Sup RMT.
Doubles is my favorite meta, but not until long ago I was awful at it. At some point I realized my biggest issue was teambuilding, as doubles is a meta in which teambuilding is the biggest part, and it's much more important than having actual skill.
After playing for a while, I suddenly realized I felt like using Kyu-b. The thing is basically OHKO everything.
So there it was, Kyu-b.
I also like Abomasnow, hail, and all this countering opposing weather thing. I figured teams like my previous sandstorm team would fuck me sideways, and also that I like mixed Kyu-b, so I put Abomasnow in there.
I thought of using Mega Abomasnow, but I have to say I like regular Abomasnow better. It's faster and that works for me. Also I realized Blaziken had perfect synergy with this team, so why not use Mega Blaziken, who's stupidly strong?
Then I added Genesect because it's OP and I needed a scarf and Jynx becauseit's kinda cute imo, and Landorus-t because I like using pokes with Intimidate in doubles and I needed a bulky physical attacker.
So in team preview, it looked kinda like this.
Now, getting more in depth:
Abomasnow (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Atk
Mild Nature
- Blizzard
- Energy Ball
- Ice Shard
- Protect
How do I counter other weathers without this thing? It turns out blizzard spam is quite strong, too. It's not a reliable pokemon, nor it's good on it's own in doubles, but it has it's things. It's ability and Ice Shard are already enough of a reason to use it, even though I found myself using Blizzard and Protect more often than anything. Focus Sash is obvious on this thing as everything OHKOes it. At first I was going to use scarf but I thought Genesect was going to give that item a better use. I kinda missed Earthquake a couple of times against Trick Room teams who use Heatran, but I couldn't replace any moves. The Grass coverage is vital and quite useful. I chose to run Energy Ball instead of Wood Hammer because I wanted to maximize special attack and Wood Hammer makes Focus Sash worthless, but looking back I think Wood Hammer would've been much better.
Kyurem-Black @ Expert Belt
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fusion Bolt
- Blizzard
- Protect
I just realized I gave this thing an Expert Belt. Why would I even? I'm sure a White Herb would've been more useful, but that kinda explains how this thing OHKO'd some politoeds and some pokes I thought it wouldn't just OHKO with Blizzard, so it kinda works too. At first I went 252 Atk and used Dragon Claw, but going special makes Kyu-b retarded. It hits ridiculously hard and the coverage is quite fine. Good luck if you don't resist it's Draco Meteor or Blizzard, as Kyu-b is this team's main sweeper and it picks apart whole teams on it's own. It's kinda slow and bulky steels and rocks in sandstorm (yeah, TTar) can tank a hit, so to cover those two issues...
Blaziken (M) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- High Jump Kick
- Baton Pass
- Protect
What can I say, Blaziken is way too good. I actually forgot to go mega a couple of times and it didn't even matter. But when I didn't, it never failed to impress me. This thing, just like Kyurem-b, is OHKO everything. I think I used Baton Pass once, but I never felt like there was a third move that coul have been useful. Maybe Swords Dance could've worked, or Rock Slide for the lucky flinches, but HJK, Flare Blitz and Protect was all I ever needed. If I had to list the thing that stops this pokemon, it'd be Fake Out, Protect and Trick Room. Unluckily, the doubles meta is pretty much Protect/Fake Out/Trick Room: the triumvirate, so it wasn't as easy to sweep as it'd seem.
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 Atk
Hasty Nature
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
Why aren't there any pics of cute girls dressed as genesect when I make a google search? Perhaps everyone who's good at drawing is too busy getting wrecked by it. This set needs little explaining, we all know our bug friend is really strong and has coverage for pretty much everything (and what it can't kill, it can just u-turn out of). If anything, I must say that, just like every team, Genesect fits this one perfectly. Energy Ball is cool in doubles because of things like Gastrodon, Rotom-w and Mamoswine, but I found myself using Ice Beam and U-turn more often than anything. Funnily enough, even though this is a hail team with three pokes who carry Blizzard, Genesect still uses Ice Beam the most. Shows how good Ice is of an offensive typing.
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Protect
I really think Tyrantrum fitted this team much better, but PS wont let me use Rock Head.;_; So, I used Landorus-t. Decided to go bulk because when I tried going fast, it died to everything and I needed something that could tank hits in Trick Room. I'm quite weak to TR already, and I needed a physical atacker that could stop it or at least work on it. I thought about Terrakion, who has Taunt and a better offensive typing, but it's less bulky and I had a big weakness to Fighting already. I have to admit I was disappointed by it, but I'd be lying if I said that Earthquake, that Intimidate and that Rock Slide didn't save my ass a couple of times. I couldn't find any cute pics in google but I guess that one works. Kinda.
Jynx @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Hasty Nature
- Blizzard
- Psyshock
- Lovely Kiss
- Fake Out
Jynx is probably the most bizarre pokemon out there. Jynx is a frail pokemon, who's not slow but not fast either, and hits hard but just not hard enough. It has a decent offensive typing that at the same time is an horrendous defensive typing and has a good ability it never gets to use. Why would anyone use this pokemon then? Besides actually liking the design, Fake Out is one of the best moves in Doubles, and it really helps this team, as Jynx is actually faster than most common Fake Out users. It's even faster than Mega Kangaskhan on the turn it mega evoles. That gives a big adventage in battles as it can completely screw up the opponent's turn. Lovely Kiss is great against TR setters, and the only match I lost with this team would've probably been different if it didn't miss. It's way too unreliable, but when it works, it's way too good. STAB Blizzard in Hail hits most things hard. I was debating for a while between Psychic and Psyshock and eventually decided they're the same thing, but Psyshock hits Hitmontop a bit harder and my team is more special than physical in general, so I decided to use Psyshock. She really wishes she could hit harder and be faster, but she's unexpected, and sometimes, devastating.
Now, while I made this team to kill my boredom for a while and see how many things I could one shot with Kyurem-b, I was one battle short of getting out of provisional undefeated on my first try. I don't know how good that is, but at least this works for laddering purposes . I peaked 2110 (third on the ladder) with this team the same day I made it, 19-1. It has many issues, mainly against trick room, but most of the time it's counters can be played around by sheer offense.
So, umm, any suggestions, comments, criticism, insults and love confessions are appreciated. I wanted to share this team because I'm probably going to trash it, but I wouldn't mind perfecting it before sending it to the recycle binand showing off I did something cool, too.
Feel free to steal it, I had enough fun with this already.
This is my first post, btw.
Doubles is my favorite meta, but not until long ago I was awful at it. At some point I realized my biggest issue was teambuilding, as doubles is a meta in which teambuilding is the biggest part, and it's much more important than having actual skill.
After playing for a while, I suddenly realized I felt like using Kyu-b. The thing is basically OHKO everything.
So there it was, Kyu-b.
I also like Abomasnow, hail, and all this countering opposing weather thing. I figured teams like my previous sandstorm team would fuck me sideways, and also that I like mixed Kyu-b, so I put Abomasnow in there.
I thought of using Mega Abomasnow, but I have to say I like regular Abomasnow better. It's faster and that works for me. Also I realized Blaziken had perfect synergy with this team, so why not use Mega Blaziken, who's stupidly strong?
Then I added Genesect because it's OP and I needed a scarf and Jynx because
So in team preview, it looked kinda like this.
Now, getting more in depth:
Abomasnow (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Atk
Mild Nature
- Blizzard
- Energy Ball
- Ice Shard
- Protect
How do I counter other weathers without this thing? It turns out blizzard spam is quite strong, too. It's not a reliable pokemon, nor it's good on it's own in doubles, but it has it's things. It's ability and Ice Shard are already enough of a reason to use it, even though I found myself using Blizzard and Protect more often than anything. Focus Sash is obvious on this thing as everything OHKOes it. At first I was going to use scarf but I thought Genesect was going to give that item a better use. I kinda missed Earthquake a couple of times against Trick Room teams who use Heatran, but I couldn't replace any moves. The Grass coverage is vital and quite useful. I chose to run Energy Ball instead of Wood Hammer because I wanted to maximize special attack and Wood Hammer makes Focus Sash worthless, but looking back I think Wood Hammer would've been much better.
Kyurem-Black @ Expert Belt
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fusion Bolt
- Blizzard
- Protect
I just realized I gave this thing an Expert Belt. Why would I even? I'm sure a White Herb would've been more useful, but that kinda explains how this thing OHKO'd some politoeds and some pokes I thought it wouldn't just OHKO with Blizzard, so it kinda works too. At first I went 252 Atk and used Dragon Claw, but going special makes Kyu-b retarded. It hits ridiculously hard and the coverage is quite fine. Good luck if you don't resist it's Draco Meteor or Blizzard, as Kyu-b is this team's main sweeper and it picks apart whole teams on it's own. It's kinda slow and bulky steels and rocks in sandstorm (yeah, TTar) can tank a hit, so to cover those two issues...
