Hail.

[Rudzh]

I'm new to competitive battling and to get used to it, I decided to make a team and I wanted it to be a hail team.

I chose 6 Pokemon which I though will be good (and I was wrong) and went to battle. After every battle I changed my team a little bit, tried new things and so on... And from this: Abomasnow/Froslass/Mamoswine/Cloyster/Infernape/Suicune I've made a completely other team: Abomasnow/Heatran/Scizor/Kyurem/Gliscor/Starmie.

I've been doing great (better than expected) with my hail team in Pokemon Showdown! When I was building my team, I checked my W/L then and it was (W:17/L:54), but now it's (W:81/L:75).

As I said, I'm pretty new to battling, so any good tips/suggestions are appreciated.

My team

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Hasty

Blizzard
Grass Knot
HP Fire
Earthquake

16 Atk/252 SpA/240 Spe
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It wouldn't be a hail team without Abomasnow. I put a Choice Scarf so he could outspeed Pokemon who otherwise would OHKO him like Dragonite and Salamence, but insted I OHKO them most of the time.

Blizzard is 100% accurate in hail and is my most used move and it gets stab as well, Grass Knot is for Gastrodon but is good for other Water types too, HP Fire OHKO's Forretress/Ferrothorn most of the time and Earthquake is to really hurt Heatran and other Fire types.

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Calm

Protect
Lava Plume
Earth Power
Stealth Rock

248 HP/252 SpD/8 Spe

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I use him as a counter to Ninetails and other Heatran (w/o Air Balloon). Ninetails can't really do anything to him - his immune to Ninetail's fire attacks, WoW, Toxic and while he has his balloon - to HP ground and HP Fighting can't hurt him too much (like 20%) and while he switches/uses HP, I can easily set up SR and then kill it with Earth Power if it's still there or switch out.

I use Stealth Rock to set up Stealth Rock, Protect to scout for Choice Pokemon attacks, Lava Plume is my main attacking move and it has STAB and a nice 30% chance to burn something. Earth Power for other Fire types and Tentacruel as well.

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Technician
Adamant

Bullet Punch
U-Turn
Pursuit
Superpower

252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe

I use this guy mostly as a revenge killer and he does his job pretty well.

There's pretty much nothing to say about this set... Bullet Punch is for revenge killing and it allows me to hit Tyranitar and Terrakion for super effective damage, U-Turn is for scouting, Pursuit is mostly for Alakazam/Starmie/Gengar and can be used to prevent switching which sometimes helps, Superpower allows me to hit other steel types and Blissey/Chansey for super effectifve damage.

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Modest

Substitute
Blizzard
Dragon Pulse
Focus Blast

56 HP/236 SpA/216 Spe

It would've been stupid to have a hail team without another Ice type Pokemon, so I chose Kyurem. He can switch in to resisted attacks and set up a substited and then sweep. I can even kill Chansey/Blissey with him if I get a lucky critical hit or SpD drop. He can also recover from leftovers as he's immune to hail.

Blizzard is strongest STAB with no draw backs, Dragon Pulse provides good neutral coverage and Focus Blast is for Steel types, who resist both STAB's and for Chansey/Blissey.

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Poison Heal
Impish

Protect
Toxic
Earthquake
Facade

248 HP/184 Def/72 Spe

Gliscor is really useful in this team as he resists really common Fighting type attacks, despite hail can heal himself, can scout for attacks and deal some damage either poisoning the opponent or hitting them with STAB EQ or Facade.

I use Protect for recovery as well as for scouting, Toxic to help counter Blissey/Chansey and to cripple other Pokemon too, Earthquake for stab and Facade, because it's my second strongest attack. I use it over Ice Fang because Facade deals more damage than Ice Fang even if the opposite Pokemon is weak to Ice (unless he has 4x weakness).

