Hello again, I is Irkkk and this will be my LAST nu team. This is my last rmt so i decided to make it special with a war story at the end (am i allowed to do that?)! This is probably my best team and the war story will show how this team fares against another team. I'm pretty sure this a balanced team but comment on this if I'm wrong since i built it to be a balance >.>'.
Venomoth(Sin) @
ability: tinted lens
nature: timid
ev's: 252 satk 252 spe
~ sludge bomb
~ bug buzz
~Sleep powder
~psychic
Venomoth makes a great lead because he can counter many other common leads and prevent entry hazards. With a choice scarf, he easily out speeds many leads preventing rain dance, stealth rocks, occasionally trick room, and anti- leads. Venomoth is unique because of great speed, special attack, X4 resist to fighting, tinted lens, sleep powder. and the ability to function as a lead AND as a revenge killer. A great lead indeed. Max speed ev's and special attack is given while timid to out speed other venomoths. Speep powder is used against a potential threat and bug buzz + psychic for perfect coverage. Sludge bomb is a filler but used to score the KO on jumpluff leads.
(if you want to see how i fare against the top 10 leads of NU, write it in your comment!)
Dusclops(Fear) @
Ability: pressure
nature: relaxed
ev's: 228 hp 228 def 54 sdef
~Will-o-wisp
~pain split
~curse
~Night shade
This is the glue to my team. Without him, big threats like tauros, Zangoose, etc. sweep my team. He also holds my normal and fighting immunity. W-o-w is for crippling physical sweepers and curse is for beating cradily who can stall me out. He's my only answer to him because if I'm correct, curse hits through sleep. Giving up half my hp is not a big deal if its gonna take out cradily in 4 turns. Nightshade is used to hit ghosts becuase i don't need to hit normal types. This guy's physical attack is horrible so doing a set number of damage is always good. Pain split sapping hp from the opposing mon. Ev's are my own which i find extremely useful. lefties for recovery
Skuntank(Greed) @
ability: aftermath
nature: adamant
ev's: 216 hp 252 atk 20 def 20 sdef
~crunch
~sucker punch
~rock smash/HP GROUND-apparently the calc i was using is wrong and it seems hp ground is better...
~explosion
Skuntank has proven his usefulness by owning ghosts, psychics and exploding when a mon can wall my sweepers. This guys also my answer to sharpedo. Come in on crunch. They can waterfall all they want but it doesn't even do 50% and rock smash and sucker punch is a ko all the time. This guy is my wall against espeon, and other crap. Crunch for obvious stab, sucker punch for priority, rock smash for walls like bastiodon, probopass, and explosion to leave with a bang. Everything about his standard except the ev's. Nowadays all espeon carry hp ground expecting the ko but not with this set. I can crunch for the ko and if the opponent brings in a counter like quagsire, KABOOOOM! Yea take a mon with me. lefties to make sure waterfall from sharpedo is never a 2hko
Espoen (tragedy) @
ability: synchronize
nature: timid
ev's: 252 satck 252 sp 4 hp
~substitute
~psychic
~hp ground
~signal beam
Espeon is probably the best and post reliable sweeper in the Nu metagame. With perfect move coverage, Espeon is my main sweeper and hurts everything early and mid-game. Once he's done with his rampage, venomoth can come in late game and finish up the game. However if espeon can get a sub at least something will die. Espeon also has great special defense. 95 is pretty good. everything about him is standard with substitute which i prefer just because it allows dealing with skuntank because hp ground is a prompt ohko unless they run the same set as me >.>. life orb for extra power
Slowking(preservative) @
ability: own tempo
nature: calm
ev's: 252 hp 40 satk 216 sdef
~Surf
~Psychic
~grass knot
~slack off
Slowking is my special wall
and check to choiced fighting types like medicham and hotmonchan. I used to use t-wave but getting walled my quagsire wasn't worth it. With 40 ev's in special attack, grass knot is a certain okho on the standard sets. Grass knot also provides a way to beat other slowking and that other ground water slug but i forgot its name.... GASTRODON! YEa thats it. I literally just remembered. But yea, he, dusclops, and skuntank make my semi defensive core. lefties for more healing
WELL THAT'S THE TEAM!!!
