Black Kyurem Plays the Seesaw While eating Ice Cream
-Dat Intro
Greetings everyone! Welcome to my rmt, i hope you all enjoy it and rate it, as well as steal it!
The team i'm showing today is a team that i made when i saw that kyurem-black was released to OU. At first i thought that it was broken as shit(as i think everyone did), so i just needed to test it. I thought the team was not looking that good, but when i tested it on showdown, i peaked a pretty big number on the ranking of the ladder, that brought me to number 13 of the ranking. After that, i tested it a lot more, and i came to the result that i needed to post a RMT of it. Also, even thought the team is DragMag combo, the sets of the Pokémon took me a lot of time to think of, so please don't say something like "herpderp dragmag combo thats broken, that's not even a strategy" . So the title came on my mind due to the fact that kyurem-black is so fluffy and fragile, that it needs to be playing the seesaw while eating ice cream. The main point of the team is lead with Black Kyurem 90% of the time, kill as much things as possible, send out Scarf Mence and sweep. Hydreigon and Garchomp helps to make holes on a lot of teams, making them weak and easy to sweep with the scarf Mence. But without any other runaround let's look a little bit more about the team!
-Dat Teambuilding
Obviously, the first poké i chose was Kyurem-B, since i wanted to test it.
Alright, so i was thinking "what stops Kyurem-Black?". Then 3 Pokés came to my mind: Bronzong, Jirachi, and Ferrothorn. All of them being able to be 2KOed by specs Magnezone, and they get trapped, so yeah.
So now that i have a Magnezone, Skarmory will be also trapped by it, and i wanted to test Garchomp because it was also released to OU not a long time ago, so i put a Garchomp on it with a pretty cool set to help to dig as much holes as possible on the opponent's team.
There was still not a Revenge Killer on the team. The first thing that came in my head was Scarf Salamence, because not only he have a pretty good speed, being able to outspeed Scarf Genesect, but he also have the amazing ability Moxie, making him one of the best revenge killers in the OU metagame.
Now, there was obviously a lack of a special dragon, at first i thought of running latios, but after a LOT of kills from freaking pursuit users, i changed it to Hydreigon, who even tho doesn't have the same speed that Latios does, it still isn't weak to pursuit, and also packs focus blast and fire blast, which helps me a lot.
Hm, there is still one spot left. The team was looking REALLY weak to Mamoswine, so i put a Scizor on the last spot, but after getting swept by Stoutland, Mamoswine and Sandslash, i decided to put Bronzong, who does not only counter these pokes, it stops a lot of other Dragons that would be a pain to my dragons, and he can also set up Stealth Rocks.
-Dat In Depth
Nature; Modest (+Special Attack, -Attack)
[*]Ability; Magnet Pull
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EVs; EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 Spd
[*]Moveset;
- Volt Switch; Used to get some momentum as well as being able to KO things like Skarmory. It also helps to scout.
- Thunderbolt; The main STAB, a powerful Specs Thunderbolt with modest and STAB will hurt something a lot.
- Hidden Power Fire; Helps against Ferrothorn, allowing to get a clean 2KO.
- Flash Cannon; The secondary STAB, helping out against Dragon and Ground types.
Magnezone stops most of the steel types(bronzong, jirachi, skarmory, forretress, ferrothorn, etc.), trapping and 2KOing them. He can also cause a lot of damage since he is specs, as well as he gives more sinergy for the team.
The EVs invested on Speed helps out against Jellicent and Politoed(because he have more speed than a politoed with no investment on speed, he needs 16 EVs on speed to outspeed my Magnezone, this is really helpful against Choice Politoed, because most of the Specs Politoeds run Max HP, then he can't outspeed my Magnezone, but if he does then he will be scarf 90% of the time).
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Nature; Adamant (+Attack, -Special Attack)
[*]Ability; Teravolt
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EVs; EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 236 Spd
[*]Moveset;
- Outrage; The main attack. You will be using it most of the time. When you use this and your opponent doesn't have a steel type, you already know that something is going to die.
- Dragon Claw; Dragon Claw is here when you know your opponent does have a Ground and a steel type on his team. You will use it to most of the time, force the opponent to bring in his Steel Type, then you go into manezone and kill it.
- Freeze Shock; I know what you are thinking, but this actually already helped me in a lot of situations, like against a landorus-t, and seriously, kyurem-b will just need the 3 other moves most of the time to destroy the opponent's team, trust me.
