Welcome to the RMT of the #1 peaking CM Clefable team! Hope you enjoy the read and the team itself.
Proof of Peak
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517561026-t5jxjqbpg36cjrv1ks0fq5plzik8o7jpw
Screenshot (on a phone) of #1 ladder ranking with my alternate account, Stealthy Koala
Clefable
Moves
* Moonblast: Easy to click move that is a fantastic STAB as nothing is immune to moonblast in any capacity.
* Thunder: Gives Clefale a real option to hit Toxapex, para common defensive checks like Melmetal, Heatran, and unaware Clefable.
* Soft Boiled: Reliable recovery that makes Clefable a threat at all times.
* Calm Mind: Lets it boost up its special defense bulk to take special hits better and boost its attack power to break down otherwise walls, Blissey without thunder wave is a prime example.
Spread
* 252 HP, 196 Defense, 60 Speed, Bold Nature: Clefable acts as a defensive pivot a lot against many physical attackers and wants as much bulk to spam calm mind and sweep, so max HP and nearly fully invested defense maximizes Clefables opportunity to do just that. The speed is there to get the jump on no investment base 70's .
Item
* Life Orb: Gives Clefable a much appreciated power boost and lets it be able heavily pressure stall teams that would otherwise give this set a lot of trouble.
Ability
* Magic Guard: Makes Clefable completely immune to hazards, passive damage, and doesn't take recoil damage from life orb when attacking.
Garchomp
Moves
* Earthquake: Powerful STAB that gives Garchomp the ability to ohko many threats like Heatran, Bisharp, Victini, Tapu Koko, Blacephalon, and Excadrill while also being able to 2hko Toxapex, Tyranitar, and Volcarona.
* Scale Shot: The speed boost is important to allowing Garchomp to be a late game option against fast offensive teams. The ability to break multiscale on Dragonite and get through subsitute users is also invaluable in a pinch. For those wondering what this move can do against Corviknight, it pressures it enough when boosted to force either a roost or leave Corviknight heavily chipped from rough skin and the attack damage. Scale shot can also act as a form of a last resort of speed control.
* Stealth Rock: Most powerful move in the game as it chips down the opponent reveals items and abilities on a pokemon as well.
* Swords Dance: Applies pressure against defog users and provides a opportunity to wall break as well.
Spread
* 252 Attack, 252 Speed, Jolly Nature: Max attacking power is needed to get the most offensive pressure possible out of Garchomp with a swords dance rocks set. The max speed investment gives Garchomp the jump on many base 100's.
Item
* Leftovers: This item allows Garchomp to essentially take no damage from stealth rocks and last a long time in a battle.
Ability
* Rough Skin: Chips the opponent on physical contact moves, this allows Garchomp to pressure Corviknight and other pokemon who try to pivot in and click u-turn on it. This also allows Garchomp to be a threat even on a switch.
Ferrothorn
Moves
* Spikes: Targets grounded pokemon to put in range of many different attacks and maintain constant pressure against the opponent.
* Leech Seed: Helps with recovery of not only itself, but a incoming teammate switching in and maintaining pressure.
* Knock Off: Removes leftovers and heavy duty boots from pokemon like Landorus T, Ferrothorn, Tornadus Therian, Zapdos, and Corviknight. This helps break down the opponent through stealth rocks and spikes far easier.
* Body Press: Bisharp, opposing Ferrothorn, Weavile, Heatran on switch after knock off, and Tyranitar are all common targets of this move.
Spread
* 248 HP, 252 Defense, 8 Special Defense, Impish Nature: Since Ferrothorn is the Weavile and Bisharp answer, having the maximum bulk possible defensively on the physical side is needed to last in battle.
Item
* Leftovers
Ability
* Iron Barbs: Ferrothorn can rack up signficant chip damage on u-turn, knock off, and other attacks that make contact with it to wear down the opponent in conjunction with hazards and knock off.
