BP team with a twist.

[Elfam]

Before Posting Comments to help keep in mind the team is suppose to be unconventional plus the weird EV spreads are a result of Power Trick(It swaps the users attack and defense stat and is baton passable).
The general point of this team is i'm trying to make successful use of a power Trick set and Bpers that are never seen so gliscor cant be replaced under any circumstance(only other power trick user is medicham and he is way to fragile). Everyone else is replaceable but let me tell you that a Drifblim with 90 def and 150 Hp as well as being hilarious is a wall that Most people havent experienced and cant be exploded on.. well for a KO at least

Now if you're like me your tired of the same old bp teams so i decided to triy something a little different... mainly gliscors power trick.
The best thing about this team is i feel like its pretty original.... at least ive never seen one. since most of the OU tier focuses on physical i took a couple of really strong physical attackers and turned them into walls...

Blaziken (M) @ Lum Berry considering a swap for jolteon
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/6 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Agility
- Baton Pass
- Captivate
- Brave Bird
Okay before you start posting comments as to what pokemon i should use instead of this guy i need you to keep in mind that blaziken seems fairly unthreatening to most ppl i end up fighting. I've never seen him on a bp team so most of his merits as a chose come from the fact that ppl will leave him alone the first turn to set up steaalth rocks or switch to an appropriate counter.... although most things would probably leave a huge dent in him if he didnt resist it. Strategy is simple... lure the opponent into a false sense of security... unless its machamp i hate him with every fiber of my being. usually ill pass to gliscor to get the ball rolling unless it is a spec enemy then pass to vap to get some acid armors in.
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Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/6 Spd
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Baton Pass
- Power Trick
- Rock Polish
- Taunt
yay gliscor!!! This man is usually easily killed by special attacks because he is very unbalanced but he only needs to stay alive long enough to get off a power trick then i can pass the ball to vaporeon
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Vaporeon (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP/152 Atk/6 Spd/100 SDef
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Acid Armor
- Baton Pass
- Wish
- Roar
Surprisingly vaporeon's attack stat is higher than defense so she benefits from a power trick(as long as it was able to be used b$ her appearance) I have acid armor as her bping move (used to be scizor but lack of special defense was too much to bear) wish for healing and team healing if necessary and finally roar... after she is bped an agility or rock polish if blziken fails.. she can reliable stop my team from being roared or whirlwinded bad news... taunters shut her down so i rely on gliscor to taunt the taunters.
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Absol (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure testing smeargle as a substitute
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/6 Def
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Baton Pass
- Mean Look
- Taunt
- Captivate
she isnt nearly as effective at trapping as umbreon even though she now has enourmous defense. I'm not really satified with her performance so far so let me know about a kewl idea to do with this slot. captivate is there because without it she would be killed fairly easily(even though captivate only works on males i find that most ppl dont bother switching from default). More taunts are always helpful though.
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Drifblim (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/6 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Baton Pass
- Calm Mind
- Hypnosis
- Substitute
me being an avid supporters of ghost types am glad i could fit this guy in. after power trick his unusable def of 44 to a fairly awesome 90 along with vaporeon's acid armor the guy takes hits like a champ... it takesat least three super effective hits to break his massive substitutes. each sub has 126 hit points and being backed by opportunistic calm minds and hypnosis helps immensely especially if that flaky absol did its job. i calm mind to max then send it to lucario for the win.
Note: I'm tempted to invest more in special defense because after power trick it easily becomes his weak link. Btw DriftBlim is incredibly reliable after power trick is used on him and hasnt failed me yeet once ive gotten this far.
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Lucario (M) @ Wise Glasses
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 112 HP/144 Spd/252 SAtk
Modest nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Aura Sphere
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Vacuum Wave
endgame if i get here nothing can kill me... just about. simple strategy once its all powerful. use stab moves or super effective moves unless vs priority users
Note: For a power trick team to use a physical sweeper would require high defense and with lucario he gains a lot of defense from power trick(those priority moves can be painful if they crit but higher base defense helps) and he has access to priority moves and being burned or intimidated have little to no effect.
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P.S. i left lucario's picture out on purpose. I hate him but i find him undeniably useful. He hogs all the glory after the pokemon i like do the heavy lifting



I realize this team has several weak points im still trying to fix but as a first draft and being a creation of my own(after i considered trying to make a usable shuckle sweeper lol) i'm fairly proud of it.
Note:Considered both mr mime, smeargle, and zapdos, but zapdos seems like almost as common of a bp lead as ninjask(maybe more idk) i want something that feels like a one trick pony for my lead.(ppl see blaziken and as far as i'm aware they dont immediately consider it a bp team, the see a slow infernape lead.)

