Project National Dex OU: Break This Core (Week 34: Mega Latias + Kartana + Victini)

[WM2N]

Reserving Moltres galar?

Double Dance Goltres

Moltres-Galar @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Berserk
EVs: 8 HP / 252 SpA / 60 SpD / 188 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Agility
- Hurricane
- Fiery Wrath

Spread notes

Outspeeds mega pert in rain at +2(outspeeds it naturally without rain) while also surviving banded weavile's ice shard after stealth rock damage is taken into account, with the remaining EVs dumped into it's high special defense stat

Calculations

252 Atk Kartana Smart Strike vs. 8 HP / 0 Def Moltres-Galar: 160-190 (49.5 - 58.8%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO

252 SpA Victini Blue Flare vs. 8 HP / 60 SpD Moltres-Galar: 139-165 (43 - 51%) -- 3.1% chance to 2HKO

8 SpA Latias-Mega Ice Beam vs. 8 HP / 60 SpD Moltres-Galar: 136-162 (42.1 - 50.1%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO

WIP

Sequence breaking

With the calculations above we can confirm that without stealth rocks being up goltres is unlikely to be KOed in the process of setting up both agility and nasty plot if it comes in on victini. Set up Agility and Nasty Plot( in the stated order then click fiery wrath to win)

Sequence:WIP

 

[Giyu]

MEGA MAWILE

Mawile-Mega @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance

Mega Mawile despite relying on using predictions with Sucker Punch, breaks the core nonetheless. The preferred play is to switch into Mega Latias and set up Swords Dance. Once set up, it's able to OHKO Victini with Sucker Punch and Kartana with Knock Off.

Calculations

->
+2 252+ Atk Huge Power Mawile-Mega Play Rough vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Latias-Mega: 950-1118 (261.7 - 307.9%)

->
+2 252+ Atk Huge Power Mawile-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Kartana: 315-371 (121.6 - 143.2%)

->
+2 252+ Atk Huge Power Mawile-Mega Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Victini: 576-678 (168.9 - 198.8%)

->
8 SpA Latias-Mega Psyshock vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 48-57 (18.1 - 21.5%)

->
252 Atk Kartana Smart Strike vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 121-144 (45.8 - 54.5%)

->
252 SpA Victini Blue Flare vs. 92 HP / 0 SpD Mawile-Mega: 372-438 (140.9 - 165.9%)

 

[Bored Pikachu]

Tyranitar choice scarf is faster than victini and mega latias and can pursuit them. Mega Charizard y can switch into kartana and can ohko back

Set

Tyranitar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Pursuit
- Superpower

Charizard @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Flamethrower
- Solar Beam
- Scorching Sands
- Roost

 

[Giyu]

Tyranitar choice scarf is faster than victini and mega latias and can pursuit them. Mega Charizard y can switch into kartana and can ohko back

Set

Tyranitar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Pursuit
- Superpower

Charizard @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Flamethrower
- Solar Beam
- Scorching Sands
- Roost

You're probably wanting Choice Band here considering you don't need to outspeed Victini and I don't think Choice Scarf OHKOs Latias.

 

[myself12]

goltres

 

[Giyu]

Golt

 

[WM2N]

Tran
This core is demonic

 

[K302]

I will be the new co-host of this wonderful project !

Congratulations to WM2N for winning this week of Break this Core!

Our new core will be Chansey + Mega-Sableye to celebrate the return of the goat R8 and feature the objektively best Pokémondesign of all time :)



How will YOU break this core? Submissions end Friday!

Sets

Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
- Soft-Boiled

Sableye-Mega @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 248 SpD / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
- Protect

 

[Giyu]

Lopunny-Mega @ Lopunnite
Ability: Scrappy
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Sp
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Frustration
- U-turn
- Heal Bell

Mega Loppuny singlehandedly destroys this core. You may be wondering how so considering you get burnt by Will-O-Wisp but fear not Smogon citizens, Lopunny learns Heal Bell.

 

[Peum]

Tapu Fini

Set

Tapu Fini @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Whirlpool
- Nature's Madness
- Taunt
- Moonblast

Tapu Fini is able to throw a whirlpool and trap Chansey, press taunt and kill it with whirlpool and Nature Madness, having Aguav Berry means that it won't die to Seismic Toss and if Sableye-Mega enters, it won't be able to do much because of the Whirlpool+Moonblast damage

 

[myself12]

reserving zard x


Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Dragon Claw / Earthquake / Thunder Punch
- Roost

Ideally, you would come in on Mega Sableye, which can't do anything to you, and use dragon dance. Note that you OHKO Sableye after 1 DD. If they stay in, continue to set up. If they switch to chansey, Flare Blitz is a 2HKO.

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Calcs:
+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 8+ Def Sableye-Mega: 286-337 (94.3 - 111.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 507-597 (72.1 - 84.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

0 Atk Sableye-Mega Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Charizard-Mega-X: 57-67 (19.1 - 22.5%) -- possible 5HKO
Chansey Seismic Toss vs. 0 HP Charizard-Mega-X: 100-100 (33.6 - 33.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
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[Athena's Myth]

Mega Houndoom?

