Hello there! Thank you for opening my RMT!
First off, let’s begin with the objective behind this team. It was initially supposed to center around a staple on most of my teams and a personal favorite:Gengar
How are you supposed to do that? Is it possible? I found out very soon that it was hard, despite Gengar’s fantastic characteristics; this was a very hard task at hand. I have however, adapted the team I find best suits him. The objective then turned to make my favorites from DPP shine once again in the faster and more aggressive metagame of today’s OU.
A closer look:
Weavile @ Focus Sash
Adamant nature; Ability: Pickpocket
252 Atk/4Hp/ 252 Spe
-Ice Punch -Brick Break
-Ice Shard -Night Slash
This Weavile is very special to me, and it was once my stellar suicide lead in DPP. Since everyone knows weaviles are fast Psychic and Ghost trappers, I use this to my advantage, and keep them away from the field until I’m ready to knock them out.
It’s main purpose however goes even further. The EV spread ensures maximum offensive prowess and with a focus sash it can easily break Dragonite’s multi-scale, demolish common starters, namely: Azelf, Deoxys-D, Cobalion amongst many others. Then work as my late game priority poke with Ice Shard.
Pickpocket is preferred over Pressure because after sash has been burned out I can rob the aggressor of its item, stopping aggressive scarf threats to this team, namely: Darmanitan and Victini, who can never resist smashing Weavile with their powerful fire moves.
Finally, it attracts scizor onto the battlefield, trainers simply can’t resist throwing it in at the site of a Weavile. This softens a free switch into Tentacruel, who can cripple it while damaging with a burning scald, or if it is more needed, set up the Toxic Spikes.
Tentacruel @ Leftovers
Bold nature; Ability: Rain Dish
252 HP/ 4 SpD/ 252Def
-Scald -Toxic Spikes
-Protect -Rapid Spin
Next up: Tentacruel. I simply have to bow down and say this is one of the most useful support pokemon out there. It has slowly but surely become the heart piece of my favorite team. With Toxic Spikes, Tentacruel can soften up threats like Conkeldur allowing me to proceed to SubStall with Gengar after a Drain Punch gives me a free switch, then KO when it reaches 30%. It also covers Bronzong’s atrocious death sentence from a Flare Blitz, and burns offensive threats with Scald. Protect is staple since it gives me a winning edge in prediction wars. Tentacruel also attracts the omnipresent Jolteon, whom threatens my dragons, and this gives me a comfortable switch into my beloved Bronzong.
Bronzong @ Lagging Tail
Careful Nature; Ability: Levitate
252Hp/4Def/252 SpD
-Trick -Earthquake
-Reflect -Stealth Rock
This Pokemon has saved the day over and over, and I must say I am utterly proud of its effectiveness. Bar the praising, it is meant to be my special pivot, with its spread it does this wonderfully, and can ensure Rocks up even after a Fire Blast. Test it if you like. It can stop speedy threats by shutting them down with Tricking a lagging tail onto them. It attracts the overpopulating Espeon, who can then be laughed at as I rob its Light Clay, set up a Reflect and proceed to destroy with EQ. It can’t touch me, and will then allow me to set up rocks once it notices this isn’t no ordinary Bronzong.
Gengar @ Black Sludge
Timid nature; Ability: Levitate
252 Spe/ 4hp/ 252 SpA
-Substitute -Shadow Ball
-Giga Drain -Focus Blast
My beloved Gengar, oh it’s everywhere on my teams. This one was created with the sole thought of him in mind, but strayed… Here he serves a beautiful purpose being able to expose sets with Subs, and in conjunction with Tenta’s Toxic Stall. Thunderbolt is there to surprise Skarmories trying to whirlwind me around. The rest are coverage, and Black Sludge allows longetivity and SpinBlocking without breaking Item Clause. Gengar has easily set up subs and sweeped weakened teams, but it does lack the power of the Gengars on my other teams, and I’m considering swapping a Life Orb onto it, without making it SplitGar. I’m afraid this would cripple the synergy this team has, as it usually only falls when one member is missing, as they work beautifully as a whole, but fall apart even with the lack of Gengar. I’m also considering HP Fire to rip Foretress and Ferrothorn to shreds. Help?
-Giga Drain replaced Tbolt. Recommended by Kennen.
Salamence @ Expert Belt
Naive Nature; Ability: Moxie
98 Atk/160 SpA/252 Spe
-Draco Meteor -Dragon Claw
-Fire Blast -Earthquake
This mence set I have found to be extremely dangerous. With Expert Belt and lack of Intimidate, I could easily fake the feared MoxieScarf combo, and catch teams by surprise. A simple mistake against this behemoth could spell your doom in seconds. The spread used to have more invested into Atk, but I found the ensured Draco Meteor KO more favorable, as well as being able to KO scizor and ferrothorn in rain. The problem with this is that I lose the boost upon switching out, and I constantly have to do so with the fear of a Choice Scarf on just about any pokemon. This means I lack physical prowess upon my return. Nevertheless this behemoth is just straight up Sweep, and is back from the grave with its release from Ubers, where it rested more than long enough.
