Project SS RU Teambuilding Competition (Round 7: Swords Dance Spam Submissions!)

[sensei axew]

The votes are in! (There was a tie between Mac3 and eifo for 1st place, so I decided to vote for Mac3!)

Mac3 - 8
eifo - 7
GoldCat - 6
SpookMÆN - 3
HiddenPower23 - 1

Congratulations to Mac3 for coming in 1st, eifo for coming in 2nd, and Goldcat for coming in 3rd!

Round #7 will be posted later today.​

 

[sensei axew]

Round #7 - Swords Dance Spam!

Swords Dance has been of the most prevalent Set-Up moves in the history of competitive Pokemon. Therefore, for this round of the RU Teambuilding Competition, you will be creating a team that features at least two Pokemon utilizing Swords Dance. Whether it's a Virizion, Toxicroak, Escavalier, or even an Inteleon, let's see you dance some swords!
Deadline for Submissions is Thursday, August 27th at 11:59 P.M. GMT-4
Good luck and have fun :)​

 

[Katy]

SD Spam + Knock Off Gardevoir



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Virizion @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Leaf Blade
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis

Lycanroc @ Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Accelerock
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance

Mantine @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Haze
- Defog
- Roost

Gardevoir @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Psyshock
- Mystical Fire
- Knock Off

Steelix @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock

Dragalge @ Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Sludge Wave
- Focus Blast
- Flip Turn

Description: this team works as follows: virizion and lycanroc are the physical wallbreakers with swords dance in their arsenal and their stabs as well. virizion has swords dance and close combat and leaf blade and synthesis as its movepool, the last slot is reserved for some longevity thruought the match; lycanroc on the other hand has swords dance and stone edge as well as its priority-attack in acceleroc and close combat as its coverage-option. mantine is there to prevent set-up sweepers from setting up as it has haze in 1 of its slots, it also has defog and roost for longevity. it canserve as a check to inteleon, barraskewda and salazzle. gardevoir has the choice scarf-set to act as some kind of speed control and it has knock off in its last slot to rermove annoying items such as heavy-duty boots or leftovers, it has its dual-stab-combo in moonblast and psychock and mystical fire to hit steel-types such as steelix, bronzong and the less common silvally-steel. steelix is the check to indeedee and opposing gardevoir, it can also ste stealth rocks and it has toxic to shut down walls such as porygon2, mantine and mudsdale. last but not least: dragalge with choice specs and dual-stab draco meteor and sludge wave, 2nd last slot is focus blast to hit annoying steels such as steelix, copperajah and it also hits drampa and prevents dragalge from getting a spatt drop. flip turn is its last slot to create some momentum for the team. hope u'd like it!​

 

[GoldCat]

SD Silvally-Ground + Drapion BO


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This team features a SD core of Silvally-Ground and Drapion. Silvally-Ground is currently, in my opinion, the best Silvally forme. Edgequake coverage is fantastic; being able to break through common builds. U-turn allows it to turn counters such as Bronzong into momentum. Dragalge is up next, as it perfectly complements Silvally-Ground. Together they create a potent VoltTurn core that is able to capitalize on each other's checks and counters as well as covering weaknesses. Silvally-Ground deals with the pesky Steel-types meanwhile Dragalge covers bulky Waters and Grass-types. Dragalge is also the team's main Virizion check and Rotom-Mow counter. Bronzong provides Stealth Rock support as well as a Rhyperior switch-in, Dragon, and Psychic resist. Mantine is the team's hazard removal. It also is a Fighting resist, Scrafty, Snorlax, and Slowbro-Galar check thanks to Haze. Drapion is the second member of the SD duo. Drapion is able to outright threaten Levitate Bronzong rather than just chipping it like Silvally-Ground. It also brings a Psychic immunity, Ghost-, and Dark resist to the team. Gardevoir provides speed control, a way to revenge kill Virizion, and utility through Trick and Healing Wish. The Gardevoir lacks Mystical Fire due to the team already heavily pressuring Steel-types, and Healing Wish is always clutch when it comes into play.

The team in action:

Replays:

Round 1 of Fall seasonal:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ru-1173528939-ku52p8hbxx2sjjrm5bfi6wrbrdxi5cspw
Ladder games:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ru-1173225309-v4gf1du77nx5mhs9lt0s1bwgjjb6uncpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ru-1174670245-c4qk2eibzmsue238ca7v79nq1aysmybpw

 

[Mac3]

but apparently I couldn't because of corrupt host :uhate2cit:

So theres 4 belly drum users, a suicide rocker, webs, just have fun on low ladder really, and never click SD.