Team Simplicity: My First UU RMT
Creation Process:
Original Team
Originally while building this team, I knew I wanted Ambipom and Honchkrow. After using Ambipom in OU, I understood that he was amazing, and after looking at Honchkrow, he appeared to be a good wall-breaker. From there, I searched through UU pokemon attempting to find suitable Synergy. I first typed Dragon Dance under UU pokemon attempting to find a physical sweeper, which is how I found Altaria. Then, I remembered Umbreon was UU, and due to Altaria's low base stats, a setup in order to DD would be needed, so I implemented Umbreon. From there, I needed a ghost type to fill my weakness to fighting, so in a close choice between Mismagius and Spiritomb, I opted for Mismagius. Seeing the need of a fighting type to take out the Registeels and Normal walls of UU, I chose Hariyama. Afterwards, I posted my RMT, where with the help of the Smogon commmunity, Ambipom stayed the same and Honchkrow was replaced with Blaziken. This made Hariyama useless forcing a change to one of the Reggies, and I chose Regirock. At about the same time, I realized that the team revolved around removing any threats to Umbreon who passes to Altaria for a final sweep. The team faired quite well, but Synergy was not optimal, so I switched Regirock to Registeel, and that became what is currently....
A Laid Back Team With a Simple Strategy:
Team Simplicity
Purple Reign
Ambipom (M) @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Fake Out
- U-turn
- Double Hit
- Payback
Ambipom is a typical gun n’ run type of Pokemon. I use Fake out, and then U-turn for hefty damage on Pokemon that don’t resist. Payback dominates ghosts who switch in to Fake Out, and Double Hit destroys subs with ease. What’s not to love? After any Pokemon dies, Ambipom is the first to switch in. He’s my counter for stat-boosters, and simply dominates in UU. Silk Scarf was the obvious choice over LO for me considering that he has two normal type attacks, and he is simply to important to be losing 10% health with every attack. And of course, Jolly is needed so that he can easily outrun nearly all UU pokemon.
Dislikes: Nothing (: I love Ambipom!
Synergy: If something can outspeed Ambipom that is using a fighting type move, then Fighting goes to Mismagius or Altaria.
Bizzle Blazel
Blaziken (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 236 Atk/20 Spd/252 SAtk
Mild nature (+SAtk, -Def)
- Fire Blast
- Super Power
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Vacum Wave/Stone Edge
At First, this pokemon was Honchkrow, but thanks to some advice, it was changed to Blaziken. 20 Speed EVs let it outrun nearly all of the chief defensive threats, which is important considering that its' entire purpose is breaking walls. Fire Blast completely destroys Registeel, Regice, and Steelix, while Super Power covers Militank, Chansey, and Regirock. HP Grass pwns Gastrodon, and Vacum Wave is a filler move. I'm considering switching Vacum Wave to Stone Edge. But, since Super Power lowers Atk and and its' nature raises SpA, Vacum wave could be the obvious choice.
Dislikes: Blaziken is to slow to do anything but wall break, so when facing offensive teams, he can be near useless.
Synergy: Psychic goes to Umbreon or Registeel. Flying goes to Registeel. Ground goes to Altaria and Mismagius. Water goes to Umbreon to set up or to Altaria.
Under My Umberelleon
Umbreon (M) @ Chople Berry
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP/164 Spd/92 SDef
Careful nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Mean Look
- Yawn
- Baton Pass
- Wish
Below this pokemon is Altaria, my stat-boosting sweeper, who has completely terrible stats. The only way that Altaria sweeps is by using Umbreon. I know everyone looking at my team thinks that Umbreon is useless. Well, you're wrong! I use Mean look so that their counter to Umbreon is forced to stay, and if they don't switch, it's even better for me. From their, if they switch to a counter that won't have a bug type move, I Baton Pass to Altaria who sets up on fighters with ease. If it isn't a counter, then I use yawn and then pass.
