1LDK
Vengeance
Idea for the team:
So this is the first time ive played at all since 2020 and first team in 2 years, so i was out due to my mental state being insanely low that i could barely survive (ill be real, its still bad, but i at least can make sometime to comeback) and when I checked Smogon forums i saw Melmetal being suspect tested, and that made my brain said "hey, depression hits hard, but Choice band Melmetal hits harder" and so I decided to make a team based around him (turns out, it was bad)
Lets see the team
Melmetal @ Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Double Iron Bash
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Ice Punch
So this is the main mon, as you can see, it hits, its pain, and it breaks stuff, i went with the standard smogon set, so it does the usual smogon things, i decided to go with Ice punch instead of Thunder Punch because im not going with Koko, i also feel confident on breaking pex one way or another, and I already resist dragon so i can either kill the dragon that though could kill me with EQ, or shit on the bird that its trying to remove SR, one thing that i notice its that its a Knock Off Magnet, so be carefull because [checks notes]* everything has Knock Off in this metagame
Tapu Fini @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 44 SpD / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Trick
- Taunt
Tapu Fini is here to fill the water type roll, I decided to go with the Smogon set and this thing really puts in the work, it helps my team with status, its surprising how hard i can laugh at stall all day with this set and burns make sure i can soft everything up for a nice cleaning sesion, it does have a bit of a problem with Dragapult as his Draco Meteor becomes a hugs shower with misty terrain, so thats something to keep an eye for
Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Heat Wave
- Roost
- Defog
Zapdos is my phisical tank, I chose him for volt switch specifically to keep the ball rolling, and i can also use Volt switch in situations where i dont wanna U turn heat wave because that ferro aint gonna counter himself, also it lets me sit on Rillaboom all day, with that in mind, ice types are a big problem, and it seems that Weaville is in literally everywhere, so Heat wave helps a lot in that regard, with enough roost spam, and defog, i can keep a surprising amount of things at beateable level
Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hex
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
I went with dragapult as a dragon type to fill out the dragon/Fairy/Steel Core, Draco Meteor is a great "oh shit please get off me" tool, unless theres Misty terrain, so at least Hex helps out with that, I went with WoW for the burn spam but I can see people opting for Toxic or Thunder wave to have some variety against specific mons like Heatran, pex or whatever, and as always, U-turn because I love spamming passive/agressive moves that make me feel smart
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 104 Def / 156 SpD
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Okay so fun fact: on the first try out of the team, i forgot to put a special tank, and almost got swept by a Tapu Koko, because he now runs Fairy moves, who knew? well, me didnt, luckily for me, the guy chocked and i won anyways, but thats the story of why im going with specially defensive lando T, i saw a guy putting this spread specifically for the situation i was in, so now i can put all my eggs in one basket who is quad weak to ice but has intimidate so at least Weavile is getting spooked, also Its my only mon with Knock Off so he can help on the break things effort
Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Bug Buzz
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Quiver Dance
Okay so, last mon is Volcarona, Why? because i realized i needed a special cleaner who could take at least an ice move and be usefull as an "Oh shit" last resort effort, he basically either sweeps at the start or at the end after Melmetal died and killed something on his way out, and Melmetal ALWAYS, takes something out, I went with timid because Excadrill outspeed me otherwise, i learned the hard way. Although the team is quite bad, i think Volc is the weakest link, and that is saying something, and no, Heatran is not a real mon, please get out of my head
Putting the team in practice:
I of course tried 10 matches with this team against 10 different low ladder opponents and test the waters, and the results are quite clear:
For starters lets take a look at my Volcanion and Blacephalon answers:
Now that we talked about my answers to those mons, special mention goes to Heatran and Autotomize Celesteela, the former who in theory is piss easy to counter, but in reality can scare my fini with any steel move, he can eat my burn fishing attemps all day and even tho he goes down with lando, its hard getting through him in the first place. While the lader gave me a fucking Jumpscare
Conclussion:
I fucking suck at this game, i dont belive the idea its bad per se, but its more than clear than im not a good player at all, it does not help that i have a good amount of rust, but i was always bad, still, had some fun with clicking DIB on that ice type that though that lando t was food, and had even more fun shitting on Slowbros with CS trick from Fini
https://pokepast.es/7668d911cf8ef23e
here is the paste, i hope you all have at least some fun with this team, thanks to whoever is reading all of this and I hope you have a nice week
PD: Poke paste does not have a HDB sprite and not seeing the item despite being there scares me a little, but thats just me
