In celebration of The Book of Eli dropping, here's some heat for yall,
Here's my favorite song off Beware The Book Of Eli
1. "Lost Souls" featuring Rich The Kid
2. "Run"
3. "Throwaway" featuring Ronny J
4. "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle" featuring SahBabii
5. "Suicide Season"
6. "DoIHaveTheSause?"
7. "Geekin" featuring Danny Towers
8. "Child's Play"
9. "Dapper Dan"
10. "Bukakke" featuring Rich The Kid
2. "Run"
3. "Throwaway" featuring Ronny J
4. "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle" featuring SahBabii
5. "Suicide Season"
6. "DoIHaveTheSause?"
7. "Geekin" featuring Danny Towers
8. "Child's Play"
9. "Dapper Dan"
10. "Bukakke" featuring Rich The Kid
Introduction
Yo, Ske here! I'm showcasing a team I made that helped my friend Best Teambuilder peak 2032+ on the ladder. When i first made this team i wanted to build around one of my favorite mons to use, SD Tapu Bulu. with this, i wanted something to help SD Tapu Bulu break and function as a win condition much more reliably, so I at first paired it with T-Wave Clefable. In my honest opinion i think Clefable is the 4th best mon in OU atm behind Heatran Zygarde & Landorus. Another one of my good friends Huse has also gotten good results with Another T-Wave Clefable + SD Tapu Bulu Team i had made getting top 10 with it. After some time has passed & I had gotten feedback, I then decided to use a set that can function as a win condition much more reliably than even the combination of SD Grassium-Z Tapu Bulu & T-Wave Clefable could, I wanted Bulu to beat teams without the help of another support Pokemon. So I decided to maybe try a SD Tapu Bulu set that can take advantage teams that rely on Heatran to check SD Tapu Bulu. Also before i even changed SD Tapu Bulu to Grassium-Z I was experimenting on different variants of SD Tapu Bulu sets & spreads and sets and originally this set started out as a substitute variant to take advantage of players hard switching into Heatran when facing Tapu Bulu, Then after that i was using the SD Synthesis set Ban Manaphy made with the Impish spread, Then I changed Tapu Bulu to Grassium-Z & gave it to Rojo to test, Thats when he got to #3 on the ladder. As time goes on I finally decided to run SD Spdef Careful Tapu Bulu to take advantage of teams without Mega Scizor Celesteela & have Heatran take advantage of teams with Mega Scizor & Celesteela. Having Will-O-Wisp Heatran in the back to trap most of SD Tapu Bulu's Answers is also extremely useful while also providing the team with the fantastic Tapu Bulu + Heatran core.
Early Building Process
When I first created this team I wanted to create a SD Tapu Bulu team, The beta version of this team used a SD Synthesis Bulu with a spread that Eternam gave me that was made by Ban Manaphy & the whole idea of SD Synthesis Tapu Bulu was made by Eternam, Ban Manaphy & Wof, back then It was used with an Impish Nature and alot of defense investment. However both me & Talah decided to run a spread opting for a Careful Nature & more spdef investment to live modest Heatran's Magma Storm & switch into Ash Greninja & Tapu Koko more reliably. The beta version of this team also had a Zapdos over Clefable & had the same layout as the final version but with diffrent sets such as Firium-Z Heatran which was then changed to Utility Heatran when i changed Tapu Bulu to Grassium-Z. After that, That's when Zygarde started becoming really good so i then changed Zapdos to Clefable to provide the SD Tapu Bulu T-Wave Clefable Core while helping with Mons such as Zygarde & Mega Medicham, Also Clefable helped with the rise of Ice Beam Mega Latios because that also started to get popular around that time & this team didnt really have anything for it.
With the success of a team I made previously with SD Tapu Bulu & T-Wave Clefable & meta-game trends at that time, I changed Zapdos to Clefable to help with the rise of Zygarde & Ice Beam Mega Latios.
In Depth Building Process
With SD Tapu Bulu & T-Wave Clefable I noticed I was really weak to SD Mega Scizor & Tapu Lele, so I decided to add spdef Heatran on the team with Will-O-Wisp to improve the stall match-up.
Now even though I had a Tapu Bulu, I still was absurdly weak to Ash Greninja, I also was very weak to Volcarona & needed another tank to alleviate Clefable from being overwhelmed by threats, So I decided to add a Toxapex.
