Premise
Hi everyone on smogon! I come back with a new rmt. I used to play many stall and HO team and get bored so I build a balance team and have struggled in laddering. Because of that, I am posting this and hoping u guy help me in improve the team. Now I will go straight to the team.
Team
#M Alakazam
Alakazam-Mega @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
- Focus Blast
I started build a team with m-zam. This mon is an incredible wallbreaker with skyhigh sp atk. Cause of his ability trace, he is the best answer to toxapex, amoonguss, heatran and latios lack of draco meteor, also weak m-swampert. The set is standard nothing to talk much. I chose timid>modest because alakazam is fragile, the speed is necessary for him to OK opponent before take a hit.
#Zapdos
Zapdos @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Defog
- Roost
- Heat Wave
Next mon is zapdos. Because of Alakazam fragility, zapdos is here to solve that problem. Above avarage defensive, great typing help zapdos dealing with m-pinsir, m-scizor which hit m-alakazam really hard with their priorty move. Rocky helmet for punishment those mons and u-turn users. Zapdos can deal with toxapex and ferrothorn (both are hazard setter mons) very well cause of defog and is coverage move. Stactic is a good ability to deal with m-gyarados and punish u-turn user beside rocky helmet. Everything else is standard.
#Tapu Bulu
Tapu Bulu @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 224 HP / 216 SpD / 68 Spe
Careful Nature
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Horn Leech
- Superpower
For dealing with the tapus, tyranitar, a-greninja, ground mons, I chose Tapu Bulu. With synthesis, horn leech, leftovers and grassterrain, this mon is really hard to wear down. Trading atk for def bulu still a great wallbreaker. After a SD boost, bulu is sure to 2hko magearna, ohko heatran. Hornleech hit everything hard under effect of grass terrain, even the target resist grass move. The mons can wall this is ammonguss and venusaur, both them is nothing to alakazam. This is a newest set in smogon dex, for more information see here
#Heatran
Heatran @ Firium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Earth Power
Bulu and Heatran is a great core so I chose heatran as the next mon. Trapping damage of Magma storm is wonderful, that chip damage help alakazam sweep easily in the future. Heatran also a good answer to celesteela, magearna- both wall alakazam. With volcarona without HP ground heatran completely wall it. This lava beast is great check to scizor in order to keep zapdos healthy for dealing with m-pinsir, hawlucha. This set for dealing with stall team better. Everything is standard.
#Landorus-T
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- U-turn
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
I havent got a rock setter so I chose lando. Lion smogon is reliable rock setter can be switch right into zygarde and charizard-X, both are dangerous setup mons especially char-X. Simba also great deal to sand team especially excadrill (cannot rely on alakazam miss blast much). U-turn of this top OU beast help alakazam switch safely. The set is standard.
#Greninja
Greninja (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 176 Atk / 80 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Spikes
- Ice Beam
I still have a little worry about volcarona and charizard X, so that scarf greninja is my next mon. Spike help this team lots in dealing magearna, m-mawile. Because of u-turn, this frog is great lead in most cases. With high speed, here is another tool to deal with m-swampert. The set is standard.
Threatlist
Strong wallbreaker all way KO a mon before prevent kill by greninja or alakazam. HoopaU and M-gallade are top dangerous, with high spdef hoopa tank many hit from alakazam or gallade after a SD boost hit everything hard KO alakazam with shadow sneak, tank many hit from greninja and KO back with drain punch. And protean gren with z water ice beam everything, KO heatran with hydro vortex, alakazam isnt a good answer to it.
With lure set, band kartana hit zapdos hard with knock off or KO zap bird. After that, hawlucha can do anything.
Unaware calm mind clefable is rare to see but hard to deal with after heatran fainted.
Problem
Althought zapdos has defog, I rarely use it. Only when dealing with toxapex ferrothorn, defog become useful. May I change it to HPice?
Working as a rock setter but I realised that I used it as a defensive wall in most the time. Is there any better rock setter fit the team?
