Project Next Best Thing: USUM UU (Week 45: Jellicent - Submissions)

[dingbat]

T R I C K R O O M

diancie @ life orb
ability: clear body
evs: 252 atk / 252 spa / 4 spd
brave nature
ivs: 0 spe
-trick room
-diamond storm
-moonblast
-YALALA KABOOM

You don’t hit steel types with this set which sucks a little, but that’s fine because you do basically jack shit to the fat ones anyways. Anyways, you set up trick room and then you proceed to hit your opponent with rock circles and pixie circles until you feel the urge to explode. Or you click trick room and then explode. Or you just explode. No one will expect it. No one.

 

[Sickist]

Diancie @ Babiri Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Power Gem
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Moonblast
- Earth Power


This lures most steels and mons with steel type coverage. It eats 1 bullet punch from bulky SD Scizor unboosted and 2hko's back, allowing you to Hp Fire on the switch and kill it before it kills you or SDs in your face. Specs Hydreigon doesnt OHKO it with flash cannon even after rocks and drops to a single moonblast. Coba drops to 2 Earthpowers as long as you dont get flinched, and earthpower's Empoleon. Powergem and Moonblast for Stab.

 

[nameless90]

DoubleScreens Diancie

Diancie @ Light Clay
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Explosion
- Moonblast

Here we have a bulky Screen setters with EVs investment in bulk.
Light Clay makes both screens more durable and Explosion allows us to keep the momentum towards bulky setuppers such as Suicune and Mega Swampert.
Moonblast is the chosen STAB in the attrition battles.

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Surprisingly nice turnout for an NU mon, guess this thing really is makin' waves.

DraconicLepus's Offensive Groundium Z Stealth Rock Diancie

Diancie @ Groundium Z
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Moonblast
- Power Gem
- Earth Power

Smallsmallrose's Choice Specs Diancie

Diancie @ Choice Specs
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Power Gem
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Twilight's Groundium Z Calm Mind Diancie

Diancie @ Groundium Z
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 184 HP / 236 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Earth Power
- Power Gem

Sneer's SubCM Fairium Z Diancie

Diancie @ Fairium Z
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Moonblast
- Calm Mind
- Substitute

dingbat's Offensive Trick Room Diancie

Diancie @ Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Diamond Storm
- Moonblast
- Explosion

Sickist's Babiri Berry Diancie

Diancie @ Babiri Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Power Gem
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Moonblast
- Earth Power

nameless90's Dual Screens Diancie

Diancie @ Light Clay
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Explosion
- Moonblast

Please vote for up to two sets, and get your votes in by Sunday the 28th! ty for participating y'all

 

[ImKoolKidz]

dual screens + offensive tr
(nameless90 n dingbat)

 

[Shanks69]

Dingbat + Sneer

 

[avarice]

Twilight and rose

 

[Smallsmallrose]

Draconic and Dingbat

 

[Lost Soul]

Smallrose and Sneer

 

[Twilight]

Draconic and Sneer

 

[PyProd]

Draconic and Rose

 

[Taptricity]

Twilight and Draco

 

[Ayu]

Sneer and Twilight

 

[revelations]

Dingbat n Draconic

 

[Nuked]

dingbat and nameless90

 

[Revelation]

Draconic and Nameless

 

[Darksafadao]

Draconic - 6
dingbat - 5
sneer - 4
Twilight - 3
Rose - 3
nameless90 - 3
And with this we have DraconicLepus as our winner with her Groundium Z rocker set. Congratulations, you and your set will be added to the hall of fame.

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And in this week we have the face of UU, Scizor! It is a great mon with great standard sets, but we also believe it has room for some innovation. However, such standard sets are banned:

Choice Band

Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Pursuit / Knock Off / Bug Bite

Offensive SD

Scizor @ Iron Plate / Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite / Knock Off
- Superpower / Quick Attack

Bulky SD

Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 124 Def / 136 SpD
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Roost

Defog

Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 124 Def / 136 SpD
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Roost

SD with Buginium

Scizor @ Buginium Z
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe (or something bulkier)
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- U-turn

SD with Fightinium Z

Scizor @ Fightinium Z
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe (or something bulkier)
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Knock Off /Bug Bite/ U-turn/ Roost
- Superpower

The deadline is by Friday, have fun!

 

[nameless90]

Agility Scizor

Scizor @ Iron Plate
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Agility
- Bug Bite
- Iron Head
- Knock Off

With this basic offensive spread Scizor reaches 229 Spe points, which are doubled after an Agility (thus reaching 458 points) that is really useful towards HO teams with the added bonus of being bulky.
Keep in mind that Jolly 252 Spe EVs Mega Aerodactyl reaches 438 Spe points. Unluckily, 252 EVs are needed in order to outspeed as many threats as possible before Agility.

Bug Bite is picked over U-turn, because the latter move neuters the utility provided by Agility whereas the former attack can fish some healing Berry.
252+ Atk Technician Scizor Bug Bite vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Latias: 354-416 (97.2 - 114.2%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
-1 252+ Atk Technician Scizor Bug Bite vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Krookodile: 258-306 (77.9 - 92.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (Superpower is weaker than Technician Bug Bite and doesn't have drawbacks)
Iron head is picked over Bulled Punch for the extra base power and now the flinch chance makes sense.
Knock Off is here for general utility and coverage.

A way to deal properly with Electric and Steel types is recommended; just keep in mind that this Scizor doesn't have the power to OHKO things from full HP unless they are weak to its moves.

 

[Twilight]

Scizor @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Iron Head
- Knock Off / Pursuit​

So I have been testing this set out and it definitely has its niche as a revenge killer and racking up chip damage against your opponents squad. With a choice scarf + Jolly nature Scizor is capable of out-speed everything up to Mega Pidgeot meaning you an revenge kill the likes of CM Latias, Terrakion, Cobalion etc. The main downside to this set is the lack of power due to having to run a Jolly nature and lack of Life Orb + Band, thus this set requires a lot of support to chip stuff down via teammates or hazards.

U-turn is necessary for dealing with Pokemon like Latias for example, but also gaining momentum for your team. With choice scarf you get off fast U-turns and constantly chip away at would be Scizor checks. Superpower helps vs opposing steel types like Cobalion, Aggron etc. I personally prefer using Iron Head over Bullet Punch because with a choice scarf you outspeed Terrakion and non-boosted Malt for example and hit them much harder than BP would. You also guarantee OHKO M-Aero with Iron head and eat any attack it goes for. It also makes up for the lack of raw power this set has, but BP is still a viable enough option.
Pursuit and Knock Off in the last slot both have their merits. Pursuit lets you trap Latias, Gengar and Chandelure if they choose to swap but if they choose to stay in all three eat the hit comfortably and can proceed to OHKO back depending on coverage. Knock Off is nice in general for removing items from bulkier checks to Scizor: Alomamola, Rotom-H, Cobalion, Gligar etc. while also making up for it's lack of power with more utility. Depends more on what your team needs for the last slot.​

Calcs

252 Atk Scizor U-turn vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Latias: 252-296 (83.4 - 98%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

252 Atk Scizor Iron Head vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Terrakion: 288-338 (88.8 - 104.3%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

252 Atk Scizor Superpower vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cobalion: 212-250 (65.6 - 77.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Scizor Iron Head vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Altaria-Mega: 240-284 (82.4 - 97.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Scizor Iron Head vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Aerodactyl-Mega: 302-356 (100.3 - 118.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[PapaBisexual]

ooo he stealin

Scizor @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Thief

yeah so sciz usually relies on knock to hit all its walls that like to hold z-crystals, most notably tenta, which results in a smaller dmg output, so thief is used to hit z-move users and relevant megas like aggron and steelix (provided a lot of chip) bc technician is broken

ik half these calcs are provided they give you a free +2/hit them on the switch but they're still relevant

+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Thief vs. 248 HP / 156 Def Tentacruel: 322-380 (88.7 - 104.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Scizor Knock Off vs. 248 HP / 156 Def Tentacruel: 233-274 (64.1 - 75.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock (Holding Z)

+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Thief vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Moltres: 305-360 (95 - 112.1%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Scizor Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Moltres: 221-261 (68.8 - 81.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (Holding Z)

+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Thief vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scizor: 279-330 (99.2 - 117.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Scizor Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scizor: 203-239 (72.2 - 85%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock (Holding Z)

thief turns the 2hko onto tenta, moltres, and offensive sciz into ohkos, preventing them from retaliating with their attacks/hazing

disclaimer it does come with the downside of not ohkoing empo and not being able to knock eviolites from doub, gligar, etc but its a judgment made based off the team

 

[avarice]

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Ability: Technician
EVs: 176 HP / 252 Atk / 80 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Natural Gift
- Superpower

Scizor has always been a crazy mon and its SD Sets have a lot of options to explore. Liechi berry takes advantage of usually consistent answers such as Swampert, Quagsire, Hippo, etc. and hits them with that grass natural gift. Superpower hits opposing scizor, aggron, etc hard while bullet punch is the mandatory move to make the most out of scizor.

