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Something is wrong with the dragonite set 4th: ryon (ryon_poke) .
Another incredible squad with yet another incredible construction story! well played!Team construction: regulation D so far has been a very intresting and multi faceted puzzle. Whats weird is like things that were tried and true in regulation c have absolutely no bearing in regulation d, so that threw me for a loop for the longest time. With the release of heatran, my weather schenanigans hit a hard wall and I finally had to learn how to play BSS without the crutch of sun. but, recalling all the victories me and Blouses the fluttermane have had so far, I was loathe to give up my beloved partner. In the first season of regulation D, after hitting the wall nonstop and finishing somewhere in the 20 thousands, I knew things had to change. After trying to puzzle it out on my own Finally, I threw myself on the mercy of photon and pearl and asked them if they could fix my team. The first driver behind this team was wanting to keep Choice Specs Fluttermane. I had originally played around with Ground Tera Fluttermane when Reg D first dropped. Re-examining that, I found a few things seemed to fit my playing style. The crippling position it puts your opponent in when Flutter one shots a pokemon is something my smooth brain enjoys. 2 vs 3 means better win odds for me. Flutter terastalizing ground means the dual status dragapult actually flops, that volt turn out of flutter for rotom wash and magnezone flop, that you can one shot non av hoodra, that even if you get the read wrong, one ground tera choice specs on luna means your taking it down to 30%. A couple more notables, garganacl terras poison or steel to sponge flutter’s attacks, also things like primeape and garchomp tera fire or steel when they see fluttermane. I was still having problems with chien pao and flying terra scarf lando, I was trying to use urshifu as a pao counter, but that was ending up no where. I was debating using skeledirge, when photon and pearl laughed at me :*) Arcanine was brought up, and what a wonderful boy he has proven so far. Using a max bulk set, the ability to sponge anything that chien throws was a wonderful boon, then some hit and run stuff with will-o-wisp and the ability to hit goldhengo for massive damage when its not terra’d is also a major plus. Photon and pearl made the observation that if I want to run stunna shades Flutter, I’d need some durability to give it multiple chances to buck at the ops. I was originally running flying terra rocky helmet dragonite with ddance espeed terra blast roost as my “anti dragonite” when the encore paraflinch dnite was suggested. This has also proved to be incredible, as encoring a choice scarf urshifu into beating itself to death against dragonite’s bulk has proven to be a wincon multiple times. Urshifu is standard, no fancy spread, just max attack max speed jolly water tera, it’s paid off a few times, but that dang hoodra literally signed it’s death warrant with shell armor. Scizor was put on there because opposing iron bundle and mimkyu and flutter mane were kinda problematic, and hitting goldhengo with a scizor using dark techniques is ASMR satisfying. Finally, I had cresslia thrown in there, originally it was deemed an unnessary addition that didn’t really rock with the rest of the teams, but it dawned on me late as everyone else were already hip to it, that cresslia electric terra bullies the shit out of flying terra lando scarf. I run moonblast stored power cm and moonlight, although recently been thinking about just running ice beam and thunderbolt for the earlier payoff.
My decision at team preview usually runs like this. If I see the firesteel magma storm toad or magnezone anywhere on the team, that’s automatic fluttermane open. Same goes for anhilape or garchomp.
If I see chien pao, I know that arcanine is going to be in the back. Mandatory.
If I see landorus t its cress mandatory.
If I see urshifu I know im going to bring dragonite.
If I see bundle or goldhengo, im bringing the clamps. For a good assault vest clamping.
If I see ursaluna, im justified in my fluttermane, as even a neutral hit of ground terablast does 70 – 80% on non av variants.
The biggest problem im currently having is the shell armor hoodra. Seriously debating bringing Anhilape to the party over urshifu, as so much is dedicated in the current meta to neutralizing urshifu, and anhilape would give me some desperately needed coverage vs sleep power abusers like loom and amoongus. Now that im thinking about it, it would honestly give me some coverage over the tinglu / toxapex problems im currently having as well. And that’s my treasured unit of partners! We’ve had rises and falls this season, but I had a lot of fun gradually shaving away at my ignorance with the patient guidance from the BSS discord. If your looking to improve in this meta, I’d honestly recommend joining the channel, as things that are just casually stated end up being core information that will definitely lead to your betterment as a player and as a friend of pokemon.
