Ah,this is my first Rate My Team thread although i have like a billion teams :P.It is one of my most successful teams.I have been winning a majority of the matches.Making many mistakes along the way.
I am relying on the Beasts ( Scizor , Tyranitar and Gyarados ) to open up for Latias ( the Harlot ) to sweep.
It has been very successful for me since i usually manage to get either Latias or Gyarados to sweep.
Metagross @ Lum Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 236 HP/252 Atk/20 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Meteor Mash
A Strong STAB attack , hurts most Leads that don’t resist it.
• Bullet Punch
Swift Attack that helps kill Pokemon with very little HP left.
• Explosion
Explosion, usually nets me a kill every game it helps break down the counters for most of my sweepers.
• Stealth Rock
Very important for all teams , it gives me an Edge on those who are weak to Stealth Rocks.
Description: One of my favorite leads which won’t fail to net me a kill. It helps my Latias sweep as usually, Infernape and Heatran switches in to it.
I can then switch to Latias then proceed to Set up.
Meteor Mash + Bullet Punch kills MOST leads.
EVs: 236 HP helps take hits , 252 Attack guarantees a kill ( with explosion ) on Hippowdon and Swampert. 20 Speed to outrun Skarmory.
How it helps the team : It gives me a very healthy start if I have stealth rocks up early.
Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 80 HP/176 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
• Recover
A important recovery move , helping me restore HP from attacks , and from the HP I use to Subsitute.
• Calm Mind
A powerful stat up-ing move for Latias. Many Super Effective moves can fail to break my Subsitute after a Calm Mind.
• Substitute
Helps me to block Status and hide behind it . It also has helped me avoid Heatran’s explosion
• Dragon Pulse
Main attacking move after I have gotten enough boosts.
Description : One of the best Calm Minders IMO. It has gotten me many 5-0s ( Metagross exploded in all games I have had so far ;/ )
EVs: 176 Speed to outrun Positive base 100s , Max SpAttack to hit as hard as possible and 80 HP to help take hits better.
How it helps the team : It lures out its common counters and help open up for my other Pokemons to sweep. A Scizor switch in could mean a Gyarados sweep for me.
It also counters Infernape to a certain extent ( I have a very obvious MixApe Weakness on this team )
Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP/176 Spd/80 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
• Substitute
Helps me out-stall pokemon with Leech Seed and blocks status.
• Leech Seed
A very important move .It gives support to my sweepers.My Gyarados switching into CB Scizor with Leech Seed can almost mean taking little damage.
• Psychic
It hits Grass types who blocks Leech Seed and with 176 Speed , I can outrun Jolly Lucario and OHKO it if its at -1 SDef
• Recover/Baton Pass
Ah, I m stuck. Not sure what to use. My Substitute is usually broken through before I can Pass it . Recover gives a good recovery boost to Celebi since I m usually losing HP from Substituting even with Leech Seed.
Description : Very good supporter in the team. Leech Seed has helped me stall a lot of long battles.
EVs : 252 HP for 101 HP Subs so that Seismic Tosses won’t break it. Timid 176 Speed so I can outrun Positive base 90s. 80 Special Attack to hit harder.
How it helps the team : It gives a very much needed recovery to my team via Leech Seed and helps take hits.
Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 176 HP/156 Atk/176 SDef
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Stone Edge
A very hard hitting move coming off 565 Attack. Hurts about anything that doesn’t resist it.
• Pursuit
Ultimate trapping move. Scarf Rotom stuck into attacks like T-bolt, Shadow Ball and Overheat will die to pursuit.
Starmies and Celebis will also die to pursuit.
• Earthquake
Very useful attack. KOs Heatrans when I don’t wanna use Stone edge due to its accuracy.
• Crunch
Powerful attack even when burned , I can still 2HKO Rotoms with Crunch.
Hurts most psychic and ghost types.
Description : Very important revenge killer for my team. Usually switches into Psychics who otherwise revenge kills my Gyarados or Paralyze it with T-wave or kill it with T-Bolt.
EVs: Not very sure on this , just a random number I came up with to take Special hits better and still Hit Hard.
How it helps the team : Hmm.. Take most special hits and revenge kill pokes ? ;/
Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 200 HP/252 Atk/56 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Bullet Punch
Hard hitting attack which makes it a extremely good revenge killer
• U-turn
Scouts for switches and hurt most who doesn’t resist it.
• Superpower
For hurting steels and OHKO-ing blissey.
• Pursuit
Kills anything that gets hit by a Super Effective Pursuit , regardless switching or not.
Description : My second Revenge killer. It has also netted me a lot of kills. It helps with my Tyranitar weakness.
EVs : 56 Speed to outrun Skarmory , Max Attack to hit as hard as possible and 200 HP to take most hits better.
How it helps the team : It makes a good counter for Latias who would otherwise rampage through my team without Tyranitar. It usually comes in and kill weaken pokemons with Bullet Punch.
Gyarados (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 84 HP/248 Atk/176 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Dragon Dance
The stat up-ing move of Gyarados. After one Dragon Dance , it outruns Positive base 115s and hits hard.
• Waterfall
Main STAB move which is probably most hurting to all who don’t resist it ( not named skarmory )
• Stone Edge
With 248 Attack EVs , it usually guarantees a kill on Opposing flying types like Salamence , Gyarados and Zapdos.
• Earthquake
Kills all Scarf Magnezone switch in who expect to switch in or thinking that it can kill me , surviving the Waterfall.
Description : My only Scizor counter .If it’s a SD Scizor , I’d have problems with it tho.It is a great late game sweeper when its Counters are usually wiped out.
EVs : 84 HP for hitting the Leftovers recovery point , 176 Speed to outrun Positive base 115s after a DD and 248 Attack to hit hard.
How it helps the team : It intimidates Physical sweepers , switch in to SD Lucario ( if it doesn’t have Stone Edge ) and KO it with Earthquake. It also makes a excellence switch in to Scizor who otherwise just rape my team
---------------------------
Offensive Threat List
Aerodactyl: Metagross and Scizor can KO / 2HKO it with Bullet Punch
Alakazam: Scizor if its Life Orb-ed . Celebi and Latias if its Specs and Locked into a resisted move.
Azelf: Latias and Tyranitar if it doesn’t explodes.
Breloom: Latias and Celebi and block Spore with Sub and kill it with their Respective STAB move.
Dragonite: Not much , if it’s a DD Dragonite , Scizor hopefully is able to KO it with Bullet Punch.
Dugtrio: Scizor can revenge kill with Bullet Punch or Pursuit.
Electivire: Come to think of it , nothing. However I have not electric moves on my team , so I wouldn’t face major problems with it.
Empoleon: Nothing much, I can only go to Latias and hopefully Calm mind up then kill it with Dragon pulse.
Flygon: Hmm Scizor can revenge kill it and Gyarados can switch into most attacks for Scarf-ed Flygon.
Gengar: Tyranitar and Scizor
Gyarados: Not much. Only Gyarados and Latias have a chance on switching into it.
Heatran: Latias and Gyarados.
Heracross: Gyarados if its not using Stone edge.
Infernape: Latias and Gyarados.
Jirachi: If its CM Rachi , my only hope is Tyranitar. If its Flinch ones , my only hope is Gyarados.
Jolteon: Latias if its Choiced and locked into T-bolt
Kingdra: Not much , Probably Gyarados for intimidate then Scizor and weaken it with U-turn.
Latias: Scizor and Tyranitar
Lucario: Gyarados for SD Variants without Stone Edge
Machamp: Gyarados , Latias and Celebi might do well against it .
Magnezone: Latias and Celebi for Scarfed/ Specs Magnezone locked into T-Bolt.
Mamoswine: Not much , only Scizor can fare well against it ( only works in revenge killing )
Metagross: Again , nothing much. Agiligross rips through my team . Scizor is my only hope against it , hitting it hard with U-turn.
Porygon-Z: Scizor can revenge kill it .
Rhyperior: SubPerior is just trouble for me and I could only rely on Scizor , Gyarados.
Salamence: Scizor can revenge kill most DD Mence with Bullet Punch and if it’s a MixMence , Latias can outspeed and revenge kill.
Scizor: Gyarados.
Starmie: Latias and Tyranitar
Togekiss: Latias
Tyranitar: I have to rely on Scizor to revenge kill it
Weavile: Scizor , Metagross and Gyarados.
Yanmega: Nothing much, Gyarados is 2HKOed by Air slash so , I can only hopefully revenge kill it with Stone Edge.
Defensive Threat List:
Blissey: Scizor and Tyranitar
Bronzong: Nothing much ;/ Celebi’s Leech seed probably
Celebi: Scizor and Tyranitar.
Cresselia: Scizor and Tyranitar
Donphan: : Latias and Celebi
Forretress: Nothing much
Gliscor: Latias to a extent and Metagross’s explosion.
Skarmory: Annoying bugger nothing to OHKO it and it walls the fuck out of my team .
Snorlax: Scizor’s Superpower.
Suicune: Latias if it doesn’t have Roar.
Swampert: Celebi and Latias
Tentacruel: Latias and Gyarados
Vaporeon: Latias
Zapdos: Latias
--------------------------
Credits to Panamaxis for format.
This team is sort of inspired by Avenged Sevenfold and their song ' Beast and the Harlot ' so yet kudos to them too.
