B.Y.O.B. (First Extremely Detailed OU RMT)

[MikesPetUnicorn]

This RMT was made during Supe's Birthday Giveaway, but since I worked so hard on it, I asked him If I can take that team and use it. I used basically this same team on Shoddy Battle, so here it is. Remember, this is my first team made in such detail, and I do have a lot of mistakes in certain parts that I'm still working through and will edit:

Team Builder Prologue: This is going to be a team that is made up of just pure-attacking power, and it is going to avoid from setting up. The only thing I want to set up is Stealth Rock, and then it's go time. I also want this team to be mostly psyhical attackers, maybe one or two special attackers. Finally, this team has to be extremely diverse, with only two pokemon at the most sharing the same type, and having as many different attacks as possible, so I can counter everything and anything.​

As I said in the Prologue, I want a Lead that can do a little bit of everything, Including setting up Stealth Rock. The only start to me that can do that is Azelf:

Then, I decided that I needed three main psyhical attackers. I wanted a Priority Attacker, an attacker with also a sold defense, and an attacker that also sets up Status Conditions. After a while of Thinking and Playtesting, I go with Scizor, Tyranitar, and Breloom: ​

But what kind of team would this be If I didn't have one special attacker? I thought of all of my previous encounters with mixed special attackers, and come up with Gengar:​

Then, like most teams, I need one sweeper. I already know what it will be, since I've had so many great moments with him. It's Metagross.​

Then, I think about Tyranitar. I already have pokemon with Earthquake and Pursuit. Plus, Sand Stream wouldn't be such a big problem if three of my pokemon are follow victim to it, including Breloom, who will only restore half health due to Breloom. I think of the next best Scarfed pokemon with a diverse movepool, so I go Flygon:​

But then I remembered something. Didn't I want a main attacker with a decent defense stat? And after some playtesting, one special attacker isn't enough. I think of the only other Pokemon that can deliever in that manner, and that is Heatran.​

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Everything seems great now, and after a little playtesting, this team works very good together. This team playltested on Shoddy Battle out of 10 games went 8-2. ​

~B.Y.O.B.~
(Bring Your Own BANANAS!)​

Overview: I've seen so many teams today that are missing something that I haven't seen in so many years: Just Attacking Power. We have walls like Blissey that want to stall us out, while Trick Room is used more for Strategy. B.Y.O.B. is a team dedicated to pure attacking power, not for setting up a strategy (with the exception of Azelf) with a team dedicated for one or two uses. The attackers on this team have different movesets and types, so the diversity is here. So, without further interuption, the team!​

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Azelf @
216 Speed/8 HP/140 Atk/144 Sp. Def
Jolly Nature
Levitate​

Taunt
Stealth Rock
U-Turn
Explosion​

Oh, Azelf. How a great starter you are. Everybody knows the power of an Azelf lead. Taunt can completely cripple common leads such as Skarmory and Hippowdon, forcing them to switch out while I get a free turn to set up Stealth Rock. Explosion is there for obvious reasons, such as taking out or at least damaging FS leads like other Azelf, Infernape, Weavile, etc. U-Turn has been chosen over Psychic to get out of Machamp leads, despite the use of a Colbur Berry, since I hate dealing with Machamp.​

Other Leads vs. Azelf:​

Azelf: Explode. Most will out-taunt me due to 216 Speed.
Machamp: U-Turn. I don't wanna deal with this thing.
Infernape: Stealth Rock and switch to Gengar so it isn't affected by Endeavor or Vaccum Wave.
Aerodactyl: Explode since it out-taunts me as well.
Ninjask: Taunt so it can't do anything except X-Scissor after the Substitute. Then I switch into Scizor.
Metagross: SR and switch into Scizor.
Gliscor: Taunt, forcing it to switch out so I can set up SR.
Jirachi: Switch into Heatran to make Trick useless.
Roserade: Taunt.
Crobat: Explode since it out-taunts me.
Skarmory: SR and then U-Turn or Explode depending on what they send out. I don't Taunt since most switch out when they see Azelf.
Smeargle: SR since most switch out, and if not, I take the sleep, then switch to Scizor.

Scizor @ Choice Band
252 Atk/252 HP/4 Speed
Adamant Nature
Technician​

Bullet Punch
U-Turn
Pursuit
Brick Break​

Scizor is the priority attacker of this team. Bullet Punch + 591 Attack + Technician + STAB = POWERHOUSE. This set can OHKO other OU Pokemon such as Tyranitar, while doing serious damage to others. Bullet Punch is also the main attack that Scizor will be using, while Pursuit is used to make sure that nothing can escape without taking some damage (Such as Ghost and Psychic types), U-Turn is so that I can get out of trouble while probably getting around the opponent's pokemon to half health, and Brick Break is to get rid of all defensive barriers, that are set up by Cresselia and other Walls.