I dont use greninja very well. I only use it as a lead and most of the time greninja cannot KO a mon or setup 2/3 layers of spike. Any good mon better than this frog?
Importable
Hi everyone on smogon! I come back with a new rmt. I used to play many stall and HO team and get bored so I build a balance team and have struggled in laddering. Because of that, I am posting this and hoping u guy help me in improve the team. Now I will go straight to the team.
Team
#M Alakazam
Alakazam-Mega @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
- Focus Blast
I started build a team with m-zam. This mon is an incredible wallbreaker with skyhigh sp atk. Cause of his ability trace, he is the best answer to toxapex, amoonguss, heatran and latios lack of draco meteor, also weak m-swampert. The set is standard nothing to talk much. I chose timid>modest because alakazam is fragile, the speed is necessary for him to OK opponent before take a hit.
#Zapdos
Zapdos @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Defog
- Roost
- Heat Wave
Next mon is zapdos. Because of Alakazam fragility, zapdos is here to solve that problem. Above avarage defensive, great typing help zapdos dealing with m-pinsir, m-scizor which hit m-alakazam really hard with their priorty move. Rocky helmet for punishment those mons and u-turn users. Zapdos can deal with toxapex and ferrothorn (both are hazard setter mons) very well cause of defog and is coverage move. Stactic is a good ability to deal with m-gyarados and punish u-turn user beside rocky helmet. Everything else is standard.
#Tapu Bulu
Tapu Bulu @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 224 HP / 216 SpD / 68 Spe
Careful Nature
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Horn Leech
- Superpower
For dealing with the tapus, tyranitar, a-greninja, ground mons, I chose Tapu Bulu. With synthesis, horn leech, leftovers and grassterrain, this mon is really hard to wear down. Trading atk for def bulu still a great wallbreaker. After a SD boost, bulu is sure to 2hko magearna, ohko heatran. Hornleech hit everything hard under effect of grass terrain, even the target resist grass move. The mons can wall this is ammonguss and venusaur, both them is nothing to alakazam. This is a newest set in smogon dex, for more information see here
#Heatran
Heatran @ Firium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Earth Power
Bulu and Heatran is a great core so I chose heatran as the next mon. Trapping damage of Magma storm is wonderful, that chip damage help alakazam sweep easily in the future. Heatran also a good answer to celesteela, magearna- both wall alakazam. With volcarona without HP ground heatran completely wall it. This lava beast is great check to scizor in order to keep zapdos healthy for dealing with m-pinsir, hawlucha. This set for dealing with stall team better. Everything is standard.
#Landorus-T
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- U-turn
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
I havent got a rock setter so I chose lando. Lion smogon is reliable rock setter can be switch right into zygarde and charizard-X, both are dangerous setup mons especially char-X. Simba also great deal to sand team especially excadrill (cannot rely on alakazam miss blast much). U-turn of this top OU beast help alakazam switch safely. The set is standard.
#Greninja
Greninja (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 176 Atk / 80 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Spikes
- Ice Beam
I still have a little worry about volcarona and charizard X, so that scarf greninja is my next mon. Spike help this team lots in dealing magearna, m-mawile. Because of u-turn, this frog is great lead in most cases. With high speed, here is another tool to deal with m-swampert. The set is standard.
Threatlist
Problem
Importable
Greninja (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 176 Atk / 80 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Spikes
- Ice Beam
Tapu Bulu @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 224 HP / 216 SpD / 68 Spe
Careful Nature
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Horn Leech
- Superpower
Heatran @ Firium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Earth Power
Zapdos @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Defog
- Roost
- Heat Wave
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- U-turn
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Alakazam-Mega @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
- Focus Blast
Ability: Protean
EVs: 176 Atk / 80 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Spikes
- Ice Beam
Tapu Bulu @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 224 HP / 216 SpD / 68 Spe
Careful Nature
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Horn Leech
- Superpower
Heatran @ Firium Z
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Earth Power
Zapdos @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Defog
- Roost
- Heat Wave
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- U-turn
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Alakazam-Mega @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
- Focus Blast