He means that the specific set of Sub Calm Mind Darkrai is bad due to encore being quite prevelant. He's not saying Darkrai is bad, just that the set rn is bad due to metagame circumstances.Here's my team:
Also, here's a replay:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2154260075
Also, Duck Chris is smoking. Tf you mean Darkrai is BAD rn, let alone VERY BAD. That's a borderline Uber and you call it BAD?
Here's my team:
Also, here's a replay:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2154260075
Also, Duck Chris is smoking. Tf you mean Darkrai is BAD rn, let alone VERY BAD. That's a borderline Uber and you call it BAD?
Done (it's bad, trust)
Standard HO lead, not much to see here LO Darkrai really appreciates the instant chip from Rocks on its answers
Again, CB Sciz appreciates the chip as well as being able to Knock HDB from some of its answers Very good trader into offense / balance with this set
Another priority option, does pretty good into offense and breaks through quite a portion of the tier
Yet another priority option, softens EQs for Bolt / is another cleanup option or breaker against troubling Water-typesI'm boutta get cooked
Scizor + LO Darkrai + Custap Primarina HO
This team is something I came up with after seeing 1LDK's RMT - will elaborate fully soon
is a pretty fun combo. However, it's speed stat is lacking. Enter . as a TWave abuser that can disable faster threats. That plus powerful moves in Dark Pulse and Ice Beam provide good coverage.
is here to punish physical mons and spread wisp to further strengthen Hex.
is a standard defensive spinner. with an assault vest is here to soak up some special damage and pivot to a status user.
is another fast mon that can spread TWave and also Hex statused foes. is ready to fire of some Hex nukes.
- Incredible coverage option that has options of doing good chip to any mon in the tier
- mixed breaker to deal with setup sweepers and some special walls
- clean up hazards - pivot for pretty much everything
- threatens to sweep with fiery dance boosting, but can also break through some critical mons to open up a sweep - optional lead and pivot with a one-time way to deal with any sweepersTeam A
yeah this team SUCKS but its kinda cool. Sub CM Darkrai is very bad with encore stuff running around but it is definitely unexpected. Tera fire zamazenta as the main win condition, stallbreaker valiant, Heatran for fairy resist + rocks, Rillaboom for support, quaval because I felt like trying a spinner that matches up decently vs Samurott.
So far my ladder record is 0-4
Team BHere's my team:
Also, here's a replay:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2154260075
(I had a line on Duck Chris, but eh)
The team was originally:
Nasty Plot
Because I just like building around setup sweepers more,
IDBP
Because it's just a physical wall with sweeping potential just in case Darkrai dies,
Assault Vest
Because it's a specially defensive pivot that actually has a speed stat,
Scarf
For speed control and GOATED Wish (I mean a Fairy is cool, I guess,
At this point, I've already put in 4 legends into my teambuilder. And coincidentally, OU room was talking about why the "Legendary" title didn't really mean anything. So I thought it would be cool to have 5 legends on a team, I chose Heatran for more than just its status, though. Heatran was a steel, a Rocker, and also a way to beat stall. So yeah, I think that's pretty cool,
It's a ground type Spinner, alongside having Knock Off and just being very physically bulky.
But this ended up being too weak to, so here's what happened:
First, I scraped the genies, Torn kept missing everything it could miss, and Enam just felt bad, I don't know why.
Then, I added an AV
And then I added
So that's how we got here, I think the team is pretty cool and Quaquaval can eat my Quack (beef)
Team C
Scizor + LO Darkrai + Custap Primarina HO
This team is something I came up with after seeing 1LDK's RMT - will elaborate fully soon
Team Dhttps://pokepast.es/28f38fa86b68ec11
Status Spreading Hex Team
Hex and
I like
With paralysis a plenty on the opposing team,
Here's a replay : https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2156151814
Team E
Team F
Darkrai+Chomp HO
We start with Darkrai, which I initially thought of a Choice Scarf set, but instead of Focus Blast I would use Will-O-Wisp with bulky Calm Mind Primarina in the back. But back to the Darkrai, I decided to settle on Nasty Plot, doing great into Gholdengo, Deoxys-Speed, and more thanks to the coverage of Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam, as well as STAB Dark Pulse.
Then we go to Iron Valiant, which its main role is to stop Kingambit in its tracks, a Pokemon Darkrai can struggle with when not carrying Focus Blast. With this Swords Dance set, it can break through bulky walls like Garganacl and Blissey, while also carrying Encore to stop hazard set up, boosting, and possibly trapping opponents into moves that allies resist.
