Project OU Next Best Thing - Cycle Last: Mega Latias (Voting)

[Dreadfury]

RIP, completely missed my chance to recommend the heat that is Focus Punch BandTar.

Imma vote for Screech+Pursuit. That shit destroys an unbelievable amount of fat shit and is low-key a godlike set.

 

[spatula]

Screech+Pursuit

 

[astralydia]

Screech+Pursuit. If there's one thing that Trademarked taught me, Pursuit is one of the few reasons to use def drop moves

 

[Glassy Sky]

Screech + Pursuit

 

[Vengeance417]

Screech + Pursuit, because Tyranitar Screeching is basically Godzilla Skreeonking

 

[Egor]

The voting is over; by its results, the winner of the Cycle 6 is Mega Screech by Solaros & Lunaris. Congratulations! Your submission will be added to the Hall of Fame soon. And now we're moving to the...

Cycle Six - Tapu Fini

Relatively recently people had realized that, despite the lack of reliable recovery, Tapu Fini is amazing Pokémon in the metagame not only because it is a Defogger that can remove hazards right in the face of Heatran and Ash-Greninja, two very prominent threats, but also thanks to solid bulk, typing, and Misty Terrain which is very useful versus the likes of Rotom-W, Amoonguss, and Kommo-o. In addition, Tapu Fini boasts some stallbreaking capabilities when running the combination of Nature's Madness and Taunt. Currently Tapu Fini has only one really viable set; do you guys know any other good sets? Show them here!

Banned Set


The deadline is Tuesday 18th of June. Good luck!​

 

[Counting Sheep]

reserving knock off

Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 92 Def / 32 SpA / 72 SpD / 64 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald / Taunt
- Moonblast / Taunt
- Defog
- Knock Off

Knock lets Fini cripple common switch ins such as Tangrowth, Magearna, Ferrothorn, Rotom-W and many others, relieving them of there all important items being used to help check threats or heal. This is amazing support for lots of Pokemon, most notably special attacks who don't appreciate AV such as Ash-Gren and M.Alakazam, and teams weak to pivoting, limiting opponents pivots through removal of bulk or healing items. Most combinations of Taunt, Knock Off, Scald and Moonblat can be run on Fini with Defog, allowing it to be tailored towards the teams needs, though Nature's Madness is not recommended as it Taunt is heavily desired to be ran along side it.

Solaros & Lunaris
Slightly updated the spread as it was an older one.

• 248 Hp + 92 Def lives Hawluchas +2 Acrobatics after Rocks
• 32 Spa guarantees Moonblast Ohkoes Def Berry Hawlucha after Rocks
• 64 Spe hits 222 with outpaces Adamant Tyranitar
• 72 SpD + Calm to maximize special bulk

 

[Solaros & Lunaris]

Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Scald
- Moonblast
- Taunt
- Calm Mind

You guys know how the OP is like “Fini is a reliable Defogger and stuff and things”? Yeah, this ditches that completely to become an interesting alternative to Suicune. Notably, this Fini retains its ability to soft check Heatran and Ash-Greninja, but instead of Defogging their hazards, it CMs on their switches and becomes far more threatening. EVs and Nature are highly customizable (as always with Fini, very flexible mon if you know what you’re doing), and the item can even be changed to Waterium Z if you have very strong counters to Heatran and Ash-Greninja. I generally prefer Hydro Pump’s power on these sets, especially with Scald lacking the ability to burn for 5 turns. Pair this with something that mollywhops Ferrothorn (SD Kartana) and faster attackers (ScarfRachi can also give this thing a second chance to sweep if you go that route).

P. S. Counting Sheep what does that Fini spread do?

 

[Ruft]

Tapu Fini @ Icium Z
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 12 SpA / 40 SpD / 192 Spe
Calm Nature
- Nature's Madness
- Taunt
- Haze
- Scald / Defog

This set can function as a stallbreaker thanks to the combination of Nature's Madness and Taunt as mentioned, but also as anti-setup thanks to Haze, providing good role compression.

There is a multitude of reasons for running Haze on Tapu Fini.
First, Tapu Fini can use Haze to deter setup sweepers just like Toxapex does. It plays a similar role as Unaware Clefable, except this thing is capable of doing way more chip damage thanks to Nature's Madness.
Second, Tapu Fini can use Icium Z with Haze to fully restore its HP, which provides it with the reliable recovery it was always lacking. Often times this will heal you more than Leftovers would throughout the game and it has the huge added benefit of not having to worry about Knock Off removing your means of recovery. It pairs together well with the effects of Haze itself considering you'll often take damage before getting it off. Haze is already a very useful move and this gives you another secondary reason to run it.