Tornadus-Therian
Moves
* Hurricane: While being a low accuracy move, this does give Tornadus the power to threaten pokemon like Landorus, Rillaboom, Kartana, and Urshifu without the drawback of low power output.
* Defog: Removes hazards from the field, lets the team control the hazard war and giving Weavile more opportunities to attack.
* Taunt: Blocks off hazard stacking, status moves, set up sweeping, teleport, and defog to apply more pressure against a passive opponent.
* U-Turn: A pivot move that gives momentum with optimal match-ups, synergizes well with regenerator.
Spread
* 248 HP, 252 Speed, 8 Special Defense, Timid Nature: Max speed with a timid natrue is choosen to get the jump on other Tornadus T and adamant Weavile. 248 hp makes Tornadus as bulky as it can be in the scouting role with max speed.
Item
* Heavy Duty Boots: Gives full immunity to Tornadus from stealth rocks, this allows it to last in battle a lot longer than it otherwise would.
Ability
* Regenerator: Heals off 1/3 of Tornadus T's HP every time it switches out, gives it great longevity and pairs well on a team who likes to switch around a lot.
Rotom-Wash
Moves
* Hydro Pump: Main STAB move that lets it threaten Heatran and water weak grounds like Landorus consistently. This allows for volt switch to be easily used throughout a match.
* Volt Switch: The STAB pivot move that hits water and flying types for super effective damage, maintaining momentum with ease.
* Pain Split: Chips away at the opponent while healing Rotom W, pairs well with hazard stacking and gives momentum to the team while still being able to play defensively.
* Thunder Wave: Another form of speed control, RNG control, and lets it cripple other sweeping attempts that could otherwise overwhelm the team.
Spread
* 248 HP, 172 Special Defense, 88 Speed, Calm Nature: Maximum HP and heavily invested special defense gives Rotom W the ability to reliablely switch into Zapdos, Heatran, and be able to get thunder wave off on special threats like Dragapult and Tapu Lele far easier. 88 Speed investment is to outpace jolly Crawdaunt, Modest Magnezone, Adamant Tyranitar, Blacephelon after using trick choice scarf, and no investment Landorus T.
Item
* Leftovers: Passive recovery to last in battle and avoid getting overwhelmed by stealth rocks is massively important to Rotom W in many matches, synergizes well with pain split.
Weavile
Moves
* Knock Off: Easy to click move that hits every pokemon while removing items like leftovers and heavy duty boots that makes the hazad stacking more effective.
* Icicle Crash: I don't like missing and pairs well with the para spam, so Triple Axel is not used for this slot because of that.
* Ice Shard: Powerful priority that makes the match-up against offense a lot easier, mainly against dragon and flying type pokemon like Garchomp, Dragonite, and agility Moltres-G.
* Poison Jab: Niche choice, but it massively improves the calm mind Tapu Fini match-up that would otherwise be incredibly annoying to deal with. This slot is quite customizable, so this is essentially a free slot to do whatever you want.
Spread
* 252 Attack, 252 Speed, Jolly Nature: As much power and speed as possible is needed on choice band Weavile. Jolly nature is choosen because of the jump on Tornadus T and Adamant Weavile.
Item
* Choice Band: For the maximum raw damage and lets it be more immediately threatening, something this team does lack outside of Weavile early game. Also makes Ice Shard a lot stronger, a massive boost against fast offensive teams.
Ability
* Pressure: This allows Weavile to scout out if it's faster than another pokemon that has an ability that activates as it switches in. For example, if Excadrill's mold breaker activated before Weavile's pressure, Weavile is slower.
Proof of Peak
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517561026-t5jxjqbpg36cjrv1ks0fq5plzik8o7jpw
Screenshot (on a phone) of #1 ladder ranking with my alternate account, Stealthy Koala
Clefable
Moves
* Moonblast: Easy to click move that is a fantastic STAB as nothing is immune to moonblast in any capacity.
* Thunder: Gives Clefale a real option to hit Toxapex, para common defensive checks like Melmetal, Heatran, and unaware Clefable.
