Okay, posted this team awhile back, revised it a couple times. fighting on PO so thundurus was throwin me in ubers. actually won a little(ripped the tits off a sandstorm team with vizirion with a double SD), but couldn't keep up with the stronger Uber teams. replaced with Zapdos to get back into DW OU, which worked, but zapdos ain't cuttin it. it's decent, and lightningrod was a game-changer, but I need more raw power for my special sweeper, as most of the time, I couldnt get the LR boost leaving me in a tough spot. entry hazards are a real pain too, which surprised me a little. mostly becuase vapo and bronz are switchin a lot to keep the team in a good spot defensively. rapid spin would help so I thought of replacing heatran with another pokemon who doesn't mind switching frequently into fire attacks and has rapid spin. Tentacruel? would also have toxic spikes that way which would help with my Vapo's weakness to gastrodon(Heal Bell has saved me too many times to switch for toxic).
Vizirion @ Lum Berry
-Close Combat
-Swords Dance
-Stone Edge
-Leaf Blade
Jolly/4Hp/252Atk/252Spe/Justified
Yeah this guy is the guy. He sweeps a good deal of the time since people are thinkin he's the calm mind set, or maybe somethin else, point is, he rocks as my physical sweeper. more often than not, gliscor's come in on him when I use swords dance, hit me with toxic which is cancelled by lum berry while I setup a second swords dance and OHKO it with leaf blade(altho for some reason I forget its there sometimes and use stone edge and it'll miss, and...yeah.) if they send in a psychic I switch to escavalier or bronzong. usually just play it by ear. latios with hidden power fire is kinda a problem for escavalier when he's lower on health. thinkin of switchin back to the full Hp investment since he's not outsped one thing except a curselax. anyway, not loookin for changes on vizirion since its a staple to the team.
Zapdos @ Life Orb
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power Ice
-roost
-substitute
Timid/4Hp/252Spa/252Spe/lightningrod
Absolutely need a replacement. something to have defensive synergy with vizirion and something that doesnt care about heatran. thundurus was banned and zapdos cant pay the bills.. had volt switch, but sleep inducers were breakin my balls(curse you smashpass/SD spore breloom) so went with substitute, but even then, the lack of power without lightningrod activating was an issue. life orb helped, loved the combology with roost, but need something more powerful, or at least less fragile. Dont really want to use zapdos anymore so please no mentioning of bulkier sets, unless you think it'll go well with tentacruel, and then only if you think tentacruel can replace heatran. Thought of elektross since he likes the screens and they're pretty easy to setup with bronzy.
Escavalier @ Choice Band
-Megahorn
-Return
-Pursuit
-Reversal/toxic
Adamant/172Hp/252Atk/84Spe/Swarm
Worked like I hoped, countering reuniclus, latios(lacking HP Fire) but heavier boosters are sometimes a problem. had a snorlax use 6 curses, only won cuz of a lucky ass critical hit. also, some people have thrown out their ferrorthorn on this guy. not sure what they were expceting, but he usually gets a 2HKO or 3HKO if they have wish support. someone said to use toxic, and I think I just might since reversal and knock off I havent used once and it would make vapo happy with gastro's ass out of the way. love the pursuit too. alakazam, gengar, reuniclus have all died by its hand...claw...spear? anyway, it either kills them outright, or leaves them with one Hp with their focus sashes. As said above, I'm gonna change his hp back to max since the speed hasn't helped any and it'll prolly help with the users of HP Fire(a big fire attacker I switch his ass out). He's also crazy good when facing rain teams when the screens are up. I just throw them megahorns around and nobody can dent him worth diddle. Politoed you poor bastard, RIP. Swarm actually helped me a few times too, not much, but when ya forget about it as often as I do, and then it saves the day, yeah.
Bronzong @ Light Clay
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Gyro Ball
-Earthquake
Relaxed/252Hp/152Atk/8Def/96SpD/Levitate
had jirachi, but bronzong worked waaaaay better. paired with vaporeon, un-freakin-believable. screens and wish and their ability to switch into each other's counters most of the time. I love how I thought of that before I read the smogon bit about it. not boastin, but it was a good feeling, made better by how well it worked in practice. He can setup on like freakin everybody, usually I set him up on other screen users. that Uxie, hehehe, what fun. ya know that saying to always keep your pokemon alive even if someone takes a big hit? truth, absolute truth. Haven't seen but one magnezone, and it was a screener so I 3HKOed with earthquake, stalled out the next guy til his screens disappeared and still had the health to replace my screens, switch to vaporeon, heal up bronzy, and switch to a sweeper. have had trouble predicting switches that need the other screen up but never too much of an issue. Oh, dynamicpunch/bullet punch machamp is a problem for everyone. couldn't get rid of it without losing at least one of my mons even with perfect prediction.
