So, my first RMT. This was a sun team I came up with after several miserable failures with other user names. It started with a facebook post bashing Charizard and stating his uselessness. I made it a personal challenge to try making him useful in OU, and then I discovered something cool. Literally no one seems to expect being sweeped by Charizard. First time using it I OHKO'd a Starmie and it was a toss up who was more surprised, me or the other guy. Semi-ok with ditching Charizard, if we can find an out of nowhere Sun sweeper who does it better.
Ninetales @ Leftovers
Trait: Drought
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
- Flamethrower
- Pain Split
The obvious starter. Pain Split because I needed a fourth move and Will-O-Wisp does a great job of nerfing physical sweepers before switching in either Charizard or Dragonite for a kill and sweep start
Charizard @ Choice Specs
Trait: Solar Power
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Fire Blast
- Roost
- Dragon Pulse
- SolarBeam
The surprise killer. I more or less used a basic suggested set, but I almost always use fire blast, so it doesn't matter much. The weakness is, obviously that he can't swtich in without either nerfing support beforehand or switching into a non-sweeper like Blissey or something.
Venusaur @ Black Sludge
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- SolarBeam
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Sleep Powder
A great sweeper as long as the sun stays out. Frustrating useless against Politoad due to Ice Beam and Drizzle. Sludge Bomb works great and Sleep Powder makes another good set-up for Charizard or someone else. Generally my first switch-in if ninetails switches out or faints.
Starmie @ Absorb Bulb
Trait: Analytic
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk / 4 Spd
Timid Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
The spinner. Unless a fighting type or Dragon type comes out after I've killed Forretress or Hippowdon, he doesn't see much action. Since dragonite has ground covered well, i liked the type coverage here over Donphan.
Dragonite @ Fire Gem
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- ExtremeSpeed
- Dragon Dance
Generally an anchor after someone faints. Multiscale lets him take a hit while he dragon dances, then go for the kill with a mega-boosted Fire punch. Also my rock and steel type killer + my only real counter for Heatran
Volcarona @ Charcoal
Trait: Flame Body
EVs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spd
- Fiery Dance
- Quiver Dance
- Sunny Day
- Roost
The sixth Just Because pokemon. Such a pain in my ass, I figured he would be to others as well. Doesn't see much use unless things go wrong. Sunny Day replaced U-turn in case politoad or tyranitar countered and killed ninetails. Considering replacing him with Victini. Tried latias, results were not impressive, so I switched back.
My weaknesses as I see them.
1: Other weather conditions. Politoad is the bane of my existence. Starmie can kill it with Thunderbolt, but not quickly enough to keep my momentum going. Likewise with Tyranitar or Hippowdon. I couldn't find a place for a water move, and the few times I fought Tyranitar, he knew Ice beam to stop earthquake from Dragonite.
2: Big dragon-type sweepers. Outrage physical sweepers are devastating to my team. My only real options are Will o Wisp or Sleep powder, and they either miss more often than I'd like, or the other guy has a lum berry
3: Flash Fire. My team is useless against Heatran if something happens to Dragonite.
4. Stalling teams. I've encountered Truant-Protect-sub combos and sub-seed so far. No way to deal with those unless I predict it very quickly.
5. No second try. If Charizard fails to get his momentum going for whatever reason, Dragonite can't carry all the weight himself, and Venusaur isn't a threat without Sunlight. Starmie and Ninetails die semi-easily, and Volcarana walling needs to time. All in all, one piece of Bad Luck is killer, and I want to minimize that.
Ninetales @ Leftovers
Trait: Drought
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
- Flamethrower
- Pain Split
The obvious starter. Pain Split because I needed a fourth move and Will-O-Wisp does a great job of nerfing physical sweepers before switching in either Charizard or Dragonite for a kill and sweep start
Charizard @ Choice Specs
Trait: Solar Power
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Fire Blast
- Roost
- Dragon Pulse
- SolarBeam
The surprise killer. I more or less used a basic suggested set, but I almost always use fire blast, so it doesn't matter much. The weakness is, obviously that he can't swtich in without either nerfing support beforehand or switching into a non-sweeper like Blissey or something.
Venusaur @ Black Sludge
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- SolarBeam
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Sleep Powder
A great sweeper as long as the sun stays out. Frustrating useless against Politoad due to Ice Beam and Drizzle. Sludge Bomb works great and Sleep Powder makes another good set-up for Charizard or someone else. Generally my first switch-in if ninetails switches out or faints.
Starmie @ Absorb Bulb
Trait: Analytic
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk / 4 Spd
Timid Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
The spinner. Unless a fighting type or Dragon type comes out after I've killed Forretress or Hippowdon, he doesn't see much action. Since dragonite has ground covered well, i liked the type coverage here over Donphan.
Dragonite @ Fire Gem
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- ExtremeSpeed
- Dragon Dance
Generally an anchor after someone faints. Multiscale lets him take a hit while he dragon dances, then go for the kill with a mega-boosted Fire punch. Also my rock and steel type killer + my only real counter for Heatran
Volcarona @ Charcoal
Trait: Flame Body
EVs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spd
- Fiery Dance
- Quiver Dance
- Sunny Day
- Roost
The sixth Just Because pokemon. Such a pain in my ass, I figured he would be to others as well. Doesn't see much use unless things go wrong. Sunny Day replaced U-turn in case politoad or tyranitar countered and killed ninetails. Considering replacing him with Victini. Tried latias, results were not impressive, so I switched back.
My weaknesses as I see them.
1: Other weather conditions. Politoad is the bane of my existence. Starmie can kill it with Thunderbolt, but not quickly enough to keep my momentum going. Likewise with Tyranitar or Hippowdon. I couldn't find a place for a water move, and the few times I fought Tyranitar, he knew Ice beam to stop earthquake from Dragonite.
2: Big dragon-type sweepers. Outrage physical sweepers are devastating to my team. My only real options are Will o Wisp or Sleep powder, and they either miss more often than I'd like, or the other guy has a lum berry
3: Flash Fire. My team is useless against Heatran if something happens to Dragonite.
4. Stalling teams. I've encountered Truant-Protect-sub combos and sub-seed so far. No way to deal with those unless I predict it very quickly.
5. No second try. If Charizard fails to get his momentum going for whatever reason, Dragonite can't carry all the weight himself, and Venusaur isn't a threat without Sunlight. Starmie and Ninetails die semi-easily, and Volcarana walling needs to time. All in all, one piece of Bad Luck is killer, and I want to minimize that.
