MEGA CHOMP + DRILL LEFTO BALANCED
It's a revamp from the Sand I've used against Chemical Jackfruit on Money Tournament, Round 3.
The team is mainly focus on a classic offensive core, Groundium Drill + Sub SD Chomp. The idea is to remove the Flying Type, so that Drill can freely spam Quake + Z to remove things such as Ferrothorn/Bleye Mega. Chomp is able to beat Corv at +2 thanks to SD + Sand (That's why he's Edge Quake, Fire Fang is an option on Chomp, but Sub is actually neat to beat some fat teams. The invest is made so that Chomp can outrun Rilla Ada before his mega, and to outrun Zapdos after. Drill is also only outspeeding Tran. For Hippowdon, his spread help to handle two Flamethrower from Zard Y, so that he can act as my main in to hit, Fire Blast is like invisible, and atm Zard Y is using Weather Ball, but, since the both can be used, I've decided to take this spread instead of a regular 252 HP / 252+ Def. But, if you think that all Zard Y will use Weather Ball, then you can take that spread instead, it will make sure you don't die to 2 Focus Blast. Which mean you can easily handle Scorching Sand, even burned you can take 3 of them. He's also acting as my main Tran SI against fat build, when you're playing against more offensive build, Chomp will be your main in.
Then, I've decided to put a nasty regecore, Bro+Guss. Guss is capable of dealing with a lot of thread, including Ash-Gren, Rillaboom Banded, and all those stuffs with this spread. With Bro, it form a awfull and strong regecore. Now, since my team is falling to Chomp, Tias Mega and Vile, I was a bit struggling for the last slot, then I've decided to use a Shuca Magearna. It can seems weird on the paper, but in game, it work actually very well. Shuca + Full HP aloud you to handle a +2 Quake from Chomp, and Ice Beam is here to kill it, since Fleur Cannon can miss. It's also helpfull against stuff like Landorus-T, which my team, since it's pretty grounded, is struggling. Flash Cannon/Tbolt are options on Beam, but that mean you'll have to rely on a move that can miss.
For the threatlist, unfort this team have a bad time against Koko + Medi. The two separately are manageable, even if the second could cause some problem with T-Punch. You'll have to rely on prediction, or pray that Koko is Specs with Volt-Switch. If it's Boots Turn Koko, well... it will depend of the rest of the team.
Charizard Mega Y is also a big issue if he's using Fire Blast. Most likely, all Zard Mega could be nasty. But, if it's classic, then you can win.
Be also very careful against SD Rilla, you'll need to scout him. In case of emergency, Mag can handle a High Horsepower thanks to Shuca and do to him a lot of damage, but, you'll need to stack the rocks + F-Sight, or Toxic it with Hippo.
(btw I've some trouble with Spoilers code atm, that's why I'm not using them)
It's a revamp from the Sand I've used against Chemical Jackfruit on Money Tournament, Round 3.
The team is mainly focus on a classic offensive core, Groundium Drill + Sub SD Chomp. The idea is to remove the Flying Type, so that Drill can freely spam Quake + Z to remove things such as Ferrothorn/Bleye Mega. Chomp is able to beat Corv at +2 thanks to SD + Sand (That's why he's Edge Quake, Fire Fang is an option on Chomp, but Sub is actually neat to beat some fat teams. The invest is made so that Chomp can outrun Rilla Ada before his mega, and to outrun Zapdos after. Drill is also only outspeeding Tran. For Hippowdon, his spread help to handle two Flamethrower from Zard Y, so that he can act as my main in to hit, Fire Blast is like invisible, and atm Zard Y is using Weather Ball, but, since the both can be used, I've decided to take this spread instead of a regular 252 HP / 252+ Def. But, if you think that all Zard Y will use Weather Ball, then you can take that spread instead, it will make sure you don't die to 2 Focus Blast. Which mean you can easily handle Scorching Sand, even burned you can take 3 of them. He's also acting as my main Tran SI against fat build, when you're playing against more offensive build, Chomp will be your main in.
