Why hello there! I am glad you came in to see this little team of mine :) The "backstory" behind this team is that I wanted to create something completely overpowered (a sweep team). Tbh, I was new to gen 8 and took a long break from pokemon so perhaps this isn't the best but nonetheless, I must say that after quite a few battles, corrections and little tweaks here and there that it is it is quite the punch and should be able to beat most teams :)
Thou Sweep Master
Stakataka @ Lum Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Rest
- Body Press
Description:
Stakataka is an absolute defence tank! So why not use its best stat as its offence too? Combined with Dubwool's batton pass of cotton guard and a substitute, Stakataka becomes a destructive beast that can pretty much 1 shot everything (aside from ghost type pokemon). Only real counter to this would be a special attack pokemon and ghost pokemon since it cant' hit them. But that can be fixed with Calyrex-Shadow's trick room. (Use Calyrex-Shadow for trick room, then go to Dubwool, cotton guard + sub then batton pass it to Stakataka , since u would have the priority, you could one-shot them) To compensate for not being able to hit ghost pokemon, I gave it Gyro Ball and gave it the least possible speed it could have. Allowing you to dash out a good amount of damage even if your opponent has a full ghost team. It also has stealth rock since with the defence and the substitute it has, it can take on a hit thus allowing u to set up with ease! Lastly, in the case that somehow it reaches low health, it has rest and a lum berry allowing you to go back to full hp whilst your oblivious, opponent thought they were so close to winning against the might of the beast you created! Then suddenly waking up full health and going back on a rampage!
Well s***, time for Plan B
Cinderace @ Wide Lens
Ability: Libero
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Pyro Ball
- High Jump Kick
- Sucker Punch
- Bounce
Description:
Cinderace is well as the title states, Plan B. In case you somehow have a pokemon that you know you can't beat or can't execute the strategy for Stakataka and you need to get rid of, Cinderace is your pokemon. With her ability of Libero, you can change the type you are, plus with her speed, it gives u an advantage, especially when facing Dynamax mons and in general pokemons. For example, if you were to face a dynamax pokemon about to use a dynamax ground move, you can outspeed it and choose "Bounce" allowing you not only make it waste 1 turn of its Dynamax but also if your opponent doesn't notice the type change, making his damage do 0 to you. Its moves are there because I deemed them the best for type change and damage (though not all moves have 100 accuracy which is why Wide Lens are its item). Now then, Sucker Punch, is very handy when you got an overpowered mon you gotta face that has little hp left (Just a tip, I personally use Eiscue when I have to face a fast physical sweeper because of his ability to take a hit and it dealing 0 damage unless ofc that pokemon has mold breaker. Point is that if you use its hail and defence strat which will be explained later and thus weary your opponents pokemon out then when Eiscue faints, switch to Cinderace, you can use Sucker Punch for that finishing touch!) Either way, Cinderace is quite the handful and many can't handle her ability :)
Thou Sneak 100
Calyrex-Shadow @ Eject Pack
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 128 Def / 128 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Trick Room
- Leaf Storm
- Astral Barrage
Description:
Now then, this is the pokemon you should ideally start with. Calyrex-Shadow is a solid sneaky one hehe, for you see he can do taunt disabling any status moves and traps being placed by ur opponent, (which usually traps are placed at the start) as well as do trick room which while it isn't essential for the strat to work, I highly recommend you do it because you benefit a lot by starting 1st. Now the amazing thing with this mon is its items and one of its moves. You see, the eject pack forces u to switch the moment ur stats get lowered. Since you would have done taunt the first turn, chances are your opponent won't lower your stats. But, Leaf Storm does lower stats, and that allows u to switch without losing a move. Allowing you to do taunt first, then trick room and then leaf storm to dash out some damage and then switch to Dubwool! The only issue with this is that trick room always plays last so make sure you can take a hit. (Astral Barrage is there because it's quite the power move and Calyrex-Shadow is weak to ghost moves so if you got a ghost type pokemon, you can use your speak to K.O them.)
HOHOHO Mothe********
Darmanitan-Galar @ Choice Band
Ability: Gorilla Tactics
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Giga Impact
- Flare Blitz
- Thrash
- Earthquake
Description:
Well then, soo hypothetically speaking, something didn't work out well in the strat, something unexpected occurred. That's perfectly fine, all starts at times have unexpected moments in which they are weak at. So you used plan B (Cinderace) but that didn't work out as well. Well here take this Santa fatso pokemon! In all seriousness, Darmanitan-Galar has no strat whatsoever he is just brute force. Use him whenever you face a tank that Stakataka or Cinderace can't defeat. He is designed to be expendable, you could even replace him with a pokemon that has explosion if you so desired! (Yeah.. don't be that desperate. That's a nooby move with all due respect but you get the point nonetheless.)
