SV OU This could’ve been luck. Looking for some help on team. Elo~1600

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BobbyHill

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Hi RMT!

this meta has been extremely frustrating to me. More so than other generations, it feels like you need a counter for every single mon or you look like an idiot and get absolutely cooked. A few iterations of the team below (one with Chien Pao)
got the team below got me to the mid 1600s, but I quickly plummeted afterwards and am looking for some help to patch it up.

Slowking @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Surf
- Future Sight
- Chilly Reception
- Slack Off

Slowking is a pivot and special wall of the team. It’s pretty passive but I find it’s necessary for opportunities to set up for Hydreigon and Kingambit Also Specs wake absolutely cooks everything if this guy isn’t here

Hydreigon @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Flash Cannon
- Nasty Plot
- Substitute

Hydreigon serves as the main sweeper of the team and Garg check. It’s usually the mon I will tera and I often tera it early on to get a sun off on a u-turn. I’ve been very impressed with Hydreigon this gen. I was able to ride it to 1600 elo in January and this set still works.

Great Tusk @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Knock Off

Standard defensive tusk here. I run body press of EQ to chip Rotom, but I’m not attached to it


Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Trick

scarf Gholdengo serves as speed control for the team. Tera fairy is to catch dragons, scarf Meow, and Valiant by surp.

Skeledirge @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 188 SpD / 28 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Will-O-Wisp
- Torch Song
- Hex
- Slack Off

It seems it’s absolutely necessary to run an unaware mon now which is kind of annoying but such is the meta. This Dirge set users the EVs from the substitute set on smogon but swapped slack off for sub to add longevity.

Kingambit @ Lum Berry
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Kowtow Cleave
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance


Gambit is the breaker, endgame sweeper, and ghost switch in for the team. Everyone knows what Gambit is capable of now. It’s just a matter of getting his threats out of the way.


Problematic Mons:
Bulk up Tusk:

this can be really annoying. I have switch to Dirge on the switch and hope that he doesn’t EQ. Then tera immediately.

Baxcaliber:
No real switch ins to the banded iteration in the whole meta. The DD variant can be beaten with a mix of Gholdengo and Dirge but it can still sweep pretty easily.

Specs Pult:
Hits through Sub and shadow ball wrecks Slowking.

I would appreciate any recs or changes to the team even if it’s getting rid of a few Pokémon! It feels like the is team lacks a distinct “goal” which may be why I go through such losing streaks with it.

Thanks!
 
Try to add a couple more lines of description on future posts. It'll keep the mods happy and its super helpful for team rating/ helping. I will, however, do my best with what I have. :)

For slowking I would swap slack off for thunder wave, personally. The Pivot action gives you plenty of heals and a surprise thunder wave can seriously turn the tides of a match. But up to you...

I am not going to knock your hydreigon, if it works it works. But if it doesn't then I would use the same set just swap them out for gholdengo. Play around with this set, they are the definition of a garg wall. With that being said, the ghold you do have can then be swapped over with a dragapult for 1. speed control 2. a way to seriously threaten bax and tusk. Just some ideas to consider. You can also use a mixed iron valiant which might be a good option too if you don't want pult.

The Deng (Gholdengo) @ Leftovers/ covert cloak
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot
- Recover

The Pult (Dragapult) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- U-turn

You have some good defensive/ spdefensive mons, good chunky mons, heavy hitters, and a good overall team. The only other change that I would consider is tera dark clod over skeledirge. It gives you an unaware mon, an answer to dragapult, and one less ghost/ dark weakness. Try it out.

The Clod (Clodsire) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock/ haze/ toxic spikes/ protect
- Recover

I assume your random drop was because you just didn't account for the mental adapt when versing higher-ranked players. Now, I could be wrong, but if not then this isn't a bad thing. This means that you have an incredible learning growth path as you progress and you'll only come out stronger.

Good luck, friend-o. I wish you many dubskees. :mad:
 
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Try to add a couple more lines of description on future posts. It'll keep the mods happy and its super helpful for team rating/ helping. I will, however, do my best with what I have. :)

For slowking I would swap slack off for thunder wave, personally. The Pivot action gives you plenty of heals and a surprise thunder wave can seriously turn the tides of a match. But up to you...

I am not going to knock your hydreigon, if it works it works. But if it doesn't then I would use the same set just swap them out for gholdengo. Play around with this set, they are the definition of a garg wall. With that being said, the ghold you do have can then be swapped over with a dragapult for 1. speed control 2. a way to seriously threaten bax and tusk. Just some ideas to consider. You can also use a mixed iron valiant which might be a good option too if you don't want pult.

The Deng (Gholdengo) @ Leftovers/ covert cloak
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot
- Recover

The Pult (Dragapult) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- U-turn

You have some good defensive/ spdefensive mons, good chunky mons, heavy hitters, and a good overall team. The only other change that I would consider is tera dark clod over skeledirge. It gives you an unaware mon, an answer to dragapult, and one less ghost/ dark weakness. Try it out.

The Clod (Clodsire) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock/ haze/ toxic spikes/ protect
- Recover

I assume your random drop was because you just didn't account for the mental adapt when versing higher-ranked players. Now, I could be wrong, but if not then this isn't a bad thing. This means that you have an incredible learning growth path as you progress and you'll only come out stronger.

Good luck, friend-o. I wish you many dubskees. :mad:
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Thanks a bunch I really appreciate it! Sorry about the short descriptions, I’m on mobile right now so didn’t type out as much as I normally would. I’ll definitely try these out!
 
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Why did you choose this Pokemon?
What do the EV spreads do and why do you have it?
What are all 4 moves for?
 
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