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This team was so so hard to decide on but i believe i have now covered my weaknesses and optimised my strengths, your help is still much welcome as i'm sure there is something i may have missed. Note this is a wi-fi team.
Aerodactyl
Focus Sash
Pressure
Jolly
252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spd
~ Taunt
~ Stealth Rock
~ Earthquake
~ Rock Slide
Explanation
I hate stealth rock, and I absolutely despise suicide leads, however aerodactyl happens to be the best pokemon to do the job that i want - set up stealth rock while denying the opponent from doing the same. I realise this is a completely standard lead, so it does not need any real explanations as it is quite simple.
How I use it
Basically I Taunt anything slower than me, and set up stealth rock. If it is an opposing aerodactyl I am facing I just attack it with rock slide until it is K-O'd. If it used taunt on me I switch out and come back later to set up stealth, but if it didn't well haha advantage me.
Porygon-Z
Choice Scarf
Adaptability
Timid
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spd
~ Tri-Attack
~ Ice Beam
~ Dark Pulse
~ Thunderbolt
Explanation
Aaah good old scarf-z, i needed a dragon type killer, as I am completely obliterated by salamence & latias. I originally chose mamoswine, but due to the uselessness of it (as pointed out in the thread below) I took the choice specs I had on my paperweight porygon-z and replaced it with mamo's choice scarf. The moveset gives me near perfect coverage, allowing me to mame everything but steel, rock, and ghost types with STAB+Adaptability boosted tri-attack. Ice Beam smacks gliscor, hippowdon amd donphan, while thunderbolt hammers bulky water types such as vaporeon and gyarados, who give my heatran a hard time. Dark Pulse recks opposing ghosts who switch in with immunity against tri-attack.
How I use it
I mainly use it for revenge killing purposes against, opposing revenge killers looking to K-O my heatran and dragonite. How ever that STAB + Adaptability boosted tri-attack can reek havoc against opposing walls that do not resist it, which to an extent allows my porygon-z to double as a special sweeper.
Dragonite
Leftovers
Inner Focus
Adamant
248 HP / 56 Atk / 204 Spe
~ Dragon Dance
~ Roost
~ Earthquake
~ Dragon Claw
Explanation
Dragonite is a no-brainer on my team, as it is my favourite pokemon, and while it is largely outclassed by salamence i don't care as long as i play it too it's strengths. It has much higher defenses than salamence allowing it to wall break more effectively. I originally had a choice-band on dragonite, but it was suggested that i change it to this, as it is much more forgiving to a misjudged move. It allows me to freely switch and roost off any damage i take. STAB dragon claw, to avoid the confusion of outrage, and earthquake for neautral damage.
How I use it
The theory is to send it out against something it forces out, e.g. fighting or ground type, dragon dance on the switch and proceed to sweep. If it comes up against something i know will possess ice-beam RUN! If the opponent switches in a revenge killer such as, Scizor or Mamoswine i switch to my Heatran, and if they send salamence, i send out my scarfed porygon-z with ice-beam, which may score a surprise kill as they may be thinking WTF? I realise this is not a good set for early game sweeping so i will try to use it more late game.
Gengar
Life Orb
Levitate
Timid
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spd
~ Shadow Ball
~ Energy Ball
~ Thunderbolt
~ Explosion
Explanation
With stealth rock being such a vital part of my team, i can't afford to have it spun away otherwise i just lost an aerodactyl for no good reason. Anyway the point of the moveset is to allow me to K-O donpahan with energy ball, starmie and tentacruel with thunderbolt, and shadow ball is simply for coverage. I can't do much to If they've got a pursuit tyranitar i'm screwed 30% of the time with focus blast, due to it's accuracy or (lack there of) so i'l just explode on it.