The last moveslot simply depends on if you still need a defogger (even greater role compression) or have the freedom to run Scald to cripple physical attackers some more (outside of terrain) and do some good chip damage.

 

[Sickist]

reserving tapuium z+whirlpool

 

[Vengeance417]

Reserving Mean Look

Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 12 SpA / 40 SpD / 192 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Mean Look
- Taunt
- Nature's Madness
- Moonblast / Scald

This is a different take on Tapu Fini's role as a stallbreaker. Mean Look Chansey and Toxapex as they come in so they can't escape, Taunt to stop recovery, then use Nature's Madness to slash their HP. I chose to use Mean Look over Whirlpool for two reasons; Whirlpool has a shaky 85% accuracy, and Mean Look isn't blocked by Storm Drain/Water Absorb-users like Gatrodon and Mantine, respectively, which you could also trap with this set. The choice between Moonblast or Scald depends on what you want Tapu Fini to offensively check.

This can work wonders with a Pursuit-user like Tyranitar to form a double-trapping core, where Fini brings the affected mon down to a low-enough HP to the point where Pursuit from Tyranitar will knock it out.

 

[Failure999]

Tapu Fini @ Waterium Z
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Moonblast
- Rain Dance
- Calm Mind

This looks like a poorly done ‘surprise, I’m offensive!’ choice, and that’s actually true. If you want an surprise offensive pokémon, typically Mew would be the first choice with its signature Z-move helping with its weakness to priority. However, this set does well thanks to Water being actually a good type offensively and defensively. The goal is to force something out while you use Z-Rain Dance to boost your speed and power, and sweep from there, utilising Calm Mind when you have the opportunity to.

 

[JTD783]

Tapu Screeni

Tapu Fini @ Light Clay
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Moonblast
- Reflect
- Light Screen

Tapu Koko isn't the only Tapu capable of using screens. Fini doesn't have a Taunt as fast as Koko but its Misty Terrain can help teammates set up or wallbreak without fearing status effects. Max speed for Taunt and the rest in bulk for longevity. Moonblast keeps it from being defenseless.

 

[SaveMeJebus]

Reserving Mist-fini

Edit: Mist sucks, reserving Torment-Fini

 

[Finchinator]

all credit to z0m for the set -- it is entirely his and not mine


Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Soak
- Calm Mind
- Taunt

The idea is to not only increase the odds of sweeping with Tapu Fini thanks to Soak making various pivots a Water type, thus hurting their STAB attacks and neutralizing Moonblast damage, but also to help teammates such as Thundurus-Therian, Tapu Koko, Serperior, TBolt SG Magearna, etc. find openings. This is a really cool, underappreciated concept and while it may be a bit inconsistent, I still think that there's a lot of niche there that should be explored.

 

[Heika]

Reserving scarf fini

 

[nameless90]

SubCM Tapu Fini

Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 12 SpA / 40 SpD / 192 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Scald
- Substitute


General idea
Here we have our Suicune....ops, our beloved Tapu Fini with the classic Synergy between Calm Mind and Substitute in order to gain some extra free turns in order to dish out some nice damage after some set-up.
Moonblast+Scald is the dual STAB combo; I'd like to find room for Ice Beam but is not possible.
Although it seems counterintuive, Substitute is nice in order to have another chance to fish the extra effect of our attacking moves.
Calm Mind is really useful both for defence and offence because Fini has good/workable stats all around (except Atk). Although this Tapu is not meant to be a cleaner, that +1 SpA is really useful in many situations.

EVs (spread) and item is stolen from the dex:
"192 Speed EVs are preferred to get the jump on Modest Heatran, Timid Magearna, and anything slower. 12 Special Attack EVs enable Tapu Fini to always 2HKO offensive Heatran with Scald, which is unnecessary on variants without Scald. 16 Defense EVs allow Tapu Fini to stomach a +2 Acrobatics from Hawlucha after Stealth Rock and a round of Leftovers. Lastly, the remaining EVs are pooled into Special Defense alongside a Calm nature for Tapu Fini to better take on the likes of Ash-Greninja and Heatran."


