First off, sorry for no pictures or anything. Doing this on my iPhone.
Team has gotten me comfortably in the 1600s at showdown, and has gotten me 15 plus game win streaks.
TEAM BUILDING:
I started really wanting to use a Sceptile, and I wanted to try a special sweeper set with an unburden leaf gem. I went with 252 speed 252 special attack 4 HP timid nature, with the moves Dragon Pulse, Leaf Storm (which I changed to Giga Drain shortly,) Hidden Power Fire and Focus Blast.
Every team needs a scarfer, so I decided to go with my personal favorite scarfed/physical attacker in Terrakion. Very standard, 252 attack, 252 speed 4 HP, jolly nature. Moves are Close Combat, X Scissor, Stone Edge, Earthquake.
I never like to run a team without some sort of priority, so I went with Scizor. I ran the SD set with 252 HP, 4 speed and 252 attack adamant with the moves SD, Bullet Punch, Superpower and U-Turn. Item was leftovers.
To compliment Scizor, I went with the typical Rotom W. I wanted to be able to take hits, but also to be able to outrun slow things like Kyurem B and cripple them with a Will O Wisp. I went with 252 HP, 4 special defense and calm for bulk and 252 speed. Moves were Will O Wisp, Volt Switch, Hydro Pump, and I opted for the less typical Thunderbolt. I went with this because there were a lot of times when I find that I want to stay in with Rotom W, and spamming Hydro isn't practical and I can't spam Volt Switch if I want to stay in. Leftovers for survivability.
Now my team was lacking things to reliably take hits, and entry hazards. For stealth rocks, I went with Donphan. With his 252 HP 252 Def impish, (4 attack,) he can tank physical hits very well. Leftovers for survivability. Moves are EQ, Stealth Rocks, Toxic and Ice Shard. Very standard.
For my final slot, I wanted something to take hits on the special side. I went with Tentacruel. 252 HP 252 Special Defense 4 special attack calm. Moves are rapid spin (not an SR weak team but when they get a lot of spikes up it still proves useful,) scald, ice beam, and toxic spikes. I like to run Liquid Ooze to stop Ferrothorns from annoying me.
After playing around with this team for a bit, I realized it was terrible. Neither Sceptile nor Scizor were performing at all, most of the time being dead weight on the team, so I made changes.
The first being replacing Sceptile with Alakazam. Alakazam proves to be much more of an offensive threat. I run obvious 252 speed 252 special attack 4 HP, timid. I was debating life orb, but the focus sash/magic guard guaranteed hit has saved my ass in so many games. Moves are Focus Blast, Psychic, HP Ice and Shadow Ball. HP Ice was fire, but stopping dragons after they DD up with HP ice is too good and I have Focus Blast to hit Ferrothorns.
My Scizor replacement came in the form of Breloom, who is arguably the MVP of this team. Techniloom serves a similar role as a revenge killer/set up sweeper but IMO does it much better with the grace of the gods that is spore. My moveset is standard SD, Spore, Bullet Seed Mach Punch. EVs are 252 Attack, 150 Speed, 106 HP, adamant. 252 attack adamant is a must, and I put 150 speed so my mach punch will beat out a lot of Mamoswine ice shards, Scizor BPs, and other Brelooms mach punchs as a lot of people do not run any speed on them. I run leftovers over life orb, as I think on set up sweepers the survivability is very helpful to get up the SDs needed for a sweep.
And thats the team, so I'll post the final sets here.
Rotom-W @Lefties, Levitate
252 HP, 252 Speed, 4 Special Def, Calm
-Hydro Pump
-Volt Switch
-Thunderbolt
-Will O Wisp
Breloom @Lefties, Technician
252 Attack, 106 HP, 150 speed, Adamant
-spore
-bullet seed
-swords dance
-mach punch
Terrakion @Choice Scarf, Justified
252 speed, 252 attack, 4 HP, jolly
-close combat
-earthquake
-stone edge
-x scissor
Alakazam @Focus Sash, Magic Guard
252 Speed, 252 special attack, 4 HP, timid
-psychic
-shadow ball
-HP ice
-focus blast
Tentacruel @Black Sludge, Liquid Ooze,
252 HP, 252 Special defense, 4 special attack
-toxic spikes
-ice beam
-rapid spin
-scald
Donphan @Leftovers, sturdy
252 HP, 252 Def, 4 atc, impish
-stealth rocks
-ice shard
-toxic
-earthquake
And there you have it. So far I have not met anything that straight up beats this team, but I'm sure it could use work in some areas. Changes I am considering making are Zen Headbutt on Terrakion to slap Venusaurs and changing out Donphan for a defensive Lando-T.