Finally, I would like to share the ultimate component of my run this season. This information isn’t widely distributed and I honestly think that its unfair that this information is safeguarded and gatekept. But im going to impart it to you now, not only as a fellow well wisher in everyone’s path to pokemon greatness, but what im about to impart to you is a part of the very fabric of my being. The reason I was able to do sorta well this season is: the emotional spectrum practice game. In Alfornada, you can play a game with your treasured partner called the emotional spectrum awareness mini game. Show me fierce. Show me surprised. Show me angry. By exploring the full spectrum of emotion, the bond between you and your pokemon, the trust, the connection that you have with your beloved friends, grows exponentially by routine time spent doing this game. I safely set aside 3 hours a day to do this game with all the members of my team. We all knew the impact on ELO that going on friendship picnics netted. As well as eating sandwhiches and ice cream with your pokemon friends. But the emotional spectrum awareness game really put my bond of friendship with my pokemon on a whole nother level. I hope im not ostracized by the bss community for sharing this super secret tech, but ill face those consequences. Thanks for reading this, I hope you all are enjoying regulation D as much as I am ^___^
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Oooo thats yet another amazing team and report! I can relate to your story so much since it pretty much happened the same to me, coming from gen 7 to SV BSS was quite the journey i'm so glad you finally are enjoying mons again! The scarf Zapdos is very interesting, not so common these days at least in my experience and like I told you in the discord chat, that ape is such an underrated and for the most part, underexplored option.Coming back to Pokémon after a break of over 5 years has been incredibly frustrating, inspiring, infuriating and exhilarating experience all at the same time. I re-started my BSS journey towards the end of Reg C, S7 by constructing teams based on the top mons and common sets available in the Smogdex, learning about the new mons and mechanics and all that I had missed out since I stopped playing after Gen 7. In Reg D, S8 I started experimenting with ideas, many terrible, but I learnt the meta on a deeper level (I played 249 battles!). Finally, I found my footing and managed to construct a team that I enjoyed and did well this season!
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For S9, I decided I really wanted to make scarf Zapdos work. I had used it with some success in Gen 7 Battle Spot Singles.
Choice Scarf / Ability: Static / Tera Type: Water / Modest Nature
EVs: 64 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 184 Spe
- Thunderbolt / Volt Switch / Tera Blast / Heat Wave
The idea behind the ev spread is to maximize damage, speed is to outspeed max speed Dragapult, and rest in bulk. I initially played with a Zapdos + Heatran core last season but that team kept failing to common meta picks and it did not really result in a sturdy team overall. I decided to start from scratch this season and build around a Zapdos + Scizor core and the amazing ‘volt-turn’ construction. Tera Water on Zapdos felt natural as it helped against common fire and ground types like Chi-yu, Heatran and Landorus-T that would give Scizor trouble (I picked up many surprise one hit Tera Water KO’s on turn one against Chie-yu and Landorus-T). Choice Band Tera Steel Scizor felt good because it would allow for massive damage output through BP.
Choice Band / Ability: Technician / Tera Type: Steel / Adamant Nature
EVs: 236 HP / 244 Atk / 20 Def / 4 SpD / 4 Spe
- Bullet Punch / U-turn / Close Combat / Thief
The two are amazing together into common meta mons. Zapdos has the ability to surprise out speed Flutter mane and Chien Pao with volt switch into Scizor. Scizor tanks Moonblast or Icicle Crash and Ko back with BP or pivot with U-turn. Zapdos’ natural bulk allows it to pivot back in and keep momentum with volt switch thought the battle. If Scizor isn't around, Tera water on Zapdos allows it to 1 v1 Pao if they try and Icicle Crash into Sucker Punch. Since Scizor and Zapdos were both choice locked, this made my Gholdengo + Dragonite match-up difficult and stall teams generally harder to break. I therefore decided to try the wall breaker Ursaluna as my third.
