im bored and played some aaa and had fun so ill drop some sets ive been abusing
Muk-Alola @ Dread Plate
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 160 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Def / 20 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Gunk Shot
- Shadow Sneak
probably the best bulky pursuiter atm, since its easily able to handle psychics / ghost moves & whatever other coverage like focus blast and trap with with adap pursuit / knock. dread adap knock off is strong as fuck and does crazy things like have a chance to 2hko a hippo after rocks and other things like that. gunk is obvious stab boosted by adap, and in the last slot i personally run sneak since you can hit non dazzle phero & psy terrain zam for quite a bit before they kill you. ev spread is made to mazimize atk first, then enough hp & def to tank lo phero hjk. the rest is just a bit of creep for things like alolan wak.
Celebi @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- U-turn
- Stealth Rock
- Leaf Storm
- Psychic
was looking for cool utility psychic terrain setter and in the end i settled on bi. sr + turn + decent stabs is good enough for me, and its amazing support for fast sweepers. colbur to tank pursuits / knocks & generally strong stabs in order to hit shit as hard as possible before foddering it to get up terrain. other setters ive found to be cool are prankster uxie w/ z-memento, but celebi is the best one for a team to keep up its offensive presense imo. there are a ton of alternatives in terms of moves / items as well so im curious if you guys have run any cool dedicated terrain setters & what you guys chose to use.
Magearna @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Volt Switch
- Fleur Cannon
- Flash Cannon
- Aura Sphere
probably the best & most viable set that i started using was regenvest mag. max spa since you want to hit as hard as possible & its already bulky as fuck with only hp investment. this thing is crazy in what it checks though, being able to easy check shit like zam / mana / xurkitree. volt switch is a godsend for this set as its easy af to scout special attackers then pivot out to faster threats like phero / zydog / xurkitree. overall i think mag is going to be a huge threat in the meta, and im curious as to what ppl have been using on offensive sets like shift gear & specs.
here's a fun team ive been using if you wanna see the sets ive used above in action. built around phero & muk to trap shit like doublade & bulky psychics. speed boost xurkitree bc its broken and is a great late game cleaner. celebi to support both of the above since prio is their downfall, zydog to revenge phero & be strong in general. mag cleans up & pivots into special attackers like zam.
in terms of the meta, ive been having fun playing it love the offensive route its taken as opposed to a more stally / defensive one. however there are a few things that council should probably qb (which is honestly the best way to handle suspects as long as council members give their reasoning and post in the threads, goes by faster & public can still give opinions in the thread).
first one the list is probably speed boost as its a hilarious how broken shit like xurkitree
is once you get +3 / +1 and just sweep any offensive team and most defensive ones as well. tbolt / energy ball hits most of the meta & after a tail glow your spa stat is so high it doesnt matter if its a neutral hit.
something else that should probably be looked at is imposter as its still as stupid as it was last gen, even though there are less megas its still so easy to bluff & easily sweep with things like zard-x. this is probably something that could be looked at later, but i def think speed boost should be getting the boot within a ~week
also pheromosa
is fucking insane, as it has all the qualities it has in regular ou that make it broken along w/ dazzling & protean which are just fucking insane on it. not being revenge killed by priority is huge as it can just quickly chip with u-turn and go to a trapper to remove a check then come back out and do it again. in order to handle it ive been having to look at this like mold breaker prio mons / using things that are usually sub par in a healthy metagame.
ps feel free to chall me anytime you see me on ps main / smogtours as i love playing the tier and usually whenever i remember to play nobody is on to play with me :(