For starters I'd replace u-turn on wishiwashi w/ endeavour or iron tail. I havn't seen any water absorb mons running around so there isn't a need for u-turn. Same thing w/ kyruem, I slap earth power on instead of dragon pulse.
https://pokepast.es/4cdcac645d954ec5
An offensive team. Has problems with stuff like speedy Stakataka, because its faster. Not sure what I can do about that. I guess scarf instead of banded Wishi would outspeed it, but I prefere the banded flip turn instead of a too specific counter.
Also, as a general thing, I don't think you need 2 scarfers. This meta is either slowish or super fast without a ton in between. I've been running specs magearna and it outspeeds a lot. If anything either lando or heatran would probably be best so sub out.Big Chonker (Azumarill) @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Lonely Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Liquidation
- Knock Off
- Play Rough
Well, as Fry em up would say about many a pvzh deck- what would i take out?Why not use dig for coverage? You've got sash to live the first attack, and dig will get you +2 speed. I would think there's too many bulky steel/rocks to get a sweep with bug/flying coverage.
The team certainly is a little different, but as a heads up from someone that uses Spectrier, it is at 145 speed so pult can't threaten it without a scarf. Not sure what spread it was, but pretty sure it was +SpD/ -Attk, Kartana w/ calm mind, giga drain, synthesis, defog blanked my CM Spectrier, not sure if it would do the same to NP Spectrier. In terms of offensive counters I've seen a few offensive hydreigons running around, some had specs some had LO. Been trying to get a Ttar set to work, which isn't an issue v Spectrier, but it is godawful against a lot of the rest of the meta. The more i think about it is quite difficult to defend against.oh ye that team is quite outdated already. I swapped magerna for porygon2 to pivot with teleport. that boy is incredibly bulky. performs well vs stuff like speedy aggron etc.. added pikachu for double priority with fake out and extreme speed, which is nice. dragonite is more offensive now and same is true for heatran. wishi is scarfed now. its just so good to outspeed stuff like shuckle and friends. i still prefere uturn for stuff like random grass types and there were actually some absorbs like volcanion and vaporeon. endeavour sounds cool, might give that a try. i also added earth power on kyurem, but for ice beam. i like dragon puls to hit stuff like random subs or mons that would heal off the first draco and my next one would be no threat anymore.
https://pokepast.es/a880798bbfc5acc1
Spectrier is really trouble some tho. it just subs and i cant do anything about it. there some mons that need specific counters. and then you suddenly look at your team ending up as stall.
EDIT: Updated the team again. Dragonite was cool. I liked the combo of heavy duty boots + multiscale on a defoger. also defog makes hurricane and fireblast more accurate. and ofc the roost multiscale combo. however, the mon is still too rng dependent. backstabs me waaay too often. i added spdef kartana instead to defog. its not rng dependent and my heatran is a nice combo with flash fire. also has knock off utility, is immune to t spikes and takes half dmg from rocks, so it can use lefties instead. can also be a little of a bulky offensive threat with its atk and beast boost. finally i swapped kyurem for dragabult to burst spectrier down through sub with infiltrator. i would have stayed with kyurem, but spectrier is just too annoying. Tho Dragapult is also nice on its own. The advantage to hit through screens or other random subs and its different movepool means that it is not necessarily worse than the faster and bulkier kyurem.
https://pokepast.es/9331b9bcf9c6ac96
Now I feel like the team is quite decent. I guess i can make kartana 0 speed ivs vs trick room teams.
lol build-your-own spectrier?I'm surprised nobody is talking about cursola... By running a naive nature you get a 130 base speed and this thing hits like a truck with 145 spA
I mean Spectrier is still allowed in Nature Swap for now. Heck, I don't think they are that comparable. While Cursola does have better coverage, it lacks bulk, Grim Neigh and Nasty Plot for snowball potential.lol build-your-own spectrier?
Here's a follow-up to the blacephalon set: You can also use scarf rather than specs which allows it to outspeed def to spe aggron/steelixBlacephalon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Trick
I noticed that Blacephalon had quite a bit of physical attack not being used, so I turned that into speed, and now it can sweep teams. Idk if this is the optimal way to design timid blacephalon, but it hits the ultra-tanky tangrowth very hard and can give specs to annoying stall mons in the meta such as tornadus-T. I think this is a really strong option as a fast sweeper, but let me know if you have any suggestions.
Your Regigigas set has no recovery, and it would benefit better from more HP EVs than spending them on both Def and SpDRegigigas @ Assault Vest
Ability: Slow Start
EVs: 16 HP / 196 Def / 200 SpA / 96 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Hyper Beam
- Ancient Power
- Earth Power
Cursola @ Assault Vest
Ability: Perish Body
EVs: 4 HP / 8 Atk / 244 Def / 252 SpD
Impish Nature
- Poltergeist
- Leech Life
- Liquidation
- Facade
This feels very illegal.
Not only that but if you run an Impish Nature you Will have 145 Def or you can run Bold Nature and have 95 Def and hey 60/145/130 or 60/95/135 bulk wasn't too bad and Keep in mind Cursola has a moves like Will-O-Wisp,Strength Sap,Stealth Rock,Haze,and Night Shade.Perish Body also guaranteed if Cursola get Killed it still do somethingI'm surprised nobody is talking about cursola... By running a naive nature you get a 130 base speed and this thing hits like a truck with 145 spA