Piyush25
RoAPL Champion
INTRODUCTION
Hello everyone, it's Piyush, with a really nICE team. I have always wanted to make a mono ice team(due to ice type often being called as the worst type) which works well in the high ladder of PS. With the bans of cinderace and magearna ,this was the perfect opportunity to do so. To flex more I decided not to use the only ou ice type that being Kyurem. Suprisingly the team worked great even in 1900+ on ladder. Without further ado, here is my team.
PROOF OF PEAK
TEAM BUILDING PROCESS
TEAM BUILDING PROCESS
For every mono ice team, the first mon to choose is ofcourse a snow warning user. There are only two viable users of this namely alolan ninetales and vanilluxe. Although vanilluxe is much stronger it is very slow therefore I chose alolan ninetales for this role because of its decent bulk, great speed tier and access to wonderful support moves.
Next mon I needed was a hail abuser and there was honestly no contest for this role. Arcozolt's decent attacking stats, awesome offensive typing and access to some of the best moves in the game makes it an automatic addition to this team.
Next I needed a relatively fast mon which can outspeed most things outside of hail. I also wanted a setup sweeper which can clean late game . Therfore I picked weavile due to its amazing speed and sweeping abilities with swords dance.
With my first three mons very weak to fire types (heatran and volcarona in general) and the lack of an electric immunity , I chose assault vest thick fat mamoswine. This set can take special hits and often ko back offensive mons.
Next I needed some hazard removal and also someone who can take physical hits well. Avalugg fit this role perfectly.
I realised I didnt have any stealth rock mon till now .Therefore I chose alolan sandslash for this role. Along with stealth rocks ,it becomes a very dangerous offensive core with arctozolt and also can sweeps teams by sword dancing.
THE TEAM
Ninetales-Alola @ Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Hail/Encore
- Aurora Veil
- Hypnosis
Alolan ninetales is the hail and aurora veil setter of the team. Icy Rock is chosen over Light Clay to give more turns of hail for alolan Sandslash and Arctozolt to wreak havoc. Ninetales can also occasionaly setup aurora veil for easier setup of weavile and sandslash. Max speed is important in outspeeding a large amount of ou tier and generally using hypnosis or veil. Max health allows it to take certain hits from mons mainly grassy glide from rillaboom and flamethrower from specs pult. Freeze dry allows to hit super effectively mons like pelliper,tapu fini,gastrodon and urshifu-water allowing the slush rush users to sweep. Hypnosis is a very important move on ninetales. Due to its great speed it can put something to sleep and allow other mons to switchin safely. Last move can be hail or encore. Hail is great in reseting the weather on incoming sand or rain setters while encore can be great in locking opponents to a undesirable move and allowing others to switch in. Hail also provides extra chip damage each turn which is vital in many situtaions.Ninetales-Alola @ Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Hail/Encore
- Aurora Veil
- Hypnosis
Arctozolt @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Freeze-Dry
- Bolt Beak
- Icicle Spear
- Low Kick
Weavile @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Triple Axel
- Ice Shard/Low Kick
Ice shard is a fantastic stab and priority move allowing weavile to dish out impressive damage to faster and scarf mons especially tapu koko, sand rush excadrill and dragapult. It also helps a lot in revenge killing setup sweepers like hawlucha and dd dragonite. Low kick can also be used as it ohkos bisharp and 2hkos ferro and heatran.
Mamoswine @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Tomb
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
Avalugg @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Body Press
- Recover
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
Sandslash-Alola @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Triple Axel
- Earthquake
THREAT LIST
Steel types in general gives this team a hard time due to obvious reasons but all of them can be dealt with smart plays . Bisharp doesnt 2hko avalugg with iron head and dies to body press. Band kartana is not a big problem as arctozolt and weavile can revenge kill. But for dealing with Scarf Kartana keep avalugg at full health as it doesnt get 2hkod from smart strike. Defensive Scizor is not that much of an issue as iron defense avalugg beats it 1v1 but Lo scizor on offensive teams can be a huge threat . For that use alolan sansdslash+ avalugg to beat it as sandslash lives a +2 bullet punch . Thankfully Scizor in general is rare and its most common set is the defensive version.
Urshifu-rapid-strike is probably the biggest threat to this team . The key to beat it is playing aggressively against it and chipping it down with hail+triple axel from weavile or alolan sandslash or just freeze dry from alolan ninetales. Hawlucha is also a big threat to this team as it outspeeds everything under hail. But it can't switchin on anything and also gets no room for setup. Best way it to dent it enough with Avalugg and hail and revenge kill it with ice shard from weavile or Mamoswine.
Victini though very rare also gives troubles to this team. Mamoswine takes a hit from Vicitini and Earthquakes to kill whereas alolan sandslash can also outspeed it in hail and do a great deal of damage. Weavile kills victini if it is not scarfed or if it has lowered its speed from v-create drops.
REPLAYS
Vs storm zone : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1294277229-62eynddd29jj3cbxqzjnfe1ab3nqyarpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1306329424-fn3h5tu2pjgjjebta4pdb9qowlq6iy3pw
Vs stall: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1310568176-158znqq2msxrerfxdnkmpnqeu15vmizpw
Vs heatran+ferrothorn: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1294252243-pw65k39o8bfxu184t5h4g6nka7wsgu0pw
Vs Coach Jones 6fifth: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1296140256-5aphgpditz3ees6xu25lvtrpaevoppcpw
Vs Bisharp balance: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1296142992-fft6ktssynuht69hddejpmrkdviutxjpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1313066211-v091qj69nal685npe67jgsy0e9so8o0pw
Vs Kyurem balance: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1296144627-dfxzpucscz2bjpzijmqmovg2zzwszqopw
Vs Bishap+zapdos galar ho: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1297439491-qg332ph40qmam9d9mg19p5obor8mvtipw
Vs Kartana+zone balance : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1297439491-qg332ph40qmam9d9mg19p5obor8mvtipw
Vs urshifu-rapid-strike : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1306311843-sb21l14pv8o6qirccadwvenl3pgv70qpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1310559242-j87cuj84wwqcxukwts5375q1pmwcx42pw
Vs pressure stall : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1310561922-n743c9wx0n5phbyg6dytnldhi81l5zhpw
Vs kartana balance : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1313064697-j7wsuqve6vqy3xqhtq329f0ccbu46pupw
CONCLUSION
Thank you to anyone who read this far!! This is my first team showcase and I hope I did it well. Although this team havs quite a few weakness ,it still works great . Also nothing feels better than beating ur opponent with 6 ice types and no ou mon. Hope this team makes playing fun for you. Have fun!!
IMPORTABLE
Ninetales-Alola @ Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Hail
- Aurora Veil
- Hypnosis
Arctozolt @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Freeze-Dry
- Bolt Beak
- Icicle Spear
- Low Kick
Weavile @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Triple Axel
- Ice Shard
Mamoswine @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Tomb
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
Avalugg @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Body Press
- Recover
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
Sandslash-Alola @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Triple Axel
- Earthquake
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Hail
- Aurora Veil
- Hypnosis
Arctozolt @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Freeze-Dry
- Bolt Beak
- Icicle Spear
- Low Kick
Weavile @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Triple Axel
- Ice Shard
Mamoswine @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 156 HP / 252 Atk / 100 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Tomb
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
Avalugg @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Body Press
- Recover
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
Sandslash-Alola @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Triple Axel
- Earthquake
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