Anti-metagame? No Way!
Introduction
I gotta be honest here- the metagame isn't on it's best creative scale at this point. I nearly always see the same kind of Pokemon and playstyles, you know who you are- so I thought to myself, why not make a more creative team.
To clear things out, I don't want to make the "perfect team in this metagame now", I wanna make a team that counters that. That doesn't necesarrily mean that this team is the perfect team though.
As you can see, my team is a SS team, I thought that that would be the most effective playstyle to use to counter the metagame. In this team, you will se loads of not so common things in the metagame that work surprisingly well (CB specially defensive EV'd Tyranitar, Offensive Deo-S...). That also catches people off guard.
Without further ado, here's the team:
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 12 Atk / 244 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Fire
- Superpower
I have to count how many times people get owned by this guy. Probably my MVP. Everyone is expecting the suicide lead, send their Tyranitar or whatever and they get 2hko'ed/OHKO'ed by this beast. The coverage here is actually very good, with STAB Psycho Boost, Hidden Power Fire for Steels and other threats, and Superpower for Tyranitar and others, and Ice Beam for Dragons like Nite, and Landorus. Though he is usually my revenge killer, I sometimes, if I can pull it off, use him as a late-game sweeper.
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Pursuit
- Superpower
Even with the defensive EV's, this guy hits like a truck, being able to 2HKO pretty much everything that doesn't resist the attack. With Pursuit, I can also trap opponents if they're using threats like Latios, OHKoing it. He can also take a lot to hits, even surviving an LO focus Blast from Gengar. Everything else is self-explanitory, he gives SS support to cripple opponents and gives support to Landorus, and he still has that very powerful STAB crunch and Stone Edge. I use Superpower for coverage.
Credit to IFM for the set.
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Power Whip
My main hazard-setter, my rain counter, and the pokemon that pretty much does the early-game work. I really don't know what my team would be without this guy. He is the heat when you cook something, he prepares everything to then show the final product (the prepared food). Dragonite would be pure and utter deadweight without him. Setting up Stealth Rock and Spikes for this team is crucial for this team, to assure OHKOing threats with Deo-S, but especially Land. Then, with t-wave in conjunction with Dragonite, I can paralyze a lot of threats. Finally, Power Whip is to get an attacking move and also to get some heavy damage on Politoed.
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Thunder Wave
- Roost
- Dragon Tail
Pretty much the glue of the team. With this guy, I manage to counter the threats that my team struggles with, like Terrakion, Volcarona, and Sun teams. Also, since I have Dragon Tail, I can safely counter Baton Pass teams, with STAB Dragon tail. With this, I can also spread entry hazard damage and paralysis through all the opponents team, using the hazard that Ferrothorn sets up. With Thunder Wave, and Ferrothorn's Thunder Wave, I can easily spread paralysis. Finally, with the combination of Substitute, Roost, and Multi Scale, Dragonite has an incredible amount of longietivity, letting me spread hazards for a very long time.
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Pain Split
My spinblocker. Thanks to Gengar's amazing special attack, I can easily cripple opponents and even get a KO or two at a lot of threats. He also takes care of Physical Walls that Landorus struggles with, like Skarmory or Ferrothorn. Due to him being a Ghost type, I can absorb Rapid Spin and that lets Dragonite do his job. I use the Substitute-Pain Split combo to cripple opponents even more, and also being able to counter pokemon with a huge amount of HP. Finally, Shadow Ball for STAB and Focus Blast is for coverage purposes, like for beating t-tar.
Trait: Sand Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Hidden Power Ice
- Substitute
The star of the show. With Sandstorm support, Landorus is incredibly powerful, and it can easily sweep teams with the combination of Earthquake and Stone Edge, and Hidden Power Ice Just switch in into a Scarfed Volt Switch or whatever, Set up a Sub, and start owning. If I can set up an SD, that's even better. With STAB Earthquake, Stone Edge and Hidden Power Ice, I can get near unresisted coverage (just Bronzong that my team can deal with). I use hidden Power Ice to deal with Dragonite, Gliscor and opposing Landorus easily. I love this guy.
Importable
Deoxys-S (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 28 Atk / 252 SAtk / 228 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Superpower
Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Pursuit
- Superpower
Ferrothorn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Power Whip
Dragonite (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Spd
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Thunder Wave
- Roost
- Dragon Tail
Gengar (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Pain Split
Landorus (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Substitute