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Natural Cure
Modest

Blizzard
Hydro Pump
Thunder
Psychic

4 HP/252 SpA/252 Spe

Starmie works well as a revenge killer even without Choice Scarf thanks to it's 115 Base Speed. She works as a good Infernape counter that often goes as a lead against Abomasnow. If the ape has a Choice Band then it can survive Flare Blitz/Close Combat and hit it back with super effective STAB. If he has Scarf, then I can take 2 hits. If he switches, I damage the Pokemon that switches in, if he stays, both Pokemon faint.

Blizzard + Thunder provides good coverage, Hydro Pump is a powerful stab and Psychic is the only move (none of my Pokemon has a Flying type attack) that can hit Fighting type super efectively.




Other options



Tentacruel - Can set up Toxic Spikes, Rapid Spin opponent's entry hazards.

Mamoswine - Can be a revenge killer with Choice Scarf/Band and Ice Shard + other moves and has useful ability in hail - Snow Cloak.

Froslass - I can run a set like this: Confuse Ray/Substitute/Blizzard/Shadow Ball or Thunder/bolt. She can switch in to a Rapid Spin or a Fighting-type move, then Confuse them or whatever switches in. With Confusion and Snow Cloak opponent has only 40% chance to hit me, then I can set up Substitutes until opponent misses and then I can sweep. She also can set up spikes.

Cloyster - Immune to hail, can set up with Shell Smash and then sweep.

Terrakion - Really really strong Pokemon, also can be used to help countering Sandstorm and Sun teams.

Landorus - Great scout, also a good counter to Sandstorm teams.

Deoxys-D - Can set up entry hazards and taunt opposing leads as well.




Roar on Heatran to prevent Volcarona, Jirachi and other Pokemon too from setting their Quiver/Dragon Dance and Calm Minds.

Ice Fang on Gliscor to hit other Gliscor, but I have 3 Pokemon with Blizzard so I guess Facade is a better choice.

Rapid Spin on Starmie for obvious reasons...



Threats​

Alakazam - Immune to hail,can switch in on resisted/weak Choice attack, setup a Substitute and can be hard to revenge killed. Scizor's Pursuit can deal with him as well as Bullet Punch due to Alakazam's fraility.

Terrakion - Really a big threat to my team, usually kills at least one Pokemon or 2, if not more. Scizor's Bullet Punch can revenge kill this as well as Starmie with STAB Hydro Pump/Psychic. Gliscor can be used to wall Close Combat as it resists it, but can't take too many Stone Edges...

Chansey/Blissey - walls pretty much every Pokemon of my team and can heal their teammates with Wish. To get rid of them, I can Poison with Gliscor or hope for a crit/SpD drop with Kyurem's Focus Blast. Also Kyurem makes 101 HP Substitutes that Seismic Toss can't break and usually it's only attacking move for them. Also it prevents status.

Keldeo - After a Calm Mind can sweep through my team. The only counter for this - Starmie, who can hit it with Psychic/Thunder. The only problem is that a positive Spe nature Keldeo outspeeds Starmie and can kill it with Shadow Ball.

Other auto weather inducers - for obvious reasons. For Ninetails I've got Heatran, Politoed - Starmie can kill it with Thunder and Kyurem can set up Substitutes that Politoed can't break. Tyranitar - Starmie's Hydro Pump really hurts him if not KO's even at full health, Hippowdon - Gliscor can poison him, but nothing else really, Starmie can kill it with Hydro Pump as well.

Magnezone - traps Scizor, sets up on it while it's locked into usually Bullet Punch and then does really huge damage to my team. If I think that my opponent will switch, I can U-Turn to switch my Scizor out or just use Superpower. Heatran can 2HKO with Lava Plume and Starmie can revenge kill it with Hydro Pump.

Jirachi/Celebi - Jirachi counters my Abomasnow effectively, doesn't take much from HP Fire/EQ and can set up while I switch or kill with STAB Steel attacks. Celebi walls Gliscor, can switch out if poisoned or set up Calm Minds if not.

