INTRODUCTION
Welcome to my very first RMT! What we have here is a team built around the offensive core of Shift Gear Fairium Z Magearna and SD+Facade Gliscor, and it's been one I've been meaning to post for a long time now. But before I go into detail about the team, I must give credit to my good friend Mamoo who helped me build both this team and many others, and has helped me become both a better teambuilder and a better player. But anyways, let's get right into the team breakdown!
TEAM BREAKDOWN
Magearna @ Fairium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shift Gear
- Thunderbolt
- Fleur Cannon
- Focus Blast
The first member of my offensive core and one of the Pokemon that this entire team is built around. In my opinion, Magearna is one of, if not the single best Pokemon in the OU tier right, and as such, I wanted to use what I thought was one of its best sets. The set itself is pretty self explanatory, with Shift Gear helping it set up, Thunderbolt helping to hit pokemon like Toxapex, Celesteela, and Tapu Fini for super effective damage, Fleur Cannon being the main STAB and the fuel for Fairium Z, and Focus Blast to round out the set, letting it hit Pokemon like Excadrill, Ferrothorn, and Heatran extremely hard. Max Special Attack and Speed EVs let it hit as hard as possible with its attacking moves while also being extremely fast after a Shift Gear. This is my main sweeper, although sometimes it's merely here to help soften up the opposing team for my next Pokemon.
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 244 HP / 44 Def / 108 SpD / 112 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- Earthquake
- Facade
SD Facade Gliscor is my team's secondary sweeper and main physical threat. What made me choose Gliscor in particular was a few things; the first of those being the sheer role compression that it could offer the team. Not only does it serve as a physical sweeper, but it is a Fighting resist, a Ground immunity, an Electric immunity, a Heatran check, a Toxapex counter, and a soft check to Lando. These defensive capabilities, combined with reliable recovery in both Poison Heal and Roost, means that it can come in multiple times a match and slowly but surely chip away at the opponent's team, helping to soften them up for Magearna. Once again, the set and spread are relatively self explanatory, with Swords Dance to boost its attack, Roost to provide necessary healing, and EQ+Facade giving it great all around coverage and allowing it to break that much more easily.
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 128 SpD / 128 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Defensive Rocks Heatran is my rocker of choice for this team , and one that I think does its job very well. Its typing lets it serve as a nice answer to various pokemon within the tier, such as Serperior, Ferrothorn, non Focus-Blast Torn-T (Be wary of Knock though), Celesteela, Tapu Lele, and Mega Scizor, being able to take their attacks and either set up rocks on them or threaten them with Lava Plume. Once again, the set and spread is self explanatory, as it is the standard set up, although I did opt for Toxic over Taunt to punish pokemon like Mega Latios/as and Volcarona. I've also considered going with the revamped Tran spread with less speed but for now I'm sticking with this one. In general, Heatran forms a pivotal part of this team's defensive core, which consists of it, Gliscor, and one more Pokemon.
Greninja-Ash @ Choice Specs
Ability: Battle Bond
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Dark Pulse
- Spikes
- Water Shuriken
Welcome to my very first RMT! What we have here is a team built around the offensive core of Shift Gear Fairium Z Magearna and SD+Facade Gliscor, and it's been one I've been meaning to post for a long time now. But before I go into detail about the team, I must give credit to my good friend Mamoo who helped me build both this team and many others, and has helped me become both a better teambuilder and a better player. But anyways, let's get right into the team breakdown!
TEAM BREAKDOWN
Magearna @ Fairium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shift Gear
- Thunderbolt
- Fleur Cannon
- Focus Blast
The first member of my offensive core and one of the Pokemon that this entire team is built around. In my opinion, Magearna is one of, if not the single best Pokemon in the OU tier right, and as such, I wanted to use what I thought was one of its best sets. The set itself is pretty self explanatory, with Shift Gear helping it set up, Thunderbolt helping to hit pokemon like Toxapex, Celesteela, and Tapu Fini for super effective damage, Fleur Cannon being the main STAB and the fuel for Fairium Z, and Focus Blast to round out the set, letting it hit Pokemon like Excadrill, Ferrothorn, and Heatran extremely hard. Max Special Attack and Speed EVs let it hit as hard as possible with its attacking moves while also being extremely fast after a Shift Gear. This is my main sweeper, although sometimes it's merely here to help soften up the opposing team for my next Pokemon.
