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What's going on handsome gamers?
Today , I'm going to post a team that is going to help you get better at OU.
This team is pretty straight forward , and it pretty easy to use , so you shouldn't have problems while using it.
For those of you that don't think this team is very solid , I'm currently on a 18 win streak with it ;) (1450 rating) , and I haven't lost more than 3 pokemons on any battle :)

Here's the team :

(Manectric) @ Manectite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power [Ice]
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Mega-Manectric is going to be our mega , and he's also going to play a very important role in the team , as a very fast "wallbreaker" , that also has intimidate , which is super useful , because when you come in on something that has earthquake , you can probably take it , if this earthquake is "non-stab" , and Mega-Manectric on top of that has Volt switch , so it makes a great lead against 80% of the teams , but I wouldn't lead with it if the enemy is running a ground type that can also take a hp ice (like Hippowdon ,Swampert or Mamoswine)

(Conkeldurr) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Ice Punch
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch

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AV Conkeldurr, one of the best sets in OU in my honest opinion , this guy is vital to the team , because it's a very good , very bulky physical "wallbreaker", takes hits for days , and can retaliate with a very powerful hit, and he also has access to recovery (in the form of drain punch) and a stab priority (Mach Punch).
About Guts you can change it to Iron fists but I wouldn't recommend it , because guts allows you to come in on scalds, Lava Plumes and Will-o-Wisp , and Guts Conkeldurr poops on Rotom-Wash , which is the most used Pokémon in OU...

Slowbro @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Toxic
- Slack Off

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Slowbro is just a boss, people underestimate his bulk , but he can tare teams apart , this our designated physical wall , and it takes care of most of the dragons in the tier (Salamence, Garchomp, Dragonite) as well as big threats like Keldeo, Talonflame, Excadrill, Gyarados, Medicham and Landorus...
Slowbro is also very good because it gets access to the ability "Regenerator" and this ability makes you recover 33% of your health every time you switch out .
What makes Slowbro even more awesome in this team is the fact that you have intimidate on Mega-Manectric , and that makes Slowbro take super effective physical hits (such has knock off , u-turn and horn leech) without taking a huge amount of damage.
Be careful with special atackers like Hydreigon , Greninja or Gengar because Slowbro doesn't take special hits that well (because it has defensive investment).
You can also change his moveset.

(Heatran) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 248 SpD / 8 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Earth Power
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Heatran makes a pretty dope defensive core with Slowbro, because he can take Grass, Bug and Dark Pulses pretty dem well , and Slowbro can take Earthquakes , Fightning and Water moves all day every day.
I don't have much more to say about Heatran except that he puts rocks up and earth power with the 8 speed evs are there to make u Outspeed and kill/Deal big damage to other Heatrans, and he "Centergizes" (I don't know how to spell this word xD) with the rest of the team pretty Dem well

Latias @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock/Hidden Power Fire/Hidden Power Fighting
- Trick
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Defog latias 'cause it's good and revenge kills Mega-Zard X

Black Dynamite (Dragonite) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Extreme Speed

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This our final element, I was looking at the rest of the team , and I was thinking :"What does this team need?" and I realized that this team was missing a late game "Set-up" Sweeper , and a Flying type , so I decided to go with Dragonite , because I've never used him before in competitive battling , and I got to admit, it isn't that good ... But it's still pretty good.
Be careful while playing D-nite and make sure that your Multiscale is Intact , because that allows you to take half of the normal damage you would take on your first hit.
Dragon Dance/ Scarfed Salamence would also be a good choice for this spot, but Dragonite has access to Extreme Speed (priority) which makes a lot of difference.
Make sure you play this Pokémon correctly , because if you will , you will serve the BBC to a lot of people .

Well, hope you guys enjoyed the team , and give it a go , it's a very solid and easy to use team :) !
If you guys have any suggestion/Question , reply to this topic and I'll try to answer it .
If You Want me to share my best teams tell me in the "Comments" :)

See You later Aligator
 
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I seriously doubt this team will help beginners get better at pokemon. You have a scarf scizor - with defog lol.
Most mons on your team are also EVed carelessly, and your Slowbro set is really messed up. Mega Manectric should also run Overheat since it's used as a hit and run attacker, and Overheat nabs more KOes.
Here are some changes that I suggest you make:

Mega Manectric should run a modest nature since it doesn't outspeed anything useful after mega evolving. Overheat should also be used over flamethrower for the reasons I said above. Conkeldurr should also run 20 extra speed EVs to outspeed Hippodown and other Conkeldurr.
Your slowbro set should probably be running Psyshock or Fire Blast over Ice Beam, and Thunder Wave over Toxic. 24 extra SDef also allows it to tank two Keldeo's Hydro Pumps after rocks iirc.
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Slowbro @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Fire Blast
- Thunder Wave
- Slack Off

