Project OU Teambuilding Competition V6 (Round 7:Building Stage) R6 winner Archphantom

[Scotti]

Time is up and ABR and Team 10 have won r1 of the team building competition v6 with 13 votes over You...You... and Team 7 with 11 votes. This was a fun and exciting round and I would like to thank everyone for entering. However, now it is time for r2 :]

Round 2 Core

Politoed(Rain)

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Round 2 is not really a core, but a pokemon. We have not had a rain core(that I know of), so we will be using rain pretty much. The reason we decided on not using a core, was to promote variation. If we were to use a core of lets say politoed + kingdra, then most teams will prob add a physical rain sweeper (kabu or megapert), and a ferrothorn. Pretty much all of the teams will be very similar. By using politoed by it self, the other 5 mons are up to you to use, so the only limit is yourself.

I few thing though. Politoed must be holding damp rock, since I am looking for rain team this round. Some of you might get the idea to try some wierd toed set, and then just run 5 other mons that don't benefit from rain. Heres a tip if you want to win this round. Make your team innovative. Standard rain is solid and good, but I am looking for a different take on rain that is still very solid and good. Anyway gl and hf :]

Round ends Friday, April 19 at 11:59est

 

[ABR]

I will try my best to go easy on the competitors this time around... anyways this round should be fun!

 

[AM]

I will try my best to go easy on the competitors this time around... anyways this round should be fun!

Says the guy using HP Steel Azelf, WP Dragonite, and Sub Thundurus to poop on the ladder and the poor soul that regurgitates verbatim standard sets and justified them as right 100% of the time. Damn the heat is on.

 

[You...You...]

GG ABR. HP steel doe. I had an actual team dammit :)

 

[GeeMick]

Ox the Box is rain stall on its way?

 

[You...You...]

Ox the Box is rain stall on its way?

If it is I'm voting for him.

 

[PureAmbition]

Gg ABR. On another note: oww man i was waiting for.something like this but still have no internet T-T wontbe able to create a team

 

[firehusky]

Betting 10 jellybeans that ABR will win this round again.

 

[Scotti]

Team 1

Explanation

What's a rain team without Politoed?! For this toad's set I decided to go with the physically defensive one, as it synergizes best with the rest of the team and helps take less from Tyranitar's pursuit in the case of a weather war. Scald is an obvious choice; Toxic cripples walls; Encore prevents it from being setup fodder; Rest provides longevity. The concept of this team came simply from me wanting to try out Shell Smash Omastar in the rain, as it is the strongest specially-based swift swimmer and after a boost it pretty much runs through any team that lacks strong priority. For example, +2 Hydro Pump in the rain OHKOs standard defensive Rotom-W and Slowbro, and it easily sets up on pokemon such as Talonflame and a bunch of other walls that it scares out. A timid nature fits best here as it outspeeds any scarfer slower than Landorus-Therian and also outspeeds timid Mega Alakazam, which is a massive threat to rain due to the ability to trace swift swim. The next "innovative" pokemon of this team is Cobalion, and it truly is a perfect fit for this team. It sets rocks, counters Bisharp, beats DD Altaria, cripples a ton of other pokemon, and comes in on the Lati twins if Celebi gets too low. It also serves as a check to CM clefable with paraflinching + super effective STAB in general. Next up is Celebi, as the team was looking very weak to Keldeo at this point and a 100% reliable switchin to most water types like Slowbro can never hurt. The subpass set is very useful for pivoting in the sweepers and hard hitters reliably while also allowing them to take advantage of the substitutes. The speed allows Celebi to outspeed max speed Heatran, and the spdef still lets Celebi wall Keldeo, Mega-Alakazam, Manectric, etc. I realized that I still had a mega slot available and the team was lacking strong physical power and a volt switch stopper, so Swampert fit the bill. Power-Up Punch grants Swampert the ability to sweep and break through certain teams easier, and the speed allows it to outspeed scarf Landorus-Therian. Last, but certainly not least, is the almighty Landorus. Landorus provides the necessary wall-breaking presence that this team needed, as rain sweepers alone cannot do the job. This also gives me a ground immunity and a more direct way of handling fairies like CM Clefable with Sludge Wave. HP Ice allows me to beat the problematic Landorus-Therian and also Gliscor, while Rock Slide is used to smack Volcarona, Charizard-Y, and Tornadus-Therian, all large threats to this team otherwise. Overall this is a very fun, effective, and innovative team and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.