Infernape - OHKO's Abomasnow, while Abomasnow's EQ is only a 2HKO. Starmie is a decent counter since it resists both it's STAB's and can hit it super effectively back. Gliscor can come in on Close Combat and kill it with EQ, but he doesn't like Flare Blitz/Overheat/Fire Blast too much.

Jellicent - bulky Water type, can switch in to basically everything except Starmie's Thunder and burn something with Scald. Abomasnow can't even 3HKO it with Grass Knot.

Cloyster - can set up Shell Smash but is OHKO'd with Grass Knot.

Latias - really strong Pokemon, but get's OHKO'd by Blizzards and 2HKO'd with Bullet Punch so it's not a big threat but is something that is hard to counter.

Tentacruel - Sets up Toxic spikes, spins away my SR and counters Heatran/Abomasnow pretty well. Starmie can take it out with Psychic/Thunder, Gliscor can use EQ.

Donphan - although gets OHKO'd by a Grass Knot, he always manages to set up SR because of it's Sturdy.

 

[Sayonara]

Hi, Rudzh, solid team! I have a few suggestions - first off, your team is very weak to entry hazards such as Stealth Rock in its current state. It chips off 25% of Abomasnow and Kyurem's health upon switch-in, which means they won't last long, making them less effective threats. Since your Scizor will have to switch in a lot, it will constantly be struck by hazards. In addition to Hail being present, Scizor isn't going to be around too long. To fix this problem, I would use a Defensive Rapid Spin Starmie instead of your Choice Specs variant.

This set provides Rapid Spin support - invaluable support for your team! Thanks to its decent bulk, Starmie can quickly clear hazards sitting on your field, while being able to tank a few hits. I'd go with an EV spread of 252 HP / 32 SpD / 224 Spe with a Timid Nature, along with a moveset consisting of Rapid Spin / Scald / Psyshock / Recover, with the item Leftovers. Thanks to the bulk investment, CB Terrakion's STAB Stone Edge will never OHKO Starmie when it is sitting at full health! The speed EVs allow you to outrun Tornadus and most of the guys in OU, allowing you to quickly get rid of hazards. Scald is helpful to burn opponents like Ferrothorn, while Psyshock is useful to beat Virizion. Recover keeps your star in good shape, while Leftovers cancels Hail's passive damage.

Finally, a last change I recommend would be to opt for a 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD EV spread for Scizor. It won't last too long in Hail, so the bulk would be very appreciated to enhance its survivability. The speed EVs are irrelevant when you're using Bullet Punch! Furthermore, when you use U-Turn, it's usually going to be when your opponent switches out anyways. Just some thoughts. Good luck!

 

[Jimbon]

Hi there!

This is a pretty neat team, good use of Hail to support Kyurem effectively. One thing that does pop out to me is the lack of a spinner. A spinner will help Abomasnow switch-in easier, making the weather war easier to win and ultimately will help you attempt to sweep with Kyurem. Not to mention without no spinner, Kyurem will be wearing it's health down really quickly, after coming in on Stealth Rock and using Substitute that's 50% of Kyurem's health gone already, not factoring in when Kyurem has to switch out if it cannot touch an opposing Pokemon. One way to solve this problem is to change your Starmie from Choice Specs, to a Rapid Spin set. Starmie's high speed, and a number of key resistances means it can easily Rapid Spin away hazards on your side of the field. This will make it much easier for Kyurem and Abomasnow to switch-in and will increase your chance of winning the weather war.

I also think you could modify your Abomasnow set slightly. Although giving it a Choice Scarf makes it a great revenge killer, I feel that there are other members of your team, specifically Kyurem, that do the job a lot better. In terms of the winning the weather war, Scarf Abomasnow can be impractical. Considering your team kind of needs Hail to function, you have a heavy reliance on your Hail. I recommend switching your set to a mixed attacking Abomasnow. This set gives you a lot more freedom in your moves, as with the previous Choice Scarf, Abomasnow does not want to be switching a lot. Limiting it's offensive options may be counter productive to what your team is trying to achieve. With this mixed attacking set, you still hit everything you would previously, albeit you're a little slower, but this is arguably more important than quickly racking up hazard damage and losing your weather inducer early on.

