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[EtaHope]

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I've never been big on hazards. I've always thought of them as a waste of time, and preferred to go hyper offensive. I always liked to run an Anti-lead such as Xatu to bounce back hazards, and that sparked an idea. Why not play with Pokemon that normally have a set role, such as Gligar as a Physical tank, or Swampert and Azelf a lead? Why not use them in a way no one expects to get a surprise kill or two?

While this team can be used effectively, it is best used to mess with people for fun

The Team

Kisa - The "Leader"

Azelf @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 Atk
Hasty Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SAtk
- Psychic
- Fire Blast
- U-turn
- Hidden Power [Grass]

An Azelf as a lead? Clearly it must be setting up hazards! Think again. With Choice Scarf, Azelf can outspeed almost any lead. Azelf can score a quick kill on a enemy lead Azelf with U-turn, or do massive damage to leads such as Aerodactyl or Swampert with a STAB Psychic or a Fire Blast.
Edit: I changed Trick to Hidden Power [Grass] to deal with Swampert

Loki - The STAB

Krookodile @ Choice Band
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Fire Fang

While I enjoyed Gligar in this slot, I needed something with more attack power. A choice band STAB earthquake was exactly what I wanted. Finish off a weak Pokemon for a Moxie boost, then wreck with a +1 bonus

Niagara - The Backbone

Swampert (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 252 Def / 4 HP / 252 Atk
Relaxed Nature
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch
- Roar

Adding a bit of tanking ability to this team, Swampert, while slow, can easily kill with a STAB Waterfall or Earthquake. Add in Ice Punch for coverage and Roar to get out sweepers who try to set up on Swampert and you've got a Pokemon who you can rely on

Cyanide - The Medic

Umbreon (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Synchronize
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Careful Nature
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Toxic
- Payback

With most of your Pokemon having no defense, you need a way to heal! That is where Umbreon comes in. Sponging all special attacks, Umbreon can Heal Bell to clear up status, cripple an annoying Pokemon with Toxic, pass a Wish, help deal with Ghost types, and force Pokemon to share a inflicted status with Umbreon

Boreas - The Jack of all Trades

Victini @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SAtk
- V-create
- U-turn
- Bolt Strike
- Brick Break

V-create spam? I think so. With the ability to take down bulky waters and grass types, Victini helped patch holes in my team. V for Victory :)

Crusader - The Ghostbuster

Mismagius (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fighting]

My biggest problem in UU is banded Snorlax. With HP Fighting from Mismagius, not only can Snorlax not hurt you, but you can take it down in an easy 2HK0. With the added bonus of being able to 1HK0 Chandelure with Shadow ball, it takes care of my two biggest annoyances in UU.

Well, there is my team. As much as a love it, I know it still needs works. If anyone has suggestions of what to change, I will be happy to try them out and tell you how they go.

Importable​

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Loki (Krookodile) @ Choice Band
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Fire Fang

Niagara (Swampert) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 HP / 252 SDef
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch
- Roar

Crusader (Mismagius) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fighting]

Kisa (Azelf) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature
- Psychic
- Fire Blast
- U-turn
- Hidden Power [Grass]

Boreas (Victini) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SAtk
- V-create
- U-turn
- Bolt Strike
- Brick Break

Cyanide (Umbreon) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Synchronize
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Careful Nature
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Toxic
- Foul Play

 

[Grey Knight]

Dude eviolate doesn't boost attack wtf are talking about
http://www.smogon.com/bw/items/eviolite
nice team though but you can use sub on your bisharp it makes things easier and you can replace aqua tail with waterfall on your swampert before a miss cost you a match ,swampert also needs a little speed so it can outran some troublesome poks like machamp and ubreon ,
oh what is zaptos doing in a team without spinners and taunters ?


edit:

[No longer will you have to fear Chandelure or Heracross. Simply switch Swampert in, kill with a Aqua Tail or Ice Punch respectively

lol how do you kill heracross with ice punch , i am sure it is a mistake

 

[Exbo]

I am pretty sure that Bisharp won't be happy to switch in on a Chandelure's fire blast or on a Mismagius with HP fighting behind a sub.
I am also pretty sure that Eviolite doesn't boost your attack by the tiniest bit.
Edit: for example, 252+ Atk Gligar Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Cobalion: 152-180 (39.37 - 46.63%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

 

[EtaHope]

