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

[DraconicLepus]

Umbreon @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Wish
- Protect
- Heal Bell

Slowbro-Mega @ Slowbronite
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Rest

Blah blah things this team doesnt like fat dark types, it doesnt like a fat dark type. Aka, this hates umbreon. Due to scizor not having a bug move, if it tries to SD, it loses to umbreon. Everything except klefki loses to umbreon. in one way or another. So, then, i added another fat bulky mon honestly this is mainly the team vs umbreon, but slowbro is also annoying as the main check to it is jellicent. If umbreon gets burned it can pretty easily 6-0, so. Yeah. Fat is good

 

[avarice]

Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Rest
- Scald

Rotom-Mow @ Grassium Z
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Leaf Storm
- Hidden Power Fire

Offensive Rotom Mow hits all the mons on the team hard, only really fearing the potential wing attack from aero and maybe a toxic from klef. Fat Prim is guaranteed to deal with aero well and can handle scizor if Mow dies (which is less likely with reduced knock damage and resisting bp).

 

[Accel]

Voting time!

Darksafadao

Adaam

vivalospride

DraconicLepus

Sneer

Please vote for one core, and remember to get your votes in by this Saturday.

 

[pdt]

adaam

 

[Adaam]

Safa I don’t see how this team can handle Crawdaunt with support

 

[Lost Soul]

Darksafadao-Craw/Nape.

 

[Gerbit]

Adaam

 

[avarice]

adaam

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

voting for lepus; her core is v different from the others and i like umbreon's matchup here

 

[Sabbio]

Going to vote for Lepus, umbreon really does 6-0
while the team can't handle crawdaunt at all Klefki can t-wave it and go for hax, while umbreon just has to sit there and wall everyone. Umbreon teams most likely have a poison-type like Tenta in the back too so you can't even stall out heal bell PPs.

EDIT: forgot prankster doesn't work on dark-types anymore, im buttcheeks
My point still stands though, as crawdaunt still get forced out or crippled with a scald burn, whereas umbreon just clicks buttons

 

[Breadpool]

Going to vote for Lepus, umbreon really does 6-0
while the team can't handle crawdaunt at all Klefki can t-wave it and go for hax, while umbreon just has to sit there and wall everyone. Umbreon teams most likely have a poison-type like Tenta in the back too so you can't even stall out heal bell PPs.

Klefki can’t t-wave dark types.

I like Lepus but I’ll go with Darksafadao because I love a good offensive core

 

[Sabbio]

Klefki can’t t-wave dark types.

I like Lepus but I’ll go with Darksafadao because I love a good offensive core

ah true i'm trolling

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

This was a close week, but Accelgor, my lovely cohost, has broken the tie, so Adaam wins the round! Congratulations!

Adaam - 4
Darksafadao - 3
DraconicLepus - 2

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DraconicLepus is providing this week's team once again, thank you!

Importable

Palossand @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Water Compaction
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power
- Toxic
- Shore Up

Empoleon @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 248 HP / 76 Def / 184 SpD
Careful Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Scald
- Roar
- Toxic

Snorlax @ Iapapa Berry
Ability: Gluttony
EVs: 188 HP / 176 Def / 144 SpD
Careful Nature
- Curse
- Recycle
- Facade
- Earthquake

Moltres @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Fire Blast
- Roost
- Defog

Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

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

This team has one of my mon obsessions, the one and only snorlax. This thing is criminally underrated and if not prepared for it easily sweeps teams. Added with that is a variation of the great defensive core in Hippo+Empoleon, but instead of Hippo, it's a sand castle. Palossand rounds out the beginning core by being a fighting immunity and the only terrakion counter, which most snorlax teams struggle with. Palossand also provides rocks and nice role compression due to its typing. Scizor was looking pretty scary for this team, so the next mon added was moltres, one of the best scizor checks in the tier that can fit on almost any playstyle. Even though we already has defog on empoleon, defog was added on moltres due to a member added later. Offensive moltres was decided over defensive to give some much needed pressure on the team to be able to break through defensive pokemon. Next up is Primarina, a fairy type, dark resist, just a nice addition. I decided for the defensive set over specs for the main reason that, It fit better? It helped me checked more things and wasn't so easily chipped. Last but not least, we have Aerodactyl. This team was majorly lacking in the department of speed, and a flying resist. A mega wasn't chosen so Aero fit perfectly on the team. Fast pursuit which is always great, and Wing Attack helps against some of the other major threats to the team. Hadn't built a snorlax team in the current meta and this is how it turned out, and it's been a blast to use.

Get your core submissions in by Thursday, folks, and thanks for participating!

