My first try on an Offensive Team

I always been a fan of Stall teams, but after being screwed over by crits,1 too many times. I figured shorter battles=smaller chances for Hax to happen.

So anyway, it all started when I had to pick my first pokemon. I wanted a late game sweeper. I stumbled upon Haxorus.
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After taking this choice, I needed support for him. Getting "walled" by steel types. My next choice was Magnezone.
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Now with Magnezone as "back up" steel killer. I needed more offense. and Weather "counters". Conkeldurr and Gastrodon give me those.
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Now next I'm thinking of a lead. I figured, I cuold try the new Sableye with Trickster :D
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Gastrodon 4x weakness to grass has been a pain for me, more then once.
I figured a grasssipper could help me. Hence Why Sawsbuck entered the fray.
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Now the more Details.

Lead.

Sableye
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Prankster ~ Iron Ball
Careful ~252 HP 4Def 252 Sp Def
Taunt
Recover
Toxic
Trick

The main Deal for Sabeleye is to destroy leads/pokemon. Because of Prankster, everything has +1 prio.
So the speed drop from Iron ball isn't to bad. Taunt stops setup/SR/etc. Trick destroys glass canons, halving there speed.
And IF some changes happens, he could add as a RS blocker :D
Main focus on Nature and EV is survival.



Haxorus
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Mold Breaker ~ Choice Scarf
Adamant ~ 4 HP 252 Atk 252 speed
Dual Chop
Outrage
Earthquake
Brick Break

Adamant to boost his horrific attack stats. Choice scarf to boost his meh speed. Fantastic Revenge killer and amazing late game sweeper. Dual Chop is for Sasher/sturdy/subs. even tho the acc is down a bit :S.
His Live is a pain with skar and prio moves running around (Ice Shard and BP Scizor is my main problems)

Magnezone
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Magnet Pull ~ Leftovers
Timid ~ 36HP 252 Sp Atk 220 Speed
Thunderbolt
HP Fire
Flash Cannon
Sub

Mainly here to destroy Scizor and Skarmory (didn't hurt he can stop Ferro too). Magnetpull traps both and HP Fire kills Ferro and Scizor. Enough Speed points to outspeed standart Scizors. Thunderbolt hurts on anyone.
and flash cannon destroys Tyrranitar. standart set, with goals only he can fullfill.

Gastrodon
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Storm Drain ~ Choice Specs
Modest ~ 240 HP 252 SpA 16 SpD
Surf
recover
Ice Beam
Earth Power

Choice Spec gastro hits hard, alot of people suspect Tank Gastro and underestimate him. Surf and EP are stabs, recover if I lost some health and switch into TB or Chansey or something :D. and Ice Beam for other Dragons (especially Scarfed ones). EVs are there for boosting her attack to the max, while adding some bulk in the process.

Sawsbuck
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Grass Sipper ~ Leftovers
Timid ~4HP 252 Atk 252 Speed
Horn Leech
Baton Pass
Return
Jump Kick

Not so standart set.Return is for a powerfull stab move. Jump Kick to hurt steels. Horn Leech for both Recovery and damage. and BP to pass on the attack boost to conkel or Haxy when duty calls for it. Grass Sipper gets some use, because of whatever is thrown to Gastro is mostly gass types, Sleep powder, stun spore, leech seed all boost Saws' attack stat.
I might swap Jump Kick with Agility, still have to test.

Conkeldurr
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Guts ~ Life Orb
Adamant ~252 Hp 252 Atk 4 Sp Def
Bulk Up
Drain Punch
Mach Punch
Payback

Conkeldurr is a beast. This is a pretty standart Conkeldurr. Number 1 purpose ... scare off Weavile and the likes. him and Magnezone are the supporters of Haxorus. Magnezone takes care of the steel spectrum while conkeldurr scares off the Ice spectrum. Mach Punch hurts, no matter who you are(beside ghosts). Drain Punch to recover and Payback because I hate ghosts (no really, I hate the Stone Edge' low acc)

Pics: Coming soon (not mine)

thread list: needs more testing to actually put something in here
 
Hi, really love the use of that Iron Ball Sableye, since you wont be needing any speed anyways. However, you don't have anybody to abuse that besides maybe the speed drop. Your team also currently has problems against DD DragonsVolcorona and Thundurus, so adding a Choice Scarf Landorus would help. Lando can abuse that Iron Ball, as it can now beat Skarmory and Bronzong with EQ. It also revenge kills DD Dragons including Gyarados, Thundurus and Volcorona.

Landorus @ Choice Scarf
Sand Force
Naive
252 Atk/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpA
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Hidden Power Ice
U-Turn

Other problematic pokes include Landorus, the Latii twins and Chlorophyll sweepers. Your team also currently lack entry hazards. There is really no reason to ever not use Stealth Rocks on a team. As a result, offensive Heatran would be somebody you should look at. It takes Draco Meteors easily, and absolutely dominates every Chlorophyll sweeper not named Sawsbuck. It provides Stealth Rocks, and can serve as an emergency check to Excadrill/ Landorus with an Air Balloon.

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Flash Fire
Modest
252 SpA/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpD
Fire Blast
Earth Power
Hidden Power Ice
Stealth Rock
 
Hi, really love the use of that Iron Ball Sableye, since you wont be needing any speed anyways. However, you don't have anybody to abuse that besides maybe the speed drop. Your team also currently has problems against DD DragonsVolcorona and Thundurus, so adding a Choice Scarf Landorus would help. Lando can abuse that Iron Ball, as it can now beat Skarmory and Bronzong with EQ. It also revenge kills DD Dragons including Gyarados, Thundurus and Volcorona.

Landorus @ Choice Scarf
Sand Force
Naive
252 Atk/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpA
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Hidden Power Ice
U-Turn

Other problematic pokes include Landorus, the Latii twins and Chlorophyll sweepers. Your team also currently lack entry hazards. There is really no reason to ever not use Stealth Rocks on a team. As a result, offensive Heatran would be somebody you should look at. It takes Draco Meteors easily, and absolutely dominates every Chlorophyll sweeper not named Sawsbuck. It provides Stealth Rocks, and can serve as an emergency check to Excadrill/ Landorus with an Air Balloon.

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Flash Fire
Modest
252 SpA/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpD
Fire Blast
Earth Power
Hidden Power Ice
Stealth Rock

I tried out Landorus instead of sawsbuck (wasn't doing anything, people saw it coming from a mile away -.-). But if I use Scarf Landos, I have 2 scarfers.
So I ScarfLandos+ScarfHax and then Scarf Land and BandHax.
Altho the power of BandHax is AMAZING, his speed is underwelming.

Who would you suggest for Heatran?
 
I tried out Landorus instead of sawsbuck (wasn't doing anything, people saw it coming from a mile away -.-). But if I use Scarf Landos, I have 2 scarfers.
So I ScarfLandos+ScarfHax and then Scarf Land and BandHax.
Altho the power of BandHax is AMAZING, his speed is underwelming.

Who would you suggest for Heatran?

Sawsbuck really is the weak link of this team. So I guess that spot would fit best. Another pokemon who is pretty underwhelming nowadays is Magnezone. Besides taking out Skarmory and Ferrothorn, it really doesn't do anything else. You're not running multiple dragons, and you'll already have Heatran and Conkeldurr taking out steels, so they should be no problem.

Essentially Heatran>Sawsbuck for sure. Landorus>Magnezone if you find Magnezone even more underwhelming than usual.
 
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