XY RU L-L-Leesha, Fight! [peaked #1]

[HeIIraiser]

Hello Smogon and welcome to my 1st RMT on this forum! Most of you know me, but if you don't, allow me to introduce myself. I joined Smogon in 2010 and quickly established myself as a top5 BWOUer and a very tough battler. I have a fetish for making teams, as most of them are good, but I'm not really into posting them on this forum, but this team however, has been very successful and meaningful in my battling career.

The birth of this team was August 3 of 2014 (around 5 hours before I started writing this). I've never really been a fan of low metagames, but by girlfriend Leesha (OnlyLove), to whom I dedicate my team and also this RMT, convinced me into playing this fascinating tier so I could help her getting reqs during the current suspect (Yanmega and Zoroark). Then I took a deep look into the current RU usage list and picked the 6 pokémons I thought were the most broken and put them together in the team. Fascinatingly, the team worked!

The goal of this Weatherless Offense team is to remove most of Arbok's counters and help Arbok get a nice and clean sweep. If it doesn't sweep, I'm still left with a bunch of strong broken pokémon and try to click offensive moves to get nice kills. Alright, enough of this talk, get your of cup of hot tea and let's get to the team!

Leesha ~n_n~ (Doublade) @ Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 204 HP / 252 Atk / 52 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Head
- Shadow Sneak
- Swords Dance​

What can I say about this little buddy I've just met but already consider a lot?.kael This guy is amazing and I believe after Zoroark's ban (it will obviously be banned) he will need its own suspect. It easily gets a Swords Dance on half the metagame and starts sweeping. Being sad about Aegislash's ban in OU, nothing better to do than abusing its preevo as the first member of my team. I used Sacred Sword over Iron Head during most part of my laddering, and I believe both are just fine. Iron Head offers stab while Sacred Sword hits Registeel and Cobalion a bit harder, so it's really up to the user. Not much to say about the efforts; full Attack, some Speed to Speed Creep another Doublade and a lot of HP. Eviolite is used to boost both Doublade's Defense and Special Defense by 50%.

Leesha ~n_n~ (Zoroark) @ Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 Atk / 80 SpA / 176 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Grass Knot​

This nigga is ridiculously strong in RU. Being able to lure Gligar amazingly (helping Arbok to Sweep) with Hidden Power Ice, Zoroark fits a very important role in this team. While Knock off and Sucker Punch are used as strong stab to kill stuff (which is the main goal of this game), Grass Knot is used to hit pokémons like Rhyperior (which I lack switch-ins for) and Alomomola. Life Orb is used to smash and kill pokémons faster so you amazingly also win the game faster. I didn't feel like forcing Speed Ties with another Zoroark, so just made it nature +Attack and Speed to outspeed pokémons like Drapion and Meloetta with neutral nature in Speed.

Leesha ~n_n~ (Druddigon) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Outrage
- Fire Punch
- Sucker Punch
- Stealth Rock​

Ooooh, and here it is, the Garchomper of RU. This guy is my lead 99% of my matches and does its job very well. Fire Punch hits pokémons like Yanmega, Escavaler and Doublade for nice damages, Outrage hit like a truck and Sucker Punch is used because it's an awesome move in the current metagame. Stealth Rock is used because every good team in every tier needs to have it, obviously. Life Orb is used to smash and kill pokémons faster so you amazingly also win the game faster.

Leesha ~n_n~ (Hitmonlee) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Knock Off
- Fake Out
- Mach Punch​

This dancing little guy is the Terrakion of RU. High Jump Kick stab + Reckless hits like a truck, Knock Off hits both offensive and defensive pokémons and Mach Punch + Fake Out are awesome offensive priority moves. I know people usually run Rapid Spin over Fake Out here, but I believe the current metagame is too fast and offensive for that. Even the rare pokémon who run Spikes (Omastar, Accelgor, Roselia) in this tier usually die very fast, so no need for Rapid Spin. I've also used Fake Out as late game surprise factor many times, so it has the official Sogeking seal of approval. Life Orb is used to smash and kill pokémons faster so you amazingly also win the game faster.

Leesha ~n_n~ (Sharpedo) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Aqua Jet
- Protect​

SHAARK ATTAAACK!! This guy is fantastic in this metagame, walled only by some annoying defensive pokémons (Amoonguss, Alomomola, Tangrowth) and uhm, Virizion, I guess. Waterfall and Crunch are both strong stab while Aqua Jet is a weaker stab with priority very useful in many situations that would otherwise be a gamble (weakened pokémon stays in or switches). Protect is used to get that +1 speed boost and outspeed stuff. It has full Attack to kill pokémons easier, Speed to outspeed Jolteon, Scarf Modest Rotom-C and Scarf Modest Meloetta with +1 boost, HP friendly number (HP % 10 = 9) because I'm running Life Orb and the rest in Defense. Life Orb is used to smash and kill pokémons faster so you amazingly also win the game faster.