Scarf Scizor is a gimmick, and being choiced into a move like defog is horrible. I would probably replace it with a better defogger like Scarf Latias, because it allows it to cripple stuff like CM Clefable which poops on your team, and CroCune. Here is the set:
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Latias @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock/Hidden Power Fire/Hidden Power Fighting
- Trick

Dragonite should also put the extra 4 EVs from HP into Defense, since that way it can switch in on rocks 5 times.
This team is also weak to birdspam after mega man dies, but I think mega manectric does a pretty decent job at checking birdspam, so I don't think I need to fix that. This team is actually pretty solid, and is a nice balanced team. Good luck :D
 
A really minor nitpick, in order to activate Hidden Power Ice on Mega Manectric, you need 30 Defense IVs.

I would change Slowbro's EV spread to 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SDef - this ensures that at full HP, that Slowbro will never be 2HKOd by Choice Specs Keldeo's Hydro Pump after Stealth Rock without another factor (aka burn or rain) in play.

I would switch Dragonite's Leftovers to Lum Berry, which allows you to take a Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave once, which could ruin a sweep. I would also switch Dragon Claw to Outrage, which hits a lot harder, and the confusion can be negated by Lum Berry if it is still intact.

Switch Heatran's spread to 248 HP / 192 SpD / 68 Spe, this allows you to outspeed Suicune and phaze it out with Roar should it try to set up Calm Minds on you (+0 Scald only 4HKOs, do not worry).

These are just small things, but they make the team a little more efficient. I do not like Scarfed Scizor, but I will let someone else look at that. Good luck with the team.

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firehusky said:
Mega Manectric should also run Overheat since it's used as a hit and run attacker, and Overheat nabs more KOes.
Mega Manectric should run a modest nature since it doesn't outspeed anything useful after mega evolving.
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No, keep Timid Nature, it allows Mega Manectric to outspeed Jolly Talonflame, Timid Greninja, +1 Dragonite, and +1 Mega Gyarados, all of which Mega Manectric wants to outspeed.

firehusky said:
Scarf Scizor is a gimmick, and being choiced into a move like defog is horrible. I would probably replace it with a better defogger like Scarf Latias, because it allows it to cripple stuff like CM Clefable which poops on your team, and CroCune. Here is the set:
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Latias @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock/Hidden Power Fire/Hidden Power Fighting
- Trick
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Just use Scarf Latios instead. Same set, but with maximum Special Attack, which allows it to revenge kill more things. Be careful about Bisharp though.

firehusky said:
Dragonite should also put the extra 4 EVs from HP into Defense, since that way it can switch in on rocks 5 times.
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Implement this BoliMBolingoli . This suggestion seems minor, but being able to switch into Stealth Rock five times instead of four can come in handy.
 
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firehusky said:
I seriously doubt this team will help beginners get better at pokemon. You have a scarf scizor - with defog lol.
Most mons on your team are also EVed carelessly, and your Slowbro set is really messed up. Mega Manectric should also run Overheat since it's used as a hit and run attacker, and Overheat nabs more KOes.
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Ty 4 the Slowbro call , i didn't know about the Keldeo's Hydro pump thing
No , ice beam is better than fire blast, specially considering that I already have 2 other Mons with fire moves on the team , and none with ice moves , so before you criticize try to understand the logic behind the sets.
If i had Latias I will have to much of a bug/dark(U-turn, Knock off) weakness , that's why I'm going with scizor, I also lose priority on the team , which is always useful.
Ty for the reply anyway , but try to understand that I also know a thing or 2 about pokemon (I've 2 acounts with 1600+ rating on OU), so I don't do things randomly ...
 
Alfalfa said:
A really minor nitpick, in order to activate Hidden Power Ice on Mega Manectric, you need 30 Defense IVs.

I would change Slowbro's EV spread to 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SDef - this ensures that at full HP, that Slowbro will never be 2HKOd by Choice Specs Keldeo's Hydro Pump after Stealth Rock without another factor (aka burn or rain) in play.

I would switch Dragonite's Leftovers to Lum Berry, which allows you to take a Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave once, which could ruin a sweep. I would also switch Dragon Claw to Outrage, which hits a lot harder, and the confusion can be negated by Lum Berry if it is still intact.

Switch Heatran's spread to 248 HP / 192 SpD / 68 Spe, this allows you to outspeed Suicune and phaze it out with Roar should it try to set up Calm Minds on you (+0 Scald only 4HKOs, do not worry).