Now that I was done with the defensive core, I noticed my team was unacceptably slow, not only this but I was really really weak to Mega Pinsir and Tapu Koko was anoyying since I had no electric immunity. I also had no ground immunity so defensive Scarf Landorus fit perfectly here.
Finally I needed a better answer to Kartana, Also I needed a little more speed control and Heatran destroys me so I added Defog Mega Latios which fit pretty well here at the time.
After that T-Wave Clefable was later changed to Wish, SD Grassium-Z Bulu was changed to SD Fightinium-Z, Defog Mega Latios was changed to Ice Beam, and Finally Toxapex was changed to Payapa, After Rojo got to #3 again & the Empo & Ima game, I thought about using Careful Grassium-Z SD Spdef over Impish Tapu Bulu at the time to help with rising meta-game trends such as surviving even Modest Heatran's Magma Storm & to switch into Mega Alakazam, After i made this spread it started gaining in popularity & after some testing i thought it would fit extremely well on this team, presenting the team we have today.
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In Depth Look
Tapu Bulu @ Grassium-Z/Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 188 SpD / 72 Spe
Careful Nature
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Superpower
- Synthesis
With the rise of SD Spdef Careful Tapu Bulu, This team is a perfect example of a team that can function with it. with Heatran in the back to remove SD Tapu Bulu's common answers & cleric from Wish Clefable, If your opponent is not weak to SD Spdef Tapu Bulu Will-O-Wisp/Steelium-Z Heatran can also just destroy your opponents team. Heatran loves the bulky steel types that SD Spdef Careful Tapu Bulu forces in such as Mega Scizor & Celesteela and Heatran even appreciates Tornadus & Zapdos being forced in to a extent since Will-O-Wisp Heatran is Spdef. Grassium-Z is the prefered option over Leftovers on this team to destroy Tornadus at +2 & having a STAB nuke is really useful in general, Leftovers is still however a very solid option over Grassium-Z. Will-O-Wisp/Steelium-Z Heatran also appreciates SD Spdef Careful Tapu Bulu bringing in Pokemon such as Skarmory when facing Stall Builds, This Tapu Bulu set was SD Grassium-Z Wood Hammer Tapu Bulu in the original version of the team but was at first changed to Sub SD Fightinium Z to have a better match-up vs Celesteela & Mega Scizor. Bulky Sub SD Fightinium-Z Tapu Bulu is a set I came up with when making changes to the team. (Shout-out to AnnaKartanna) she suggested for me to try out the SD Fightinium Z set and I was originally going to put some standard move over Substitute like Stone edge, Wood hammer, or even Taunt to improve the stall match-up (Still unreliable at breaking stall because of the rising Jirachi lol), But I then decided to run Substitute a while back to punish teams who rely on Heatran to check SD Tapu Bulu by revenge killing it. After this I decided to fuse together the standard SD Fightinium-Z set with a old set I came up with a while back with Leftovers Substitute, SD, Horn Leech, & Superpower with a lot of hp and Spdef investment to take on Ash Greninjas and enough defense investment to avoid the 2HKO from Mega Lopunny's Return after Stealth Rock, while also adding in some elements of the original SD Grassium-Z Tapu Bulu Set. After this i just decided to run Eternam's SD Spdef Tapu Bulu Set with the combination of Will-O-Wisp or Steelium-Z Heatran to take advantage of Celesteela & Scizor.
