Hey everyone. I'm just here to showcase one last team before X/Y comes out. This is a pretty old team that i've created even before my Rain,Rain Don't go away team. It consists of sand which is my 2nd favourite weather. I have gotten in the top 100 a couple of times on my alts ( These are old peaks). I hope you like this team!
Team at a glance
In Depth
Tyranitar @ Leftovers/Lum berry
Trait: Sand Stream
EVS: 252 Hp / 60 atk / 184 Spdef / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Stone Edge
-Crunch
-Low kick/Superpower
-Stealth rocks
Tyranitar is one of the best anti-leading pokemon in this meta. Since tyranitar is slower then kyogre and groudon, it ensures that he will get his sand up. The item choice is up to you. Personally, i like having leftovers since i already have banded ho-oh for lead darkrai's, but then again, lum berry is great to have so you can straight up OHKO darkrai with superpower. Stone edge just allows tyranitar OHKO ho-oh and damage rayquaza. Crunch beats lead Deoxys-A and Deoxys-S. Superpower OHKOes darkrai while low kick has about the same base power as superpower. It just depends on your item choice. Stealth rocks is obviously the most important move as all team's would want a SR user. 12 Spe EVS speed creeps other tyranitar's
Excadrill @ Life orb
Trait: Sand rush
EVS: 252 Atk / 252 spe / 4 hp
Adamant Nature
-Earthquake
-Rock slide
-Rapid Spin
-Sword dance
Obviously excadrill would be in a sand team because of his raw power. With tyranitar having the sand up, Excadrill is a amazing late game cleaner, but of course, Kyogre and groudon shuts down his sweeping capabilities. Earthquake is his main STAB move of choice for obvious reasons. Rock slide gives him some nice coverage by hitting Levitating pokes and flying types and also making a Edge-Quake combo. Rapid spin is a really nice niche that excadrill has. Once rocks are gone, ho-oh can switch in easier. Sword dance boosts up his already great attack stat to very dangerous levels.
Changes: Life orb can be changed into Air balloon or Leftovers.
Ho-Oh @ Choice Band
Trait: Regenerator
EVS: 252 Atk / 232 HP / 24 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Sacred Fire
-Brave Bird
-Earthquake
-Sleep Talk
This use to be a Sub-roost ho-oh, but i wanted to try something different: Banded ho-oh. With choice band, Ho-oh is a remarkable Wallbreaker that helps excadrill to late-game sweep. Another niche that a like about ho-oh is that it has sleep talk, so it can absorb Dark voids from darkrai and hope to get Sacred fire or Brave bird to OHKO. Ho-oh is also a nice check to CM Arceus such as Grassceus, Ghostceus, Fightceus Etc. Sacred fire is well blessed move that has good chance to burn something. Groudon's don't like to switch into a sacred fire as a Banded+ in the sun hurts a lot. Brave bird is his other STAB move that hits Fightceus.
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Download
EVS: 248 Atk / 8 spA / 252 spe
Naive Nature
-U-turn
-Ice beam
-Iron head
-Flamethrower
Here comes genesect. With choice scarf, this guy becomes a great revenge killer . What makes genesect such a good scarfer is that it has access to U-turn, Great speed and giving this team offensive momentum. U-turn is his Main STAB move and the most important move on this set. Genesect spends most of his time U-turn on Big threats such as Mewtwo and Darkrai. Icebeam allows him to revenge kill weakened dragon types such as rayquaza. I had 8 sp.atk since that ensures it could kill rayquaza at full HP. Iron head could deal with scarfed Kyurem-W . Flamethrower hits other genesect.
Latias @ Soul dew
Trait: Levitate
EVS: 252 Spe / 160 Hp / 96 Spa
Timid Nature
-Calm mind
-Dragon Pulse
-Psyshock
-Recover
This use to be Latios, but it didn't do that great of a job at checking kyogre + i already have a wallbreaker named ho-oh, so i went with Calm mind Latias which does the job better then latios. I love this thing. Latias can check kyogre, groudon and palkia which are big threats. Tyranitar+ Latias+ Arceus-Fighting makes a nice Dark+Psychic+Fighting core. Calm mind is a nice thing to have as latias could actually make a mini sweep on her own once her check's are gone. Dragon pulse is one of her STAB move what else is there to say? Psyshock deals with support fightceus that like to run Stone edge instead of ice beam to hit ho-oh.