--------------------------
I haven't laddered alot recently . Probably ~ 20 Matches. So please give me comments on any weakness i have.
I am relying on the Beasts ( Scizor , Tyranitar and Gyarados ) to open up for Latias ( the Harlot ) to sweep.
It has been very successful for me since i usually manage to get either Latias or Gyarados to sweep.
Metagross @ Lum Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 236 HP/252 Atk/20 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Meteor Mash
A Strong STAB attack , hurts most Leads that don’t resist it.
• Bullet Punch
Swift Attack that helps kill Pokemon with very little HP left.
• Explosion
Explosion, usually nets me a kill every game it helps break down the counters for most of my sweepers.
• Stealth Rock
Very important for all teams , it gives me an Edge on those who are weak to Stealth Rocks.
Description: One of my favorite leads which won’t fail to net me a kill. It helps my Latias sweep as usually, Infernape and Heatran switches in to it.
I can then switch to Latias then proceed to Set up.
Meteor Mash + Bullet Punch kills MOST leads.
EVs: 236 HP helps take hits , 252 Attack guarantees a kill ( with explosion ) on Hippowdon and Swampert. 20 Speed to outrun Skarmory.
How it helps the team : It gives me a very healthy start if I have stealth rocks up early.
Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 80 HP/176 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
• Recover
A important recovery move , helping me restore HP from attacks , and from the HP I use to Subsitute.
• Calm Mind
A powerful stat up-ing move for Latias. Many Super Effective moves can fail to break my Subsitute after a Calm Mind.
• Substitute
Helps me to block Status and hide behind it . It also has helped me avoid Heatran’s explosion
• Dragon Pulse
Main attacking move after I have gotten enough boosts.
Description : One of the best Calm Minders IMO. It has gotten me many 5-0s ( Metagross exploded in all games I have had so far ;/ )
EVs: 176 Speed to outrun Positive base 100s , Max SpAttack to hit as hard as possible and 80 HP to help take hits better.
How it helps the team : It lures out its common counters and help open up for my other Pokemons to sweep. A Scizor switch in could mean a Gyarados sweep for me.
It also counters Infernape to a certain extent ( I have a very obvious MixApe Weakness on this team )
Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP/176 Spd/80 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
• Substitute
Helps me out-stall pokemon with Leech Seed and blocks status.
• Leech Seed
A very important move .It gives support to my sweepers.My Gyarados switching into CB Scizor with Leech Seed can almost mean taking little damage.
• Psychic
It hits Grass types who blocks Leech Seed and with 176 Speed , I can outrun Jolly Lucario and OHKO it if its at -1 SDef
• Recover/Baton Pass
Ah, I m stuck. Not sure what to use. My Substitute is usually broken through before I can Pass it . Recover gives a good recovery boost to Celebi since I m usually losing HP from Substituting even with Leech Seed.
Description : Very good supporter in the team. Leech Seed has helped me stall a lot of long battles.
EVs : 252 HP for 101 HP Subs so that Seismic Tosses won’t break it. Timid 176 Speed so I can outrun Positive base 90s. 80 Special Attack to hit harder.
How it helps the team : It gives a very much needed recovery to my team via Leech Seed and helps take hits.
Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 176 HP/156 Atk/176 SDef
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Stone Edge
A very hard hitting move coming off 565 Attack. Hurts about anything that doesn’t resist it.
• Pursuit
Ultimate trapping move. Scarf Rotom stuck into attacks like T-bolt, Shadow Ball and Overheat will die to pursuit.
Starmies and Celebis will also die to pursuit.
• Earthquake
Very useful attack. KOs Heatrans when I don’t wanna use Stone edge due to its accuracy.
• Crunch
Powerful attack even when burned , I can still 2HKO Rotoms with Crunch.
Hurts most psychic and ghost types.
Description : Very important revenge killer for my team. Usually switches into Psychics who otherwise revenge kills my Gyarados or Paralyze it with T-wave or kill it with T-Bolt.
EVs: Not very sure on this , just a random number I came up with to take Special hits better and still Hit Hard.
How it helps the team : Hmm.. Take most special hits and revenge kill pokes ? ;/
Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 200 HP/252 Atk/56 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Bullet Punch
Hard hitting attack which makes it a extremely good revenge killer
• U-turn
Scouts for switches and hurt most who doesn’t resist it.
• Superpower
For hurting steels and OHKO-ing blissey.
• Pursuit
Kills anything that gets hit by a Super Effective Pursuit , regardless switching or not.
Description : My second Revenge killer. It has also netted me a lot of kills. It helps with my Tyranitar weakness.
EVs : 56 Speed to outrun Skarmory , Max Attack to hit as hard as possible and 200 HP to take most hits better.
