Listen To Your Heart
Introduction
Hello everyone, this Dr Ciel once again here with yet another RMT, this one being my last on this site, as I will be quitting Smogon for a really long time, or at least until the X/Y meta settles down / gets stable enough for me to start playing again. I'm mostly known as the creator of the Dawn of Kyurem team, but this is probably tied with that as my favourite team. Anyways, this team is built around a monster threat that absolutely dominated in the DPP OU era & still is an absolute monster today in the current BW2 meta. This beast that, once his counters & checks have been eliminated, can cause some absolute destruction to an unprepared team. This Pokémon is none other than the legendary Swords Dance Lucario. That's right folks, the steel jackal is the focus point of this RMT, sporting an amazing base 110 Attack & solid base 90 Speed stats, it's no surprise that this one was a huge threat back in the DPP OU era & he fits in perfectly with the extremely offensive OU meta. I've called the team Listen To Your Heart not because of the nicknames, but because I listened to the song by the artist Roxette during my ladder run with this team. This team is a really offensive team that is used to hit hard & fast (All but one of my Pokémon have an Attack or Speed stat that exceeds 100). Do be warned that you will see some really unorthodox sets on this team, as you have seen by my last RMTs, I am a very creative teambuilder. Anyways, I know you want me to get to the RMT, but you'll have to read through all this before you can get the all immortal importable for this team. Anyways, I've kept you waiting for too long, so get to the team!
Team At A Glance
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In Depth Look
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qSeasons
qSeasons (Jirachi) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 224 HP / 252 SAtk / 32 Spd
Modest Nature
- Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Stealth Rock
First up on the team, & my lead in 100% of my matches, a rather odd set, ladies & gentlemen, meet Expert Belt Jirachi! Like I said before, I usually lead with this guy to get up my Rocks up first. This set surprises a lot of people, because people don't know what it's going to do. Now, the EV spread aren't your bog standard Jirachi EVs, so allow me to explain them a bit. I use Maximum Special Attack & a Modest nature in order to do as much damage as possible to whatever switches into this behemoth. I use 32 Speed EVs in order to speed tie standard Defensive Gliscor as well as other common leads & the rest of the EVs are thrown into bulk to survive an Earthquake from standard Landorus-T & OHKO back with Icy Wind. Now, onto the moveset for this guy. Icy Wind might be my favourite move in the entire game, as it allows me to OHKO Standard Gliscor, Standard Landorus-T, & being able to get some good damage on DD Dragonite. The Speed drop helps me out a lot here. The next move, Thunderbolt helps me 2HKO the bulky waters in the tier, with the exception of Gastrodon. Hidden Power Fire allows me to KO standard Ferrothorn with some prior damage, standard Banded Scizor & being able to 2HKO some variants of Jirachi. Finally, Stealth Rock is easily the most important move on the set, providing my entire team with hazards.
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Electrolyte
Electrolyte (Latias) (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Trick
Hello everyone, this Dr Ciel once again here with yet another RMT, this one being my last on this site, as I will be quitting Smogon for a really long time, or at least until the X/Y meta settles down / gets stable enough for me to start playing again. I'm mostly known as the creator of the Dawn of Kyurem team, but this is probably tied with that as my favourite team. Anyways, this team is built around a monster threat that absolutely dominated in the DPP OU era & still is an absolute monster today in the current BW2 meta. This beast that, once his counters & checks have been eliminated, can cause some absolute destruction to an unprepared team. This Pokémon is none other than the legendary Swords Dance Lucario. That's right folks, the steel jackal is the focus point of this RMT, sporting an amazing base 110 Attack & solid base 90 Speed stats, it's no surprise that this one was a huge threat back in the DPP OU era & he fits in perfectly with the extremely offensive OU meta. I've called the team Listen To Your Heart not because of the nicknames, but because I listened to the song by the artist Roxette during my ladder run with this team. This team is a really offensive team that is used to hit hard & fast (All but one of my Pokémon have an Attack or Speed stat that exceeds 100). Do be warned that you will see some really unorthodox sets on this team, as you have seen by my last RMTs, I am a very creative teambuilder. Anyways, I know you want me to get to the RMT, but you'll have to read through all this before you can get the all immortal importable for this team. Anyways, I've kept you waiting for too long, so get to the team!
