Project Break This Team: USUM UU Edition [Week 71 - Submissions]

[bukemon123]

Estarossa

 

[Riccio]

estarossa too

 

[Sickist]

altariaoffense+

 

[DraconicLepus]

safa

 

[ishtar]

Scizorphobic.

 

[Estarossa]

Toxeek, that bewear is vicious tbh

 

[Twilight]

Safa

 

[Wevton]

DarkSafadao !

 

[Taptricity]

Safa since Colbur Starmie wrecks shit on this team and dope moth.

 

[Accel]

Darksafadao wins the week in an emphatic fashion! Once again, we thank you all for your submissions.

Darksafadao - 6
Estarossa - 3
Scizorphobic - 1
Toxeek - 1

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Big thanks to Indigo Plateau for providing this week's team n_n

Importable

Slowbro-Mega @ Slowbronite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 144 Def / 68 SpA / 44 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Slack Off

Krookodile @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Earthquake
- Pursuit
- Stone Edge

Infernape @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 168 Atk / 88 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Overheat
- Close Combat
- Grass Knot
- Slack Off

Togekiss @ Fightinium Z
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Air Slash
- Aura Sphere
- Roost

Nihilego @ Expert Belt
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Sludge Wave
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Silvally-Steel @ Steel Memory
Ability: RKS System
EVs: 248 HP / 4 Def / 240 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Defog
- Parting Shot
- Multi-Attack
- Flamethrower

This was a team that my good friend Accelgor helped me build since we were both interested in using CM Mega Bro and saw its debut in Lycans vs Harris for SPL Week 5. We decided to roll with Ice Beam because it’s extremely useful in the current meta; most notably, it lets Slowbro beat Altaria 1v1 and prevents common switch-ins like Hydreigon/Latias/Celebi from coming in risk-free. Next up, we decided to add Krookodile since it gives us a Ground-type, Speed control, and Pursuit all in one. Pursuit is crucial when using Slowbro because picking off weakened Latias and Celebi can sometimes be a game decider on these builds. We wanted the team to have an offensive nature and needed Hydreigon counterplay at this point, so we dedicated our next two spots to that. Infernape + Togekiss pair nicely with Slowbro since both can take advantage of Hydreigon and weaken opposing Water-types that love switching into Slowbro after they find out it’s lacking Block. Last two slots were used to find a Steel-type, Stealth Rock, hazard removal, and a Flying-type resist so Moltres wasn’t an immediate forfeit. Ultimately, the best combination in our minds was Nihilego + Silvally-Steel.

Good luck, and please remember to submit your cores by Thursday.

 

[Estarossa]

Sets

Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 40 SpD / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Substitute
- Protect
- Calm Mind

Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD
Impish Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- Swords Dance
- U-turn

Vincune has a great matchup vs this team, once it's got behind a substitute it will kill something really, and slowbro can't stop it because it's not rest and therefore can't win the pp war. Since silvally isn't running enough speed, it won't be able to get quick parting shots off to waste suicunes pp and switch into slowbro either, so it can't do anything to stop it, as it will get heavily chipped everytime it attempts a parting shot.

Bulky Scizor also has a great matchup and a great pairing with vincune against this team, as it freely sets up on and greatly threatens krook and togekiss, and can live a HP fire/Flamethrower from nihilego/silvally. While it will spend a lot of the game u-turning due to infernape/silvally/slowbro, it will provide massive momentum and lots of opportunities to bring vincune in on the relevant swaps, ie. on a u-turn as the enemy swaps into silvally, setting up a substitute while all it can do is parting shot giving you a free sub. I went for a SD set over a defog one as it can function as a late game sweeper if necessary, since infernape won't be able to continuously swap into scizor especially since its life orb, and same for silvally as it has no healing.

 

[avarice]

core

Reuniclus @ Fightinium Z
Ability: Magic Guard
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 88 SpA / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Recover

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Crunch / Roost
- Pursuit

So reuni really messes w the team outside of getting flinched down by togekiss. It beats Slowbro, can’t get beaten down by Krook, etc. Aero can deal with Toge reliably as well as Nihi. Also may double back into Reuni to Cm on Slowbro.

 

[Smallsmallrose]

the duo

Latias (F) @ Electrium Z
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind
- Roost

Gligar @ Eviolite
Ability: Immunity
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 100 SpD
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Defog
- U-turn

While not entirely free due to ice beam, an electrium Latias should still be more than a match for Slowbro. It also does a fantastic job at handling Infernape and Togekiss. Meanwhile, a Krook, a Nihi without HP ice, and a Silvally-Steel are absolutely no match for Gligar. Letting Gligar easily handle the half of the team that Lati can't. These two together can cover the whole team. I hope you like the core!

