Quick! I see a sweep coming!(An OU RMT)

Quickster

Quickster

Introduction
Some of you may know me from the Smogon University server on shoddybattle.Well, I've been a member of shoddy for quite a while now and I also thought I'd share one of my favorite teams on the server.Well, withought further ado,I present to you, Team Quick Sweep!

Edits are in Red and Bold.


Team at a glance...
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Now Let's take a closer look....

The Super Awesome Anti-lead!

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Quick Beast!

Dragonite @ Lum Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 112 Atk / 196 Sp.Atk / 200 Spe
Rash Nature

~ Draco Meteor
~ Fire Blast
~ Earthquake
~ Extremespeed

He is just amazing! Dragonite is actually such a great anti-lead. He easily kills off sleep leads, steel type leads and sash leads. Draco Meteor was chosen for the pure power. Dragonite isn't going to be switched out unless the opponent is trying to set up after i use Draco Meteor. Fire Blast + Earthquake provides fantastic coverage against other leads. Lum Berry lets me beat sleep leads like Crobat and Roserade with ease. And finally, Extremespeed lets me destroy Sash leads after pumelling them with one of drago's other 3 attacks. One note though, can someone please help me with the EVs? I just used random ones, it's worked alright until now but i think it can be made better ._.

The Boring Bit :o
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Quick Wall!

Porygon2 @ Leftovers
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 40 Spe
Bold Nature

~ Discharge
~ Ice Beam
~ Recover
~ Thunder Wave

Standard Porgygon2 set. The main purpose of this pokemon is to support the team and check some of the common sweepers in OU. Pory2's trace ability is just great. It can trace Intimidate, Water Absorb, Volt Absorb, even Wonder Guard! He counters many of OU's top threats such as Gyarados and Heatran. He can wall like crazy too.
Discharge allows him to paralyse and do ssome serious damge to Gyarados. Ice beam kills Dragon types, namely Salamence. Recover is an instant recovery move which is always good and T-Wave is for support and halfs the speed of the opponent's pokemon which is useful.

Revenge Killing Is FUN
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Quick Quack!

Latias @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Sp.Atk / 252 Spe
Timid Nature

~ Draco Meteor
~ Surf
~ Thunderbolt
~ Trick

Latias is probably my favorite member on the team and the main thing that has gotten me so many wins. It's scarf let's it outrun the majority of pokemon in OU, including +2 Speed Gyarados and +2 Speed Salamence. It can easily beat mence, especially if mence is locked into Outrage. Draco Meteor, also for the immense punch it packs. It also get's STAB so it packs a major punch. Surf + Thunderbolt gives great coverage which isnt resisted by many pokemon at all. Especially since Latias has Dragon.Trick can ruin Celebi and Blissey. The Latter of which is always a common switchin to Latias. It also ruins stat uppers like Scizor, Mence and CMers.Timid let's me get at least a speed tie with other Latiases and makes it faster.

OMG IT CANNOT BE!
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Quick Silver

Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk /
Adamant Nature

~ Bullet Punch
~ U-Turn
~ Pursuit
~ Superpower

Scizor is the most used pokémon in OU and for a good reason too. It's completely awesome! I chose Choice Band over SD because i didn't want it to be screwed by a phazer and so it doesn't need to use up a turn to set - up and because Choice Band can give a boost immadiately so pursuit get's high power already. Scizor is my main TTar and ghost type counter. It can BP TTar, rock types and anything which is weak to it. Boosted by Technicain, STAB and Choice Band, it can do a large amount of damage while also having priority. U-turn can be used for scouting purposes and it also gets STAB and it's quite powerful anyways. Pursuit can kill ghost and psychic types easily, especially since they might switch. And finally, Superpower normally nets me a kill on some steel,normal,rock and ice types. Even if the opponent's TTar has a babiri berry, they still can't do too much to Scizor. It is quite bulky after all. Thanks to Black Scizor for suggesting ditching Aggron. I miss you though :(

Go Go Sweeping Rangers!

Sweeper Numero Uno

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Mismagius @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 48 HP / 208 Sp.Atk / 252 Spe
Timd Nature

~ Nasty Plot
~ Substitute
~ Shadow Ball
~ HP Fighting

Mismagius, just like Aggron and my last sweeper, can be extremely deadly and beat the opposing team with ease if used correctly. The gist of it is to switch into a Fighting,Normal,Ground, or most types that it resists move or Blissey. If the move is one of the previously mentioned types, then it would be best if they were choiced. Sub on the switch, then Nasty Plot. Then sweep. Simple. If the opponent uses a priority move, i can normally switch to Aggron but lose the stat boosts that i gained there. Shadow Ball+ HP Fighting gives coverage that is unresisted. Thinking or putting a SR pokemon on this team since i make the opponent switch quite a lot.

The Big One


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Quick Man!

Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 48 HP / 252 Atk / 208 Spe
Adamant Nature

~ Spore
~ Swords Dance
~ Mach Punch
~ Facade

This guy is a weirdo... wait a minute that's me! Just so you know, A Shiny Breloom has the same colours as me. Cool coincidence,eh? Anyways, I know this looks a bit odd. The EVs, the set and the name- Quick Man. I'll start off by explaining the EVs. The 252 Attack EVs are quite obvious. 208 Speed EVs allow Breloom to outspeed a 0 Speed EV Gliscor. This means Breloom can put it to sleep and 2HKO it with a boosted Seed Bomb or Stone Edge before it kills it with Aerial Ace. After maxing Attack, dumping the rest of the EVs into HP helps to soften the blow from any attacks that Breloom may have to take while setting up.

Now the set. Swords Dance Breloom is surprisingly effective if used right. It's capable of deafating an entire team on it's own. Only problems right now are flying types but normally, they arent too much of a problem. Spore sleeps the opponent, letting me set up easier. Seed Bomb has been changed to Facade because it's coverage is slightly better and packs a great punch. Finally, Mach Punch gets STAB and is boosted by Swords Dance AND it has priority. Mach Punch is capable of OHKOing any pokemon weak to it after it's gotten a boost. almost anyways.

Finally, the name. Well actually, I've already told you. The colours of a shiny breloom are the same as mine and we're both awesome. Breloom also has a priority move. Not much to it.

Rounding it up...
 Ladies and gentlemen, i hope you have enjoyed my RMT and have any comments about it. I would be very grateful if you have any suggestions. All Opinions are welcome. And remember, be quick!
 
It are all rather odd sets and EV sets. So I will try to do whatever I can to help you.

Well as far as I see it a few things that aren't that good
-A scarfed timid Latias outruns your latias and can OHKO Dragonite, Latias, Gyarados, Aggron and Mismagius. Breloom can Block it if it has substitute up before it comes in.
-Once your own Latias dies you don't have a single pokemon that can kill set-up pokemon like DD gyara and DD mence. It's just gg.
-You don't have problems with MixApe and SDLucario. Wich is good.

Ok First Dragonite. 200 speed Ev's let it come up 246 speed. It wil let you outspeed jolly max speed T-tar. wich is good as a midgame sweeper if it carries Superpower but your Dragonite does not carry that. Only EQ is good on T-tar but most of the leads are bulky enough to make sure that it is only a 3HKO. So therefore I would make it more bulky so it can take more hits. I would take 46 speed Ev's and put the rest of the Ev's in Sp.Def or Def. What you think is more a threat for it( I think Sp.Def

On Latias, Run Timid over Modest to at least get a speed tie against other ScarfLatias's. It could help you a lot to kill the other Lati since it can sweep your full team.

On Breloom I would drop Mach Punch for Facade and keep Seed Bomb. But if you want to keep Mach Punch I would take Facade over Seed bomb. only problem is you cant hit ghosts anymore

You say you would want a SR pokemon why not teach Aggron. Instead of Aqua Tail. Only downside is you lose the coverage for some pokemon.

I cant think of anything more so good luck with the team and hope that iv'e helped
 
Thanks a lot Krommetje. About the EVs on Dragonite, i'm not quite sure what to pick still so i'll wait until i get some more responses. I'll edit Latias ASAP. I thnk i will sawp Seed bomb for Facade. The only commonly seen ghost type in OU is gengar anywaya and seed bomb is NVE so yeah i'll switch it to that. As for Aggron, i think i'll stick with what i've got for now. Thanks!
 
I use a completely different Dragonite set, which has some success. Well, I say completely different but it is pretty similar...might even test yours to improve it. Anyway, here is my set if you want to try it out.

Dragonite @ Lum Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 98 Hp / 216 Atk / 196 Sp.Atk
Lonely/Naughty Nature

~ Dragon Claw
~ Fire Blast
~ Earthquake
~ Extremespeed

I really like this as the physical moves lure out things like Skarmory, which it can really dent with Fire Blast. I EVd it specifically to deal with Skarmory, Forretress, and Bronzong, so here are some calcs to prove what it does against the standard sets on those pokemon.

Standard Forry-193.50% - 227.68%-Pretty plain and simple. Destruction.
Standard Skarm-90.12% - 105.99%-You get around a 50~% chance to OHKO, and X-Speed does around 10~% anyway.
Standard Zong-48.22% - 56.80%-You get the chance to 2HKO pretty easily, unless they are heatproof...

Now, I am seriously considering using Draco Meteor, but it just doesn't lure in Skarm/Forry easily and if I have used it and they come in I'm going to be missing that SpA. Anyway, just my 2 cents.

EDIT: I also chose to go for speed over bulk as it often needs it, and X-speed makes up for it being slow.
 
Okey this seems like a good team, but I have a few suggestions.

Gengar is not the only ghost seen in OU,
I think Rotom is even more common.

Rotom could be a huge problem for your team.
Especially those Sub-Charge Beam ones. They could easly set up on Breloom and start sweeping. You might wanna consider Stone Edge.

Also I think it would be better to have Substitute on Aggron.