Importable

Politoed (M) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 96 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Toxic
- Encore
- Rest

Omastar (M) @ Mystic Water
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shell Smash
- Hydro Pump
- Surf
- Ice Beam

Cobalion @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 244 HP / 12 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Sacred Sword
- Iron Head

Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 184 SpD / 72 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Giga Drain
- Baton Pass
- Recover

Swampert (M) @ Swampertite
Ability: Damp
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Power-Up Punch
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Ice Punch

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Team 2

Explanation

So this team was built to be a balanced team that still had the sweeping functionality of rain. Nasty Pass Celebi helps a ton with bulky water types like Mega Slowbro and TG Manaphy which can be a real chore for the team to take out otherwise. It also provides a great check to opposing rain offense since it can deal with Mega Swampert really well. Baton Pass provides great momentum and passing Nasty Plots to Tornadus-T under rain is amazing, but it's pretty great to pass to Seismitoad and Politoed as well for mega strong water STAB. Tornadus-T is the fast pivot that checks bulky grass types that also give rain squads trouble, like Mega Venusaur and opposing Celebis and to a lesser extent Ferrothorn. LO because power, AV wasn't really necessary and HP [Ice] is an option over U-turn to bop annoying Garchomps (the person I built this team with has HP [Ice] but I'm all about that U-turn bro). Mega Scizor is amazing on rain teams because its only weakness is lessened greatly and also it serves as a great check to annoying Fairy types, especially Mega Altaria. SD with Superpower for Magnezone (hehe rain boi). Also beats Ferrothorn more easily while handling Bisharp and opposing Scizors more reliably, and Torn-T already provides Knock Off support. It's also the team's primary switch-in to Draco Meteors and whatnot. Politoed is necessary to make a rain team function and went with a Rest set for longevity so that the team can take a more balanced approach and the sweepers can get more chances to come in and threaten opponents if necessary. EVs are for physical bulk to survive +2 Sharp Beak Talonflame's Brave Bird and the speed creeps Adamant Azumarills to Encore them into Belly Drum. Sleep Talk was put as the last move just to kinda troll stuff hoping for Scald or Encore during sleep turns. Seismitoad was added because it could both abuse the rain and be a stop to Volt Switchers which would otherwise be really annoying. Stealth Rocks on it because the team needs rocks and dual STABs with Sludge Wave for coverage on stuff like Celebi. Missing Hydro Pump sucks so went with Scald for that burn chance and reliability. Kabutops was added to help with Talonflame to a degree while giving another sweeper option and Rapid Spin support so that hazard stacking balance cores don't just destroy this team. Aqua Jet for added priority since the team handles Ferrothorn ok already and so that Scarf Terrakion doesn't bop the team late game if Scizor goes down (outspeeds Kabu in rain by 1 pt and has coverage moves for everything bar Scizor).

Importable

Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 184 SpD / 72 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Recover
- Giga Drain
- Baton Pass

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hurricane
- Knock Off
- Superpower
- U-turn / HP [Ice]

Scizor-Mega @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 80 Atk / 176 SpD / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- Superpower
- Bullet Punch

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 96 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rest
- Encore
- Scald
- Sleep Talk

Seismitoad @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 29 HP / 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Scald
- Stealth Rock

Kabutops @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
IVs: 29 HP
- Stone Edge
- Waterfall
- Rapid Spin
- Aqua Jet

