Pack Of Wolves: an OU RMT

umbreonleader

OK, so my old team was getting a bit meh, and I was losing more than winning, so i decided i needed a new one. This time i worked out a process where i decided what I wanted, what could do the job best, and what supports my other pokemon. And this is what I came up with. What I like about this team is that it is virtually unaffected b entry hazards. No stealth rock weaknesses, only two toxic spikes weaknesses, and 4 spikes weaknesses.There are also two bulky wishpassers, to heal each other so that they can keep on healing the team, especially with no SR weaknesses to help heal pokemon better.
Pack of wolves refers to how they work so well together.
Warning: This is a long RMT!!!!! I've also tried to make it look decent for you.
Team Pack of Wolves




Lead: Flygon @ Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly (+spd -spA)
EV's: 252atk/252spe/6hp
Moves:
- U-turn
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire punch
The lead, flygon. I chose him because of his excellent speed and typing.
His 4X weakness to ice is easily avoided, as most pokemon who carry
ice attacks aren't fast enough to touch him, allowing him to U-turn
out to vaporeon, who will take the ice attack well, and U-turn does
good damage to bulky water types who generally carry ice beam. It also
cripples Celebi. Dragon claw over outrage so that he doesn't get locked
in and easily countered, earthquake for STAB, and Fire punch for
coverage.

Synergy: Good lead that generally allows me to hit hard fast or U-turn to
an appropriate counter. Give me the upper hand in matches, what a
good lead should do.

Ice attacks can be switched into by vaporeon.
Dragon attacks can be switched into by scizor or heatran.



Physical Sweeper: Scizor @ life orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+atk, -spA)
EV's: 252atk/252spe/6hp
Moves:
-Swords Dance
-Bullet Punch
-Superpower
-U-turn
Scizor, an extremely powerful pokemon if used right. I like how one turn of Swords Dance seup can go suck a long way with a STAB'd Technician priority move, and sweep so well. But he is actually not totally needed on this team, and was mainly a really awesome filler poke. Everyone knows this set, but I intend to replace him with something that would help my team more, suggestions would be welcome here.

Synergy: Not much, just a useful sweeper, also can lure in flash fire boosts for heatran.

Fire attacks can be redirected to heatran.


Wall/Wish Support Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Bold (+def, -atk)
EV's: 188hp/152def/100SpD/68spA
Moves:
-Wish
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Hidden power (electric)

Vaporeon, the main special wall and gyarados counter. It has massive hp, and decent defenses, and more importantly, can pass wishes to increase the rest of the team's longevity. Can counter a number of common threats in the OU metagame, like heatran/gyarados/dragons. Can also hit hard with STAB hydro pump and Ice beam for coverage, and HP electric to help deal with gyarados.

Synergy: Takes water and ice attacks aimed at gliscor and flygon, and passes wishes to the rest of the team.

Electric attacks can be taken by gliscor
Grass attacks can be taken by heatran or scizor.
NOTE: I might choose Empoleon or suicune over Vaporeon, please give me some reasons to choose one over the other two, thanks.

Revenge Killer/Special Sweeper: Heatran @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Naive (+spd, -spD)
EV's: 252SpA/252spD/6hp
Moves:
-Magma Storm/Fire Blast
-Dragon Pulse
-Earth Power
-Explosion/HP Grass

The best revenge killer in the game, in my opinion, ScarfTran. I need help to figure out what to use for the first and last moves. I really like how magma storm traps and doe damage between turns, but it's a little unreliable. Fire blast has no less power, but no trapping effect and no 6% damage between turns. HP grass might help counter bulky waters, usual switch-ins to heatran, but explosion could help out a lot if heatran is at low health and there is a poke that threatens my team a lot. Help would be appreciated.

Synergy: Takes fire attacks directed at Scizor for a flash fire boost, rvenge kills extremely well, generally the team's biggest threat to other teams.

Water Attacks can be taken by Vaporeon.
Ground attacks can be taken by Gliscor or Flygon.
Fighting attacks can be taken by Gliscor.