 

[Cynde]

i've taken to av scizor lately mostly because it becomes way more reliable at dealing with lati compared to something like cb scizor (thinking about electrium / hp fire latis in this case) and just overall just becomes a solid sponge for things like hydreigon as well. another cool thing is that you can often exploit the fact that your opponent is likely to think you are locked into a move once you use pursuit which leaves you open to claim something with superpower usually. also you can't be revenged by magneton!

Scizor @ Assault Vest
Ability: Technician
EVs: 232 HP / 252 Atk / 24 Spe
Adamant Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit
- Superpower

 

[Moutemoute]

Scizor @ Occa Berry
Ability: Technician
EVs: 180 HP / 204 Atk / 32 SpD / 92 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Knock Off
- Natural Gift

Occa Berry is a good way to deal with Pokemon which want to lure Scizor.
The EV spread may seem kinda strange, it allows some good things.

Specs Magneton

252 SpA Choice Specs Magneton Thunderbolt vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Scizor: 241-285 (73.9 - 87.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Magneton Hidden Power Fire vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 214-254 (65.6 - 77.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

+2 204+ Atk Scizor Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Magneton: 234-276 (96.6 - 114%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

Cobalion

252 Atk Cobalion All-Out Pummeling (190 BP) vs. 180 HP / 0 Def Scizor: 241-285 (73.9 - 87.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
+2 204+ Atk Occa Berry Scizor Natural Gift (80 BP Fire) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cobalion: 298-352 (92.2 - 108.9%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

Latias

252 SpA Life Orb Latias Hidden Power Fire vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 177-208 (54.2 - 63.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
+1 252 SpA Life Orb Latias Hidden Power Fire vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 265-312 (81.2 - 95.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 252 SpA Latias Hidden Power Fire vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 204-240 (62.5 - 73.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

204+ Atk Scizor Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Latias: 246-290 (81.4 - 96%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

You can also take a Fire Blast from non-LO/Specs Hydreigon and from max Special Attack Altaria-Mega without Stealth Rock :
252 SpA Hydreigon Fire Blast vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 272-320 (83.4 - 98.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Altaria-Mega Fire Blast vs. 180 HP / 32 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 272-320 (83.4 - 98.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

The 92 EV in Speed allow Scizor to outspeed Klefki.

 

[Sickist]

Scizor @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 204 Atk / 52 Def / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Aerial Ace
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- Bullet Punch

This Scizor beats 2 of Scizor's checks: Tentacruel and Cobalion. Aerial Ace gives you access to Flyinium Z, which is what this Scizor is using to break Tentacruel and Cobalion. The Evs allow Scizor to eat 2 Close Combats from Cobalion from full or eats 1 +2 Close Combat from full, allowing you to get to +2, then nuke it. Tenta does around 30% with scald at best (wouldnt recommend staying in on scald unless you have to though but can do a chunk to cruel on the switch. Moltres dies on switch after rocks or dies on switch when Scizor is at +2. 4 speed is to outspeed minspeed Scizor. 52 Defense in conjunction with 248 hp gives Scizor noteable physical bulk, sponging +2 Close Combat from Cobalion from full. The other 204 Evs are poured into attack to make Scizor actually hit things hard.

Edit: Do not try an SD in the face of Moltres and Tentacruel, lest you risk dying or being burnt.

 

[DraconicLepus]

Scizor @ Normalium Z
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower / Knock Off
- Giga Impact

Yay Scizor, the metal bug that rules UU. Basically, normal is really good coverage, cuz its neutral to so many things. Hence, z-giga impact, a nuke that can deal with a lot of scizors checks. BP is mandatory on SD scizor. Last move can be chosen for knock off or superpower depending on if you want to hit steel types, or just neutral good ocverage in knock off. also knock off is just a good af move. So yeah, SD scizor is just too good to pass up tbh.

PS: it could also be bug bite over superpower or knock off but generally i find the other two better.