Psudo Boltbeam Zam
I haven't built a team in about a month, cause I've had little to no free time, but yesterday I felt like crap when I got up, so I cancelled my plans and got on Showdown. I'd been missing the days of ORAS when I'd spam MegaZam all day, everyday, seven days a week, so I decided to play Zam; had one fight and thought to myself that Boltbeam Zam would wreck everything in this meta, so I birthed this set:
Alakazam-Mega @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Charge Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Seems clutch at first with Charge Beam being front and center, but this set works extremely well for a lot of reasons.
Zam is strong. An offensive boosting move might be the most scary thing he's capable of running, as he'll get a million chances to fire off Charge Beams again and again in the the same fight because he forces so many switches with proper play; considering that this Mon has always excelled at revenge killing, it's also plausible to consider all calcs for this set at +1, as Zam will easily boost 2-5 times a match. Base 175 SpAtk is stupid strong. With these moves, he's running most of the coverage common on Medicham, but his moves are slightly weaker, which isn't a problem because at +1 he's slightly stronger than Medicham, and I love this set, because it's like a feather in the wind. Unlike most set up pokes who have quirks that make them prefer to stay in and try to get in as much damage as possible, Zam is like common Medicham and doesn't have any of that. When he's threatened, there is no incentive to stay in, but instead like Tekken, run away, get back in, and punish. For this reason, this is a set that will consistently flourish within the balance teams and BO's which seem to be far more common within the current meta, because he will be forced out constantly, but he'll be right back in, to rinse and repeat. It's worth a special mention that Defog users synergise well with Charge Beam.
I won't post calcs because it's Zam, and there isn't a person who will post here who doesn't already know what Zam is capable of with it's initial stats, but I'll drop some replays when I can get near a computer.
GG, Smogon, have a better day than I did yesterday.
P. S. Nearly forgot, but Trace is a blessing with this set, as it's not a bad idea to sometimes delay your Mega. Zam baits odd things like Crawdaunt when revenge killing; with all the boosting abilities in this meta, please take a moment to appreciate how this thing is much more scary than it let's off.