Introduction
Hi, I'm new around here. I discovered smogon like 2 months ago and since then I was very interested in learning competitive Pokémon. My primary focus was obviously OU since it was the only tier completely "finished" at that moment in Gen 7 versions. I was thinking of entering myself into Battling 101 so other person with experience could teach me 1v1 as my only previous experience was VGC and they are definitely 2 completely different metagames. However, it is closed so I had to gain a little experience by myself and learn teambuilding and some basics by playing and losing and changing mons until I found the team and play style that I like. Recently I made this team and Peaked at 1300 points on the ladder so I decided to post it here to see if it was just luck or my teambuilding is improving. And after this introduction...
Teambuilding Process
I always liked Tyranitar and since I can't use it this year on VGC I decided that I would just use it here.
Everyone's favorite Kanto starter! However I thought that Y mega was a better fit so I could choose which weather was better for me in a specific moment and it has sinergy with Tyranitar since he can kill grass mons like Ferrothorn, Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu... that counter Tyranitar as well as steel types.
Lele was added to the team to be a late game sweeper or a fast revenge killer since his special attack and his terrain are super super strong.
I thought that I was fairly weak to water type Pokémons so I needed a grass type to counter them, as well as a dedicated lead and Ferrothorn provided all.
Even with Ferrothorn on the team so I decided to put Koko here since I love him and how it looks and he can counter Smeargle leads with spore that were a concern to me. However, as I'll explain later, he wasn't my first idea for the team.
Initially, I thought to put here a water type to have an initial types core, but then I found that it wasn't really necessary and I put Excadrill since I needed a spiner and it sinergizes perfectly with Tyranitar and the rest of the team.
The Team
Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Ice Punch
- Pursuit
- Crunch
Charizard-Mega-Y @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Overheat
- Flamethrower
Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Thunderbolt
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Power Whip
- Protect
- Leech Seed
- Stealth Rock
Tapu Koko @ Choice Specs
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Excadrill @ Steelium Z
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Conclusion
This is my first post here and I couldn't find Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko's icons... but I hope it doesn't matter! I don't have any replay to show, however thank you so much for reading! Down here is the importable of the team so you can try it and tell me any weakness that it may have by playing it as I'm not an experienced player I will probably not have noticed them...
PS: Sorry if I had any mistake in my writing... English is not my main language and I'm not used to write on it.
Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Ice Punch
- Pursuit
- Crunch
Charizard-Mega-Y @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Overheat
- Flamethrower
Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Thunderbolt
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Power Whip
- Protect
- Leech Seed
- Stealth Rock
Tapu Koko @ Choice Specs
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Excadrill @ Steelium Z
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Ice Punch
- Pursuit
- Crunch
Charizard-Mega-Y @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Overheat
- Flamethrower
Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Thunderbolt
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Power Whip
- Protect
- Leech Seed
- Stealth Rock
Tapu Koko @ Choice Specs
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Excadrill @ Steelium Z
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Iron Head