ICE monotype team (usable in OU) (Current rank : 1400) T_T
This is the v3 of building this team and it has been a journey we have now successfully climbed to elo hell rank 1300 of SV OU purely with the RU Ice monotype team .
V1 of the team had
kyurem and 
weavile , they were obviously way too strong and could OHKO most things so I therefore had to substitute to a more balanced option.
V2 had
regice and 
mamoswine in the team, COMPLETE mistake they were completely useless and sat on the bench most of the time. Mamoswine was at best FINE to deal with 
cinderace (thick fat), but that was about it
V3 So far my favorite composition here i'll get into why it works (at a low level atleast) :
Sandslash
Very funny pokemon to use what would I do without him. Brings steel coverage ( https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2258856890 ) which is very useful for those pesky fairies (looking at you ribombee and hatterene). Iron head isn't really mainly what Sandslash is good for tho;
sandslash is REALLY useful for spamming earthquake ( after tera ground ) to get rid of those fire pokemons that steal your aurora veils (CINDERACE) Ice spinner is also very good to completely whoop dragons and its also been useful for me to get rid of corviknight sometimes although its not my favourite matchup.
Ho ho ho (Sandslash-Alola) @ Choice Band
Ability: Slush Rush
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ice Spinner
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin
Ninetales-Alola
Ahh yes everyone's favourite veil setter you might be looking at this quickly and see i'm running icy rock and not light clay? That is because of the sheer value you get from snow is INSANE. So basically you need those 8 turns of snow if you want those slush rush sweeps ( we'll get into those pokemons later ) but yeah so very standard set for this encore is mainly used to set up those other pokemons in our team. Freeze-dry is ESSENTIAL it not only OHKO's pelipper BUT it also does well against dondozo 
HURRAY Lastly moonblast pretty standard and reliable.
Mrs Claus (Ninetales-Alola) (F) @ Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aurora Veil
- Encore
- Freeze-Dry
- Moonblast
Abomasnow
My absolute goat
the bread and butter of this team the anchor. He will get rid of all the hard matchups efficiently with the sneaky tool of Tera ground + earth power. This catches off guard all the biggest threats there are to this team 
iron-moth 
torkoal and surprisingly glimorra too :glimorra: So I decided to use Assault vest and completely go all in on SpD because he is the wall for that side BUT he still deals a crazy amount of damage and tanks very well tachyon cutter from 
yippe ( provided you DID tera ground and you are using earth power against it ) Blizzard does surprisingly a huge amount of damage to 
corviknight and giga drain is very good against Dondozo (otherwise its kinda a hard matchup if you only have ninetales's freeze dry ) I'll be honest I never used chilling water I just dont know what to put as last move other than that
Santa Claus (Abomasnow) (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Giga Drain
- Earth Power
- Chilling Water
Avalugg
Trusty and very reliable def wall. WILL leave your opponents speechless on how much he can tank ( its actually CRAZY) he has under snow 769 defense stats
Avalugg is the main spinner of this team BUT thats not all he is limited to do he can take very well hits from mons that have their atk boosted and can bodypress steel types to deal huge amounts of damage Avalanche will also catch opponents off guard especially if its like a rillaboom
that attacks and then BOOM it hits for 120 bp super effective so yeah that sums it all up
Snowfort (Avalugg) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Avalanche
- Body Press
Cetitan
By far the silliest mon in this team can range from being kinda mid to completely sweeping the other team (but he's never completely useless) Obviously this is the go to if you are given the set up (like you encore'd the opposing pokemon and you have veil on) definitely do go for that belly drum and completely sweep the other team Earthquake will obliterate every other fire and steel type that used to bully you. KNOCK OFF is necessary because otherwise there is absolutely no solutions against bronzong you will be COOKED 
. Ice spinner the last move is the usual go to STAB move that will shred every dragon and everyone if your belly has been drummed.
Rudolph (Cetitan) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Slush Rush
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock off
- Belly Drum
- Ice Spinner
Cloyster
Last but not least has saved me many times out of games (where opponents have let me scale it to 4xAtk 4x speed) (It was against a samurott-hisui 
) anyway pretty intuitive you will use it as a little gamble pokemon so yeah you gotta shell smash but sometimes not too much! focus sash does give you a couple free shell smashes (minimum one) before you can go in so thats pretty cool and ALSO if you are against a boosted mon that even if you shell smash you wont be able to outspeed cloyster is rly there for you to be able to catch them off that sash and finish them off so yes very important pokemon
krampus (Cloyster) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Shell Smash
- Liquidation
- Drill Run
Matchups
Everything should be doable with this team (yes sun teams too) it really just depends on skill and with the power of friendship everything is psosible!!
Key points :
-Abomasnow carries against Iron crown, iron moth, torkoal ...
