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[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

This is one of my takes on hyper offense for Black and White 1, and spotlights CM Arceus-Ground and SubSD Terrakion.

Kyogre @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 52 HP / 252 SAtk / 204 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Surf
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Ice Beam

Standard Choice Scarf Kyogre, I need it to handle Mewtwo, and set up favourable matchups for Terrakion and my other set up sweepers. For example, I can easily double switch from Kyogre to Terrakion if I see they have a Ferrothorn. Choice Scarf Kyogre is also one of the most powerful revenge-killers in the tier, and helps me control the weather. One of the most used Pokemon for a reason.

Dialga @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 224 HP / 96 SAtk / 172 SDef / 16 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Thunder
- Stealth Rock

Not really winning any awards with creativity now, but Dialga is needed for a one-two time defensive pivot and to set up Stealth Rock. Thunder is for Lead Kyogre with balls too big for their own good. Dialga provides a whole palette of resistances that allow it to switch easily into a multitude of support Pokemon, and certain offensive ones. Three attacks is chosen over having Roar because I place a larger priority on hitting Kyogre super effectively and spreading paralysis. Thunder is also a nice attack to throw out early in the game to see your opponents response. Draco Meteor was chosen over Dragon Pulse because its damage over 2 turns is greater, and its added power lends to the offensive nature of this team. Stealth Rock is the all-important hazard, I don't think I've ever built a team without it.

Terrakion @ Life Orb
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge

Probably my favourite Ubers Terrakion set. Substitutes can easily be set up against Dialga, Ferrothorn, Chansey, Blissey, etc. The choice to boost is there, but not always necessary - often, attacking from behind the Substitute to weaken your checks then switching out is a better idea. Terrakion also has the important job of checking Extreme Killer Arceus, however, Jolly versions outspeed and KO - that's what I have Kabutops for. Having two soft-checks to a threat ensures that it doesn't go rampant too often.

Arceus-Ground (Arceus-Ground) @ Earth Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Judgment
- Ice Beam
- Recover
- Calm Mind

A really underrated set, Ground STAB augmented by an Ice move is stroooooooooooooong. This is also my 'mixed' wall, and checks Dialga and Rayquaza excellently. Max bulk and speed because the nature of hyper offense means I really don't want to fuck around with speed creeping and get outsped by other Arceus. Everyone knows how important it is to have an Arceus forme on your team, and often time it will be the bulkiest Pokemon on teams with an offensive nature. Ground-type Judgments hit a lot of Pokemon for neutral or super-effective damage, not to mention that Pokemon that commonly absorb them are either physically based or weak to Ice Beam. Ferrothorn isn't even that big of a deal as at +1 it is 2HKOed. The SD set has also been suggested, however, I already have two other Physical sweepers and the CM set switches better into things like Specs Dialga using Dragon Pulse and the like.

Ferrothorn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 232 HP / 32 Def / 244 SDef
Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd)
- Power Whip
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Toxic

Again, no awards for creativity, however, Ferrothorn is a necessity as my only Steel resistant to Dragon attacks. I use Toxic to get more assured damage on CM Arceus and the rest is standard. Power Whip is chosen as the main attack, having only Gyro Ball sucks against Kyogre, Groudon, and other things. Skymin is a bit of a bitch, but I can normally nail it with Toxic on the switch. Having Spikes without a spinblocker may seem pointless, but if you're using Ferrothorn you should be using Spikes, not to mention the offensive nature of the team makes it hard to spin against. Non Gyro Ball Forretress will pay dearly when Terrakion gets a free substitute on it.

Kabutops (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Rapid Spin
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Low Kick

Kabutops is an excellent cleaner and spinner, but know that spinning risks Kabutops dying almost all the time, as almost everything in Ubers is capable of hurting it. I use a Jolly nature so Choice Scarf Terrakion can't come in and ruin my day. And seeing as I have no Fighting resist, this is kind of a big deal. An Adamant nature with Aqua Jet could be used, but I really need the spinning abilities of Kabutops. The switches against Kabutops are also very predictable and can be used to get up more hazards with Ferrothorn or give a free switch for Dialga.
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It's still hyper-offense with Ferrothorn, as I really don't focus that much on trying to absorb hits, rather trying to suicidally set up hazards then sweep at whatever the cost. Playing with the team is pretty simple, Terrakion often leads against Dialga. Scarf Kyogre can lead against Deoxys-S, Water Spout, then switch out to Kabutops to kill it with Rapid Spin. However, I will not argue that Deoxys-S teams are somewhat hard to handle since Kabutops can't break through Ghost-Arceus and Giratina-O instantly, not to mention Giratina-A is pretty much a hard counter.

Maintaining offensive momentum through double switching and abusing the offensive presence and predictable responses to each Pokemon is essential.

 

[pwnage77]

hey i gotta say, this is one solid offensive team. each poke's weaknesses are covered by the rest. however, i see one problem. since this is adapted to bw1, it'll have trouble with bw2 pokes especially white kyurem. first off, STAB Draco Meteor will severely injure every single pokemon on your team bar ferrothorn, which is severely dented and also risks dying to fusion flare. if kyurem-w is specs, then your team's only hope is to make sure that kyurem-w is killed before it kills your team. if it is scarfed, your only hope is to go to kabutops and start spamming stone edges. okay, here's the thing: kyurem-w will almost always be partnered with groudon. kyurem-w is weak to stone edge, groudon resists stone edge. so what's the best thing your opponent could do? well switch to groudon duh, and it happens to take away your precious rain and halves waterfall's power.

speaking of groudon, rock polish variants, although rare, will also pose a threat. only arceus-g and ferrothorn will be safe switches. ferro will die quickly though since it doesn't have a recovery. as for arceus-g, it is a solid check seeing your evs.

ok now to more threats in bw2. lati@s. now that their item soul dew is back, all hope is lost(not really). if ferrothorn dies, expect draco meteors raining everywhere. i think your best chance is terrakion behind a sub. everyone here who has used a terrakion (tell me who hasn't) knows just how powerful it is. also, kabutops is a good counter in the rain since it will outspeed and revenge kill. just watch out for latias since it is more bulky and will almost always run a CM set and will be hard to kill. anyway, i hope i helped. if possible, i'd like to add more but then i need to sleep too.

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

this team is created for bw1. rp groudon is somewhat of a threat but i have it covered between jolly kabutops and ground arceus

 

[TrollFreak]

ok now to more threats in bw2. lati@s. now that their item soul dew is back, all hope is lost(not really). if ferrothorn dies, expect draco meteors raining everywhere. i think your best chance is terrakion behind a sub. everyone here who has used a terrakion (tell me who hasn't) knows just how powerful it is. also, kabutops is a good counter in the rain since it will outspeed and revenge kill. just watch out for latias since it is more bulky and will almost always run a CM set and will be hard to kill. anyway, i hope i helped. if possible, i'd like to add more but then i need to sleep too.

As you can see, this team is for BW1(either that, or Poppy made this in BW1) so this team doesn't have to deal with those threats.

 

[Friar]

Just an idea for transitioning into the BW2 metagame, maybe use Giratina-O instead of Dialga, and then SR / CC / Stone Edge / Substitute on Terrakion. Giratina-O gives you something to switch into Fighting attacks (rare but a huge weakness for your team), a great Groudon check, and another Mewtwo check if you run Shadow Sneak. Giratina also does decently against Gliscor who looks like a huge annoyance. You said you often don't need Swords Dance, so Terrakion could set up your Stealth Rock, being able to force out quite a lot of Pokemon.

As is I can't find any threats that can't be played around as long as Rain is up. Fantastic team!