The Evil One
Eiscue @ Leftovers
Ability: Ice Face
EVs: 80 HP / 176 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Hail
- Protect
- Aqua Ring
- Substitute
Description:
Eiscue, the cute penguin blockhead! This thing is DESIGNED to be annoying and stall. Due to his unique ability "Ice Face", Eiscue can easily take in physical hits, (Note: While he has decent stats, he is weak to Sp. Attack moves. Bring him out when facing a full physical sweeper that you want to waste his pp's.) allowing him to recover with hail his ice face which also damages your opponents over time. Match it with leftovers and a healing move such as Aqua Ring which heals each turn, you can spam Protect, Substitute and when Hail ends do once again Hail. Your opponents won't be able to lay a hand on him. He is also perfect when facing dynamax physical attacker pokemon since Ice Face even if it is hit by a Dynamax move, will do 0 DAMAGE TO HIM hehe. Same goes with Substitute but if u were to use protect u would take some damage but it would be reduced significantly, so keep that in mind. Also due to him lasting for a decent time, he can actually drop the enemy pokemon's health to half at times and more! If he faints, switch to plan B (Cinderace) and use "Sucker Punch" for the cherry on top to finish your opponent off.
The BAA-dass planner of the group (Get it Baa cause its a goat :D No? alright amma serve myself out ;-;)
Dubwool @ Red Card
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Cotton Guard
- Baton Pass
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
Descrption:
Here we are, the final one! Congrats on reading till here btw I appreciate it :) Now back on topic! Dubwool is literally the Badass planner of the group. He is the only pokemon that has Cotton Guard and Baton pass, making him extremely unique especially for our strat! For you see after you used the trick room etc. from Calyrex-Shadow, you swap to him and use cotton guard or Substitute, whichever one you deem more necessary. Now, his ability "Fluffy" allows you to take half the damage from attacks, not to mention he has great health and defenses, allowing you to make a very good Substitute. (Do note the drawback with Fluffy is that you receive twice the damage from fire type moves to beware.) Now you could just do one Cotton Guard and pass it to Stakataka, but in case you face ghost type pokemon and you know you can last a few hits, why not do Swords Dance to increase your attack as well. After you have deemed that you can either no longer take damage due to being close to fainting or are satisfied with your stats, switch to your brand new overpowered sweeper and enjoy :)
Well then with that being said I do hope you find this valuable and that it helps you in your battles. Thank you for reading this and I wish you luck in any of your showdown endeavors! Goodbyeeeee :) (Also feel free to improve this strat below, comment on it or even msge me)
Thou Sweep Master
Stakataka @ Lum Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Rest
- Body Press
Description:
Stakataka is an absolute defence tank! So why not use its best stat as its offence too? Combined with Dubwool's batton pass of cotton guard and a substitute, Stakataka becomes a destructive beast that can pretty much 1 shot everything (aside from ghost type pokemon). Only real counter to this would be a special attack pokemon and ghost pokemon since it cant' hit them. But that can be fixed with Calyrex-Shadow's trick room. (Use Calyrex-Shadow for trick room, then go to Dubwool, cotton guard + sub then batton pass it to Stakataka , since u would have the priority, you could one-shot them) To compensate for not being able to hit ghost pokemon, I gave it Gyro Ball and gave it the least possible speed it could have. Allowing you to dash out a good amount of damage even if your opponent has a full ghost team. It also has stealth rock since with the defence and the substitute it has, it can take on a hit thus allowing u to set up with ease! Lastly, in the case that somehow it reaches low health, it has rest and a lum berry allowing you to go back to full hp whilst your oblivious, opponent thought they were so close to winning against the might of the beast you created! Then suddenly waking up full health and going back on a rampage!
