BW OU Storm of Ages

[Bluecaptain]

Storm of Ages
Hello, Bluecaptain here. I haven' put an RMT in a long time, so I thought it was about time. While I lurk significantly more than I contribute, I just like to say that Smogon is the best community for learning your way though competitive Pokemon, so props on that.
The team started with a offensive sandstorm core, Tyranitar/Exadrill, to mess with other weather teams and to get a two powerful attackers on my side. Gyarados covers my Fighting weakness that comes with using this combination, while Ferrothorn stops water moves. Thundurus hits opposing Ferrothorns and dragons hard, letting me predict a switch and get off a good hit. Roobushin can take advantage of toxic spike and is very willing to switch into choiced moves that it resists and Bulk Up, can KO weakened Pokemon with mach punch or hard with drain punch.

Gyarados (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Intimidate

EVs: 156 HP / 72 Atk / 96 Def / 184 Spd

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

- Thunder Wave
- Waterfall
- Taunt
- Stone Edge

I use Gyarados as my lead to put pressure of my opponent to switch if they have a physical attacker and it can taunt to take care of pesky entry hazard users, especially stealth rock. Sometimes I use thunder wave to cripple special sweepers that will switch in, Latios and Thundarus are good ones to hit. Waterfall is helped when rain happens to be up against drizzle teams, while providing much needed water coverage. Stone Edge hits a verity of Pokémon neutrally while it is not an ideal coverage choice, being able to damage an opposing Gyarados is very important. EVs are for the bulky set, allowing it to switch in a lot while still being able to fire off strong attacks.

Nattorei (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Iron Barbs

EVs: 252 HP / 60 Def / 196 SDef

Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd)

- Leech Seed
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock

Ferrothorn walls so many Pokémon it is crucial for many teams. It helps my team defend against water types. I have 2 water weaknesses that can't really take a hit. Tyranitar can take a surf but only if it’s at 100%. The EVs provide standard bulkyness, allowing it to take advantage of iron barbs against an outraging dragon or any other physical attacker that it resists. Ferrothorn is one of three fighting weaknesses that I want to rid myself of, as I only have Gyarados being bulky enough to take strong physical hits, Thundarus to frail.

Borutorosu (M) @ Life Orb

Trait: Mischievous Heart

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

- Thunderbolt
- Focus Blast
- Nasty Plot
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Not a utility set, I am going for power and sweeping capacity. The coverage includes a pseudo-Bolt/Beam combo while hitting ferrothorn/rock types with focus blast. Ice is for 4x weak dragons that I otherwise would have a hard time killing, like Garchomp who can switch into Thunderbolt freely. Thundarus can only switch in one or two times depending on stealth rock/sandstorm, this is unfortunate and I am considering replacing it with the ground/flying genie.

Doryuuzu (M) @ Balloon

Trait: Sand Throw

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
- Swords Dance

The physical sweeper dreaded in sand, yes it’s here too. Balloon to cover the ground weakness that he commonly encounters, while jolly is to outrun or for sure speed tie with other Exadrill. It only gets rockslide/earthquake instead of stone edge but that would be cruel. The flinching for Rock Slide can help out occasionally. X-Scissor can hit Reuniclus pretty hard; he can be a threat to sand teams due to magic guard. Tyranitar also covers Reuniclus. Swords dance on the switch can allow for a late game sweep once most of the defensive Pokémon are gone.

Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Scarf

Trait: Sand Stream

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

- Pursuit
- Crunch
- Stone Edge
- Superpower

I use Tyranitar as a revenge killer, and boy does he do his job well. The boost from sandstorm to his special defense helps tremendously allowing me to switch into a thunder bolt/psychic/draco meteor from Latios, in a pinch he can even take water attacks. Sand Stream combats other weather teams, rain is more of a threat than sun but both have their powerhouses. Pursuit is great for revenge killing any psychic/ghost giving me problems that will switch out and crunch allows me to play mind games. Stone edge and superpower add good coverage hitting and ferrothorn that would otherwise wall it completely.