How it helps the team : It makes a good counter for Latias who would otherwise rampage through my team without Tyranitar. It usually comes in and kill weaken pokemons with Bullet Punch.
Gyarados (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 84 HP/248 Atk/176 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
• Dragon Dance
The stat up-ing move of Gyarados. After one Dragon Dance , it outruns Positive base 115s and hits hard.
• Waterfall
Main STAB move which is probably most hurting to all who don’t resist it ( not named skarmory )
• Stone Edge
With 248 Attack EVs , it usually guarantees a kill on Opposing flying types like Salamence , Gyarados and Zapdos.
• Earthquake
Kills all Scarf Magnezone switch in who expect to switch in or thinking that it can kill me , surviving the Waterfall.
Description : My only Scizor counter .If it’s a SD Scizor , I’d have problems with it tho.It is a great late game sweeper when its Counters are usually wiped out.
EVs : 84 HP for hitting the Leftovers recovery point , 176 Speed to outrun Positive base 115s after a DD and 248 Attack to hit hard.
How it helps the team : It intimidates Physical sweepers , switch in to SD Lucario ( if it doesn’t have Stone Edge ) and KO it with Earthquake. It also makes a excellence switch in to Scizor who otherwise just rape my team
---------------------------
Offensive Threat List
Aerodactyl: Metagross and Scizor can KO / 2HKO it with Bullet Punch
Alakazam: Scizor if its Life Orb-ed . Celebi and Latias if its Specs and Locked into a resisted move.
Azelf: Latias and Tyranitar if it doesn’t explodes.
Breloom: Latias and Celebi and block Spore with Sub and kill it with their Respective STAB move.
Dragonite: Not much , if it’s a DD Dragonite , Scizor hopefully is able to KO it with Bullet Punch.
Dugtrio: Scizor can revenge kill with Bullet Punch or Pursuit.
Electivire: Come to think of it , nothing. However I have not electric moves on my team , so I wouldn’t face major problems with it.
Empoleon: Nothing much, I can only go to Latias and hopefully Calm mind up then kill it with Dragon pulse.
Flygon: Hmm Scizor can revenge kill it and Gyarados can switch into most attacks for Scarf-ed Flygon.
Gengar: Tyranitar and Scizor
Gyarados: Not much. Only Gyarados and Latias have a chance on switching into it.
Heatran: Latias and Gyarados.
Heracross: Gyarados if its not using Stone edge.
Infernape: Latias and Gyarados.
Jirachi: If its CM Rachi , my only hope is Tyranitar. If its Flinch ones , my only hope is Gyarados.
Jolteon: Latias if its Choiced and locked into T-bolt
Kingdra: Not much , Probably Gyarados for intimidate then Scizor and weaken it with U-turn.
Latias: Scizor and Tyranitar
Lucario: Gyarados for SD Variants without Stone Edge
Machamp: Gyarados , Latias and Celebi might do well against it .
Magnezone: Latias and Celebi for Scarfed/ Specs Magnezone locked into T-Bolt.
Mamoswine: Not much , only Scizor can fare well against it ( only works in revenge killing )
Metagross: Again , nothing much. Agiligross rips through my team . Scizor is my only hope against it , hitting it hard with U-turn.
Porygon-Z: Scizor can revenge kill it .
Rhyperior: SubPerior is just trouble for me and I could only rely on Scizor , Gyarados.
Salamence: Scizor can revenge kill most DD Mence with Bullet Punch and if it’s a MixMence , Latias can outspeed and revenge kill.
Scizor: Gyarados.
Starmie: Latias and Tyranitar
Togekiss: Latias
Tyranitar: I have to rely on Scizor to revenge kill it
Weavile: Scizor , Metagross and Gyarados.
Yanmega: Nothing much, Gyarados is 2HKOed by Air slash so , I can only hopefully revenge kill it with Stone Edge.
Defensive Threat List:
Blissey: Scizor and Tyranitar
Bronzong: Nothing much ;/ Celebi’s Leech seed probably
Celebi: Scizor and Tyranitar.
Cresselia: Scizor and Tyranitar
Donphan: : Latias and Celebi
Forretress: Nothing much
Gliscor: Latias to a extent and Metagross’s explosion.
Skarmory: Annoying bugger nothing to OHKO it and it walls the fuck out of my team .
Snorlax: Scizor’s Superpower.
Suicune: Latias if it doesn’t have Roar.
Swampert: Celebi and Latias
Tentacruel: Latias and Gyarados
Vaporeon: Latias
Zapdos: Latias
--------------------------
Credits to Panamaxis for format.
This team is sort of inspired by Avenged Sevenfold and their song ' Beast and the Harlot ' so yet kudos to them too.
--------------------------
I haven't laddered alot recently . Probably ~ 20 Matches. So please give me comments on any weakness i have.
