XY OU Resonance - Tailwind HO

[TheBlueSun]

RESONANCE


Hey, this is going to be my first RMT and why not start with a weird team? I wanted to build a tailwind team that would actually work. The idea is nice. Offensive teams don’t have switchins for the wallbreakers when tailwind is active and I won’t need tailwind at all versus stall. There isn’t a teambuilding process, since I took some viable mons with tailwind and added 2 big wallbreakers.

In-depth analysis:

Heracross @ Heracronite
Ability: Moxie --> Skill Link
EVs: 120 HP/ 252 Atk / 136 Spe
Adamant nature
-Close Combat
-Pin MISsile
-Rock Blast
-Swords Dance

The first wallbreaker and tw-sweeper is mega heracross. With only 3 real turns of tailwind, you need to use those turns as effectively as possible. With hazards, this monster is capable of OHKOing a large part of the tier and pokemon that can take a hit (e.g. Landorus-T) have trouble doing anything back. Swords dance is here for stall. 136 Speed is for outspeed 44-speed Rotom-W outside of tailwind.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-190860471 Using Landorus-T as a pivot is way too obvious

Kyurem Black @ Life Orb
Ablility: Teravolt
EVs: 252 Atk / 108 SpA / 148 Spe
Lonely nature
-Dragon Claw
-Fusion Bolt
-Ice Beam
-Earth Power

Kyurem-B is the second tw-sweeper. It’s a great wallbreaker and is capable of OHKOing Landorus with ice beam, which is a mon Heracross doesn’t want to face. It also OHKOs mons like azumarill and Altaria. It has over-all pretty good synergy with Hera. I chose a physically oriented cube, so it could hit stuff like slowbro hard. With its already high base atk stat, dragon claw would hit extremely hard, which is really helpful versus stall. Ice beam gets the KOs I need with this spread. With 148 speed EVs cube can outspeed scarf latios in tailwind.

Zapdos @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 96 HP / 252 SpA / 160 Spe
Modest nature
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden power [Ice]
-Heat Wave
-Tailwind

I once wanted to build a team around agility Zapdos, which was essentialy a buff mega Manectric. Capable of outspeeding scarf Lando-t, sand rush Excadrill and KOing them. Zapdos is a powerful sweeper in tailwind versus offensive teams, but not as good as a wallbreaker versus bulkier teams. With 160 speed, Zapdos can outspeed adamant Excadrill in sand and tailwind. Coverage is standard.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-188606490 Zapdos4AG

Talonflame @ Life Orb
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly nature
-Brave Bird
-Steel Wing
-Swords Dance
-Tailwind

Talonflame is a revengekiller and tailwind setter. This team needs tailwind to function well, so I need to be able to always set up tailwind reliably. 386 speed +1 priority tailwind makes talonflame useful. Life orb and steel wing are necessary for killing Diancie. Without it, I would immediately lose if the opponent has one with protect. Tailwind obviously doesn’t matter when facing a move in another priority bracket. This is why I needed as much speed as possible. Mainly to speedcreep talonflame. SD helps me handle Clefable and mega Sableye.

Skarmory @ Mental herb
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid nature
-Stealth Rock
-Spikes
-Taunt
-Tailwind

This Skarmory is a god. I needed hazards to break sashes and get more KOs. Skarmory does this the best, since it can almost always leave 2 turns of tailwind when it faints. Your opponent will most likely kill you the turn after you went for tailwind, because you pressure with stacking hazards. If you predict correctly, ideally, you faint with having sr and 2 turns of tailwind.
Like here: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-196036649

Whimsicott @ Babiri berry
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid nature
-Tailwind
-Memento
-Encore
-Stun spore

When testing the team, I quickly realized I didn’t have enough turns of tailwind, so I had to add another tailwind setter. Whimsicott is really reliable and always leaves 2 turns. Encore helps me with latis that went for defog or draco for example. Stun spore gives me more speed control, for maybe a jolly Excadrill in sand. Whims doesn’t need an item to do its job. Babiri berry is here to take an iron head, or meteor mash, or flash cannon, or a bp, so I can live a hit and tailwind without trouble.

I wanted to get a nice peak but then ninja had to get suspected .-. Although this team has no trouble with it at all it deserves to get banned imo. That was it. Feel free to test it and maybe get some COIL, because it’s a lot of fun to use.

Btw English is not my native language, so feel free to correct me :)

 

[New Light]

I'd replace Steel Wing on Talonflame with Flare Blitz or even Roost. Steel Wing is weak as shit and doesn't do much for your coverage. I see why you ran it but you should just replace something (maybe Whimsicott?) with a better answer to Diancie and other Rock Types, like Scizor, if you are that worried about them in my opinion. Either that or run a Natural Gift set with Liechi Berry to improve your overall coverage (maybe even both). Liechi Berry grants you a 100 base power Grass move. Also, I doubt you need so much Speed and Speed increasing natures on a team built around Tailwind. I'd change Tflame to Adamant and Skarmory to Bold or Impish and invest most if not all of the EVs you put into Speed into Defense since Skarmory is best as a physical wall. You don't need any Speed in Whimsicott since it has Prankster and no attacking moves so invest all of your Speed EVs into Defense or Special Defense and change your nature to something that increases one of those stats. Finally, I notice your team has a big weakness to Stealth Rock but plenty of potential Defoggers. I would replace something on Skarmory or Zapdos with Defog.

 

[TheBlueSun]

I'd replace Steel Wing on Talonflame with Flare Blitz or even Roost. Steel Wing is weak as shit and doesn't do much for your coverage. I see why you ran it but you should just replace something (maybe Whimsicott?) with a better answer to Diancie and other Rock Types, like Scizor

Scizor does not learn tailwind and all whimsicott does is provide me with turns of tailwind. Talonflame isnt an important sweeper itself and just needs to be able to beat sableye, clef and diancie. The natural gift grass will be too weak to kill diancie.

I'd change Tflame to Adamant and Skarmory to Bold or Impish and invest most if not all of the EVs you put into Speed into Defense since Skarmory is best as a physical wall. You don't need any Speed in Whimsicott since it has Prankster and no attacking moves so invest all of your Speed EVs into Defense or Special Defense and change your nature to something that increases one of those stats

I need as much speed as possible on all these pokemon. Skarmory is NOT a physical wall, but a suicide lead. I don't need defense at all. This skarm can outspeed defensive zapdos for example and taunt it, which is great. If a talonflame outspeeds my talonflame I will not be able to get of a guaranteed tailwind or kill it.

I notice your team has a big weakness to Stealth Rock but plenty of potential Defoggers. I would replace something on Skarmory or Zapdos with Defog

This team doesn't need its pokemon to be really healthy. More often than not I can prevent rocks as well with skarm. On top of that I can't afford to lose a move on zapdos and skarmory. If whimsicott got defog I still wouldn't give it to him, since it will remove my own hazards as well.

All in all I don't think you understand what this team aims to do, but thanks for your rate anyway :)