Project NatDex OU Teambuilding Competition v2 - Cycle 11: Iron Moth

[t.t]

A
you guys don't see the Shedinja vision

 

[hxshizora]

Giving A my vote

 

[DigoDigo]

team A
shedinjA

 

[Xurkiyee]

cant spell amoonguss without b

 

[pokegod70419]

erm... voting should've ended...

 

[Sputnik]

Sorry for the delay folks. Congrats to Team B by Ineros for winning this cycle! Your team will be added to the Hall Of Fame.

Cycle Nine


We've known what Volcarona can do for five generations now, and yet this inflammatory insect continues to make its mark at the highest echelons of play. If you've been following tournament play at all as of late, you've definitely heard people talking about Volcarona. This fiery moth is well suited for the meta at the moment, and many sets have no problem cleaving through many common balance and bulky offensive structures at the moment. SubSwarm has become notorious for ripping through teams that appear to be prepared otherwise, while Heavy-Duty Boots and straight up offensive Z move sets are capable of some heinous feats with just one Quiver Dance, let alone the multiple that Volcarona can often acquire. This bug is at the top of everyone's threatlist; what can you do to get the best out of it?
Submissions end Thursday, May 1st, 7 PM GMT -7
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[Sami]

GIMMICKY SUBSWARM HO



SubSwarm Volcarona is INSANE so I decided to put it onto hyper offense where it can overwhelm Pokemon like Garchomp and Moltres for my teammates. Mega Diancie is a fantastic lead for Volcarona while also overwhelming defensive Pokemon with Endeavor, while it doesn't care too much about Gholdengo because of my three checks to that. Iron Crown provides a Steel-type which is always appreciated; chose it over Gholdengo for its better sweeping potential, and I don't care that much about just Stealth Rock anyways, especially since Iron Crown provides immediate Speed control which is really clutch. Dragonite helps against opposing weather MUs, has Encore to cheese checks like Corviknight or Ferrothorn, and provides a Ground-immunity against Scarf Landorus-T. Roaring Moon does basically the same thing but helps to overwhelm stuff like Ting Lu and Landorus-T for my team; tbh not sure why I'm Taunt but Earthquake works too. Lastly, Iron Moth is a fantastic cleaner, and likes Volcarona overwhelming Pokemon like Heatran for it to clean up more easily later.

 

[t.t]

bro posted the team he brought in natdex swiss

 

[Vlarcheops]

Well, here I am again! Let me introduce to :

Buginium-Z Volcarona Offence:

https://pokepast.es/76f27cdc1474e2bc

So let me explain every Pókemon in this team:

Terapagos serves as a way to get rid of hazards such as Spikes and most importantly Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin to save Volcarona half of its health. Gave it Modest nature to being able to dish out some offensive power with powerful STAB Tera Starstorm, coverage like Earth Power and Ice Beam.

Fearful sweeper for bulky teams and able to dish out devastating damage with STAB Knock Off and Iron Head while taking hits pretty decently. Black Glasses help Kingambit to cause even more damage to Pókemon - if it isn't already chaoutically powerful enough.

The majestic Volcarona, the (great) sweeper of the team, beoing able to clean games with ease with Quiver dance, STAB Flamethrower and Big Buzz and Buginium Z. It alos has Substitute in case it has a free chance to hide behind and set-up itself to sweep, possibly even win the game.

Stealth Rock setter, pivot and defensive wall with Intimidate and Rocky Helmet. It also serves as the Electric immunity of the team!

Fast, decently bulky and strong Pókemon seving as the immediate power within holding Choice Band, boosting its great attack even more. It has a devastating STAB Close Combat, great coverage in Ice Fang, Crunch and Stone Edge.

Powerful special and effective special wallbreaker with decent bulk, Levitate to avoid being damage d by Spikes (but not Stealth Rock) and recovery in Recover. Not to mention it has coverage as of Aura Sphere and Mystical Fire and devastating STAB Luster Pludge.

I very recently tried this team on ladder and proved to be very succesful! The power in this team is more than enough to overcome most MUs!

Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2354603301-edqec2hpgxym8ianyxve7h0mj3k994dpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2354219819

Thanks for reading! Take care! ​

 

[pokegod70419]

Omastar + Physdef Volcarona + Dark Z Kart Hyper Offense
https://pokepast.es/fd57aa7f912f6dbf

okay so i highkey gave this to a friend as a joke and they peaked somewhere in the 1800s it was really funny to watch...

ninetales with max hp veil and the snow defense boost is actually really tanky it's kinda funny the moves it eats

omastar is able to pick up surprising kos, and with weak armour this thing could 6-0 an unprepared team all by itself. stab surf + boltbeam coverage and shell smash means this is an all-out offensive murder machine and i saw it pick up an ohko on an unprepared at +2 with hp electric

mixed dd loaded dice kyurem with earth power so it's not walled by steels

bulky volcarona is a demon sent from hell. this thing is not only able to get a quiver dance on the entire metagame bar , but is able to qd on physical attackers that would usually threaten it. not only that, but with veil, this thing can eat stone edge from and take like 48%, and it can live one without veil as well (you don't actually kill at +2 though, you need +3, +2 can chip it by like 83% with fiery dance tho)

i put a mixed mega diancie on the team so it has a way to outplay and beat stall, also helps with this since it has earth power

i got the dark z kart set from a friend, who got it from Genesis9507 so credits to genesis for this goat set you can bother him about what it does besides have a dark type nuke button that doesn't ohko at ±0

 

[ILoveGarchom]

Garchomp+Volcarona Dual Screens HO


screen setting lead, with taunt to prevent opposing hazards or set up moves and u-turn to get the sweepers in quickly

the stealth rocker, with dragonium-z is also a potent threat and can beat bulky mons like toxapex and great tusk which annoy its teammates

the moth itself, very threatening sweeper especially behind dual screens and can potentially run away with games

the anti stall/anti ironpress zama mon, also prevents opposing defoggers from removing screens and stealth rock(unless you run into galarian mr mime ofc)

need i say anything about this guy? your anti-weather guy if tusk is removed/chipped also can win a game which looks lost

with its already very high natural bulk (95/109/130), alongside intimidate and dual screens, its almost zygarde complete esque in the way that even if you live an attack from it, you arent doing much back helping it beat almost everything, can also go taunt/substitute in one of its moveslots to deter status, also its your switch-in for opposing gambit

 

[pokegod70419]

he just had to have a garchomp

 

[Sputnik]

Time to vote!

Team A by Sami

GIMMICKY SUBSWARM HO



SubSwarm Volcarona is INSANE so I decided to put it onto hyper offense where it can overwhelm Pokemon like Garchomp and Moltres for my teammates. Mega Diancie is a fantastic lead for Volcarona while also overwhelming defensive Pokemon with Endeavor, while it doesn't care too much about Gholdengo because of my three checks to that. Iron Crown provides a Steel-type which is always appreciated; chose it over Gholdengo for its better sweeping potential, and I don't care that much about just Stealth Rock anyways, especially since Iron Crown provides immediate Speed control which is really clutch. Dragonite helps against opposing weather MUs, has Encore to cheese checks like Corviknight or Ferrothorn, and provides a Ground-immunity against Scarf Landorus-T. Roaring Moon does basically the same thing but helps to overwhelm stuff like Ting Lu and Landorus-T for my team; tbh not sure why I'm Taunt but Earthquake works too. Lastly, Iron Moth is a fantastic cleaner, and likes Volcarona overwhelming Pokemon like Heatran for it to clean up more easily later.

Team B by Vlarcheops

Well, here I am again! Let me introduce to :

Buginium-Z Volcarona Offence:

https://pokepast.es/76f27cdc1474e2bc

So let me explain every Pókemon in this team:

Terapagos serves as a way to get rid of hazards such as Spikes and most importantly Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin to save Volcarona half of its health. Gave it Modest nature to being able to dish out some offensive power with powerful STAB Tera Starstorm, coverage like Earth Power and Ice Beam.

Fearful sweeper for bulky teams and able to dish out devastating damage with STAB Knock Off and Iron Head while taking hits pretty decently. Black Glasses help Kingambit to cause even more damage to Pókemon - if it isn't already chaoutically powerful enough.