Vaporeon @ Leftovers
-Scald
-Wish
-Protect
-Heal Bell
Bold/248Hp/252Def/8SpD/Water Absorb
replaced jellicent and never been happier. toxic proved less useful than heal bell, but gastrodon is a huge problem now when vizirion is down. Vapo and bronzy rock like Metallica did back in their prime. altho I'm more of a metal guy, and really have no right to reference something before my time. Anyhow, water absorb has come into play more than I expected, allowing me to come in on politoed, who'll use hidden power grass or electric, doing little damage, ignorable behind screens, then switch to someone needin that health. I'm gettin freaky lucky with the burns from scald too. it doesn't burn pokemon that switch to benefit, does on those who think it won't, and still manages to kill gliscor 89% of the time(not an actual percentage. I just name general estimates for stuff like that cuz I'm weird in that way). There's been times I wished(me, not vapo) I had ice beam but heatran or zapdos's HP Ice usually fil the gap, usually heatran as zapdos isn't...hell, I aint sayin it a third time. scrafty have tried to setup with bulk up on vapo, using that shed skin with rest to stop scald burns, but scald and protect kept it at bay, forcing a switch eventually.
Heatran @ Air Balloon
-Flamethrower
-Hidden Power(Ice)
-Earth Power
-Flame Charge
Modest/252Spa/4SpD/252Spe/Flash Fire
Works a damn good portion of the time. taken a few excadrills out with him and that lovable air balloon, altho dont usually get to use it that way as I usually switch him into something he resists to get another poke out of a jam..haha, jam. does anybody say that anymore? anyway, other heatran are problematic since they usually do the choice set and come in on my flame charge, ruining any hope of a speed tie. and ditto, that amorphous little shit, is either doin the same thing, or becoming another of my pokemon, stealing my boosts and creatin big problems. had one come in on 3rd SD of my vizirion, swept my whole team. anyhow, back to heatran. I thought about replacing him with something like tentacruel, as the lack of rapid spin is hurtin me a lot. the toxic spikes would make vapo's lack of toxic less of an issue too. as vapo is the sole user of a status infliction, I dont see it hurtin at all, especially since steels and the immunity and blah blah blah we all know what I'm saying, and if you dont, why are you rating teams if dont know such basic material?
So summary or sorts, need a replace for zapdos, want some options over heatran, and opinion on elektross and tentacruel. tenta will be drawin electric I suppose which could make lightningrod more usable. hit me with your words you people!
Vizirion @ Lum Berry
-Close Combat
-Swords Dance
-Stone Edge
-Leaf Blade
Jolly/4Hp/252Atk/252Spe/Justified
Yeah this guy is the guy. He sweeps a good deal of the time since people are thinkin he's the calm mind set, or maybe somethin else, point is, he rocks as my physical sweeper. more often than not, gliscor's come in on him when I use swords dance, hit me with toxic which is cancelled by lum berry while I setup a second swords dance and OHKO it with leaf blade(altho for some reason I forget its there sometimes and use stone edge and it'll miss, and...yeah.) if they send in a psychic I switch to escavalier or bronzong. usually just play it by ear. latios with hidden power fire is kinda a problem for escavalier when he's lower on health. thinkin of switchin back to the full Hp investment since he's not outsped one thing except a curselax. anyway, not loookin for changes on vizirion since its a staple to the team.
Zapdos @ Life Orb
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power Ice
-roost
-substitute
Timid/4Hp/252Spa/252Spe/lightningrod
Absolutely need a replacement. something to have defensive synergy with vizirion and something that doesnt care about heatran. thundurus was banned and zapdos cant pay the bills.. had volt switch, but sleep inducers were breakin my balls(curse you smashpass/SD spore breloom) so went with substitute, but even then, the lack of power without lightningrod activating was an issue. life orb helped, loved the combology with roost, but need something more powerful, or at least less fragile. Dont really want to use zapdos anymore so please no mentioning of bulkier sets, unless you think it'll go well with tentacruel, and then only if you think tentacruel can replace heatran. Thought of elektross since he likes the screens and they're pretty easy to setup with bronzy.
