ORAS OU THE IQ MASTER ORAS OU TEAM RMT ( First One)

[rookierobbie]

Hi I am Gamingfanclub I am an Ou and Ubers Player who's been around on showdown since 2013 but decided to only create his smogon forums account last year cause im a scum. I am also known for posting as a stranger on tesung and other popular people's profiles. So today i will be showcasing a team built around Mega Alakazam and this team is called the iq master

(Alakazam-Mega) @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Encore
So Alakazam is my mega being a great late game cleaner and a fast offensive threat being great vs Hyper Offense all the moves are standard except encore which is to lock bisharp into Sucker Punch.

(Landorus-Therian) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
So Landorus-T is a decent answer to steel types and birds which alakazam struggles with and set up rocks for zam to net some ko's and also checks zard x. It also has u-turn to give momentum and bring alakazam safely.

(Raikou) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Shadow Ball
Raikou creates a second part of the volt turn core again giving momentum and also checking zard y , gengar and improves matchup vs starmie and keldeo.

(Hoopa-Unbound) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magician
EVs: 160 Atk / 96 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Psyshock
- Drain Punch
- Gunk Shot
this was extremely contriversial part of teambuilding as i was thinking about this pat but i went with hoopa unbound to break down defensive cores and stall to give raikou and Mega Alakazam a chance to cleanup.
In other words a wallbreaker something that Alakazam appreciates.

(Skarmory) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Defog
- Roost
- Iron Head
- Toxic

I originally had scarfrachi here but i wanted hazard control so i have skarm as a more reliable fairy check an lati switch in and semi bisharp check. Toxic is to annoy sp def talon.

(Keldeo-Resolute) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
A hard decison here actually i'm thinking about this one too anyway keldeo is here as a soft water resist and a bisharp and dark check to patch up that bisharp weakness i could use scarf to improve my matchup vs hyper offense.

Threatlist
Calm Mind Manaphy
Mega Medicham
Mega Pinsir
Serp
diancie
sp def talonflame
Mega Metagross
Mega Lopunny
Mega Scizor
Kyurem-B
Hoopa Unbound
Keldeo
Zards

I hope u guys enjoyed this RMT. I hope it wasn't too bad. Suggesting changes is what i always want to see so feel free to do that below and yeah.This team is based on creating momentum and wearing down walls to clean up.






Importable
(Alakazam-Mega) @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Encore

(Landorus-Therian) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn

(Raikou) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Shadow Ball

(Hoopa-Unbound) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magician
EVs: 160 Atk / 96 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Psyshock
- Drain Punch
- Gunk Shot

(Skarmory) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Defog
- Roost
- Iron Head
- Toxic

(Keldeo-Resolute) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind

 

[rookierobbie]

is scarf excadrill a reliable scarfer so i still have a reliable win condition and keep up the offensive pressure.this is to replace Skarmory cause its passive.

 

[rookierobbie]

Yo,

Your Water resist is Keldeo, and as such, you lose fairly quickly to rain, and Azu. I'm going to try and tweak this team to keep the 'Volt-Turn into hard hitters' idea going, but also better some of your worser matchups.

Firstly, swap Raikou for Ferrothorn. Ferro gives you a solid water resist, as well as Spikes, and Leech Seed support which really help wearing down opposing teams when combined with Volt-Turn, and the constant need to switch, to avoid hard hitters like Hoopa-U.

Next, change your Landorus set to Rocky Helmet + Swords Dance > Leftovers U-Turn, and change the spread to 248 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 8 Spe as that is a more optimised spread. Swords Dance defensive Landorus helps keep pressure on balance teams, and also allows Landorus to check Talonflame, even after it's been burned.

After that, you needed a switchin to Serp, Venusaur, so I changed Skarmory to Tornadus-T with HP Ice. Torn-T provides a good Grass check, and also fits in your Volt-Turn idea. HP Ice is good to lure Gliscor, and Tank Garchomp, and works well on this build imo.

Lastly, Stallbreaker Heatran works nicely over Keldeo. Heatran is still a hard hitter, but also checks Volc, Zard Y, and Torn-T for your team.

I can't make this rate look pretty, or finish it. Im boarding a plane rn and I dont have time.. but here are the sets

Sets

(Ferrothorn) @ Chople Berry
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed
- Spikes

(Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 8 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance
- Stealth Rock

(Tornadus-Therian) (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 128 HP / 128 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn
- Knock Off

(Heatran) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Taunt
- Toxic / Stone Edge

thanks for the rate buddy i will try those changes and see what happens. Good luck on ur trip

 

[Analytic]

Hey dude nice team.