Starmie @ Choice Scarf
Timid nature; Ability: Natural Cure
252 Spe/ 4Hp/ 252 SpA
-Thunderbolt -Trick
-Ice Beam -Psyshock
Last but definitely not least: the rare Scarfmie. This set allows me to easily revenge kill dragons, and out speed dangerous Scarfmons and stop them in their tracks. Trick is staple as it helps me maneuver myself out of sticky situations and come out with the winning edge, as Starmie can safely serve as an offensive threat once it has served its duties.
Threats I can’t afford to not cover with Starmie are Scarfed: Terrakions, Thundurus’, All Dragons, Keldeos. Also the occasional Cloyster and DD Gyarados. All whom pose immediate threats to the team as a whole.
I play by Item clause, so please recommend sets that won't violate that.
^^
The flaws:
I am completely, and I mean utterly stopped by Baton Pass chains that start on Bronzong’s face. I lack a shuffler, but I have no space for a shuffler or anything alike on my team.
Rotom-W with Volt Switch and a Scarf foils most of my momentum anywhere, and is only weakened by offensive assaults, (which is notoriously hard when it is switching all over your face.)
Scarfed Genesect is also literally a bug to this team, I’m not sure at the moment is if has been banned already. If it hasn’t all it needs is something secure to switch out and in from to wreak havoc. On that note, the best way to take it out is weakening its team members and slowly, itself to a point where Starmie can KO with a thunderbolt, usually about 33% more or less.
Sandstorm teams are only annoying because they break Weavile’s sash regardless of whether or not I clear hazards away with Tentacruel. And Weavile then can’t serve as death or status fodder, I also lose my priority user whom comes in handy for weakening Dragonites and Scarfed Thundurus-T’s. I’ve considered Rain Dance on Tentacruel, but who has space for that?!
Trick users like Specs Latios can also ruin me, but I usually only have to hold in with Bronzong, and they can give me windows for Rocks. However I must be wary because if it is ever managed for the opposing team to get my own lagging tail on say, Salamence, I’ve pretty much ruined myself.
Reinclus is very annoying, it can’t touch Bronzong without enough boosts so Tricking it is obligatory. Weavile can smash it pretty hard with Night Slash and in some cases even force a switch, but is there any better possible response on this team?
Despite all the aforementioned this is a very effective anti-metagame team when played to its strengths. I come out on top of 7-9/10 of matches with presumed skilled players on Pokemon Online. I usually face palm my own self to death however :P
Feel free to criticize and all that, I love feedback.
And please don’t use it without giving credit, and especially if you can’t use it right and are going to say it sucks.
-J out.
First off, let’s begin with the objective behind this team. It was initially supposed to center around a staple on most of my teams and a personal favorite:Gengar
How are you supposed to do that? Is it possible? I found out very soon that it was hard, despite Gengar’s fantastic characteristics; this was a very hard task at hand. I have however, adapted the team I find best suits him. The objective then turned to make my favorites from DPP shine once again in the faster and more aggressive metagame of today’s OU.
A closer look:
Weavile @ Focus Sash
Adamant nature; Ability: Pickpocket
252 Atk/4Hp/ 252 Spe
-Ice Punch -Brick Break
-Ice Shard -Night Slash
This Weavile is very special to me, and it was once my stellar suicide lead in DPP. Since everyone knows weaviles are fast Psychic and Ghost trappers, I use this to my advantage, and keep them away from the field until I’m ready to knock them out.
It’s main purpose however goes even further. The EV spread ensures maximum offensive prowess and with a focus sash it can easily break Dragonite’s multi-scale, demolish common starters, namely: Azelf, Deoxys-D, Cobalion amongst many others. Then work as my late game priority poke with Ice Shard.
Pickpocket is preferred over Pressure because after sash has been burned out I can rob the aggressor of its item, stopping aggressive scarf threats to this team, namely: Darmanitan and Victini, who can never resist smashing Weavile with their powerful fire moves.
Finally, it attracts scizor onto the battlefield, trainers simply can’t resist throwing it in at the site of a Weavile. This softens a free switch into Tentacruel, who can cripple it while damaging with a burning scald, or if it is more needed, set up the Toxic Spikes.
Tentacruel @ Leftovers
Bold nature; Ability: Rain Dish
252 HP/ 4 SpD/ 252Def
-Scald -Toxic Spikes
-Protect -Rapid Spin
Next up: Tentacruel. I simply have to bow down and say this is one of the most useful support pokemon out there. It has slowly but surely become the heart piece of my favorite team. With Toxic Spikes, Tentacruel can soften up threats like Conkeldur allowing me to proceed to SubStall with Gengar after a Drain Punch gives me a free switch, then KO when it reaches 30%. It also covers Bronzong’s atrocious death sentence from a Flare Blitz, and burns offensive threats with Scald. Protect is staple since it gives me a winning edge in prediction wars. Tentacruel also attracts the omnipresent Jolteon, whom threatens my dragons, and this gives me a comfortable switch into my beloved Bronzong.