Spread Explanation
This is the SD Spdef Careful Tapu Bulu set that has been gaining a lot of traction lately, this is a spread Eternam gave me that with a Careful nature allows Tapu Bulu to avoid the OHKO from Modest Heatran
252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 248 HP / 188+ SpD Tapu Bulu: 284-336 (82.7 - 97.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery and trapping damage
252 SpA Alakazam-Mega Psychic vs. 248 HP / 188+ SpD Tapu Bulu: 145-172 (42.2 - 50.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recover
252 SpA Tornadus-Therian Hurricane vs. 248 HP / 188+ SpD Tapu Bulu: 254-300 (74 - 87.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery
+2 0 Atk Tapu Bulu Bloom Doom (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Tornadus-Therian in Grassy Terrain: 340-401 (94.1 - 111%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 200 SpD / 56 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Magma Storm
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
Heatran @ Steelium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 6 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Magma Storm
This Mon is absurd. Being the best fire type in the tier, and being the best mon in the tier in my opinion Heatran is my favorate mon to use right now. Wisp Heatran is amazing and my favorite set to use atm behind Steelium-Z. Wisp Tran allows you to dismantle most stalls completely with support with SD Tapu Bulu, while still hitting mons such as (Zygarde - Which gives this team issues somewhat) Tyranitar & (Gastrodon - makes EQ do nothing in terrain and u can taunt, beating it over time somewhat). I'm running spdef Heatran on this team variant to deal with the likes of mons such as Tapu Lele & being a solid Magearna check. One of the best offensive synergy Heatran has on this build is the potent Bulu-Tran core which works wonders here, Heatran can trap threats such as Mega Latios when burned as Earthquake doesn't do enough in grassy terrain,
( 6 Atk burned Latios-Mega Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran in Grassy Terrain: 86-102 (22.2 - 26.4%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery )
( 0 SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Latios-Mega: 64-76 (21.2 - 25.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after burn damage and trapping damage )
Spread Explanation
My favorate Spdef Heatran spread Atm, This is a Heatran spread i made that has enough speed to creep Banded Tyranitar and Mega Mawile since defensive Landorus isnt really that common anymore. Max HP for bulk and to hit a Leftovers number and the rest is put in spdef to check Pokemon like non Fightinium-Z Magearna and Tapu Lele. Modest is preferred on Steelium-Z Heatran for better rolls.
Toxapex @ Payapa Berry
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 92 Def / 164 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Haze
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
Even though It dropped in the Viability Rankings recently Toxapex is still a amazing mon imo, Walling most of the tier, Toxapex is a much appreciated glue for this team. It was originally the standard spdef Black Sludge Toxapex set and I was running Toxic Spikes originally but I changed it to Toxic by recommendation by Rojo, Dokk, and friends at Den of Thieves to help the match-up vs Zapdos and Volcarona while just being a more solid set overall, after this it was then later changed to Payapa (Shout-out to Sun) to not only better the Tapu Lele match-up, But the Mega Medicham one also.
Spread Explanation
Breif, But this is a spread i got from Talah. 92 Deffense allows you to live the Zen Headbutt from Mega Medicham & many other things.
252 Atk Pure Power Medicham-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. 252 HP / 92 Def Payapa Berry Toxapex: 142-168 (46.7 - 55.2%) -- 69.1% chance to 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Psychic vs. 252 HP / 164+ SpD Payapa Berry Toxapex in Psychic Terrain: 198-234 (65.1 - 76.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Psychic vs. 252 HP / 164+ SpD Payapa Berry Toxapex in Psychic Terrain: 198-234 (65.1 - 76.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Tapu Lele Shattered Psyche (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 164+ SpD Payapa Berry Toxapex in Psychic Terrain: 255-301 (83.8 - 99%) -- guaranteed 2HKO.
Latios-Mega @ Latiosite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 6 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Earthquake
- Roost
Mega Latios is a Top 3 Mega in the USM Meta-game Atm. Being a solid Heatran answer while checking many mons in the tier such as Toxapex, Mega Venusaur, & Kartana. It was originally Defog Mega Latios (The Set Rojo Peaked With) But was later changed to Ice Beam by recommendation (Eternam Shout-outs to you bro) To help the SD Gliscor & opposing Tapu Bulu match-up in general. Mega Latios also provides the team with some much needed speed control and it allows us to check many mons that would otherwise give this team trouble such as SD Gliscor while also making sure we don't lose to Kartana.
Spread Explanation
Its the super standard Mega Latios spread. 252 EVs in speed with a naive nature allows Mega Latios to out-speed mons such as Kartana, Keldeo, and Mega Pinsir without reducing the power of earthquake. Naive is ran over hasty to soft check Zygarde better
with Ice beam, while also switching into Kartana much better as well.
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 96 Atk / 212 Def / 200 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
- Defog
Defensive Scarf Landorus is no doubt one of the best mons in the USM meta-game atm. it blanket checks so much man, Zygarde (Pinsir - A Big Problem) And a lot of physical attackers in the OU Meta-game right now. Scarf Lando is my main source of speed control and a nice glue, allowing my team to handle certain mons such as Mega Medicham. I'm running Stone Edge over Hidden Power Ice so i don't auto-lose to Mega Pinsir while also luring mons such as Tornadus for SD Tapu Bulu.