Implement this BoliMBolingoli . This suggestion seems minor, but being able to switch into Stealth Rock five times instead of four can come in handy.
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I've already changed the Slowbro and D-nite EV spread, ty for the heads up (btw I had 248 hp on d-nite b4 but I accidentally deleted it , while I was copying the team , and I put the suggested Ev's xD).
Lum berry is good if u have outrage or if u get burned, but leftovers makes u get your multiscale back if u switch in on a mon using u-turn , that's why I've leftis.
I don't like to trust outrage , because you get locked into it , and it makes you lose your d-nite 90% of the time :(

Oh forgot to say put speed on heatran is a haste because no one uses suicune in OU tbf .
And heatran roars CM clefable out , so no worries there .-.
 
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BoliMBolingoli said:
Ty 4 the Slowbro call , i didn't know about the Keldeo's Hydro pump thing
No , ice beam is better than fire blast, specially considering that I already have 2 other Mons with fire moves on the team , and none with ice moves , so before you criticize try to understand the logic behind the sets.
If i had Latias I will have to much of a bug/dark(U-turn, Knock off) weakness , that's why I'm going with scizor, I also lose priority on the team , which is always useful.
Ty for the reply anyway , but try to understand that I also know a thing or 2 about pokemon (I've 2 acounts with 1600+ rating on OU), so I don't do things randomly ...
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Ice Beam and Scald have redundant coverage, and Fire Blast allows you to take out Ferrothorn by surprise.
Latias gives your team a better switchin for keldeo than Slowbro, since Dragonite is afraid of Scald burns, you have almost nothing to take Keldeo's hits. This team also has almost no switchins to Greninja, a top tier threat, and Scarf Latias (or Scarf Latios whatever) gives you a way of revenge killing it. You also have 2 mons with priority anyway, so I really don't think Scizor is needed. Scarf Latias also allows you to revenge Charizard X which can be annoying if Slowbro dies.
 
firehusky said:
Ice Beam and Scald have redundant coverage, and Fire Blast allows you to take out Ferrothorn by surprise.
Latias gives your team a better switchin for keldeo than Slowbro, since Dragonite is afraid of Scald burns, you have almost nothing to take Keldeo's hits. This team also has almost no switchins to Greninja, a top tier threat, and Scarf Latias (or Scarf Latios whatever) gives you a way of revenge killing it. You also have 2 mons with priority anyway, so I really don't think Scizor is needed. Scarf Latias also allows you to revenge Charizard X which can be annoying if Slowbro dies.
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Conkeldurr and Mega-Manectric poop on Greninja . And I don't get the obsession with Keldeo , since almost no one uses it ...
And Scald and Ice beam are not redudant coverage, Ice hits grass, dragon, Flying and ground
Water hits Fire, ground and rock , so it's not "redudant coverage"
 
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Both hit ground types, and Ice Beam hits almost nothing special except Garchomp and Dragonite, and you can take care of both with Scald. Also, I said you have no switchins, which means nothing on your team can take a hit. Fire Blast hits Ferrothorn and Scizor. Conkeldurr does not "poop" on Greninja. Even when Greninja is dark type, Mach Punch does almost no damage considering it's Greninja, Super Effective, and from Conkeldurr.
252+ Atk Conkeldurr Mach Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Greninja: 212-252 (74.1 - 88.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
If Greninja is a different type other than dark:
252+ Atk Conkeldurr Mach Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Greninja: 106-126 (37 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Yeah I seriously don't get why I am so obsessed with Keldeo. Maybe because it's an S rank mon?
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sub dd taunt gyarados sets up on slowbro,heatran,scizor and conjeldur before mega evolving. the only thing to take it on is manectric since nite would be at -1 and gyara could get up a dd and proceed to ice fang. i would say run bulky mega scizor w/defog over dog and have thundurus over where scizor was.
 
Defog Scarf is bad
Bullet Punch Scarf is bad
Pursuit Scarf is bad
Leftovers on Dragonite is bad
But good effort though! Look into smogdex for better sets
 
pi3rate said:
sub dd taunt gyarados sets up on slowbro,heatran,scizor and conjeldur before mega evolving. the only thing to take it on is manectric since nite would be at -1 and gyara could get up a dd and proceed to ice fang. i would say run bulky mega scizor w/defog over dog and have thundurus over where scizor was.
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That's why when u see a gyara b4 the battle starts you try to keep manectric alive ...
 