Roobushin (F) @ Leftovers

Trait: Guts

EVs: 248 HP / 16 Atk / 244 SDef

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Stone Edge
- Bulk Up

My second favorite Pokémon on the team, Roobushin really sticks around to do some major damage. Drain Punch allows for consistent recovery and a good amount of damage without boosts after guts activates or if there are a few Bulk Ups under her belt, Roob can get a little crazy good. Mach Punch kills off opposing Tyranitar and Exadrill, while hitting faster Pokémon that try to come in on a bulk up pretty hard too. Stone Edge definitely has better coverage than payback, it hits flying types that would otherwise wall it harder more consistently, while payback relies on them attacking. EVs used to be to survive an overheat/everything else from Shandalure in dream world, but now that he is less common maybe they could be arranged differently.
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[Bluecaptain]

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[yandere1337]

You can replace thundurous with a Latias if you want a bulk fighting resistance. Your team resists a variety of weaknesses from Latias. if you don't like Latias, reuniclus can provide better support for Ferrothorn. I recommend Latias more because it provides you with earth immunity so it takes off some pressure on your gyarados.

 

[chimpact]

Ferrothorn or Excadrill has to go if you dont want to be mauled by fighting attacks. You really only have one good resist since Thunderus can't really take hits due to it having life orb. They add an unneeded Fighting weakness to your team. You can easily replace one of them and have a better defensive team.

You can replace Excadrill with Landlos, who hits harder due to sandpower and has that fighting resistance. You can go with the Choice Scarf Landlos set with 3 physical moves with HP [Ice] for Gliscor, or SD/Rock polish set up.

Id also get rid of Thundurus for Trick Room Reuiniclus. It can abuse Sandstorm by getting some KO's it otherwise wouldnt with the residual damage, and it doesnt take any damage from SS either obviously.
252 HP / 4 Def /252 SpA [0 in Speed IV]
Quiet nature
Trick room
Psychic
Focus Blast
Shadow Ball [or Recover if you dont care about your coverage]
It also provides good synergy for Conkeldurr since he's pretty slow as well.

 

[AB2]

Hey, this team looks pretty cool but Trick Room Reuniclus is going to give you some problems because it literally has the ability to completely control the momentum. Nothing on this team has the ability to buffer Reuniclus under Trick Room either, making the situation even worse for you. Also, Gliscor walls a great deal of your team and finds more than one perfect opportunity to set up a Swords Dance and begin to blow holes in your offense. Not to mention, that the two Pokemon which aren't walled completely by Gliscor are weak to stealth rocks, making this predicament even worse for you. Will-o-Wisp Rotom-W is in the same boat as it can wall a great majority of this team and the pokemon that aren't walled just don't do enough damage to take it on.

First of all I'd try running Ice Beam | Stone Edge | Crunch | Pursuit on Tyranitar. This will allow you to revenge kill a more wide array of threats such as Gliscor much more easily. Also, it nets a great surprise kill on most Garchomp, as they just expect a free sub versus Tyranitar. As for your Trick Room Reuniclus weakness, I would try running a Deoxys-D over Ferrathorn. This will allow you to not only just about completely counter Reuniclus, but spike on it as well. Also, Deoxys provides excellent utility in terms of taking hits, so your synergy where Ferrathorn was won't be messed with too much. Deo-D is also able to provide a decent check to Will-o-Wisp Rotom as you can sponge hits very easily and wear it down with Night Shade while recovering off any damage.

If you decide to get rid of Ferrathorn, you might have trouble against Drizzle teams. This is why you could test a seemingly unorthodox suggestion over your Gyarados. I believe that a defensive Gastrodon would work perfectly on this team as it gives you a water immune with Storm Drain, it checks very annoying threats such as opposing Thundurus, Rotom-W, Starmie, and it completely walls Drizzle teams. Although it seems very unorthodox, it would work very effectively on this team, especially since it removes almost every threat that you're weak to. As for some other options, I would try running the EV spread of 120 HP | 252 Atk | 136 SpD on Conkeldurr, as this will allow you to check Excadrill much better with Mach Punch. The spread you currently have will be hard pressed in doing so as running almost no attack will allow Excadrill to boost and do massive damage to your entire team. Also, you could try Thunder Wave and Taunt on Thundurus with Leftovers as this makes an amazing pokemon to shift the momentum in your favor, especially if you don't want to wear down Thundurus with a Nasty Plot sweep.

Gastrodon

Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Calm 252 HP | 4 SpA | 252 SpD Storm Drain
Scald | Recover | Earth Power | Toxic

Deoxys

Deoxys-D @ Leftovers
Calm 252 HP | 4 Def | 252 SpD Pressure
Spikes | Recover | Taunt | Night Shade

This seems like a really cool team, good luck.

 

[Bluecaptain]

You can replace thundurous with a Latias if you want a bulk fighting resistance. Your team resists a variety of weaknesses from Latias. if you don't like Latias, reuniclus can provide better support for Ferrothorn. I recommend Latias more because it provides you with earth immunity so it takes off some pressure on your gyarados.

