yes I know its not a good GXE, I'm not an amazing player and I was laddering on my main account which I've used some pretty bad FF teams on before
-Introduction-
This is my first RMT so I hope I'm doing this right lol. My main goal was to create a team that could matchup well into the major stall threats I'd encountered while also not getting steamrolled by HO myself. I mainly wanted to do this because high ladder was dominated by stall and I happen to both be impatient and suck at piloting stall so I wanted to make an HO team that could perform well in the highest parts of the ladder. I ended creating this team a few days ago and I think I could probably break 1500 if I had more time to play it. (side note: pls make FF a permanent om ladder its really fun)
-The Team-
-Explanation-
The biggest thing to point out before I go over the sets is that I don't have any stat boosting setup on my mons. This is mainly for unaware mons who can generally wall most non-haxorus setup sweepers.
Iron Crown:
This was the first Pokemon I added and where the original idea came from. The main thing I wanted was a special attacker that could break goodra since anything that can't is basically useless honestly. I'd seen and used Yanmega Latios before but it felt too frail and was weak to like every priority user in the tier. Iron Crown trades some speed and power for far more bulk and a better defensive typing. Specs Psyshock secures the 2HKO/3HKO on goodra depending on the set, and its sheer breaking power makes it a prediction game for your opponent every time it comes in. I'm obviously not the only person to use this but I really like it and think it has potential.
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Iron Crown Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Hydrapple(Goodra-Hisui): 178-210 (49 - 57.8%) -- 96.9% chance to 2HKO
Ribombee:
Instead of the conventional Hawlucha set, I opted for magic bounce to screw Great Tusk over and also help against opposing hazards a little. Stun spore is a really free option most of the time, while u-turn and moonblast are basically auto-includes for me when I use Ribombee. I originally used Hatt before remembering that Espeon existed and using that instead lol. I will also explain here why I put semi webs in the title. Iron Crown and Infernape aren't hitting any kind of insane speed tier and appreciate the support, but other than that there aren't really any major webs abusers on the team. The main reason for this is simply because removal is guaranteed anyway with scrappy and defog users being able to deal with webs no matter what you try to do. I don't want to create a team that is completely reliant on webs, the main reason they exist is to counter the full hyper offense teams that have little to no removal. My team can usually deal with any kind of other archetype due to the breaking-focused nature of the sets.
Roaring moon:
I feel like Meowscarada is a really underrated set on this thing. While it loses the sheer power of Lycanroc's knock off and dclaw, it gains more damage on eq and u-turn while also opening up more coverage options. Fire Fang is a tech option for houndstone corv, while I also considered rock slide for hitting the occasional mandibuzz. I decided on this set over ddance Haxorus because of its more immediate power and speed letting it get the drop on Lycanroc sets and ohko with u-turn. I don't really have much to say other than that Roaring Moon is broken in this meta and should maybe be looked at.
Meowscarada:
While it seems really redundant to have two CB knock and u-turn users on the same team (and it kinda is) they both cover each other's checks really nicely (meow beats alo and tusk while moon beats corv) while being able to pivot into each other to be really difficult to deal with. sucker punch is valuable priority that has occasionally come in clutch and honestly there isn't really a better option for this slot.
Infernape:
Full disclosure I first saw this in a DracoMenace vid. I mostly forgot about it but later came back to it when building this team. I now consider this the best breaker in the tier due to beating any goodra set while mainly being a special attacker and it is probably the main beneficiary of webs on this team. I opted for Focus Miss over Vacuum Wave because it gets some nice calcs (like OHKOing Dachsbun corv) and also because I don't really need priority on a webs team. Additionally, it allows me to fully invest in SpAtk, which is nice.
4 Atk Sniper Infernape Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Hydrapple(Goodra-Hisui) on a critical hit: 432-513 (118.6 - 140.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Sniper Infernape Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Dachsbun(Corviknight) on a critical hit: 432-508 (108.2 - 127.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Sniper Infernape Overheat vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Latias(Pecharunt) on a critical hit: 420-495 (110.5 - 130.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Sniper Infernape Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Dachsbun(Corviknight) on a critical hit: 432-508 (108.2 - 127.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Sniper Infernape Overheat vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Latias(Pecharunt) on a critical hit: 420-495 (110.5 - 130.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Great Tusk:
Ol' reliable is still going strong on an HO team of all things. I mostly added it because I wanted the roaring moon switchin that I was really lacking (hence the full def investment) and also have a bit of removal if I needed it. I'm running four attacks because it is an offense team after all and I wanted to stop Pokemon from just using it as setup fodder.
Replay
-Conclusion-
I don't really have much to say here, please let me know your thoughts on the team and I would welcome any suggestions. Next time FF rolls around as OMotM I'll see how far I can take this team.
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