Team 3

explanation

this pokemon is somehow so uninspiring please have something cool standard politoed set. i added rd mega altaria to cover tyranitar and zards. noticed weakness to ferro so i decided i'd use subcharge magnezone. needed switch-in to keldeo, latias is ez choice, provides HW support and defog - i normally dont use defog on weather teams but i didnt really have any sweepers that can take advantage of tailwind and the like. celebi for rocks and general utility, also checks azu and shit so i dont immediately get 6-0ed. since magnezone traps skarm as well, i figured i'd go with kabutops (rock typing also helps with burd) over omastar/kingdra to clean up.

importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 164 SpD / 96 Spe
Calm Nature
- Rest
- Scald
- Encore
- Hypnosis

Altaria @ Altarianite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 104 Def / 156 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Rain Dance
- Hyper Voice
- Roost
- Earthquake

Magnezone @ Salac Berry
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Charge Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Thunderbolt

Latias (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Healing Wish
- Defog

Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 84 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Giga Drain
- Recover

Kabutops @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Low Kick
- Swords Dance

Team 4

Explanation

I thought about how to build just a team around a core of Politoed, and realized that the round OP speaks truth and that Politoed is not a core. So I made it into a ghetto core of Toed+rain sweeper in MSwampert. The reason for choosing Swampert is that it is always a pain in the ass personally for me to deal with. Then I looked up thought about the biggest threats to Swampert, and decided that I want something to handle dedicated physical walls (most importantly, Skarmory and Chesnaught), and fast scarfers (read: scarf Keldeo, Latios). The next thing I see is are weaknesses to opposing rain sweepers and Serperior. Basically, NEWSFLASH Swampert has trouble with stuff that outspeeds it and stuff that walls it. And Mega Venusaur. The former are dealt with by Thundurus, the latter – with Gothitelle. (The unfortunate thing about Gothitelle is that it takes several turns to handle the physical walls, so I will likely have to set up the rain more than once, hence the Rest on Toed). As Goth is here to handle fat mons and not fast mons, I went with bulky Specs. Thundurus has hipster HP Bug because this team absolutely abhors Celebi. And, now that I thought of it, Mega Sceptile, which can’t even be TWaved. And I lacked hazard control. Or hazards of my own. So I slapped Stealth Rock Clefable w/ Magic Guard, as it provides a reliable switch-in against many physical threats, beats MSceptile 1v1, and gives me that neat defensive Fairy typing. I went with Calm Mind because why not, having a secondary wincon is always nice. The things left to cover were birds (Thundurus is a check, but it’s a frail blanket check to just way too much stuff, so it could be easily pressured) and hazard control. As such, Zapdos was a painfully obvious pick… except then the team auto-lost to Bisharp. So I went with Mandibuzz. The EVs are optimized for Mandibuzz to never be 2HKOed by banded Brave Bird from Talonflame. A Lando-I switchin is also something that is very nice to have.

The overall premise of the team is extremely simple: I have tried to cover everything that Mega Swampert in rain can’t handle on its own so that Swampert can sweep mid to late-game with Clefable as a secondary wincon and a bunch of blanket checks for OU things.

Importable

Frog (Politoed) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Encore
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Rest

Bigger frog (Swampert-Mega) @ Swampertite
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ice Punch
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Superpower

Ban Skill swap (Gothitelle) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psychic
- Trick
- Rest

Mascarpone (Thundurus) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpD
- Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power [Bug]
- Thunder
- Focus Blast

Gengar pre-evo (Clefable) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Calm Mind

Egg yolk (Mandibuzz) (F) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 248 HP / 144 Def / 100 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Defog
- Taunt
- Roost

Team 5

Explanation

Hehe innovation frog squad here. Started out with politoed as the first mon because it's required and can set up rain. Next is his best friend poliwrath which is the teams swift swim abuser. With belly drum, its attack reaches insane levels and he wrecks teams under rain with his powerful dual stabs and ice punch. I really wanted to use mega amphy because it's just such a cool mega and it works really well under rain, and hits really hard too. Amphy also walls thundurus and talonflame which can be pretty annoying for rain. I decided to pair up agility amphy with his partner in crime, nasty plot + sub pass celebi to pass it boosts or a sub. Needed a secondary rain setter in case toed died so went with thundurus as a decent bird check and emergency rain setter. Sub bulk up Taxicrak is a pretty cool mon that can abuse rain with dry skin and is the third frog, decent keld check and beats some mons like ferrothorn, chansey, and non EQ mega gyara etc.