TUSK (Hippowdon) @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
For the threatlist, unfort this team have a bad time against Koko + Medi. The two separately are manageable, even if the second could cause some problem with T-Punch. You'll have to rely on prediction, or pray that Koko is Specs with Volt-Switch. If it's Boots Turn Koko, well... it will depend of the rest of the team.
Charizard Mega Y is also a big issue if he's using Fire Blast. Most likely, all Zard Mega could be nasty. But, if it's classic, then you can win.
Be also very careful against SD Rilla, you'll need to scout him. In case of emergency, Mag can handle a High Horsepower thanks to Shuca and do to him a lot of damage, but, you'll need to stack the rocks + F-Sight, or Toxic it with Hippo.
(btw I've some trouble with Spoilers code atm, that's why I'm not using them)
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Copies my shit and kills me if I'm not careful
Claims a kill with +2 Z
Magearna dies I lose to this eventually
Okay so u may be asking "Hey Nutty, why use Lando-T as a suicide lead when Mew and Drill exist?" and the answer is because Lando exchanges their utility for the ability to just claim at least 1 kill per game (or even if it doesn't chip whatever tanks the Boom into range of everything else). The set is pretty standard for Suicide Lando, although I'l note that u can ABSOLUTELY go Smack Down over SD or even Boom if you just wanna fuck up the ground immunes that think they can come in
Grimmsnarl provides Screens, and I'm going with Screens because I love Screens and this team benefits from it like CRAZY
Despite how much I love Kommo-o as a wincon, it has its faults, and one of its biggest is the fact that the mere presence of fairies (and Pex) on the opposing team just shuts it down completely, and so I figured that something that could pressure/eliminate those mons would be a great next pick, and I realized pretty quickly that SD Sand Tomb Scizor was that mon. SD Scizor not only sets up on the fairies that give Kommo-o hell, but also lures in Steels like Ferrothorn and Heatran as well as stuff like Pex that would otherwise annoy a large chunk of my team, traps them, and eliminates them. In turn, Kommo-o sets up on the Zapdoses that come in to threaten it. Also as a bonus, it gives me a soft check to Magearna, Kartana, and Mega Lopunny, which would otherwise be a massive pain in the ass.
The last slot goes to a really unconventional pick, but one I've found to be insanely reliable (Hell, I've used it to get all but one of my suspect reqs). WP Autotomize Necrozma is able to steal games away in a similar fashion to Magearna, only really needing a single stray supereffective hit to set up and just go nuts vs opposing teams. Like Magearna, it absolutely loves the team ability to remove its checks. More specifically, it enjoys Scizor being able to trap and eliminate Tran and Kommo-o's ability to annihilate T-tar. The moves give Necrozma the best coverage possible and the spread lets it outspeed everything and hit as hard as possible. Alternatively, you can use Calm Mind in the last slot to boost past Unaware users and set up without needing to proc WP. Dragon Pulse is also an option to just completely fuck up Hydreigon
Swampert can chip the team extremely hard, but if Kommo-o is in vs it with screens up, the matchup isn't only doable, but you can win on the spot. Also Magearna can set up on it.