Dislikes: Synchronize...it nearly ruins Umbreon. I swith in, use mean look, use yawn, and they use t-wave, getting paralyzed themselves, neutralizing yawn. Damn you Synch!
Synergy: Fighting goes to Mismagius. Bug goes to Altaria, Mismagius, Registeel, or Blaziken.
Cest Magnifique
Altaria (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
So far, Altaria has proved to me that it is the best Physical Sweeper in UU. A good 60% of my games are won by an Altaria sweep. I first use Substitute, blocking any status along with explosions, and then I proceed to Dragon Dance while using sub until his stats are through the roof. Dragon Claw and Earthquake provide unresisted coverage in UU which made my choice in move set easy. Plus after 2 DDs, I can 2KO Registeel. I chose leftovers over Life Orb because the ability to sub after killing a pokemon is very useful, and running out of health to sub can destroy Altaria. The four HP EVs give me 5 subs, which can be useful when facing outrage locked pokemon if I want to sub until they become confused.
Dislikes: Once again, I'm loving this set on Altaria.
Synergy: Ice goes to Blaziken or Registeel. Dragon goes to Registeel. Rock goes to Registeel.
Mister Magoo
Mismagius (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Destiny Bond
Since I have so many Pokemon weak to fighting, having a Ghost type is a complete necessity. I chose Life orb over specs so for the surprise factor. While wearing specs, if you use a ghost attack on a ghost, people switch to a normal wall, who will set up on Mismagius. If you use HP Fighting on a normal type Pokemon, they typically will switch to a ghost who will set up on Mismagius. Since Specs and SubCM are the most common sets, people don't expect a Life Orbed Super Effective. With his best 3 attacks already used, Destiny Bond was a close choice over CM. I know that most people will say this set is sub-optimal without Choice Specs, but I commonly take out multiple pokemon with this set. The only thing I could really differ on it is switching Destiny Bond to CM so that Umbreon can Trap Pass.
Dislikes: This lacks the bulk to take hits from pokemon who use something other than a fighting move, predicting the switch to Mismagius.
Synergy: Dark goes to Blaziken, Umbreon, or Registeel. Ghost goes to Ambipom, Umbreon, or Registeel.
Reggie Miller
Registeel (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP/164 Atk/88 Def/4 Spd
Careful nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Slide
- Thunder Wave
- Explosion
Registeel is the epitome of Synergy for my team. He is the Yin to my Yang. He is the Paul McCartney to my John Lennon. Get it? He's pimpin. Stealth rock provides one of the UU necessities in order to stop the legendary birds along with prolonged Yanmega usage. Rock Slide compliments my team by adding the much needed 4x damage on the, yet again, legendary birds along with dealing with other flying types. Plus, no one expects Rock Slide on him. Isn't that what Regirock is for? Immunity to toxic provides status absorbtion. Thunder Wave provides paralysis which stops any counters dead in their tracks. And finally, after walling and paralyzing, he goes out in a blaze of glory, sacrificing his life for that of the team: Expozdun.
Dislikes: His support of the Nazi regime. Just look at his picture. Wow Registeel, Wow.
Synergy: Fighting goes to Mismagius. Ground goes to Mismagius or Altaria. Fire goes to Blaziken or Altaria
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Help Section: This contains the main things that I want advice for.
1. Should I use Vacum Wave or Stone Edge on Blaziken?
2. Should I use Sub or Wish on Umbreon? Getting statused completely cripples Umbreon's use, but Wish support benefits Regirock massively. I would use a Lum Berry, but Chople Berry let's me setup much more often.
Threat Down: This section contains any current threats to my team. As people tell me threats, I will add them here. Red means the Pokemon is a massive threat. Orange Means the Pokekmon is somewhat of a threat. Blue means the Pokemon was a threat, but thanks to additions and subtractions, it no longer is.