importable

ribbit ribbit. @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 164 SpD / 96 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Rest
- Toxic
- Encore

honk honk. @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
IVs: 30 HP
- Belly Drum
- Waterfall
- Brick Break
- Ice Punch

meow meow. @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spe
Bold Nature
- Substitute
- Nasty Plot
- Recover
- Baton Pass

woof woof. @ Ampharosite
Ability: Static
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Agility
- Thunder
- Dragon Pulse
- Focus Blast

moooo mooo. (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Rain Dance
- Thunder
- Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power [Ice]

croak croak. @ Leftovers
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Substitute
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch

Team 6

explanation

I started out with politoed because I feel it's an extremely underrated pokemon and I thought rain could work really well. I next added ampharos as it's an extremely good pivot in the rain and a good keldeo check. I now needed something for landorus and other ground types so I added in a spdf skarmory as another way to phaze the opposing team around. One of the biggest threats currently was bisharp so I added chesnaght as that also helps with mega gyara. Chansey and tentacruel were both added as a cleric and for a spinner and also toxic spikes is extremely helpful for wearing down the opposing team.

importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic
- Encore
- Rest

Ampharos-Mega @ Ampharosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Thunder
- Dragon Pulse

Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Ability: Rain Dish
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Acid Spray
- Rapid Spin

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Iron Head
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Stealth Rock

Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Soft-Boiled
- Seismic Toss
- Heal Bell

Chesnaught @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Spiky Shield
- Drain Punch

Team 7

Teambuilding Process

This weeks round was to be built around Politoed so this gave me a ton of room as compared to basic rain cores such as Poli+Rain abuser cores which are good but nothing really new. Starting with Politoed I chose the defensive Politoed as it makes a decent answer vs talon and makes use of Poli's support move in encore which is great for disrupting common leads as well as discourage set up. Next up the best pokemon to fit with Poli had to be the typical rain abuser however instead of going with Omastar or Kingdra I went with Ludicolo who has a pretty decent typing and bulk as well as really good overall coverage. Because of how Ludicolo is being used Ferro didn’t really fit the bill however I needed something that could take a hit. After looking at Pokemon that worked I decided to take a more innovative approach: Sp.def Phazinite. Shout out to BlazeLatias on this set he used in one of his old gen 5 rain teams. Sp.def dnite is pretty fantastic as he gets access to STAB hurricane and thunder in tandem with dragon tail and great bulk making him a very interesting and surprising phazer. Seeing as the team had a phazer I decided to take advantage of that and went with klefki who not only has good defensive synergy with Dnite but can also set up spikes and acts as a secondary rain setter as collateral in case poli goes down early or late game when rain is needed the most. Typically rain teams have more then one abuser and on top of that the team had 0 physical attackers which overall proves to be a issue for obvious reasons. I chose Kabutops for this role as he’s a very scary rain abuser which is crazy hard to switch into. Because we got Dragonite's Multiscale needs to be in tact as much as possible so rapid spin>swords dance in this situation naturally i went with double stabs with priority. In the last slot I had no mega and no hazard setter and while rocks are mandatory on any good team megas are not. Despite this Mega Pert With stealth rocks was chosen in the last slot boasting massive attack and great bulk allowing rocks to be set up fairly easy , (mostly as pert can cause a ton of switches) due to having rocks ice or fighting coverage had to be dropped Fighting coverage was dropped as without ice coverage pert gets walled less than running fighting coverage would. When using this team make sure to keep mega pert healthy vs all electric types bar ones Ludicolo can handle as Ludicolo is important for removing Rotom-W. With that said enjoy this team.

Importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 164 SpD / 96 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Toxic
- Encore
- Rest

Ludicolo @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast

Dragonite @ Leftovers
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Hurricane
- Thunder
- Roost
- Dragon Tail

Klefki @ Damp Rock
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Spikes
- Rain Dance
- Toxic
- Foul Play

Kabutops @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Waterfall
- Rapid Spin
- Aqua Jet

Swampert @ Swampertite
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch

Team 8

team

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Encore
- Toxic
- Ice Beam

Klefki @ Damp Rock
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave
- Rain Dance
- Fairy Lock

Kingdra @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Signal Beam
- Draco Meteor
- Surf

Thundurus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 Def
- Agility
- Thunder
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Focus Blast

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 76 Atk / 216 SpA / 216 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Sludge Wave

Latias (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Pulse
- Surf
- Psyshock

other thing

so heres my non standard rain i made. its based on sweeping with either thundy t or mega latias. funny thing is is that i have no sr on this team because i didnt like any of the setters and wanted to use other stuff instead. i do have spikes tho so i can break fat teams easier. played with this team and realized rox arent needed. anyways, the whole premise of this team to to sweep with either thundy or latias. torn and kingdra are there to wallbreak. toed is toed. i chose physdef because bulk is everything. toxic + encore + scald are standard move for it, while ice beam is to do a nice 30% to the grasses that wanna switch in. torn is my wallbreaker. its pretty standard with lo + hurricane + super + u turn to momentumz. i have sludge wave tho because fairies are fucking annoying for this team to bopping them is rly nice =].

216 SpA Life Orb Tornadus-T Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 96+ SpD Clefable: 208-247 (52.7 - 62.6%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

216 SpA Life Orb Tornadus-T Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Mega Altaria: 224-265 (63.2 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

hurricane does not guarantee 2hkoes on either of these.

moving on, thundy has the old bw agility set and im using lefties over lo because they help more than lo, and having that extra recovery during turns when im spamming thunder adds up. im using timid because i need the speed more than i need the power. also gr8 to prevent thundy from spamming t wave vs me. klefki gives me spikes and a secondary rain setter, and paras things that would otherwise rek me such as gross or mega garde. fairy lock is actually rly useful as it lets me get a free set up vs a choice locked lando t or something that thundy or latias can set up on. speaking of latias, she is used so that keldeo doesnt murder me, and an offensive cm set is rly powerful late game. thunder is used because rain + it means that azu loses to me. dragon pulse > draco because i dont want the spatk drop or chance of missing. finally, i have kingdra, which is the best swimmer and works way better than tops or star would. its modest lo because i didnt need the mixed set and i rly wanted a way to lure in and kill celebi with signal beam. surf and hydro are for max power and accuracy, + scald is rly gay anyways and burns dont do much for me. draco is a nuke that lets me weaken things for thundy / latias.

id post replays but it would reveal who i am. if you wanna see them tho then just ask in the thread once its up :o

Team 9

Explanation

All right, so I wanted to use a mega that isn’t often seen on rain teams. I opted for Mega-Ampharos because of its fun typing and fabulous hair, and that inspired me to create a bulky Volt-Turn rain team. I picked a specially defensive set for Amphy with enough investment to avoid 2HKOs from threats like Zard Y. Volt Switch and Dragon Pulse are standard STABs, but I chose Thunder because of its perfect accuracy under rain and Heal Bell so M-Amphy can be half of a cleric. I needed the second half of my cleric duo, so I added Sylveon with Wish and Baton Pass. Wish and Baton Pass allow Sylveon to keep M-Amphy and the rest of the team healthy. The spread avoids the 2HKO from LO Latios’s Psyshock, and Pixilate Hyper Voice still hits hard even without investment. Next, I needed a reliable Stealth Rocker that could handle physical attackers – I chose bulky Lando-T because it also has access to U-Turn to act as a pivot, forming a Volt-Turn core with M-Amphy. I desperately needed a Fairy check, so I added Defog/U-Turn Scizor to the team, who helps keep hazards off the field while still being able to pivot. I couldn’t not abuse a Swift Swim pokemon, but I needed something that could handle the ground types that give M-Amphy trouble. I opted for Ludicolo, who is generally outclassed as a rain sweeper, but it works really well on this team as a late game cleaner because it has access to outstanding coverage. Ludicolo runs Scald instead of Hydro Pump for its burn chance, and the Assault Vest (what is this, doubles?) allows Ludicolo to tank attacks like LO Latios Draco Meteor. Lastly, it wouldn’t be a rain team without Politoed – I run the standard specially defensive set with enough speed investment to lock Azumarill into Belly Drum with Encore. Overall, this is a fun team to use because it makes it easy to keep momentum on your side while utilizing some pokemon with good defensive synergy and some pokemon not usually seen on rain teams.

Importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 164 SpD / 96 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Encore
- Toxic
- Rest

Ludicolo @ Assault Vest
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Scald

Ampharos-Mega @ Ampharosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 248 HP / 28 SpA / 232 SpD
Calm Nature
- Thunder
- Dragon Pulse
- Volt Switch
- Heal Bell

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 SpD
Bold Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Wish
- Protect
- Baton Pass

Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Impish Nature
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Defog
- Roost

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 8 SpD / 8 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge

Team 10

Explanation

While the rain + swift swimmers route looked appealing, I decided against it and took a 'rain balance' approach. Mega Scizor and Volcarona form the offensive core of the team: M-Sciz's 4x weakness to fire becomes manageable under rain letting it set up a bit easier, while Volcarona, with a special rain based moveset, beats a lot of its as well as Scizor's checks and counters. Decided SD U-Turn on Scizor was the way to go for escaping Magnezone and for momentum. Next, I went double dragon (Chomp and Lati) for the purpose of setting hazards and removing them. Latios carries Surf to dents stuff like Metagross, Heatran and Scizor with the help of rain; Endure Chomp helps vs some threats like Bisharp and DD Mega Gyarados. Finally, Gastrodon protects the team from getting steamrolled by powerful water attacks (potentially rain boosted at that), spreads status, and stops most electrics in their tracks. Yep, that's the team :]

Importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 216 Def / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
- Encore
- Perish Song
- Scald
- Toxic

Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Defog

Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 20 Atk / 64 Def / 176 SpD
Careful Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Swords Dance
- Roost

Volcarona @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 72 HP / 252 SpA / 184 Spe
Timid Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Hurricane
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power [Water]

Garchomp @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Dragon Tail
- Endure

Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Recover
- Earthquake
- Scald
- Toxic

Replays

Vs. M-Metagross Offense

Vs. M-Metagross Balance

Vs. M-Venusaur Balance

Vs. M-Scizor Balance

Vs. M-Tyranitar Balance

Vs. M-Lopunny Balance

Team 11

Explanaiton

I wanted to build with Politoed + Mega Swampert + Klefki, so I first tried to define the sets for each mon, choosing a standard physically deffensive with Rest for Politoed, standard offensive with Stealth Rock for Mega Swampert and Magnet Rise + Safeguard with Rain Dance for Klefki (to deal with Lando-I and Sableye). Then I put LO Kingdra and Thundurus to have another rain sweeper, beat oppossing rain and have extra pressure over bulky grass and water pokémon. After that I needed a check for common rain threats such as Bisharp, Keldeo, Azumarill and Ferrothorn, so I finally added Toxicroak to the team as it can handle all the mentioned pokémon and complement the team with extra offensive pressure.

Importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Rest
- Encore
- Toxic

Swampert @ Swampertite
Ability: Damp
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Ice Punch
- Stealth Rock

Klefki @ Damp Rock
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 100 Def / 152 SpD / 8 Spe
Careful Nature
- Rain Dance
- Safeguard
- Magnet Rise
- Play Rough

Kingdra @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 80 Atk / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
Rash Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Draco Meteor
- Outrage
- Waterfall

Thundurus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 40 HP / 216 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Psychic
- Hidden Power Ice

Toxicroak @ Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 8 HP / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 228 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Sucker Punch
- Gunk Shot
- Swords Dance