-Avalugg can tank any physical attack
- Ice is the best type
Merry christmas for those who read this
https://pokepast.es/4cbc9ccd62d0ccfc
This is the v3 of building this team and it has been a journey we have now successfully climbed to elo hell rank 1300 of SV OU purely with the RU Ice monotype team .
V1 of the team had
kyurem and weavile , they were obviously way too strong and could OHKO most things so I therefore had to substitute to a more balanced option.V2 had
regice and mamoswine in the team, COMPLETE mistake they were completely useless and sat on the bench most of the time. Mamoswine was at best FINE to deal with cinderace (thick fat), but that was about itV3 So far my favorite composition here i'll get into why it works (at a low level atleast) :
Sandslash
Very funny pokemon to use what would I do without him. Brings steel coverage ( https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2258856890 ) which is very useful for those pesky fairies (looking at you ribombee and hatterene). Iron head isn't really mainly what Sandslash is good for tho;
sandslash is REALLY useful for spamming earthquake ( after tera ground ) to get rid of those fire pokemons that steal your aurora veils (CINDERACE) Ice spinner is also very good to completely whoop dragons and its also been useful for me to get rid of corviknight sometimes although its not my favourite matchup. Ho ho ho (Sandslash-Alola) @ Choice Band Ability: Slush Rush
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ice Spinner
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin
Ninetales-Alola
Ahh yes everyone's favourite veil setter you might be looking at this quickly and see i'm running icy rock and not light clay? That is because of the sheer value you get from snow is INSANE. So basically you need those 8 turns of snow if you want those slush rush sweeps ( we'll get into those pokemons later ) but yeah so very standard set for this encore is mainly used to set up those other pokemons in our team. Freeze-dry is ESSENTIAL it not only OHKO's pelipper BUT it also does well against dondozo HURRAY Lastly moonblast pretty standard and reliable.Mrs Claus (Ninetales-Alola) (F) @ Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aurora Veil
- Encore
- Freeze-Dry
- Moonblast
Abomasnow
My absolute goat
the bread and butter of this team the anchor. He will get rid of all the hard matchups efficiently with the sneaky tool of Tera ground + earth power. This catches off guard all the biggest threats there are to this team iron-moth torkoal and surprisingly glimorra too :glimorra: So I decided to use Assault vest and completely go all in on SpD because he is the wall for that side BUT he still deals a crazy amount of damage and tanks very well tachyon cutter from yippe ( provided you DID tera ground and you are using earth power against it ) Blizzard does surprisingly a huge amount of damage to corviknight and giga drain is very good against Dondozo (otherwise its kinda a hard matchup if you only have ninetales's freeze dry ) I'll be honest I never used chilling water I just dont know what to put as last move other than thatSanta Claus (Abomasnow) (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Giga Drain
- Earth Power
- Chilling Water
Avalugg
Trusty and very reliable def wall. WILL leave your opponents speechless on how much he can tank ( its actually CRAZY) he has under snow 769 defense stats
Avalugg is the main spinner of this team BUT thats not all he is limited to do he can take very well hits from mons that have their atk boosted and can bodypress steel types to deal huge amounts of damage Avalanche will also catch opponents off guard especially if its like a rillaboom
that attacks and then BOOM it hits for 120 bp super effective so yeah that sums it all upSnowfort (Avalugg) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Avalanche
- Body Press
Cetitan
By far the silliest mon in this team can range from being kinda mid to completely sweeping the other team (but he's never completely useless) Obviously this is the go to if you are given the set up (like you encore'd the opposing pokemon and you have veil on) definitely do go for that belly drum and completely sweep the other team Earthquake will obliterate every other fire and steel type that used to bully you. KNOCK OFF is necessary because otherwise there is absolutely no solutions against bronzong you will be COOKED . Ice spinner the last move is the usual go to STAB move that will shred every dragon and everyone if your belly has been drummed.Rudolph (Cetitan) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Slush Rush
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock off
- Belly Drum
- Ice Spinner
Cloyster
Last but not least has saved me many times out of games (where opponents have let me scale it to 4xAtk 4x speed) (It was against a samurott-hisui ) anyway pretty intuitive you will use it as a little gamble pokemon so yeah you gotta shell smash but sometimes not too much! focus sash does give you a couple free shell smashes (minimum one) before you can go in so thats pretty cool and ALSO if you are against a boosted mon that even if you shell smash you wont be able to outspeed cloyster is rly there for you to be able to catch them off that sash and finish them off so yes very important pokemonkrampus (Cloyster) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Shell Smash
- Liquidation
- Drill Run
Matchups
Everything should be doable with this team (yes sun teams too) it really just depends on skill and with the power of friendship everything is psosible!!
Key points :
-Abomasnow carries against Iron crown, iron moth, torkoal ...
-Avalugg can tank any physical attack
- Ice is the best type
Merry christmas for those who read this
https://pokepast.es/4cbc9ccd62d0ccfc
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? You still have chilly reception, but you get a regen Mon, a water type, and a fighting resist?