I built a balance team and i had a decent success with it on ladder, but i'm seeing it and i'm worried with some matchups. I personally think that is a solid team with some flaws that i have to solution.
Elon Tusk (Great Tusk) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Ice Spinner
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
Basically a pretty standard Great Tusk. I noticed that my team lacks Ice coverage and a way to remove hazards, so the past Donphan seems like a pretty natural choice for me to use. The main reason for using Great Tusk is because my team can struggle with hazards and specially Spikes since i don't have a Flying type
Miss Storm machine (Heatran) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
Heatran is the pokemon that i wanted to build around since it rosed to OU through usage. It is a very important part of my breaking core and i don't want to change it if it's possible. My reason for using Heatran is because this set it's a pretty good stallbreaker without being trash to anything else. Also it's a good way of dealing with some sweepers like Kingambit using Will O Wisp.
Guess Unaware/MG (Clefable) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Moonlight
- Flamethrower
Yes, i'm using Unaware Clefable here. The reason why i'm using Unaware instead of Magic Guard is because i find it more valuable on this specific team, because i'm very vulnerable to setup sweepers like Dragonite, IronPress Zamazenta or Kingambit, and it has the psychological warfare effect of many players trying to setup infront of an Unaware Clefable thinking that is a Magic Guard one. Also it works very well as a secondary win condition with Calm Mind.
Chill dude (Slowking-Galar) (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 8 Def / 248 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Chilly Reception
- Sludge Bomb
- Future Sight
- Toxic
G-Slowking is my specially defensive insurance against pokemon like CM Iron Valiant or Kyurem, and a slow pivot that can bring in many pokemons safely, but i don't find it that reliable because it can't answer reliably to Darkrai. I think that is the most replacable piece of my team and if i can change it i will do.
Cute mass murder (Ogerpon-Wellspring) @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Horn Leech
- Knock Off
Bangerpon... Sorry i meant Ogerpon-Wellspring is my main win condition. Before that i was using Samurott-Hisui but my team doesn't have reliable ways of hazard stacking and i wanted something more powerful at short term, so i think that Ogerpon was the better choice. SD Ivy Cudgel leaves no victims alive, and Horn Leech allows her to mantaining it healthy. Knock Off was because i don't have a Knock Off user basically.
Ghost spammer (Dragapult) (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Fire Blast
- U-turn
Dragapult is my main method of speed control since it's extremely fast and it hits really hard with Choice Specs, also being a pivot with U-Turn. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball are no brainers, but i'm using Fire Blast instead of Flamethrower because it ensures the OHKO against Alolan-Ninetales.
The main flaws of the team that i'm worried about are the lack of priority, being unable to stop setup sweepers if Clefable is weakened, the lack of a flying type, ghost resistance and the horrible matchup against Kyurem.
My main thought was using Bullet Punch Scizor instead of Heatran and using Moltres instead of Glowking, but i don't tried that idea yet and as i said, i prefer having Heatran on the team. Other thing that I could do is dropping Tusk and transforming the team into a Boots spam, but i'm not very convinced of that idea. I tried many different ideas but no one seems better than this flawed team.
I tried to make a different team based on this one trying to fix these problems but i was finding myself that i changed every single one of the pokemons and the team was significantly worse than the original one both on the teambuilding and in battle.
It seems like one only piece is needed and this team it's almost good but it lacks something and i'm not sure what it is. If someone can help me with this i will thank it very much because i'm stuck on the teambuilding process with these problems and i can't find a way of solving this problems.
I will put right down the importable and the last replays that i have of this team
https://pokepast.es/6ac2b067241699c3
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2471336682
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2471341225?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2471335133
PS: If someone is curious about how it looked like the "other team" here is also the pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/33c3ebe045f38939
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