Team has gotten me comfortably in the 1600s at showdown, and has gotten me 15 plus game win streaks.
TEAM BUILDING:
I started really wanting to use a Sceptile, and I wanted to try a special sweeper set with an unburden leaf gem. I went with 252 speed 252 special attack 4 HP timid nature, with the moves Dragon Pulse, Leaf Storm (which I changed to Giga Drain shortly,) Hidden Power Fire and Focus Blast.
Every team needs a scarfer, so I decided to go with my personal favorite scarfed/physical attacker in Terrakion. Very standard, 252 attack, 252 speed 4 HP, jolly nature. Moves are Close Combat, X Scissor, Stone Edge, Earthquake.
I never like to run a team without some sort of priority, so I went with Scizor. I ran the SD set with 252 HP, 4 speed and 252 attack adamant with the moves SD, Bullet Punch, Superpower and U-Turn. Item was leftovers.
To compliment Scizor, I went with the typical Rotom W. I wanted to be able to take hits, but also to be able to outrun slow things like Kyurem B and cripple them with a Will O Wisp. I went with 252 HP, 4 special defense and calm for bulk and 252 speed. Moves were Will O Wisp, Volt Switch, Hydro Pump, and I opted for the less typical Thunderbolt. I went with this because there were a lot of times when I find that I want to stay in with Rotom W, and spamming Hydro isn't practical and I can't spam Volt Switch if I want to stay in. Leftovers for survivability.
Now my team was lacking things to reliably take hits, and entry hazards. For stealth rocks, I went with Donphan. With his 252 HP 252 Def impish, (4 attack,) he can tank physical hits very well. Leftovers for survivability. Moves are EQ, Stealth Rocks, Toxic and Ice Shard. Very standard.
For my final slot, I wanted something to take hits on the special side. I went with Tentacruel. 252 HP 252 Special Defense 4 special attack calm. Moves are rapid spin (not an SR weak team but when they get a lot of spikes up it still proves useful,) scald, ice beam, and toxic spikes. I like to run Liquid Ooze to stop Ferrothorns from annoying me.
After playing around with this team for a bit, I realized it was terrible. Neither Sceptile nor Scizor were performing at all, most of the time being dead weight on the team, so I made changes.
The first being replacing Sceptile with Alakazam. Alakazam proves to be much more of an offensive threat. I run obvious 252 speed 252 special attack 4 HP, timid. I was debating life orb, but the focus sash/magic guard guaranteed hit has saved my ass in so many games. Moves are Focus Blast, Psychic, HP Ice and Shadow Ball. HP Ice was fire, but stopping dragons after they DD up with HP ice is too good and I have Focus Blast to hit Ferrothorns.
My Scizor replacement came in the form of Breloom, who is arguably the MVP of this team. Techniloom serves a similar role as a revenge killer/set up sweeper but IMO does it much better with the grace of the gods that is spore. My moveset is standard SD, Spore, Bullet Seed Mach Punch. EVs are 252 Attack, 150 Speed, 106 HP, adamant. 252 attack adamant is a must, and I put 150 speed so my mach punch will beat out a lot of Mamoswine ice shards, Scizor BPs, and other Brelooms mach punchs as a lot of people do not run any speed on them. I run leftovers over life orb, as I think on set up sweepers the survivability is very helpful to get up the SDs needed for a sweep.
And thats the team, so I'll post the final sets here.
Rotom-W @Lefties, Levitate
252 HP, 252 Speed, 4 Special Def, Calm
-Hydro Pump
-Volt Switch
-Thunderbolt
-Will O Wisp
Breloom @Lefties, Technician
252 Attack, 106 HP, 150 speed, Adamant
-spore
-bullet seed
-swords dance
-mach punch
Terrakion @Choice Scarf, Justified
252 speed, 252 attack, 4 HP, jolly
-close combat
-earthquake
-stone edge
-x scissor
Alakazam @Focus Sash, Magic Guard
252 Speed, 252 special attack, 4 HP, timid
-psychic
-shadow ball
-HP ice
-focus blast
Tentacruel @Black Sludge, Liquid Ooze,
252 HP, 252 Special defense, 4 special attack
-toxic spikes
-ice beam
-rapid spin
-scald
Donphan @Leftovers, sturdy
252 HP, 252 Def, 4 atc, impish
-stealth rocks
-ice shard
-toxic
-earthquake
And there you have it. So far I have not met anything that straight up beats this team, but I'm sure it could use work in some areas. Changes I am considering making are Zen Headbutt on Terrakion to slap Venusaurs and changing out Donphan for a defensive Lando-T.