Dude eviolate doesn't boost attack wtf are talking about
http://www.smogon.com/bw/items/eviolite
nice team though but you can use sub on your bisharp it makes things easier and you can replace aqua tail with waterfall on your swampert before a miss cost you a match ,swampert also needs a little speed so it can outran some troublesome poks like machamp and ubreon ,
oh what is zaptos doing in a team without spinners and taunters ?


edit:No longer will you have to fear Chandelure or Heracross. Simply switch Swampert in, kill with a Aqua Tail or Ice Punch respectively

lol how do you kill heracross with ice punch , i am sure it is a mistake

Thanks for catching the Eviolite thing, it's late an I didn't even notice what I wrote. And Zaptos is there to deal with Suicune and Swampert, I used to have a Suicune with HP Grass, but I was having a hard time with other Suicune's, so I switched to Zapdos and have loved it ever since. And yeah, it's support to say Earthquake :p

 

[Grey Knight]

Don't fear suicune it was giant back in 4th gen but now its in the bottom of uu right now it's usage rate is less than 6%, but i understand we all have traumatic experiences by certain Pokemon sweeps they mark us and effect the way we building teams ever since lol.

 

[EtaHope]

Before I added Zapdos, on the rare chances I ran into Suicune it would run through 2-3 Pokes before I could stop it. And as I already have Swampert, changing Suicune to Zapdos allowed me to easily deal with water and steel types.

 

[SquirtleSquad626]

I have only a few suggestions.
Swampert: waterfall>aqua tail. You won't notice the 10BP difference, but you will notice the accuracy and tiny flinch chance. Also why damp? Torrent is great for swampy, as you get a free boost for waterfall if the opponent takes you to low health.

Gligar: from experience (I once tested out a similar gligar), he's just not strong enough to be a physical threat, and isn't bulky enough without investment:/ you're much better off sticking to a standard gligar, or a different poke for attacking:/

Umbreon: foul play>payback. Even invested, umbreons attack stat is garbage, and with foul play, since you're using the opponents attack stat (which is almost always higher than umbreons since he tends to lure in physical attackers) you can dump those 4evs into def. also you could consider protect on his moves somewhere.

Zapdos: the set is ok, but why give him a pseudo bulky set but give him no roost? Also, you could afford to drop substitute and run him full offense with roost and a life orb.

Bisharp: set is good, but why would he switch into arcanine? In my experience, as rare in UU as arcanine is, he usually runs flash fire anyways, and with no entry hazards or defiant boost, hel laugh at SP damage and annihilate you with Flareblitz or Close Combat.

All in all, the team seems very unique, but the EV spreads and items you've chosen seem... Less effective? Only one of your pokes on this primarily offensive team has a boosting item.... Just a suggestion, maybe reconsider some ev distribution and items.

 

[metaclown]

Great team EtaHope! And congratulations for peaked so high on the ladder.

Only couple questions:
-First. Are the ev's on Swampert 252 Att and 252 Speed? if so, why are you using relaxed nature? And without any def/hp ev's Swampert can't switch to Hera, because it's always 2OHKO..

-Second. Why aren't you running max speed on Zapdos? I quess it's bulkier running HP ev's, but again Heracross can do some serious damage, if not choiced.

I think that SD Heracross can destroy your team, after some prior damages and after Azelf has been taken out.
First thing I noticed was that your team is extremely weak to combination of Chandelure and non-choiced Heracross, because none of your pokemon can outspeed them (except Azelf).


I suggest you to change Bisharp to Scarf Chandelure(because everyone can handle Bisharp, and cofagrigus can burn him):
Chandelure@ choice scarf
ability: flash fire
-Flamethrower/Fire Blast
-Shadow ball
-Energy Ball
-Trick

And change Gligar to defensive set, because even strong physical attacker can take him out and it does not hit hard even with max Att.
But great team overall and I give you credits for creativity, I also use Scarf Azelf myself, and it does work very well! And because of your peak i quess it works :)

 

[metaclown]

Great team EtaHope! And congratulations for peaked so high on the ladder.

Only couple questions:
-First. Are the ev's on Swampert 252 Att and 252 Speed? if so, why are you using relaxed nature? And without any def/hp ev's Swampert can't switch to Hera, because it's always 2OHKO..

-Second. Why aren't you running max speed on Zapdos? I quess it's bulkier running HP ev's, but again Heracross can do some serious damage, if not choiced.

I think that SD Heracross can destroy your team, after some prior damages and after Azelf has been taken out.
First thing I noticed was that your team is extremely weak to combination of Chandelure and non-choiced Heracross, because none of your pokemon can outspeed them (except Azelf).


