A UU Team [RMT]

[Enygma]

Team Hamlet: Act 7 [RMT]

A UU TEAM
This is my first team post here on Smogon, and after testing it against Marrilanders, I feel that this is a legit UU team that can also kick some butt in OU. It focuses primarily on paralyzing the opponent so I may pull off a sweep. Since I hardly ever used this team anymore, I decided to post it up here to hear your thoughts. Here is my team lineup:

RECENT CHANGES:
-changed SHAYMIN to ROSERADE
-changed MR.MIME to LANTURN
-changed PERSIAN to AMBIPOM
-changed HOUNDOOM to MISMAGIUS

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"GUERRILLA FIGHTER "

AMBIPOM @ SILK SCARF

ABILITY: TECHNICIAN
NATURE: JOLLY
EV'S: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
~ Fake Out
~ U-Turn
~ Taunt
~ Payback

This set utilizes Technician+STAB Fake Out+ Silk Scarf to deal some massive free massive damage. With Ambipom's excellent speed, it can also U-Turn out into a counter if the opponent decides to switch. Taunt works great here, since it works in conjunction with Ambipom's high speed.

Payback to scare off any Rotom that might want to switch in on my Faker.
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"SUBSEED ROSE"

ROSERADE @ LEFTOVERS

ABILITY: NATURAL CURE
NATURE: TIMID
EV'S: 252 SpA / 6 SpD / 252 Spe
~ Substitute
~ Leech Seed
~ Spikes
~ Sludge Bomb

SubSeeder Rose to replace my outdated (now BL) Shaymin... I didn't go with Specs seeing that I already have a Specs sweeper. Simple set here really.
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"SPINNING IS FUN"

HITMONTOP @ LIFE ORB

ABILITY: TECHNICIAN
NATURE: ADAMANT
EV'S: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spe
~ Fake Out
~ Mach Punch
~ Close Combat
~ Bullet Punch

Not really a Rapid Spinner, since I don't need one. I decided to pull an almost Free Hit set. Lacking some speed, Top isn't a great guerrilla fighter, but with Bullet Punch, Fake Out, Mach Punch, Life Orb boost, & Technician, I have an ace card to really annoy my opponent.
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"SPECS BISH"

MISMAGIUS @ CHOICE SPECS

ABILITY: LEVITATE
NATURE: MODEST
EV'S: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
~ Trick
~ Shadow Ball
~ Thunderbolt
~ Hidden Power [Fighting]

My Special Sweeper. I felt that the Choice Scarf set would be useless, since my whole strategy is to paralyze my counters/ get rid of my counters to pull off a successful late-game sweep.
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"A BULKY PHYSICAL WALL"

SLOWBRO @ LEFTOVERS

ABILITY: OWN TEMPO
NATURE: BOLD
EV'S: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
~ Slack Off
~ Suf
~ Psychic
~ Thunder Wave

My favorite counter to Pokemon like Machamp in OU. Because of Own Tempo, it can't get confused! On top of that, it has a base defense of 110!

Thunder Wave to cripple counters switching into Slowbro, like opposing Shaymin. 'Nuff said.
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"A SPECIAL WALL"

LANTURN @ LEFTOVERS

ABILITY: VOLT ABSORB
NATURE: CALM
EV'S: 40 HP / 136 SpA / 252 SpD / 80 Spe
~ Discharge/Ice Beam
~ Confuse Ray
~ Thunder Wave
~ Surf

A ParaFusion set. Simple really, this time without the Substitute...

I'm thinking of either switching Discharge for Ice Beam, but I really like STAB Discharge for the likes of Gyarados in OU... Then Ice Beam for the likes of Roserade....
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AND HERE'S SO YOU DON'T FORGET MY TEAM:

PLEASE RATE!!!​

 

[Enygma]

RESERVED FOR THREATS LIST​

 

[Thund91]

I'd just like to say that Shaymin is BL, which means that it's not useable in UU. I can see Specs Sceptile or Roserade filling that spot though.

 

[Karpi]

ambipom can do everything that your persian can, except with 30 higher base attack

 

[Yuelia]

First and foremost, Shaymin is BL now. You can't use it in UU play. I'd use Roserade for the time being; it's not an exact replacement and not nearly as bulky, but it's the best available.

Second, use Ambipom over Persian. The reason Persian is NU is because Ambipom almost completely outclasses it. The only reason at all to use Persian over Ambipom is Switcheroo, so either use that or switch to Ambipom. (Well, Hypnosis too, but I don't recommend that at all.)

Finally, I would recommend Uxie over Mr. Mime as a special wall. All of its stats except Sp. Atk are higher (and it's not really supposed to be killing things anyway). Sure, it lacks confusion, but it has screens, SR, and Yawn to more than make up for it.

EDIT: Gah, sniped.

 

[d2m]

Ambipom does the lead set better than Persian, Lanturn does the parafusion special wall set better than Mr. Mime, and Shaymin is BL.

 

[Blackhawk11]

Ambipom can do what Persian does better. All of Ambipom's stats are higher than or equal to Persian's (Spd being the only equal), and Ambipom can run the same set (substituting Payback for Bite, which is only slightly worse if you aren't attacked first, but the increase in base Atk will probably negate that anyway) with the same ability and typing. 100% better in this situation. The only reason to use Persian > Ambipom in UU is Hypnosis, which, to be honest, is way to unreliable for Persian, as he will most likely get OHKOed by any decent attack launched at it. So change those immediately.

As Thund said, Shaymin is BL, and not allowed in UU. You can replace it with Sceptile without losing much, in fact, you'll be gaining SAtk and Spd, only losing some bulkiness.

Those are two immediate changes that should be made; in fact, the Shaymin one must be made before you can test this on Shoddy.

Edit: Wow, I was beat to it by three people. >_>

 

[Enygma]

Thanks guys for helping me update my outdated team.

Now I need to know what can counter this team, based on the current metagame.

 

[Deltaray123]

well if i were you i would take out the confuse ray on your lanturn and put in like stealth rocks, confuse ray last like 3-4 turns? and it really depends on Hax to be able to keep them from hitting you! but confuse ray can be used by forcing your opponent to switch out so you could take out t wave and put iin rocks because you already have t wave on your slowbro so having both of them have it is just kinda wasting one move and if you wanna special sweeper in your team, your gonna want to put in mismaguis in besides houndoom because maguis pretty much walls out any physical wall or tank....so you should take that into recomendations so yeah.. have fun

 

[Enygma]

thanks delta. i changed houndoom. but im still kinda iffy about the rec on lanturn....