1. Gastrodon- HP grass has effectively neutered Gastrodon.
Creation Process:
Original Team
Originally while building this team, I knew I wanted Ambipom and Honchkrow. After using Ambipom in OU, I understood that he was amazing, and after looking at Honchkrow, he appeared to be a good wall-breaker. From there, I searched through UU pokemon attempting to find suitable Synergy. I first typed Dragon Dance under UU pokemon attempting to find a physical sweeper, which is how I found Altaria. Then, I remembered Umbreon was UU, and due to Altaria's low base stats, a setup in order to DD would be needed, so I implemented Umbreon. From there, I needed a ghost type to fill my weakness to fighting, so in a close choice between Mismagius and Spiritomb, I opted for Mismagius. Seeing the need of a fighting type to take out the Registeels and Normal walls of UU, I chose Hariyama. Afterwards, I posted my RMT, where with the help of the Smogon commmunity, Ambipom stayed the same and Honchkrow was replaced with Blaziken. This made Hariyama useless forcing a change to one of the Reggies, and I chose Regirock. At about the same time, I realized that the team revolved around removing any threats to Umbreon who passes to Altaria for a final sweep. The team faired quite well, but Synergy was not optimal, so I switched Regirock to Registeel, and that became what is currently....
A Laid Back Team With a Simple Strategy:
Team Simplicity
Purple Reign
Ambipom (M) @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Fake Out
- U-turn
- Double Hit
- Payback
Ambipom is a typical gun n’ run type of Pokemon. I use Fake out, and then U-turn for hefty damage on Pokemon that don’t resist. Payback dominates ghosts who switch in to Fake Out, and Double Hit destroys subs with ease. What’s not to love? After any Pokemon dies, Ambipom is the first to switch in. He’s my counter for stat-boosters, and simply dominates in UU. Silk Scarf was the obvious choice over LO for me considering that he has two normal type attacks, and he is simply to important to be losing 10% health with every attack. And of course, Jolly is needed so that he can easily outrun nearly all UU pokemon.
Dislikes: Nothing (: I love Ambipom!
Synergy: If something can outspeed Ambipom that is using a fighting type move, then Fighting goes to Mismagius or Altaria.
Bizzle Blazel
Blaziken (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 236 Atk/20 Spd/252 SAtk
Mild nature (+SAtk, -Def)
- Fire Blast
- Super Power
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Vacum Wave/Stone Edge
At First, this pokemon was Honchkrow, but thanks to some advice, it was changed to Blaziken. 20 Speed EVs let it outrun nearly all of the chief defensive threats, which is important considering that its' entire purpose is breaking walls. Fire Blast completely destroys Registeel, Regice, and Steelix, while Super Power covers Militank, Chansey, and Regirock. HP Grass pwns Gastrodon, and Vacum Wave is a filler move. I'm considering switching Vacum Wave to Stone Edge. But, since Super Power lowers Atk and and its' nature raises SpA, Vacum wave could be the obvious choice.
Dislikes: Blaziken is to slow to do anything but wall break, so when facing offensive teams, he can be near useless.
Synergy: Psychic goes to Umbreon or Registeel. Flying goes to Registeel. Ground goes to Altaria and Mismagius. Water goes to Umbreon to set up or to Altaria.
Under My Umberelleon
Umbreon (M) @ Chople Berry
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP/164 Spd/92 SDef
Careful nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Mean Look
- Yawn
- Baton Pass
- Wish
Below this pokemon is Altaria, my stat-boosting sweeper, who has completely terrible stats. The only way that Altaria sweeps is by using Umbreon. I know everyone looking at my team thinks that Umbreon is useless. Well, you're wrong! I use Mean look so that their counter to Umbreon is forced to stay, and if they don't switch, it's even better for me. From their, if they switch to a counter that won't have a bug type move, I Baton Pass to Altaria who sets up on fighters with ease. If it isn't a counter, then I use yawn and then pass.