As mentioned earlier, I do feel that a Scarf Kyurem is a much better replacement over your current set. I think switching Abomasnow's and Kyurem's roles around in your team will serve you well, especially when Kyurem's offensive stats are a lot more impressive than Abomasnow's. Scarf Kyurem gives you a great revenge killer -- in Hail, you can easily spam Blizzard once all your opponent's Steel Types are gone and cause havoc upon your opponent's team.

Sets

Starmie @ Life Orb
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 32 SDef / 224 Spe
Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Scald / Blizzard
- Psychic / Thunderbolt

Abomasnow (M) @ Expert Belt
Trait: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 Atk / 104 SAtk / 152 Spd
Lonely Nature (+Atk, -Def)
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Wood Hammer
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Kyurem (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 32 HP / 252 SAtk / 224 Spe
Modest Nature (+SAtk -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Blizzard
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Dragon Pulse

 

[Rudzh]

Here's a battle log against a rain team.

Format: OU
Rated battle

Rudzh's team:
Abomasnow / Heatran / Scizor / Gliscor / Kyurem / Starmie

Octaivian Rex's team:
Politoed / Tentacruel / Celebi / Jellicent / Salamence / Chansey

Battle between Octaivian Rex and Rudzh started!
Octaivian Rex sent out Toad of Drowning (Politoed)!
Rudzh sent out Kyurem!
Kyurem is exerting its pressure!
It started to rain!

Turn 1
Kyurem used Substitute!
Kyurem put in a substitute!
Kyurem lost 25% of its health!
The foe's Toad of Drowning used Toxic!
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 2
Kyurem used Dragon Pulse!
A critical hit! The foe's Toad of Drowning lost 98% of its health!
The foe's Toad of Drowning used Perish Song!
All Pokémon hearing the song will faint in three turns!
The foe's Toad of Drowning's perish count fell to 3.
Kyurem's perish count fell to 3.
The foe's Toad of Drowning restored HP using its Leftovers!
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 3
The foe's Toad of Drowning used Protect!
The foe's Toad of Drowning protected itself!
Kyurem used Dragon Pulse!
The foe's Toad of Drowning protected itself!
Kyurem's perish count fell to 2.
The foe's Toad of Drowning's perish count fell to 2.
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Toad of Drowning restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 4
Octaivian Rex called Toad of Drowning back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Manipulator (Tentacruel)!
Rudzh called Kyurem back!
Rudzh sent out Abomasnow!
It started to hail!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Manipulator is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Manipulator restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 5
Abomasnow used Earthquake!
It's super effective! The foe's The Manipulator lost 39% of its health!
The foe's The Manipulator used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Manipulator is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Manipulator restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 6
Octaivian Rex called The Manipulator back!
Octaivian Rex sent out Big Bertha (Chansey)!
Abomasnow used Earthquake!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 14% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!

Turn 7
Rudzh called Abomasnow back!
Rudzh sent out Heatran!
Heatran floats in the air with its Air Balloon!
The foe's Big Bertha used Toxic!
It had no effect!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!

Turn 8
Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
The foe's Big Bertha used Wish!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!

Turn 9
Octaivian Rex called Big Bertha back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Manipulator (Tentacruel)!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Manipulator!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... The foe's The Manipulator lost 13% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Manipulator is buffeted by the hail!
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
Big Bertha's wish came true!

Turn 10
The foe's The Manipulator used Rapid Spin!
A critical hit! It's not very effective... Heatran lost 3% of its health!
Heatran's Air Balloon popped!
The pointed stones disappeared from around the foe's team!
Heatran used Earth Power!
It's super effective! The foe's The Manipulator lost 39% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Manipulator is buffeted by the hail!
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Manipulator restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 11
Octaivian Rex called The Manipulator back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Monarch (Jellicent)!
Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Monarch is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Monarch restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 12
Rudzh called Heatran back!
Rudzh sent out Starmie!
Starmie was poisoned!
The foe's The Monarch used Scald!
It's not very effective... Starmie lost 18% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
Starmie is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Monarch is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Monarch restored HP using its Leftovers!
Starmie was hurt by poison!

