I made this team this morning on the train (hence the name). This team is mainly centered around a bulky mega ampharos build and a jolly Talonflame. So far I have been having success but I would like to see what I can do better so here is the team:
Ampharos-Mega (M) @ Ampharosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Dragon Pulse
- Focus Blast
- Heal Bell
- Thunderbolt
My mega for this team is my HP variant of Ampharos. It is more of a bulk wall instead of pivot for me. It can also function as a cleric with heal bell. I used to use a speed dependent Ampharos but it still wouldn't out speed anything. This guy can take a dragon pulse from a mega blastoise (252+ SpA Mega Launcher Mega Blastoise Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Mega Ampharos: 288-340 (75 - 88.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO) and still come in with the thunderbolt to kill it. Cotton Guard is mainly optional. It is a good counter for rotoms, charizards, and talonflames. It can also tank a garchomp's earthquake and still dish out a dragon pulse. This guy is more bulky then Mega Manectric although it lacks Mega Manectric's speed. It's duel abilities help it take less damage from let's say fire type moves. Dragon pulse and thunderbolt are a must. Focus blast is for dealing with the occasional porygon, snorlax, chansey, bisharp, ect.
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 44 SpD
Adamant Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Landorus-Therian is also another bulky mon that can be used occasionally as a pivot. With intimidate, it could do work on lowering attack stats on charizards, brelooms, and dragonites. This guy is more physically defensive. It can't take a HP Ice from a life orb thundurus but it can be very useful. Stealth rocks wear down a lot of flying types, u-turn can be used against hoopas for the 4x effectiveness, Earthquake is an obvious choice due to STAB, and rock slide is mainly for flinches and because it is more accurate than stone edge.
Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Roost
A defogger is definitely needed when running this team (especially because of Talonflame). Mainly used for mega venasuars, this guy is a fast special sweeper that can heal up with roost. It is the generic Life Orb Latios set but it has worked pretty well so far. It outspends most dragon types and can get the easy faint with draco. This guy still is pretty frail but my other walls can take the damage for it.
Talonflame @ Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
God damn I love this guy. The swords dance variant just slows down the team and it can get taunted so what's the use? This is my revenge killer and it is a pretty good one. Steel wing for fairies, u-turn to become a pivot to my landorus or my ferrothorn incase of stone edges and things. With 261 attack X the 1.5 attack gained by choice band (a whooping 391.5) this guy is a monster. It outspeeds lucarios, scizors, and it can do a lot of damage to those who resist it's attacks.
Bisharp (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Brick Break
My physical sweeper and with the assault vest this guy can actually tank a whole lot. Sucker punch is because of priority, brick break was a filler move mainly intending for the things that avoid Amph's focus blasts, iron head because flinching is cool, and knock off to get rid of items that would've helped my opponent (IE: Choice specs, Choice band, Choice scarf, leftovers, ext.). Defiant is great for intimidators (mega mantectric, lando). Also it is great for defoggers because once the opponent uses defog that is a plus boost for Bisharp. This guy benefits from lando's stealth rocks and talonflame resists the fighting type moves that would KO this thing.
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 176 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Protect
Lastly we have this guy. He is just so good. I've seen him take down megas after megas with leech seed and toxic combo. It's bulk is great and it is sort of a mixed wall. It is a primary switch in for me. Incoming physical attack? This guy would do 20 plus damage because of the iron barbs and rocky helmet combo. Gyro ball helps to weaken things down (Tyranitar, mega aerodactyl, sylveons, and other fairy types). A great switch in for Lando and Amph due to it's duel typing.
Threats:
Mega Blastoise- This guy plowed through my team. If I don't get rid of my hazards early then one dragon pulse or ice beam could destroy my ampharos and latios and aura sphere plows through my to steel types.
Mega Lopunny- It outspends everything. Flinches everything. It is such a pain to go against.
