SS Ubers BEAT-NEW-WORLD

[Denial]

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Introduction​

Hello everyone! Now that my Ubers Seasonal run is over, i don't really have anywhere else to play this team, so i figured i would make my first ever RMT with the team i enjoyed the most playing. Most of you probably know me as an RUer, but since USUM i always had interested in trying Ubers, and the start of a new gen was the perfect opportunity to try it out. Didn't work out as i expected since the only legendaries released at the time were the 2 dogs, but now Ubers is finally looking how it should, and it's ton of fun.

Team Building Process & Analysis​

There are many suicide leads in Ubers (and with many i mean MANY, just look at the VR; Froslass, Shuckle, Slurpuff, or even less suicidal like Grimmsnarl), but my Pokemon of choice here was Aerodactyl.

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Defog
- Tailwind

Aerodactyl has a few things going for it, first it... obviously has Stealth Rocks. It has a ton of great utility moves to accompany them tho; Taunt helps a ton making sure the opponent doesnt get hazards up at all, and they will never get another chance again since the team will put way too much offensive pressure for the opponent to think about getting hazards up. Defog is necessary for the Shuckle matchup, since it will always get Stealth Rocks up with Mental Herb and Sturdy. In some of the replays below, you will see me using Toxic instead of Defog, but i changed that as soon as i realized how much annoying the Shuckle matchup was. Tailwind allows to put immediate pressure vs anything the opponent might have led with, there have been a lot of occasions where my opponent led with Calyrex-Ghost, just to get Tailwind'd. At this point, i needed something to make sure my Stealth Rocks stayed up, so here i pick Yveltal.

Yveltal @ Life Orb
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Dual Wingbeat
- Taunt

Yveltal is great for many reasons on this team. It has Taunt, which is obviously nice to keep Stealth Rocks up, one of the strongest priority moves in Sucker Punch, which always helps vs any offensive team, and is immune to Sticky Webs. Knock Off is stupidly strong thanks to Dark Aura, and Dual Wingbeat helps beating other Yveltal after you taunted them. It also helps versus Slurpuff Lead, since Aerodactyl just gets Magic Coat'd while here you can force the 50/50. At this point, i needed to get the threats rolling. The first pick was of course gonna be the one and only Xerneas.

Xerneas @ Power Herb
Ability: Fairy Aura
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Geomancy
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast
- Rock Slide

Not much to say about Xerneas really, it's one of the strongest sweepers in the game, and the only reliable counterplay is Necrozma-DM + priority move. Focus Blast hits Steel types that would otherwise beat you like Ferrothorn or Melmetal, while Rock Slide bots Shedinja and may get you lucky versus Whirlwind Ho-Oh. Talking about threats, we can't forget about Calyrex-Ghost.

Calyrex-Shadow @ Focus Sash
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Astral Barrage
- Psyshock
- Draining Kiss
- Nasty Plot

Focus Sash Calyrex-Shadow is personally the most scary set to face for me. If it ever gets the chance to snowball (which isnt really hard, Yveltal will most likely chip opposing Yveltal and there goes your resist), revengkilling it with Choice Scarf Calyrex-Ghost or Shadow Sneak Marshadow is not an option anymore. It has great sinergy with Aerodactyl lead, since Stealth Rocks will most likely never be up. With the removal of Pursuit, you never really have enough Ghost types in a team, and thats where Marshadow comes in! (I know Marshadow isnt really the most Pursuit-trappable Pokemon, but let me have this one)

Marshadow @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Poltergeist
- Shadow Sneak
- Bulk Up

Another pretty self-explanatory Pokemon, hits really hard and gives me more priority moves for opposing offensive teams. With Poltergeist + Adamant it's able to beat most Eternatus defensive spreads, and Close Combat destroys the few ghost resists. Bulk Up allows to potentially clean, especially in conjunction with Shadow Sneak. And now, last but not least, Eternatus!