 

[Giyu]

You need to provide a set and reasoning for any Pokemon you want to submit. However, Mega Houndoom is not ranked in the viability rankings, so you can't submit it to be built around. You can submit anything on the VR, though!

This is BTC.

 

[pinorska]

Mawile-Mega (F) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off

with SD you can shrug off burn, can even SD on a predicted t1 protect from mega sableye. Stall hates Mmawile.

 

[Sulo]

This is BTC.

oh oopsies ummm goodbye LOL

 

[WM2N]

Gratz on your new position

Specs Lele

Tapu Lele @ Choice Specs
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast

Oh yes good luck getting this in but the opposing stall player needs even better luck to deal with this guardian of alola. With minimal chip damage, it's very likely for chansey to collapse to 2 moonblasts after taking a boosted psyshock, which means that the stall player will have to walk on eggshells as they are playing, which can easily cause exploitable circumstances as lele or it's teammates snowball out of hand.

Fairy Tale

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Sableye-Mega: 306-362 (100.9 - 119.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey in Psychic Terrain: 339-399 (48.2 - 56.7%) -- 89.1% chance to 2HKO

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Eviolite Chansey: 148-175 (21 - 24.8%) -- guaranteed 5HKO

 

[K302]

Voting is up! Ends Sunday!

Lopunny-Mega @ Lopunnite
Ability: Scrappy
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Sp
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Frustration
- U-turn
- Heal Bell

Mega Loppuny singlehandedly destroys this core. You may be wondering how so considering you get burnt by Will-O-Wisp but fear not Smogon citizens, Lopunny learns Heal Bell.

Tapu Fini

Set

Tapu Fini @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Whirlpool
- Nature's Madness
- Taunt
- Moonblast

Tapu Fini is able to throw a whirlpool and trap Chansey, press taunt and kill it with whirlpool and Nature Madness, having Aguav Berry means that it won't die to Seismic Toss and if Sableye-Mega enters, it won't be able to do much because of the Whirlpool+Moonblast damage

reserving zard x


Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Dragon Claw / Earthquake / Thunder Punch
- Roost

Ideally, you would come in on Mega Sableye, which can't do anything to you, and use dragon dance. Note that you OHKO Sableye after 1 DD. If they stay in, continue to set up. If they switch to chansey, Flare Blitz is a 2HKO.

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Calcs:
+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 8+ Def Sableye-Mega: 286-337 (94.3 - 111.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 507-597 (72.1 - 84.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

0 Atk Sableye-Mega Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Charizard-Mega-X: 57-67 (19.1 - 22.5%) -- possible 5HKO
Chansey Seismic Toss vs. 0 HP Charizard-Mega-X: 100-100 (33.6 - 33.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
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Mawile-Mega (F) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off

with SD you can shrug off burn, can even SD on a predicted t1 protect from mega sableye. Stall hates Mmawile.

Gratz on your new position

Specs Lele

Tapu Lele @ Choice Specs
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast

Oh yes good luck getting this in but the opposing stall player needs even better luck to deal with this guardian of alola. With minimal chip damage, it's very likely for chansey to collapse to 2 moonblasts after taking a boosted psyshock, which means that the stall player will have to walk on eggshells as they are playing, which can easily cause exploitable circumstances as lele or it's teammates snowball out of hand.

Fairy Tale

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Sableye-Mega: 306-362 (100.9 - 119.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey in Psychic Terrain: 339-399 (48.2 - 56.7%) -- 89.1% chance to 2HKO

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Eviolite Chansey: 148-175 (21 - 24.8%) -- guaranteed 5HKO

 

[Giyu]

Mega maw

 

[R8]

I vote for ZardX

Maw is often prep for on stall, and the spread here isnt good anyway
Idt this lop set breaks any good stall involving these two mons, they just go to their steel bird/pex/mola/buzz/whatever and beat it 1v1
Lele is easy to scout for both of these; msab clicks tect and Chans clicks soft (as Psyshock does around 50). Generally a quite inconsistent mon vs that kind of structures in general imo.

Special mention to Fini, which is probably much more splashable than ZardX, but usually needs teammates to finish the job imo. Excellent mon otherwise into that kind of teams

 

[myself12]

fini

 

[SoBalanced]

mega maw

 

[Peum]

lopunny-mega

 

[WM2N]

Fini

 

[K302]

Our voting has left us with a tie! We need a tiebreak vote for either Tapu Fini or Mega-Mawile.

Congratulations to pinorska for winning this week of Break this Core!

Our new core will be Serperior + Victini + Landorus-Therian!



How will YOU break this core? Submissions end Friday!

Sets

Serperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Glare
- Taunt
- Synthesis

Victini @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Victory Star
EVs: 80 HP / 148 SpA / 28 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Blue Flare
- Thunder
- U-turn
- Encore

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 144 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Toxic

Edit: Serperiors EV Spread has been fixed

 

[Giyu]

Z-Throat Chop Weavile

Weavile @ Darkinium Z
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Throat Chop
- Ice Shard
- Triple Axel
- Swords Dance

Weavile outpaces and OHKOs this entire core after a Swords Dance. Switch into Serperior or Landorus-T and use Swords Dance on the switch.