BW2 Rain Offense

[Zephyr101]

Teambuilding Process

I wanted a team with a Parashuffler Dragonite. And also the most broken pokemon in OU as of now.

Then I decided to add Mamoswine because of It's nice attack and Priority Ice Shard to take down all these flying genies running around and dragons in the OU Metagame.

With me paralyzing my opponents team with Dragonite I would need a revenge killer to help me sweep. I chose Keldeo And since Dragonite was a Special wall I needed a Physichal wall who can set up hazards. I choose Ferrothorn which also has access to Thunder Wave which will help my team.

To help me revenge kill I decided to add Landorus-T because of It's nice attack.

The team did well on PO but Dragonite wasn't as good as I thought It would be. So I decided to switch it out for Latias because it wouldn't give me a weakness to stealth rocks and because of It's good special bulk.

Latias did good. But my team needed some kind of healing move to help my pokemon take hits and still revenge kill. So I switched Latias for Specially Defensive Jirachi. And So far It's doing pretty well.

I took Jirachi's suggestion and changed my Mamoswine to Scarftoad and as of now it is working wonders. Still open to suggestions tho.

Now Onto the team.

Jirachi @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Hp/228 SpD/28 Spd
Nature: Calm
- Stealth Rocks
- Thunder Wave
- Iron Head
- Wish

Jirachi's main point In my team is to spread Paralysis and set up stealth rocks.
Since no other members have a good reliable healing move. I use Jirachi for wish support on my sweepers.
It's EV's are to give it alot of Special bulk and some speed EV's to be able to outspeed some pokemon so It can Thunder Wave them and flinch hax them to death. Stealth rocks because It is the MOST Important move in the game. And It helps me sweep faster.

Tornadus-T @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
Evs: 252 Spd/ 252 SpA/4 Hp
Nature: Timid
- U-Turn
- Hurricane
- Heat Wave
- Superpower

This thing. Oh my god! This thing is so powerful! It hits So many things for good damage and It has amazing Speed! I have U-turn to scout what My opponent may do because of my amazing speed I generally outspeed.
Hurricane because of it's amazing power and STAB.
Heat wave for pokemon like other Jirachi that come in to take my hits.
Superpower is to deal with Blissey that think they can wall me.

Politoed @ choice Scarf
Ability: Drizzle
Evs: 252 SpA/ 252 Spd/ 4 Hp
Nature: Timid
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Perish Song

As suggested by Jirachi I replaced Mamoswine with this. And to my surprise It does surprisingly well. Scarf Hydro Pump in the rain is a great for revenge killing. Ice beam is for Dragons and genies and such. Focus Blast is there for Coverage for pokemon I can't really hit so hard. Such as Ferrothorn
And Perish song is for annoying people that want to set up on me and also baton pass teams.

Keldeo-R @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
Evs: 252 SpA/ 252 Spd/4 Hp
Nature: Timid
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword

This thing is just pure POWER. If my opponent let's me get a free Sub. I get a free Calm Mind and With the paralysis on the opposing pokemon I can keep subbing until they get para-haxed and I can get of another calm mind and this thing after +2 A Hydro Pump OHKO's Specially Defensive Jirachi which is amazing.
Secret Sword for Ferrothorns and Stuff like that. Great Revenge Killer. Most of the times my Late game sweeper. Even sometimes I only get up a sub and a Calm Mind and people forfeit cause they know they're gonna get destroyed! Haah.

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Evs 252 Hp/ 164 SpD/ 94 Def 0 Spd IVs
Nature: Sassy
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
- Spikes
- Power Whip

My Ferrothorn is great right now. Leech seed let's me get some kind of recovery along with leftovers. With sassy nature and 0 speed IVs Gyro ball is extremely powerful and Hit's dragons pretty well along . Setting up spikes is always helpful when I want to sweep. Power whip is really useful for things such as Vaporeon and Jellicent. And well yeah. Not much to say about it..

Landorus-T @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Evs: 252 Atk/ 252 Speed/ 4 Hp
Nature: Jolly
- U-Turn
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Superpower

This is my other and last revenge killer It's amazing base 145 Attack stat is just overwhelming! Having U-turn on this guy and on my Torndaus-T helps me keep momentum going and also let's me scout what kind of set my opponent runs. With intimidate it can lower common switch in pokemon's attack like mamoswine. with intimidate an Ice shard won't kill. And my Superpower will OHKO it.


And that's about it.
My team is very open to suggestions. on PO I peaked at rank 43 Sorry I don't have a picture. But I kept on playing in hopes of reaching around the top 5 but I got smashed lol.
Help please and thank you
Changes In Red.

 

[HardCore]

This is a pretty solid team assuming you are facing a rain or sand team. I'd suggest trying a Hidden Power on Keldeo if anything, but it looks like it can stand up to the meta-game. The only problem I can see is that in Sun you would easily get sept by a + 1 Volcarona. Your Pokemon aren't powerless against it, but Lum and sub Volcarona would easily sweep this team. I would suggest that you put Rain Dance on at least 1 Pokemon preferably Tornadus or maybe Ferrothorn. With the decent amount of sun teams I have seen I would strongly suggest considering something to handle Sun teams powerful offense.