So this is the first time ive played at all since 2020 and first team in 2 years, so i was out due to my mental state being insanely low that i could barely survive (ill be real, its still bad, but i at least can make sometime to comeback) and when I checked Smogon forums i saw Melmetal being suspect tested, and that made my brain said "hey, depression hits hard, but Choice band Melmetal hits harder" and so I decided to make a team based around him (turns out, it was bad)
Lets see the team
Melmetal @ Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Double Iron Bash
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Ice Punch
So this is the main mon, as you can see, it hits, its pain, and it breaks stuff, i went with the standard smogon set, so it does the usual smogon things, i decided to go with Ice punch instead of Thunder Punch because im not going with Koko, i also feel confident on breaking pex one way or another, and I already resist dragon so i can either kill the dragon that though could kill me with EQ, or shit on the bird that its trying to remove SR, one thing that i notice its that its a Knock Off Magnet, so be carefull because [checks notes]* everything has Knock Off in this metagame
Tapu Fini @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 44 SpD / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Trick
- Taunt
Tapu Fini is here to fill the water type roll, I decided to go with the Smogon set and this thing really puts in the work, it helps my team with status, its surprising how hard i can laugh at stall all day with this set and burns make sure i can soft everything up for a nice cleaning sesion, it does have a bit of a problem with Dragapult as his Draco Meteor becomes a hugs shower with misty terrain, so thats something to keep an eye for
Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Heat Wave
- Roost
- Defog
Zapdos is my phisical tank, I chose him for volt switch specifically to keep the ball rolling, and i can also use Volt switch in situations where i dont wanna U turn heat wave because that ferro aint gonna counter himself, also it lets me sit on Rillaboom all day, with that in mind, ice types are a big problem, and it seems that Weaville is in literally everywhere, so Heat wave helps a lot in that regard, with enough roost spam, and defog, i can keep a surprising amount of things at beateable level
Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hex
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
I went with dragapult as a dragon type to fill out the dragon/Fairy/Steel Core, Draco Meteor is a great "oh shit please get off me" tool, unless theres Misty terrain, so at least Hex helps out with that, I went with WoW for the burn spam but I can see people opting for Toxic or Thunder wave to have some variety against specific mons like Heatran, pex or whatever, and as always, U-turn because I love spamming passive/agressive moves that make me feel smart
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 104 Def / 156 SpD
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Okay so fun fact: on the first try out of the team, i forgot to put a special tank, and almost got swept by a Tapu Koko, because he now runs Fairy moves, who knew? well, me didnt, luckily for me, the guy chocked and i won anyways, but thats the story of why im going with specially defensive lando T, i saw a guy putting this spread specifically for the situation i was in, so now i can put all my eggs in one basket who is quad weak to ice but has intimidate so at least Weavile is getting spooked, also Its my only mon with Knock Off so he can help on the break things effort
Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Bug Buzz
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Quiver Dance
Okay so, last mon is Volcarona, Why? because i realized i needed a special cleaner who could take at least an ice move and be usefull as an "Oh shit" last resort effort, he basically either sweeps at the start or at the end after Melmetal died and killed something on his way out, and Melmetal ALWAYS, takes something out, I went with timid because Excadrill outspeed me otherwise, i learned the hard way. Although the team is quite bad, i think Volc is the weakest link, and that is saying something, and no, Heatran is not a real mon, please get out of my head
Putting the team in practice:
I of course tried 10 matches with this team against 10 different low ladder opponents and test the waters, and the results are quite clear:
For starters lets take a look at my Volcanion and Blacephalon answers:
Now that we talked about my answers to those mons, special mention goes to Heatran and Autotomize Celesteela, the former who in theory is piss easy to counter, but in reality can scare my fini with any steel move, he can eat my burn fishing attemps all day and even tho he goes down with lando, its hard getting through him in the first place. While the lader gave me a fucking Jumpscare
Conclussion:
I fucking suck at this game, i dont belive the idea its bad per se, but its more than clear than im not a good player at all, it does not help that i have a good amount of rust, but i was always bad, still, had some fun with clicking DIB on that ice type that though that lando t was food, and had even more fun shitting on Slowbros with CS trick from Fini
https://pokepast.es/7668d911cf8ef23e
here is the paste, i hope you all have at least some fun with this team, thanks to whoever is reading all of this and I hope you have a nice week
PD: Poke paste does not have a HDB sprite and not seeing the item despite being there scares me a little, but thats just me