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Your team appears to have a really solid defensive core and shouldn't have too many problems wearing down offensive teams, but I feel like balance and stall will give you a lot of problems. Your team is pretty passive, and you don't have any wallbreakers or setup sweepers to threaten opposing walls. It looks like stuff like Vaporeon can just pass Wishes for days. In addition, you just straight up lose to CurseLax, and CroCune also beats your team once it PP stalls Toad.So, I'm not sure if I'll be breaking 1500 this month, but maybe you folks can give some feedback which can change that.
Non-DH:
Umbreon and Crobat are a great defensive core. Cleric + Defog support, pretty standard
DH:
Granbull is a fantastic wall in the current meta. It's bulk and typing is fantastic in the current meta (hello Mence and Hera, goodbye Rachi). After Intimidate, it's bulk is nothing short of impressive:
-1 252+ Atk Choice Band Entei Sacred Fire vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 142-168 (36.9 - 43.7%) -- 99.5% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252 Atk Adaptability Mega Beedrill Poison Jab vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 224-268 (58.3 - 69.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252+ Atk Life Orb Salamence Iron Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 187-221 (48.6 - 57.5%) -- 49.2% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252+ Atk Choice Band Guts Heracross Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 135-159 (35.1 - 41.4%) -- 76.2% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252+ Atk Choice Band Guts Heracross Facade (140 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 211-249 (54.9 - 64.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252 Atk Choice Band Krookodile Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 132-156 (34.3 - 40.6%) -- 42.9% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252 Atk Life Orb Sheer Force Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Granbull: 200-238 (52 - 61.9%) -- 97.7% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
These calcs are impressive considering these are the top wallbreakers currently in UU. That calc on Mega Beedrill actually saved me. I ran a RestTalk set and it is 100% viable in the current meta. Having double heal bell support probably wasn't necessary, but maybe Fire Punch would be good to bop the bulky steels that switch in.
Overall Score: 8/10
Reason: Special bulk and no recovery outside of RestTalk. Intimidate is only a one time use, so it can allow a 2nd physical attacker to start boosting.
Seismitoad is something I love playing with. 105/75/75 bulk with immunity to electric and water moves is huge. Water Absorb, SR, Scald, EQ and Knock Off played a huge role in my choice of Toad over say Gastrodon, Quagsire or Swampy, which do similar jobs. If you factor in Intimidate from Granbull (which has excellent synergy with Steel attacks), then this toad can last a while lol
Overall Score: 8/10
Reason: No reliable recovery again and it's attacking stats are a little low at 95/85. But, overall definitely able to hold it's own in the current meta with the right support.
AV Escavalier is really good in the meta. If you combine it with Seismitoads resists and immunities, with Granbull's Intimidate, and it only has to fear special Fire attacks (Hydre, Chandy, Nidos), which are easy to scout for. 70/105/105 bulk is very nice, combined with Overcoat (Sleep Powders, Hail, etc..) and it had plenty of switch ins. Random Scalds were absorbed by Toad, while physical attackers were checked by Granbull/Seismitoad. Very good overall.
The 6th Position
Now, this is the position I always have trouble with. I have a cleric, defogger, bulky offensive walls and this spot is always up for grabs. I tried Mega Scept with Leech Seed and it was OK. Mega Amphy/Pidgeot were good candidates as well. I had about 6.10% to play around with. This spot has always been pretty tough and usually can make/break some games. I just can't find one mon that really jives with the rest of the team. I am focused more on a special attacker, since my team is pretty physical (Crobat, Escavalier, Umbreon, Granbull). Here are some ideas I've been playing with:
Work Up Refresh M-Pidgeot
Agility M-Ampharos
Gimmicky Magician set with Delphox (new pinch berries were just released, so I'm tempted to try something with Magician)
CM Reuniclus (good synergy with team and breaks stall)
CritDra (Focus Energy +Agiltiy)
M-Camerupt (STABs are real wall breakers)
Yanmega (LO Speedboosting)
Any thoughts? I'm currently stuck at just under 1400 (dropped a bunch).
You could try running CM Reuniclus with Psyshock and Focus Blast to beat Curselax and CroCune. I also think you should switch to Choice Band on Escavalier so that you can break some walls. I've also heard legends of an epic SD RestTalk Escavalier set, but I haven't tried it myself so I don't know how well it would work.