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 244 HP / 44 Def / 108 SpD / 112 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- Earthquake
- Facade
SD Facade Gliscor is my team's secondary sweeper and main physical threat. What made me choose Gliscor in particular was a few things; the first of those being the sheer role compression that it could offer the team. Not only does it serve as a physical sweeper, but it is a Fighting resist, a Ground immunity, an Electric immunity, a Heatran check, a Toxapex counter, and a soft check to Lando. These defensive capabilities, combined with reliable recovery in both Poison Heal and Roost, means that it can come in multiple times a match and slowly but surely chip away at the opponent's team, helping to soften them up for Magearna. Once again, the set and spread are relatively self explanatory, with Swords Dance to boost its attack, Roost to provide necessary healing, and EQ+Facade giving it great all around coverage and allowing it to break that much more easily.
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 128 SpD / 128 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Defensive Rocks Heatran is my rocker of choice for this team , and one that I think does its job very well. Its typing lets it serve as a nice answer to various pokemon within the tier, such as Serperior, Ferrothorn, non Focus-Blast Torn-T (Be wary of Knock though), Celesteela, Tapu Lele, and Mega Scizor, being able to take their attacks and either set up rocks on them or threaten them with Lava Plume. Once again, the set and spread is self explanatory, as it is the standard set up, although I did opt for Toxic over Taunt to punish pokemon like Mega Latios/as and Volcarona. I've also considered going with the revamped Tran spread with less speed but for now I'm sticking with this one. In general, Heatran forms a pivotal part of this team's defensive core, which consists of it, Gliscor, and one more Pokemon.
Greninja-Ash @ Choice Specs
Ability: Battle Bond
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Dark Pulse
- Spikes
- Water Shuriken
Being what I consider the 2nd best Pokemon in all of OU, Ash-Gren is the 4th member of my team, and he not only serves as the team's primary wallbreaker, but also a tertiary wincon next to Magearna and Gliscor. I picked him for several key reasons. First, his speed tier is excellent, outspeeding many unboosted pokemon in the tier in both forms, helping to make up for the rest of the team's relative lack of speed thus far. Secondly, Ash Gren's raw power with Specs combined with its dual STAB make it an excellent complement to Magearna and Gliscor, often providing necessary chip on Pokemon like Tapu Fini, Heatran, Toxapex, Ferrothorn, and others which Magearna and Gliscor need chipped in order to beat. Its mere presence often also forces switches on my opponent's side, upon which I can either double to an appropriate answer to keep up the pressure, or set up a spike which can serve to weaken the opponent's team to the point where either Magearna, Gliscor, or even Gren itself can break through it. Again, the set and spread is self explanatory, with Hydro and D-pulse as its main STAB, Water Shuriken as an emergency priority move, and Spikes to gain some momentum on the switches it forces, and it's probably one of the most reliable Pokemon on the team.
Tangrowth @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Giga Drain
- Knock Off
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Earthquake
Rounding out my defensive core is the one and only Assault Vest Tangrowth. This is mainly meant to check the likes of Ash Gren, Tapu Koko, and Mega Diancie among others. It's about as basic a defensive pivot as you can really get, with Giga Drain being the main STAB move, Knock off providing necessary utility, Earthquake hitting pokemon like Tapu Koko and Heatran really hard, and HP Fire to hit Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Kartana, and Mega Scizor. Actually, Kartana is the reason why I opted for HP Fire over HP Ice, since I felt like I was too weak to Kartana. However, I have also considered slotting HP Ice back in to better deal with Gliscor and Garchomp, as well as perhaps Sludge Bomb to deal with the likes of Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu that much better, but for now this is how I'm keeping the set. It's really just meant to be thrown in against the things it checks, click Knock Off to cripple the opponent for a Magearna/Gliscor sweep, and then switch out to get back some HP. Not much else to say.
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 232 Atk / 68 Def / 208 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Defog
THREATS
Replays:
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http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-870184051
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the team and drop some suggestions on how to improve it!
