Rate My Semi-Sandstorm Team

Doryuuzu FTW

Hello everyone, this is my first OU team. I decided to go with a sandstorm theme although I have a few exceptions.

At A Glance
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Overall semi-sandstorm is my theme here. Reuniclus and Magnezone (soon to be replaced by ferrothorn) function well in and out of sandstorm. Hippowdon and Excadrill (soon to be replaced with scarfed landorus) are full on sandstorm and Beloom and Cloyster are still capable in sandstorm although ideally they should avoid it.



My Team

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Breloom@ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EV's: Hp 12, Atk 252, Spe 244
Nature: Jolly
Moveset Name: SubPunch
Move 1: Substitute
Move 2: Focus Punch
Move 3: Spore
Move 4: Seed Bomb/ Leech Seed/ Stone Edge

The standard set for Breloom. I chose him as my lead because I don’t want to be stuck in a sandstorm; I have more options if I start with Breloom. Breloom has plenty of support in Landorus and Hippowdon. Hippowdon takes care of Scizor and Celebi with Fire Fang and provides general bulk while Landorus can take care of and any flying weaknesses and provide offensive power takes care of Celebi with U-turn. Once it gets Spore and Substitute up it can sweep teams with ease. Breloom can take on special defence Tyranitar OHKOing with ease with Focus Punch. Breloom performs a similar role as Conkeldurr, i just prefer the "finesse" of Breloom.

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Cloyster@ Life Orb
Ability: Skill Link
EV's: 48 Hp, 252 Atk, 208 Spe
Nature: Naive
Moveset Name: Shell Smash
Move 1: Shell Smash
Move 2: Icicle Spear
Move 3: Rock Blast
Move 4: Hydro Pump

Cloyster has become a very interesting Pokémon this generation with access to skill link and Shell Smash. It can dispose of most Dragons with ease. Hydro Pump can take care of defensive steel and rock Pokémon that are tempted to switch in for the super effective damage. Hippowdon, Breloom, Ferrothron, Landorus and Reuniclus (pretty much my whole team) can take down Cloyster’s primary counter, Empoleon. I cannot decide whether to give it White Herb or Life Orb, the former allows him to keep his formidable defence although switching out makes it useless and the latter allows it to hit harder at the expense of health although if a sandstorm is up he will already be racking up residual damage. Although, I will probably go with Life Orb

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Hippowdon@ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EV's:252 HP/ 252 Def/ 4 SpD
Nature: Impish
Moveset Name: Physical Wall
Move 1: Earthquake
Move 2: Slack Off
Move 3: Stealth Rock
Move 4: Fire Fang

Not much has to be said about this underrated hippo. I chose Hippowdon over Tyranitar because I prefer the overall bulk. As well as setting up sandstorm he can destroy a lot of Pokemon that try to take advantage of the weather such as Stoutland. I chose Fire Fang to take over Magnezone's role and take down the likes of Scizor, Skamory and Bronzong and do the same thing as Ice Fang. Fire Fang can ground Air Balloons and Stealth Rocks plus sandstorm damage means that non-resistant Pokemon will rack up residual damage for Hippowdon to finish off. Although, I could give him roar over Ice Fang to maximize use of Stealth Rock. Hippowdon is the main physical wall for my team, I can switch him in to many physical sweepers like Haxorus and "wall 'em 'til they drop".


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Landorus@ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Force
EV's: 252 Atk/ 4 Def/ 252 Spe
Nature: Naive
Moveset Name: Choice Scarf
Move 1: Earthquake
Move 2: Stone Edge
Move 3: U-Turn
Move 4: Hidden Power Ice

This set was suggested by "Rhyssa Fireheart" so thanks for your input. Choice Scarf helps him become a viable replacement for Excadrill although he won't be able to match the sheer speed of Excadrill he can make use of a better movepool. U-Turn allows Landorus to scout the opposing team. Earthquake and Stone Edge are his Primary attacking moves. Hidden Power Ice allows him to make use of his high special attack. Hippowdon can set up Stealth Rocks and the sandstorm gives Landorus a much appreciated 30% boost due to Sand Force. Landorus can switch in on Volcarona and only take 50% to 60% damage, outspeeds it even after quiver dance and OHKO it with Stone Edge outright or Earthquake after Stealth Rock. and OHKOs Volcarona with Stone Edge.Hidden Power Ice allows him to 2HKO Gliscor and Virizion. Hippowdon can Switch in on Skamory and Bronzong, both good counter due to immunity to Earthquake, resistance to Stone Edge, Hidden Power Ice and in Skamory's case U-Turn. Landorus doesn't like walls one bit so Reuniclus is a good teammate due to its ability to take care of most walls that Hippowdon can't take down like Blissey and Calm Mind Latias. U-Turn can take down Celebi which normally destroys him with ease.


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Ferrothorn@ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Nature: Sassy
EV's: 252 Hp, 48 Def, 208 SpDef
Moveset Name: Standard Ferrothorn set
Move 1: Spikes
Move 2: Leech Seed
Move 3: Power Whip
Move 4: Protect

Ferrothorn's role is to take down Rain Teams. Leech Seed, Spikes, Stealth Rocks, Iron Barbs and Sandstorm means that most non-resistant pokemon are walled to death pretty quickly. He is THE primary switch in for anyone on my team. He also thrives with Trick Room Reuniclus. Thanks Smith for the feedback.

