I'll do my crying in the rain!

[Mega-Typhlosion]

DID SOME CHANGES!

Hello guys!

I'm new here and I made a new Rain Team and is working very well, it's a pretty simple rain team, a good synergy and if well played can do great results. This team was made for both, in game and showdown.

This is the rain maker, the key of the team. I'm going with special defensive Politoed cause he can resist Thunderbolts easily. Hydro Pump is the STAB water move, I'm using over Scald cause I already have Toxic here and sometimes can do a little bit more damage against walls. // Changed to Scald, I have too agree, Scald is very useful and Hydro Pump don't do much more damage, Perish Song is the way to do something against that pesky Bottom Passers.

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Calm Nature (+Sdef, -Atk)
252 Hp, 252 Sdef, 4 Satk
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Persh Song
- Rest

My special sweeper, crazy duck, soooo powerful under the rain, nice typing and coverage, also my second rain maker. Swift Swim make this guy awsome, he can run a modest nature with no problem, Giga Drain is great with Life Orb, Hydro Pump is killing machine, great guy. Is irreplaceable in this team! // Passed my Life Orb to another Pokémon and now I'm using Expert Belt here, also Focus Blast is here for coverage, but I hate that low acc.

Ludicolo @ Expert Belt
Ability: Swift Swim
Modest Nature (+Satk, -Atk)
252 Satk, 252 Spe, 4 Hp
- Hydro Pump
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast

Here is the big head, the physical sweeper of this team. Another awsome user of Swift Swin and a good counter for that pesky Talonflme. 2 powerful STAB moves and X-Scizor solves the grass problem if has no priority. Lum Berry is here cause Kabutops hates burn and I can't use another Life Orb cause this is my in game team too. // Now Life Orb for more damage and Brick Break for coverage.

Kabutops @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -Satk)
252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 Hp
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Brick Break
- Sword Dance

My physical tanker that loves rain, also my stone setter. Sadly even in the rain Ferrothorn is weak against Fire, but still a great tank. Can't say much about this guy, this is just a pretty nice set and works very well. Maybe I'm going switch this with Toxicroak to do something against steel types. // Added Toxic for support, I agree too, another useful option.

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spe)
252 Hp, 252 Def, 4 Atk
- Gyro Ball
- Toxic
- Stealth Rocks
- Leech Seed

Special Dragonite, what!? I know, this is the weird guy of the team, but after some tests he did his job very well, but almost as a late game sweeper. He has a good special attack and good bulky, acess to Hurricane and Thunder, both nice moves under the rain. There is no speed investment cause he can't outspeed mostly threats without Dragon Dance, so Hp is the way. I don't know if I will keep him yet, there are other options like Goodra and Noivern, but for now... // Now Dragonite is my second rain maker, he is bulky, and Sitrus Berry + Roost help me go back to the Multiscale zone, but still thinking about Goodra...

Dragonite @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Multiscale
Modest Nature (+Satk, -Atk)
252 Satk, 252 Hp, 4 Sdef
- Thunder
- Hurricane
- Dragon Pulse
- Roost

When everything goes wrong, here is the solution. Mega-Mawile is one of the most overpowered Pokémons in the OU set, and loves the rain too without fire weakness. So when I can't do anymore in the rain, just switch in my Mega-Mawile and start the sweep. Huge Power loves Sucker Punch and I love this. Iron Head is here just for that Fairy Types, so annoying.

Mawile @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate > Huge Power
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -Satk)
252 Atk, 252 Hp, 4 Def
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Sword Dance

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Major Problems: Steel Types, Mega-Venusaur, Rotom-W. // Bottom Pass teams, Fighting moves.

Here is my Rain Team, suggestions are welcomed!

 

[Timpsu]

Hey! A few thoughts.

I think your Politoed should run Scald, as you have no special attack investment, whereas Scald gives you a good way to cause burns. I would maybe also consider using Encore, as it's just such a good supporting move, making opponent lock into SR or boosting moves or stuff. I also don't think Rain Dance is a good move on Ludicolo, you should really switch it to Focus Blast, otherwise opposing Ferrothorn can become a problem for your team. I would also rather use Expert Belt on Ludicolo, since Kabutops is a better user of Life Orb if you have only one of those. Kabutops should really have Low Kick or Aqua Jet in place of X-Scissor, since the Bug-move doesn't do anything notable, while Low Kick kills Ferrothorn, and Aqua Jet gives you a way to get past Thundy-T's T-Wave. I think you should only run one attacking move on Ferrothorn, as he has decent support moves, while he really doesn't hit that hard. Power Whip could be switched to either Protect or Toxic, whereas Gyro Ball could be switched to Protect or T-Wave. Your M-Mawile could run 124 Speed to outspeed Scizor, Aegislash and Azumarill.

I didn't say anything about Dragonite, since I think you could probably switch him to another Rain Dance-user, since Ludicolo isn't a good user of the move. I don't know what I could replace Dragonite with, but obviously not a Water-type either way. You could maybe even try Rain Dance on Dragonite, but yuo should Assault Vest to Leftovers. Good luck with the team!

 

[Mega-Typhlosion]

Thanks for your feedback!

I did some changes as you said. But I didn't others.

Politoed is using Toxic over Encore cause is very usefull and is very annoying to get another in game, lol.
Kabutops now is using Brick Break over Low Kick, so Klefki isn't a problem anymore.
I don't know about speed in my Mega-Mawile, that little piece of hp helped me so many times...
I'm trying a Rain Dance Dragonair, but Goodra seems good too.

Edited the topic.

 

[Fourthiv]

I found Goodra to be really good. Eats so many walls and special attackers with infestation, toxic and rest. Really good to open the way for a sweep. I have found a bulky quiver dance Valcarona to be really good as well but probably needs some hazard removal support. I even find a bulky valcarona can answer a lot of rotom washes, and almost always if they switch giving an extra turn to setup. I also like running perish song on politoed, shuts down baton pass teams and can give you an opportunity to switch into something like kabutops.

 

[Mega-Typhlosion]

Thanks!

Almost forgot about Perish Song, saddly is just useful if play carefully with my Politoed.

 

[Mega-Typhlosion]

Bump!

T-Wave Blissey is being so painful for this team...