- Fusion Bolt; Even thought this is not STAB, it is still really helpful when you opponent doesn't have and electric resist, and it also OHKO Skarmory.
Kyurem-Black is here to kill as much things as possible. Another cool thing is that unless the opponent hits him with a super effective move, he will take hits easilly, and kill more and more things.
He have 236 Speed EVs because they will make him outspeed jolly mamoswine by 1 EV, which can win you the game sometimes. With the speed he can also outspeed Lucario, Breloom, Adamant Landorus-t, etc.
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Nature; Adamant (+Attack, -Special Attack)
[*]Ability; Rough Skin
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EVs; EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
[*]Moveset;
- Outrage; Really Powerful STAB that will be used most of the time after a +2. Also helpful for bluffing the choice scarf.
- Earthquake; Earthquake is the most powerful Ground type attack, it will be used as the second STAB.
- Fire Fang;Fire Fang is here because it is just so awesome when i Earthquake, they send out Forretres, then i show that i am actually not choiced, and easilly kill it. The move is really helpful because with the combination of Swords Dance, it can 2KO Skarmory, OHKO Forretress and Ferrothorn, as well as bluffing the choice scarf.
- Swords Dance; With the Swords Dance, Garchomp will be a pain to any opponent. With it, Garchomp will be able to do a lot of damage.
Garchomp is here to make as much holes on the opponent's team as possible, or even sweep sometimes. Bluffing the choice item with the Yache Berry is just so good, they send out Genesect, use Ice Beam, and then get killed by Fire Fang. Mamoswine will be having pain with that as well, taking an Outrage from an Adamant Garchomp to the face.
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Nature; Naive (+Speed, -Special Defense)
[*]Ability; Moxie
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EVs; EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
[*]Moveset;
- Outrage; Mosf of the times you are going to use this and sweep. The STAB powerful Outrage with the aumount of attack that Salamence have will be painful to any opponent.
- Earthquake; Can be helpful For Heatran and jirachi, as well as some other pokémon.
- Fire Blast;Fire Blast can make some surprise kills against scarf genesect(since you outspeed it by 8 points), it also helps for Ferrothorn and stuf like that.
- Dragon Claw; Dragon claw is here for the same reason that it is on Kyurem-B's set.
Salamence is the end game sweeper. He will just come when everything is almost dead, and outrage / dragon claw everything. Naive is, as already said, to outspeed Genesect and being able to OHKO it with Fire Blast.
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Nature; Modest (+Special Attack, -Attack)
[*]Ability; Levitate
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EVs; EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
[*]Moveset;
- Draco Meteor; Draco will be the most used move from this guy, it will most of the time do a shit ton of damage on anything that takes it.
- Focus Blast; Helps out against Tyranitar, Heatran, Blissey / Chansey, as well as other stuff.
- Fire Blast; The main move to use against Ferrothorn, Forretress and Jirachi.
- Dark Pulse; The second STAB, when you do not want to get a -2 from the Draco you will be using this most of the time.
In What it Helps
Hydreigon is the second Pokémon that helps out digging more holes against the opponent's team. It just enters in the field, drops off a Draco, and switch out or die most of the time.
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Nature; Relaxed (+Defense, -Speed)
[*]Ability; Levitate
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EVs; EVs: 252 HP / 196 Def / 60 SDef
[*]IVs; EVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def / 0 Spd
[*]Moveset;
- Gyro Ball; The main move to use if Bronzong needs to attack, which is to be honest pretty powerful with the combination of 0 spd and -speed nature.
- Hidden Power Ice; Really useful against dragon types in general.
- Earthquake; Really helpful against Keldeo, just so he can't get a sub up, and also to not be a setup fodder against Magnezone, as well as hitting Jirachi and Heatran.i.
- Stealth Rock; Helps out against Focus Sash users and things like Dragonite.
Bronzong helps covering the team's biggest threats, like Mamoswine, Sandslash, Stoutland, Alakazam, Tornadus-T. He can also set up rocks, which is allways good.
-How to Battle with the team against Most Strategies
Hyper Offense
Most of the time, they will be running suicide mew / azelf, or a Deoxys-D. Lead with Kyurem-Black, if his team have a ground type, use outrage, if he doesn't, use Fusion Bolt. Try to kill the steel type as fast as possible(most likely will be a jirachi or a gentesect), and then just use your dragon strong moves to win. Most of the time it will be a Mence sweep.