Eternatus @ Power Herb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 124 HP / 252 SpA / 132 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dynamax Cannon
- Meteor Beam
- Flamethrower
- Agility

The spread allows you to outspeed Yveltal, Xerneas and Palkia while also outspeeding Choice Scarf Calyrex-Ghost after an Agility. Meteor Beam is great thank to the Special Attack boost, but it also helps nucking Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Dynamax Cannon is the strongest reliable stab while Flamethrower helps with Steel types. Agility allows you to potentially clean weakened teams, or just annoy your opponent for the rest of the team.


And here it goes!

Replays


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Threatlist​

As said above, this will always get Stealth Rocks up, so you'll need after to Defog them somehow with Aerodactyl.
Can win the speed tie vs your Aerodactyl '-'

With the nature of the team, there won't really be many offensive threats that you can't handle at all. However, Zacian has to be the most annoying of them. It's really fast and the team doesn't really have a Fairy switch-in, while Yveltal and Marshadow don't damage it enough with their priorities. Best thing you can do is abuse it to setup with Eternatus and try to bring it as low as possible with Stealth Rocks to revengkill it after with Calyrex-Ghost / Marshadow. You can also force it to absorb a Knock Off from Yveltal and play it out after that.

Conclusion​

My experience playing Ubers has been great, especially thanks to the amazing and welcoming community. I'm looking forward to play this tier more, in Ubers Premier League or in ladder with the potential new suspects soon. Thank you everyone for reading :)

 

[Cynara]

I'm not sure what kind of rate I'd give this team. In my opinion it's one of the best examples of the good old SR Lead + 5 Breakers Hyper Offense in Ubers. Most other offenses just unfortunately cheese with Screens or Sticky Webs, and this team really stands out from all of those, and is a good showcase example of SS Ubers Hyper Offense.

The team has some small troubles with Zacian, but I don't think its massive enough to invalidate the effectiveness of the team, and every team that lacks Phys-def Necrozma struggles with Zacian, but the match-up is still easily beatable from testing and observations of your Ubers Seasonal games where this team had a extremely high rate of success.

The only things I'd adjust, when playing on the ladder is potentially Aromatherapy > Rock Slide on Xerneas, to increase the overall effectiveness against the T-wave / Glare Spam Balances that is relatively common there, and the lack of Shedinja. Shedinja only seems to crop up in Tournament games, vs more experienced players. Running some Physical defense bulk on Xerneas can also be considered to help it from being revenge killed by LO Marshadow Sneak (which is also common on the ladder) and with enough defense it can survive Sunsteel Strike from Necrozma-DM. I feel Max Speed on a team like this is optimal due to how the team is played and out-speeding other Xerneas / Yveltal is really important for these scenarios.

Like I said I think this is a shining example of how Hyper Offense teams should be structured in SS Ubers, and should probably be moved to Team Showcase in my opinion, but that isn't my decision to make. Great work and thank you for sharing the team, I am also glad to hear that overall experience with playing Ubers is positive and enjoyable, and I hope the community continue to make it a positive space for you to be in.

 

[JT Yao]

Hey Lunala this is an excellent team, and I wanted to thank you for sharing it!

I have a few small changes and suggestions for people who want to potentially use this team on ladder, as it beats basically every Hyper Offense employed on ladder at the moment.

https://pokepast.es/3152af667c6831be

Standardized the Geomancy Xerneas Spread (made it more physically bulky), and added Aromatherapy in case of Glare/Thunder Wave Spam. Thunder is more beneficial for this team, as otherwise Xern can't break through Ho-Oh, and potentially fish for a Para against NDM. Marshadow runs 29 IVs in HP to minimize Life Orb recoil, plus an additional 4 Defense EVs to further boosts in lower Physical Defense (which can be augmented via Bulk Up). Eternatus wants an odd number of HP in the event hazards do go up, so it can potentially switch an extra time. The 4 HP EVs were transferred to Speed to tie opposing 330 Speed Eternatus, while winning against Agility Eternatus that opt to run 329 speed. Speed is the most important stat in the game, and this team exemplifies that! Without a doubt, the best Hyper Offense at the moment! Excellent job!

 

[Flatemo]

Tried the team a bunch of times, really great team! You should go Unnerve < Pressure on Aerodactyl because no one runs berries and pressure helps against caly leads so that they only have 4 PP left.