Escavalier @ Choice Band
-Megahorn
-Return
-Pursuit
-Reversal/toxic
Adamant/172Hp/252Atk/84Spe/Swarm
Worked like I hoped, countering reuniclus, latios(lacking HP Fire) but heavier boosters are sometimes a problem. had a snorlax use 6 curses, only won cuz of a lucky ass critical hit. also, some people have thrown out their ferrorthorn on this guy. not sure what they were expceting, but he usually gets a 2HKO or 3HKO if they have wish support. someone said to use toxic, and I think I just might since reversal and knock off I havent used once and it would make vapo happy with gastro's ass out of the way. love the pursuit too. alakazam, gengar, reuniclus have all died by its hand...claw...spear? anyway, it either kills them outright, or leaves them with one Hp with their focus sashes. As said above, I'm gonna change his hp back to max since the speed hasn't helped any and it'll prolly help with the users of HP Fire(a big fire attacker I switch his ass out). He's also crazy good when facing rain teams when the screens are up. I just throw them megahorns around and nobody can dent him worth diddle. Politoed you poor bastard, RIP. Swarm actually helped me a few times too, not much, but when ya forget about it as often as I do, and then it saves the day, yeah.
Bronzong @ Light Clay
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Gyro Ball
-Earthquake
Relaxed/252Hp/152Atk/8Def/96SpD/Levitate
had jirachi, but bronzong worked waaaaay better. paired with vaporeon, un-freakin-believable. screens and wish and their ability to switch into each other's counters most of the time. I love how I thought of that before I read the smogon bit about it. not boastin, but it was a good feeling, made better by how well it worked in practice. He can setup on like freakin everybody, usually I set him up on other screen users. that Uxie, hehehe, what fun. ya know that saying to always keep your pokemon alive even if someone takes a big hit? truth, absolute truth. Haven't seen but one magnezone, and it was a screener so I 3HKOed with earthquake, stalled out the next guy til his screens disappeared and still had the health to replace my screens, switch to vaporeon, heal up bronzy, and switch to a sweeper. have had trouble predicting switches that need the other screen up but never too much of an issue. Oh, dynamicpunch/bullet punch machamp is a problem for everyone. couldn't get rid of it without losing at least one of my mons even with perfect prediction.
Vaporeon @ Leftovers
-Scald
-Wish
-Protect
-Heal Bell
Bold/248Hp/252Def/8SpD/Water Absorb
replaced jellicent and never been happier. toxic proved less useful than heal bell, but gastrodon is a huge problem now when vizirion is down. Vapo and bronzy rock like Metallica did back in their prime. altho I'm more of a metal guy, and really have no right to reference something before my time. Anyhow, water absorb has come into play more than I expected, allowing me to come in on politoed, who'll use hidden power grass or electric, doing little damage, ignorable behind screens, then switch to someone needin that health. I'm gettin freaky lucky with the burns from scald too. it doesn't burn pokemon that switch to benefit, does on those who think it won't, and still manages to kill gliscor 89% of the time(not an actual percentage. I just name general estimates for stuff like that cuz I'm weird in that way). There's been times I wished(me, not vapo) I had ice beam but heatran or zapdos's HP Ice usually fil the gap, usually heatran as zapdos isn't...hell, I aint sayin it a third time. scrafty have tried to setup with bulk up on vapo, using that shed skin with rest to stop scald burns, but scald and protect kept it at bay, forcing a switch eventually.
Heatran @ Air Balloon
-Flamethrower
-Hidden Power(Ice)
-Earth Power
-Flame Charge
Modest/252Spa/4SpD/252Spe/Flash Fire
Works a damn good portion of the time. taken a few excadrills out with him and that lovable air balloon, altho dont usually get to use it that way as I usually switch him into something he resists to get another poke out of a jam..haha, jam. does anybody say that anymore? anyway, other heatran are problematic since they usually do the choice set and come in on my flame charge, ruining any hope of a speed tie. and ditto, that amorphous little shit, is either doin the same thing, or becoming another of my pokemon, stealing my boosts and creatin big problems. had one come in on 3rd SD of my vizirion, swept my whole team. anyhow, back to heatran. I thought about replacing him with something like tentacruel, as the lack of rapid spin is hurtin me a lot. the toxic spikes would make vapo's lack of toxic less of an issue too. as vapo is the sole user of a status infliction, I dont see it hurtin at all, especially since steels and the immunity and blah blah blah we all know what I'm saying, and if you dont, why are you rating teams if dont know such basic material?
So summary or sorts, need a replace for zapdos, want some options over heatran, and opinion on elektross and tentacruel. tenta will be drawin electric I suppose which could make lightningrod more usable. hit me with your words you people!