Flame Orb / Ability: Guts / Tera Type: Fairy / Jolly Nature
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Swords Dance / Trailblaze / Earthquake / Façade
I don't know where this set originated by I pretty much stole it from one of Stellar’s previous teams (thank you Stellar!). While he ran Tera Grass, I ran Tera Fairy because at the time, I did not have enough tera shards for grass. On hindsight, it was an amazing choice as it gave me a chance to beat Urshifu Dark every time with Tera (which my team tends to struggle against) and take neutral or even resisted damage from Pao’s attacks. My main core has been Zapdos + Scizor + Ursaluna and they have featured in over 50% of my games as my selection. With Zapdos' volt switch + Scizor’s slow u-turn, I can always pivot into Ursaluna who gets the burn from flame orb immediately so I don’t have to wait a turn to double the attack stat. Ursaluna's ghost immunity is also very helpful against Mimikyu.
Fourth, since Scizor and Ursaluna were already very physically bulky, I needed something to reliably deal with Heatran and generally have a good ‘special tank’. I chose AV Annihilape.
Assault Vest / Ability: Vital Spirit / Tera Type: Fire / Jolly Nature
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
- Rock Tomb / Drain Punch / Rage Fist / Final Gambit
I really like this mon and wanted to try it. I also saw that AV Annihilape featured in a top-ranking team last season. It worked well alongside Zapdos/Scizor and would also come in clutch against Breloom. To round off, I needed to improve my dragon match-ups i.e., Garchomp / D’nite / Dragapult and my fire type match-ups in general, plus I felt I needed some speed on the team since aside from Zapdos, all the other mons are a bit slow. Iron Bundle fit right in.
Leftovers / Ability: Quark Drive / Tera Type: Ghost / Timid Nature
EVs: 44 HP / 12 Def / 188 SpA / 12 SpD / 252 Spe
- Freeze-Dry / Hydro Pump / Encore / Substitute
Originally, I was running Life Orb Ghost Tera Blast to deal with Gholdengo and surprise opponents with the increased damage output but realized a sub/encore leftovers set was far more valuable since Iron Bundle tends to force a lot of switches. Also, with my ev spread, Iron bundle can 1 v 1 Sacred Sword Pao 100% of the time.
The last mon was difficult to decide. I started with Booster Energy Iron Moth because I felt like I should have a fire type to deal with Scizor and other steel/grass types but realized it is too weak to common threats such as Dragonite, Heatran and Chien Pao and was therefore difficult to bring in a lot of matches. After much switching and deliberation, I simply decided to go with one of the top mons that can never be a bad 6th. I settled on a Calm Mind Flutter Mane.
Booster Energy / Ability: Protosynthesis / Tera Type: Water / Timid Nature
EVs: 100 HP / 132 Def / 148 SpA / 4 SpD / 124 Spe
- Shadow Ball / Moonblast / Substitute / Calm Mind
Flutter is great because booster flutter is a great sweeper/revenge killer after Zapdos and Scizor have chipped away at the opponent. The ev spread/set I chose was basically stolen from last season’s Rank 2 team. I’m not entirely sure about the benchmarks other than the hp/def evs for beating Garganacle 1 v 1.
Selections:
My lead is 50-60% of the time Zapdos (and 100% if there are no ground types on the opposing team). Volt Switch just allows for so much momentum plus Modest Zapdos has good damage output and can pick up surprise knock-outs with Water Tera Blast. If the other team has Ting-Lu, I generally lead Scizor as CB U-turn does massive damage to it, allowing me to pivot into another mon for the KO. I always lead Iron Bundle if the opposing team has Garchomp as my team is weak to it and I’ve yet to see a player who hasn’t led Garchomp against my team. I never really lead any of the other mons. The most common trio is Zapdos lead + Scizor pivot + Ursaluna as 3rd (or alternatively Flutterman or Annihilape as 3rd).
Common Threats:
1. Setup Baton Pass teams: I have no haze, whirlwind or taunt and therefore have to rely on strong priority from Scizor, Annihilape's Final Gambit, and my own setup to beat these sorts of teams.
2. OHKO moves. I imagine most teams are weak to random Fissure and Sheer Cold shenanigans.
3. Garchomp / Baxcalibur / Chi-Yu. Under the right conditions and with the right tera types, these mons tend to perform really well against my team and I always have to make sure to play in way that they don't catch me off guard.
Overall, this was a very fun team to use. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed making the team and the report :)
After over 100 battles, I managed a rating of 1910! The season is yet to finish and I will try to get higher. Will edit this part if I manage!
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