If any one can suggest a better spin-blocker that doubles as an attacker, i'm open to suggestions, i havent looked into spiritomb as ive heard it's useless in OU, and since this is an offensive team i can't really use dusknoir,
How I use it
To spin block, and revenge kill the rapid spinner. The idea is to switch in on opposing rapid spinners and K-O or force them out with my move coverage. The only common rapid spinner i can't do much to is forretress, but then again it can't do much to me either so i just whittle it away with thunderbolt. The main problem are switch in pursuit users like tyranatar, who i can score super effective damage on with energy ball, but i doubt i'l come out on top so the plan is energy ball > explode. Gengar is my lure for pursuit using scarf tyranitars, although I sacrifice a Gengar, I can just switch in my scizor after my Gengar explodes on tyranatar, and K-O it with scizors bullet punch.
Scizor
Choice Band
Technician
Adamant
248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
~ U-Turn
~ Superpower
~ Bullet Punch
~ Pursuit
Explanation
Hmmm this was a suggested set, and although it's standard and at the same time quite common, it is very effective and powerful and as with most teams that possess it, it will be my main attacker along with dragonite of course. U-Turn to scout opponents, or switch out of anything I don't like, bullet punch is a powerful technician boosted STAB move for eliminating faster pokemon with a neutral weakness and for revenge killing a tyranitar that just pursuit K-O'd my Gengar, Superpower for use against steel's who wall half my team, and pursuit to deal heavy damage to opponents who fear a superpower, e.g blissey, snorlax.
How I use it
Simple! Switch in against something I want gone and proceed to bash it with bullet punch. For blissey, i simply switch in and pursuit it, as they're probably expecting superpower, the same goes for snorlax. I'l use superpower if i want to deal damage to opposing steels like bronzong, metagross, magnezone, skarmory, forretress and empoleon (who otherwise completely wall this set and half my team). If i see a Heatran i RUN! using u-turn, and switch to my Heatran, which has the potential to score me a flash fire boost. If i get trapped by a magnezone, which is oneday inevitable, i just have to hope i chose superpower before it switched in, otherwise bye bye scizor.
Heatran
Choice Specs
Flash Fire
Timid
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
~ Overheat
~ Flamethrower
~ Earth Power
~ Dragon Pulse
Explanation
Due to the magnezone weakness I had previously, i needed a pokemon with a STAB fire attack, one pokemon came to my mind - Heatran, hence here it is. Considering i offloaded my choice scarf to my porygon-z, i had a spare choice specs to play with, and since i wasn't prepared to have a team without a boosted specs pokemon on it, i gifted it to the newly added heatran. Heatran acts as my steel killer and secondary special sweeper, as porygon-z doesn't have the required fire move to pull off a complete sweep. I went for overheat over fireblast, due to the added power and accuracy it provides, although it does have a recoil of -2 SpA, it is not meant for sweeping, it's purpose is for immediate K-O's on scizor, bronzong and magnezone. Flamethrower and dragon pulse are the moves i use to sweep everything else away with, and earthpower is for the K-O's on opposing Heatran as well as Infernape and Rhyperior.
How I use it
It's mainly used to eliminate opposing magnezones, and other steel type's that give my dragonite and scizor trouble, but like i said previously it can double as a special sweeper to allow for me to come in and hurt pokemon with weak special defense. The other idea is a sneeky one that can work if predicted right - say an opposing heatran comes in on my scizor, lol win! I know it's going to use a fire move, assuming it hasn't scouted my heatran, i then proceed to switch out scizor, and come in on a fire-blast with my Heatran, eliminate the opposing heatran with earthpower and sweep with a boosted-flame thrower until i'm forced to switch. Otherwise I just lure opposing steel's by locking my scizor into bullet punch, switching out to heatran as soon as they switch in and proceed to hurt their steel with STAB fire.
Summary
Okay so that's it, that's my first attempt at an OU team, I realise it may still need some minor adjustments, so feel free to suggest anything that you think will increase the effectiveness of this team. Be it alternate move sets, items, or even pokemon, i'm open to nearly everything as long as it's still in line with my offensive strategy and the prevention/removal of stealth rock from the field.
P.S. Thank You to everyone that has suggested things so far, your help was much appreciated and I have incorporated some of your ideas as shown in red text.
This team was so so hard to decide on but i believe i have now covered my weaknesses and optimised my strengths, your help is still much welcome as i'm sure there is something i may have missed. Note this is a wi-fi team.
Aerodactyl
Focus Sash
Pressure
Jolly
252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spd
~ Taunt
~ Stealth Rock
~ Earthquake
~ Rock Slide
Explanation
I hate stealth rock, and I absolutely despise suicide leads, however aerodactyl happens to be the best pokemon to do the job that i want - set up stealth rock while denying the opponent from doing the same. I realise this is a completely standard lead, so it does not need any real explanations as it is quite simple.
How I use it
Basically I Taunt anything slower than me, and set up stealth rock. If it is an opposing aerodactyl I am facing I just attack it with rock slide until it is K-O'd. If it used taunt on me I switch out and come back later to set up stealth, but if it didn't well haha advantage me.
Porygon-Z
Choice Scarf
Adaptability
Timid
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spd
~ Tri-Attack
~ Ice Beam
~ Dark Pulse
~ Thunderbolt
Explanation
Aaah good old scarf-z, i needed a dragon type killer, as I am completely obliterated by salamence & latias. I originally chose mamoswine, but due to the uselessness of it (as pointed out in the thread below) I took the choice specs I had on my paperweight porygon-z and replaced it with mamo's choice scarf. The moveset gives me near perfect coverage, allowing me to mame everything but steel, rock, and ghost types with STAB+Adaptability boosted tri-attack. Ice Beam smacks gliscor, hippowdon amd donphan, while thunderbolt hammers bulky water types such as vaporeon and gyarados, who give my heatran a hard time. Dark Pulse recks opposing ghosts who switch in with immunity against tri-attack.
How I use it
I mainly use it for revenge killing purposes against, opposing revenge killers looking to K-O my heatran and dragonite. How ever that STAB + Adaptability boosted tri-attack can reek havoc against opposing walls that do not resist it, which to an extent allows my porygon-z to double as a special sweeper.
Dragonite
Leftovers
Inner Focus
Adamant
248 HP / 56 Atk / 204 Spe
~ Dragon Dance
~ Roost
~ Earthquake
~ Dragon Claw
Explanation
Dragonite is a no-brainer on my team, as it is my favourite pokemon, and while it is largely outclassed by salamence i don't care as long as i play it too it's strengths. It has much higher defenses than salamence allowing it to wall break more effectively. I originally had a choice-band on dragonite, but it was suggested that i change it to this, as it is much more forgiving to a misjudged move. It allows me to freely switch and roost off any damage i take. STAB dragon claw, to avoid the confusion of outrage, and earthquake for neautral damage.
How I use it
The theory is to send it out against something it forces out, e.g. fighting or ground type, dragon dance on the switch and proceed to sweep. If it comes up against something i know will possess ice-beam RUN! If the opponent switches in a revenge killer such as, Scizor or Mamoswine i switch to my Heatran, and if they send salamence, i send out my scarfed porygon-z with ice-beam, which may score a surprise kill as they may be thinking WTF? I realise this is not a good set for early game sweeping so i will try to use it more late game.
Gengar
Life Orb
Levitate
Timid
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spd
~ Shadow Ball
~ Energy Ball
~ Thunderbolt
~ Explosion
Explanation
With stealth rock being such a vital part of my team, i can't afford to have it spun away otherwise i just lost an aerodactyl for no good reason. Anyway the point of the moveset is to allow me to K-O donpahan with energy ball, starmie and tentacruel with thunderbolt, and shadow ball is simply for coverage. I can't do much to If they've got a pursuit tyranitar i'm screwed 30% of the time with focus blast, due to it's accuracy or (lack there of) so i'l just explode on it.