Arceus-Fighting @ Fist Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVS: 252 Hp / 160 Def / 96 Spe
Timid Nature
-Judgement
-Stone Edge
-Thunder Wave
-Recover
To finish it off, we have Support Fightceus ( funny thing is, i was just talking about him). This EV spread was made by Donkey which works really well. 96 Spe Outspeeds Kyurem-W and rayquaza and the rest would go into physical bulk. Fightceus is also my Soft-check to E-killer as it 2HKOes 200 Hp variants. Judgement is obviously his main STAB move no doubt about it. Stone edge allows him to hit Ho-oh that thinks that they can switch into Fightceus, but then gets 2HKO/OHKO by stone edge. Thunder wave is a really nice supporting move as it cripples incoming palkia switches and even the Lati-Twin switch ins. Recover is the crux of this set as it keeps him alive
Conclusion
Well that's all i got to say. If you have any ideas of what to take out/add in, please let me know as all suggestion will be consider. I'm really excited for X/Y as the other guy. I hope you enjoy my sand team: Cold Sand
Importable:
Team at a glance
In Depth
Tyranitar @ Leftovers/Lum berry
Trait: Sand Stream
EVS: 252 Hp / 60 atk / 184 Spdef / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Stone Edge
-Crunch
-Low kick/Superpower
-Stealth rocks
Tyranitar is one of the best anti-leading pokemon in this meta. Since tyranitar is slower then kyogre and groudon, it ensures that he will get his sand up. The item choice is up to you. Personally, i like having leftovers since i already have banded ho-oh for lead darkrai's, but then again, lum berry is great to have so you can straight up OHKO darkrai with superpower. Stone edge just allows tyranitar OHKO ho-oh and damage rayquaza. Crunch beats lead Deoxys-A and Deoxys-S. Superpower OHKOes darkrai while low kick has about the same base power as superpower. It just depends on your item choice. Stealth rocks is obviously the most important move as all team's would want a SR user. 12 Spe EVS speed creeps other tyranitar's
Excadrill @ Life orb
Trait: Sand rush
EVS: 252 Atk / 252 spe / 4 hp
Adamant Nature
-Earthquake
-Rock slide
-Rapid Spin
-Sword dance
Obviously excadrill would be in a sand team because of his raw power. With tyranitar having the sand up, Excadrill is a amazing late game cleaner, but of course, Kyogre and groudon shuts down his sweeping capabilities. Earthquake is his main STAB move of choice for obvious reasons. Rock slide gives him some nice coverage by hitting Levitating pokes and flying types and also making a Edge-Quake combo. Rapid spin is a really nice niche that excadrill has. Once rocks are gone, ho-oh can switch in easier. Sword dance boosts up his already great attack stat to very dangerous levels.
Changes: Life orb can be changed into Air balloon or Leftovers.
Ho-Oh @ Choice Band
Trait: Regenerator
EVS: 252 Atk / 232 HP / 24 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Sacred Fire
-Brave Bird
-Earthquake
-Sleep Talk
This use to be a Sub-roost ho-oh, but i wanted to try something different: Banded ho-oh. With choice band, Ho-oh is a remarkable Wallbreaker that helps excadrill to late-game sweep. Another niche that a like about ho-oh is that it has sleep talk, so it can absorb Dark voids from darkrai and hope to get Sacred fire or Brave bird to OHKO. Ho-oh is also a nice check to CM Arceus such as Grassceus, Ghostceus, Fightceus Etc. Sacred fire is well blessed move that has good chance to burn something. Groudon's don't like to switch into a sacred fire as a Banded+ in the sun hurts a lot. Brave bird is his other STAB move that hits Fightceus.
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Download
EVS: 248 Atk / 8 spA / 252 spe
Naive Nature
-U-turn
-Ice beam
-Iron head
-Flamethrower
Here comes genesect. With choice scarf, this guy becomes a great revenge killer . What makes genesect such a good scarfer is that it has access to U-turn, Great speed and giving this team offensive momentum. U-turn is his Main STAB move and the most important move on this set. Genesect spends most of his time U-turn on Big threats such as Mewtwo and Darkrai. Icebeam allows him to revenge kill weakened dragon types such as rayquaza. I had 8 sp.atk since that ensures it could kill rayquaza at full HP. Iron head could deal with scarfed Kyurem-W . Flamethrower hits other genesect.
Latias @ Soul dew
Trait: Levitate
EVS: 252 Spe / 160 Hp / 96 Spa
Timid Nature
-Calm mind
-Dragon Pulse
-Psyshock
-Recover
This use to be Latios, but it didn't do that great of a job at checking kyogre + i already have a wallbreaker named ho-oh, so i went with Calm mind Latias which does the job better then latios. I love this thing. Latias can check kyogre, groudon and palkia which are big threats. Tyranitar+ Latias+ Arceus-Fighting makes a nice Dark+Psychic+Fighting core. Calm mind is a nice thing to have as latias could actually make a mini sweep on her own once her check's are gone. Dragon pulse is one of her STAB move what else is there to say? Psyshock deals with support fightceus that like to run Stone edge instead of ice beam to hit ho-oh.
Arceus-Fighting @ Fist Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVS: 252 Hp / 160 Def / 96 Spe
Timid Nature
-Judgement
-Stone Edge
-Thunder Wave
-Recover
To finish it off, we have Support Fightceus ( funny thing is, i was just talking about him). This EV spread was made by Donkey which works really well. 96 Spe Outspeeds Kyurem-W and rayquaza and the rest would go into physical bulk. Fightceus is also my Soft-check to E-killer as it 2HKOes 200 Hp variants. Judgement is obviously his main STAB move no doubt about it. Stone edge allows him to hit Ho-oh that thinks that they can switch into Fightceus, but then gets 2HKO/OHKO by stone edge. Thunder wave is a really nice supporting move as it cripples incoming palkia switches and even the Lati-Twin switch ins. Recover is the crux of this set as it keeps him alive
Conclusion
Well that's all i got to say. If you have any ideas of what to take out/add in, please let me know as all suggestion will be consider. I'm really excited for X/Y as the other guy. I hope you enjoy my sand team: Cold Sand
Importable:
Code:
Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 184 SDef / 12 Spd / 60 Atk
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Low Kick
- Stealth Rock
Excadrill @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance
- Rapid Spin
Ho-Oh @ Choice Band
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 Atk / 24 Spd / 232 HP
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Brave Bird
- Earthquake
- Sleep Talk
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 248 Atk / 252 Spd / 8 SAtk
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Ice Beam
- Iron Head
- Flamethrower
Latias (F) @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 160 HP / 252 Spd / 96 SAtk
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Pulse
- Psyshock
- Recover
Arceus-Fighting @ Fist Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 96 Spd / 160 Def
Timid Nature
- Judgment
- Stone Edge
- Thunder Wave
- Recover
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