This team is a basic Sand Offense team, which I believe is one of the greatest playstyles to use at the moment given the offensive nature of the tier. Excadrill annihilates most of them and it doesn't need to have a full team built around support it, unlike Rain which requires a lot of support. I decided to pair it with one of the most broken things in the current metagame, Mega Mawile, and thought it'd make a great pair, so enjoy! I think it's the standard thing to theme your rmt on an album you think is cool, so I've done just that ~n_n~
BABY PLEASE COME HOME (Excadrill) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
Excadrill is what I based my whole team around. I decided to use it because no offensive team is safe from Excadrill's fantastic coverage and power thanks to Sand Rush's added Speed, while also providing great utility in the form of Rapid Spin. Not only that, but Excadrill requires very little support unlike something like Kabutops or Kingdra who would do a similar job. I typically wait until late game to activate the Sand and go to Excadrill because that is when it is the most effective, given that I am not running a SD set. I chose to run Air Balloon because other Excadrill could be an issue. Excadrill is Baby Please Come Home because it's the best song on the album and Excadrill is a boss.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (Tyranitar) @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 64 Atk / 192 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Fire Blast
- Ice Beam
I believe that this is Tyranitar's best set to run on an offense team with Excadrill because it provides the most support. Stealth Rock is nice to have on any team because it limits the power of certain threats such as Dragonite while also limiting Stall's switching ability, or at least punishing it. This set can punish most Defoggers that attempt to directly remove your hazards thanks to Fire Blast and Tyranitar being a natural enemy for Lati@s. I run Max Speed because without it, Tyranitar becomes a liability against Offenses which dominate the current metagame. Tyranitar is All I Want For Christmas Is You because he used to be the best just like Mariah did.
SANTA BABY (Mawile) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Fire Fang
- Swords Dance
The next thing I wanted on my team was a wallbreaker, which is why I opted for Mawile. It shares switch ins with Excadrill so it's pretty easy to open up their walls for a late game Excadrill sweep with aggressive play from Mawile. I opted for a fast set to make maximum use of Mawile's fantastic wallbreaking abilities, also considering that I have Excadrill to take care of faster sweepers they shouldn't be an issue. I decided to use Fire Fang as my last coverage move because it hits Skarmory, a rather large issue for Excadrill. Mawile is the team's main Dragon resist and a crucial Pokemon for its success. Mawile is Santa Baby because, like it or not, you can't really stop him coming down your chimney tonight.
SILENT NIGHT (Azumarill) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Play Rough
- Knock Off
So far I had no way to deal with offensive Water types such as Keldeo or Greninja, which is why I decided to add one of the best pivots against Water threats, Assault Vest Azumarill. It doesn't have much of an offensive job on the team, but it definitely makes it more solid thanks to its great typing and stats. Knocking Off Skarmory's Leftovers can make a huge difference in how the game will go which is pretty great. Azumarill can also pick off weakened Landorus and similar things which are big trouble for the team. Azumarill is Silent Night because he's a rabbit and they're quiet.
FELIZ NAVIDAD (Talonflame) @ Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Tailwind
Talonflame was added to give the team another way to beat fast sweepers, because outside of Excadrill the team was pretty slow. It also gives it a tool to rapidly dispatch Mega Venusaur which is a rather annoying Pokemon. Talonflame and Excadrill make a good pair because Excadrill easily spins the Rocks Talonflame hates so much while Talon can U-turn out of a Tyranitar or a Heatran which are easy pray for Excadrill's Earthquake. Tailwind is an excellent suicide option late game which can allow for a Mawile sweep which is hard to defend against. Honestly idk why Talonflame is Feliz Navidad because I'm not sure what it means.
COLD DECEMBER NIGHT (Gengar) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 28 HP / 148 SpA / 80 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
- Substitute
The last thing I wanted was a strong Stall killer that could also be a strong offensive presence, for which Gengar is a perfect choice. My team had a hard time dealing with Stall outside of Mawile which explains that choice. It also takes care of the very annoying Breloom which is a large pain to deal with if Stealth Rock is up, since Talonflame doesn't want to lose 50% to SR. I'd say Gengar is probably the most expandable member of the team against Offensive teams, but it always pulls its weight in battle which makes it not that big of a deal. Genger is the ghost of christmas past and he's called Cold December Night because Michael is wearing a fairly warm looking coat in the above pic.
ask Jirachee if you want a threat list
SHOUTOUTS
Delibird is Amazing Delibird is Amazing n_nShaymin :D Shaymin :D n_n
Togie Togie n_n
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kael kael =)
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Touymato touya :D
Cinco Diablo go die in a car fire
ium ium n_n
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Harsha is cute n_n
Tortwag pls come back
Jirachee stop kicking dogs
BKC cunt
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Funkasaurus has a chode
Andrew Andrew n_n
Nachos nigchode n_n
Hot N Cold wanna spitroast michael with me? *_*
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soviet n_n
michael *_*
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