* Soft Boiled: Reliable recovery that makes Clefable a threat at all times.
* Calm Mind: Lets it boost up its special defense bulk to take special hits better and boost its attack power to break down otherwise walls, Blissey without thunder wave is a prime example.
Spread
* 252 HP, 196 Defense, 60 Speed, Bold Nature: Clefable acts as a defensive pivot a lot against many physical attackers and wants as much bulk to spam calm mind and sweep, so max HP and nearly fully invested defense maximizes Clefables opportunity to do just that. The speed is there to get the jump on no investment base 70's .
Item
* Life Orb: Gives Clefable a much appreciated power boost and lets it be able heavily pressure stall teams that would otherwise give this set a lot of trouble.
Ability
* Magic Guard: Makes Clefable completely immune to hazards, passive damage, and doesn't take recoil damage from life orb when attacking.
Garchomp
Moves
* Earthquake: Powerful STAB that gives Garchomp the ability to ohko many threats like Heatran, Bisharp, Victini, Tapu Koko, Blacephalon, and Excadrill while also being able to 2hko Toxapex, Tyranitar, and Volcarona.
* Scale Shot: The speed boost is important to allowing Garchomp to be a late game option against fast offensive teams. The ability to break multiscale on Dragonite and get through subsitute users is also invaluable in a pinch. For those wondering what this move can do against Corviknight, it pressures it enough when boosted to force either a roost or leave Corviknight heavily chipped from rough skin and the attack damage. Scale shot can also act as a form of a last resort of speed control.
* Stealth Rock: Most powerful move in the game as it chips down the opponent reveals items and abilities on a pokemon as well.
* Swords Dance: Applies pressure against defog users and provides a opportunity to wall break as well.
Spread
* 252 Attack, 252 Speed, Jolly Nature: Max attacking power is needed to get the most offensive pressure possible out of Garchomp with a swords dance rocks set. The max speed investment gives Garchomp the jump on many base 100's.
Item
* Leftovers: This item allows Garchomp to essentially take no damage from stealth rocks and last a long time in a battle.
Ability
* Rough Skin: Chips the opponent on physical contact moves, this allows Garchomp to pressure Corviknight and other pokemon who try to pivot in and click u-turn on it. This also allows Garchomp to be a threat even on a switch.
Ferrothorn
Moves
* Spikes: Targets grounded pokemon to put in range of many different attacks and maintain constant pressure against the opponent.
* Leech Seed: Helps with recovery of not only itself, but a incoming teammate switching in and maintaining pressure.
* Knock Off: Removes leftovers and heavy duty boots from pokemon like Landorus T, Ferrothorn, Tornadus Therian, Zapdos, and Corviknight. This helps break down the opponent through stealth rocks and spikes far easier.
* Body Press: Bisharp, opposing Ferrothorn, Weavile, Heatran on switch after knock off, and Tyranitar are all common targets of this move.
Spread
* 248 HP, 252 Defense, 8 Special Defense, Impish Nature: Since Ferrothorn is the Weavile and Bisharp answer, having the maximum bulk possible defensively on the physical side is needed to last in battle.
Item
* Leftovers
Ability
* Iron Barbs: Ferrothorn can rack up signficant chip damage on u-turn, knock off, and other attacks that make contact with it to wear down the opponent in conjunction with hazards and knock off.
Tornadus-Therian
Moves
* Hurricane: While being a low accuracy move, this does give Tornadus the power to threaten pokemon like Landorus, Rillaboom, Kartana, and Urshifu without the drawback of low power output.
* Defog: Removes hazards from the field, lets the team control the hazard war and giving Weavile more opportunities to attack.
* Taunt: Blocks off hazard stacking, status moves, set up sweeping, teleport, and defog to apply more pressure against a passive opponent.
* U-Turn: A pivot move that gives momentum with optimal match-ups, synergizes well with regenerator.
Spread
* 248 HP, 252 Speed, 8 Special Defense, Timid Nature: Max speed with a timid natrue is choosen to get the jump on other Tornadus T and adamant Weavile. 248 hp makes Tornadus as bulky as it can be in the scouting role with max speed.