 

[gregoryd]

I once was thinking about a scizor baton pass lead with agility, protect, baton pass, and bug bite/bullet punch. First turn you agility as they sr, then, if it's a lead with taunt or explosion, you protect to scout the taunt/ explosion. If they decide to just attack, you can get another agility in, while If they explode, free kill! And finally if they taunted attack them in to oblivion.

 

[zdrup15]

every bp team needs ingrain or it doesn't work against capable trainers. Use jolly smeargle with ingrain, spore, mean look and bp. See the analysis for the EVs. I won't suggest other replacements because that would make this a standard team and you want it to be customized. Have fun

 

[Azlanslayer]

Hey, seems you are new to Smogon and the Metagame.

Anyways on the Rate,

Blaziken sucks in OU >_>. Its outclassed by Infernape, anyways, just put Absol in Lead Spot with 252 Hp/252 Def should be good where he Taunts, Mean Looks and Baton Pass to your other members.

Gliscor's Ev Spread looks weird, 252 Evs in atk without any attacking move seems redundant, so change the ev spread to 252 Hp/252 Spe/4 def with Yache Berry, that helps you against Ice type moves. I Wonder what Power Trick does, just replace it with Sword Dance.

Vaporeon, >_> what is Adamant nature helping? Just use Calm Nature while boosting your defence with Acid Armor, replace Roar with Aqua Ring since you need all the recovery you can get. So move 152 atk Ev's from Vaporeon to SpD

After replacing Blaziken with the absolz to Mean Look, you have a Empty spot here, you can use Smeargle @ Leftovers, 252 Hp/4 Def/252 Spe with the moves of Ingrain/Spore/Baton Pass/Substitute. Now phazer's can phaze you out.


And on Lucario, you might wanna use the physical set, because sometimes Drifblim fails to pass the Calm minds you want, or if you want a faster way, you can replace Drifblim with Nasty plot Celebi

Good luck

 

[Kindrindra]

Vaporeon, >_> what is Adamant nature helping? Just use Calm Nature while boosting your defence with Acid Armor, replace Roar with Aqua Ring since you need all the recovery you can get. So move 152 atk Ev's from Vaporeon to SpD

The reason they have an Adamant nature is because power trick swiches the attack and defense: So the nature boosts defense and the attack EVs act as Defense EVs. A calm nature would LOWER their defense after the boost.

 

[Elfam]

Oh lol, never even used that move before :s

Yeah thats the point.. i dont understand why a baton team hasnt integrated this before except i now become fairly susceptible to special attacks which is why i desperately need vaporeon. And i understand how handy it would be to have a smeargly to ingrain pass but i dont like his fragility

 

[zdrup15]

Yeah thats the point.. i dont understand why a baton team hasnt integrated this before except i now become fairly susceptible to special attacks which is why i desperately need vaporeon. And i understand how handy it would be to have a smeargly to ingrain pass but i dont like his fragility

Absol is way more fragile. And smeargle can cripple one pokemon with spore and make it set up fodder.

 

[min min]

What's Captivate doing on lead Blaziken? Other than that, it looks pretty unique. I suggest something like Superpower or something that deals with at least one other lead hands down because now, you technically lose to all except Machamp.

 

[Treadshot A1]

Surprisingly, your team is weak to the exact same thing mine was a while back: Starmie. I can see a decent Offensive Starmie with BoltBeam and Surf ruining your whole team completely, preying on your weaker special defense. Gliscor can tank Thunderbolt like a champ, but it won't enjoy a STAB SE Surf, and vice versa for Vaporeon (which i run as well, it doesn't work well against Starmie).

Sadly, though, i'm gonna leave the suggestions for what to deal with Starmie up to other people. Personally, i threw in a Max Special Attack, Max Speed Jolteon to counter it, because of it's rare combination of Baton Pass and Volt Absorb (with Vaporeon acting as a T-Bolt lure for Jolteon), but that idea didn't go down very well and most people here wanted it off my team.

 

[Elfam]

Thanks for a lot of great ideas. i like the idea of swapping out absol for smeargle because he was pretty much a defensive umbreon with no hp. lol defensive absol still sounds weird to say. i also enjoy the idea of putting jolteon in my team. i thought about him for the lead slot actually because most wouldnt try to taunt it and if aerodactyl did charge beam him for a boost. also showing him early lets them know id have an answer for a water type which i need out of there for gliscor to get off power swap that this team basically requires to be defensive. also like i said im very special weak and he has respectable special defense even if he doesnt have much of a hit point stat. And i checked and blaziken rarely Kos a max hp no def machamp without the use of an expert belt so i dont think he's a practical choice despite the fact that hes a million times cooler than infernape.

