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Teambuilding Process
Now I wanted to use a bronzong and I wanted to try out something rather unique.
With bronzong there had a pokemon I had wanted to try since it dropped and that was tornadus.
next I wanted an underrated threat to destroy pokemon such as zapdos and suicune so I looked at NU for some help and found cincinno
Now came a hard part a good status absorber that can plow through common physical walls such as slowbro and tangrowth.
Next I wanted a pokemon besides tornadus to abuse the rain so kingdra should help plow through teams with a double stab hydro pump in the rain.
Finally I wanted a special wall and something that could go toe to toe with specs kingdra and also help cover flygon incase bronzong goes down.
Bronzong @ Chesto Berry
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Rest
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Say hello to bronzong a pokemon that is a common sight in the UU tier as its fantastic typing allows it to combat pokemon such as krookodile and crobat as its fanatstic ability and typing grant it one weakness and that is to fire. Now i realized upon wanting to use a bronzong that it lacks no reliable recovery but there was one item that could help this and this was the item chesto berry as it wouldn't spoil with a will o wisp but could also heal bronzong back up to full health and wake it up. Earthquake is there to help hit victini upon switch in and to potentially hit a magneton incase they try to trap bronzong. Gyro ball is the preferred stab move as with bronzong's slow speed it will hit the tier hard as much of it is fast such as crobat and scarf heracross. Finally i have hidden power ice to nail the ever elusive flygon and to get rid of the pest known as gligar.
Tornadus (M) @ Damp Rock
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Focus Blast
- Rain Dance
- Tailwind
Now with tornadus i decided to go with a rather supportive set as opposed to the choice specs and choice scarf sets i've been seeing around pokemon showdown and pokemon online. Rain dance is there to be a help to kingdra and let it sweep late game as it will domlish anything in its path and it pairs well when giving hurricane a better accuracy. Focus blast is there primarily to hit snorlax upon switch in incase heracross has died already. Hurricane gets a handy stab move that will destroy anything that doesn't resist it and helps to destroy calm mind and swords dance virizion as well as utterly annihilate shaymin. Finally i have tailwind there as a secondary support move to use just as im about to go down as when paired with either a choice band heracross or to help set it up for cincinno to start wrecking face. Tailwind and rain dance work especially well on tornadus of all things because of one thing its ability prankster which gives it priority over every non priority move and every priority move on any pokemon that doesnt outspeed it namely weavile. So send it in on a threat to set up either one of these moves then sacrifice tornadus and threaten up.
Cinccino @ Expert Belt
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Blast
- Tail Slap
Now cincinno is a pokemon I myself have ever seen use in any tier above NU except for a close friend whose in love with cincinno and i can see why with skill link and access to three different multihitting moves it becomes very potent when combined with its blistering 115 speed which ties the legendary ambipom however cincinno has something over ambipom the ability to bluff a choice band set especially when combined with expert belt as theres no leftover recover and no passive damage from life orb so most people assume its a choice banded cincinno which makes it the perfect bluffer as i tail slap a pokemon to death and they send in rhyperior which can be killed with a bullet seed with some damage racked on it already. Bullet seed as mentioned is there to hit bulky waters such as slowbro suicune and pokemon like rhyperior while rock blast helps to nail chandelure after i know its not scarfed as well as nail life orb darmanitan. Then there's tail slap for a stab move and finally i added u-turn to help give cincinno a scouting potential and also helps to bluff the choice banded set.
Heracross @ Choice Band
Trait: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Pursuit
- Earthquake
Say hello to this teams fighting type and one of the best ones in the underused tier heracross. A pokemon that with its dual stab will force switches left and right and with good reason as it can threaten to two hit ko anything in the tier with all its moves combined not named gligar. Close combat is there to demolish snorlax and bronzong while megahorn will demolish slowbro sharmin and azelf. Pursuit is to help revenge kill pokemon such as slowbro when theyre low on health and wanting to heal off by switching out. Finally I have earthquake there to flat out destroy chandelure as it trys to switch in predicting a fighting move.