BUT WAIT, WHERES THE JUMPLUFF
HAHAHAH YOU THOUGHT I'D FORGET HIM?
Jumpluff(Punishment) @
ability: chlorophyll
nature: jolly
ev's: 252 hp 252 spe 4 def
~sleep powder
~encore
~stun spore
~u turn
Jumpluff is such a great mon. With a perfect supoort move pool, why not abuse it? It has many purposes which inlclude: status, encoring, scouting, etc. Encore is an extremely broken move because it stops sub punchers, boosters and can make an enemy mon useless. U turn is for scouting but if something is scarfed and i know it, switching is the way to go. I think every team should have a jumpluff because she provides momentum. Lefties because jumpluff is gonna take a lot.
IRKKK VS DMARCIN
(note: we don’t know each other’s teams)
irkkk sent out Venomoth (lvl 100 Venomoth ♂).
Dmarcin sent out Solrock (lvl 100 Solrock switched in Noctowl (lvl 100 Noctowl ♂).
I don’t know anything about his team and I see the solrock so sleep powder should be the best choice. If he has an insomnia on his team I can deal with it accordingly, plus I don’t want to over predict this early in the match.
Venomoth used Sleep Powder.
Venomoth's attack missed! Noctowl was burned!
I knew it! Know that I know he has one I can switch out. What! Flame Orb is an odd item for his noctowl. I’m not sure what he wants to do with it so skuntank seems to be the best choice.
irkkk switched in Skuntank (lvl 100 Skuntank ♂).
Noctowl used Psycho Shift.
Skuntank was burned! Skuntank was hurt by its burn!
Skuntank lost 12% of its health. Noctowl was burned!
Psycho shift…. I didn’t even know he could learn it. Oh well, skunktank can’t do much with a burn on him so explosion seems tempting. I still don’t know what the noctowl can do with this set and he’s a threat to venomoth and espeon so I;m going with explosion!
Skuntank used Explosion.
Noctowl lost 100% of its health.
Dmarcin's Noctowl fainted.
Skuntank lost 88% of its health. irkkk's Skuntank fainted.
Score! Now he has an open slot for sleep. Venomoth can come in safely and put something to sleep. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know my venomoth is scarfed so I;m pretty sure I can out speed whatever he wants to throw out.
irkkk switched in Venomoth (lvl 100 Venomoth ♂).
Dmarcin switched in Solrock (lvl 100 Solrock).
Venomoth used Sleep Powder. Solrock fell asleep! Solrock is fast asleep!
Ok, sleep powder didn’t miss so now I can get in espeon safely and score a kill. If I know Dmarcin, he’s gonna stay in and see what comes in.
irkkk switched in Espeon (lvl 100 Espeon ♂).
Solrock is fast asleep!
I can either hp ground or substitute but he might switch so sub is the better option.
Espeon used Substitute.
Espeon lost 25% of its health. Espeon made a substitute!
Solrock is fast asleep!
Good he’s still asleep. HP ground time.
Espeon used Hidden Power. Solrock makes ground moves miss with Levitate!
Solrock woke up! Solrock used Earthquake.
The substitute took damage for Espeon! Espeon's substitute faded!
Here’s the 1st face palm moment of the match. I should have checked this thing. The next move must be signal beam so I can ko him.
Espeon used Signal Beam.
It's super effective! Solrock lost 100% of its health.
Solrock hung on using its Focus Sash!
Espeon lost 10% of its health.
Solrock used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Hmmm he’s sash’d and luckily he used SR and not EQ. Now I need to grab the KO.
Espeon used Psychic. It's not very effective... Solrock lost 0% of its health.
Dmarcin's Solrock fainted.