Bonus if i use him with smeargle and set up a sub and switch smeargle might manage to do his job... cause like i said absol cant get it done and umbreon loses her excellent defensive stat if i get off the power swap early enough.

 

[NightShadow]

i honestly don't think you should say this team is good because it surprises the opponent. Not to be harsh or anything but this is why teams are called gimmicks, they rely on surprise and when the surprise is over they are done for. Sorry if I was unintentionally harsh, but its true.

Really, Power Trick is NOT used in OU play, nor is Blaziken, who is completely outlclassed by Smeargle or Ninjask as a lead spot speed passer.

 

[Treadshot A1]

I disagree with NightShadow. While it's certainly gimmick-y, to an extent BP teams have always been gimmicks, and i myself run a BP team that's almost as crazy as this one, to great success so far. The concept seems viable, it's almost like the BP version of Trick Room. My only major fear is any stall team this one might face, as then things like Skarmory have their huge defense stats, changed to attack stats, while Power Trick would have lowered the defense of all his team except Vappy.

I agree surprise wears off, but more often than not it will last until the match is over, and rematches never have much surprise, so it's a moot point. Still, i reserve judgment until it's been proved one way or another. It seems to hold promise for now, and is one of the few concepts that i wouldn't immediately write off. That said, it does seem hilariously weak to Taunt.

Also, Elfam, i think that you should still go for Max Spd/SpAtk, if only because in general, Starmie and the setup Gyara you mentioned don't carry priority moves, so you can rely purely on speed to OHKO or 2HKO them. I personally use a Timid Jolteon with HP Ice, Thunderbolt, Substitute and Baton Pass, though admittedly, Substitute is just fodder, and better used by Vappy. I honestly don't think you'd need much else on Jolteon, though, as his only purpose is really to destroy those pesky waters, hence why i haven't found a replacement for Substitute, but something to round off coverage would be nice.

And also, can i just get a quick check on your Drifblim, Elfam? I would like to know how well it's been doing. I know you say it's good, but just the fact it's Drifblim is worrying. I'm not exactly basing this off anything in particular, would just like to know for future reference. I see the basic idea behind it, i just want to know how well it does in practice.

 

[comatthew6]

You're leading with Blaziken, which is OHKO'd by Azelf (the most common lead in the game). You're gliscor should run 252 HP/ 4 Def / 252 Spe and a Timid Nature, so Gliscor doesn't hurt itself as much if hit by confusion. Use a TrickScarf set on Drifblim, so its speed can double after it loses its burden. Also, why Brave Bird on Blaziken? Use Brick Break or Flare Blitz or something.

 

[Elfam]

DriftBlim

with max hp adamant nature he is able to reach an attack stat of 284 and hp of 504

Now to all of the naysayers against the blimp, a little context. lets say a ttar(cause hes awesome and a physical beast with super effective stab attacks) if he's choice banded and is adamant in nature with max attack Evs (i am of course theoretically saying i don't manage a single acid armor) he manages 183 - 216 on a normal pokemon thats almost a straight up KO but its only 36.3% - 42.9% of my hp. now say vaporeon manages a single acid armor damage drops to 93 - 109 or 18.5% - 21.6% also known as you failed to break my substitute. tyranitar is the proud owner of the strongest physical attack vs driftblim and fails to kill a substitute if vaporeon gets off an acid armor. if vap gets max off ttar does 9.1% - 10.9%... also known as 3 attacks to kill a substitute. i could spam substitutes and kill him with struggle at this point... so yeah physical god over here.(as long as power swap is active).(note stone edge manages 45.4% - 53.6% but sayodds of 2hko is 50/50(honestly i think proper odds are less than 1/4), stone edge misses 1/5 times. odds of a successive hit is 16/25,odds of 2hko rouhly 8/25, odds of a hypnosis miss 3/10. since i'm faster, odds of misssing 3 times in a row is 27/1000 or 2.7% of the time.odds of both happening successively is approx 1.6% of the time.) so yeah drifblim is beast... trust the numbers.

The problem comes mostly from special attacks which is why i'm questioning whether to boost his special defense because he will never have boosts like that on the special side as he is my calm minder. raising special defense is something i'm more afraid of. weaknesses include:ice,electric,rock,ghost and dark... is there a large majority of these users?

also

That said, it does seem hilariously weak to Taunt.

yeah i'm aware of this and was hoping for major help in this area need better ways of dealing with this