is the primary partner as it is a great offensive Fairy resist and is dramatically more threatening with rocks on the field. I won't go too in depth with the rest of the team since a lot of it was just trying to shore up the defenses or add a bit of speed control but I will say I think the team uses a lot of underrated mons like Red Orb Mew, Pinsirite Zeraora, Kartana, and Ampharosite Blissey very effectively so it's one of the more unique recent builds i've made. One thing i've noticed is no Ground type can be annoying for dealing with Volt Switch but if you really want to block that you can always use umega'd Zeraora in important situations. Slowbro can also be stretched too thin if you aren't careful so be sure to use Lunala wisely and preserve its Shadow Shield and Z move to help take some of that defensive checking responsibility off of Slowbro's back
https://pokepast.es/f58bf8c438d81731
This team was more specific prep for things I thought Dragonillis could potentially bring vs me. I saw he was brining a LOT of stall vs other strong MnM players like Chazm so I wanted to make sure I didn't have really bad matchups vs either of the stalls I saw in his replays. The Taunt Bulk Up Zeraora is my solution to most stalls it will be extremely annoying for almost any stall team especially with the support Wish Pass cleric Blissey in the back. The rest of the team is pretty cookie cutter and boring it's just bulky Lava Plume Don with Lunala which is a really deadly combo as Mandibuzz realy likes to come in on bulky Pdons and a burn means it can no longer 1v1 Lunala so you can just flip matchups directly on their head with one Lava Plume burn alone Chazm brought it vs me in semis and I forgot how strong of a concept it is. The other unusual aspect of the team is Aggro Mew it's mainly a defogger that can really bother or just beat Gyara Pex 1v1 and also hard counters Tapu Lele, Alt Zyg, and a few pesky mons. I thought there was a chance he brought Xern as well so I wanted decent counterplay to that and mew can help a bit in that department. This team doesn't have any super strong breakers so it REALLY struggles against opposing Sab Blissey it's just gonna be a long hard grind switching between Mew and your own Blissey if that happens. If you want a bit of a better matchup against that, you can switch Zygarde to Facade but I think that dramatically limits Alt Zyg's breaking potential.
1/ Andyboy vs 8/ Sificon
2/ cityscapes vs 7/ jb291
3/ Fissure vs 6/ Dragonillis
4/ queso vs 5/ Chazm
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