SM OU Caron Smith's Sloppy Seconds (Final Gambit Victini Peaked #1 2066 Elo)

[RainyDays]

Intro:
Hey boys, Caron Smith is back with a fun and new team. It carries the potential to beat any play style if used correctly and has a cool surprise factor. It even beats the team Moskito Cup stole which he ladders 24/7 with on 5 different accounts (we know).The team is centered around scarf Final Gambit Victini which picked up a kill just about every game I used it. It can deal with rain and stall but its worst match up has to be sticky web. That being said lets get right into it.

Proof:

Team building process: literally pulled it out of my ass. Caron= god :)

Roles:


Victini is my lead almost every game except against Azelf sash lead teams and stall. Its role is pretty much just killing itself with Final Gambit, however there are a couple teams that get destroyed by scarf Victini alone.


Manectric is great for keeping up hazards against no life stall players and all around maintaining momentum for the team. It is also the teams best check to Celesteela and can be used to widdle down threats like Mega Lopunny and Heatran.


Excadrill is my lead when playing sash and stall teams as it gets up free rocks against stall teams and can spam rapid spin to keep off hazards against sash leads. It is a great check to threats like Clefable and is the sole hazard removal on the team.


Ferrothorn is necessary in order to beat rain teams as it Protects and Leech Seeds to stall rain turns. Ferrothorn gets up spikes to weaken Pokemon for Ash-Greninja and Thundurus sweeps. Also, Ferrothorn is very important to keep near max HP against Tapu-Lele Alakazam cores.


Ash-Greninja is going to be banned soon so enjoy it while you can. This set is pretty self explanatory as it gets a kill, 'evolves', then sweeps. Ice beam is over spikes and u-turn because this team already has a spike user and Tapu-Bulu can be an issue.


Thundurus used to be a Dragonite, as shown in my replays of destroying bad players like Mob Barley. This team struggles against Mega Venusaur so when facing one, try to keep this alive. Thundurus is a great wall breaker and heavily pressures stall. Once either Clefable or Quagsire is weakened, Thundurus can nearly take on stall by itself.

Victini @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Victory Star
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Final Gambit
- V-create
- Bolt Strike
- U-turn

Manectric-Mega @ Manectite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 72 Def / 184 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Spikes
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
- Protect

Greninja-Ash @ Choice Specs
Ability: Battle Bond
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Water Shuriken

Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin

Thundurus @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Fly
- Wild Charge
- Superpower


Replays: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603673948 Mob Barley (lol)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603838021 Patlop
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603839834 Resonant Lives
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603842513 CVCXCXAZ
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603847233 Patlop
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603865600 Paycard
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603868051 Sweet Posho
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603877334 Bjork
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603882706 Kory2600
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603885127 Bjork
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-603896167 Wheitron

Final Tips:
Keeping up hazards against stall is crucial, so making some doubles into Manectric as you think Skarmory is coming in can be game changing.
Do not let Ferrothorn die against rain, Kingdra will bone you.
Also when facing Lele Alakazam cores, sometimes Victini is needed to revenge kill so do not sack it on turn 1.
Never let all of your Pokemon die. Forfeit, do not give them the satisfaction.

 

[Imperator Caesar]

Hi man it's a really fun team which looks effective. A scarf final gambit Victini is absolutely not expected, so it can guarantee at least one kill. Moreover it can do a volt-turn core with M Manetric if you don't sacrifice it. Ferrothorn is your answer to many threats. Ash Gren is an excellent late game cleaner however I'll probably play u-turn on it indeed it increases your stall Match up which is in my opinion pretty bad. Excadrill is an excellent hasard setter and lead especially against stall teams. And your set of Thundurus makes me hard it seems really cool, but I don't know if it is always effective. Well, in my opinion stall teams are ridiculously effective against your squad, dug threats M Manetric a lot and if M Manetric faints your current team loses. It's why iron head on excadrill may be useful as well as U Turn Ash Gren. Then Thundurus will sweep the opponent's team with some preliminary damages.

Ty for reading. I hope my rate will be helpful.

 

[OrangeGuru]

Seems like a great team (as evidenced by your #1 peak - gratz!). I'm personally not a fan of Mega Manectric, so perhaps replacing it with another mega like Mega Mawile would help considering Thundurus and MegaMan have similar-ish roles (minus the VoltTurn part obviously). Also, another interesting second tab lol.

 

[RainyDays]

Hi man it's a really fun team which looks effective. A scarf final gambit Victini is absolutely not expected, so it can guarantee at least one kill. Moreover it can do a volt-turn core with M Manetric if you don't sacrifice it. Ferrothorn is your answer to many threats. Ash Gren is an excellent late game cleaner however I'll probably play u-turn on it indeed it increases your stall Match up which is in my opinion pretty bad. Excadrill is an excellent hasard setter and lead especially against stall teams. And your set of Thundurus makes me hard it seems really cool, but I don't know if it is always effective. Well, in my opinion stall teams are ridiculously effective against your squad, dug threats M Manetric a lot and if M Manetric faints your current team loses. It's why iron head on excadrill may be useful as well as U Turn Ash Gren. Then Thundurus will sweep the opponent's team with some preliminary damages.

Ty for reading. I hope my rate will be helpful.

U turn could definitely work thank you for the suggestions commander

 

[RainyDays]

Seems like a great team (as evidenced by your #1 peak - gratz!). I'm personally not a fan of Mega Manectric, so perhaps replacing it with another mega like Mega Mawile would help considering Thundurus and MegaMan have similar-ish roles (minus the VoltTurn part obviously). Also, another interesting second tab lol.

I haven't tested the team with anything but manectric but u never know it could work. Thanks for the suggestion

 

[Christian Flores]

i suggest you change your gren to protean since volc is annoying to your team
Greninja (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- U-turn
- Gunk Shot
- Ice Beam
- Rock Slide
This set can serve as a late game sweeper to when mega menectric and thundurus are down to deal with fini and when thundurus used its z before and victini is down killing tangrowth.