Turn 13
Starmie used Thunder!
It's super effective! The foe's The Monarch lost 100% of its health!
The foe's The Monarch fainted!
The hail crashes down.
Starmie is buffeted by the hail!
Starmie was hurt by poison!
Octaivian Rex sent out Big Bertha (Chansey)!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Big Bertha!

Turn 14
Starmie used Thunder!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Big Bertha used Wish!
The hail crashes down.
Starmie is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
Starmie was hurt by poison!

Turn 15
Rudzh called Starmie back!
Rudzh sent out Gliscor!
The foe's Big Bertha used Seismic Toss!
Gliscor lost 28% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
Gliscor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
Big Bertha's wish came true!
Gliscor's Toxic Orb activated!
Gliscor was badly poisoned!

Turn 16
Octaivian Rex called Big Bertha back!
Octaivian Rex sent out Toad of Drowning (Politoed)!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Toad of Drowning!
It started to rain!
Gliscor used Facade!
The foe's Toad of Drowning lost 2% of its health!
The foe's Toad of Drowning fainted!
Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Wisp (Celebi)!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Wisp!

Turn 17
Rudzh called Gliscor back!
Rudzh sent out Abomasnow!
Abomasnow was poisoned!
It started to hail!
The foe's The Wisp used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your team!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Wisp is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Wisp restored HP using its Leftovers!
Abomasnow was hurt by poison!

Turn 18
Octaivian Rex called The Wisp back!
Octaivian Rex sent out Big Bertha (Chansey)!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Big Bertha!
Abomasnow used Blizzard!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 16% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
Abomasnow was hurt by poison!

Turn 19
Rudzh called Abomasnow back!
Rudzh sent out Scizor!
Pointed stones dug into Scizor!
The foe's Big Bertha used Wish!
The hail crashes down.
Scizor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!

Turn 20
The foe's Big Bertha used Protect!
The foe's Big Bertha protected itself!
Scizor used Superpower!
The foe's Big Bertha protected itself!
The hail crashes down.
Scizor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
Big Bertha's wish came true!

Turn 21
Rudzh called Scizor back!
Rudzh sent out Abomasnow!
Pointed stones dug into Abomasnow!
Octaivian Rex called Big Bertha back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Manipulator (Tentacruel)!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Manipulator!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Manipulator is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Manipulator restored HP using its Leftovers!
Abomasnow was hurt by poison!

Turn 22
Abomasnow used Earthquake!
It's super effective! The foe's The Manipulator lost 39% of its health!
The foe's The Manipulator used Rapid Spin!
Abomasnow lost 5% of its health!
The pointed stones disappeared from around the foe's team!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Manipulator is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Manipulator restored HP using its Leftovers!
Abomasnow was hurt by poison!

Turn 23
Octaivian Rex called The Manipulator back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Wisp (Celebi)!
Abomasnow used Earthquake!
It's not very effective... The foe's The Wisp lost 7% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Wisp is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Wisp restored HP using its Leftovers!
Abomasnow was hurt by poison!

Turn 24
Abomasnow used Earthquake!
It's not very effective... The foe's The Wisp lost 7% of its health!
The foe's The Wisp used Leech Seed!
It doesn't affect Abomasnow...
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Wisp is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Wisp restored HP using its Leftovers!
Abomasnow was hurt by poison!
Abomasnow fainted!
Rudzh sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!

Turn 25
Octaivian Rex called The Wisp back!
Octaivian Rex sent out Big Bertha (Chansey)!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 11% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!

Turn 26
Heatran used Lava Plume!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 10% of its health!
The foe's Big Bertha used Wish!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!

Turn 27
Heatran used Lava Plume!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 12% of its health!
The foe's Big Bertha used Seismic Toss!
Heatran lost 26% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
Big Bertha's wish came true!

Turn 28
Heatran used Lava Plume!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 10% of its health!
The foe's Big Bertha was burned!
The foe's Big Bertha used Wish!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's Big Bertha was hurt by its burn!

Turn 29
Octaivian Rex called Big Bertha back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Manipulator (Tentacruel)!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
A critical hit! It's not very effective... The foe's The Manipulator lost 10% of its health!
The foe's The Manipulator fainted!
The hail crashes down.
Heatran is buffeted by the hail!
Heatran fainted!
Rudzh sent out Gliscor!
Pointed stones dug into Gliscor!
Octaivian Rex sent out King Drake (Salamence)!
The foe's King Drake intimidates Gliscor!
Gliscor's Attack fell!

Turn 30
Gliscor used Toxic!
The foe's King Drake was badly poisoned!
The foe's King Drake used Wish!
The hail crashes down.
Gliscor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake restored HP using its Leftovers!
Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!
The foe's King Drake was hurt by poison!

Turn 31
Gliscor used Protect!
Gliscor protected itself!
The foe's King Drake used Dragon Tail!
Gliscor protected itself!
The hail crashes down.
Gliscor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake is buffeted by the hail!
King Drake's wish came true!
The foe's King Drake was hurt by poison!
Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!

Turn 32
Gliscor used Protect!
Gliscor protected itself!
The foe's King Drake used Aqua Tail!
Gliscor protected itself!
The hail crashes down.
Gliscor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's King Drake was hurt by poison!
Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!

Turn 33
Octaivian Rex called King Drake back!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Wisp (Celebi)!
Rudzh called Gliscor back!
Rudzh sent out Scizor!
Pointed stones dug into Scizor!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's The Wisp is buffeted by the hail!
Scizor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's The Wisp restored HP using its Leftovers!

Turn 34
The foe's The Wisp is being sent back!
Scizor used Pursuit!
It's super effective! The foe's The Wisp lost 60% of its health!
Octaivian Rex called The Wisp back!
Octaivian Rex sent out King Drake (Salamence)!
The foe's King Drake intimidates Scizor!
Scizor's Attack fell!
The hail crashes down.
Scizor is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's King Drake was hurt by poison!

Turn 35
Rudzh called Scizor back!
Rudzh sent out Gliscor!
Pointed stones dug into Gliscor!
The foe's King Drake used Dragon Tail!
Gliscor lost 18% of its health!
Kyurem was poisoned!
Pointed stones dug into Kyurem!
Kyurem is exerting its pressure!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's King Drake is buffeted by the hail!
The foe's King Drake restored HP using its Leftovers!
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!
Kyurem was hurt by poison!
The foe's King Drake was hurt by poison!

Turn 36
Kyurem used Blizzard!
It's super effective! The foe's King Drake lost 51% of its health!
The foe's King Drake fainted!
The hail crashes down.
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!
Kyurem was hurt by poison!
Octaivian Rex sent out Big Bertha (Chansey)!

Turn 37
Kyurem used Focus Blast!
It's super effective! The foe's Big Bertha lost 26% of its health!
The foe's Big Bertha used Seismic Toss!
Kyurem lost 25% of its health!
The hail crashes down.
The foe's Big Bertha is buffeted by the hail!
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!
Kyurem was hurt by poison!

Turn 38
Kyurem used Dragon Pulse!
The foe's Big Bertha lost 13% of its health!
The foe's Big Bertha fainted!
The hail crashes down.
Kyurem restored HP using its Leftovers!
Kyurem was hurt by poison!
Octaivian Rex sent out The Wisp (Celebi)!

Turn 39
Kyurem used Blizzard!
It's super effective! The foe's The Wisp lost 13% of its health!
The foe's The Wisp fainted!
Rudzh won the battle!

Hi, Rudzh, solid team! I have a few suggestions - first off, your team is very weak to entry hazards such as Stealth Rock in its current state. It chips off 25% of Abomasnow and Kyurem's health upon switch-in, which means they won't last long, making them less effective threats. Since your Scizor will have to switch in a lot, it will constantly be struck by hazards. In addition to Hail being present, Scizor isn't going to be around too long. To fix this problem, I would use a Defensive Rapid Spin Starmie instead of your Choice Specs variant.

This set provides Rapid Spin support - invaluable support for your team! Thanks to its decent bulk, Starmie can quickly clear hazards sitting on your field, while being able to tank a few hits. I'd go with an EV spread of 252 HP / 32 SpD / 224 Spe with a Timid Nature, along with a moveset consisting of Rapid Spin / Scald / Psyshock / Recover, with the item Leftovers. Thanks to the bulk investment, CB Terrakion's STAB Stone Edge will never OHKO Starmie when it is sitting at full health! The speed EVs allow you to outrun Tornadus and most of the guys in OU, allowing you to quickly get rid of hazards. Scald is helpful to burn opponents like Ferrothorn, while Psyshock is useful to beat Virizion. Recover keeps your star in good shape, while Leftovers cancels Hail's passive damage.

Finally, a last change I recommend would be to opt for a 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD EV spread for Scizor. It won't last too long in Hail, so the bulk would be very appreciated to enhance its survivability. The speed EVs are irrelevant when you're using Bullet Punch! Furthermore, when you use U-Turn, it's usually going to be when your opponent switches out anyways. Just some thoughts. Good luck!

I'm not really that weak - 4 Pokemon take only 12% from SR, while 3 are immune to Toxic Spikes and 1 to Spikes, but using a Rapid spinner wouldn't be a bad idea. I don't really want to change Starmie's set as I use her as a counter to Politoed, Jellicent (OHKO'd with Thunder (don't know about the EV's)) and other water Pokemon. Abomasnow is too weak to do that although I don't want to change members of my team either... Don't know what to do... Anyway think I'm going to try to use that set you suggested and battle like 20 fights or so... If it's going to be better, I'll stick to it.

I also think you could modify your Abomasnow set slightly. Although giving it a Choice Scarf makes it a great revenge killer, I feel that there are other members of your team, specifically Kyurem, that do the job a lot better. In terms of the winning the weather war, Scarf Abomasnow can be impractical. Considering your team kind of needs Hail to function, you have a heavy reliance on your Hail. I recommend switching your set to a mixed attacking Abomasnow. This set gives you a lot more freedom in your moves, as with the previous Choice Scarf, Abomasnow does not want to be switching a lot. Limiting it's offensive options may be counter productive to what your team is trying to achieve. With this mixed attacking set, you still hit everything you would previously, albeit you're a little slower, but this is arguably more important than quickly racking up hazard damage and losing your weather inducer early on.

As mentioned earlier, I do feel that a Scarf Kyurem is a much better replacement over your current set. I think switching Abomasnow's and Kyurem's roles around in your team will serve you well, especially when Kyurem's offensive stats are a lot more impressive than Abomasnow's. Scarf Kyurem gives you a great revenge killer -- in Hail, you can easily spam Blizzard once all your opponent's Steel Types are gone and cause havoc upon your opponent's team.

About Starmie - same as above.

Abomasnow: I use Abomasnow as a revenge killer and to get some surprise KO's with Choice Scarf. I've outsped pretty much everything I needed with Choice Scarf and barely KO'd with Blizzard. Without he's Scarf he's got (pathetic) 60 Base Speed and he's outsped by pretty much everything.

Kyurem: He's STAB's are resisted only by Steel type and that's why there's Focus Blast. Also I like Substitue + 3 attacks, because Seismic Toss can't break his substitues. It also protects from status and I can't get revenge killed.

Even though I don't like those sets (I don't say they are bad or something), I guess I'll never know if I don't try. :)


Thanks!