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Death in two steps - OU RMT

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Death in two steps
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This team is bulk offence, aimed at weakling the opposing team and setting up chances for either Suicune or Metagross to start a sweep. It’s a good team imo, although I have more important things to be doing like A levels so I’m unable to use it as much as I would like. Anyways please rate :D



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Gliscor
@ Leftovers
  • Sand veil/ Jolly
  • 248 Hp/ 40 Def/ 220 Spe
- Stealth rock
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Taunt

A quick lead to lay the ever so important stealth rock is important for this team, which allows me to wear down Gyarados and Salamenece with the combination of sand storm and stealth rock. Taunt over stone edge to help against stall and spikers, and since 2/3rds of this team is grounded, is a good thing. It's also the first line of defence if it's in good health against Tyranitar and Lucario and makes and good Latias bait. No attack evs because I don't really care about beating Metagross leads, a lot of them blow up anyways.

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Latias, Suicune
Scizor, Suicune, Metagross


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Latias
@ Life Orb

  • Levitate/ Timid
  • 4 Def/ 252 SpA/ 252 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Thunder bolt
- Recover

She softens the bulky ground and water types which cause some members of this team problems but also makes a good check against Heatran and Infernape. Also dents switch ins like Metagross, Scizor and Tyraniar, making it harder for them to set up while having greater flexibility then the choice specs set. And finally Draco meteor helps soften up teams late game.

Metagross, Suicune, Scizor
Metagross, Scizor
Gliscor, Scizor
Tyranitar, Scizor
Tyranitar, Scizor


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Tyranitar
@ Choice Scarf

  • Sand stream/ Jolly
  • 132 Hp/ 124 Atk/ 252 Spe
- Stone egde
- Crunch
- Pursuit
- Earthquake

Yep, the over used Scarf TTar which is over used for a good reason. Provides a good check to Latias, Lucario, DD TTar and various other pokemon. More namely Zapdos and Rotom, as Suicune may have trouble dealing with the more offensive versions even with one CM. Also provides a great bullet punch draw so Suicune and Metagross can set up. 132 Hp so TTar can switch into things a little bit better and hence carry out its job better. It gets important kos it 124 atk anyways,. Earthquake over superpower as I'd rather like to hit Infernape and steel types and not get an attack and defence drop.

Gliscor, Scizor
Latias, Gliscor
Metagross, Scizor, Suicune
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Latias, Suicune

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Latias, Gliscor

Scizor, Metagross, Latias


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Scizor
@ Choice band

  • Technician/ Adamant
  • 160 Hp/ 176 Atk/ 168 SpD
- U turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Quick Attack

Compliments the team with its great typing allowing it to switch into plenty of attacks and help wear down the opposing team with the combination of sand stream, stealth rock and u turn. The spread allows it to survive 2 choice specs surf from Latias and ko with u turn at the cost of 10% original attack power. Bullet punch and quick attack provides a check for Salamence, Tyranitar and Gyarados somewhat. A good lure for typical switch ins, allowing key members to get a free switch or set up.

Latias, Suicune, Tyranitar


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Metagross @ Life Orb
  • Clear body/ Adamant
  • 34 Hp/ 252 Atk/ 224 Spe
- Agility
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch

A great offensive pokemon with great defensive typing with matches well with the rest of the team, so it can offensive come in on steel, grass and ice attacks and set up. 224 Spe in order to out speed and somewhat check SD max speed adamant Scizor if he gets a SD from somewhere. Also gives Metagross the added benefit of out speeding scarfed neutral natured 100's after an agility and Magnezone steel killer set, so I can earthquake it before the magnet rise. Life orb gives it the extra punch to stop Suicune and Vaporeon setting up on me and helps clean up late game.

Latias, Gliscor
Latias, Suicune, Tyranitar


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Suicune @ Leftovers

  • Pressure/ Timid
  • 120 SpAtk/224 Spd/166 Hp
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- HP Electric

With its unexpected speed and its ability to set up on things which are supposed to wall it, Suicune is indeed a force. With its good bulk and leftovers, it provides a good early switch into the likes of Heatran and such without risking the pursuit bait Latias which is cool. With a calm mind under its belt it dents Zapdos, Rotom, Celebi expecting Crocune which Scizor and Metagross will appreciate later in the game. If it's in good health it can take any hit from +1 Gyarados and proceed to KO it with HP electric provide that stealth rock is in play.

