XY OU Bulky Mega- Scizor. Please Rate My Team

[Nhlfannow]

Scizor-Mega @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 116 Def / 100 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Knock Off
- Roost

So this whole team is based around Bulky Mega Scizor. Mega Scizor is a Pokemon that I have always wanted to try. The point of the set is to set up SD's and roost off any damage. The EV spread allows me to take both physical and special hits. Bullet punch is both stab, has priority and is boosted by technician, while Knock Off is there for coverage.

Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Defog

Latios is a strong special attacker which get the benefit of also being able to learn defog. Latios resists fire type attacks which can OK Mega- Scizor. Thunderbolt is there so I can hit Azumarill.

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon

Heatran is mostly used because of it's ability flash fire. Heatran also sets up rocks and can wall Talonflame effectively. I use lava plume over fire blast and flamethrower because I like the 30% chance to burn. Earth power is used to hit other Heatran's which give Mega- Scizor trouble

Azumarill @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Superpower

Azumarill is used so that I can hit fire types hard. I prefer the choice banded set over the belly drum set which Is why there is a choice band. Super Power is used so that I can nail Ferrothorn on the switch in. (I have done this multiple times) Azumarill also provides the team with priority.

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Knock Off

Landorus is my choice scarf user on the team. Intimidate is fantastic as it lowers the attack of many threats and Landorus can wall Talonflame (Sort-of). Stone edge and earthquake allow me to hit fire types hard whicle U-turn and Knock- Off allow me to get either switch priority or allow me to get rid of my opponents item. Adamant is used over jolly so I can hit extra hard

Clefable @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled

Clefable is just a great Pokemon, that can sweep many teams. Once it has a couple of calm minds up it is hard to take down. It also can take will-o-wisp's if ever needed to.

 

[Trysmeth]

Hello!

here are the changes i think would help your team most.

i think you should switch those 44 evs in atk into defense, just to have a bit more of survavibility.
anyway you use sword dance, so you shouldn't have troble in boosting your attack.

about latios... i did some math into calculator
252 SpA Latios Psyshock vs. 16 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 159-187 (46 - 54.2%) -- 52.3% chance to 2HKO
this considering an assault vest azumarill which should be your "trouble"
so considering this i would suggest you to do this: replace thunderbolt with trick and put choice scarf.
this might be "silly" but if you think about it, you alrdeady have mega scizor which can knock off, but most of times when somebody see a mega scizor , they will never leave their eviolite chansey in front of latios.
with trick you can trick them, steal their eviolite and pass the eviolite to annother pokemon of their team, making 2 of his pokemon "useless".
just some math.
before with eviolite
252 SpA Latios Psyshock vs. 4 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 174-205 (27.1 - 31.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
after without eviolite
252 SpA Latios Psyshock vs. 4 HP / 252+ Def Chansey: 259-306 (40.3 - 47.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

i would actually use leftovers over air balloon, anyway heatran always get an hit now or later, so better to have a bit of recovery.
or you could try the shukka berry for some "surprise" effect.


rest of the team looks very solid!

i hope my english wasn't so bad, and i wish you good battles! :)

 

[rob.]

Hey, I'm going to drop a few suggestions. The first would be to give Azumarill some speed, which would help it against Clefable. A spread of 76 HP / 252 Atk / 180 Spe will allow Azumarill to outspeed and 2HKO max defense Clefable with Play Rough. Without the speed Clefable can just recover it's health with Softboiled while boosting it's Spa and SpD with Calm Mind. Another thing would be to alter Landorus-T's EV spread so it can perform better as a bulky pivot, a spread of 104 HP / 252 Atk / 152 Spe allows it to outspeed all relevant threats while retaining some bulk. Move the 4 HP EVs on Latios to SpD to minimize Life Orb recoil. You also need some speed to outspeed opposing Heatran. A 248 HP / 200 Spa / 60 Spe would allow you to outspeed the most common 40 Spe Heatran. Using Taunt over Flash Cannon would help the team a ton when dealing with supporting Pokemon (Clefable, Ferrothorn, Skarmory, Sylveon, etc) and stall teams. Hope I helped n_n.