The majestic Volcarona, the (great) sweeper of the team, beoing able to clean games with ease with Quiver dance, STAB Flamethrower and Big Buzz and Buginium Z. It alos has Substitute in case it has a free chance to hide behind and set-up itself to sweep, possibly even win the game.

Stealth Rock setter, pivot and defensive wall with Intimidate and Rocky Helmet. It also serves as the Electric immunity of the team!

Fast, decently bulky and strong Pókemon seving as the immediate power within holding Choice Band, boosting its great attack even more. It has a devastating STAB Close Combat, great coverage in Ice Fang, Crunch and Stone Edge.

Powerful special and effective special wallbreaker with decent bulk, Levitate to avoid being damage d by Spikes (but not Stealth Rock) and recovery in Recover. Not to mention it has coverage as of Aura Sphere and Mystical Fire and devastating STAB Luster Pludge.

I very recently tried this team on ladder and proved to be very succesful! The power in this team is more than enough to overcome most MUs!

Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2354603301-edqec2hpgxym8ianyxve7h0mj3k994dpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2354219819

Thanks for reading! Take care! ​

Team C by pokegod70419

Omastar + Physdef Volcarona + Dark Z Kart Hyper Offense
https://pokepast.es/fd57aa7f912f6dbf

okay so i highkey gave this to a friend as a joke and they peaked somewhere in the 1800s it was really funny to watch...

ninetales with max hp veil and the snow defense boost is actually really tanky it's kinda funny the moves it eats

omastar is able to pick up surprising kos, and with weak armour this thing could 6-0 an unprepared team all by itself. stab surf + boltbeam coverage and shell smash means this is an all-out offensive murder machine and i saw it pick up an ohko on an unprepared at +2 with hp electric

mixed dd loaded dice kyurem with earth power so it's not walled by steels

bulky volcarona is a demon sent from hell. this thing is not only able to get a quiver dance on the entire metagame bar , but is able to qd on physical attackers that would usually threaten it. not only that, but with veil, this thing can eat stone edge from and take like 48%, and it can live one without veil as well (you don't actually kill at +2 though, you need +3, +2 can chip it by like 83% with fiery dance tho)

i put a mixed mega diancie on the team so it has a way to outplay and beat stall, also helps with this since it has earth power

i got the dark z kart set from a friend, who got it from Genesis9507 so credits to genesis for this goat set you can bother him about what it does besides have a dark type nuke button that doesn't ohko at ±0

Team D by ILoveGarchom

Garchomp+Volcarona Dual Screens HO


screen setting lead, with taunt to prevent opposing hazards or set up moves and u-turn to get the sweepers in quickly

the stealth rocker, with dragonium-z is also a potent threat and can beat bulky mons like toxapex and great tusk which annoy its teammates

the moth itself, very threatening sweeper especially behind dual screens and can potentially run away with games

the anti stall/anti ironpress zama mon, also prevents opposing defoggers from removing screens and stealth rock(unless you run into galarian mr mime ofc)

need i say anything about this guy? your anti-weather guy if tusk is removed/chipped also can win a game which looks lost

with its already very high natural bulk (95/109/130), alongside intimidate and dual screens, its almost zygarde complete esque in the way that even if you live an attack from it, you arent doing much back helping it beat almost everything, can also go taunt/substitute in one of its moveslots to deter status, also its your switch-in for opposing gambit

Voting will last until Monday, 7 PM GMT -7. Good luck!

 

[Ineros]

B

 

[MajorHurricane]

D

 

[t.t]

B

 

[pokegod70419]

D
voting my own would be cringe

 

[Sputnik]

D
voting my own would be cringe

Voting your own is not allowed anyway fwiw, I'll clarify this before the next voting period

 

[Faux Focalors Furina]

Team B(olcarona )

 

[hxshizora]

B for sure

 

[Marss Barss]

B

 

[Azuriter]

Team A

 

[averagetoxapexlover]

D all the others look boring truthfully

 

[DigoDigo]

Team B
very clean

 

[GOATED im_m0rtal.]

b