Offensive calcs:

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+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Scald vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 302-356 (94.6 - 111.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Scald vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Diancie-Mega: 230-272 (95.4 - 112.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Garchomp-Mega: 308-366 (86.2 - 102.5%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Volcanion: 81-96 (26.9 - 31.8%) -- 41% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery (this means that you are now able to destroy Volcanion' Substitutes)
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Alakazam-Mega: 144-169 (57.3 - 67.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Kyurem-Black: 362-428 (92.5 - 109.4%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Heracross-Mega: 284-336 (94.3 - 111.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+1 12 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Pelipper: 198-234 (75.8 - 89.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

Defensive calcs:

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172 SpA Tapu Koko Gigavolt Havoc (175 BP) vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 204-240 (59.4 - 69.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Alakazam-Mega Psychic vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 87-103 (25.3 - 30%) -- 0.2% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Tornadus-Therian Hurricane vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 76-90 (22.1 - 26.2%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Greninja-Ash Hydro Pump vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 72-84 (20.9 - 24.4%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Choice Specs Magnezone Thunderbolt vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 228-270 (66.4 - 78.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Rotom-Wash Volt Switch vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 74-90 (21.5 - 26.2%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Magearna Fleur Cannon vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 84-99 (24.4 - 28.8%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
8 SpA Ninetales-Alola Freeze-Dry vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 62-74 (18 - 21.5%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Zapdos Discharge vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 102-120 (29.7 - 34.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Corkscrew Crash (160 BP) vs. +1 248 HP / 40+ SpD Tapu Fini: 135-160 (39.3 - 46.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

 

[Deleted User [433215]]

Tapu Fini @ Choice Specs
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 40 HP / 252 SpA / 24 SpD / 192 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 1 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Moonblast
- Trick / Knock Off
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Hidden Power [Flying] / Grass Knot

Specs Tapu Fini makes for an ok lure that can do good damage to or cripple many common switch-ins like Ferrothorn, Chansey, and Tapu Bulu. This set can at worst 2HKO most Pokemon that don’t resist Tapu Fini’s STABs and even some that do, this means Pokemon like Shift Gear Magearna, Tornadus-T, and Clefable can’t take more than a single hit before dying to this thing. Trick gives Tapu Fini some utility against fatter teams that it can’t do too much against, mainly ones utilizing Chansey. Knock Off can also be used over Trick to hinder many of Trick’s target while crippling more Pokemon in the long run. The EVs take a +1 SG Magearna Thunderbolt, 2 Ash Greninja Hydro Pumps, and 2 Hurricanes from max Special Attack Tornadus-T, all from full HP. The EVs also allow Tapu Fini to outspeed up to Modest Heatran. Hidden Power Fire can be dropped for Hidden Power Flying to hit Mega Venusaur or Grass Knot to hit opposing Tapu Fini harder should Tapu Fini have Magnezone support for Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor.

 

[Egor]

The voting starts in a few hours. Don't forget to fill up your reservation if you haven't done this yet.

 

[ReadTheMango]

Tricki Trapi Fini

Tapu Fini @ Toxic Orb / Sticky Barb
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 12 SpA / 40 SpD / 192 Spe (for weak to Hawlucha teams)
or
EVs: 248 HP / 68 SpD / 192 Spe (if NM > Moonblast)
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Trick
- Taunt
- Moonblast / Nature's Madness
- Whirlpool

Gotta put down this heat set before we close up for the week. Tricki Trapi Fini is the bane of all item reliant pokemon, especially eviolite users and leftovers users.

The EVS and moves are either A) My team gets 6-0ed by Hawlucha and I need some sort of answer or B) I have a Zapdos on my team so Hawlucha isn't an issue.

Toxic Orb is a nice tech, as it doesn't reveal itself while misty terrain is up, allowing you to permanently poison even natural cure pokemon when terrain is down, ideally stealing leftovers for Fini. Sticky Barb is a second item that can be used which allows consistent damage to everything including steel and poison types even with Misty Terrain up. The issue with this is evident in that it does damage to you as well, so Tricking turn 1 or Turn 2 is important with this item.

Whirlpool works nicely to trap fat stuff and in conjunction with taunt completely shuts it down. Making the tricked item even more effective.

 

[Egor]

Sorry for the delay guys, some unexpected things and my laziness made me start the voting later. There are 10 nominations so far:

Knock Off by Counting Sheep

CM+Taunt by Solaros & Lunaris

Z-Haze by Ruft

Mean Look by Vengeance417

CM+Rain Dance by Failure999

Tapu Screeni by JTD783

CM+Soak by Finchinator

SubCM by nameless90

Choice Specs ny Ophion

Trick+Whirpool by ReadTheMango

Sickist SaveMeJebus HKT your submissions weren't included because you didn't fill up your reservations. The deadline is Friday 21st of June.​

 

[Counting Sheep]

CM + Soak, its actually a really cool idea I can't lie

 

[MANNAT]

CM Soak, was gonna post it myself then saw finch beat me to the punch

 

[insydia]

cm + soak

 

[Prisoner952]

CM Soak