Mega Sableye- Magic bounce sucks against this team. Especially with Ferrothorn who is intended for statuses. It can also stall out the team.
Replays: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-272509810
Ampharos-Mega (M) @ Ampharosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Dragon Pulse
- Focus Blast
- Heal Bell
- Thunderbolt
My mega for this team is my HP variant of Ampharos. It is more of a bulk wall instead of pivot for me. It can also function as a cleric with heal bell. I used to use a speed dependent Ampharos but it still wouldn't out speed anything. This guy can take a dragon pulse from a mega blastoise (252+ SpA Mega Launcher Mega Blastoise Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Mega Ampharos: 288-340 (75 - 88.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO) and still come in with the thunderbolt to kill it. Cotton Guard is mainly optional. It is a good counter for rotoms, charizards, and talonflames. It can also tank a garchomp's earthquake and still dish out a dragon pulse. This guy is more bulky then Mega Manectric although it lacks Mega Manectric's speed. It's duel abilities help it take less damage from let's say fire type moves. Dragon pulse and thunderbolt are a must. Focus blast is for dealing with the occasional porygon, snorlax, chansey, bisharp, ect.
Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 44 SpD
Adamant Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Landorus-Therian is also another bulky mon that can be used occasionally as a pivot. With intimidate, it could do work on lowering attack stats on charizards, brelooms, and dragonites. This guy is more physically defensive. It can't take a HP Ice from a life orb thundurus but it can be very useful. Stealth rocks wear down a lot of flying types, u-turn can be used against hoopas for the 4x effectiveness, Earthquake is an obvious choice due to STAB, and rock slide is mainly for flinches and because it is more accurate than stone edge.
Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Roost
A defogger is definitely needed when running this team (especially because of Talonflame). Mainly used for mega venasuars, this guy is a fast special sweeper that can heal up with roost. It is the generic Life Orb Latios set but it has worked pretty well so far. It outspends most dragon types and can get the easy faint with draco. This guy still is pretty frail but my other walls can take the damage for it.
Talonflame @ Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
God damn I love this guy. The swords dance variant just slows down the team and it can get taunted so what's the use? This is my revenge killer and it is a pretty good one. Steel wing for fairies, u-turn to become a pivot to my landorus or my ferrothorn incase of stone edges and things. With 261 attack X the 1.5 attack gained by choice band (a whooping 391.5) this guy is a monster. It outspeeds lucarios, scizors, and it can do a lot of damage to those who resist it's attacks.
Bisharp (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Brick Break
My physical sweeper and with the assault vest this guy can actually tank a whole lot. Sucker punch is because of priority, brick break was a filler move mainly intending for the things that avoid Amph's focus blasts, iron head because flinching is cool, and knock off to get rid of items that would've helped my opponent (IE: Choice specs, Choice band, Choice scarf, leftovers, ext.). Defiant is great for intimidators (mega mantectric, lando). Also it is great for defoggers because once the opponent uses defog that is a plus boost for Bisharp. This guy benefits from lando's stealth rocks and talonflame resists the fighting type moves that would KO this thing.
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 176 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Protect
Lastly we have this guy. He is just so good. I've seen him take down megas after megas with leech seed and toxic combo. It's bulk is great and it is sort of a mixed wall. It is a primary switch in for me. Incoming physical attack? This guy would do 20 plus damage because of the iron barbs and rocky helmet combo. Gyro ball helps to weaken things down (Tyranitar, mega aerodactyl, sylveons, and other fairy types). A great switch in for Lando and Amph due to it's duel typing.
Threats:
Mega Blastoise- This guy plowed through my team. If I don't get rid of my hazards early then one dragon pulse or ice beam could destroy my ampharos and latios and aura sphere plows through my to steel types.
Mega Lopunny- It outspends everything. Flinches everything. It is such a pain to go against.
Mega Sableye- Magic bounce sucks against this team. Especially with Ferrothorn who is intended for statuses. It can also stall out the team.
Replays: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-272509810
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