>

While Skarmory provides a nice check to the likes of Fairy-types, Excadrill, and stuff like M-Lopunny, I think there are a lot more issues that your team needs to address. The lack of switch ins to Charizard-Y and a lack of water-resists can really hurt your team. Latios is a nice option as it retains the Defog support that Skarmory provided, while also providing some offensive pressure to limit the chances of stuff like DD M-CharizardX setting up. Latios also provides another Electric-resist for your team which can give you the liberty of trying out CM Raikou over AV. Your archetype is such that it will struggle against Fairy-types regardless, so I think you're good there.

Set

Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Roost
- Defog

 

[rookierobbie]

Hey dude nice team.

>

While Skarmory provides a nice check to the likes of Fairy-types, Excadrill, and stuff like M-Lopunny, I think there are a lot more issues that your team needs to address. The lack of switch ins to Charizard-Y and a lack of water-resists can really hurt your team. Latios is a nice option as it retains the Defog support that Skarmory provided, while also providing some offensive pressure to limit the chances of stuff like DD M-CharizardX setting up. Latios also provides another Electric-resist for your team which can give you the liberty of trying out CM Raikou over AV. Your archetype is such that it will struggle against Fairy-types regardless, so I think you're good there.

Set

Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Roost
- Defog

thanks for the rate and i like that suggestion and i will continue to patch up this team. Also is kyurem-b over raikou and heatran over keldeo a bad change

 

[rookierobbie]

Hey guys i have a new version of the team with a lot of major changes so lets start

Albert Einstein (Alakazam-Mega) @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Encore

So Alakazam is my mega being a great late game cleaner and a fast offensive threat being great vs Hyper Offense all the moves are standard except encore which is to lock bisharp into Sucker Punch.Same as before.

TheTiger'sRoar (Landorus-Therian) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn



Also the same.So Landorus-T is a decent answer to steel types and birds which alakazam struggles with and set up rocks for zam to net some ko's and also checks zard x. It also has u-turn to give momentum and bring alakazam safely.

IhateBadgers (Amoonguss) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 136 Def / 124 SpD
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power [Fire]
So an interesting choice indeed now before i was struggling to finda water resist and a fairy switchin. Well i wanted one so i got one now this does kill a ton momentum which SUCKS so play a bit aggresively.Though spore somewhat mitigates that.So use this to check water , electric and fairy types. Examples being raikou, keldeo and mega altaria.

JackInTheBox (Hoopa-Unbound) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magician
EVs: 160 Atk / 96 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Psyshock
- Drain Punch
- Gunk Shot
So hoopa is wallbreaker which Alakazam appreciates so it can clean up. Also destroys bulky psychic types like mew which Alakazam struggles with.Breakes down defensive cores and also destroys fairies.

DrillBert (Excadrill) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
A really contreversial part of the build as well this is used as a spinner and revenge killer for talonflame which is nice. Also soft checking latis and Dragons. As well as fairies. Though this also kills momentum due a fairly exploitable ground locked move and cant switch in to anything too reliably. So i might consider bringing skarmory back to the team to switch in better to dragons as well as a defogger. I can also toxic sp def talon if in emergency situation.

Acopalypse (Keldeo-Resolute) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
now keldeo is the check to dark types i need on this team to mitigate the bisharp weakness and to destroy bulky grounds for excadrill to late game clean up. If i do agree on using a skarmoy or any non scarfer to replace excadrill then i am using scarf keldeo to improve matchup vs Hyper Offense.
Threatlist
Zard-Y a huge threat no switchins. Could chane drill to heatran to somewhat mitigate this issue
Mega Pinsir huge threat at +2
Mega Medicham another big threat with no switchins
Kyurem-B and other wallbreakers are just annoying although the offensive nature of this team can kinda stop them.
Mega Lopunny is annoying cause its fast and hard to switch in to.
Mega Metagross is hard to also switch into
Mega Diancie is just annoying but can be dealt with.

So here is the new version liking it alot though changes can still be made thanks and feedback is always what I want.


Importable
Albert Einstein (Alakazam-Mega) @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Encore

TheTiger'sRoar (Landorus-Therian) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn

IhateBadgers (Amoonguss) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 136 Def / 124 SpD
Bold Nature
- Spore
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power [Fire]

JackInTheBox (Hoopa-Unbound) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magician
EVs: 160 Atk / 96 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Psyshock
- Drain Punch
- Gunk Shot

DrillBert (Excadrill) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin

Acopalypse (Keldeo-Resolute) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind