Haxing in the Rain

[Eliteknight]

Opening Statement:
This is my current rain team it effectively deals with many threats in the new metagame including thunderus it is a bit gyrados weak but I have effectively dealt with it on teams I have faced while laddering but the team doesn’t seem to be taking huge hits from it and if timed right I can easily set up with hax to ko it. This team is one of the best I’ve made (those whom helped are credited).Please rate and have a great day.​

First Glance

Teambuilding process​

Teambuilding

I started off with trying out a dd hax set in rain

Next I wanted to use a new deadly sweeper so I chose the new Tornadus form​

Now my team was showing an ice weakness and politode beign scarfed didn’t help remove it much so I chose the Tentacruel for spinning and resists.​

Next I like to have hazards and status flying around a lot in my battles so I chose to add hax rachi with rocks and wish​

Finally I needed an effective weather counter so I chose mamoswine it works well in all weathers and has amazing sweeping potential​

Due to Suggestions by jirachi and pokemazter i decided to change tenta for starmie and mamoswine for rotom-w

Politoed (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Encore​

Set Explaination:​

Move set: Hp electic to help deal with Gyrados. Hydro pump to deal massive damage with stab rain boosted attacks. Ice beam for coverage reasons with both hydro pump and hp elec. Encore to troll slower pokes whom are trying to set up then I switch to a counter.
Role: Weather changer which allows my team to function much better eliminates Gyrados with HP electric
Item: Choice scarf allows politoed to act as a revenge killer and can cause a lot of damage quickly if the opponent is unprepared but whom isn’t prepared.
Evs:Allow Poli to inflict damage while being as fast as possible.
Summary:Politoed is a revenge killer but its main job for this team is to effectively deal with other weather starters and to set up rain.

Haxorus (M) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Mold Breaker
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Att, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Aqua Tail
- Superpower​

Set Explaination:​

Move set: Dragon dance boosts hax’s power and speed through the roof. Outrage as a stab and inflicting massive damage. Aqua tail to bennifit from the rain and inflct damage on pokes immune to eq. Superpower to add additional coverage
Role:Haxorus’ role on this team is to set up and be a mid-late game sweeper setting up a dd or 2 can cause it to outspeed most non-choiced pokes in the game and can OHKO most of them aswell.
Item:Lum berry allows me to spam outrage or set up and ohko against pokes such as rotom
Evs:Evs to maximize attack and speed making it an effective sweeper
Summary:Hax is a very effective member of this team whom destroys many pokes in battles​

Rotom-W @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Trick​

Set Explaination:​

Move set:Hydropump for powerful rain boosted stab. Thunder to deal with skarm. Hp ice to add boltbeam coverage. Trick to annoy walls
Role: Rotom's roll is to act as the main revenge killer eliminating many pokes in the current metagame.
Item: Choice Scarf is to increase the speed of rotom to outspeed many pokes in the metagame
Evs:Evs to maximize offensive capabilities
Summary:Rotom is a powerful member of the team​

Starmie @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 232 HP / 76 SAtk / 200 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Scald
- Rapid Spin
- Thunderbolt
- Recover​

Set Explaination:​

Move set: Scald for stab and great burn chance. Thunderbolt to eliminate skarm and other waters and flyers. Rapid spin to eliminate hazards. Recover to remain healthy
Role:The role of starmie to to sponge status remove hazards and to take out pokes weak to its powerful movepool
Item:Leftovers for maximum survivablility
Evs:To allow starmie to be as buly as possible while still being a threat
Summary:Starmie is an effective spinner whom is able to remove many threats in the metagame​

Jirachi @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 224 SDef / 32 Spd
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Iron Head
- Wish
- Body Slam​

Set Explaination:​

Move set: Rocks for more residual damage. Iron head for and amazing stab and high flinch rate. Wish to assist in healing the team. Body slam to induce paralasis.
Role:Rachi is an annoyer it sets up rocks heals the team with 202 wishes and completely haxes opposing pokes.
Item:Leftovers for constant healing
Evs:Evs for maximized wishes good special bulk and outspeeding pokes to inflict para
Summary:Rachi is one of my favourite pokes to use in OU and it effectively makes this team stronger as a supporter and as a hax sweepers​

Tornadus-T (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 Atk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Heat Wave
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Hurricane​

Set Explaination:​

Move set:Heat wave to OHKO ferrotthron out of rain. Superpower to Ko in rain and to eliminate other steels. U-turn to get switch advantage and healing from regenerator. Hurricane for stab nice chance of confusion and overall great power.
Role:Tornadus is a sweeper nothing more nothing left it effectively dismantles teams using its great mixed stats
Item:Life orb to increase versatility and sweeping potential
Evs:Speed and Special attack sweeping is the main focus of tornadus
Summary: Tornadus is a very effective sweeper​

Credits:​

AB2: for the mamoswine and jirachi changes made​

Pokemazter: For the initial team bulding​

Closing statement:​

Thanks you for spending your time looking this over all changes will be considered however please don’t just post small thigns saying nice team those are for VMs not the thread I want suggestions​

Last Glance​

 

[Jirachee]

Hi

This is a nice team however there are a couple of issues with it. The two main ones I can think of are Starmie and Gyarados. Life Orb Starmie is an incredibly strong sweeper and nothing on your team can really switch into it and put a lot of pressure on it. While you do have Tornadus-T which outspeeds it and threatens it with Hurricane, it really can't switch into any of its moves except from maybe Rapid Spin. Tentacruel can take a Hydro Pump and an Ice Beam, but then, Starmie just outspeeds it and hit it with Thunderbolt. Gyarados is another threat as you mentioned, especially the SubDD variant with Bounce. If it has a Jolly nature then Politoed isn't even able to outspeed it, meaning that your efforts to hit it with Hidden Power Electric aren't leading anywhere. It's fairly easy for it to set up on Tentacruel also. I think you could be running Choice Scarf Rotom-W instead of Mamoswine. Rotom-W allows you to put pressure on Starmie with Electric attacks, and can also take its moves, although it doesn't take Hydro Pump very well. Be careful there. Rotom-W is however an amazing check to Gyarados as it outspeeds it and carries Electric STAB which Gyarados hates. Lastly, Rotom-W also allows you to cover things like Tornadus-T and some DD Dragons which Mamoswine also covered so you keep some defensive coverage right there.

Another thing you should definetly consider is Superpower on Haxorus in the place or Earthquake. This allows Haxorus to break through Ferrothorn which will be the main obstacle in Haxorus' sweep. Earthquake is cool and all because of Mold Breaker, but most of the threats like Rotom-W that you can destroy with Earthquake are beaten by Outrage. Bronzong's usage is fairly low as of now, so you shouldn't have problems dealing with it. Superpower + Aqua Tail hits pretty much all the Steel for enough damage anyway. Seeing that your other Pokemon don't deal with Ferrothorn that well that would greatly improve your chances at sweeping mid game with Haxorus as it is such a powerful sweeper.

Cool team, I like Haxorus. Here's the set you should use:

Rotom-W

Rotom-W @ Choice Scarf
Levitate
Timid
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
-Hydro Pump
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power Ice
-Trick

Good luck!

 

[Eliteknight]

@Thank your for your rate. Ill definetly try using that rotom over mamo ill test it out and update accordingly. The only reason i prefer EQ on hax is that i feel the the -1 in attack and def can really harm hax in the long run but ill test that aswell

 

[Mazz]

Opposing Mamoswine looks like it could give this team some hell, even with the addition of Rotom-W over your own Mamoswine. Because of this, I'm going to suggest Defensive Starmie over Tentacruel. You maintain your ability to spin hazards, while adding some bulk to the team, and ultimately, having a better way of dealing with Mamoswine. Toxic Spikes are lost, but considering the rise of Pokemon not affected by them - anything that has a ground immunity or a resistant type, this won't really affect your team.

Defensive Starmie

Starmie @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 236 HP / 72 SAtk / 200 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Scald
- Rapid Spin
- Thunderbolt
- Recover

And definitely implement the changes suggested by Jirachi. They'll help your team out a lot. Good luck with the team.

 

[Eliteknight]

@Mazz im for sure using superpower and rotom on the team and ill use the starmie the ground weakness really needed to be removed