Spread Explanation
This is a bulky Scarf Landorus spread I made that has enough defense investment to avoid the 2HKO from Mega Pinsir's Return if rocks are off the field while also avoiding the 2HKO from a +2 Quick Attack even if rocks are up on the field, Rest are placed in attack for max damage output.
-1 252 Atk Aerilate Pinsir-Mega Return vs. 0 HP / 212 Def Landorus-Therian: 133-157 (41.6 - 49.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252 Atk Aerilate Pinsir-Mega Quick Attack vs. 0 HP / 212 Def Landorus-Therian: 118-139 (36.9 - 43.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock.
Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 6 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Stealth Rock
Clefable is a amazing mon in the USM Meta-game right atm. Clefable's amazing bulk and utility in Wish and Stealth Rock make it a solid choice right now on balance builds. Originally T-Wave Clefable, After The Tapu Bulu set was changed T-wave was no longer needed on this team and was replaced with Wish to bring absurd amounts of utility by giving Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Latios, SD Tapu Bulu and bulky Scarf Landorus recovery. Also, Wisp Heatran + Wish Clefable is a extremely big threat to plays-styles such as stall.
Spread Explanation
Standard max max bold Clefable.
Threat-list
This Pokemon is insane and breaks any team without Jirachi, U can play around it with Payapa Toxapex SD Spdef Tapu Bulu & Spdef Heatran. However, Psychium-Z is the biggest threat to this team, Especialy on the team variant without Spdef Heatran. Make sure Spdef Heatran stays healthy during the game with Wish from Clefable or with Grassy Terrain. Scouting Tapu Lele sets is hard but also making sure u put Tapu Lele in range in general so Landorus or even Mega Latios can revenge kill it is really helpful at stopping Tapu Lele if it becomes out of hand.
Mega Pinsir is really really good atm. With Celesteela and Skarmory not being too common it can ravage many teams including this one if you are not too careful. Try to preserve Landos HP when facing Mega Pinsir teams, also keep in mind that they will usually try and set up on Clefable so u can play around that and wish on the incoming Mega Pinsir switch in, allowing you to go into scarf Landorus.
Zygarde is borderline broken and threatens any team without a Tangrowth. You can play around it by burning it on the switch or with Mega Latios as it can take a +1 arrows, +1 252+ Atk Zygarde Thousand Arrows vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios-Mega: 202-238 (67.1 - 79%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock also side note DD Coil Zygarde under screens is broken and should not exist.
Keep in mind that Scarf/Band Smart Strike exists and don't sack all of your steel resists.
Annoying, But the combination of Landorus, Clefable, & Tapu Bulu providing Clefable Grassy Terrain should keep Mega Medicham from being too much of an issue. play smart with your Landorus, Payapa Toxic Toxapex can come in handy also.
While very uncommon Bisharp can destroy this team, Try playing around it with Will-O-Wisp Heatran or even EV Heatran to outspeed Adamant Bisharp if you're too worried.
Ice Types can be a pain, Kyurem is the biggest threat if its Z-Move, once the Z-Move is gone however Clefable can check it,
Mamoswine is also annoying, Try to burn it with Heatran under Grassy Terrain. Weavile by itself is the least threatning ice type but it can open holes for other members if Mega Latios gets pursuit trapped.
Gliscor is actually a huge threat to this team, once Mega Latios is gone it becomes really hard to deal with & even hard to break if your opponent has solid SD Careful Tapu Bulu answers & you don't Will-O-Wisp Gliscor & burn it on the switch.
A replay with the second version of the team
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-750441272
The version with SD Spdef Careful Grassium-Z Tapu Bulu, This version is the most solid,
The alternative version with Modest Steelium-Z Heatran,
The second version with Sub SD Fightinium-Z Tapu Bulu that Rojo used again to recovor from a slight tilt & got 2032,
This version is the most recent version he peaked with. This version is probably best on the ladder as Sub SD Fightinium-Z Tapu Bulu has a better matchup vs stalls that utilize Celesteela such as Trosko stall.
The OG version with Defog Mega Latios & Thunder Wave Clefable that Rojo first peaked got around 2034 with,
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