Offensive Hurricane variants are awful to deal with since they can muscle past Kommo-o and chip the team hard and just be annoying. If it doesn't have Hurricane, Kommo-o sets up on it
Now, initially, I had Slowbro in this slot since I figured I needed a reliable Ace check/pivot since Scizor wasn't U-turning all over....that was until I came to a realization: not only did I need an Ash Gren check, but also...in a meta infested with HDB, Knock Off Scizor was able to lure many Boots users in, grounded Boots users specifically, and get rid of their item, not only opening them up to Rocks damage, but also another, oft-neglected hazard: Toxic Spikes. As such, Slowbro was quickly scrapped in favor of the one, the only, one of my favorite Pokemon: Toxapex. Toxapex fits naturally into this team as a bulky water, Ash Gren check, soft Ace check, and most importantly, the layer of T-spikes. Now, I say that's the most important role because, with Knock support, suddenly a lot of Pokemon that could normally pivot freely around the team, such as Ace, Bro, and most notably, Blissey, become insanely suspectible to T-spikes after getting Knocked, and thusly, became far more vulnerable to Kyurem (Blissey especially). But even for those Kyurem checks that are immune to T-spikes, such as Magearna, Corviknight, and Ferrothorn, Pex still plays an important role in softening them up for Kyurem, since none of those Pokemon appreciate a burn, even less so burn+ Knock Off (courtesy of Scizor and the rest of the team). The spread is more Spdef to help it take on Ash Gren better
Now, I quickly realized 3 things after forming the initial core: 1. I really needed a Heatran answer. 2. I needed a way to reliably pivot around, since Scizor was turnless and Pex was my bulky water. And 3. I really needed a more reliable Ace answer. After thinking about it, I quickly settled on Rocks U-turn Gliscor, which did all of those things and well, give me Rocks. The set and spread are pretty standard, and I went this over Lando both because it gave me a good long term Pex answer on top of it all, and because Gliscor had longevity, something that would be useful given the kinds of drawn out games this team encourages.
Now, initially I had Ace here as my speed control, but I was quickly convinced by Gastro (AKA L:upla) that, of all things, Knock Off Zeraora would be a far better fit here, and much to my surprise, it was. Zeraora provides this team not only with speed control (one of the fastest in the meta right now), but also a secondary Koko switchin, Zapdos switchin, pivot, and Ash Gren revenge killer. But even better than that, it gives the team a ton of utility. The specific moves chosen may seem a bit odd, but they're quite optimal for what this team wants to accomplish. Toxic is awesome because it not only punishes Zapdos switchins, but also the bulky Grounds that come in for free on Zera, as well as the occasional Grass (and Mega Lati). Knock Off is next and it is what sold me on Zera. The plethora of Pokemon that like pivoting into Zeraora gives it ample oppourtunity to punish hasty switchins and again, make it all the easier for Kyurem or Scizor to clean up in the end. It, like Scizor, also lures in Ferrothorn and punishes it. Plasma Fists is the STAB of choice and Volt Switch lets it pivot around, and thanks to HDB, it gets ample oppourtunity to do this. 
The final slot of this team is dedicated to a pick I've disparaged in the past in Defog Z-Grass Kartana. Initially the team had a Moltres here but after realizing the team's horrific weakness to Grounds, Lupla suggested using this particular Kartana set, since it beat said Grounds and also gave me a nice defogger (and user of my Z-move). Much to my delight, this really helped to tie the team together. The spread lets it take on +2 Chomp and always OHKO with Z-grass, Leaf Blade is the STAB, Defog is Defog, Synth lets it heal up, and Knock is just awesome, letting it also punish mons like Ferrothorn, Corviknight, etc, that love to come in on it, making them more suspectible to Kyurem and Pex.
Dark Pulse flinches are bad. Outside of that, Pex and Zera take care of it
You better hope you can revenge kill this
So I ran through a few ideas trying to build around Hydra, from Hydra+ Mega Lop to even Hydra+ Specs Tran, but none of them seemed to gel into something coherent. That is when 
The team's final mon is Clefable, which not only provides Rocks, but a secondary Gren answer, secondary Kyurem answer, and secondary Ground answer. I've chosen to go Spdef specifically to better deal with Kyurem and Gren, and T-wave is my free move of choice because it gives secondary speed control and para is just really, really abusable rn.
This thing is really annoying to pivot around, especially if it's Madness Fini. It can't handle the entire team at once, but it can wear it down quite well. 
If Slowking dies, click X.
Main Star of the team along with Hydreigon, wanted to use these 2 in conjugation. Honestly just ripped this set from 
Mostly added bc Specs Hydrei + Jirachi have an awful MU vs Offence, MLop helped with this issue. Additionally, Doom Desire was helpful in preventing Clef from being a switchin as well as defensive Lando T.
Can be annoying when it gets a calm mind off.
Can be a bit of an annoyance - Jirachi is usually a reliable scout.