Kingdra @ Choice Specs
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Draco Meteor
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Grass]
Now here is a pokemon that will threaten to ohko all of your team if your not careful and with the boost from choice specs it becomes even more deadly. Now tornadus dropping to UU was a blessing for kingdra as it brought the chance for manual rain to rise high with both pokemon within the same tier. Now rain benefits kingdra not only as a double stab on its hydro pump but also because it can outspeed any pokemon bar another kingdra within the UU tier. Hydro pump will destroy anything allow it to function as a great late game cleaner if i can get tornadus in to set up the rain once pokemon like empoleon and other kingdra are gone. Draco meteor allows for kingdra to demolish pokemon from all shapes and sizes such as mismagius and slowbro as they are both ohkod after stealth rocks next up is dragon pulse incase i decide i want a more reliable stab move other than hydro pump and dont want the special attack drop from draco meteor and hidden power grass is there to nail swampert and blastoise when they switch in when i dont have rain up
Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Trait: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Discharge
- Ice Beam
- Toxic
- Recover
Say hello to perhaps my favorite pokemon ever invented porygon2. However porygon2 got an even bigger boon this generation with the introduction of eviolite and with a specially defensive it hit 475 special defensive giving it the ability to sponge a focus blast from gengar and have it only do 40%, however porygon is here for a few main reasons first off to combat tornadus moving down to wall chandelure who gives this team hell otherwise and incase i play po to wall the hell out of jolteon so my team isnt destroyed by voltturn. Porygon2 also has access to recovery in the form of recover unlike bronzong allowing it to combat any special attacker such as shaymin. Next off theres toxic to hit pokemon like blastoise and snorlax and cripple them for the rest of the match bar they run rest. Next off is ice beam to help porygon2 aid bronzong in its quest to wall flygon and incase bronzong goes down. Discharge is there to hit kingdra and potentially paralyze it so i can take care of it easier and to hit slowbro hard.
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Teambuilding Process
Now I wanted to use a bronzong and I wanted to try out something rather unique.
With bronzong there had a pokemon I had wanted to try since it dropped and that was tornadus.
next I wanted an underrated threat to destroy pokemon such as zapdos and suicune so I looked at NU for some help and found cincinno
Now came a hard part a good status absorber that can plow through common physical walls such as slowbro and tangrowth.
Next I wanted a pokemon besides tornadus to abuse the rain so kingdra should help plow through teams with a double stab hydro pump in the rain.
Finally I wanted a special wall and something that could go toe to toe with specs kingdra and also help cover flygon incase bronzong goes down.
Bronzong @ Chesto Berry
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Rest
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Say hello to bronzong a pokemon that is a common sight in the UU tier as its fantastic typing allows it to combat pokemon such as krookodile and crobat as its fanatstic ability and typing grant it one weakness and that is to fire. Now i realized upon wanting to use a bronzong that it lacks no reliable recovery but there was one item that could help this and this was the item chesto berry as it wouldn't spoil with a will o wisp but could also heal bronzong back up to full health and wake it up. Earthquake is there to help hit victini upon switch in and to potentially hit a magneton incase they try to trap bronzong. Gyro ball is the preferred stab move as with bronzong's slow speed it will hit the tier hard as much of it is fast such as crobat and scarf heracross. Finally i have hidden power ice to nail the ever elusive flygon and to get rid of the pest known as gligar.
Tornadus (M) @ Damp Rock
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Focus Blast
- Rain Dance
- Tailwind
Now with tornadus i decided to go with a rather supportive set as opposed to the choice specs and choice scarf sets i've been seeing around pokemon showdown and pokemon online. Rain dance is there to be a help to kingdra and let it sweep late game as it will domlish anything in its path and it pairs well when giving hurricane a better accuracy. Focus blast is there primarily to hit snorlax upon switch in incase heracross has died already. Hurricane gets a handy stab move that will destroy anything that doesn't resist it and helps to destroy calm mind and swords dance virizion as well as utterly annihilate shaymin. Finally i have tailwind there as a secondary support move to use just as im about to go down as when paired with either a choice band heracross or to help set it up for cincinno to start wrecking face. Tailwind and rain dance work especially well on tornadus of all things because of one thing its ability prankster which gives it priority over every non priority move and every priority move on any pokemon that doesnt outspeed it namely weavile. So send it in on a threat to set up either one of these moves then sacrifice tornadus and threaten up.
