Knight of Sidonia

[Baka Ki Eru Dogura]

INTRODUCTION​

Hello everyone,
this is my first RMT here, and I want to introduce you this team I've built few months ago, more or less at the end of BW.
Why I'm posting this? Because I want to share with you one of my best creation that I've ever built.
If you want to know the story of this, please read below.


This is a long story forged in fire and steel through thousands battles.
One day, Scizor met Rotom-W, and suddenly he became his BFF, their name was CBZor, and BulkyTom.

They had lot of fun together but they wanted some new friend to play with, so the Steel T
type red Pokèmon called two of his Steel type friends, BaloonHeatran and Ferrothorn...

Heatran mainly because it is a good check of sun based teams, Scizor and Rotom don't like Fire and Grass type respectively, synergizes well with both, and lays down Stealth Rocks.
Ferrothorn otherwise is a good check of rain based teams, provides Spike support, and it is a pseudo spin blocker with Rocky Helmet equipped.
But Rotom-W was jealous of new CBZor's friends, so it asked the help of two levitating monsters, DisableGar and SDScor.

DisableGar provided a good help keeping hazards up, in favour of Gliscor, bulky cleaner with Sword Dance+ Facade+Sub.
But, the team needed a more solid revengekiller, because CBZor can't do all the work alone, so CBNite came in place of Gengar, and Rotom-W changed his set into ChoiceSpecs variant.

It was a weatherless team, and Heatran suffered a lot the lack of power under rain, so i decided to change my Dragonite with Tyranitar, maintaining that ChoiceBand.
With sand support Gliscor flew away, and in its place came Landorus, same typing more power, like SubSDScor, it was SubSdLandorus.

The team was kinda slow, so I changed Landorus' set into CScarfer, it helped me maintaining momentum and revengkilling something...
Then I realized my four Choice pokèmon, and I thought: "A full choice team seems cool"
The little green pixie with a pair of star glasses took place of Ferrothorn, and...why not,
let's see how is Heatran with a scarf in BW.
't was meh..
We are now at the end of BW, and with the discovery of the new form of Landorus, and OMG TERRAKION GAIN SR!
swapped ScarfTran with ScarfSRTerrakion.

Ok, now you know how i made thiz,
time to explains sets...

A CLOSER LOOK​

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

The "Tsugumori" is the mecha of the male protagonist of Knight of Sidonia.
EVs are standard here, with 100 Spd it can outspeed 24 EVs Politoed and smash it with STAB Stone Edge.
This thing has the power to 2hko Skarmory with SR and no Lefties, and that's important because Skarmory is a pain in the ass for this team.
Crunch+Pursuit obliterates Psychic and Ghost, but since it has no SpDef EVs investment, Gengar's Focus Blasts are deadly,
it is still a good check of Lati@s, Specs variant kinda hurt.
Superpower smashes Ferrothorn, but it can't ohko, so be careful, it does 75%-90% depending of EVs

Choice Band over Choice Scarf because i really want a har hitter, and his speed sucks =.=

Hoshijiro Shizuka (Scizor) (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- Superpower

Spoiler ohwell..
Shizuka later in the story she's captured and killed by a Gawner that can take the semblance of her suit and her mecha..
Come on, Scizor seems a bug alien xD
Ok, never mind..
CBZor helps maintainig offensive momentum of the team with U-Turn in conjunction with his partner Rotom-W, Landorus-T, and Celebi..
Yeah..pretty much the core of the standard Volturn based teams....
You know...the legend will never dies.

Shibo (Rotom-W) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Trick

Shibo, or Cibo, is the is the head scientist of the Capitol corporation in "Blame!" (another manga of Tsutomu Nihei), and just like Rotom-W, Shibo undergoes many changes of form during her journey.
But let's talk 'bout pokèmon...
Specs Tommt is insanely powerful under rain, his STAB boosted HydroPumps are capable of OHKOing and 2HKOing lots of things..
Generally when i'm against a rain team the only thing i do is HP Spam, 'cause resisted HP is more powerful than neutral VoltSwitch.
Hidden Power Grass only for Gastrodon, that bitch can wall my entire team whereas Gastrodon escapes from Celebi.
Since this is a fullchoiceteam Trick help me A LOT against stall/balanced team that carry to many protecters, i.e WishProtect, Heatran, Tentacruel, Gliscor....and so on
Modest Nature instead of Timid 'cause I want a lot of power, every hit must be heavy, doing as much damage it can.
Choice Specs>Choice Scarf. Explanation above

Toguro (Terrakion) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake

Toguro was the main antagonist of the Dark Tournament Saga in "YuYu Hakusho"
When Toguro releases his demon energy into his muscles, his body becomes greater in size and strength, exponentially gaining the physical strength necessary to lift objects that weigh entire tons.
Well, looks like Terrakion, 'cause Terrakion is a monster.
Hey, interesting stuff here..Scarf+SR, why?
Well because I need absolutely a SRocker (u know..those....volcas..nites), and a reliable, fast, revengekiller, but also a Genesect check.
Terrakion causes so many switch out that, I can always lay down Stealth Rock on the incoming counter switchin that always forces me out (gliscors 4 exmple).
Earthquake cover Jirachi and Tentacruel, two possible switchin in Stone Edges or Close Combats respectively.
X-Scissor is useless here because i run two pursuiters, so Celebi, Latios and Latias are short lived. oh

Gawner (Landorus-T) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Gawner or Gauna (depending on translation) are shapeshifting gigantic alien monster that destroyed Earth in "Knight of Sidonia"
Now look at Landorus...hey it's a shapeshifting monster that can destroy everything!
Why T-Form instead of I-Form?
Because i need Intimidate to mitigate his switchins, and he has a stronger Atk outside sand, U-Turs are more powerful, than its I-counterpart, while it has a weaker HiddenPower, it is still usable against Gliscor or other Landorus.