Blaziken (M) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- High Jump Kick
- Baton Pass
- Protect
What can I say, Blaziken is way too good. I actually forgot to go mega a couple of times and it didn't even matter. But when I didn't, it never failed to impress me. This thing, just like Kyurem-b, is OHKO everything. I think I used Baton Pass once, but I never felt like there was a third move that coul have been useful. Maybe Swords Dance could've worked, or Rock Slide for the lucky flinches, but HJK, Flare Blitz and Protect was all I ever needed. If I had to list the thing that stops this pokemon, it'd be Fake Out, Protect and Trick Room. Unluckily, the doubles meta is pretty much Protect/Fake Out/Trick Room: the triumvirate, so it wasn't as easy to sweep as it'd seem.
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 Atk
Hasty Nature
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
Why aren't there any pics of cute girls dressed as genesect when I make a google search? Perhaps everyone who's good at drawing is too busy getting wrecked by it. This set needs little explaining, we all know our bug friend is really strong and has coverage for pretty much everything (and what it can't kill, it can just u-turn out of). If anything, I must say that, just like every team, Genesect fits this one perfectly. Energy Ball is cool in doubles because of things like Gastrodon, Rotom-w and Mamoswine, but I found myself using Ice Beam and U-turn more often than anything. Funnily enough, even though this is a hail team with three pokes who carry Blizzard, Genesect still uses Ice Beam the most. Shows how good Ice is of an offensive typing.
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Protect
I really think Tyrantrum fitted this team much better, but PS wont let me use Rock Head.
Jynx @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Hasty Nature
- Blizzard
- Psyshock
- Lovely Kiss
- Fake Out
Jynx is probably the most bizarre pokemon out there. Jynx is a frail pokemon, who's not slow but not fast either, and hits hard but just not hard enough. It has a decent offensive typing that at the same time is an horrendous defensive typing and has a good ability it never gets to use. Why would anyone use this pokemon then? Besides actually liking the design, Fake Out is one of the best moves in Doubles, and it really helps this team, as Jynx is actually faster than most common Fake Out users. It's even faster than Mega Kangaskhan on the turn it mega evoles. That gives a big adventage in battles as it can completely screw up the opponent's turn. Lovely Kiss is great against TR setters, and the only match I lost with this team would've probably been different if it didn't miss. It's way too unreliable, but when it works, it's way too good. STAB Blizzard in Hail hits most things hard. I was debating for a while between Psychic and Psyshock and eventually decided they're the same thing, but Psyshock hits Hitmontop a bit harder and my team is more special than physical in general, so I decided to use Psyshock. She really wishes she could hit harder and be faster, but she's unexpected, and sometimes, devastating.
Now, while I made this team to kill my boredom for a while and see how many things I could one shot with Kyurem-b, I was one battle short of getting out of provisional undefeated on my first try. I don't know how good that is, but at least this works for laddering purposes . I peaked 2110 (third on the ladder) with this team the same day I made it, 19-1. It has many issues, mainly against trick room, but most of the time it's counters can be played around by sheer offense.
So, umm, any suggestions, comments, criticism, insults and love confessions are appreciated. I wanted to share this team because I'm probably going to trash it, but I wouldn't mind perfecting it before sending it to the recycle bin
Feel free to steal it, I had enough fun with this already.
Abomasnow (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Atk
Mild Nature
- Blizzard
- Energy Ball
- Ice Shard
- Protect
Kyurem-Black @ Expert Belt
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fusion Bolt
- Blizzard
- Protect
Blaziken (M) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- High Jump Kick
- Baton Pass
- Protect
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 Atk
Hasty Nature
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Protect
Jynx @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Hasty Nature
- Blizzard
- Psyshock
- Lovely Kiss
- Fake Out
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Atk
Mild Nature
- Blizzard
- Energy Ball
- Ice Shard
- Protect
Kyurem-Black @ Expert Belt
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fusion Bolt
- Blizzard
- Protect
Blaziken (M) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- High Jump Kick
- Baton Pass
- Protect
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 Atk
Hasty Nature
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Protect
Jynx @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Hasty Nature
- Blizzard
- Psyshock
- Lovely Kiss
- Fake Out
