Back in 5th gen, I used a sand team a lot. But with the weather nerf in 6th gen, weather teams are not as good as they use to be. The reason why I wanted to use a sandstorm team is because of mega garchomp. Mega garchomp needs tyranitar and hippowdon to surpport it since mega garchomp OHKO almost everyone pokemon. I havent made this team in x and y since Im just doing some testing in showdown.
Here is a preview of this team
Garchomp @ Garchompite
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 224 Atk / 32 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naughty Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Stone Edge
- Draco Meteor
Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature
- Rock Slide
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
Hippowdon @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SDef
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind
Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance
Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 208 Def / 48 SDef
Relaxed Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed
- Thunder Wave
I was planning to use magnezone over ferrothorn but I dont like that extra weakness to ground type moves. Ferrothorn is really good as I dont have a pokemon that has stealth rocks. Its also a great wall that can spread paralysis through my opponents team. I normally let ferrothorn take status moves. I choose power whip over gyro ball to take out rotom wash.
Rotom-Wash @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Ice]
My last pokemon is rotom wash. Rotom is the glue of my team and I tend to lead with him to scout out what my opponent starts off with. I choose a choice scarf set over a chesto rest set since I got enough walls and I need a fast poke when sand is not up. I very rarely use trick. Volt switch gives my team a lot of momentum. Hidden power ice is for garchomp, gliscor and dragonite.
So that is my team. There are probaly a lot of flaws with it though. My current rank score on showdown ou is 1559, so Im not really that good. Thats why I posted this rmt so I can improve this team.
Here is a preview of this team
Garchomp @ Garchompite
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 224 Atk / 32 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naughty Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Stone Edge
- Draco Meteor
Garchomp is the main star of this team. Garchomp serves as a mid to late game sweeper, taking out most of my opponents team. I decided to run a mixed set as its less predicatble and allows it to OHKO steel types like scizor, ferrothorn and skarmory. When I use only special attacks, people expect only special attacks. For example I KOed a ferrothorn with fire blast and he sent out bilissey and i earthquake it. I dont see the point in running a sword dance set since its attack is so high already in the sand.
Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature
- Rock Slide
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
Next up is my first pokemon that sets up sands. I decided to use and assault vest set since I really need a set that can take special attack like as if its nothing. Heck I manged to take a dazzling gleam from a mega gengar and KO it with a crunch. I choose rock slide over stone edge as I dont really like missing and plus my main choice of attack is crunch. Earthquake and rock slide takes out a lot of pokemon.
Hippowdon @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SDef
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind
My other pokemon that suports t tar is hippowdon. It is my main defensive pokemon that takes blows that t tar can not. I choose smooth rock other leftovers as that extra 3 turns can mean that mega garchomp can sweep more. I used rock slide over stone edge for the same reason I did for t tar. Whirlwind is important as it allows me to shuffle his or hers team if I predict a switch or if my opponent tries to set up on me.
Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance
Next up is my rapider spinner excadrill. Excadrill is an awesome offensive sweeper that can punch a lot of holes in the opponents team. Air balloon over leftovers since excadrill doesnt really like to take a hit since it normally gets KOed in two hits. It has sand rush over mold breaker as it can out run threats in the sand and can sweep if it gets a sword dance in. Rapid spin is a must for my team since I do a lot of switching with rotom.
Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 208 Def / 48 SDef
Relaxed Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed
- Thunder Wave
I was planning to use magnezone over ferrothorn but I dont like that extra weakness to ground type moves. Ferrothorn is really good as I dont have a pokemon that has stealth rocks. Its also a great wall that can spread paralysis through my opponents team. I normally let ferrothorn take status moves. I choose power whip over gyro ball to take out rotom wash.
Rotom-Wash @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Ice]
My last pokemon is rotom wash. Rotom is the glue of my team and I tend to lead with him to scout out what my opponent starts off with. I choose a choice scarf set over a chesto rest set since I got enough walls and I need a fast poke when sand is not up. I very rarely use trick. Volt switch gives my team a lot of momentum. Hidden power ice is for garchomp, gliscor and dragonite.
So that is my team. There are probaly a lot of flaws with it though. My current rank score on showdown ou is 1559, so Im not really that good. Thats why I posted this rmt so I can improve this team.
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