Hello all! I've been laddering with this team for a decent while, but I can't seem to ever reach the 1600 ELO mark. SO I am requesting all of your help to help me ladder up. Thanks!
Teambuilding
So I started off with a Tapu Lele - Zamazenta - Weavile core. I stole this core from the National Dex Break This Core forum page. So I thought it must be good.
Then I decided to get some bulky mons, so I got a Corviknight and a Toxapex, becayse they're good defensive pokemon.
Then I added a flip turn Latios-Mega, because it a), covered most of my remaining weaknesses, and b), provided an offensive pivot.
After testing the team, I decided to ask the NatDex chatroom on Showdown for some advice on the team, as it was underperforming. One person (I forgot who) told me that I lacked a ground type and a stealth rocker. So I added Garchomp, as I saw that a rocker that could dish out good damage, as well as tank some hits that my other teammates can't, was a good fit on my team. They also said the Weavile didn't fit, so I replaced that with the chomp.
After some more testing, I didn't like how the Toxapex was too passive, so I replaced it with a Bisharp. Why a Bisharp? Well a), I lacked priority, so sucker punch is nice, b), it has a few more useful resists, and c), it fit the psychic-fighting-dark core that the previous core had. So I ended up with this team.
The Team
Tapu Lele @ Choice Specs
Ability: Psychic Surge
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast
Here is one of the three mons that I wanted to build around. Even though most people prefer scarf lele (in fact that was the original set in the Break this core page), I chose specs for the raw power it provided, theatening to get the OHKO on many things, and the 2HKO on unsuspecting switch-ins. It can even bluff scarf to scare out the mons that it otherwise wouldn't enjoy staying in on, like
and . With rocks from , it can even threaten to 2HKO some resists, like non - assault vest 
. This set is a pretty standard Lele set. Psychic and Moonblast for strong STABs, psyshock for the pesky mons like 
, 
and 
, and Focus Blast for the would-be switch-ins like 
and 
(if it hits). Tera Psychic is for the extra power on Psychics.Zamazenta @ Leftovers
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Heavy Slam
- Substitute
The second of the three mons in the original core. This is my main physical attacker, dishing ridiculous damage with iron defense + body press. It 2HKOs some mons that it shouldn't with enough boosts, like
and 
. It also has Heavy Slam, to punish fairy types. It straight up OHKOs :diance_mega: and can even threaten an OHKO on opposing s. Substitute was actually suggested by someone in the NatDex chatroom to replace Crunch, and it was the best change for this mon. With sub, it can safely evade pesky status moves like toxic and t-wave, be safe from annoying mons such as 
and defensive 
, and can turn some mons into set-up fodder, such as , 
, and even physical . Tera Steel for the valuable resists and STAB on Heavy Slam.Garchomp @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Rough Skin
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
was a mon that covered all the things that I wanted. Rocks. Electric immunity. Immediate power. This mon is quite the beast in the early game, sitting in the face of s and just swords dancing. Z-Outrage does insane damage on neutral mons, and +2 earthquakes can deal heavy damage on switch-ins, like and fairy types. Not much else here to say.Corviknight @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Roost
- Brave Bird
- Defog
- U-turn
does what it does best: switch in, tank a hit, defog, roost, and u-turn out. It is also a valuable ground immunity, so it walls the fellas like 
, , 
, , and many others. Tera Dragon for the emergency fire/electric resist to safely pivot out, but only when it's really necessary.Latios-Mega (M) @ Latiosite
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Luster Purge
- Aura Sphere
- Recover
- Draco Meteor
This originally was a set with aura sphere replaced with Flip Turn, to provide valuable pivoting. It was suggested by some person on the NatDex chatroom to replace to Aura Sphere, so I did so.
is a great mon, resisting several types that I didn't have any answers for, like electric and fire, as well as exerting offensive pressure. Draco for raw power, purge for a useful STAB option (though the 50% chance never really helps when its needed), sphere for coverage, and recover for recovery. Overall a really nice mon on this team.Bisharp @ Eviolite
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Knock Off
was the latest addition to the team, and it outperformed in every single way. Defiant punishes mons with intimidate (a.k.a :landorus_therian), and threatens with a strong knock off, and eviolite makes it unreasonably bulky. absolutely crushes stall (I thought Lele was meant to do that), with no stall mon wanting to switch in on its nasty knock offs. It deals respectable damage to mons like 
, /, , , and many others. Sucker Punch for priority + strong STAB option, and Iron Head to deal with fairies and more STAB. Dark tera type for extra power. This is basically 
junior.Threat List
You probably realise how weak this team is to
. It switches in a really bad time and the game is over for me. The only mon who is neutral to both STABs of Val is , and even then it's unreliable. Thunderbolt deals massive damage, encore can screw corv up if it switched in on a roost, and destiny bond makes it so that I can't remove rocks anymore. This is one of the many reasons why I want help for this team.
Rain goes brrr.
outspeeds all my mons under rain. It deals nasty damage with band tera water liquidations under rain. Whenever I see the fish, I feel sad within.Tera Ghost
with body pressStraight up walls
. Non boosted can't OHKO with knock off, and falls to body press. Then my team is in shambles when I finally defeat it. One of the many reasons I had to forfeit same games.So that's all. I hope you enjoyed this RMT, and feel free to give your suggestions! (In fact, I really want you guys to do it. I need an answer to Val!) Cheers!