I might use latias/latios, thanks for the suggestion. What set do you think would be best, calm mind/choice?

Ferrothorn or Excadrill has to go if you don't want to be mauled by fighting attacks. You really only have one good resist since Thunderus can't really take hits due to it having life orb. They add an unneeded Fighting weakness to your team. You can easily replace one of them and have a better defensive team.

You can replace Excadrill with Landlos, who hits harder due to sandpower and has that fighting resistance. You can go with the Choice Scarf Landlos set with 3 physical moves with HP [Ice] for Gliscor, or SD/Rock polish set up.

Id also get rid of Thundurus for Trick Room Reuiniclus. It can abuse Sandstorm by getting some KO's it otherwise wouldnt with the residual damage, and it doesnt take any damage from SS either obviously.
252 HP / 4 Def /252 SpA [0 in Speed IV]
Quiet nature
Trick room
Psychic
Focus Blast
Shadow Ball [or Recover if you dont care about your coverage]
It also provides good synergy for Conkeldurr since he's pretty slow as well.

I don't ill be replacing Exadrill with landlos as that would give me a third ice weakness with no one to resist it, but I considered him over Thundarous. I had tested TR Reuniclus but found it less that amazing. With some other changes I think he might be able to fit in, but not at the moment. It might be possible to use a calm mind Reuniclus, but sweeping with Trick Room is always so risky. I have also seen a higher use of Scizor, who easily forces out Reuniclus.

Hey, this team looks pretty cool but Trick Room Reuniclus is going to give you some problems because it literally has the ability to completely control the momentum. Nothing on this team has the ability to buffer Reuniclus under Trick Room either, making the situation even worse for you. Also, Gliscor walls a great deal of your team and finds more than one perfect opportunity to set up a Swords Dance and begin to blow holes in your offense. Not to mention, that the two Pokemon which aren't walled completely by Gliscor are weak to stealth rocks, making this predicament even worse for you. Will-o-Wisp Rotom-W is in the same boat as it can wall a great majority of this team and the pokemon that aren't walled just don't do enough damage to take it on.

First of all I'd try running Ice Beam | Stone Edge | Crunch | Pursuit on Tyranitar. This will allow you to revenge kill a more wide array of threats such as Gliscor much more easily. Also, it nets a great surprise kill on most Garchomp, as they just expect a free sub versus Tyranitar. As for your Trick Room Reuniclus weakness, I would try running a Deoxys-D over Ferrathorn. This will allow you to not only just about completely counter Reuniclus, but spike on it as well. Also, Deoxys provides excellent utility in terms of taking hits, so your synergy where Ferrathorn was won't be messed with too much. Deo-D is also able to provide a decent check to Will-o-Wisp Rotom as you can sponge hits very easily and wear it down with Night Shade while recovering off any damage.

If you decide to get rid of Ferrathorn, you might have trouble against Drizzle teams. This is why you could test a seemingly unorthodox suggestion over your Gyarados. I believe that a defensive Gastrodon would work perfectly on this team as it gives you a water immune with Storm Drain, it checks very annoying threats such as opposing Thundurus, Rotom-W, Starmie, and it completely walls Drizzle teams. Although it seems very unorthodox, it would work very effectively on this team, especially since it removes almost every threat that you're weak to. As for some other options, I would try running the EV spread of 120 HP | 252 Atk | 136 SpD on Conkeldurr, as this will allow you to check Excadrill much better with Mach Punch. The spread you currently have will be hard pressed in doing so as running almost no attack will allow Excadrill to boost and do massive damage to your entire team. Also, you could try Thunder Wave and Taunt on Thundurus with Leftovers as this makes an amazing pokemon to shift the momentum in your favor, especially if you don't want to wear down Thundurus with a Nasty Plot sweep.

Gastrodon

Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Calm 252 HP | 4 SpA | 252 SpD Storm Drain
Scald | Recover | Earth Power | Toxic

Deoxys

Deoxys-D @ Leftovers
Calm 252 HP | 4 Def | 252 SpD Pressure
Spikes | Recover | Taunt | Night Shade

This seems like a really cool team, good luck.

I will test these ideas, thank you so much. Unorthodox is a very valuable strategy, surprising opponents with threats they are unable to deal with. I don't know what to do if reuniclus caries shadow ball, as it will hurt DeoD effectively, so help with that is good. Other than that since I haven't tested these yet, do you foresee a problem with physical sweepers? I do.