SS OU Nastyplot Romtom-Wash peaked #3rd 2014 elo

[Saltytears]

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Peak SS
2. Team + Sets
3. Team Building Process
4. Threat List
5. TIPS
6. Replays
7. Importable

PROOF :

TEAM + Sets :

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 28 SpA / 52 SpD / 136 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Nasty Plot
- Thunderbolt
- Hydro Pump

Star of the show with a cursed spread , 136 speed to hit 242 , Max HP for the bulk since we are running sub ,
40 Def for lando-t u-turn , 52 SpD for some whacky calc behind screen (look at the stall match replay for exemple ) if you don't care about those specific interaction 88Def is a possibility so our sub doesn't break to Bpress from Spd ferro rest in SpA to ohko stuff at +2

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 SpD
Calm Nature
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Wish
- Knock Off

Basic spread with wish support over the like of twave or rocks . Full physdef if you often end up being pressured by the likes of sd garchomp

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Defog

Or

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 88 SpD / 168 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Defog

Best mon in the tier imo it does everything you want to , basic spread and no heat wave cuz its walled by a billion thing .
Slower spread is also an option and might be better but I prefer max .

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 124 SpD / 132 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock

132 Spe >base 60 Spe +1 , ballon is better than lefties even more with wish support . Timid is an option if SD boom scares you

Toxapex @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 248 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Recover
- Haze
- Light Screen

8 Spe to creep protect and AV melmetal , Screen because double fog future port banded weavile is the cheapest thing ever and carry a lot of players on the ladder otherwise basic physdef spread with helmet

Gastrodon @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Earth Power
- Recover
- Clear Smog

Ok this the mon where the EVS could be touched a bit this is our grounded pokemon + water immunity , maybe more Def for Zera

3. Team Building Process


After analysing the meta a bit I wanted something spicy to abuse those fat bo future port team (exemple : torn lando slowbro +weav or shifu ) which also survive behind his subs by resisting those multi hits from Banded Weav and Urshifu-Water .

I needed a fogger so I choose the best one in the entire tier , do I need to explain what it does outside of just deffoging ?

I was tilted by the people with a negative IQ abusing future port weave/shifu here comes our answer which also helps with Rain the mighty pex appears .

We are lacking a steel and hazards rocker tran do both our volc answer also balloon>lefties makes you switch into opponent heatran without loosing the hazard tempo .
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Trick sticky barb answer dragon immunity so banded/dd pult doesn't 6-0 us at preview helps to wear down ferro with a leech immunity well in short fat pink clefable , also dropping wish for twave and putting lefties back on heatran is an option but I haven't tested it .
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Ok nidoking is everywhere lately and I didn't want to run slowking or blissey plus I was missing a ground immunity since cm koko and zera was a 6-0 at preview . More rain answer because rain is a ladder thing , heavily SpD cuz we lack sball switch in .

4. Threat List

Future sight crit 6-0 us , well timed shadow ball drop is a pain , you gotta dodge those focus blast from lele like a god gamer ( more seriously lele is annoying just by clicking psychic ) , Sword dance garchomp , sd lando-t ,well played/built stall is hard to break through ( offer tie might be your best option sometimes ) . ho is overwhelming in good hands . Hurricane miss often loose game sadly (kartana).

5. TIPS

It's quite simple you have to knock gking AV or at least burn it same for ferro boom washtom goes wild .... joke aside washtom subs on half the meta without getting punished (behind lightscreen its quite obnoxious) outside of specs dpult team here is an exhaustive list : Slowtins , lando (knock off variant breaks the sub tho) , heatran , pex , burnt ferro or bodypress/whip less , corv , hippo , some ttar set , dnite , protect melmetal ,pelliper and i wont mention stuff you force out that are afraid of a potentiel wow or twave

I have to talk about our washtom lefties , loosing them isn't the end of the world you got wish support in the back and sometimes getting knocked off t1 by a torn-t before you sub is straight winning .

6. REPLAYS
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1530007718-io1bu8591pp9w8bht4wg4uu2ioat433pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1529840525-wzczbe96dif71uykq68fnyrrq3dbjlrpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1529266489-ks5s4y2s9rqu0hspm8v9cowyu7p22j9pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1528563359-9w61oq55skusg9bqkazh6azl7k2b5bopw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1528390578-i444cy2za8s07pb8zxpnh0s8rae6x92pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1527658500-gbh1cq8qlc3nm4a64h1tbnzbss6ddyhpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1527649485-p0b820arbkdugq6b8dhq068kv6aho24pw

7. The past -> https://pokepast.es/afaabb62584f6dd0

 

[Mathology0]

Gastrodon should have earthquake and sassy nature to do more damage to heatran

 

[Hamsi]

It's me or the first sprites are bugged?

 

[Saltytears]

Gastrodon should have earthquake and sassy nature to do more damage to heatran

We need earth power for BU zeraora while being faster than slow melmetal also earth power synergize better with stormdrain

 

[viivian]

tbh, I don’t agree with rotom-w, gastrodon and toxapex being in the same team. pex is fine ig (although i’d still replace it) since its weaknesses don’t actually overlap with the other 2, but rotom and gastrodon can be problematic. personally, i’d opt to replace pex with galarian slowking, since both are bulky poison types with regenerator, so i think they serve a similar purpose. and gastrodon is replaced with a defensive chomp set running dragon tail, earthquake, stealth rock and toxic. that way, you have the ground type gastrodon was providing but without the 4x weakness to grass.

 

[Saltytears]

tbh, I don’t agree with rotom-w, gastrodon and toxapex being in the same team. pex is fine ig (although i’d still replace it) since its weaknesses don’t actually overlap with the other 2, but rotom and gastrodon can be problematic. personally, i’d opt to replace pex with galarian slowking, since both are bulky poison types with regenerator, so i think they serve a similar purpose. and gastrodon is replaced with a defensive chomp set running dragon tail, earthquake, stealth rock and toxic. that way, you have the ground type gastrodon was providing but without the 4x weakness to grass.

What you proposed looses to future port weav/urshifu to be precise even without fs weavile or urshifu does 6-0 us also any kind of specs shadow ball 6-0 too and rain is a losing mu ... ah yeah nidoking is a problem now
Ps: it also lose to hail and specs volcanion