Item
* Heavy Duty Boots: Gives full immunity to Tornadus from stealth rocks, this allows it to last in battle a lot longer than it otherwise would.
Ability
* Regenerator: Heals off 1/3 of Tornadus T's HP every time it switches out, gives it great longevity and pairs well on a team who likes to switch around a lot.
Rotom-Wash
Moves
* Hydro Pump: Main STAB move that lets it threaten Heatran and water weak grounds like Landorus consistently. This allows for volt switch to be easily used throughout a match.
* Volt Switch: The STAB pivot move that hits water and flying types for super effective damage, maintaining momentum with ease.
* Pain Split: Chips away at the opponent while healing Rotom W, pairs well with hazard stacking and gives momentum to the team while still being able to play defensively.
* Thunder Wave: Another form of speed control, RNG control, and lets it cripple other sweeping attempts that could otherwise overwhelm the team.
Spread
* 248 HP, 172 Special Defense, 88 Speed, Calm Nature: Maximum HP and heavily invested special defense gives Rotom W the ability to reliablely switch into Zapdos, Heatran, and be able to get thunder wave off on special threats like Dragapult and Tapu Lele far easier. 88 Speed investment is to outpace jolly Crawdaunt, Modest Magnezone, Adamant Tyranitar, Blacephelon after using trick choice scarf, and no investment Landorus T.
Item
* Leftovers: Passive recovery to last in battle and avoid getting overwhelmed by stealth rocks is massively important to Rotom W in many matches, synergizes well with pain split.
Weavile
Moves
* Knock Off: Easy to click move that hits every pokemon while removing items like leftovers and heavy duty boots that makes the hazad stacking more effective.
* Icicle Crash: I don't like missing and pairs well with the para spam, so Triple Axel is not used for this slot because of that.
* Ice Shard: Powerful priority that makes the match-up against offense a lot easier, mainly against dragon and flying type pokemon like Garchomp, Dragonite, and agility Moltres-G.
* Poison Jab: Niche choice, but it massively improves the calm mind Tapu Fini match-up that would otherwise be incredibly annoying to deal with. This slot is quite customizable, so this is essentially a free slot to do whatever you want.
Spread
* 252 Attack, 252 Speed, Jolly Nature: As much power and speed as possible is needed on choice band Weavile. Jolly nature is choosen because of the jump on Tornadus T and Adamant Weavile.
Item
* Choice Band: For the maximum raw damage and lets it be more immediately threatening, something this team does lack outside of Weavile early game. Also makes Ice Shard a lot stronger, a massive boost against fast offensive teams.
Ability
* Pressure: This allows Weavile to scout out if it's faster than another pokemon that has an ability that activates as it switches in. For example, if Excadrill's mold breaker activated before Weavile's pressure, Weavile is slower.
When analyzing the meta, I noticed that Clefable with calm mind and thunder was difficult for many teams to handle since it isn't affected by hazard stacking, toxic from common defensive pokemon, and pure fairy typing was great as usual defensivey. This gives Clefable many opportunities to set up and sweep or put on offensive pressure early game. The next part of the team will be the main support pokemon for Clefable to shine bright, the traits I were looking for was the following:
* Spike and stealth rock users who synergize off eachother and Clefable well
* Put pressure on defog users relentlessly
* Lure in pokemon that Clefable likes to set up on
* Provide a positive match-up against common Clefable answers
* Not stealth rock weak
* Add massive defensive versatility
The choices for the spiker was between Ferrothorn and nothing else as I didn't see Skamory as aggressive enough to maintain momentum and pressure against defog users. For what paired well with Ferrothorn as a rocker, the pokemon I was by far most intrigued with was Garchomp since it paired incredibly well next to Ferrothorn and Clefable with its dragon/ground typing. The duo of Ferrothorn and Garchomp lure in many of eachothers checks and chip them down through hazards, leech seed, rough skin/iron barbs, and attacking moves. They also are both resistant to stealth rocks, so they can switch around quite easily throughout a long game and constantly annoy the opponent with leftovers recovery. For the next part of the team, the goal was to do the following:
* Be able to handle common moves like Shadow Ball and Earthquake while giving the team more flexability defensively so not only one pokemon is responsible for everything defensively.