Next is the beloved Garchomp, with the standard Loaded Dice set. With this set, we can make up for Iron Valiant's lack of Fairy STAB, as after a Swords Dance and Scale Shot boost, this Pokemon can outspeed a majority of the OU tier, losing to Speed Booster Iron Valiant can Choice Scarf Darkrai. It can also struggle with opposing bulky Dragons like Raging Bolt, strong Ice type attackers like Kyurem, but still functions great.
Next is Cinderace, acting as the Hazard removal of the team. The point of this is if my opponents get hazards up with say Glimmora and Mortal Spin them away, then our team can get chipped down fast with a lack of Heavy Duty Boots. But with this Pokemon, we can just ignore that, while changing my type with Court Change to avoid powerful EQs and EPs that may come my way.
Serperior is next, and I love the snake-leaf thing. With potential to just outright sweep, definitely a fun Pokemon. It appreciates the removal of opposing Grass- and Flying-types thanks to Ice Beam Darkrai Cinderace, respectively. Nothing much to say here.
Finally, we end with Deoxys, a HO staple. Being a suicide lead, I can get up hazards while threatening Pokemon such as Glimmora and Great Dusk that may pose a threat, while stopping other hazards with Taunt, stopping stall in the process.
Team GAlready have this one ready to go:
https://pokepast.es/e01d1344ef9757eb
The team isn’t perfect but the main thing I want to showcase is mixed AV Darkrai. Darkrai’s natural bulk is passable as something that isn’t generally switching in to take hits, but with AV and knock off it becomes an outrageously good 1v1 threat, being able to take hits like Gholdengo’s unboosted modest tera fairy dazzling gleam from full (while dark pulse into sludge bomb on tera fairy is likely to kill after rocks and tera poison sludge bomb ohkos, and dark pulse is a roll to ohko offensive dengo before tera) that also lands its knocks on some of the harder targets to knock, like Clodsire, Blissey, and Primarina. It also acts as an anti-Tinkaton tech, as if it switches into your knock off, it will no longer be able to tap into its support moves (outside of its own knock off, if applicable). I have honestly started spamming that set on ladder, and this is my favorite team with it so far.
Team Hhttps://pokepast.es/eca1caeb0817b472
General idea is to keep up the pressure on all the spdef mons in the tier and then clean up with the rest of the mons.
Team is weak to roaring moon so you'll need to keep sash on dragapult or tera primarina to live a hit
, and with the defensive core of covering most up other bad match-ups. Big fan of T-Spikes since T-Spikes punishes a lot of annoying Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, Raging Bolt, etc. Pairs nicely with Hex :Sinistcha; which can use the T-Spikes to power up its Hex vs its usual switch-ins such as Raging Bolt, Kyurem, etc. while also hitting Ogerpon-W hard. Stun Spore + Hex Sinistcha is pretty fun, good at crippling and dealing a lot of damage to several Pokemon like 
, , etc. and serves as a useful stop gap to annoying Pokemon such as Ogerpon-W and Zamazenta, which otherwise sweep this team. Its also a great check to Ground-types, which you'll notice I don't have any resistances for.
and Glowking
. This works in conjunction with Matcha Gotcha's and Strength Sap's healing capabilities, making for a very bulky Pokemon that is difficult to break through once it's set up.. This is pretty standard, yet it helps into opposing Focus Sash Pokemon and pivots such as Deoxys-S
and Corviknight, respectivley. It also hits Pokemon such as Weavile
super hard, a Pokemon which threatens Sinistcha., and honestly I needed a physical attacker, as Blissey
does amazing into the first two. Iron Valiantcan Encore Blissey, Knock Off HDB so hazards can chunk it, or it can nuke it with CC.It can also nuke Roaring Moon, which immensely threatens Sinistcha., which acts like the credited user's Probopass
. It kinda just walls out Kingambitthanks to Tera Fighting, while also hard countering Corviknightand Skarmory
. Here are some calcs:, and this is just a basic set which very much appreciates the hazard support as well as being a check to Kingambit. It also likes the removal of threats such as Moltresand Zamazentathanks to Glimmoraand Sinistcharespectively., and honestly I added him thanks to it threatening Fire-types with a powerful Poltergeist. It also enjoys Sinistcha checking Ogerpon-W
, a major threat for Ceruledge.