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Physical Wall/Sweeper/SR'er: Gliscor @ Leftovers
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Impish (+def, -spA)
EV's 252hp/42def/216spe
Moves:
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge/Ice Fang
-Roost
Gliscor is my main physical wall, and my way of setting up the rocks. I like him because he is a wall that can actually DO something for me. I dont know wether to choose ice fang or stone edge for the last move, I need some help there. Roost is for obvious recovery.

Synergy: Works well with Vaporeon, but better with empoleon, also covers Umbreons weaknesses perfectly. Very important team member.

Ice attacks can be taken by Vaporeon, Heatran, and Scizor.
Water attacks can be taken by Vaporeon.


And finally... Leader of the pack!: Umbreon @ Leftovers

Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Careful (+spD, -spA)
EV's 252hp/6def/252spD
Moves:
-Curse
-Wish
-Yawn
-Payback

Umbreon, the most important part of my team, and leader of the pack. He has won many of my matches for my previous teams, and supports my team very well. Yawn is good for phasing, wish can heal the team, and he can sweep with payback always being a 100BP Stab'd attack after a few attack boosts and speed drops from curses. He welcomes status, as many people forget about his ability and end up with their pokemon crippled. I use careful over impish and 252spD over 252def or a mix because curse raises his defense to great levels, so his spD should be as high as possible. He is very important, and I will keep him on the team.

Synergy: Stops sweeps with yawn, sweeps with curse and payback, and can pass wishes to the team. Has generally insane defenses, and can tank very well.

Bug attacks can be taken by Gliscor, Flygon, and Heatran
Fighting attacks can be taken by Gliscor.

Thats pretty much it, so I need help finding a pokemon to replace scizor with, and the Vaporeon vs. Empoleon vs Suicune is up for debate. The pokemon to replace scizor should be something to complement my other pokemon and help conter fighting, a weakness some of my team has.
 
Heeeeeeeey!

Flygon is very meh. Not Flygon in general, just yours. CB as a lead isn't very good; 'Ape gets Rocks and can Endeavor / CC you, Azelf gets her rocks, etc. I suggest replacing Umbreon, the apparent least-useful of the bunch, with Fear's sashed lead-Tar.

Tyranitar @ Focus Sash
252 SpA / 196 Spe / 60 Atk

~ Stealth Rock
~ Flamethrower
~ Dark Pulse
~ SUPAHPOWAH

Can set up SR on bulkier leads; Ice Beam was dropped for SR, as it only gets use against Hippowdon, as Flygon ones U turn out. DP OHKOs Azelf leads, and can do ~35% to Swampy. Flamethrower deals with Metagross leads; MM + BP means they get no rocks. If they set up rocks, they die.

SD + U turn? I've seen TAY or caelum use it, but X Scissor is infinitely better on any SD set. The Baton Pass-esque effects are nice, but when going for a sweep...I prefer X Scissor. That is my only nitpick with Scizor.

Vaporeon is fucked up. Hydro Pump? Outdated spread? No, no, no! First of all, Surf >>>>> Hydro Pump. HP is very unreliable, and hasn't enough PP for a wall. That spread is for OHKOing Garchomp.

Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Bold 252 Hp / 216 Def / 20 SpA / 12 SpD / 8 Spe

~ Wish
~ Ice Beam
~ Surf
~ Protect / HP Electric

I suggest HP Electric, as Gyarados has a field day after a DD. Evs outspeed Scizor, and OHKO Salamence.

Heatran. Fire Blast, Magma Storm is too unreliable. Also, Explosion is generally a better option, as HP Grass doesn't really hit much, other than Swampy.

Gliscor is pretty standard, but go Ice Fang.


MixMence gives you trouble, but it will unless you run a Cressy, which I don't advise. Machamp with Ice Punch also does a big number on you, but most run Stone Edge. Overall, pretty solid team.

EDIT: Aqua, the only thing that loses leftovers is Vappy, and she gets Wish. You also made a nice point about Protect, which suggest over Ice Beam, as Gyarados with a DD is bleh. I missed Scizor, too busy complaining about U turn, yea, 32 HP / 224 Spe / 252 Atk. Bulky fighters are handled by Gliscor.


Hope I helped!
 