Kurama (Celebi) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Mild Nature (+SAtk, -Def)
- Leaf Storm
- U-turn
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psychic

Kurama! another character of YuYu Hakusho, while in the Yoko form, he is occasionally mistaken for a female because of his long hair and delicate features, and his main weapon is a leaf transformed into a sword.
Well, Celebi is a male or...?
Mhh Specs Bi is capable of surprising OHKO (Hp fire OHKOs Ferrothorn in sand/wless)
Leaf Storm is insanely powerful and severally damage even if resisted...
Celebi main role is to counter Breloom, check Politoed, Tentacruel, bait something with HpFire and breaking Amoongus/waterrandom core with Psych/Grass coverage
Also checks Keldeo..
And it's a staus absorber
U-Turn ..maybe i should replace it with Trick, 'cause stall teams really have a HUGE favorable matchup against thiz team (Captain Obvious) but U-Turn helps me with momentum...
Tricking Specs to an incoming Tornadus switchin it's not beautiful ç_ç

STARRING​

FINAL COMMENTS​

Well, that's my favourite team, i love using it, hope you'll give it a try :)
*damn u rpgene rplando*

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

Scizor (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- Superpower

Rotom-W @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Trick

Terrakion @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake

Landorus-T (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Celebi @ Choice Specs
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Mild Nature (+SAtk, -Def)
- Leaf Storm
- U-turn
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psychic

 

[Baka Ki Eru Dogura]

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[Electrolyte]

Hi,

Interesting team you've got here. I'm sure you've realized that a team full of choiced pokemon is hard to play with- but, as a player of that strategy myself, I have some tips for you. For one, hazards are a huge problem for teams like yours. Forretress and Ferrothron practically run all over this team, smacking your max speed choicers with their buffed up Gyro Balls and setting hazards that will quickly wear down the momentum of your team. As you noted in Celebi's description, Stall is hard for you to deal with. To help you manage this problem, I suggest you use Choice Scarf Starmie, a pokemon that I've used with great success on teams like this one.

Starmie @ Choice Scarf
Timid, 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Trick / Rapid Spin / Ice Beam / Hydro Pump

Starmie's high speed, decent Special attack, and ability to spin gives it a lot of viability on your team. With a scarf, it outspeeds everything in OU- and can become a great revenge killer when Terrakion won't work. Because Starmie with a Scarf is extremely rare, surprise Tricking your scarf onto walls like Blissey/Chansey or Jirachi who will come racing in to wall you will cripple them and give you a lot of needed momentum. After Tricking, you can aid your team by spinning. SR cripples your VoltTurn core a lot, so spinning will definitely help you against balanced, stall, and spike stacking offense. Ice Beam hits Dragons and Therians hard for you- and because they can abuse your Choiced-ness to set up for unstoppable sweeps, being able to outspeed all of them even after they set up will definitely be helpful for you. Hydro Pump is for powerful STAB, but you can run Psyshock or Psychic if hitting fighting types means something to you. Starmie's ability to Trick with surprise, spin, and revenge kill will definitely be helpful.

Another piece of advice I would give you to help you handle Forretress and Ferrothorn better would be to give Tyranitar a mixed spread and Fire Blast, instead of Superpower. This lets you lead safely against those walls, and roast them with a fire blast and eliminate them as defensive threats, as most of the rest of your team has a really hard time getting past those defensive behemoths. A spread of 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA Brave helps best maximize Tyranitar's ability- with the increased HP making Tyranitar a bulky tank and the 4 evs to help boost it's Fire power. Speed is not an issue for Tyranitar, because you won't be outspeeding anything important bar Politoed, who you would not want to outspeed, so that in lead matchups your weather wins.

Good luck! Cool team!

 

[chimpact]

Teams like these are always fun to use :].

One thing that seems shaky is using pursuit on scizor. It gives Genesect a free switch in and if your terrakion has taken any prior damage, it can ohko with a + 1 Giga Drain

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252 +1 SpAtk Life Orb Genesect (+SpAtk) Giga Drain vs 4 HP/0 SpDef Terrakion: 74.69% - 88.27% (2 hits to KO)

After a rock polish genesect outspeeds your entire team and unless you can wear it down with LO recoil, its going to sweep. You shouldn't be giving it free switches with stuff like pursuit. You already have pursuit on your Tyranitar and it checks similar threats to scizor. It's somewhat redundant. If you give it quick attack you handle Keldeo a lot better which can be somewhat problematic to your team especially under rain.

Additonally, you should move 4 HP EVs from rotom into spdef. If you lock yourself into hP grass, that gives genesect another free switch in to do whatever it wants. giving it the attack boost can allow a majority of your pokemon to take at least one hit from it and deal some damage to it if not ko it.

One last thing I would suggest is to give breloom a try over Landorus-I. Spore takes out a pokemon 90% of the time if you decide to run it, and Bullet Seed/Mach Punch have pretty good coverage in this meta. Mach punch is really strong with a CB and it can give you a few late game sweeps. Even if a pokemon resists mach punch they still take a hefty amount.

TL:DR
Pursuit -> Quick Attack
Rotom EVs -> 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Breloom set

Breloom @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 244 Spd / 252 Atk / 12 HP
Adamant Nature
- Mach Punch
- Rock Tomb / Spore
- Bullet Seed
- Low Sweep

Rock Tomb is essential for hitting gengar/latios and 2hko'g them.

Great team. hope I helped.

 

[Baka Ki Eru Dogura]

Thanks for the rate.
I changed Superpower into Fire Blast, and Ttar EVs and nature.

TommyW has now 4 SpDef EV.

I think to use your Starmie and Breloom in a choice rain team :)