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qSeasons (Jirachi) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 224 HP / 252 SAtk / 32 Spd
Modest Nature
- Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Stealth Rock
First up on the team, & my lead in 100% of my matches, a rather odd set, ladies & gentlemen, meet Expert Belt Jirachi! Like I said before, I usually lead with this guy to get up my Rocks up first. This set surprises a lot of people, because people don't know what it's going to do. Now, the EV spread aren't your bog standard Jirachi EVs, so allow me to explain them a bit. I use Maximum Special Attack & a Modest nature in order to do as much damage as possible to whatever switches into this behemoth. I use 32 Speed EVs in order to speed tie standard Defensive Gliscor as well as other common leads & the rest of the EVs are thrown into bulk to survive an Earthquake from standard Landorus-T & OHKO back with Icy Wind. Now, onto the moveset for this guy. Icy Wind might be my favourite move in the entire game, as it allows me to OHKO Standard Gliscor, Standard Landorus-T, & being able to get some good damage on DD Dragonite. The Speed drop helps me out a lot here. The next move, Thunderbolt helps me 2HKO the bulky waters in the tier, with the exception of Gastrodon. Hidden Power Fire allows me to KO standard Ferrothorn with some prior damage, standard Banded Scizor & being able to 2HKO some variants of Jirachi. Finally, Stealth Rock is easily the most important move on the set, providing my entire team with hazards.
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Electrolyte (Latias) (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Trick
Now, you may be wondering, "Why not use Latios, it has much more Special Attack than Latias". Well, that statement may be true, but along with all that, Latias has some incredible bulk to go along with it, allowing her to survive attacks that her brother Latios would not be able to. The EV spread is once again standard fare, with maximum Special Attack invested in order to do as much damage as possible (mainly with Draco Meteor) as well as Maximum Speed investment in conjunction with a Timid Nature to hit a Speed stat of 350, which calculates up to 525, outspeeding just about the entire OU tier, including Scarf Terrakion, +1 Volcarona, Choice Scarf Salamence, just to name a few. Alright, now we're going to get into the moveset. Draco Meteor is the obvious & obligatory STAB move here as it destroys everything that doesn't resist it & even somewhat frail types such as Scizor take a huge amounts of damage, despite the resistance. Psyshock is another solid STAB move used to nail Choice Scarf Keldeo, Scarf Terrakion as well as Venusaur in Sun, just to name a few, I know there are many others. Surf is an excellent coverage move that nails Heatran, Magnezone, & just about any Steel type Pokémon not named Ferrothorn for some heavy damage. Finally, Trick, the last move on the set, is used to cripple several walls that dare switch in to this fellow, especially the Pink Blobs, rather better known as Chansey & Blissey.
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X5Dragon
X5Dragon (Kingdra) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 28 HP / 252 SAtk / 228 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
Up next on the team, my first wallbreaker makes an appearance, this one hitting on the Special side, Choice Specs Kingdra finds a slot on my team. Kingdra really gets the job done when he needs to, KOing certain threats to my team. The given EVs enable Kingdra to outrun Jolly Breloom and Cloyster, while a Modest nature gives it a chance to OHKO Dragonite through Multiscale, as well as land OHKOs on Venusaur, Magnezone, Keldeo, Skarmory, and bulky Starmie. Now, allow me to explain the moveset of this absolute behemoth. You see the first two moves in that set? Yeah, just keep clicking on them until the opponents have no Pokémon left. Just kidding, don't do that, but seriously, Draco Meteor & Hydro Pump have insanely good coverage with each other, hitting the entire OU meta for neutral or super-effective damage, with the exception of Ferrothorn, whom is a huge bitch to this set. The third move on the set, Dragon Pulse is a solid alternative to Draco Meteor, doing consistent damage without the drawback. Finally, Ice Beam is used to hit Grass types, including Breloom, the occasional Amoonguss, the very dangerous Venusaur, & especially opposing Ferrothorn, whom is a huge threat to this team if played correctly.
