This is a team based around the destructive completely offensive Dragon Dancing Gyarados. It's attack stats are incredible and after a DD, it's going to dent most teams.
The Sets:
Metagross @ Lum Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 248 Atk / 8 Spe
Nature: Adamant
~ Meteor Mash
~ Bullet Punch
~ Stealth Rock
~ Explosion
Changed to Metagross by Bloo/Rising Dusk for the following reasons, as stated by them:
"- You have 3 Water-type Pokemon with redundant defensive coverage.
- You are terribly vulnerable to Anti-Lead Attacker Machamp.
- You need a secondary Steel-type to help balance out the resistances of your team.
- Combines well with my above-suggested Rotom-C and your current Defensive Starmie for dealing with troublesome leads (Heatran, etc)
- Beats sleep leads, which are currently a major annoyance for your team, as nothing can take the sleep well.
- Gets up SR reliably and can also beat opposing Azelf leads, who will be unable to Taunt or Explode on you because of Meteor Mash + Bullet Punch
- Has Explosion for breaking the bulky Water-types that your team really doesn't"
Salamence (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 16 Atk / 252 Spd / 240 SAtk
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Outrage
I think it's the best mixed sweeper in the game and Salamence is one of the most broken Pokemon in the OU meta game, so I like to abuse it when I can. Standard new MixMence set, it handles a great deal of Pokemon, if not most. I also enjoy having the double intimidating thing going with Mence + Gyara.
Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
The best priority attacker in the game, Scizor. It also handles a great deal of Gyarados's counters and it a great revenge killer and Physical sweeper for the team in general. It just felt right to use him here. Changed by Bloo/Rising Dusk.
Rotom-C @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Timid
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Leaf Storm
- Trick
Changed by Bloo/Rising Dusk for the following reasons:
"- Rotom-C is a great response to DD Gyarados and can also help hit things like Gengar hard, who pose trouble for your team.
- Gives you the option to Trick and cripple something on stall teams, which outside of Mence you have a bit of trouble with.
- Gives you a Grass-type move to pound opposing Swampert into dust. Your team really needs to hit those pesky Water-types, and it also helps a bit against predicted TTar switch-ins.
- Gives you another Ground-type immunity, which is always nice.
- Gives you a primary Scizor switch-in so you don't have to reveal Gyarados early.
- Can be worn down by switching into Electric-type attacks, but helps too much, really."
Starmie (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 136 HP / 156 Def / 216 Spe
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Rapid Spin
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Recover
Changed to Rapid Spinning set to handle the SR issue. Moving the Scarf onto a newly added Rotom Form. It can Rapid Spin but also has the power to take out predicted Spin blockers. Since it has defense and bulk it can also take hits, which is very helpful.
Gyarados (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
The Star of the Team is Gyarados so that's a no brainer, I really wanted to make a team around a powerful DD sweep and Offensive Gyarados is the guy for that. Fully Offensive so it runs Life Orb, and is Adamant with ATK and SPD evs. I run Earthquake and Stone Edge because I like having Earthquake more. Changed by Bloo and Rising Dusk.
The Chart:
The Sets:
Metagross @ Lum Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 248 Atk / 8 Spe
Nature: Adamant
~ Meteor Mash
~ Bullet Punch
~ Stealth Rock
~ Explosion
Changed to Metagross by Bloo/Rising Dusk for the following reasons, as stated by them:
"- You have 3 Water-type Pokemon with redundant defensive coverage.
- You are terribly vulnerable to Anti-Lead Attacker Machamp.
- You need a secondary Steel-type to help balance out the resistances of your team.
- Combines well with my above-suggested Rotom-C and your current Defensive Starmie for dealing with troublesome leads (Heatran, etc)
- Beats sleep leads, which are currently a major annoyance for your team, as nothing can take the sleep well.
- Gets up SR reliably and can also beat opposing Azelf leads, who will be unable to Taunt or Explode on you because of Meteor Mash + Bullet Punch
- Has Explosion for breaking the bulky Water-types that your team really doesn't"
Salamence (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 16 Atk / 252 Spd / 240 SAtk
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Outrage
I think it's the best mixed sweeper in the game and Salamence is one of the most broken Pokemon in the OU meta game, so I like to abuse it when I can. Standard new MixMence set, it handles a great deal of Pokemon, if not most. I also enjoy having the double intimidating thing going with Mence + Gyara.
Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
The best priority attacker in the game, Scizor. It also handles a great deal of Gyarados's counters and it a great revenge killer and Physical sweeper for the team in general. It just felt right to use him here. Changed by Bloo/Rising Dusk.
Rotom-C @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Timid
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Leaf Storm
- Trick
Changed by Bloo/Rising Dusk for the following reasons:
"- Rotom-C is a great response to DD Gyarados and can also help hit things like Gengar hard, who pose trouble for your team.
- Gives you the option to Trick and cripple something on stall teams, which outside of Mence you have a bit of trouble with.
- Gives you a Grass-type move to pound opposing Swampert into dust. Your team really needs to hit those pesky Water-types, and it also helps a bit against predicted TTar switch-ins.
- Gives you another Ground-type immunity, which is always nice.
- Gives you a primary Scizor switch-in so you don't have to reveal Gyarados early.
- Can be worn down by switching into Electric-type attacks, but helps too much, really."
Starmie (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 136 HP / 156 Def / 216 Spe
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Rapid Spin
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Recover
Changed to Rapid Spinning set to handle the SR issue. Moving the Scarf onto a newly added Rotom Form. It can Rapid Spin but also has the power to take out predicted Spin blockers. Since it has defense and bulk it can also take hits, which is very helpful.
Gyarados (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
The Star of the Team is Gyarados so that's a no brainer, I really wanted to make a team around a powerful DD sweep and Offensive Gyarados is the guy for that. Fully Offensive so it runs Life Orb, and is Adamant with ATK and SPD evs. I run Earthquake and Stone Edge because I like having Earthquake more. Changed by Bloo and Rising Dusk.
The Chart: