Oh The Weather Outside is Frightful:
A smogon rain team:
Team Building Process:*
Tornadus:
I really wanted someone that could be a quick special sweeper, and I wanted to see what hurricane was like. Since, Thundrus isn’t allowed, that leaved me with one choice, and I’m happy that I get to use Tornadus.
Politoed:
What good is hurricane if it can’t ever hit? Now it’s a rain team.*
Electivire:
So now I thought who else can abuse rain with those 100 accuracy thunders. Well Electvivire worked perfectly. He’s a mixed attacker so he can take advantage of both sides of himself.
Toxicroak:
Who else can abuse rain? Toxicroak sure can, I saw this once when I got swept with it on a rain team, and now I’m in live with it.
Volbeat:
How unstoppable would Tornadus become if we powered him up a little? Well that’s like asking, how powerful would a nuclear bomb be if we doubled its size? This guys really just a baton passer.
Tentacruel:
So I’ve realized I don’t really have anyone to set up entry hazards, and I have a couple pokes weak to stealth rocks, so who’s a poke that can do both. Well Tentacruel does both and more, he even benefits in rain.
Tentacruel:
Nature: Bold | Ability: Rain Dish*
Item: Leftovers
EV: 252 HP 242 Def 16
Moves:*
~ Toxic Spikes
~ Rapid Spin*
~ Scald*
~ Ice Beam
He is the definition of support. With toxic spikes to get up, scald for burn for those who avoid spikes and just for some damage in the rain, and ice beam for coverage. And then rapid spin which saves Volbeat and Tornadus from stealth rocks and everyone from any entry hazards.
Politoed:
Nature: Calm | Ability: Drizzle | Type: Water
Item;
EV: 252 HP 252 SpD 4*
Moves:*
~ Scald*
~ Ice Beam*
~ Encore*
~ Toxic
Let it rain! Politoed is here for weather. Why else would he be on a team? Anyways, he can actually do other things then just set up rain. On the first turn he is sent out to put up rain, and the opponent usually sends out their supporter. So I use encore and free myself from some unneeded hazards. Next I have scald for burn on those annoying attackers, since when Politoed is out Tentacruel most likely hasn’t been out yet and because of rain it can actually hurt the foe. Toxic for those special attackers that aren’t affected as much burn and ice beam again for coverage.
Toxicroak:
Nature: Adamant | Ability: Dry Skin
Item: Leftovers
EV: 252 HP 252 Att 4*
Moves:*
~ Sucker Punch*
~ Substitute*
~ Drain Punch*
~ Bulk Up
This guy is a real pain in the butt. Literally once he has set up, the only thing that can take him out is a psychic special move. So, bulk up is for setting up, getting good attack, and decent defense, and sub goes along with bulk up, just helping me set up easier. Sucker punch is for those guys when I don’t have a sub up and I could get OHKO’d and drain punch is for more health back, even though I receive 18.75% HP back every turn in rain.
Tornadus:
Item Ability Nature
Choice Specs Prankster Timid
Moveset EVs
~ Hurricane*
~ Focus Blast*
~ Taunt
~ Hidden Power Ice*
4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252*
You spam those hurricanes! Yep that is what Tornadus does! With a 180 power move with 100% accuracy, and Tornadus having 1436 SPATK after Volbeat's tail glow pass, or 578 without the pass, Tornadus will tear apart even those who resist it. He’s fast and powerful. Pretty much as long as rain is up, Tornadus will only use hurricane.
Volbeat:
Item Ability Nature
Leftovers Prankster Bold
Moveset EVs
~ Tail Glow*
~ Baton Pass*
~ Encore*
~ Thunder Wave*
248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Baton Pass is the phrase that describes what Volbeat does. The only thing that attracted me into using this pathetic excuse for a bug was tail glow and baton pass. A somewhat pleasing other effect is his prankster Twave. Yep that’s pretty much it for this guy. If you can see by now, I don’t like to use all OUs.
Electivire:
Item Ability Nature
Expert Belt Motor Drive Naive
Moveset EVs
~ Thunder
~ Earthquake
~ Cross Chop*
~ Ice Punch*
144 Atk / 140 SpA / 224 Spe
Who other than Tornadus can spam away in the rain? Electivire sure can. With an EV spread benefiting both physical and special moves, Electivire is good at both. He has thunder to spam away in the wind and 3 other moves for type coverage and also for the 20% boost of the expert belt under super effective circumstances. He also has the motor drive ability which is really great because a lot of my team is hurt by electric moves.
Yah so that’s my team, please leave comments suggestions and whatever. Thanks for spending your time reading this :).
A smogon rain team:
Team Building Process:*
Tornadus:
I really wanted someone that could be a quick special sweeper, and I wanted to see what hurricane was like. Since, Thundrus isn’t allowed, that leaved me with one choice, and I’m happy that I get to use Tornadus.
Politoed:
What good is hurricane if it can’t ever hit? Now it’s a rain team.*
Electivire:
So now I thought who else can abuse rain with those 100 accuracy thunders. Well Electvivire worked perfectly. He’s a mixed attacker so he can take advantage of both sides of himself.
Toxicroak:
Who else can abuse rain? Toxicroak sure can, I saw this once when I got swept with it on a rain team, and now I’m in live with it.
Volbeat:
How unstoppable would Tornadus become if we powered him up a little? Well that’s like asking, how powerful would a nuclear bomb be if we doubled its size? This guys really just a baton passer.
Tentacruel:
So I’ve realized I don’t really have anyone to set up entry hazards, and I have a couple pokes weak to stealth rocks, so who’s a poke that can do both. Well Tentacruel does both and more, he even benefits in rain.
Tentacruel:
Nature: Bold | Ability: Rain Dish*
Item: Leftovers
EV: 252 HP 242 Def 16
Moves:*
~ Toxic Spikes
~ Rapid Spin*
~ Scald*
~ Ice Beam
He is the definition of support. With toxic spikes to get up, scald for burn for those who avoid spikes and just for some damage in the rain, and ice beam for coverage. And then rapid spin which saves Volbeat and Tornadus from stealth rocks and everyone from any entry hazards.
Politoed:
Nature: Calm | Ability: Drizzle | Type: Water
Item;
EV: 252 HP 252 SpD 4*
Moves:*
~ Scald*
~ Ice Beam*
~ Encore*
~ Toxic
Let it rain! Politoed is here for weather. Why else would he be on a team? Anyways, he can actually do other things then just set up rain. On the first turn he is sent out to put up rain, and the opponent usually sends out their supporter. So I use encore and free myself from some unneeded hazards. Next I have scald for burn on those annoying attackers, since when Politoed is out Tentacruel most likely hasn’t been out yet and because of rain it can actually hurt the foe. Toxic for those special attackers that aren’t affected as much burn and ice beam again for coverage.
Toxicroak:
Nature: Adamant | Ability: Dry Skin
Item: Leftovers
EV: 252 HP 252 Att 4*
Moves:*
~ Sucker Punch*
~ Substitute*
~ Drain Punch*
~ Bulk Up
This guy is a real pain in the butt. Literally once he has set up, the only thing that can take him out is a psychic special move. So, bulk up is for setting up, getting good attack, and decent defense, and sub goes along with bulk up, just helping me set up easier. Sucker punch is for those guys when I don’t have a sub up and I could get OHKO’d and drain punch is for more health back, even though I receive 18.75% HP back every turn in rain.
Tornadus:
Item Ability Nature
Choice Specs Prankster Timid
Moveset EVs
~ Hurricane*
~ Focus Blast*
~ Taunt
~ Hidden Power Ice*
4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252*
You spam those hurricanes! Yep that is what Tornadus does! With a 180 power move with 100% accuracy, and Tornadus having 1436 SPATK after Volbeat's tail glow pass, or 578 without the pass, Tornadus will tear apart even those who resist it. He’s fast and powerful. Pretty much as long as rain is up, Tornadus will only use hurricane.
Volbeat:
Item Ability Nature
Leftovers Prankster Bold
Moveset EVs
~ Tail Glow*
~ Baton Pass*
~ Encore*
~ Thunder Wave*
248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Baton Pass is the phrase that describes what Volbeat does. The only thing that attracted me into using this pathetic excuse for a bug was tail glow and baton pass. A somewhat pleasing other effect is his prankster Twave. Yep that’s pretty much it for this guy. If you can see by now, I don’t like to use all OUs.
Electivire:
Item Ability Nature
Expert Belt Motor Drive Naive
Moveset EVs
~ Thunder
~ Earthquake
~ Cross Chop*
~ Ice Punch*
144 Atk / 140 SpA / 224 Spe
Who other than Tornadus can spam away in the rain? Electivire sure can. With an EV spread benefiting both physical and special moves, Electivire is good at both. He has thunder to spam away in the wind and 3 other moves for type coverage and also for the 20% boost of the expert belt under super effective circumstances. He also has the motor drive ability which is really great because a lot of my team is hurt by electric moves.
Yah so that’s my team, please leave comments suggestions and whatever. Thanks for spending your time reading this :).