firehusky said:
Both hit ground types, and Ice Beam hits almost nothing special except Garchomp and Dragonite, and you can take care of both with Scald. Also, I said you have no switchins, which means nothing on your team can take a hit. Fire Blast hits Ferrothorn and Scizor. Conkeldurr does not "poop" on Greninja. Even when Greninja is dark type, Mach Punch does almost no damage considering it's Greninja, Super Effective, and from Conkeldurr.
252+ Atk Conkeldurr Mach Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Greninja: 212-252 (74.1 - 88.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
If Greninja is a different type other than dark:
252+ Atk Conkeldurr Mach Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Greninja: 106-126 (37 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Yeah I seriously don't get why I am so obsessed with Keldeo. Maybe because it's an S rank mon?
http://prntscr.com/50csfr
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I've battle 4 or 5 ppl with keldeo and it really hasn't been a problem , specially with slowbro and AV conk around , and if u don't get a burn with scald you are done , remember that is a 30% chance , it won't happen all the time , specially with my luck , I once used scald 12 times , and didn't got a single burn -.-
 
Melodic Dystopia said:
Defog Scarf is bad
Bullet Punch Scarf is bad
Pursuit Scarf is bad
Leftovers on Dragonite is bad
But good effort though! Look into smogdex for better sets
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Homie scarf defog isn't really bad , bullet punch is priority so it can't be bad , "Scarf pursuit is bad" I will not even answer to that ... and leftovers on Dragonite is good , specially when you want to take u-turns and keep ur multiscale intact , without having to run roost
 
BoliMBolingoli said:
That's why when u see a gyara b4 the battle starts you try to keep manectric alive ...
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im saying in desperate situations cuz 4 of your mons get set up easily on and youll never know what the opponent might do bro manectric is not gonna always be able to stay alive to long. just saying prankster twave fits ur team more and scarf defog is bad and get set up on as well.
 
pi3rate said:
im saying in desperate situations cuz 4 of your mons get set up easily on and youll never know what the opponent might do bro manectric is not gonna always be able to stay alive to long. just saying prankster twave fits ur team more and scarf defog is bad and get set up on as well.
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Scarf defog is there to be used on desperate situation , 75% of the battles you don't really need to use it , and unless they have infestation / magnet pull you won't get trapped.
And manectric can stay alive all battle, if you play it well , you can't really YOLO it when a gyarados is around .
Try this team , and see if isn't good , if it isn't you can't criticize me all you want, but this team is pretty good -.-
 
Bro the chance of scald burning is the chance of focus blast missing. Judge for yourself. And yes, these are just suggestions, you do not have to take them, they're just for helping you improve and get better.
 
BoliMBolingoli said:
Homie scarf defog isn't really bad , bullet punch is priority so it can't be bad , "Scarf pursuit is bad" I will not even answer to that ... and leftovers on Dragonite is good , specially when you want to take u-turns and keep ur multiscale intact , without having to run roost
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Scarf Defog is really bad lmop
"bullet punch is priority so it can't be bad" is such flawed logic because running priority just destroys the purpose of running Scarf (which is really bad on Scizor)
Also, don't run Scarf on Scizor
Scarf Pursuit is bad because again Pursuit hits foes switching out before switching out (which eliminates the need for Scarf again) and even if you want to just Scarf spam Pursuit why the fuck would you? No stab and 40 base power. FORTY. The set makes no sense
You're playing Dragonite wrong if you think you need to switch him out every time he comes on, and "keeping ur multiscale intact" doesn't really work when there's a thing called Stealth Rock
you're a kid and you're bad ok
 
Melodic Dystopia said:
Scarf Defog is really bad lmop
"bullet punch is priority so it can't be bad" is such flawed logic because running priority just destroys the purpose of running Scarf (which is really bad on Scizor)
Also, don't run Scarf on Scizor
Scarf Pursuit is bad because again Pursuit hits foes switching out before switching out (which eliminates the need for Scarf again) and even if you want to just Scarf spam Pursuit why the fuck would you? No stab and 40 base power. FORTY. The set makes no sense
You're playing Dragonite wrong if you think you need to switch him out every time he comes on, and "keeping ur multiscale intact" doesn't really work when there's a thing called Stealth Rock
you're a kid and you're bad ok
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Tell me ur rank?
btw tecnician is a thing
 
Rank does not matter in a discussion about teams. You can tell if someone is a noob when he just goes around asking people their rank and then bragging about it.
 
firehusky said:
Rank does not matter in a discussion about teams. You can tell if someone is a noob when he just goes around asking people their rank and then bragging about it.
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rank lets you see the quality of a player , so when some1 calls another person "Bad player" , you can conter-argue with you ranking to show you know 1 or 2 things about pokemon , but if you say so boss, You are clearly right on everything you say , because you are superior to god
 
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