* Maintain pressure and momentum, otherwise the hazards were for nothing.
* Provide offensive synergy with the existing core.
* Allow the team to scout early game to make the hazard stacking chain easier to pull off.
* Have the ability to bluff many different sets, have the opponent guess to some level of what each set could be on the team while providing defog support.
To fill the role of scouting, momentum keeping, defensive utility, and providing set versatility, Tornadus Therian and Rotom W were selected. They give the team a voltturn option that's hard to stop. Tornadus T can use taunt to keep hazards up while having regenerator and heavy duty boots to stay healthy, it works in a hazard stack setting. Rotom W can use pain split with the hazards to severely chip the opponent down quickly and then use volt switch, one that isn't easily stopped by Lando T thanks to Hydro Miss, keep up the momentum. Both have the bulk and longevity to act as key early game scouting pokemon and annoy the opponent to no end throughout the entire game, slowly chipping them away for the inevitable Clefable sweep. Because of these traits, they synergize extremely well with the Clefable, Ferrothorn, and Garchomp trio. For the last slot, it was to fill in the speed control, shadow ball resist, priority, and second knock off user needs, Weavile was the best choice since it was the only option and is one of the best pokemon in the tier period.
* Spike and stealth rock users who synergize off eachother and Clefable well
* Put pressure on defog users relentlessly
* Lure in pokemon that Clefable likes to set up on
* Provide a positive match-up against common Clefable answers
* Not stealth rock weak
* Add massive defensive versatility
The choices for the spiker was between Ferrothorn and nothing else as I didn't see Skamory as aggressive enough to maintain momentum and pressure against defog users. For what paired well with Ferrothorn as a rocker, the pokemon I was by far most intrigued with was Garchomp since it paired incredibly well next to Ferrothorn and Clefable with its dragon/ground typing. The duo of Ferrothorn and Garchomp lure in many of eachothers checks and chip them down through hazards, leech seed, rough skin/iron barbs, and attacking moves. They also are both resistant to stealth rocks, so they can switch around quite easily throughout a long game and constantly annoy the opponent with leftovers recovery. For the next part of the team, the goal was to do the following:
* Be able to handle common moves like Shadow Ball and Earthquake while giving the team more flexability defensively so not only one pokemon is responsible for everything defensively.
* Maintain pressure and momentum, otherwise the hazards were for nothing.
* Provide offensive synergy with the existing core.
* Allow the team to scout early game to make the hazard stacking chain easier to pull off.
* Have the ability to bluff many different sets, have the opponent guess to some level of what each set could be on the team while providing defog support.
To fill the role of scouting, momentum keeping, defensive utility, and providing set versatility, Tornadus Therian and Rotom W were selected. They give the team a voltturn option that's hard to stop. Tornadus T can use taunt to keep hazards up while having regenerator and heavy duty boots to stay healthy, it works in a hazard stack setting. Rotom W can use pain split with the hazards to severely chip the opponent down quickly and then use volt switch, one that isn't easily stopped by Lando T thanks to Hydro Miss, keep up the momentum. Both have the bulk and longevity to act as key early game scouting pokemon and annoy the opponent to no end throughout the entire game, slowly chipping them away for the inevitable Clefable sweep. Because of these traits, they synergize extremely well with the Clefable, Ferrothorn, and Garchomp trio. For the last slot, it was to fill in the speed control, shadow ball resist, priority, and second knock off user needs, Weavile was the best choice since it was the only option and is one of the best pokemon in the tier period.
* Opposing bulky hazard stacking teams will normally not be able to overwhelm since the team does so well against hazard stacking itself. However, there are some match-ups, Tapu Koko for example, where having all the hazards up without a boosted Clefable is asking for trouble, but always a winnable match-up.