Last but not least

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Reuniclus@ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EV's: 192 Hp, 64 Def, 252 SpA
Nature: Quiet
Moveset Name: Trick Room
Move 1: Trick Room
Move 2: Shadow Ball
Move 3: Psyshock/ Psychic
Move 4: Focus Blast

Thanks to "Red Machine" for suggesting a Trick Room Set. Reuniclus is my all important special attacker. Reuniclus can Sponge hits and unleash formidable special blows. Landorus can lure bulky pokemon like Blissey for Reuniclus to dispose of. He can take down almost any stall pokemon and finish off with a sweep. With Trick room he can function as a reliable and bulky late game sweeper. With 30 base Speed Reuniclus make full use of Trick Room. Ferrothorn also makes a good Trick Room partner.

I was also thinking that escavalier might be a good replacement for ferrothorn (not that im looking for one)

I would appreciate any critique and advice.

Thanks
 
Firstly,no one uses Aerial ace on Scizor and secondly,Garchomp is banned.Expand your descriptions for each team member or else this thread will be locked by a mod.
 
The Excadrill is banned from OU, I think Scarfed Landorus can replace him.
Liking the Cloyster set, stick with Life orb because Rock Blast OHKO everything in the metagame after a Shell smash. Scarfing Magnezone is probally a better choice.
 
After Volcarona gets 1 Quiver Dance, you can say goodbye to your entire team. You may want to consider Heatran with an Air Balloon as a counter instead of Magneton, as it can deal with steels in equal capacity (albeit without trapping). The advantage Heatran has however, is that it does not leave your team completely open to ravaging by that blasted bug.
 
Janenmori said:
After Volcarona gets 1 Quiver Dance, you can say goodbye to your entire team. You may want to consider Heatran with an Air Balloon as a counter instead of Magneton, as it can deal with steels in equal capacity (albeit without trapping). The advantage Heatran has however, is that it does not leave your team completely open to ravaging by that blasted bug.
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Scarfed Landorus Outspeeds it even after quiver dance and OHKO's it with Stone Edge but i see what you mean. volcarona still poses as a major threat and i'll see what i can do. thank you i appreciate your feedback.
 
RhyssaFireheart said:
The Excadrill is banned from OU, I think Scarfed Landorus can replace him.
Liking the Cloyster set, stick with Life orb because Rock Blast OHKO everything in the metagame after a Shell smash. Scarfing Magnezone is probally a better choice.
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do you mean give him the choice scarf or use the smogon choice scarf set
 
Got you PM. I mean you should have the Choice Scarf Landorus set e.g the smogon set. Shell smash Cloyster is really good because it really takes are of your QD Volcarona weakness.
This team covers most threats and it is clean and Solid.
 
Hey got the message! Something I really don't think this team can handle are heavy rain teams. Your water resists are Breloom, who really isn't actually that bulky and cannot take rain boosted hydro pumps, and Cloyster, who is the same thing but worse and with a Life Orb. Everything else is going to have a really hard time dealing with Specs Toed, Starmie, and other hard hitters like Tornadus. You have Hippowdon but he's going to find very little room to set up on these heavy rain teams, whereas Politoed can get in with relative ease against Reuniclus or Hippowdon. You also have no way of stopping special dragons; Magnezone is a really shaky resist and cannot stop the likes of Hydreigon or Latios, at least for long anyway. Landorus prevents them from straight up 6-0ing you, but he can't switch into anything so you'll need to sac something every time. Far from ideal!

To me, the obvious move is to replace Magnezone. I don't understand what he does for the team. Trapping steels is fine and dandy, but none of your Pokemon really need it to sweep or anything (although Breloom might appreciate Skarmory out of the way but that's what Spore is for!). I understand that he's probably a remnant of Excadrill previously being on the team, so in that case we need to replace him. I'm not sure if you've considered this, but how about a Special Defensive Ferrothorn? He's brilliant against rain teams since nothing can OHKO and he can just leech seed stall them all day. He's also a fantastic Latios counter- even if they run HP fire, it isn't a OHKO and he can return with Leech Seed + Protect or a powerful Gyro Ball. Something like Leech Seed / Protect / Gyro Ball / Power Whip or Spikes would be ideal- Power Whip is really good for rain teams but any team can appreciate the value of spikes! Good luck, I hope this helps.
 
Good team bro :) One thing I may suggest is a TR Reuniclus. I used one in my sand team and it pulled off sweeps when Im down 6-2 or even 6-1
 
Hi, thanks for the advice. he problem with replacing magnezone is that i am majorly weak to Scizor although if it is a cointoss over rain team and spec dragon team weakness and Scizor then i think it is obvious which one is better. if i replace magnezone with ferrothorn then i think i shouldgive landorus HP fire over HP ice
 
Red Machine said:
Good team bro :) One thing I may suggest is a TR Reuniclus. I used one in my sand team and it pulled off sweeps when Im down 6-2 or even 6-1
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Hi. i have never really thought about TR reuniclus but now, once i think about it it seems to be the final "jigsaw" in the puzzle. Ferrothorn (magnezones most likely replacement) and Reuniclus would thrive in trick room and it lasts just long enough not to affect my other faster pokemon. i guess i have never used trick room unless i have a team of entirely slow pokemon. thanks for the feedback.
 
Doryuuzu FTW said:
Hi. i have never really thought about TR reuniclus but now, once i think about it it seems to be the final "jigsaw" in the puzzle. Ferrothorn (magnezones most likely replacement) and Reuniclus would thrive in trick room and it lasts just long enough not to affect my other faster pokemon. i guess i have never used trick room unless i have a team of entirely slow pokemon. thanks for the feedback.
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Glad I could help and seriously consider adding it, it's a deep threat to many teams
 
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