Bronzong @ Lagging Tail
Careful Nature; Ability: Levitate
252Hp/4Def/252 SpD
-Trick -Earthquake
-Reflect -Stealth Rock
This Pokemon has saved the day over and over, and I must say I am utterly proud of its effectiveness. Bar the praising, it is meant to be my special pivot, with its spread it does this wonderfully, and can ensure Rocks up even after a Fire Blast. Test it if you like. It can stop speedy threats by shutting them down with Tricking a lagging tail onto them. It attracts the overpopulating Espeon, who can then be laughed at as I rob its Light Clay, set up a Reflect and proceed to destroy with EQ. It can’t touch me, and will then allow me to set up rocks once it notices this isn’t no ordinary Bronzong.
Gengar @ Black Sludge
Timid nature; Ability: Levitate
252 Spe/ 4hp/ 252 SpA
-Substitute -Shadow Ball
-Giga Drain -Focus Blast
My beloved Gengar, oh it’s everywhere on my teams. This one was created with the sole thought of him in mind, but strayed… Here he serves a beautiful purpose being able to expose sets with Subs, and in conjunction with Tenta’s Toxic Stall. Thunderbolt is there to surprise Skarmories trying to whirlwind me around. The rest are coverage, and Black Sludge allows longetivity and SpinBlocking without breaking Item Clause. Gengar has easily set up subs and sweeped weakened teams, but it does lack the power of the Gengars on my other teams, and I’m considering swapping a Life Orb onto it, without making it SplitGar. I’m afraid this would cripple the synergy this team has, as it usually only falls when one member is missing, as they work beautifully as a whole, but fall apart even with the lack of Gengar. I’m also considering HP Fire to rip Foretress and Ferrothorn to shreds. Help?
-Giga Drain replaced Tbolt. Recommended by Kennen.
Salamence @ Expert Belt
Naive Nature; Ability: Moxie
98 Atk/160 SpA/252 Spe
-Draco Meteor -Dragon Claw
-Fire Blast -Earthquake
This mence set I have found to be extremely dangerous. With Expert Belt and lack of Intimidate, I could easily fake the feared MoxieScarf combo, and catch teams by surprise. A simple mistake against this behemoth could spell your doom in seconds. The spread used to have more invested into Atk, but I found the ensured Draco Meteor KO more favorable, as well as being able to KO scizor and ferrothorn in rain. The problem with this is that I lose the boost upon switching out, and I constantly have to do so with the fear of a Choice Scarf on just about any pokemon. This means I lack physical prowess upon my return. Nevertheless this behemoth is just straight up Sweep, and is back from the grave with its release from Ubers, where it rested more than long enough.
Starmie @ Choice Scarf
Timid nature; Ability: Natural Cure
252 Spe/ 4Hp/ 252 SpA
-Thunderbolt -Trick
-Ice Beam -Psyshock
Last but definitely not least: the rare Scarfmie. This set allows me to easily revenge kill dragons, and out speed dangerous Scarfmons and stop them in their tracks. Trick is staple as it helps me maneuver myself out of sticky situations and come out with the winning edge, as Starmie can safely serve as an offensive threat once it has served its duties.
Threats I can’t afford to not cover with Starmie are Scarfed: Terrakions, Thundurus’, All Dragons, Keldeos. Also the occasional Cloyster and DD Gyarados. All whom pose immediate threats to the team as a whole.
I play by Item clause, so please recommend sets that won't violate that.
^^
The flaws:
I am completely, and I mean utterly stopped by Baton Pass chains that start on Bronzong’s face. I lack a shuffler, but I have no space for a shuffler or anything alike on my team.
Rotom-W with Volt Switch and a Scarf foils most of my momentum anywhere, and is only weakened by offensive assaults, (which is notoriously hard when it is switching all over your face.)
Scarfed Genesect is also literally a bug to this team, I’m not sure at the moment is if has been banned already. If it hasn’t all it needs is something secure to switch out and in from to wreak havoc. On that note, the best way to take it out is weakening its team members and slowly, itself to a point where Starmie can KO with a thunderbolt, usually about 33% more or less.
Sandstorm teams are only annoying because they break Weavile’s sash regardless of whether or not I clear hazards away with Tentacruel. And Weavile then can’t serve as death or status fodder, I also lose my priority user whom comes in handy for weakening Dragonites and Scarfed Thundurus-T’s. I’ve considered Rain Dance on Tentacruel, but who has space for that?!
Trick users like Specs Latios can also ruin me, but I usually only have to hold in with Bronzong, and they can give me windows for Rocks. However I must be wary because if it is ever managed for the opposing team to get my own lagging tail on say, Salamence, I’ve pretty much ruined myself.
Reinclus is very annoying, it can’t touch Bronzong without enough boosts so Tricking it is obligatory. Weavile can smash it pretty hard with Night Slash and in some cases even force a switch, but is there any better possible response on this team?
Despite all the aforementioned this is a very effective anti-metagame team when played to its strengths. I come out on top of 7-9/10 of matches with presumed skilled players on Pokemon Online. I usually face palm my own self to death however :P
Feel free to criticize and all that, I love feedback.
And please don’t use it without giving credit, and especially if you can’t use it right and are going to say it sucks.
-J out.