I suggest you to change Bisharp to Scarf Chandelure(because everyone can handle Bisharp, and cofagrigus can burn him):
Chandelure@ choice scarf
ability: flash fire
-Flamethrower/Fire Blast
-Shadow ball
-Energy Ball
-Trick

And change Gligar to defensive set, because even strong physical attacker can take him out and it does not hit hard even with max Att.
But great team overall and I give you credits for creativity, I also use Scarf Azelf myself, and it does work very well! And because of your peak i quess it works :)

 

[Once]

Wow, impressive team.

Your team synergy is great as you only have one weakness that isn't covered which is water, but you shouldn't worry when you have Zapdos.

 

[EtaHope]

Great team EtaHope! And congratulations for peaked so high on the ladder.

Only couple questions:
-First. Are the ev's on Swampert 252 Att and 252 Speed? if so, why are you using relaxed nature? And without any def/hp ev's Swampert can't switch to Hera, because it's always 2OHKO..

-Second. Why aren't you running max speed on Zapdos? I quess it's bulkier running HP ev's, but again Heracross can do some serious damage, if not choiced.

I think that SD Heracross can destroy your team, after some prior damages and after Azelf has been taken out.
First thing I noticed was that your team is extremely weak to combination of Chandelure and non-choiced Heracross, because none of your pokemon can outspeed them (except Azelf).


I suggest you to change Bisharp to Scarf Chandelure(because everyone can handle Bisharp, and cofagrigus can burn him):
Chandelure@ choice scarf
ability: flash fire
-Flamethrower/Fire Blast
-Shadow ball
-Energy Ball
-Trick

And change Gligar to defensive set, because even strong physical attacker can take him out and it does not hit hard even with max Att.
But great team overall and I give you credits for creativity, I also use Scarf Azelf myself, and it does work very well! And because of your peak i quess it works :)

I would, but I hate people who use Chandelure :)

Wow, impressive team.

Your team synergy is great as you only have one weakness that isn't covered which is water, but you shouldn't worry when you have Zapdos.

Yup, that is why I have Zapdos. I thought about Raikou, but I wanted a fire attack :)

 

[metaclown]

Well even if you do hate people using Chandelure, there will be Chandelures in UU metagame and your team is weak against them :)

 

[EtaHope]

Well even if you do hate people using Chandelure, there will be Chandelures in UU metagame and your team is weak against them :)

Swampert destorys Chandelure. At full health he can survive a energy ball, then kill with a Waterfall

 

[metaclown]

Well you didn't answer my previous question... Does Swampert have max Sp.def or Speed? Swampert will not live Energy Ball from any form of Chandelure... Unless you're packing max HP and max Sp.Def

252 SpA Chandelure Energy Ball vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Swampert: 320-380 (79.2 - 94.05%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

and correct me if I'm wrong but your Swampert isn't that set, so it will be OHKOed in every circumtances..
Didn't meant to be rude, so don't get me wrong. But Swampert can't destroy Chandy... :)

 

[EtaHope]

Updated with my newer team :)

 

[Moose V]

...make a new post, don't just bump an old one. Also swampert gets destroyed by chandelure what are you saying. Even a scarfed chandelure can OHKO you swampert

 

[EtaHope]

...make a new post, don't just bump an old one. Also swampert gets destroyed by chandelure what are you saying. Even a scarfed chandelure can OHKO you swampert

I changed 3 Pokemon, it's a day old.. I can change it if I want.

 

[KM]

While you're at it, you may consider changing this thread so it actually complies with the RMT rules. Here they are for your convenience.

http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3476652

Specifically, you need to flesh out your descriptions and preferably your teambuilding process too.

Also, you can't really say that Mismagius is a counter to Snorlax.

252 SpA Life Orb Mismagius Hidden Power Fighting vs. 72 HP / 184 SpD Snorlax: 135-161 (28.18 - 33.61%) -- 0.15% chance to 3HKO - that's hardly an "easy 3HKO"

252+ Atk Choice Band Snorlax Crunch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Mismagius: 386-456 (147.32 - 174.04%) -- guaranteed OHKO

...nuff said

Congz on the peak though.

 

[SquirtleSquad626]

Gotta agree with kitten on this one. Mismagius in no way beats snorlax. if a banded snorlax even predicts you'll switch and uses pursuit, its a guaranteed 2HKO.

 

[Anty]

Firstly you should make a new RMT, because you did change a lot yourself and also, why would you run hp grass on azelf when it gets energy ball and you have decreased IV's on victini.

Umbreon prefers foul play to payback and superpower/ice fang than fire fang for krook for greater coverage.