Balance
Peace of cake. Lead with Kyurem-B, outrage, let it die, sent out either Hydreigon or Garchomp, do more damage, then sweep with mence.
Rain Balance / Stall
They WILL run either a jirachi or a ferrothorn on the team. Lead with Kyurem, and try to catch the steel type on the switch in with magnezone as fast as possible. Then just have fun with outrage and draco everything.
Rain Hyper Offense
It will be a pain to deal. Just be careful with descovering the scarf Pokémon, and when you discover it, kill it and then kill everything with Mence.
Sun
This one is just so easy to deal with, you don't even know. Lead with garchomp, they will lead with ninetales, go for Earthquake, if the opponent have a xau, switch do black kyurem and kill something(because normally when they run xatu they will not run a steel type, just something like a genesect, which takes 89% from cb outrage). If he have a Forretress, stay in and surprise the opponent with the fire fang. Be careful with the venusaur / Victreebel, don't let they get too many boosts, and it will be easy.
Hail
Lead with Black Kyurem, and just outrage. Even if he have a Jirachi, it will be taking some good damage, and i'm pretty sure they will only run one or two steel reists, so just play around with specs Hydreigon and CB Kyurem, they will be the MVP of the show
Baton Pass
BLACK FUCKING KYUREM, Dragon / FUSION BOLT(if the opp have a scizor) EVERYTHING TO DEATH. Baton Pass teams can't get too much boosts on the defense on the commence of the game, so black kyurem should wreck evrything on this one. OR USE SPECS ZONE AND TBOLT EVERYTHING. a lot of bp teams are weak to that.
Sandstorm
Save the zong for the stoutland / alakazam / sandslash. Lead with Garchomp, and wreck shit, or if they run Hippowdown, lead with Hydreigon and wreck shit.
Biggest threats of the Team, And how to deal with them
Focus Sash Alakazam
Can be a real pain. Save zong's health as much as possible, because whitout it, a lot of things are going to die. Break the sash and revenge with mence, or just wall it with Bronzong.
Rock Polish Genesect
If this gets a +2 and the black kyurem isnt at at least 60% of HP, it is game. That's why you gotta save some HP, he will be able to take a bug buzz and Fusion Bolt on it.
Terrakion
Terrakion in general can be a pain. Scout the set as fast as possible, and if he's scarf Bronzong walls it, if he's banded Mence will revenge kill. If he's sub Sd break the sub with zong, sacrifice something, and kill with Mence, or just stay in with Bronzong if he's salac berry.
YOU!
Yeah, you are such a big threat, you don't even know. Why? Now you do know my team and all of my sets, and you're going to counter team me. you little bitch ;-; jkjk.
Last Words and Importable
GOD DAMN that took me a lot of time to do. Just wanna say that the team is really offensive, so no i will be not considering any spinner or Magic Bouncer, because he just don't need it. Also i'm sorry if i have any gramatic errors, i'm brazilian, and still don't know 100% of english :].
I hope you guys enjoyed the rmt and please test the team out!
Importable(Pokémon Showdown Version)
Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 Spd
Modest Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
Kyurem-Black @ Choice Band
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 236 Spd
Adamant Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SAtk / 30 Spd
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Freeze Shock
- Fusion Bolt
Garchomp (M) @ Yache Berry
Trait: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Swords Dance
Salamence (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw
Hydreigon (F) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
Bronzong @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Def / 60 SDef
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def / 0 Spd
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 Spd
Modest Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
Kyurem-Black @ Choice Band
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 236 Spd
Adamant Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SAtk / 30 Spd
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Freeze Shock
- Fusion Bolt
Garchomp (M) @ Yache Berry
Trait: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Swords Dance
Salamence (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw
Hydreigon (F) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
Bronzong @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Def / 60 SDef
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def / 0 Spd
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
Importable(PO Version)
Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
Kyurem-B @ Choice Band
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 236 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Freeze Shock
Garchomp (M) @ Yache Berry
Trait: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Swords Dance
Salamence (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw
Hydreigon (F) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
Bronzong @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Def / 60 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
Kyurem-B @ Choice Band
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 236 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Freeze Shock
Garchomp (M) @ Yache Berry
Trait: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Swords Dance
Salamence (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw
Hydreigon (F) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
Bronzong @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Def / 60 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