 

[Twilight]

DD Malt + SD LO Scizor

Altaria-Mega @ Altarianite
Jolly Nature
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
- Return
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Dragon Dance

Scizor @ Life Orb
Adamant Nature
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Superpower

Been a while since ive posted here. DD EQ Malt is a huge threat for this team, especially when it can use Ape, Krook and potentially Togekiss as set-up fodder / opportunity. You can then 2OHKO Slowbro in regular form, meaning it is forced to evolve and lose regenerator. EQ let's it remove Nihi and dent Silvally. I partnered it with Scizor which invites in Ape as a free set-up opportunity for Malt. It can proceed to always heavily pressure Silvally also trying to check it. It obvs forces Nihi + Toge out and heavily dents Slowbro with Bug Bite.
I'm on my phone so no fancy Malt ev spread. I'll also add sprites later when I have access to my pc.

Calcs

+1 252 Atk Pixilate Altaria-Mega Return vs. 248 HP / 144+ Def Slowbro: 195-231 (49.6 - 58.7%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO

+1 252 Atk Altaria-Mega Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Silvally-Steel: 304-358 (77.1 - 90.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Life Orb Scizor Superpower vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Silvally-Steel: 390-460 (98.9 - 116.7%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Bug Bite vs. 248 HP / 144+ Def Slowbro-Mega: 211-250 (53.6 - 63.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[Riccio]

The Sets

Gengar @ Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Cursed Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Sludge Wave
- Focus Blast

Latias @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psychic
- Defog
- Healing Wish

After testing this team a bit on the ladder i found out that Substitute Gengar is a huge threat to this team if it sets up the sub (or clicks Focus Blast) on the Krookodile switch, it also gets 2HKO on everything bar Nihilego. I struggled a bit to choose a partner for Gengar but in the end I decided to pair it with Scarf Latias which checks Nihilego and Infernape while also improving Gengar longevity thanks to Healing Wish and Defog.

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Here we are, folks, with voting! Please vote for your favorite TWO of the following cores by Sunday, March 3! Thanks for participating!

Estarossa

Scizorphobic

Smallsmallrose

Twilight

Toxeek

 

[avarice]

twilight

 

[Twilight]

Estarossa and Phobic

 

[Smallsmallrose]

Scizorphobic and Estarossa

 

[Riccio]

scizorphobic and twilight cores are super cool

 

[Darksafadao]

Scizorphobic

 

[Sickist]

phobic

 

[Taptricity]

Phobic and Estarossa

 

[Indigo Plateau]

I’ll participate this round since I tested this team quite extensively

sciz was def one of the bigger issues for the team after silvally was worn down (which wasn’t terribly hard to do in practice), as was latias, specifically cm elec z. don’t think reuniclus gives the team much trouble with focus blast coverage bc slowbro always beats it 1v1). altaria can definitely be annoying if used properly, with the team relying on slowbro to check it & silvally if no eq. I’m actually surprised no one mentioned doublade since it’s extremely annoying to seitch into & can act as a really good wincon late-game if kept healthy.

not gonna write a story but tl;dr estarossa and twilight are the clear winners in my book

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Congratulations to Scizorphobic for winning this close round with 5 votes!

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Sorry for the delay, folks, we had to get a team. Thankfully, vivalospride is a very good builder :]

Importable

Araquanid @ Wave Incense
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 112 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sticky Web
- Liquidation
- Leech Life
- Magic Coat

Terrakion @ Iapapa Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 220 Atk / 36 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance

Scizor @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 124 HP / 252 Atk / 132 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Quick Attack
- Knock Off

Bisharp @ Black Glasses
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Low Kick

Altaria-Mega @ Altarianite
Ability: Pixilate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 184 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Frustration
- Refresh
- Roost

Celebi @ Psychium Z
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Giga Drain
- Psychic
- Dazzling Gleam

Hi, I started with Araq because I knew I wanted a webs team, and I followed up on that with rocks Terrakion because of how reliably it can keep hazards up vs the majority of removal bar Gligar. Scizor pressures common webs threats and floaty mons such as Lati and Maero while also being able to clean with Quick Attack versus Moltres and Rotom-H. Bisharp came thru next because of Defiant primarily, but its ability to pressure floaty/fast mons w priority was still greatly appreciated. Mega Altaria is here to help the nape/kommo matchup while also giving me more tools to break fatter builds that rely on status. Celebi also helps break fatter builds and dents steels to help sciz/malt break shit more easily.

Please get your core submissions in by Friday. Thanks for participating!