* Non-weather hyper offense teams normally aren't able to auto-win since most set-up sweeper threats are well covered and para spam (thunder on Clef and thunder wave on Rotom W) cripples many sweeping attempts. Volcarona is by far the most lethal sweeper on these teams, Garchomp and Rotom W will normally be needed to beat any Volcarona variant. Safeguard Volcarona isn't the biggest threat since Garchomp handles its weak fire moves, but a burn from flamethrower can outright end the match.
* Rain offense, mainly volt switch Zapdos and specs Volcanion, are massive threats when hazards aren't set up. It's tricky, but finding a way to get stealth rocks up is vital for victory and keeping the opponent on their backfoot early with Rotom W.
* Ghost spam is not normally something that will overwhelm this team since Tornadus is consistent at scouting sets early on. Thunder Dragapult can be annoying, but it's also incredibly rare. A well played Specs Blacephalon is one of the hardest pokemon to face since it forces many extremely risky 50/50's. Scarf can also be annoying because of trick, but these variants are far less threatening because the damage output is not enough to where switching around isn't a option.
* Stall teams don't have a fun time against a single pokemon on the team, always a winnable match-up. Some Shedinja stalls are incredibly difficult to break if they opt for heavy duty boots instead of safety goggles or focus sash, but still possible if Shedinja's support is removed. Keeping Clefable and to some extent Garchomp away from knock off is extremely important to win.
* Tapu Lele can be annoying, but Tornadus can scout the set out well as it outspeeds specs, takes every hit from scarf that isn't the super rare modest thunder. Specs sets are easy to revenge kill while scarf doesn't do enough damage to make consistent pivots not a option.
* Other calm mind users can be a threat, but thunder wave and pain split rotom W, taunt tornadus, your own calm mind Clefable, and banded Weavile tends to be enough. Calm mind Hatterene, while super rare, is capable of going solo against the entire team if it sets up freely.
* Galarian Slowking is annoying due to powerful attacks like future sight, sludge bomb, and annoying coverage moves. It can be outplayed and heavily chipped by Ferrothorn, Rotom Wash, and Tornadus throughout the game while normally being forced out by Garchomp and Weavile. AV Slowing can be set up on by Clefable and especially if para'd, but that's risky game to play as the 16 soft boiled PP can go up in smokes quickly.
* Kartana and Rillaboom are normally annoyed heavily by Tornadus and Ferrothorn, but choice band Kartana can be incredibly annoying as smart strike can ohko Clefable from full, keeping a steel and grass resist around is vital to a win against banded Kartana.
* Many wall breakers can be played around like Rapid-Strike Urshifu, Melmetal, and Zapdos G trough pivoting and applying offensive pressure with potential super effective moves.
* Non-weather hyper offense teams normally aren't able to auto-win since most set-up sweeper threats are well covered and para spam (thunder on Clef and thunder wave on Rotom W) cripples many sweeping attempts. Volcarona is by far the most lethal sweeper on these teams, Garchomp and Rotom W will normally be needed to beat any Volcarona variant. Safeguard Volcarona isn't the biggest threat since Garchomp handles its weak fire moves, but a burn from flamethrower can outright end the match.
* Rain offense, mainly volt switch Zapdos and specs Volcanion, are massive threats when hazards aren't set up. It's tricky, but finding a way to get stealth rocks up is vital for victory and keeping the opponent on their backfoot early with Rotom W.
* Ghost spam is not normally something that will overwhelm this team since Tornadus is consistent at scouting sets early on. Thunder Dragapult can be annoying, but it's also incredibly rare. A well played Specs Blacephalon is one of the hardest pokemon to face since it forces many extremely risky 50/50's. Scarf can also be annoying because of trick, but these variants are far less threatening because the damage output is not enough to where switching around isn't a option.