Leesha ~n_n~ (Arbok) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Shed Skin
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Gunk Shot
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
- Coil
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The main sweeper of the team, the mighty snake does its work very well in many matchups, pretty much defeating stall teams by itself (after Gligar falls for Zoroark's Hidden Power Ice). Gunk Shot + Earthquake offers a pretty nice coverage, while Sucker Punch hits with priority and it's also pretty funny to make the opponent confused whether its Arbok or Zoroark when I've only used Sucker Punch. Coil+Shed Skin allows Arbok to sweep and get past annoying walls like Alomomola if you are not unlucky with the Scald burns. Full Attack is used to kill pokémons faster, Speed to make it faster than annoying stuff like Cresselia and the rest in HP.

Thanks everyone for reading until the end of this L-L-Leesha, Fight! RMT. I really hope you guys liked it because this is the best RU team I have ever made. Shoutouts to my IDM, #etc, #baril and skype (Imanalt, Laga, Nova, Tokyo Tom, Don Honchkrorleone, EnerG218 etc) friends, as well as obviously my gf Leesha (OnlyLove). Feel free to give me some likes if you believe I am a better player than CTC. Peace.

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Leesha ~n_n~ (Doublade) @ Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 204 HP / 252 Atk / 52 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Head
- Shadow Sneak
- Swords Dance

Leesha ~n_n~ (Zoroark) @ Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 Atk / 80 SpA / 176 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Grass Knot

Leesha ~n_n~ (Druddigon) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Outrage
- Fire Punch
- Sucker Punch
- Stealth Rock

Leesha ~n_n~ (Hitmonlee) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Knock Off
- Fake Out
- Mach Punch

Leesha ~n_n~ (Sharpedo) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Aqua Jet
- Protect

Leesha ~n_n~ (Arbok) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Shed Skin
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Gunk Shot
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
- Coil

 

[Mew2]

Solid team! I would recommend changing Outrage for Dragon Claw on Drudi since being locked into outrage isn't as great as it was last gen with Aromatisse who is inmune to it and can easily kill you with STAB Moonblast but other than that nice team ;)

 

[piplup hater]

instead of aqua jet u could run zen headbutt or eq for more coverage and i dont think priority is needed on a speed boost user

 

[kokoloko]

cbb did it better

2/10 try harder

perhaps you should consider ice beam on sharpedo became some gligar like to tank a hit from it to kill it :o

 

[Bouff]

yan[sogeking] this is really a great team (mainly because arbok is gay af !_!), and i've faced it on the ladder once or twice i think, but i have a few suggestions to make.

I kinda agree with koko on Ice Beam, not only for gligar but also to weaken stuff like Tangrowth and Virizion i guess, but i also think ajet is kinda needed to help win 50/50s against shit like Sucker Punch Zoroark (which kinda runs through your team at +2 if played right), as well as picking off Hitmonlee if its slightly weakened, so iunno if you /really/ wanna get rid of ajet, but in case you do, you should run a spread of 32 HP / 168 Atk / 92 SpA / 216 Spe. It's basically the same spread that you have, except with this, you OHKO Gligar without any SpDef investment, and you also have a chance to kill non AV Tangrowth if Rocks are up (granted, it's a pretty high roll).

As you mentioned, you have pretty much no switchins to Rhyperior, which is a major problem. After testing the team, I didn't really find Druddigon to be that useful other than rocks, so I think Phys Def Gligar does pretty well as a replacement; it switches in on any set not carrying Ice Punch (which is never really on sets that aren't CB), and sets up rocks fairly easily as well as serving as an overall good utility mon with shit like Toxic and Knock Off.

Changes

Sharpedo @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 32 HP / 168 Atk / 92 SpA / 216 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Ice Beam
- Protect

Gligar @ Eviolite
Ability: Immunity
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Roost
- Toxic / Knock Off / U-turn
- Earthquake

Hope I helped :]

 

[New Breed]

Hey Sogeking this a cool team you have here, congrats on the peak. I have used this and played against similar type teams to this so I think I have a pretty good idea of some changes that can help improve the team. Im gonna have to disagree with the Gligar change as while it does offer a good switch into Rhyperior it really has no offensive presence which goes against the nature of the team. The team does tend to struggle a bit against Rhyperior though which is why I think you should consider running Grass Knot over Low Kick on Zoroark, Low Kick isn't really needed as Doublade is already a solid switch into Cobalion and other things that you're hitting with Low Kick such as Registeel already take big damage from Knock Off.

Zoroark

Zoroark @ Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpA / 244 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Grass Knot

I also think your Arbok would benefit from a slight EV change with enough speed to outpace min speed Gligar whilst still being slower than Golbat and allowing you to Earthquake it on it's Roost. You could also consider replacing Earthquake with Aqua Tail which would allow you to get past Gligar with little trouble, if you did consider using Aqua Tail however the current EV's you have would be fine although Zoroark can potentially lure out and kill Gligar it could still be a decent option.

Arbok

Arbok @ Black Sludge
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Coil
- Gunk Shot
- Earthquake / Aqua Tail
- Sucker Punch

Anyway nice team hope I helped :]