Adding on to Bad Ass's comments here...

Flygon: Not that bad, really. The problem is that it can't break a sash with Fake Out or Sandstream. Maybe you couldd use a non-choice item and Quick Attack to beat things at 1 HP? I don't suggest leading with Tyranitar as some of your Pokemon will lose their Leftovers recovery that way. The standard "Free Hits" Ambipom could work too, though it's not going to be switching into attacks any time soon, so you lose a bit of defensive synergy.

Scizor: You don't need max speed, only 224 EVs are necessary (to outspeed max speed Adamant Tyranitar and Superpower it), so you might as well use 32 HP EVs, it couldn't hurt. Otherwise pretty standard and accepted Scizor set.

If you want something else in this slot, an SD Lucario would fit, though that's honestly a bit outclassed by Scizor anyway. It still lures fire attacks for Heatran, at least, and it's quite a bit faster.

Vaporeon: Bad Ass already told you about this. But I'm going to add that although Protect is commonly paired with Wish for healing Vaporeon itself, the type coverage without it is pretty nice, so I won't complain about that. You could surprise something that assumes you have Protect and not that third attack. Another thing I should mention, just to be thorough, is that Baton Pass would let you pass a Wish to something without it getting hit, if you like the sound of that.

Heatran: I take it when you say 252 spD, you mean speed, not special defense, right? Anyway... Magma Storm's trapping isn't so great when you'll be trapping Heatran's counters and he has to switch out... and the nasty accuracy speaks for itself. Flamethrower, Fire Blast, and Overheat are your better options, choose whatever balance of power and drawbacks you feel comfortable with. As for Hidden Power, it's far too specialized for a Pokemon that can't switch moves. Explosion is an "if all else fails" sort of move that can really get you out of a tight spot.

Gliscor: Sand Veil might be a good choice over Hyper Cutter since it's not sweeping, Sandstorms are everywhere these days. Then again, blocking Intimidate might make taking on Salamence and Gyarados a little easier (though Vaporeon should be doing that). Anyway, It's good and standard move-wise. Stone Edge is perfectly fine coverage-wise and is much stronger than Ice Fang but its low accuracy and PP can be a pain.

Umbreon: Well, this is interesting. I mean that in a good way though. Looks pretty hard to stop if you get it going, heh.

Still, if you're going to use this I recommend having a reliable counter for bulky fighting types like Machamp and Hariyama. Either Rotom-C, which will do well against Swampert too, or perhaps a defensive Psychic type like Cresselia, although she would be confused by DynamicPunch. Looking at your team, a Slowbro with Own Tempo would fit well. This could be put over Vaporeon if you don't mind losing a Wisher.

Something like this:
Slowbro @ Leftovers
Own Tempo
Bold Nature, 212 HP / 252 Def / 44 SpA
Surf
Ice Beam
Slack Off
Hidden Power Electric/Grass Knot

Yeah. This is a pretty good wall that can take on the same things as Vaporeon. Though its special defensive prowess isn't as good, it'll still perform adequately at taking on most special-based waters and fires.
You could even fit on Calm Mind to have a Suicune-style set.

Overall looks good, I like the descriptions of what everyone has synergy with, too.
 
Thanks everybody, I'm doing much better with the new EVs on vaporeon, and fie blast and x-scissor. Thanks all

OK, new problems coming up after more play testing. I need a new lead, that should probably replace scizor, as he is not weak very important is not working very well. Vaporeon snt doing as much as I would like him to, his sp.atk is a little low. So another bulky water reccomendation would be good. PS: I tested slowbro, hes worse than vaporeon, doesnt go well with the team. I am also major zapdos w/ HP ice/grass weak, and swamperts are killing me. Further help would be great, and remember, scizor is expandable
 
Well, obvious reasons not to choose Vaporeon are the fact that one team does NOT need two wish passers. Suicune makes a better substitute, and can handle Zapdos better after a few CMs.
 
after even Further playtesting, flygon isnt pulling its weight, same with vaporeon. scizor is still expandable, his only role is pretty much to give heatran flash fire boosts. Not working too well at the moment.

Lol verystraight i saw that original sig
 
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