guys the name jumbo shrimp came from this image, where it gives funny captions to mons in OU.
hence the name from mega gyarados - I present you, JUMBO SHRIMP
Hello guys! So recently I've been obsessed with Mega-Gyarados. It has 2 nice abilities in Intimidate and Moxie (pre-mevo), and an epic ability in Mold Breaker (mevo). It also has decent bulk and a good typing. I was lately experimenting with it, and have created a team around it. Let's get on to the team building process.
Well obviously I started with M-Gyarados. I added Gothitelle to form the GyaraGoth core.
I then added a suicide lead Terrakion to help me get up rocks early in the game. (later changed to double dancer terrakion)
I added CB scizor to help beat Kyu-b and having a slow u-turn is nice.
I added Excadrill as a spinner to get rid of hazards that annoy M-Gyarados.
I needed a spinblocker, and Trevenant walls Exca hard.
later, trevenant was swapped out for landorus-t, to let me better counter excadrill, and a more reliable form or rocks.
you can use scizor and scarf magnezone interchangeably, as both deal reasonably well with kyub and magnezone has the added perk of trapping ferrothorn and skarmory if gothitelle is too overwhelmed.
I then added a suicide lead Terrakion to help me get up rocks early in the game. (later changed to double dancer terrakion)
I added CB scizor to help beat Kyu-b and having a slow u-turn is nice.
I added Excadrill as a spinner to get rid of hazards that annoy M-Gyarados.
I needed a spinblocker, and Trevenant walls Exca hard.
later, trevenant was swapped out for landorus-t, to let me better counter excadrill, and a more reliable form or rocks.
you can use scizor and scarf magnezone interchangeably, as both deal reasonably well with kyub and magnezone has the added perk of trapping ferrothorn and skarmory if gothitelle is too overwhelmed.
With that out of the way, I can go onto the team in-depth.
Terrakion @ Focus Sash
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
This is my suicide lead Terrakion. He usually taunts stuff like smeargle and skarmory and other slower common stealth rockers. He then proceeds to set up rocks, and then take out as much stuff as possible with his epic STAB combo. I've gotten a bunch of battles where my opponents don't even have an answer to lead Terrakion. The EVs are fairly simple, max speed for a fast taunt and fast rocks, max attack for epic power, jolly nature to speed tie with keldeo and try to get up rocks/cc it. sometimes if my opponent has a talonflame I will commonly save terrakion to try to check it later.
there are two sets you can opt to run, this suicide lead, or you can run Robs suggestion of double dancer terrakion, and bulky landorus t over trevennat.
Terrakion @ Lum Berry / Fist Plate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance
- Rock Polish
if you decide to run the second set, I would recommend running bulky landorus-t for stealth rocks. (again, thanks to Rob for the sets)
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang/Stone Edge
Next up is the star of the show, M-gyarados. Intimidate is the preferred pre mevo ability, as it allows me greater bulk and helps me check dangerous physical attackers like conkeldurr lacking thunder punch. Dragon Dance is obvious as it allows me to set up and sweep. Gyarados has scary attacking stats, and after a dragon dance is speed is pretty nice too. Waterfall is my main STAB, it's extremely reliable and spammable. Earthquake allows me to take out Rotom-W after I mega. (mold breaker ignores levitate) Ice fang allows me to beat amoonguss, mega venu and bulky grass types. Stone edge lets me beat Kyu-b, but I don't like relying on stone miss. adamant is used to increase my already high attack, and the EVs maximize my speed and attack, but you can also choose to run 216 speed, 40 HP and 252 attack.
Gothitelle @ Choice Specs
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
The next mon forms the Gyara Goth core. It helps me trap mons that Gyarados has trouble with, like skarmory, slowbro and other physical walls. Trick lets me screw up defensive mons like chansey if I ever face one, thunderbolt roasts skarmory, psychic hits mega venusaur and frens, and HP fire is mainly for ferrothorn, gyarado's #1 main counter. pretty simple. The EVs maximize my bulk allowing me to switch in multiple times if a team carries multiple counters to m gyarados.
recently, trevenant's spot as a counter to excadrill and spin blocker has been taken over by landorus-t.
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
say hello to one of the most recent members of the team - landorus-t. this guy offers my team much needed stealth rocks, checks mega zard x, and forms a double intimidate core with pre mega gyarados. together, they can help check dangerous physical attackers. not much to say here, the EVs are taken from Rob, you can probably PM him if you want to know why. I assume the speed EVs are probably used to speed creep something important, with impish and HP and Def investment used to increase his already nice physical bulk.
Trevenant @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Will-O-Wisp
- Phantom Force
this guy is my awesome spinblocker. He has overall well rounded stats, with a good support movepool in w-o-w, leech seed, substitute... sitrus berry is for dat OP leech seed sitrus berry harvest shenanigans, will o wisp trolls physical attackers except zard x, substitute lets me dodge status that I hate, and allows me to whittle my health down and get it all back with sitrus berry. Phantom force hits the lati twins for good damage, and also allows me to stall for more will o wisp leech seed turns, and also get more health from harvest. 252 HP gives me bulk, 252 Spd gives me special bulk since will o wisp deals with physical attackers, and 4 attack lets Phantom force hurt. careful for more bulk. I think I might need a better spread. lol.
Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Superpower
CB scizor helps me deal with kyu-b, which gyarados and gothitelle cannot touch. It has i think the strongest unboosted bullet punch, and strongest u turn. knock off is spammable for knocking off choice scarfs and bands and lefties and stuff like eviolite. superpower lets me nail ferrothorn which also gives m gyarados trouble. choice band lets my smack stuff around with muh punches, and adamant makes them hurt. max attack for the max attack, and max HP for overall bulk. scizor also gives this team some priority, which is awesome.
ANOTHER OPTION OVER SCIZOR
if you want more variety, here is another suggestion, by user Cinco Diablo. it's choice scarf magnezone, used to help me better trap ferrothorn just in case gothitelle gets haxed to death and somehow dies lol. It is also useful for trapping skarmory which also happens to wall gyarados. (why do so many steels wall muh gyarados :o)
Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]
this is typical choice scarf magnezone I think. volt switch gives me momentum, and forms volt-turn with lando-t, and also allows me to switch out and gain momentum on predicted switches. thunderbolt is my main form of STAB, nailing skarmory, slowbro, keldeo, and other water types. flash cannon allows me to deal with fairies if excadrill is dead, and is also useful for taking out a chunk of damage out of ttar.
252 SpA Magnezone Flash Cannon vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 174-206 (43.1 - 51.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
The last mon of the team, but certainly not the least. excadrill is my much needed spinner, and gives me an electric immunity. this is a simple set, with earthquake for spamming it at everything not a flying type, rapid spin obviously lets me spin the hazards away, mold breaker earthquake also beats gengar, as long as focus blast misses lol. Iron head is steel STAB which hits fairies like sylveon and clefable for good damage. Rock slide is the last move and helps me beat thundurus and other flying types. air balloon gives me a ground immunity so I can switch in on earthquakes targeted at terrakion. adamant increases damage output, max attack and speed so I can go fast and hit hard.
okay, well that's about it for my RMT, i'm currently having trouble with zard x as it completely runs through my team.
any comments would be appreciated :)
okay importable added :)
Terrakion @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance
- Rock Polish
Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
Gothitelle @ Choice Specs
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance
- Rock Polish
Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
Gothitelle @ Choice Specs
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
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