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Hi all, I’m back after a while, and I’d really appreciate some help with this specs darkrai balance team that I’ve been working on. It has some weird move choices but here me out.
Flinchinator (Darkrai) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Bad Dreams
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Sludge Bomb
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
I really wanted to spam choice specs dark pulse, so I built the team around supporting darkrai. The normal coverage, without focus blast since I don’t think I should be fucking around with a 70 acc move when my psycho boost accuracy is around 60%. Anyway knock over trick is a move choice which I am testing to break fat structures with hazard stacking, the idea being that you knock the special wall and then it will be taking specs dark pulses combined with hazards. Tera dark is just to increase dark pulse’s damage output to absurd levels but I guess you could run poison to OHKO
Slow Foe (Slowking-Galar) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Flamethrower
- Sludge Bomb
- Future Sight
- Chilly Reception
I wanted a pivot that could take on fairies as well as pivoting
in, which means I would choose between AV 
and 
. I went with because it has better longevity and also to act as a secondary 
check. Flamethrower over Toxic because without it the team gets owned by Tera steel . Tera Water for the sun RMT teams that might be getting spammed.
Fat Bat (Gliscor) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 244 HP / 252 Def / 12 SpD
Impish Nature
- Protect
- Spikes
- Toxic
- U-turn
Idk if this
set is optimal, but essentially I wanted to set up hazards and be able to pivot in. I came up with this, my thought process being that can just U-turn out of anything that tries to abuse the fact that you only have toxic. It also is great since it provides the team the ground and electric immunities necessary, which really appreciates. Tera ghost is for toxicing 
and being a budget spin blocker. Let me know if there’s a better set out there. I’m also thinking of making it sp def.
Heavy Metal (Tinkaton) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Pickpocket
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpD / 232 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Gigaton Hammer
- Encore
- Thunder Wave
I heard somewhere that
synergises well with to stack hazards, so I put it on the team lmao. Anyway it is great for switching into opposing for , as well as spreading para and annoying other hazard setters with encore. It can also be a secondary check to some 
sets.
Screw Kingambit (Great Tusk) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Ice Spinner
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin
I wanted a spinner that is also a
check, so offensive 
went on the team. I could possibly make it defensive to last longer on the field though. Since this is my only check, I gave it boots to prevent it from being worn down by hazards.
Deoxys-Normal (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 200 SpA / 56 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Superpower
- Extreme Speed
I wanted a cleaner that appreciated special walls being weakened and also provided strong priority, and at first I tested
. However, it was too slow and stacked weaknesses with and . So I scoured the tier for a special cleaner that acted as speed control and possessed strong priority. That mon was this one. It outspeeds the entire unboosted tier, and with maximum attack investment extreme speed hits a lot of the common speed boosting sweepers in the tier hard. Here’s some calcs:
252 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Speed Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Roaring Moon: 122-144 (34.7 - 41%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Speed Extreme Speed vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Iron Valiant: 100-118 (34.4 - 40.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Speed Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 124 Def Iron Moth: 116-136 (38.5 - 45.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
With Tera Normal,
smacks all of these mons even harder. Not only that, but Extreme Speed can allow to play fun mind games with . The loss of power for Psycho Boost and Ice Beam isn’t too noticeable either, and while hard walls you now, that’s what and are for. However, if a mon fills this role better or if there’s a more optimal EV spread, please let me know.
Overall the team is pretty fun to play with, and actually quite decent, but def not even close to optimal, and I am skeptical of the double ground mons. Please help me out with the team, and thank you.
Hi all, I’m back after a while, and I’d really appreciate some help with this specs darkrai balance team that I’ve been working on. It has some weird move choices but here me out.
Flinchinator (Darkrai) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Bad Dreams
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Sludge Bomb
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
I really wanted to spam choice specs dark pulse, so I built the team around supporting darkrai. The normal coverage, without focus blast since I don’t think I should be fucking around with a 70 acc move when my psycho boost accuracy is around 60%. Anyway knock over trick is a move choice which I am testing to break fat structures with hazard stacking, the idea being that you knock the special wall and then it will be taking specs dark pulses combined with hazards. Tera dark is just to increase dark pulse’s damage output to absurd levels but I guess you could run poison to OHKO
Slow Foe (Slowking-Galar) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Flamethrower
- Sludge Bomb
- Future Sight
- Chilly Reception
I wanted a pivot that could take on fairies as well as pivoting
in, which means I would choose between AV and . I went with because it has better longevity and also to act as a secondary check. Flamethrower over Toxic because without it the team gets owned by Tera steel . Tera Water for the sun RMT teams that might be getting spammed. Fat Bat (Gliscor) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 244 HP / 252 Def / 12 SpD
Impish Nature
- Protect
- Spikes
- Toxic
- U-turn
Idk if this
set is optimal, but essentially I wanted to set up hazards and be able to pivot in. I came up with this, my thought process being that can just U-turn out of anything that tries to abuse the fact that you only have toxic. It also is great since it provides the team the ground and electric immunities necessary, which really appreciates. Tera ghost is for toxicing and being a budget spin blocker. Let me know if there’s a better set out there. I’m also thinking of making it sp def.Heavy Metal (Tinkaton) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Pickpocket
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpD / 232 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Gigaton Hammer
- Encore
- Thunder Wave
I heard somewhere that
synergises well with to stack hazards, so I put it on the team lmao. Anyway it is great for switching into opposing for , as well as spreading para and annoying other hazard setters with encore. It can also be a secondary check to some sets.Screw Kingambit (Great Tusk) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Ice Spinner
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin
I wanted a spinner that is also a
check, so offensive went on the team. I could possibly make it defensive to last longer on the field though. Since this is my only check, I gave it boots to prevent it from being worn down by hazards.Deoxys-Normal (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 200 SpA / 56 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Superpower
- Extreme Speed
I wanted a cleaner that appreciated special walls being weakened and also provided strong priority, and at first I tested
. However, it was too slow and stacked weaknesses with and . So I scoured the tier for a special cleaner that acted as speed control and possessed strong priority. That mon was this one. It outspeeds the entire unboosted tier, and with maximum attack investment extreme speed hits a lot of the common speed boosting sweepers in the tier hard. Here’s some calcs:252 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Speed Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Roaring Moon: 122-144 (34.7 - 41%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Speed Extreme Speed vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Iron Valiant: 100-118 (34.4 - 40.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Speed Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 124 Def Iron Moth: 116-136 (38.5 - 45.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
With Tera Normal,
smacks all of these mons even harder. Not only that, but Extreme Speed can allow to play fun mind games with . The loss of power for Psycho Boost and Ice Beam isn’t too noticeable either, and while hard walls you now, that’s what and are for. However, if a mon fills this role better or if there’s a more optimal EV spread, please let me know.Overall the team is pretty fun to play with, and actually quite decent, but def not even close to optimal, and I am skeptical of the double ground mons. Please help me out with the team, and thank you.