Well s***, time for Plan B
Cinderace @ Wide Lens
Ability: Libero
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Pyro Ball
- High Jump Kick
- Sucker Punch
- Bounce
Description:
Cinderace is well as the title states, Plan B. In case you somehow have a pokemon that you know you can't beat or can't execute the strategy for Stakataka and you need to get rid of, Cinderace is your pokemon. With her ability of Libero, you can change the type you are, plus with her speed, it gives u an advantage, especially when facing Dynamax mons and in general pokemons. For example, if you were to face a dynamax pokemon about to use a dynamax ground move, you can outspeed it and choose "Bounce" allowing you not only make it waste 1 turn of its Dynamax but also if your opponent doesn't notice the type change, making his damage do 0 to you. Its moves are there because I deemed them the best for type change and damage (though not all moves have 100 accuracy which is why Wide Lens are its item). Now then, Sucker Punch, is very handy when you got an overpowered mon you gotta face that has little hp left (Just a tip, I personally use Eiscue when I have to face a fast physical sweeper because of his ability to take a hit and it dealing 0 damage unless ofc that pokemon has mold breaker. Point is that if you use its hail and defence strat which will be explained later and thus weary your opponents pokemon out then when Eiscue faints, switch to Cinderace, you can use Sucker Punch for that finishing touch!) Either way, Cinderace is quite the handful and many can't handle her ability :)
Thou Sneak 100
Calyrex-Shadow @ Eject Pack
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 128 Def / 128 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Trick Room
- Leaf Storm
- Astral Barrage
Description:
Now then, this is the pokemon you should ideally start with. Calyrex-Shadow is a solid sneaky one hehe, for you see he can do taunt disabling any status moves and traps being placed by ur opponent, (which usually traps are placed at the start) as well as do trick room which while it isn't essential for the strat to work, I highly recommend you do it because you benefit a lot by starting 1st. Now the amazing thing with this mon is its items and one of its moves. You see, the eject pack forces u to switch the moment ur stats get lowered. Since you would have done taunt the first turn, chances are your opponent won't lower your stats. But, Leaf Storm does lower stats, and that allows u to switch without losing a move. Allowing you to do taunt first, then trick room and then leaf storm to dash out some damage and then switch to Dubwool! The only issue with this is that trick room always plays last so make sure you can take a hit. (Astral Barrage is there because it's quite the power move and Calyrex-Shadow is weak to ghost moves so if you got a ghost type pokemon, you can use your speak to K.O them.)
HOHOHO Mothe********
Darmanitan-Galar @ Choice Band
Ability: Gorilla Tactics
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Giga Impact
- Flare Blitz
- Thrash
- Earthquake
Description:
Well then, soo hypothetically speaking, something didn't work out well in the strat, something unexpected occurred. That's perfectly fine, all starts at times have unexpected moments in which they are weak at. So you used plan B (Cinderace) but that didn't work out as well. Well here take this Santa fatso pokemon! In all seriousness, Darmanitan-Galar has no strat whatsoever he is just brute force. Use him whenever you face a tank that Stakataka or Cinderace can't defeat. He is designed to be expendable,
The Evil One
Eiscue @ Leftovers
Ability: Ice Face
EVs: 80 HP / 176 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Hail
- Protect
- Aqua Ring
- Substitute
Description:
Eiscue, the cute penguin blockhead! This thing is DESIGNED to be annoying and stall. Due to his unique ability "Ice Face", Eiscue can easily take in physical hits, (Note: While he has decent stats, he is weak to Sp. Attack moves. Bring him out when facing a full physical sweeper that you want to waste his pp's.) allowing him to recover with hail his ice face which also damages your opponents over time. Match it with leftovers and a healing move such as Aqua Ring which heals each turn, you can spam Protect, Substitute and when Hail ends do once again Hail. Your opponents won't be able to lay a hand on him. He is also perfect when facing dynamax physical attacker pokemon since Ice Face even if it is hit by a Dynamax move, will do 0 DAMAGE TO HIM hehe. Same goes with Substitute but if u were to use protect u would take some damage but it would be reduced significantly, so keep that in mind. Also due to him lasting for a decent time, he can actually drop the enemy pokemon's health to half at times and more! If he faints, switch to plan B (Cinderace) and use "Sucker Punch" for the cherry on top to finish your opponent off.
The BAA-dass planner of the group (Get it Baa cause its a goat :D No? alright amma serve myself out ;-;)
Dubwool @ Red Card
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Cotton Guard
- Baton Pass
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
Descrption:
Here we are, the final one! Congrats on reading till here btw I appreciate it :) Now back on topic! Dubwool is literally the Badass planner of the group. He is the only pokemon that has Cotton Guard and Baton pass, making him extremely unique especially for our strat! For you see after you used the trick room etc. from Calyrex-Shadow, you swap to him and use cotton guard or Substitute, whichever one you deem more necessary. Now, his ability "Fluffy" allows you to take half the damage from attacks, not to mention he has great health and defenses, allowing you to make a very good Substitute. (Do note the drawback with Fluffy is that you receive twice the damage from fire type moves to beware.) Now you could just do one Cotton Guard and pass it to Stakataka, but in case you face ghost type pokemon and you know you can last a few hits, why not do Swords Dance to increase your attack as well. After you have deemed that you can either no longer take damage due to being close to fainting or are satisfied with your stats, switch to your brand new overpowered sweeper and enjoy :)
Well then with that being said I do hope you find this valuable and that it helps you in your battles. Thank you for reading this and I wish you luck in any of your showdown endeavors! Goodbyeeeee :) (Also feel free to improve this strat below, comment on it or even msge me)
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