Team Building
One mon that really stood out to me when i was prepping for this game was Lucario. He had used gliscless stalls so far, which is really nice for Lucario, because one of his best answers is Gliscor. It also covered the potential Hyper Offense matchup, because of it helping out with Extreme Speed picking off Dragon Dancers like Gatr after being chipped, or being a scary Wincon if a Lati draco'd. And it also does great in the regular Balance v Balance (/Bulky Offense) Matchup. Lucario is a mon as far as i saw in builder pre testing, that could pull off some crazy stuff, No Priority that could be send his way outclasses Extreme Speed, and Lucario had the added bonus of being faster then Heatran, and of course SD
Next up i wanted to pair spikes with Lucario, spikes help it out greatly breaking through stuff like Garchomp (which normally forces u out cause Extreme Speed only does 40~ with Adamant Life Orb). Roserade also helped alot in the defensive department. Lucario really doesnt like Rotom Wash, Roserade on the other end doesnt care, Leaf Storm ohko's it, natural cure makes it so wisp doesnt matter, Volt Switch does minor damage. Another thing about Lucario is, it gets chipped really fast, making Togekiss really annoying to deal with if it comes (lefties) and Rose makes it so lefties is less of a annoyance sludge bombing it into espeed range if need be. Before i forget Rose is also on this team for Lucario number 1 Enemie. Tangrowth, spikes chip it down, Sludge Bomb helps u kill it in a close end game and again tnx to spikes it cant regen the damage off that easily.
This team just loses to Swords Dance Scizor at this point and not to mention Swords Dance Garchomp. I needed a ground immunity aswell as something that could check SD Scizor and in the end I thought scarf Rotom-Wash could help a ton, it gives momentum for Lucario to come in and claim a kill. Checks SD Garchomp (two hit ko's and u can wisp it to make it less of a threat), checks SD Scizor by burning it. But not to forget that it also helps v Stall. Trick makes it so u can make a mon on stall much worse, since what on stall wants to have a choice scarf? Gliscor is a huge risk almost nobody is willing to take since hydro either ohko's if phys def or does 80% v spdef. Besides that it also helps with in general speed control this team didnt have yet.
Good old reliable broken. This team needed a couple things for me to really love it, a Rocker, a Defogger, a Ground Immunity and a mon that could just click buttons. Garchomp fit three out of those 4, it gives me a Ground Immune, it gives me a Rocker and Life Orb Garchomp is a really really big threat to alot of teams. Spdef Glisc is the only reliable switch in besides Togekiss that is able to switch in, Phys def loses (Flamethrower -> Draco kills it), Starmie if not ice beam defensive dies. And with this set it helps the stall Matchup even futher, u can just click buttons and force chip for Luc to claim later or claim a few kills in the progress.
This team just lost to Latios at this point, Scizor helps alot with that. It doesnt need spdef to check specs which is really nice, this also helps with picking off stuff like garchomp after they SD. But also gives alot of momentum which is great for lucario.
I needed a better chomp check, i wanted something bulky that could help out with breaking down the line and something that baits tangrowth in thinking it could beat this. Glisc just helps alottt with the balance Matchup Making it much easier to play around etc.
Threats
This team doesnt have a allround bulky water to check Choice Band infernape, Blitz two hit ko's gliscor from band and Garchomp dies to 2 aswell, ur best chance is chipping it into Espeed Range
Everything gets two hit ko'd or ohko's by this (legit anything in the metagame iirc)
Dragon Dance is a massive threat, it just ohko's everything if given a free dd, best chance of beating this is forcing up rocks and playing super duper aggresive
Flamethrower Thunderbolt Ice Beam Replays
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bdspou-1553379340 v Mic
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bdspou-1551148321-ui6f55qsz2kp10exs4ht29bsjb5d62epw V Stall
The Team
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