Story
So far with this team I had some very great success in battling with it. It has three members the same as one of my old teams but I would not consider it similar in any way. I have had far more success with this team and this team has a completely different strategy. I have went through a lot of testing modifying and tweaking things. This is also the team I am planning on using for the rest of the Smogon Frontier. So suggest if you see problems and I'll probably try it. Critisize if you like I really don't mind it. I will bold any changes that I decide to offically make. I also wanted to make a team with some pokes that really pack a punch. By way the title is referring to Jirachi because he has an eye on his stomach and he is a beast. Believe it or not it only took me about 20 seconds to come up with it. Well hope you like the team and here is the team building process. Team Building Process
First I started the team off with scizor. I have seen the brutal force this truck hits with and I had to try one as my lead. After this I proceeded to make the defensive part of the team. This was hard to come up with and my first run was really horrible.
Next I throw in this fluffy kid. Having experience with using this pokemon before I knew he would be a great addition to this start of a team. Plus he had perfect synergy with scisor. Now moving on in this so far pathetic defensive core I wanted a specially defensive pokemon and maybe a steel to take dragon type moves.
Beuatiful This Three-eyed beast fits the team perfectly. He serves as my only special wall for now. Well for now this was all my defensive core was. So now it is time to move on to the offensive core. It took me a lot of time to figure this out and I really thought out the synergy. This team kind off, well really started out as way too offensive.
Well now that i added Latios to the mix this team was starting to shape up. He has levitate which makes him not hit by ground (covering Jirachi) and he has a resistense to fire covering (jirachi and Scisor's weakness.) I he was the bomb at the back of my team at the time that could blow through anything with a Draco meteor. Now I just need more offense so I put a lot of time into this decesion and popped this guy on.
Here's what I came up with. Pretty sweet. I gotta admit I was looking at someones rmt stole the set misread the item put a choice scarf on him and it worked wonderfully. But it doesn't stay this way which you will later find out. So now I was starting to notice a few weaknesses in the team. One of which was excadril so I decide to do something really stupid.
Now the reason I had him on here was to kill excadril with a scarf and a modest nature but he did horrible. He was a really big disappointment. I started thinking for a replacement for him and I came up with something that actually worked really well.
Landorus was an excellent replacement over Deoxys s. He fullfilled the roll as an excadrill check and did much more. He is probably the best thing that happened to this team. But now I was starting to notice a new problem I had nothing that resisted fire except Latios which isn't that bulky. I also was having problems with pokemon that got set up moves in like stockpile and other moves like that. And I was noticing a weakness to calm mind reniculus. Well I had the soloution to all these problems.
Well with the addition of Latias over Latios this team was really in shape. My team had a really bad defensive core before I put him on their anyway so this made him even more perfect. He also didn't mess with synergy at all. (I will explain more in the descriptions). Also since Latios my choice specs user was gone I decided to go with original set I saw on Rotom-w and put choice specs on him. Boy was I pleased with the results now my team had excellent synergy and was ready to take some pokemon down. Until recently Falardan and Eternal pointed some weaknesses out. They pointed out that I didn't have a SR supporter and a few other things I will mention.
Well Tyranitar fixed these problems perfectly. He answered my SR problem and a few others. He abused my Landorus's ability better and gave me a counter to weather teams. (I don't not consider this an SS team. He also still new a lot of the same moves that Scissor did which I liked. He has superpower and pursuit in common. Unfortunately Tyranitar doesn't have the same brute force as Scissor did but I still like him. Now here is The Three Eyed Beast.
The Team (In Depth)
Tyranitar (M) @ Chople Berry
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 188 Atk / 60 SDef / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Pursuit
- Superpower
- Rock Slide
Thanks to Falardan's and Eternal's suggestions I put Tyranitar on over my old Scissor. I agree that I did need stealthrock support and Tyranitar has been working pretty well. I kind of mixed together Falrdan's and Eternal's sets together and got this. If anyone sees anything wrong with it please point it out. The speed ev's are so he could out speed other Tyranitars. The SDef and HP ev's are for increased surivabiliy. I have him with chople berry over leftovers right now to surive suprise fighting hits. Superpower is nice for hitting Ferrothorns and other tyranitars but I might replace it for fire blast to hit Scissor and Fortress harder. Payback Is for other leads that are gonna wanna switch but can't. Its also for when I switch in on certain hits there not gonna get away without takin a little to the head. Rock slide is as Falardan said for a better way to take down volcaoras instead of switching into landorus who isn't nearly as bulky as my buddy the tyrant. I just wanna make this clear that this is not a sandstorm team just because of T-tar and Landorus is on it but sandstream does help Landorus. So far T-tar has been working pretty well with this set. O yeah I also run an adamant nature on him for better chances of a kill. T tar has kind of worked as a pretty decent special wall because of the SS boost he gives him self.
Rotom-W @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Trick
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power {Fire}
Rotom is just a beast. Most people on PO including me at first do not realize how fast this thing could be. With my current set he can't really switch in on much but he is an excellent revenge killer and has some moves that my team really needs for coverage. He has the only water electric moves on this whole team which makes him essential. With this set I have him as fast as he can be and I have it so Well lets just say a STAB hydro pump won't feel too nice. Trick is for crippling pokemon that hate choice specs. Hydro pump is for coverage and just a way to smash down a pokemon. Hidden power fire as suggested by Falardan is for fortresses, scissors, ferrothorns, and other pokemon weak to fire. And lastly there is thunderbolt. This is another great stab move for when the pump is not very effective plus it gives me excellent coverage. Levitate also makes him a great partner to have with jirachi. He could switch in on a ground attack and hydro pump away. Right now I am very please with how this pokemon has been working. He's just a monster.