Espeon lost 10% of its health.
Ok, I’m doing pretty well.
5-4 me.
Dmarcin switched in Magmortar (lvl 100 Magmortar ♂)
Magmortar used Fire Blast. Espeon lost 55% of its health.
irkkk's Espeon fainted.
I know nothing about this guy. If Dmarcin switches him in its either scarfed are extremely bulky so I don’t want to risk him predicting my switch and going for a t-bolt so I’ll stay in. espeon already has a kill so he’s done a bit of his job. Now I can switch in slowking.
irkkk switched in Slowking (lvl 100 Slowking ♂). Pointed stones dug into Slowking. Slowking lost 12% of its health.
Dmarcin switched in Raichu (lvl 100 Raichu ♂).
Slowking used Surf. A critical hit! Raichu lost 100% of its health.
Dmarcin's Raichu fainted.
Slowking's leftovers restored its health a little! Slowking restored 6% of its health.
I force the switch and I get a lucky crit on his raichu. That’s good because it can do major chunk out of slowking.
Dmarcin switched in Magmortar (lvl 100 Magmortar ♂).
Magmortar used Thunderbolt. It's super effective! Slowking lost 43% of its health. Slowking used Surf. It's super effective! Magmortar lost 81% of its health.
Slowking's leftovers restored its health a little! Slowking restored 6% of its health.
Ok time to dance with his scarf Magmortar. Surf doesn’t grab the ko and I see his t-bolt does less than 50% so I’ll slack off and gain some health.
Magmortar used Thunderbolt. It's super effective! Slowking lost 43% of its health. Slowking used Slack Off. Slowking restored 50% of its health.
Slowking's leftovers restored its health a little! Slowking restored 6% of its health.
Ok one more because some more health can’t hurt.
Dmarcin switched in Sharpedo (lvl 100 Sharpedo ♂).
Slowking used Slack Off. Slowking restored 30% of its health.
Oh crap. Sharpedo has arrived and it’ll ko slowking so jumpluff is my fodder because I have to get in dusclops safely and burn him.
irkkk switched in Jumpluff (lvl 100 Jumpluff ♂). Pointed stones dug into Jumpluff. Jumpluff lost 25% of its health.
Sharpedo used Crunch. A critical hit! Jumpluff lost 75% of its health.
irkkk's Jumpluff fainted.
He gets a crit that might have matterd (too lazy to do some calcs). I’m not really sure about bringing in dusclops, so here comes venomoth. I haven’t shown signs of a scarf and pedo out speeds him so he’ll probably go for a crunch.
irkkk switched in Venomoth (lvl 100 Venomoth ♂). Pointed stones dug into Venomoth. Venomoth lost 25% of its health.
Venomoth used Bug Buzz. It's super effective!
Sharpedo lost 100% of its health.
Dmarcin's Sharpedo fainted.
Perfect! He asks if its scarfed but it doesn’t matter because mortar is in KO range.
Dmarcin switched in Magmortar (lvl 100 Magmortar ♂)
Venomoth used Bug Buzz. It's not very effective...
Magmortar lost 19% of its health.
Dmarcin's Magmortar fainted.
OK! One more to go and I hope I can KO.
Dmarcin switched in Shiftry (lvl 100 Shiftry ♂).
Venomoth used Bug Buzz. It's super effective!
Shiftry lost 100% of its health.
Dmarcin's Shiftry fainted.
irkkk wins! Dmarcin has left the room.
YES!!! Luckily it’s a shiftry. I grab the X4 KO and that wraps up the game. This was during my play test period so this was a pretty good milestone for my team.
This was 1st warstory so i want to know how i can it better and how it can be a better read for you!
Props:
~Venomoth for the late game clean up and making sure Dmarcin didn't know it was scarfed.
~Slowking for the crit or the raichu
~Skuntank for taking out noctowl
Slops:
~espeon for getting one kill
~jumpluff for not being my MVP
~Not showing dusclops
Dmarcin's team:
