A team that sweeps with Scizor 90% of the time?

[Astamatitos]

Team at a glance

I present you the team that i have been using the past month.
A winning ratio of 7/1 simplified while being on 1630+ speaks on it's own.
Shall we begin?

Movesets & Explanations

Tyranitar (M) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 SDef
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock

''Asta you nabb!! Wtf were you thinking?? Stealth Rock on a ddtar?! Stone Edge rofl!! Use Stone Edge!''
No. Stealth Rock is there because my team needs it in order to function well, that's also the reason why am leading with this.
I usually end up keeping DD as a late game surprise since my opponent will most probably think it's one of those antimetagame Stealth Rock ttars with Fire Blast for Bronzong leads.

Lum Berry helps me setup my DD or SR on things like Roserade no matter what and finish off early on Gengar leads that prefer to Hypnosis instead of Focus Blast first turn trying to predict an incoming switch in.

I didn't bother fixing the 252 / 252 / 4 spread as max speed with Jolly allows me to outspeed Bulky Gyarados by 1 point which is always useful.
Stone Edge is an option over Crunch but i prefer doing neutral damage to both Bronzong and Swampert.

Scizor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 HP/76 Atk/180 SDef
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- X-Scissor
- Swords Dance
- Quick Attack
- Roost

This is the main guy of the team and you will soon notice this as well.

With this EVs i am quaranteed to be 3hkoed by Zapdos and Life Orbed Gengar's Focus Blasts, meaning i can outstall them with Roost if i have to, assuming no hax occurs.

The moveset is a no brainer. Sword Dance & Sweep while recovering HP with Roost.

Shaymin @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP/180 Spd/76 SDef
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Seed Flare
- Leech Seed
- Rest
- Hidden Power [Fire]

The defensive core of the team. Takes water Pokemon like a man, lures Heatran in, Seeds Zapdos and other Pokemon in general and it can rest in front of a lot of Pokemon taking Natural Cure to it's advantage.

Seed Flare is a great move on it's own. Having a 40% chance to drop my opponent's sdef by 2 levels is awesome and it usually comes in handy when am stuck in a 1vs1 situation. Couple Seed Flare with Heatran's absence that my team provides and you get one helluva Pokemon that can sweep on a whim.

308 Speed means i always outspeed Roserade and Lucario, for the latter it is essential as there are times Gengar won't be alive and i might lose the speed tie with my own Lucario. OHkoes Lucario after he Close Combats something assuming there's Life Orb recoil. The SDef evs make it so Life Orbless Gengar does less than 33%.

Dugtrio (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Atk/8 Def/248 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Night Slash
- Pursuit

Here we have the ''supporter'' of the team. The most important reason why i've scarfed this is Heatran. I can effectively remove any type of Heatran out of the field, allowing Lucario, Gengar, Scizor and Shaymin go rampant. I will have to either sacrifice something or outpredict my opponent. Most probably it will be the former as i will be switching in Tyranitar to take the incoming Fire Blasts until it dies.

Other than removing Heatran, this Pokemon proved to be essential to my team. I've found myself taking out +2DD Gyarados with Stone Edge should my Shaymin get haxed or i have messed up badly. Revenge kills DDmence which otherwise poses great problem to my team, outspeeds and does over 60% to +2 DDTar allowing Lucario to BPunch to death should i made a mistake earlier on.

507 Speed outspeeds +2 Offensive Gyarados & Timid ScarfGars that aim for 253 Speed in order to outspeed Deoxys-S.
The 8 Def EVs help me take Jolly Lucarios's Extremespeed including Life Orb and live to tell the tale even after the Stealth Rock damage.

Lucario (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 SAtk
Lonely nature (+Atk, -Def)
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Bullet Punch

Anti-counter Lucario with HP Ice > Extremespeed because i am already taking out what i am supposed to be Extremespeeding. HP Ice is a great move on Lucario as it not only kills Gliscor, Lucarios's main counter, but it also 2hkoes Bulky Zapdos after the SR Damage.
+Atk Nature is a must if you are using Bullet Punch.

Gengar (M) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Hypnosis
- Substitute

Gengar is usually the MVP in most of my games. Tyranitar + Gengar is a great combination ever since RSE. I can get it on Ground and Fighting attacks projected to Tyranitar meaning i can easily get it in on Turn #2. Lucario pairs well with this as well giving this even more opportunities to get in and Substitute on something making not only the predictions easier, but allowing me to Hypnosis and retain the substitute on the next Pokemon.

Weaknesses i have in mind

DD Salamence has been a pest to me but i always find out a way to finish it off. The only way it can get a free DD on me is when i have earthquaked something with Duggy, then the only thing i can do is bring Scizor in, SD while taking the first Earthquake, then Quick Attack it while it finished me off. I will then bring Scarf Dugtrio outspeeding + KOing. Should i miss i will be bringing in Lucario to finish it off with Bullet Punch if it's a Life Orb variant.

Conclusion

Taking the advantage off my opponent using unexpected movesets while limiting his Defenses with Dugtrio this team has been doing great against all sorts of battlers.

Threat list to be added soon..
Rate/Flame/Do whatever you want with it.

 

[obi]

Is there any reason you don't just go 252 Speed on Dugtrio? To be honest, the odds of encountering another Scarftrio seems more likely than those extra 4 EVs in Def saving you.

 

[Astamatitos]

I ran some calcs and yea those extra 4 evs on Defense do save me an extra 1% which might come in handy.

Extremespeed from Adamant Lucario with Life Orb
Damage: 91.00% - 107.11% - 4 Def EVs.
Damage: 90.52% - 106.16% - 8 Def EVs.

