I just like sand....

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Hey and welcome to my third RMT. Another fairly standard team I am using. But I am either bored of it or it just need to be overhauled. I am pretty pleased with it, but would very much appreciate some help. Do not be easy on me.


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Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Pursuit
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Stone Edge


I don't like Tyranitar as much as I did when it was first introduced, however it is a nice and balanced reliable pokemon. I run the scarf variant which Traps otherwise faster Pokemon and destroys them with a pursuit- often times even when they refuse to switch, fearing the impending pursuit trap they still die or at the very least take a massive amount of damage. I carry the superpower for Heatran and the like but decided to run ice punch over edge, probably going to switch back, though. Debating on going band as Zam still outspeeds, but KOing Starmie and Gengar thinking I am banded is sweet. Jelli, however... ugh.

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Scizor @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spd
Adamant Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit


This is a pretty original set, eh? Everyone knows this guy by now and it does its job well. Pursuit for trapping (if Celebi/Lati don't have HP fire) U-Turn for momentum and Bullet Punch for revenge killing. This guy usually sits back and waits or I bring him in on a key moment and hope it pays off.

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Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef
Timid Nature
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Surf
- Secret Sword
- Hydro Pump


Revenge killer. That's his job and he does it extremely well, after checks are gone he just sweeps through teams. With some careful predictions you can often net an early kill but I prefer to reserve him 'til the checks are eliminated by his girlfriend Tyranitar, where he can come in and effectively smash the opposing team.

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Latias @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Dragon Pulse
- Substitute


I almost always 100% of the time use Latios instead of Latias. But, I struggle against sun badly and she also aids against rain. I can set up against most mons and straight up sweep from there given the condition, a little harder to use than latios- but very necessary for the team to function.

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Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Calm Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split


Probably one of the most versatile pokemon to date. It's a great lead (most of the time) and is a nice glue for the team, though I feel the stress I place on him is too much. Taking Ice beams, fire attacks can begin to whittle this guy down after rocks and sand take their added toll. But all in all a great addition to the team. I had considered Ferrothorn, but it would allow me to be set up on by Lucario much more easily than I can be already. So the volt switch allows me to keep momentum and allows me to still keep rain pressures.

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Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 196 HP / 72 Atk / 240 Def
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge


One of the many Gen 5 Pokemon I just grew to love. I adore this thing and when they release the therian version of him I retired Gliscor in favour of him. Carries my stealth rocks and can often times set them up for free for fear of taking a powerful Earthquake. This is why I love this thing, even when running an offensive nature he can still truck out a huge amount damage. He checks Terrakion to a certain extent and usually forces him to switch unless the player has a Rambo complex.

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Terrakion @ Lum Berry
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Swords Dance

IMPORT
Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Pursuit
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Ice Punch

Scizor @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spd
Adamant Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit

Terrakion @ Lum Berry
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Swords Dance

Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Dragon Pulse
- Substitute

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Calm Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 196 HP / 72 Atk / 240 Def
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
 
hey i just deleted my entire rate by accident so i'll just do a tl'dr

Salac > Lum Berry on terrakion. the situation you listed that you needed lum berry for shoudn't happen, as Terrakion shouldn't be switching into a pokemon potentially carrying those moves without prior scouting. It will usually be switching in after something has died, so Lum berry is useless when behind sub. Salac berry is easy to use and can offer the speed boost needed to finish off the opposing team.

Quick Attack > Pursuit on Scizor. you already have a strong pursuit user, so Scizor doesn't need the move. Volcarona and Gyarados can both be gay for your team, so Quick Attack being there for a revenge killing option should be very useful in some situations, more useful than pursuit imo.

Stone Edge > Ice Punch on Tyranitar. You need the extra STAB to hit stuff such as volcarona and gyarados (broken record ik) as well as being your strongest move for neutral hits. Besides Garchomp and the extra accuracy i dont see how ice punch is better.

Use a more offensive Rotom spread and try T Wave > WoW. SpD rotom doesn't do as much as the bulky attacker one can do (232 HP / 56SpA / 220Spd w/ modest nature) and that extra damage is only for a very minimal amount of tankiness, which probably won't hurt that much. T Wave can be useful for your subsistite users to abuse and spam sub to try get some parahax for easy set ups

GL sorry for the poor format
 
hey, thanks for the rate. Will for sure try out the bulky attacker set on Rotom. Could also try out the Quick attack as there have been situations where it could be useful like you said. Will post the results ASAP.
 
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