Team Whoop-Ass (OU RMT)

[JobFiveACowboy]

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At a glance:

In Depth Look:

Metagross @Lum Berry
Nature: Adamant
252 HP / 236 Atk / 16 SpD / 4 Spe

~Stealthrock
~Meteor Mash
~Bullet Punch
~Explosion

Why?: Due to its high defense, and even higher attack, Metagross is a great powerhouse lead. First he sets up stealthrocks, and after that he should survive to attack again. Since Im not giving him agility, or many speed EV's, Bullet Punch will be quite useful. If he is on the brim of death, Explosion should take out any foe without immunity because of metagross's very high attack.

Scizor @ Choice Band
Nature: Adamant
252 HP / 252 Atk / 8 spe

~U-Turn
~Bullet Punch
~Persuit
~Brick Break

Why?: Although he has low speed, Scizor can make a great physical sweeper with BP and technician, CB and STAB. Bullet punch well be pretty much the only move he uses, because with all the bonuses previously mentioned, and priority, it really does the job. With U-turn he also serves as a decent scout.

Cresselia @Light clay
Nature: Bold
252 Hp / 106 Def / 142 SpD / 8 Spe

~Reflect
~Light Screen
~Lunar Dance
~Psychic

Why?: Cresselia is pretty much just for support. It has great defenses and few common weaknesses which make is easy to set up its Screens. The light clay makes the screens last for 3 turns longer which can be very helpful. Lunar dance well be used when Cresselia wont last much longer, allowing it to sacrifice its self to heal other teammates that may be in need of healing. Psychic just cover a weakness that my team has

Suicune @Leftovers
Nature: Bold
252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD

~Surf
~Ice Beam
~Hidden Power Electric
~Calm Mind

Why?: Well i've completely changed suicune to fix some holes in my team, the main one being gyarados. He can easily take the hits, and since most gyarados's use dragon dance, he can use electric on him while he does that on probably KO him the next turn. Other times, his bulky-ness helps him set up calm minds and then he can do some serious damage.

Salamence @Life orb
Nature: Naive
252 Spe / 200 SpA / 56 Atk

~Draco Meteor
~Roost
~Flamethrower
~Earthquake

Why?: The good old (or new) mixed sweeper. The first draco meteor should do high damage, but with the lowers to atk, it isnt smart for another one(unless against a blissey or something). Flamethrower and Earthquake are for the types that could be a problem for me, as i dont have any other attacks that are of those types. And Roost is just to keep him alive to do even more damage.

Gengar @Life Orb
Natuer: Timid
252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def

~Shadow ball
~Thunderbolt
~ Focus Blast
~ Substitute

Why?: Finally, is Gengar, the nasty special sweeper. I gave him a life orb instead of choice specs because I enjoy using his versatile move set to my advantage. He can be used to counter toxic spikes pokemon and with his high speed and sp attack, he can easily sweep. Focus blast is to easily kill scizors and tyranitars. and he can also be a scout using sub



When Rating: Please suggest any changes that would help my team, including completely changing a pokemon or a moveset. Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

 

[MetaNite]

Hi there. Upon initial inspection, I see a Gyarados weakness. While Cresselia and Suicune can take a hit, they are both set up fodder, as is Scizor and -2 SpA Salamence. You definitely need an Electric-attack somewhere. Hidden Power Electric can easily be put over Sleep Talk on Suicune. You retain its bulk but now you just have to be more cautious about using Rest. Gyarados is easily 2HKOed, and if you counter it directly, won't be able to do much damage to you at all before you kill it. Metagross with Leftovers, while it does recover the health of a bulky Pokemon, is not very useful on the lead set. Lum Berry can be used in place of it, allowing you to evade sleep from Roserade or Smeargle leads and promptly defeat them with Meteor Mash + Bullet Punch. On Cresselia, since you are countering Dragon-types you definitely don't want to be using Lunar Dance late in the game when there could be a Salamence lurking around the corner. Furthermore, you lack a boosting sweeper who would usually be the recipient of a Lunar Dance. For these reasons, I highly suggest replacing Lunar Dance with Psychic, your strongest STAB move. Psychic allows you to kill Gengar and Infernape, which is extremely useful when you don't even have Thunder Wave. It will also help a lot against Machamp, giving you a reliable counter to it. Lastly, Gengar really needs Focus Blast. It allows Gengar to severely hurt Scizor and OHKO most Tyranitar, as well as defeat Heatran. It is a non-negotiable necessity. I would suggest using it in place of Energy Ball or Thunderbolt. Furthermore, you should use a Hasty nature with Explosion so it has a higher damage output. Another thing to consider is using Substitute in place of Energy Ball or Thunderbolt (whichever you didn't replace with Focus Blast). It allows you to scout the foe, specifically incoming Scizor and Scarf Tyranitar. It will also guard you against status and is just overall, and extremely helpful move. Good luck.

 

[JobFiveACowboy]

Thanks so much. I think I'm gonna give suicune a completely new, offensive moveset and see how that works. and I will just remove explosion from gengar, replacing it with focus blast and replace energy ball with sub. thanks for the advice.

 

[Aeolian]

LO starmie shreds this team..