I have him with choice specs to replace Latios's specs.
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 216 SDef / 40 Spd
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Body Slam
- Iron Head
- Wish
- Protect
Jirachi or Haxachi as some people call him serves as an excellent special wall and Can really bit back hard. With serene grace body slam has a 60 percent chance of paralyzing the opponent which makes it very easy to get a pokemon in iron heading position. Once the pokemon is paralyzed Iron head has a 60 percent chance of making them flinch when added together with paralysis This means you will only have about a 20 percent chance of hitting him with a 100 percent accuracy move. Leftovers is for healing while making the opponent flinch and using protect. Wish is obviously once again for healing in a combo with protect. This set is pretty standard but I completely understand why and it should not ever me underestimated. Right now I have his weakness covered my a multitude of pokemon but the main was being latias. He resists fire and ground making the perfect partner for him and giving latias the chance to set up. I have been considering fire punch over protect but I am not sure if I should. Without this guy the team would definately fall apart.
Slowbro (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Scald
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Slack Off
Here he is the underestimated weird dinosaur thing. I just love this guys physical bulk and could not help adding him on this team. He could switch on almost any physical attack. Even though X-scisor is super effective on slowbro, slowbro is still an excellent excadrill counter. He could take the hit in hit back with a scald (maybe even get a burn.) This guy is also a really good conkeldur check and he puts a dent in tyranitars head.(Crunch cannot OHKO him. In fact not all that close.) He has psychic for machamps and conkeldurs that have been becoming more common. And he has fire blast for ferrothorns and scisors that switch in when they see him.(OHKO's most scisors.) Slack off is for recovery in combination with leftovers and his epic ability. There have been times when I was wondering how my slowbro has so much health when I am switching in with him. Then I remember Regenerator! O yeah and not to mention fortresses don't really this guys fire blast either. And believe it or not this guys special attack isn't bad at all.
Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Pulse
- Recover
- Roar
Finally to my miracle worker Latias. He could switch in on everything that threatens jirachi. In my opinion this completely outclass Latios. Latios was good but not as good. I give him 252 HP and 252 Spd ev's becuase these stats aren't boosted by calm mind. His timid nature is so he gets maximum speed potential and his item is for obvioulsy healing. After a few calm minds this guy is a beast. Dragon Pulse is for opposing latios's and because it has STAB and is neutral on many pokemon it will be hitting,which with calm mind will have no trouble killing. Recover is for healing and roar is for well don't even get me started how important this move is. It will blow away reniculus that have been setting up calm minds with. Lets say as a reunuculus is using a calm mind I switch into this. Then I use calm minds until it hits five then roar it away and keep my calm minds. This has worked countless times and usually makes people quit. Latios is just the problem solver on this team. I had so many problems than poof he made them all go away. This has to be my favorite set I've ever seen on him because it just does everything.
Frosto (Landorus) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Sand Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
Time for Landorus. This pokemon is so much better than deoxys s and I don't know what made me try that but I did. I have landorus with a choice scarf so he could outspeed +1 DD users and Volcaora with a +1 quiver dance. Landorus is also an excellent excadrill check once his balloon is broken(if it ever had one.) If the opponent is using a excadrill this most likely means that sandstorm is up which gives me more attack. So I just proceed to earthquake it becuase there is nothing an excadrill can do to OHKO me. Hidden power ice is for salemence and Dragonite who both like to use dragon dance which I can outspeed. Earthquake is for power and stonedge is for coverage. U turn is a move that have I would not be able to live without. With this guy and scisor knowing it the damage just starts to add up as I toss u turns back and forth. U turn is also great for doing some nice damage it a verizon if slowbro is no longer alive to psyshock to death. Landorus is the revenge killer above all revenge killers in my oponion. He can stonedge the thunderus that is too blind to see the scarf around my neck. And Stonedge gives me something to make little Volcaora mad that think they could outspeed me with a +1 quiver dance. U-turn also gives me a safe way to switch into Latias and possibly pull off a few calm minds.
Old Member(s)
Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Pursuit
Scisor. I could not help putting this guy on my team. He hits like a bloody truck with a choice band. This guy may not seem like a lead but trust me it works well. I have bullet punch to take out pokes that have been setting up and are weakend and for other leads like aerodactyl. I choose U-turn over bug bite because it makes him able to get out of their vs something like hippowdon and still do some damage. Also in some situations I have killed a few pokemon with scizor and landorus shuffling U-turn. Pursuit is for hitting pokemon like reuniclus hard and some leads that may try switching. Superpower is mainly for tyranitar and ferrothorn. If i could get a superpower in on a tyranitar it most likely has an appointment with death. This scizor set has worked very well and I think Choice Band is what holds it together. It makes bullet punch able to OHKO alot of the frailer pokemon in the metagame. O yeah and going back to U-turn, U-turn is a great way to switch into Latias and posibbly pull off a few calm minds.
Hope you enjoyed the RMT and feel free to rate The Three-eyed beast
-Greasypanda.