Latias, Gliscor
Latias, Metagross, Scizor
 
Hi.

Yeah I'd change your Scizor to a CM Wish Jirachi. You really need a better way to beat stall, as right now it poses a huge problem to your team. Scizor isn't adding anything to your team that you can't live without, where as Jirachi adds two things you really need in Stall-breaking and Wish-passing. Here's the set...

Jirachi @ Leftovers
Bold; 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 Spe
Thunderbolt / Psychic / Calm Mind / Wish

This set plays fairly straight forward. Early on you really should only be using it to chip down your opponents health and spread Wish around to the Pokemon on your team lacking healing. Later on, you can CM up and start to sweep. Stall teams are going to have a hard time with this as most phazers can't touch you. Pretty simple to use, and effective.

Can't think of anything else at the moment, I'll edit any thing else I think of in. Solid team, hope I helped improve it.
 
this is actually quite similar to my team..
especially if you add jirachi
its a beast, and if you do add it, i think you should add in bulky gyara in place of suicune. It resists all of jirachi's weaknesses and with wish, gyara can come in relatively unscathed even with rocks.
Not to mention its taunt also helps with stall which was pointed out you have trouble with.

Hope this helps
 
Hello. This team is pretty solid from my point of view. It just needs a bit of fixing and it can be made even better.

The first thing I notice when I look at your team is your huge Scizor weakness. You do not have a good switch-in to his CB U-Turn. The only Pokemon that currently resists Bug (which isn't a lead) is your own Scizor . However, it is not EV'ed to take multiple hits, a CB U-Turn will do approximately 30% and with no recovery move and Stealth Rock damage, he won't last long enough. Every time it U-turns, it switches to the appropriate counter and you will be obliged to switch-out once more and take more residaul damage from SR. To top it off, Latias is Pursuit weak and may be at -2 SpAtk, so it is an easy kill. Same thing for Tyranitar who is choiced, Scizor can switch-into Pursuit or Crunch and either Bullet Punch or U-Turn to build some more momentum. Scizor is on about 30% of all teams, so I think this is one of your biggest problems.

Now to solve this without resorting to a whole Pokemon change, just change Latias' moveset to: Dragon Pulse / Grass Knot / HP Fire / Recover. This will allow you to surprise Scizor on the switch-in and pummel it with HP Fire for the OHKO. A combination of Dragon Pulse followed by Grass Knot will allow you to KO Tyranitar with SR damage provided it switches in on the Dragon Pulse. Just switch-in Latias early in the match as it's a great Scizor bait and KO it on the switch with HP Fire. If you don't want to rely on prediction, just move Metagross to a lead position and let Gliscor take U-Turns but Latias with HP Fire should be more than enough if you know how to play it.

Now, Gliscor. Gliscor is such a great lead imo. However, I would advise you to just max out Speed, so you can guarantee you out-speed any opposing Gliscor leads running 224/230 EVs in speed. Not really important, but it will surely be helpful on the long run because you will encounter enemy Gliscors. The EV spread will allow you to taunt them first to prevent them from setting up Stealth Rocks and set it up your self which is a necessity to this team in particular because of the need to remove Focus Sash and wear down dangerous threats such as Gyarados and Salamence, both of which are major threats to this team if your checks are removed early in the match.

Hope this helps, gl.
 
Jirachi doesn't really have a place on this team, having another stat upper is not ideal plus replacing Scizor allows Salamence and friends to have their way with me, thanks though.

Yeah Scizor can be a pain, I'll test out HP fire, as I have Scizor, Tyranitar and Metagross somewhat to deal with other Latias/Gengar. Although the lost in coverage is slightly bothersome however I will test it nevertheless. I was also considering max speed but I wanted Gliscor to take hits from the likes of Tyranitar and Lucario better but I'll look over that again, thanks.
 
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