This is one of my favourite cores, as they're both extremely deadly sweepers under the right circumstances. The idea is to get either Abomasnow or Rhyperior set up for a sweep- depending on what is left on the board at the time.
From here, I knew I needed some form of special attacker to try and stop physical walls. I picked Virizion due to it's powerful Dual STAB moves, good special bulk, and ability to blow away steels that the team struggles with, like Bronzong and Escavalier.
Now that I have my three sweepers, I decided I needed Pokémon that could give the team the opportunity to sweep. Rotom helps by being able to cripple physical attackers with Will-O-Wisp, maybe get Paralysis to slow things down, and be the team's go-to Fighting switch, as my main sweepers are both weak to fighting.
Next up is Uxie. Uxie fits perfectly on set-up sweeping teams because of Memento, while also having Stealth Rock to remove sashes. This Uxie also has a nasty trick - Trick and Lagging Tail.
For as Bizarre as it sounds, I needed to find myself a Steel Resist. I picked Blastoise to serve multiple roles - Steel Resistance, Spinner, and a Fire resist to compensate for having both Abomasnow and Virizion.
Now, for an in-depth look!
Abomasnow @ Life Orb
Ability: Soundproof
EVs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ice Shard
- Wood Hammer
- Earthquake
Abomasnow is the team's first physical sweeper. With Ice Shard, Wood Hammer, and Earthquake, there isn't that many things that can switch in. Ice Shard is great for picking off things with priority, or even outright OHKOing them after a Swords Dance or two. Soundproof is here for free switch-ins to Meloetta or Exploud if they've locked themselves into Boomburst or Hyper Voice.
Rhyperior @ Lum Berry
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 8 Spe / 248 HP
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Megahorn
- Stone Edge
- Rock Polish
Ahh, Dual Dance Rhyperior. I'm a bit mixed on running SD and Rock Polish, but it's worked so far, so I'll roll with it. The idea is to either Swords Dance to boost yourself to KO everything, Rock Polish to boost your speed to try and outspeed slower threats, or even both, and then hit things with Stone Edge and Megahorn. I chose to forgo Earthquake because Abomasnow has it, but you could drop Rock Polish for it.
Virizion @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 8 Def / 248 Spe
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Giga Drain
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Here's special Virizion, because I needed a special attacker who could do 3 things:
a) Answer the team's issue with Escavalier
b) perform a special attacking role
c) something to absorb burns
Lum CM Virizion fits the bill perfectly. It doesn't care for Burns because it's a special attacker, and easily dispatches Escavalier with Hidden Power fire. It also works as the team's go-to special attacker, since its high natural special defence can give it some extra set-up opportunities.
Rotom @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 124 HP / 132 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Discharge
- Will-O-Wisp
- Substitute
- Hex
Status Spreader Rotom-N is here to help augment the team's physical bulk, and becomes the team's fighting and flying check, as two of our sweepers each are weak to those types. Will-O-Wisp also breaks Sahses if Rocks are not up, and can stall out something with Wisp + Sub + Hex.
Uxie @ Lagging Tail
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Memento
- U-turn
- Trick
Uxie is the team's Rock Setter. Memento is also really helpful when trying to set up a sweep, as you will force a switch most of the times. Trick + Lagging tail is fun to try and revenge something, because you will decrease it's priority. Bonus points if you can catch a Fletchinder with this, you half Acrobatics' power.
Blastoise @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Toxic
- Foresight
My reasoning for Blastoise was simple. I needed a spinner, and Escavalier can usually take out one or two things off of my team. Blastoise can spin and take hits from Escavalier. It can also take hits from other things like Fletchinder or Delphox, and revenge Fletchinder with Scald.
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Replay where the team did well: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ru-337065788
Thanks for reading, and enjoy!
PS: shoutouts to EonX for reminding me to change Virizion to timid!
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