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Halcyon
Halcyon (Mew) @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spd
Bold Nature
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Softboiled
- Ice Beam
Uh oh, what do we have here, a Pokémon that is versatile in every sense of the word? Yes, that's right folks, you are staring at the beast that is Stallbreaker Mew. Mew does a damn good job at doing it what it needs to do, shutting down stall teams, so my momentum isn't ruined in the slightest. With the current EV spread, Mew is capable of outrunning Jolly Breloom, Adamant Dragonite, and Adamant Gyarados & capable of burning them with Will-O-Wisp, therefore rendering them useless (Not really, but you get my point). Meanwhile, the rest of the EVs along with a Bold Nature allows Mew to take on a variety of Physical attackers, not limited to the 3 that is meant to outrun. Now, as usual, the moveset is up next. The first two moves on the set work off of each other, as Taunt prevents several Pokémon from setting up on Mew, while Will-O-Wisp absolutely cripples them with a godforsaken burn. Softboiled is Mews recovery move, used for when he gets low on health. Finally, I opted to go with Ice Beam in order to hit Dragons, Gliscor, Landorus-T, & obviously, the grass types, especially including Ferrothorn (You can see how paranoid I am about killing Ferrothorn).
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Sugarhigh
Sugarhigh (Gyarados) @ Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Double-Edge
- Ice Fang
- Earthquake
X5Dragon (Kingdra) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 28 HP / 252 SAtk / 228 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
Up next on the team, my first wallbreaker makes an appearance, this one hitting on the Special side, Choice Specs Kingdra finds a slot on my team. Kingdra really gets the job done when he needs to, KOing certain threats to my team. The given EVs enable Kingdra to outrun Jolly Breloom and Cloyster, while a Modest nature gives it a chance to OHKO Dragonite through Multiscale, as well as land OHKOs on Venusaur, Magnezone, Keldeo, Skarmory, and bulky Starmie. Now, allow me to explain the moveset of this absolute behemoth. You see the first two moves in that set? Yeah, just keep clicking on them until the opponents have no Pokémon left. Just kidding, don't do that, but seriously, Draco Meteor & Hydro Pump have insanely good coverage with each other, hitting the entire OU meta for neutral or super-effective damage, with the exception of Ferrothorn, whom is a huge bitch to this set. The third move on the set, Dragon Pulse is a solid alternative to Draco Meteor, doing consistent damage without the drawback. Finally, Ice Beam is used to hit Grass types, including Breloom, the occasional Amoonguss, the very dangerous Venusaur, & especially opposing Ferrothorn, whom is a huge threat to this team if played correctly.
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Halcyon (Mew) @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spd
Bold Nature
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Softboiled
- Ice Beam
Uh oh, what do we have here, a Pokémon that is versatile in every sense of the word? Yes, that's right folks, you are staring at the beast that is Stallbreaker Mew. Mew does a damn good job at doing it what it needs to do, shutting down stall teams, so my momentum isn't ruined in the slightest. With the current EV spread, Mew is capable of outrunning Jolly Breloom, Adamant Dragonite, and Adamant Gyarados & capable of burning them with Will-O-Wisp, therefore rendering them useless (Not really, but you get my point). Meanwhile, the rest of the EVs along with a Bold Nature allows Mew to take on a variety of Physical attackers, not limited to the 3 that is meant to outrun. Now, as usual, the moveset is up next. The first two moves on the set work off of each other, as Taunt prevents several Pokémon from setting up on Mew, while Will-O-Wisp absolutely cripples them with a godforsaken burn. Softboiled is Mews recovery move, used for when he gets low on health. Finally, I opted to go with Ice Beam in order to hit Dragons, Gliscor, Landorus-T, & obviously, the grass types, especially including Ferrothorn (You can see how paranoid I am about killing Ferrothorn).