* Stall teams don't have a fun time against a single pokemon on the team, always a winnable match-up. Some Shedinja stalls are incredibly difficult to break if they opt for heavy duty boots instead of safety goggles or focus sash, but still possible if Shedinja's support is removed. Keeping Clefable and to some extent Garchomp away from knock off is extremely important to win.
* Tapu Lele can be annoying, but Tornadus can scout the set out well as it outspeeds specs, takes every hit from scarf that isn't the super rare modest thunder. Specs sets are easy to revenge kill while scarf doesn't do enough damage to make consistent pivots not a option.
* Other calm mind users can be a threat, but thunder wave and pain split rotom W, taunt tornadus, your own calm mind Clefable, and banded Weavile tends to be enough. Calm mind Hatterene, while super rare, is capable of going solo against the entire team if it sets up freely.
* Galarian Slowking is annoying due to powerful attacks like future sight, sludge bomb, and annoying coverage moves. It can be outplayed and heavily chipped by Ferrothorn, Rotom Wash, and Tornadus throughout the game while normally being forced out by Garchomp and Weavile. AV Slowing can be set up on by Clefable and especially if para'd, but that's risky game to play as the 16 soft boiled PP can go up in smokes quickly.
* Kartana and Rillaboom are normally annoyed heavily by Tornadus and Ferrothorn, but choice band Kartana can be incredibly annoying as smart strike can ohko Clefable from full, keeping a steel and grass resist around is vital to a win against banded Kartana.
* Many wall breakers can be played around like Rapid-Strike Urshifu, Melmetal, and Zapdos G trough pivoting and applying offensive pressure with potential super effective moves.
1) Collect information about the opponent through hazards, team composition, and using optimal scout leads to make the process easier is vital. This lets you know what and how you'll win late game. Scout lead options can be any of the 6 pokemon depending on the team, so there is no true lead pokemon. If you're newer to playing, normally Tornadus Therian is a solid "scout lead" to go with when you're stuck on what pokemon to pick.
2) Be aggressive to maintain momentum, this team is excellent at keeping the opponent on the backfoot at all times even when playing defensively because of the hazard stacking.
3) Clefable is the main star of the team and will be the main reason for a win more often than not, but don't overly rely on trying to win with Clefable as the team can win in many other ways.
4) Keep in mind that moves will miss on any of the pokemon, so evening the RNG out with para spam and getting advantageous positions to where a move missing doesn't decide the game will help out a lot in getting consistent wins.
2) Be aggressive to maintain momentum, this team is excellent at keeping the opponent on the backfoot at all times even when playing defensively because of the hazard stacking.
3) Clefable is the main star of the team and will be the main reason for a win more often than not, but don't overly rely on trying to win with Clefable as the team can win in many other ways.
4) Keep in mind that moves will miss on any of the pokemon, so evening the RNG out with para spam and getting advantageous positions to where a move missing doesn't decide the game will help out a lot in getting consistent wins.
I hid most of my games with this team since 1) I was in OST, so I didn't want to reveal my hand 2) I wasn't planning on a RMT, hence why I used my alternate account instead of the "Zaza Bitchulia" account I'm mostly known for using. Because of this, the replays that aren't hidden are limited in amount. I'll add to the replay list of quality battles that are hidden, but the proof of peak battle was approved by my opponent to be shown, so that's why that's there.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517525744
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517522245
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517506974
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1514015798
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517490014-a4ollhb17fdgxx283ta2ucktqfhsshjpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517484274-782tlpud6e2feam4bwuic6dan0qi2aipw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517528516-hhhaef22eox1dxjavoxup8oetmhm2fzpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1506746743-qzmoo2977u0a4u5ebtytdek2el5an6bpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517525744
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517522245
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517506974
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1514015798
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517490014-a4ollhb17fdgxx283ta2ucktqfhsshjpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517484274-782tlpud6e2feam4bwuic6dan0qi2aipw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1517528516-hhhaef22eox1dxjavoxup8oetmhm2fzpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1506746743-qzmoo2977u0a4u5ebtytdek2el5an6bpw
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