Dislikes: Synchronize...it nearly ruins Umbreon. I swith in, use mean look, use yawn, and they use t-wave, getting paralyzed themselves, neutralizing yawn. Damn you Synch!
Synergy: Fighting goes to Mismagius. Bug goes to Altaria, Mismagius, Registeel, or Blaziken.
Cest Magnifique
Altaria (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
So far, Altaria has proved to me that it is the best Physical Sweeper in UU. A good 60% of my games are won by an Altaria sweep. I first use Substitute, blocking any status along with explosions, and then I proceed to Dragon Dance while using sub until his stats are through the roof. Dragon Claw and Earthquake provide unresisted coverage in UU which made my choice in move set easy. Plus after 2 DDs, I can 2KO Registeel. I chose leftovers over Life Orb because the ability to sub after killing a pokemon is very useful, and running out of health to sub can destroy Altaria. The four HP EVs give me 5 subs, which can be useful when facing outrage locked pokemon if I want to sub until they become confused.
Dislikes: Once again, I'm loving this set on Altaria.
Synergy: Ice goes to Blaziken or Registeel. Dragon goes to Registeel. Rock goes to Registeel.
Mister Magoo
Mismagius (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Destiny Bond
Since I have so many Pokemon weak to fighting, having a Ghost type is a complete necessity. I chose Life orb over specs so for the surprise factor. While wearing specs, if you use a ghost attack on a ghost, people switch to a normal wall, who will set up on Mismagius. If you use HP Fighting on a normal type Pokemon, they typically will switch to a ghost who will set up on Mismagius. Since Specs and SubCM are the most common sets, people don't expect a Life Orbed Super Effective. With his best 3 attacks already used, Destiny Bond was a close choice over CM. I know that most people will say this set is sub-optimal without Choice Specs, but I commonly take out multiple pokemon with this set. The only thing I could really differ on it is switching Destiny Bond to CM so that Umbreon can Trap Pass.
Dislikes: This lacks the bulk to take hits from pokemon who use something other than a fighting move, predicting the switch to Mismagius.
Synergy: Dark goes to Blaziken, Umbreon, or Registeel. Ghost goes to Ambipom, Umbreon, or Registeel.
Reggie Miller
Registeel (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP/164 Atk/88 Def/4 Spd
Careful nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Slide
- Thunder Wave
- Explosion
Registeel is the epitome of Synergy for my team. He is the Yin to my Yang. He is the Paul McCartney to my John Lennon. Get it? He's pimpin. Stealth rock provides one of the UU necessities in order to stop the legendary birds along with prolonged Yanmega usage. Rock Slide compliments my team by adding the much needed 4x damage on the, yet again, legendary birds along with dealing with other flying types. Plus, no one expects Rock Slide on him. Isn't that what Regirock is for? Immunity to toxic provides status absorbtion. Thunder Wave provides paralysis which stops any counters dead in their tracks. And finally, after walling and paralyzing, he goes out in a blaze of glory, sacrificing his life for that of the team: Expozdun.
Dislikes: His support of the Nazi regime. Just look at his picture. Wow Registeel, Wow.
Synergy: Fighting goes to Mismagius. Ground goes to Mismagius or Altaria. Fire goes to Blaziken or Altaria
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Help Section: This contains the main things that I want advice for.
1. Should I use Vacum Wave or Stone Edge on Blaziken?
2. Should I use Sub or Wish on Umbreon? Getting statused completely cripples Umbreon's use, but Wish support benefits Regirock massively. I would use a Lum Berry, but Chople Berry let's me setup much more often.
Threat Down: This section contains any current threats to my team. As people tell me threats, I will add them here. Red means the Pokemon is a massive threat. Orange Means the Pokekmon is somewhat of a threat. Blue means the Pokemon was a threat, but thanks to additions and subtractions, it no longer is.
1. Gastrodon- HP grass has effectively neutered Gastrodon.