Team 12

explanation

Its a pretty standard rain team, with a few differences. I run spdef politoed, so I can handle common special attackers in ou and toxic them. Perish Song is nice, if I happen to play a baton pass team, or a team with a setup sweeper that defeats garchomp. Encore is also helpful against set up sweepers and rock leads. Standard specs kingdra, but with signal beam because celebi is really annoying for this team to handle. I added rocky helmet chomp next, for rocks and to take on bisharp, mega meta, and powerful ou physical attackers. I went with the endure set, because rain weakened fblast and I didn't find toxic that helpful. Endure also helps weaken physical mons, making them easier to revenge. I added banded scizor to check fairies just in case ferrothorn gets weaken or trapped. Ferrothorn is another fairy check and a opposing rain check. It also has access to spikes, which can be helpful for wearing down teams. I used mega latias as last mon, because I didn't have a mega or a keldeo counter and mega latias fit that bill perfectly. The set I run allows me to destroy stall and balance lacking dark types, which can be really trouble to face. I hope you enjoyed :]

importable

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Perish Song
- Scald
- Encore
- Toxic

Kingdra @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Signal Beam

Garchomp @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 164 HP / 252 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Dragon Tail
- Endure

Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Bullet Punch
- Pursuit

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball

Latias-Mega (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
- Stored Power
- Calm Mind
- Refresh
- Roost

Team 13

explanation

Rain team I built that aims to take advantage of rain's biggest weaknesses. HP Fighting Latias limits Tyranitar's ability to switch in and change weather whenever it likes, while also being an effective Bisharp lure and solid Keldeo check. Latias is also an excellent user of Healing Wish, being able to restore one of the two rain sweepers to full health. Omastar is excellent in being able to break down rain checks like Ferrothorn with ease, as well as being a reliable counter to the ever present stallbreaker Talonflame; Omastar's physical bulk is borderline incredible. Politoed's spread is specifically designed to OHKO YZard and be difficult to switch into, spreading status in the process similarly to SpDef Heatran. Offensive Zor is helped by support from HW Latias and is arguably one of the best balance breakers in the game, being able to set up on numerous annoying mons such as Celebi and plough through unprepared teams. Seis is practically a rain staple at this point, with its impressive ability to wall non-GK Thundurus and getting rocks on numerous helpless electric-types. It also revenge kills +1 Adamant XZard. Lastly, Tornadus-Therian ploughs through cores that may usually give rain teams issues, such as SpDef Celebi + Keldeo. Definitely underrated, with balance teams falling under the insane coverage and power that Life Orb Mixed Torn-T has to offer. Used this team to get reqs in 50 games c:

importable

Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bug Bite
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower

Omastar @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 172 HP / 248 SpA / 4 SpD / 84 Spe
Modest Nature
- Scald
- Encore
- Toxic
- Rest

Tornadus-Therian @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 40 Atk / 252 SpA / 216 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower
- Knock Off
- U-turn

Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 8 Def / 184 SpA / 244 Spe
Timid Nature
- Roost
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Healing Wish

Seismitoad @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 64 HP / 252 SpA / 192 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Sludge Wave

Also when posting replays make sure your smogon name is not in there. The entire point of sending me your team is so people don't know who you are to avoid bandwagoning(even though some of you tell everyone which team is yours)This is directed -Clone- cause his replays has his smogon name is. Try to avoid this in the future.

round ends sunday, april 19th at 11:59 est.

Also I vote for Team 10

 

[BlackBloodz]

Team 5

 

[heritage]

Team 5

 

[Maple Syrup]

Team 1

 

[tko]

Team 8

 

[Hellochi]

Team 8

 

[PureAmbition]

Team 5

 

[ThePack]

Team 10.

 

[AM]

Team 5

 

[Silk Weaver]

Team 8

 

[You...You...]

Team 3

 

[DarkNostalgia]

team 5
we luv frogs, unban greninja pls

 

[Soldier]

Team 10

 

[Vinc608]

Team 5

 

[mollete21]

Team 5

 

[SketchUp]

Team 10
bd poliwrath is shit

 

[Skizar]

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