If any one can suggest a better spin-blocker that doubles as an attacker, i'm open to suggestions, i havent looked into spiritomb as ive heard it's useless in OU, and since this is an offensive team i can't really use dusknoir,
How I use it
To spin block, and revenge kill the rapid spinner. The idea is to switch in on opposing rapid spinners and K-O or force them out with my move coverage. The only common rapid spinner i can't do much to is forretress, but then again it can't do much to me either so i just whittle it away with thunderbolt. The main problem are switch in pursuit users like tyranatar, who i can score super effective damage on with energy ball, but i doubt i'l come out on top so the plan is energy ball > explode. Gengar is my lure for pursuit using scarf tyranitars, although I sacrifice a Gengar, I can just switch in my scizor after my Gengar explodes on tyranatar, and K-O it with scizors bullet punch.
Scizor
Choice Band
Technician
Adamant
248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
~ U-Turn
~ Superpower
~ Bullet Punch
~ Pursuit
Explanation
Hmmm this was a suggested set, and although it's standard and at the same time quite common, it is very effective and powerful and as with most teams that possess it, it will be my main attacker along with dragonite of course. U-Turn to scout opponents, or switch out of anything I don't like, bullet punch is a powerful technician boosted STAB move for eliminating faster pokemon with a neutral weakness and for revenge killing a tyranitar that just pursuit K-O'd my Gengar, Superpower for use against steel's who wall half my team, and pursuit to deal heavy damage to opponents who fear a superpower, e.g blissey, snorlax.
How I use it
Simple! Switch in against something I want gone and proceed to bash it with bullet punch. For blissey, i simply switch in and pursuit it, as they're probably expecting superpower, the same goes for snorlax. I'l use superpower if i want to deal damage to opposing steels like bronzong, metagross, magnezone, skarmory, forretress and empoleon (who otherwise completely wall this set and half my team). If i see a Heatran i RUN! using u-turn, and switch to my Heatran, which has the potential to score me a flash fire boost. If i get trapped by a magnezone, which is oneday inevitable, i just have to hope i chose superpower before it switched in, otherwise bye bye scizor.
Heatran
Choice Specs
Flash Fire
Timid
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
~ Overheat
~ Flamethrower
~ Earth Power
~ Dragon Pulse
Explanation
Due to the magnezone weakness I had previously, i needed a pokemon with a STAB fire attack, one pokemon came to my mind - Heatran, hence here it is. Considering i offloaded my choice scarf to my porygon-z, i had a spare choice specs to play with, and since i wasn't prepared to have a team without a boosted specs pokemon on it, i gifted it to the newly added heatran. Heatran acts as my steel killer and secondary special sweeper, as porygon-z doesn't have the required fire move to pull off a complete sweep. I went for overheat over fireblast, due to the added power and accuracy it provides, although it does have a recoil of -2 SpA, it is not meant for sweeping, it's purpose is for immediate K-O's on scizor, bronzong and magnezone. Flamethrower and dragon pulse are the moves i use to sweep everything else away with, and earthpower is for the K-O's on opposing Heatran as well as Infernape and Rhyperior.
How I use it
It's mainly used to eliminate opposing magnezones, and other steel type's that give my dragonite and scizor trouble, but like i said previously it can double as a special sweeper to allow for me to come in and hurt pokemon with weak special defense. The other idea is a sneeky one that can work if predicted right - say an opposing heatran comes in on my scizor, lol win! I know it's going to use a fire move, assuming it hasn't scouted my heatran, i then proceed to switch out scizor, and come in on a fire-blast with my Heatran, eliminate the opposing heatran with earthpower and sweep with a boosted-flame thrower until i'm forced to switch. Otherwise I just lure opposing steel's by locking my scizor into bullet punch, switching out to heatran as soon as they switch in and proceed to hurt their steel with STAB fire.
Summary
Okay so that's it, that's my first attempt at an OU team, I realise it may still need some minor adjustments, so feel free to suggest anything that you think will increase the effectiveness of this team. Be it alternate move sets, items, or even pokemon, i'm open to nearly everything as long as it's still in line with my offensive strategy and the prevention/removal of stealth rock from the field.
P.S. Thank You to everyone that has suggested things so far, your help was much appreciated and I have incorporated some of your ideas as shown in red text.