 

[Smallsmallrose]

(Mega)

sets

Crawdaunt @ Waterium Z
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Crabhammer
- Knock Off
- Aqua Jet

Manectric-Mega @ Manectite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Overheat
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Volt Switch

Swords Dance Z Crawdaunt is utterly obnoxious for this team. It OHKOs every member of the team at +2, even Primarina if it unleashes waterium.
+2 252+ Atk Adaptability Crawdaunt Hydro Vortex (180 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Primarina: 354-417 (97.2 - 114.5%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
With that in mind, I just needed a good support to back Crawdaunt up. Manectric is also a pain here, it goads in Palossand or Snorlax most of the time, letting a careful double to Daunt have it setup and begin unleashing hell. (It sets up on Palossand by threatning it out, and it sets up on Lax by virtue of Daunt being able to take it's unboosted hits fairly well.)
0 Atk Snorlax Facade vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Crawdaunt: 94-112 (35.2 - 41.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Manectric itself can also be a massive nuisance, considering that the Palossand spread isn't optimized with spdef (So it will take some good damage from Mane)
252 SpA Manectric-Mega Hidden Power Grass vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Palossand: 170-202 (45.4 - 54%) -- 41.8% chance to 2HKO
252 SpA Manectric-Mega Overheat vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Palossand: 184-217 (49.1 - 58%) -- 97.7% chance to 2HKO
HP grass into Overheat has a decent chance to outright kill this poor sandcastle if a double to Daunt isn't enticing enough. It continues to be obnoxious due to Aero's lack of earthquake as well, meaning that it struggles to threaten Manectric even if it's not intimidated.
252 Atk Aerodactyl-Mega Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Manectric-Mega: 202-238 (71.8 - 84.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (This doesn't KO.)
Manectric is a huge nuisance to the team and it more importantly makes great bait for the mons Crawdaunt can setup on. Lax can't do the necessary damage and Palossand isn't going to want to stay in, even for a risk play to stop it from SDing since its the only thing stopping Mane from volt switch spamming and letting Daunt in eventually anyway. This makes this core really effective for beating this team.

 

[TimeToTestThisTeam]

Importable

Kyurem @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 56 HP / 200 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Roost
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power

Nihilego @ Expert Belt
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem
- Thunderbolt
- Grass Knot

First off is SubRoost Kyurem. It's a solid answer to both Palo and Emp, it 2HKOs Moltres with Ice Beam guaranteed, and does 98% min to Aero while taking 90% min from Stone Edge. To compliment is EBelt Nihilego. Grass Knot OHKOs Palo, TBolt has a small chance to 2HKO Emp, you have a decent chance to OHKO Primarina with Sludge Wave, and you easily OHKO both Molt and Aero. That's all before you consider getting a Beast Boost. The biggest problem these two will have is with Lax. At best, a neutral Facade will do 26% max to Kyurem so you can pretty safely sub, but you definitely need to be smart to beat Lax. You can play around with SpDef drops from Earth Power, but he is definitely the hardest to kill here. I came very close to putting Toxic on Kyurem specifically for Lax but it's not part of the typical set.

 

[vivalospride]

SETS

Terrakion @ Rockium Z
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Stone Edge
- Close Combat
- Rock Polish

Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 164 HP / 252 Atk / 92 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Pursuit

This is pretty simple, it's just CB Scizor there to pursuit trap Maero and Pablosand, giving terrak opportunities to sweep and just more breathing room in general. Standard sets on both, nothing too brazy.

 

[Darksafadao]

sets

Virizion @ Rockium Z
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge

Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 176 SpD
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock

I chose Virizion for this week as it has a pretty good match-up versus this team, mainly at +2, and it can find setups opportunities versus this team. Spdef Hippo helps take on Moltres and helps keeping rocks up and also has a good match up overall.

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

My power died so excuse the lateness and the sloppiness of this post

Smallsmallrose
TimeToTestThisTeam
vivalospride
Darksafadao

Voting due by Saturday bop

 

[avarice]

Safa

 

[Smallsmallrose]

Voting for TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

 

[TimeToTestThisTeam]

Gotta vote for my boy Crawdaunt. Smallsmallrose

 

[ehT]

safa bc virizion is lit rn

 

[Lost Soul]

Darksafadao

 

[revelations]

Darksafado

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Congratulations, Darksafadao! You've Virizion'd your way to the top of this week :D

Darksafadao - 4
Smallsmallrose / TimeToTestThisTeam - 1

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Looks like we've gotten a fresh team from the Smogon Snake Draft this time! Thanks a bunch, Shiba!

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LUCKY YOU (Kommo-o) @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Drain Punch
- Poison Jab

NOT AFRAID (Rotom-Heat) @ Iapapa Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 8 SpA / 248 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Overheat
- Volt Switch
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split

MYNAMEIS (40.633%) (Scizor) @ Iron Plate
Ability: Technician
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Roost

FOREVER (Sceptile-Mega) @ Sceptilite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Giga Drain
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Fire]

KILLSHOT (Empoleon) @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Protect

WONT BACK DOWN (Gligar) @ Eviolite
Ability: Immunity
EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 104 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 29 Spe
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Defog
- Toxic

The team was built around Kommo-o with the goal for Kommo-o to clean after a Dragon Dance. Rotom-H is there to help lure and T-wave Scarf Dragons such as Latias and Hydreigon. Offnesive SD Scizor and Sceptile are there to break down defensive cores pretty well together. And lastly, Empoleon and Gligar round out the team as a fantastic defensive core as well as being my Rocker + Defogger.

Please submit your cores by Thursday, as usual! Thanks for participating, everyone!