Gengar @ Life Orb
252 Sp. Atk/252 Speed/4 HP
Timid Nature
Levitate​

Substitute
Pain Split
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast​

Gengar is my one of two special attackers on this team, the other being Heatran. He'll usually come in when one of my Pokemon are KO'd that also forces the opponent to switch out. When they switch out, I set up the substitute, which then allows me to either Focus Blast or Shadow Ball for at least a free turn (minus the Life Orb damage, which speeds up the time I can Pain Split). When my HP gets low enough, I pull out the Pain Split, while although I get usually get KO'd in the process, it usually can pull down the opponent's HP to about half.​

Heatran @ Choice Scarf
252 Atk/252 Speed/4 HP
Timid Nature
Flash Fire​

HP Ice
Explosion
Fire Blast
Earth Power​

The new most OU pokemon, Heatran. While he's scarfed, has such an advantage over other Pokemon. I chose HP Ice over Dragon Pulse because it covers more than DP in terms of weaknesses (DP only covers 1, while HP Ice covers 4 Weaknesses), while Fire Blast is used over Flamthrower for that extra little Umpf. Earth Power and Explosion are used in this set to cover other weaknesses you may run across.​

Breloom @ Toxic Orb
252 Atk/252 Speed/4 HP
Jolly Nature
Poison Heal​

Spore
Substitute
Seed Bomb
Focus Punch​

Breloom is just plain annoying to the opponent, if you know how to use it. First off, I only send him in when I know the opponent will switch out or if something is out that is slower than me. His 252 Speed EV's compared to the normal Breloom allow it to outspeed normal Breloom. From there, it is just basically the regular Breloom set. I substitute after the Spore, and Focus Punch or Seed Bomb allowing me to get in at least one free kill. From when the substitute is gone, I usually just let Breloom get KO'd to set up with Metagross.

Metagross @ Lum Berry
112 HP/252 Atk/12 Def/132 Speed
Adamant Nature
Clear Body​

Agility
Thunderpunch
Earthquake
Meteor Mash​

From the time I started playing Pokemon competitively about 3 years ago, my favorite and most affective late game sweeper has been Agiligross. One agility will double the speed of Metagross, which will allow it to outrun just about every Non-Scarfed pokemon in OU, with the exception of Aerodactyl and Jolteon. From there, I proceed to sweep. STAB Meteor Mash can OHKO a lot of Pokemon, while Earthquake takes care of Infernape and Thunderpunch takes care of Gyarados. I have to say that Agiligross, in my opinion, is one of the three best late game sweepers in the OU metagame today.​

Thank you for reading and I'm open to any critisism.​

 

[Uncommon Madness]

I have always been a big fan of Agiligross and IMO Life Orb is better than Lum Berry if you plan to use this in late game. The 30% boost really makes the difference and you also have to consider that Will-o-Wisp aimed at Metagross are great opportunities to switch in Heatran and grab a Flash Fire boost.

Naive nature is preferred on Heatran since it carries Explosion.

When using Breloom the preferred strategy is to use Substitute first because smart opponents will probably send in a status absorber and not a real counter and this gives you the opportunity to KO it with F.Punch/Seed Boomb and use Spore later against a "real" counter.

I like this team because even if it's based on offense it's still able to counter most threats.
You'll have to be very careful against set up sweepers such as Gyarados, Infernape and Empoleon because they resist Scizor's Bullet Punch and are able to outspeed and OHKO your Heatran after one turn of set up.

Good luck

 

[DropTheNuke]

I don't understand the Azelf lead. You're going Adamant with major investment in SpA and Psychic? FYI against Machamp, a Naive 252 SpA Psychic never OHKOs. You might as well change this into a normal Azelf lead, or try out the Colbur Lead:

Azelf @ Colbur
Jolly
8 HP / 140 Atk / 144 SpD / 216 Spe
~Stealth Rock
~Explosion
~U-turn
~Taunt

You can still beat almost every lead this way, and you can actually beat Machamp. U-turn out against Aerodactyl, Azelf, and Starmie.

Scizor wants 248 HP Evs, as this allows him to take less damage from SR. Superpower is also recommended for the OHKOs on Magnezone and Heatran.

Gengar should be Timid, and Heatran should be Naive.

Metagross kinda needs Life Orb, but Lum Berry could be helpful against WoW-ing Rotoms I guess. I suggest Life Orb though.

Aside from that, everything else checks out OK.

 

[Faladran]

Hello,

This seems to be a fairly decent team, so I don't have too many major changes to offer.

Notable Threats

• LO Starmie

Starmie's speed and type coverage cause some difficulty for your team, and its ability to 2HKO every member means that intense switching or sacrificing is required to take it down.

• HP Ice Jolteon

Similar to Starmie, Jolteon will 2HKO each member of your team. HP Ice is very common on Jolteon, which means that Breloom often won't be a safe switch-in to it either.

• Lead Machamp

Machamp is extremely popular in the current metagame, so having a way to deal with it is absolutely necessary. You current Azelf lead is the somewhat outdated standard set, meaning Payback + Bullet Punch will easily take it out.

Suggestions

• Use Colbur Azelf

DropTheNuke has posted the set. Basically, Colbur Azelf is the superior set at the moment. The Berry and EV's give it enough bulk to survive Payback + Bullet Punch from Lead Machamp, leaving you free to safely set up Stealth Rock and use Explosion. Against other leads, it fares just about as well as the standard Focus Sash Azelf.

• Try Quick Attack on Scizor

I feel that the best move to replace would be Brick Break. It's a relatively minor change, but Quick Attack will patch up your weakness to the aforementioned fast sweepers slightly, as they both resist Bullet Punch. The extra priority will most likely be more useful than Brick Break's ability to destroy screens, which is more situational.

• Update Metagross' EVs and Nature

The newer Agiligross set features a Jolly nature and an EV spread of 60 HP / 252 Atk / 196 Spe. This will allow you to outspeed revenge killers with Choice Scarves such as Flygon. I've found that the extra power is usually not necessary, as Agiligross should be used as late-game as possible.


Good luck with your team!

 

[SlyShady]

I agree with the Colbur Azelf suggestion. Using an Adamant nature with Psychic and 192 SpA EVs doesn't make much sense. Colbur Azelf is much more effective.

 

[Prof Redwood]

aight heres my 2 cents
The first problem i see is heatran he is your only defense against fire type moves. A substitute heatran can come in an start a brutal sweep he'll easily plow through all of your attackers.
you can easily avoid this problem with a shuca berry or even anything other than a choice item. I know this is only one pokemon but heatran is evrywhere in ou.

Also a lum berry machamp can really tear things up. dynamic punch will be brutal and payback will always k.o. your gengar, and lum berry messes up brelooms spore.
give gengar destiny bond or explosion both of these help with problems such as blissey or fat water types

a mixpert can mess things up. breloom is a great counter but can die pretty quickly if you aren't careful
i dunno just be careful

there ya go my two cents

 

[MikesPetUnicorn]

I Like the Metagross I have because I like to have a 400+ Attack late game while still being fast. I think I'm going to move a few HP EV's to Speed to afform more to Scarf Flygon, and the Colbur Berry Azelf Is very handy. Also, I use Bullet Punch and no Quick Attack because I'm afraid of getting switched into a Gengar. No Pokemon is immune to Steel, but there are pokemon immune to Normal. I will make this adjustments and get back to everyone.

Edit: I sometimes get down to very low HP even with the defense on Metagross, so Life Orb is way to risky on Metagross.

 

[Shoopdasparce]

Other Leads vs. Azelf:​

Azelf: SR since most expect a Taunt.
Machamp: Psychic it and hope it isn't holding a FS.
Infernape: Either Psychic or Stealth Rock, then switch to Gengar so it isn't affected by Endeavor or Vaccum Wave.
Aerodactyl: Stealth Rock and then switch into Scizor.
Ninjask: Taunt so it can't do anything except X-Scissor after the Substitute. Then I switch into Scizor.
Metagross: SR and switch into Scizor.
Gliscor: Taunt, forcing it to switch out so I can set up SR.
Jirachi: Switch into Heatran to make Trick useless.
Roserade: Psychic and take the sleep with FS, and then switch into Scizor.
Crobat: SR and Psychic.
Skarmory: SR, Psychic, then Explode and hope for the best.
Smeargle: SR, take the sleep, then switch to Scizor. Sometimes just explode.
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How did you mess up so bad on lead azelf matchups
vs Azelf you should always hope to win the speed tie and taunt
vs Machamp you lose due to payback and bullet punch
vs Aerodactyl it out taunts you, i dont know what your thinking
vs Skarmory mother of god why wouldnt you taunt
vs crobat your out taunted, not getting up rocks
vs smeargle WHY WONT YOU USE TAUNT

Please fix your shit, i stopped reading after this

 

[MikesPetUnicorn]

How did you mess up so bad on lead azelf matchups
vs Azelf you should always hope to win the speed tie and taunt
vs Machamp you lose due to payback and bullet punch
vs Aerodactyl it out taunts you, i dont know what your thinking
vs Skarmory mother of god why wouldnt you taunt
vs crobat your out taunted, not getting up rocks
vs smeargle WHY WONT YOU USE TAUNT

Please fix your shit, i stopped reading after this

With the old lead, a Timid Azelf with 252 Sp. Atk vs. Machamp Adamant will always OHKO. it looks like you're taking this game too seriously. A god damn pokemon game. I know I have a lot of mistakes here, but you're flipping out over my lead. Read the rest, and remember, you're commenting so negatively on a Pokemon Team, on a Pokemon forum.

Edit: Somebody didn't read the first part of the post above.