Extremespeed from Jolly Lucario with Life Orb
Damage: 82.94% - 97.63% - 4 Def Evs.
Damage: 82.26% - 97.06% - 8 Def EVs.

I get your point though me being involved in a Scarftrio vs Scarftrio situation also means that i have already taken out Heatran so letting the opponent kill me works to my favor as i can get either Gengar or Shaymin on and setup. That's of course theorymon meaning i will have to actually playtest against other Scarftrio teams.

 

[RedSP]

It seems like you'd be really vulnerable to Heatran or another Lucario with bullet punch if Dugtrio ever uses a move besides EQ. Consider swapping it out for a Gyrados or Starmie since Heatran really does seem like a bitch for this team.

 

[Sebastien Loeb]

Rost weakness Brick Break (not to come to speak to me of Gengar since Heracross is endowed with Night Slash) to which if it were for Shaymin you are very weak, you are the DanceMance he succeeds in departing he has already won against you.

 

[Astamatitos]

It seems like you'd be really vulnerable to Heatran or another Lucario with bullet punch if Dugtrio ever uses a move besides EQ.

If that happens then i will either sacrifice something and then bring Dugtrio again for the KO in Heatran's case duh. If i don't want to lose sacrifice something then i'll be getting Tyranitar on the Fire Blasts until i find the opportunity to get Duggy on his Heatran.

Bpunch Lucario is indeed a pain in the ass but that's also the reason why Shaymin has the timid nature & HP Fire. Worst case scenario is my opponent noticing that i am actually a timid nature and attacking with a +2 Boosted Extremespeed which is still not enough.

 

[RedSP]

If that happens then i will either sacrifice something and then bring Dugtrio again for the KO in Heatran's case duh. If i don't want to lose sacrifice something then i'll be getting Tyranitar on the Fire Blasts until i find the opportunity to get Duggy on his Heatran.

Bpunch Lucario is indeed a pain in the ass but that's also the reason why Shaymin has the timid nature & HP Fire. Worst case scenario is my opponent noticing that i am actually a timid nature and attacking with a +2 Boosted Extremespeed which is still not enough.

Dealing with Heatran by predicting Fire Blast and Earthpower respectively is fine I suppose. I just never liked sacrificing a team member to a pokemon so that Dugtrio can revenge kill it only to be setup against by another threat. It's ultimately your decision whether or not to keep Dugtrio though.

 

[Taylor]

Adamant Nature because it is a must if you are using Bullet Punch.

Well you may want to fix the Lonely nature that currently occupies itself on the moveset. You may have already fixed this on Shoddy Battle, assuming it this is in fact a typo. I understand you're using Hidden Power [Ice], but I was led to believe that you can still OHKO Gliscor and Salamence with Life Orb and 239 Special Attack, especially with Stealth Rock support. If there's any other reason why you're using a Lonely nature, then you haven't explained why.

 

[Astamatitos]

If there's any other reason why you're using a Lonely nature, then you haven't explained why.

Yep it was a typo indeed.
I went for Lonely over Adamant or Naughty for mainly two reasons.
1) Because that way i can quarantee a 2hko on Zapdos after Stealth Rock damage. (42.71% - 50.26% on a Max HP/ 4 SDef Zapdos)
2) I found myself taking Thunderbolts, Shadow Balls, Ice Beams with this Lucario more often than any Physical move therefore chose Lonely over Naughty.

 

[Taylor]

I thought you wouldn't have any trouble with Zapdos, considering you have Stealth Rock and Sand Stream in effect after the first turn. And let us not forget that your Scizor can inflict damage and potentially set itself up and survive Thunderbolts in order to do so, thus forcing Zapdos out of the playing field. This means that the next time Zapdos switches in, wouldn't he lay around 50%? That's in OHKO range for your Swords Dance Lucario, with Hidden Power [Ice] not required.

 

[Astamatitos]

Yea while Zapdos is not a big of an issue there are times where i won't afford one turn to setup SD on Zap's switch in.
I don't find the -Def drawback from Lonely as significant so that's basically why i kept it.
I will try testing Adamant in my next matches.

 

[Electrov2]

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Tyranitar (M) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 SDef
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock

I usually end up keeping DD as a late game surprise since my opponent will most probably think it's one of those antimetagame Stealth Rock ttars with Fire Blast for Bronzong leads.


Aha... Haha! Since you posted this people will be looking out for this strategy. I'd just make teams quietly and test them.

Anywho, sorry for not giving you a good rating. But in all kidding aside, you know this team's good. >_>

 

[Nirvana]

i think this is a pretty good team dude. I use the same scizor that you do and it's done the same thing.(Scizor is my signature Pokemon too lol.) The shaymin is also a big twist IMO and would catch a lot of people by surprise. i like it!

 

[gec]

You know with the Platinum changes in order, you can always go with Ice Punch > HP Ice. It OHKOs Zapdos after an SD and of course Mence/Gliscor too.

 

[Nirvana]

with the new platinum game though, wouldn't extremespeed be better on Lucario and Bullet Punch better on Scizor? just a question on how to incoporate this team into Platinum's changes

 

[Astamatitos]

You know with the Platinum changes in order, you can always go with Ice Punch > HP Ice. It OHKOs Zapdos after an SD and of course Mence/Gliscor too.

Yea i've been using this team before the Platinum updates so if i ever happen to use this again in D/P/Pt i will be doing several changes.

@ above post: i'd say with Ice Punch over HP Ice, Bullet Punch is still the prefered option for my team as it takes care of weakened Gengars. Otherwise in case i find myself dealing against a Gengar behind a sub.
(Dugtrio sacrificing + Luke with Bullet Punch)