SS OU Most satisfying trap + Kartapult spam BO

[Deido]

This is my first RMT and i'm French so sorry for bad quality

A FRENCH PRODUCTION : KartaPult BO


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Team Overview :

Principle :
this meta is completely revolves around Specs Dragapult, i choose it first for his broken damages, i decided to choose Scarf Kartana overall for speed control and to revenge other dragapult with Knock off and ealisy sweap low mon that drag can weaken, this team try to improve their potential to make pressure on their checks.

Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Flamethrower

Kartana @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Smart Strike
- Knock Off
- Sacred Sword


-[ Not a revolution at this point Specs draga can be easily the most dangerous when the opponent is not prepared for it.
Flamethrower over Fire Blast deals better and 2HKO any steel checks such as Corviknight full speDef, Fire Blast if you
want more damages still good too ]-


Building steps :

To hit defensives cores and dealing with stall team i've suggest Heatran for is potential to kill defensives cores.
However this one is not a option for some Gastro-Knight cores, the only option is cheaping by Toxic and hazards, let's take Landorus here.

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 136 SpD / 120 Spe
Calm Nature
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Taunt
- Heavy Slam

-[ Heavy Slam on Heatran is one of the best option to kill quickly Blissey and Clef after the taunt ]-

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Toxic

-[Classic lando def, 92 Spe to outspeed Bisharp, Magnezone and Aegislash]-
you can run 88 Spe to Slow turn on other Lando 92 Spe



At this point i was searching for a good check Heatran and Urshifu

Slowking can check often those pokemons and make great with landorus, it would be great in this role, i was my first choice

But i decided another great guy for it...

Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 248 HP / 144 Def / 116 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Ice Beam
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Heal Bell

-[ Dragonite 116 SpD allow it to check good Blacephalon with Multiscale, Earthquake can OHKO Heatran and heal bell is quite good for some reasons in Stall or curing Para/burn on it. It's checking band Urshifu too]-


I search for a last time a real check at kyurem and decided to take Scizor SpDef set


Scizor @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Roost
- Defog


Others Options :

Defog is subtitutable by Sword Dance or Knock off to have more option in a turn

Hell bell is subtitutable by Defog if you're afraid bu hazards

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I was ranked 1600 with this team, but i would take any advice to be reliable on top ladder, Thx u !! :3

 

[Tysonslayer]

Hey there Deido this is a really cool team focusing around Choice Specs Dragapult and pairing it with Kartana being able to break and heavily weaken majority of Dragapult's switchin. This team has few issues such as lack of hazard control which makes it really easy for Heatran and other teammates in getting worn down drastically for hazard stack teams. This team also really struggles in switching into the likes of and , while and especially with the lack of Duel Wingbeat making it hard for Dragonite to possibly remove. by far is also really problematic as Heatran being your only answer means it gets worn down from chip leaving it vulnerable to chip damage. With three Steel-types also means there's a big overlap in weakness meaning that there can be a great amount of pressure with Super effective moves. You also lack immediate breaking power especially with Scarf Kartana that is really useful in late game to clean and is also a lot easy to wall against other things.

Major Change

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The first change I recommend is replacing Dragonite with Choice Scarf Tapu Fini this heavily improves the teams matchup against Weavile, Volcarona, Urshifu-R, and Dragapult. Tapu Fini is also able to provide the team as a form of Speed control a lot better than Kartana and is able to punish majority of Dragapult's switch-ins with Trick such as Blissey and Toxapex. While Defog seems weird on a Choice Scarf user as Tapu Fini can force switches, this gives free opportunities in removing annoying hazards that would otherwise be problematic for your team. Max HP and max speed is nice for Tapu Fini since with the HP investment it lets Tapu Fini be able to switch into Urshifu-R, Weavile, and take Shadow Ball from Dragapult better and speed investment is to be faster than Zeraora with Choice Scarf.

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Changing Galarian Slowking over Scizor is still able to check all the important stuff that Scizor covers like Kyurem, Tapu Lele, Clefable while also being able to check Tapu Koko altogether. Galarian Slowking fit well here being able to make Dragapult and Kartana really hard to switch into as it provides Future Sight for the team making it easier for them two in breaking past their checks. Ice beam is used on the last slow as it helps in dealing with Garchomp, Opposing Landorus-T, and Hippowdon. The EV spread for Slowking will be 252 HP / 80 SpA / 176 SpD which allows for Galarian Slowking be able to take two Shadow Balls from Choice Specs Dragapult and take another Thunderbolt from Tapu Koko, while the rest is dumped into Special Attack to increase the damage that Slowking can do.

Minor Change

Now that Tapu Fini provides the team with better Speed control this opens up the opportunity for Kartana to run a Swords Dance set which gives the team a lot more immediate damage output and is still a deadly wincondition as it can clean teams once you break past through its switch-ins or be able to break through teams in mid game setting up for something else to clean.

The set that Landorus-T running is fine but would like to rework the EVS on it making it 252 HP / 216 Def / 40 SpD with an Impish nature and 30 Speed IVs. This basically allows Landorus-T give a massive dump into Defense in better checking important targets like Zeraora, Garchomp, while also being able to keep Kartana a bit in control, the Special Defense is for taking an extra Dazzling Gleam from Tapu Koko which could be nice in the long run, though if you feel it's uneccesary you can take 28 Evs from Special Defense and put them into Defense. The 30 Speed Ivs is basically to be slower than other Landorus-T with no Speed Investment, and also lets you be a slow pivot for U-Turn.

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Hopefully these changes are some that you consider trying out as it does greatly improve the matchup with a good amount of threats and gives the team a lot more offensive presence right off the bat, and doesn't leave Heatran and Landorus-T be overwhelmed in checking important things they need to cover especially with the lack of recovery. With these changes however be aware that becomes a bit of an issue though it could be played around with Landorus-T + Heatran, and it always gets revenged by Dragapult. Well that is all for me to say like I said do consider these changes, and let me know your experience in using them or any issues you come across for any additional improvements need, with that being said hope you have a good day.

 

[Wildfiree]

Great team

 

[Deido]

Thx for these advices, i've use your Lando spread but when i've write this post i wasn't able to explain this set
i'll come back for any problems !
great day