Cinccino @ Expert Belt
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Blast
- Tail Slap
Now cincinno is a pokemon I myself have ever seen use in any tier above NU except for a close friend whose in love with cincinno and i can see why with skill link and access to three different multihitting moves it becomes very potent when combined with its blistering 115 speed which ties the legendary ambipom however cincinno has something over ambipom the ability to bluff a choice band set especially when combined with expert belt as theres no leftover recover and no passive damage from life orb so most people assume its a choice banded cincinno which makes it the perfect bluffer as i tail slap a pokemon to death and they send in rhyperior which can be killed with a bullet seed with some damage racked on it already. Bullet seed as mentioned is there to hit bulky waters such as slowbro suicune and pokemon like rhyperior while rock blast helps to nail chandelure after i know its not scarfed as well as nail life orb darmanitan. Then there's tail slap for a stab move and finally i added u-turn to help give cincinno a scouting potential and also helps to bluff the choice banded set.
Heracross @ Choice Band
Trait: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Pursuit
- Earthquake
Say hello to this teams fighting type and one of the best ones in the underused tier heracross. A pokemon that with its dual stab will force switches left and right and with good reason as it can threaten to two hit ko anything in the tier with all its moves combined not named gligar. Close combat is there to demolish snorlax and bronzong while megahorn will demolish slowbro sharmin and azelf. Pursuit is to help revenge kill pokemon such as slowbro when theyre low on health and wanting to heal off by switching out. Finally I have earthquake there to flat out destroy chandelure as it trys to switch in predicting a fighting move.
Kingdra @ Choice Specs
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Draco Meteor
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Grass]
Now here is a pokemon that will threaten to ohko all of your team if your not careful and with the boost from choice specs it becomes even more deadly. Now tornadus dropping to UU was a blessing for kingdra as it brought the chance for manual rain to rise high with both pokemon within the same tier. Now rain benefits kingdra not only as a double stab on its hydro pump but also because it can outspeed any pokemon bar another kingdra within the UU tier. Hydro pump will destroy anything allow it to function as a great late game cleaner if i can get tornadus in to set up the rain once pokemon like empoleon and other kingdra are gone. Draco meteor allows for kingdra to demolish pokemon from all shapes and sizes such as mismagius and slowbro as they are both ohkod after stealth rocks next up is dragon pulse incase i decide i want a more reliable stab move other than hydro pump and dont want the special attack drop from draco meteor and hidden power grass is there to nail swampert and blastoise when they switch in when i dont have rain up
Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Trait: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Discharge
- Ice Beam
- Toxic
- Recover
Say hello to perhaps my favorite pokemon ever invented porygon2. However porygon2 got an even bigger boon this generation with the introduction of eviolite and with a specially defensive it hit 475 special defensive giving it the ability to sponge a focus blast from gengar and have it only do 40%, however porygon is here for a few main reasons first off to combat tornadus moving down to wall chandelure who gives this team hell otherwise and incase i play po to wall the hell out of jolteon so my team isnt destroyed by voltturn. Porygon2 also has access to recovery in the form of recover unlike bronzong allowing it to combat any special attacker such as shaymin. Next off theres toxic to hit pokemon like blastoise and snorlax and cripple them for the rest of the match bar they run rest. Next off is ice beam to help porygon2 aid bronzong in its quest to wall flygon and incase bronzong goes down. Discharge is there to hit kingdra and potentially paralyze it so i can take care of it easier and to hit slowbro hard.
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