Project Doubles OU Next Best Thing: Cycle 13: Landorus-I (Submission)

[TailGlowVM]

Subseed

 

[choicebadkyurem]

Gma

 

[nameless90]

Sub-Seed by Grandmas Cookin
because it allows Rillaboom to avoid using Atk EVs.

 

[finally]

ABUELA COCINA

 

[Eisenherz]

MZB

 

[Grandmas Cookin]

eject button oo

 

[Paraplegic]

Grandmas Cookin

 

[sawamura]

El SEÑOR ABUELA COCINA C:

 

[|Powerman|]

Wierdly enough we have a tie between Grandmas Cookin and ABUELA COCINA. Since they both submitted the same set we'll add them both to the hall of fame. Anyways here's our next Pokemon.
Cycle 5: Kartana

Kartana has been one of the most defining presences for some time rn thanks to its great support in TW while being a monstorus offensive presence on the field. So lets snatch it from its role and lets figure out what it does best besides that!
Banned Sets​

 

[Platinum God n1n1]

Here is a cool one I have used on teams with other TW setters. I havnt tried it with LO yet but the calcs with LO are really impressive and important. You can kill top tier threats. This is so powerful

Importable

Kartana @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Protect

+1 4 Atk Life Orb Kartana Sacred Sword vs. 248 HP / 32 Def Incineroar: 447-528 (113.7 - 134.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 4 Atk Life Orb Kartana Leaf Blade vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Volcanion: 364-429 (100.2 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 4 Atk Life Orb Kartana Sacred Sword vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 541-637 (167.4 - 197.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 4 Atk Life Orb Kartana Sacred Sword vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Kyurem-Black: 567-668 (125.1 - 147.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[TailGlowVM]

Assault Vest Kartana

Kartana @ Assault Vest
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Smart Strike
- Sacred Sword
- Knock Off

Assault Vest gives Kartana surprisingly good special bulk, which synergises with its good defensive typing to take even stronger attacks than the standard set, while still hitting fairly hard and having good coverage. For example:
+1 252+ SpA Necrozma Expanding Force vs 0 HP / 252 SpD Assault Vest Kartana in Psychic Terrain: 151-178 (58.3 - 68.7%) - guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Shadow Ball vs 0 HP / 252 SpD Assault Vest Kartana: 117-208 (68.3 - 80.3%) - guaranteed 2HKO
12+ SpA Landorus-Therian Earth Power vs 0 HP / 252 SpD Assault Vest Kartana: 109-130 (42 - 50.1%) - 1.2% chance to 2HKO
Smart Strike is mostly a filler to help with 50/50s (also Kartana doesn't really have a lot else to go there), and Knock Off is chosen primarily for the utility of removing items, but it also hits Dragapult and Metagross.

 

[nameless90]

Focus Sash Kartana

Kartana @ Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Swords Dance
- Protect
- Sacred Sword


General idea
This is a basic offensive set with 252 Atk EVs/252 Spe+ EVs.
Leaf Blade + Sacred Sword is the classic dual STAB combination with Protect to preserve its bulk.
Swords Dance is mandatory to deal properly with Intimidate users and Focus Sash allows Kartana to be less dependant on a redirector.


Team(mates) support
A redirecor is welcomed, especially those with Pollen Puff/Heal Pulse to recharge Kartana's health if it doesn't have already used the Sash.

 

[Grandmas Cookin]

importable

https://pokepast.es/1f41c2395af57b84

description

with a recent increase of incineroar usage this sets goal is to abuse its intimidate for a +1 speed to sweep with after swords dance or cleaning up something weakened for a beast boost. the +1 speed also lets it get ahead in the kartana mirror.

 

[MZB]

Scarf Kartana

Kartana @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Knock Off
- Psycho Cut

Choice Scarf allows Kartana to outspeed the entire metagame even with a neutral nature. With choice scarf and 252 attack EVs + adamant nature, Kartana with still get the attack boost. The goal with this set that once you get one or two beast boosts up, with scarf and your ginormous attack stat, Kartana would destroy anything that gets in its path. Leaf Blade and Sacred Sword are the two standard moves for Kartana. Psycho Cut is more so a filler move, but it can hit things such as Amoongus that can give Kartana some trouble. Max speed scarf genesect does outspeed this set which can give this set some trouble.

 

[Deleted User 465389]

Band Kartana;

Kartana @ Choice Band
Ability: Beast Boost
EV’s, 4 HP/ 252 ATK/ 252 SPE
Adamant Nature
-Leaf Blade
-Psycho Cut
-Smart Strike
-Knock Off​

this kartana aims to be switched in (ideally by using a pivot move)alongside a tailwind, and use its choice band to punch holes in the opponents team. The stab moves are for general purposes, knock off’s for utility, and psycho cut can surprise an amoonguss/kommo-o.