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Sugarhigh (Gyarados) @ Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Double-Edge
- Ice Fang
- Earthquake
Up next on the team is another wallbreaker, this one hitting on the Physical side & using a not so common set. I would like everyone on this forum to meet Choice Band Gyarados, arguably the most powerful user of the item in the game. Gyarados does a damn good job at breaking through Physical walls with it's powerful STAB & coverage moves. The EVs allow Gyarados to outrun Adamant Breloom while still being powerful enough to dish out heavy damage; the remaining EVs are placed in HP to give Gyarados a little bulk. Now, allow me to explain the moveset of this fiery behemoth. The first move on the set, Waterfall is an incredibly high-powered STAB move that gets solid damage on anything that doesn't resist it. The next move on the set is a rather interesting one in Double-Edge, is used to lure in Rotom-W & 2HKO it along with any other bulky Water type that isn't named Jellicent. Up next on the set is Ice Fang, which provides me with solid coverage & allows me to hit Celebi & Breloom, OHKOing the latter. Finally, we have Earthquake, an excellent move to deal damage to Ninetales, Jirachi, Tentacruel, & Toxicroak.
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Subject 18
Subject 18 (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- ExtremeSpeed
- Bullet Punch
We have finally come to the end of this RMT, but I will not leave you right now while I'm in the middle of describing the Pokémon that this whole team is built around. Swords Dance Lucario is easily the best late game cleaner in the current meta, & it has given me several sweeps throughout my battles. Maximum Attack & Speed along with a Adamant nature allows him to outrun & KO every threat that he needs to. Now, I shall explain the final moveset. Swords Dance boosts Lucarios attack to a blistering 700, which by this point, nobody will be wanting to take a hit from. Close Combat is the obvious move here, just about 2HKOing everything that doesn't resist it. Extremespeed is an excellent priority move to pick off faster opponents that Luke fails to outspeed, including Scarfed Rotom-W, Scarf Latios, & a whole bunch of other threats that outrun him (A good portion of OU outrun Lucario.) Finally, we have Bullet Punch, which is used to KO Gengar, Scarf Terrakion, & the occasional Scarfed Tyranitar.
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Subject 18 (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- ExtremeSpeed
- Bullet Punch
We have finally come to the end of this RMT, but I will not leave you right now while I'm in the middle of describing the Pokémon that this whole team is built around. Swords Dance Lucario is easily the best late game cleaner in the current meta, & it has given me several sweeps throughout my battles. Maximum Attack & Speed along with a Adamant nature allows him to outrun & KO every threat that he needs to. Now, I shall explain the final moveset. Swords Dance boosts Lucarios attack to a blistering 700, which by this point, nobody will be wanting to take a hit from. Close Combat is the obvious move here, just about 2HKOing everything that doesn't resist it. Extremespeed is an excellent priority move to pick off faster opponents that Luke fails to outspeed, including Scarfed Rotom-W, Scarf Latios, & a whole bunch of other threats that outrun him (A good portion of OU outrun Lucario.) Finally, we have Bullet Punch, which is used to KO Gengar, Scarf Terrakion, & the occasional Scarfed Tyranitar.
(Keep the nicknames when using the team)
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qSeasons (Jirachi) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 224 HP / 252 SAtk / 32 Spd
Modest Nature
- Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Stealth Rock
Electrolyte (Latias) (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Trick
X5Dragon (Kingdra) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 28 HP / 252 SAtk / 228 Spd
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
Halcyon (Mew) @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spd
Bold Nature
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Softboiled
- Ice Beam
Sugarhigh (Gyarados) @ Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Double-Edge
- Ice Fang
- Earthquake
Subject 18 (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- ExtremeSpeed
- Bullet PunchWell guys, this is the end of my last & final RMT here on the Smogon Community Forums. I'll really ,miss all you guys out there. Shout-outs coming soon, please stay-tuned for them in the near future. Goodbye, everyone!
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