Mega Gyarados Balance
A lot of defensive Cores became more viable when Gren was banned. Tran/Amoon, Amoon/Bro, Skarm/Chansey, Mew/Lando/Tran, Ferro/Lando/Lati (rekt by Gren), etc.
Gyara got a pwrful stab move this gen (Crunch), a move that it didn't get in XY. Crunch allows you to bypass mons like Lat@s (u don't have to worry about Ice Fang missing), Stallbreaker Mew and Slowbro. However, Gyara is still walled by mons like Azumarill, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Physically Defensive Clefable, Chesnaught (if u don't have Ice Fang), Keldeo (to an extent, EQ does 50%+ at 1+) and Mega Venu.
The team I made is LITERALLY built around Gyara. I just added mons that can deal with Gyara's counters/checks.
Preview :
So here she is, the star of the team :
Gyarados (Gyarados-Mega) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 40 HP / 216 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake / Taunt (for ferro, mew, etc.)
One of the best sweepers in OU imo, it can setup on most of the OU meta because of its bulk. Also, don't Mega this thing right off the bat, as its non-mega form can setup on Keldeo. This thing is one of the strongest water types in the game. Unlike other setup sweepers, Gyara can setup on SOME counters before Mega Evolving. (that's assuming you run taunt)
Counter Calcs
-1 4 Atk Ferrothorn Gyro Ball (150 BP) vs. 40 HP / 0 Def Gyarados: 62-73 (18.1 - 21.4%) -- possible 7HKO
-1 4 Atk Ferrothorn Power Whip vs. 40 HP / 0 Def Gyarados: 100-118 (29.3 - 34.6%) -- 99.9% chance to 4
-1 0 Atk Skarmory Brave Bird vs. 40 HP / 0 Def Gyarados: 87-103 (25.5 - 30.2%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
Bisharp @ Lum Berry / Dread Plate
Ability: Defiant
EVs:
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance / Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
Shits on stall. Punishes Defog. Deals with fairies (fuck clef) + it's a nice pursuit trapper.
Latios (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Trick
Scarf Latios is one of the fastest mons in the OU metagame. It can deal with stuff like Chesnaught (which is a hard counter to Gyara) by tricking it a Scarf. Trick just deals with pink fat mons in general :]
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Toxic
- Lava Plume
If you look at my team right now, it gets destroyed by fairy types (no switch-ins) Heatran is my rocker, it has a great typing which makes it one of the best defensive mons in the game. (sadly doesn't get a recovery move) Lava Plume for standard.stab, Toxic is for fat mons such as Slowbro, Unaware Clef, Chesnaught, etc. It's the only mon on my team that can take a shit on Ferrothorn.
Landorus (Landorus-Therian) (M) @
Ability: Intimidate
EVs:
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- U-turn / Toxic
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
With it's great typing and ability, Landorus-T is one of the best pivots in the game. I often use to lead with him to bluff the scarf. Also, Earth Plate because we don't fuk around. + A Bird Check is always nice.
Amoonguss @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs:
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Foul Play
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb / Clear Smog
Aaaaah, the last mon of the team. This thing is my only Azu counter and one of my only fairy switchins. (just having Heatran as a fairy counter would put a lot of pressure on it). The moveset is pretty standard, Spore for putting stuff to sleep, HP Fire for Scizor/Ferro, Sludge for fairies and Giga for water types. You might want to replace Sludge Bomb with Clear Smog, so that u can hit stuff like Chesnaught harder.
Mons that give this team problems :
Nothing on my team can switch into this monster. Wave + Ball + Focus Miss gives my team a lot of problems. The only thing I can do is hope for a miss :]]]]
Chesnaught walls this team to hell when Heatran is gone. Since Latios is scarf, Psyshock only does somewhere around 47%. Chesnaught can live a Draco from Lati, go for a Spiky Shield next turn on bop.
This thing can easily sweep my team when Amoon is weakened. (DD Set with EQ) Watch out for this threat, don't let it setup on you!
Success with this team : Got reqs for Gren suspect (lol) and won an OU tour with it.
REPLAYS COMING SOON!
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Gyarados (Gyarados-Mega) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 40 HP / 216 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
Bisharp @ Lum Berry
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 84 HP / 248 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Toxic
- Lava Plume
Landorus (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Earth Plate
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 240 HP / 56 Atk / 4 Def / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
Latios (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Trick
Amoonguss @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SpD
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Giga Drain
- Clear Smog
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 40 HP / 216 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
Bisharp @ Lum Berry
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 84 HP / 248 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Toxic
- Lava Plume
Landorus (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Earth Plate
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 240 HP / 56 Atk / 4 Def / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
Latios (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Trick
Amoonguss @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SpD
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Giga Drain
- Clear Smog
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