- substitute
- head smash
- focus punch
- thunderwave/ Rock Polish

--> this moveset is used by Teddylion on shoddy and can pose a threat in OU. Come in on something that Aggron resists and sub up, You can KO almost anything they switch in (and paralyse rotom).

Anyway nice team ^^
 
Actually, me and teddy were battling a while ago and after i beat him 5-0, we talked about the aggron. He said i could use a sub focus punch one. And Just so you know, he made that aggron set after we talked about it. He originally said that Sub/focus/head smash/ EQ would be good but i said we should have rock polish instead and.... whatever...

I'll take that idea into account but i need to change the EVs an little ._. Thanks.

@ Toxic Torture, Thanks for the great rate. I think i'll try your one out so thanks :)
 
No problem, but as it is still a work in progress shoot me a PM or something if you notice anything that can be fixed easily or any ideas you have. Or we can talk on shoddy sometime if I catch you on. I will test yours as well and see if I can improve it at all.
 
After battling Krommetje, i have found out that dragonite isnt very good against froslass :( And my team also needs something to block TTar. If you can help, please post.
 
Mamoswine leads could also KO Dragonite since they are faster.

Why the hell did you let Dragonite stay in against froslass? Maybe Yache Berry will help here.

Aggron with focus punch will deal with Tyranitar (if you have sub up) doesn't Breloom KO Tyranitar with Mach Punch?
 
Problems you say:
-Tyranitar: Just put in a fast pokemon with a good fighting move that can outspeed T-tar after a D-Dance. eg. MixApe, Everything thats scarfed and has a fighting attack
-Froslass leads: Teach one of your pokemon toxic to kill Froslass when it has 1HP. Or just sacrefice a pokemon..
 
@BlackScizor- I didnt keep dragonite in, it's just that i dont have much against it. I'm not sure if mach ounch OHKOs it. I'll do calcs later.

@ Kromm- i might get scizor. Scizor should be able to habdle both of them.
 
Scizor instead of Aggron imo

EDIT: Aggron is able to learn magnet rise:

- magnet rise
- head smash
- focus punch
- substitute
 
well i think i'm gonna go with scizor since it does seem to do the job quite well.
EDIT- I've noticed that no one has commented about mismagius and gyarados. Anything?
 
Gyarados is good. Me myself would go with DDgyara since it can sweep whole teams if the oppenents revenge killer is KO'd. But since you already have 2 Set-Up sweepers I would keep it the way it is. But if you change Aggros for Scizor I would consider the change. Mismagius I never used before so I really can not help you much in that matter. So those are good too
 
Ice Beam on Gyarados is not a good idea (altough I think you meant Ice Fang). Change it with: Eartquake, Return, Stone Edge, Bounce, Outrage, ...
Personnaly I would go with Earthquake (perfect acc.)

As for Mismagius: consider pain split to do something against blissey.
 
Facade on Breloom means that it's completely hopeless against Ghosts, instead of being able to hit anything not named Gengar for neutral. Normally I'd be all for Facade, but the fact that it has Swords Dance, which really demands that it set up, makes it perfect switch-in for any ghosts. I don't know, I'm no gambler, so I wouldn't take that risk personally.

Also, I really hope you meant Ice Fang instead of Ice Beam on Gyarados. Ice Beam has absolutely no place on a Gyarados.
 
Tbh, this team needs a lot of work. A CBTar can easily come in on Latias after a Draco Meteor and simply Pursuit it to death. After that, your team is open to a ridiculous amount of threats. You also lack Stealth Rock, which is pretty crucial to a team this offensive. The Stealth Rock problem is easily remedied by running a more prevalent lead, however, from your post, I expect you'll be rather hesitant to change your lead, but trust me, it'd be for the better. The rest of the problems are very hard to fix, as your team has absolutely no defensive core to work with. The best way to fix this without changing too much of your team would probably be to change your Latias set to something more defensive. Latias is the main defensive check in your team, and it's important that it will live for as long as possible. Now you have obvious problems with DDMence and Gyara. Your Gyarados seems like the best option to switch out, as it doesn't seem to have much synergy with the rest of the team. There are a few thing you could use to cover these Threats. A ScarfStarmie, while being very weak, can revenge Gyara and Mence, as well as many other threats, unfortunately, that's all it's really good for. Another option is to use a Rotom form, the downside of this is that he shares many weaknesses with Latias. Another direction entirely (and I would recommend this one) would be to replace Gyara with a Vaporeon with HP Electric and Ice Beam. That covers both Mence and Gyara, as well as being able to take a lot of hits.
 
Thanks for the rate! I think i'm gonna keep latias since i love it ^_^. I think i'm gonna go with your idea about switching gyarados for vaporeon although i'm still not sure if i want to switch my dragonite for something else. Well, for now, i'm going to change gyarados. Thanks again for the rate.

Edit-Just got an idea. Thinking of using porygon2 instead of Vappy. He also lures in choice fighting attackers which lets me get mismag to set up easier.
 
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