 

[Jirachee]

Hi

Your team is well balanced, however, there are some threats that can smash you to pieces even though you have the right check to it, being Ferrothorn. Right now your Ferrothorn set can't really do anything bad to the opponent other than Thunder Waving them, and while it might cripple them, you absolutely can't win on 1v1. These include very common and dangerous threats, like Rotom-W. This is bad because Ferrothorn is your only check to powerful Water types, and with Rain running rampant in the current metagame, you might find yourself losing quite often to the likes of Choice Specs Politoed and Life Orb Starmie since while Ferrothorn is a great defensive pivot, it should be able to deal damage to what it walls otherwise you won't really make them switch out and you will lose to their continuous blows. Changing Ferrothorn's set is an excellent idea, because even without investment it can pack quite a punch and nothing that gets walled really want to stay in.

Now I think that your team would really appreciate Drizzle support. Half of your team (Keldeo, Tornadus-T and Ferrothorn) are absolutely amazing Rain abusers. Keldeo really enjoys boosted Hydro Pumps because it allows it to break through many of the bulkier resists that could try to wall you (Salamence in particular). Tornadus-T is so much more effective with 100% accurate Hurricanes, because it gets many, many 2HKOes even on stuff that resist it and the chances of hitting Hurricane twice is actually of 49%, which is a coin flip. With rain, you're 100% sure of hitting 100% of the time (unless opponent changes weather, and Ninetales and Tyranitar aren't exactly eager to take Hurricane / Superpower). Ferrothorn also appreciates the company of Drizzle Politoed as it can now completely shut down Latios with Hidden Power Fire, and it can actually take weak fire moves. Using Choice Scarf Politoed over Mamoswine seems to be the best idea to me, as it is still able to revenge kill stuff like Tornadus-T and Thundurus-T, while DD Dragons like Salamence and Dragonite are beaten by your Steel types. When I look at your team, the first thing that comes to my mind is that it's a rain team... without rain.

Here are the sets you should run:

Ferrothorn and Politoed

@ Leftovers
Iron Barbs
Careful
EVs: 252 HP / 92 Def / 164 SpD
-Power Whip
-Spikes
-Thunder Wave / Gyro Ball (Gyro Ball is useful for dealing with Dragons)
-Leech Seed

@ Choice Scarf
Drizzle
Timid
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Focus Blast
-Perish Song

Good luck!

 

[Zephyr101]

Hi

Your team is well balanced, however, there are some threats that can smash you to pieces even though you have the right check to it, being Ferrothorn. Right now your Ferrothorn set can't really do anything bad to the opponent other than Thunder Waving them, and while it might cripple them, you absolutely can't win on 1v1. These include very common and dangerous threats, like Rotom-W. This is bad because Ferrothorn is your only check to powerful Water types, and with Rain running rampant in the current metagame, you might find yourself losing quite often to the likes of Choice Specs Politoed and Life Orb Starmie since while Ferrothorn is a great defensive pivot, it should be able to deal damage to what it walls otherwise you won't really make them switch out and you will lose to their continuous blows. Changing Ferrothorn's set is an excellent idea, because even without investment it can pack quite a punch and nothing that gets walled really want to stay in.

Now I think that your team would really appreciate Drizzle support. Half of your team (Keldeo, Tornadus-T and Ferrothorn) are absolutely amazing Rain abusers. Keldeo really enjoys boosted Hydro Pumps because it allows it to break through many of the bulkier resists that could try to wall you (Salamence in particular). Tornadus-T is so much more effective with 100% accurate Hurricanes, because it gets many, many 2HKOes even on stuff that resist it and the chances of hitting Hurricane twice is actually of 49%, which is a coin flip. With rain, you're 100% sure of hitting 100% of the time (unless opponent changes weather, and Ninetales and Tyranitar aren't exactly eager to take Hurricane / Superpower). Ferrothorn also appreciates the company of Drizzle Politoed as it can now completely shut down Latios with Hidden Power Fire, and it can actually take weak fire moves. Using Choice Scarf Politoed over Mamoswine seems to be the best idea to me, as it is still able to revenge kill stuff like Tornadus-T and Thundurus-T, while DD Dragons like Salamence and Dragonite are beaten by your Steel types. When I look at your team, the first thing that comes to my mind is that it's a rain team... without rain.

Here are the sets you should run:

Ferrothorn and Politoed

@ Leftovers
Iron Barbs
Careful
EVs: 252 HP / 92 Def / 164 SpD
-Power Whip
-Spikes
-Thunder Wave / Gyro Ball (Gyro Ball is useful for dealing with Dragons)
-Leech Seed

@ Choice Scarf
Drizzle
Timid
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Focus Blast
-Perish Song

Good luck!

I'll try that. Thanks.

 

[Zephyr101]

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