More Skary
The original idea for this team was to use a Calm Mind Latios to sweep teams. I wanted to build a team that would take out all of his counters. and then use Latios to take out the rest of the team! However, the team didn't work out so well, and I have made many changes to it. I'm building a standard, but bulky team that works well with Skarmory.
Team building:
Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Spikes
- Brave Bird
Skarmory will usually be my lead. His main goal is to set up spikes and phase set-up physical sweepers while walling them. He can come in on Ghost and Dark moves that would otherwise plague Jellicent. His phazing is incredibly potent.
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Shaymin @ Leftovers Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Seed Flare
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Rest
My first part to the core of special walls. Shaymin gets great coverage with this moveset while still being able to deal damage. Hidden Power [Fire] is there to surprise steel types that love to come in on him. By the time I need to rest, I'll probably need to switch out anyways.
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Jellicent (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 216 Def / 44 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Surf
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
- Taunt
Lol stall teams. Jellicent is the second part of my special wall core, and isn't afraid to take physical hits either. Taunt is for handling those oh so nice stall teams. I pick Surf over Scald because it's seems dumb to me to have both Scald and Will-O-Wisp on the same moveset. Jellicent is bulky enough to handle physical fire types and kill them with Surf and Recover stalling.
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Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Rawr. This is my main special sweeper. His moveset is made the way it is so that he will have amazing coverage. He can hit just about every wall in the game with a super effective move. Blissey should be taken care of by Scizor, so don't mention that thing. XD
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Rotom-W @ Leftovers Trait: Levitate
EVs: 124 HP / 252 SAtk / 132 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Pain Split
A bit bulky, a lot more so sweepy. Rotom-W just laughs in everyone's face. Good coverage and pain split for healing. He's here to put the hurt on Volcarona and do some great electric damage to those annoying bulky waters. It's always good to have a backup plan for that. :D
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Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Bye bye Reuniclus! Scizor is my psychic counter, and in a way, my calm mind counter. Pursuit is not just useful for psychic types; it's also useful for putting the hurt on Chansey and Blissey as they switch out. It's very easy to think them into a false sense of security and pound out a Superpower the next time they switch in. U-turn and Bullet Punch are very obvious standards for Scizor.
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The original idea for this team was to use a Calm Mind Latios to sweep teams. I wanted to build a team that would take out all of his counters. and then use Latios to take out the rest of the team! However, the team didn't work out so well, and I have made many changes to it. I'm building a standard, but bulky team that works well with Skarmory.
At a Glance
Team building:
What the original team looked like:
Yeah, this team was pretty terrible. I had absolutely NOTHING to counter Reuniclus. Latios wasn't as tanky as I had hoped, and Breloom didn't really do a lot for me. I know he's great, but I he just didn't seem to mesh well with this team. Then I changed it to its current state:
Strangely enough, I haven't found fire moves that troubling so far. I've probably just gotten lucky that I haven't gone up against any major fire threats though. At the same time, I rarely bring Vaporeon in, it seems like. But on to my current problem: Latias. Tyranitar comes in and uses pursuit. Opponent lols while I cry. My problem is probably that I had been using a weird EV set (HP and Speed... yeah it's pretty weird). I actually like the moveset, but I've kind of decided I'm over Latias. I want something else there. I'm also open to switching Magnezone. He kills Ferrothorn nicely, but perhaps someone else could fill his space since Shaymin already handles steels well (A more effective lead, probably).
Other than those two though, the main core of Shaymin, Skarmory, Vaporeon, and Scizor handles a LOT of threats.
Next change:
After some suggestions, I decided to use Nidoking as my special sweeper. His coverage is ridiculous coupled by the fact that he gets no life orb recoil. Very nice. Rotom-W is there to counter things like Volcarona that would otherwise be free to sweep my team. I replaced Vaporeon for Jellicent to give my team a counter to stall teams.
Yeah, this team was pretty terrible. I had absolutely NOTHING to counter Reuniclus. Latios wasn't as tanky as I had hoped, and Breloom didn't really do a lot for me. I know he's great, but I he just didn't seem to mesh well with this team. Then I changed it to its current state:
Strangely enough, I haven't found fire moves that troubling so far. I've probably just gotten lucky that I haven't gone up against any major fire threats though. At the same time, I rarely bring Vaporeon in, it seems like. But on to my current problem: Latias. Tyranitar comes in and uses pursuit. Opponent lols while I cry. My problem is probably that I had been using a weird EV set (HP and Speed... yeah it's pretty weird). I actually like the moveset, but I've kind of decided I'm over Latias. I want something else there. I'm also open to switching Magnezone. He kills Ferrothorn nicely, but perhaps someone else could fill his space since Shaymin already handles steels well (A more effective lead, probably).
Other than those two though, the main core of Shaymin, Skarmory, Vaporeon, and Scizor handles a LOT of threats.
Next change:
After some suggestions, I decided to use Nidoking as my special sweeper. His coverage is ridiculous coupled by the fact that he gets no life orb recoil. Very nice. Rotom-W is there to counter things like Volcarona that would otherwise be free to sweep my team. I replaced Vaporeon for Jellicent to give my team a counter to stall teams.
In Depth
Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Spikes
- Brave Bird
Skarmory will usually be my lead. His main goal is to set up spikes and phase set-up physical sweepers while walling them. He can come in on Ghost and Dark moves that would otherwise plague Jellicent. His phazing is incredibly potent.
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Shaymin @ Leftovers Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Seed Flare
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Rest
My first part to the core of special walls. Shaymin gets great coverage with this moveset while still being able to deal damage. Hidden Power [Fire] is there to surprise steel types that love to come in on him. By the time I need to rest, I'll probably need to switch out anyways.
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Jellicent (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 216 Def / 44 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Surf
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
- Taunt
Lol stall teams. Jellicent is the second part of my special wall core, and isn't afraid to take physical hits either. Taunt is for handling those oh so nice stall teams. I pick Surf over Scald because it's seems dumb to me to have both Scald and Will-O-Wisp on the same moveset. Jellicent is bulky enough to handle physical fire types and kill them with Surf and Recover stalling.
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Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Rawr. This is my main special sweeper. His moveset is made the way it is so that he will have amazing coverage. He can hit just about every wall in the game with a super effective move. Blissey should be taken care of by Scizor, so don't mention that thing. XD
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Rotom-W @ Leftovers Trait: Levitate
EVs: 124 HP / 252 SAtk / 132 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Pain Split
A bit bulky, a lot more so sweepy. Rotom-W just laughs in everyone's face. Good coverage and pain split for healing. He's here to put the hurt on Volcarona and do some great electric damage to those annoying bulky waters. It's always good to have a backup plan for that. :D
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Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Bye bye Reuniclus! Scizor is my psychic counter, and in a way, my calm mind counter. Pursuit is not just useful for psychic types; it's also useful for putting the hurt on Chansey and Blissey as they switch out. It's very easy to think them into a false sense of security and pound out a Superpower the next time they switch in. U-turn and Bullet Punch are very obvious standards for Scizor.
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