(it also appreciates rillaboom’s grassy terrain/lele’s psychic terrain, so put this on a team with one of those)

economical paper calcs

252+ Atk Choice Band Kartana Psycho Cut vs. 232 HP / 88 Def Amoonguss: 384-454 (89.9 - 106.3%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Choice Band Kartana Smart Strike vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Kyurem-Black: 486-572 (107.2 - 126.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Choice Band Kartana Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Dragapult: 566-668 (178.5 - 210.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Choice Band Kartana Leaf Blade vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 624-734 (182.9 - 215.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[talkingtree]

Giga Impact Kartana

Kartana @ Choice Band
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Giga Impact
- Smart Strike / Knock Off

Whatever you thought was a check isn't actually a check. Choice Band-boosted Giga Impact is a guaranteed OHKO on 152/0 Zapdos (the dex spread) and uninvested Rillaboom, and a roll to OHKO Amoonguss and uninvested Kommo-o. This is a very high-risk, high-reward set; if the Giga Impact goes into something that doesn't KO, Kart is dead. But if you can take out something that the opponent was relying on, then Kart will have cleared the way for its teammates. The fourth move can be a lot of different things; however, Smart Strike to almost always OHKO AV Kyurem-B and Knock Off to hit Dragapult or Metagross are probably your best choices. Still, there's value behind X-Scissor for Rillaboom, Tailwind as filler, or Psycho Cut for Amoonguss, though I'd personally only use the latter if you also have Psychic Terrain support.

calcs

252 Atk Choice Band Kartana Giga Impact vs. 152 HP / 0 Def Zapdos: 360-424 (100.2 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Kartana Giga Impact vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Rillaboom: 342-403 (100.2 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Kartana Giga Impact vs. 232 HP / 88 Def Amoonguss: 374-441 (87.5 - 103.2%) -- 25% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Kartana Giga Impact vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Kommo-o: 260-306 (89.3 - 105.1%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO

 

[RelicanthPrimal]

Super Kritana

Kartana @ Scope Lens
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Psycho Cut
- Night Slash
- Protect

Crit everything, without sacred sword u lose some coverage but can hit some other stuff you couldnt previously, team needs to be built with that coverage to compensate.

 

[Darkmalice]

Sub Kartana​

small Kartana since Kartana is a tiny piece of paper
Kartana @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Substitute
- Detect

Substitute + Aguav Berry gives widespread utility. Uses include:

• Increased staying power. This in turns helps with
  • Keeping Kartana alive so it can more easily accumulate Beast Boosts and keep them without switching out or fainting
  • Stalling out threats. For example, opposing teams often only have 1 Fire-type, and Kartana outspeeds all of Heatran, Incineroar and Volcanion, which lets you Detect + Sub continuously in their face until your teammate can handle them.
  • Abusing Kartana's strong defensive typing for resisted hits
• Mitigating Intimidate
• Avoiding status. In combination with the increased staying power, this helps with setting up a Kartana sweep
• Scouting for Superpower on mons like Rillaboom. Unlike Detect, it also incurs the stat drop on Rillaboom (and after the stat drop, Rilla can't break Kartana's Sub with U-turn.)

Ideally you should have teammates who provide speed support, which justifies the drop of Tailwind. The 4 HP dump gives you a HP stat of 260, which is divisible by 4. This lets you Sub 3 times without taking damage to activate Aguav. Aguav > Sitrus since you can Sub to activate the berry, aided by Kartana's high Speed.

Other moves and EVs are self-explanatory. I use Detect > Protect, because in my many years of Doubles and VGC, I have never found PP to be an issue with Detect or used Protect >8 times, and have run into the rare Imprison + Protect about 5 times.

 

[|Powerman|]

Voting is up, and we got a lot of good submissions!

Swords Dance by Platinum God n1n1
Focus Sash by nameless90
Adrenaline Orb by Grandmas Cookin
Choice Scarf by MZB
Choice Band by Xaviere
Giga Impact by talkingtree
Crit Kart by RelicanthPrimal
Subsitute by Darkmalice
AV by TailGlowVM

Note that I forgot to put TailGlowVM's AV set in voting, so change your votes accordingly, my apologies for the inconvinience.

 

[Latias]

Adrenaline Orb by Grandmas Cookin

 

[TTT x]

darkmalice substitute

 

[nameless90]

Crit Kart by RelicanthPrimal

 

[GenOne]

n1n1

 

[TailGlowVM]

CritKart.

 

[MZB]

n1n1