THOUGHT I WAS DEAD
FLYINIUM Z LANDORUS-THERIAN OFFENSIVE STACK
I. INTRODUCTION
hey! it’s been a wild ride while being a part of the national dex community, and with the 5th year anniversary of natdex underway and thanksgiving coming to an end i think its a pretty special and good time to drop. with the departure of terastal and my skill level generally improving across the months id like to say ive made a team im confident and proud enough to rmt. without further ado lets get into the squad
II. TEAMBUILDING PROCESS
within the first few days or so of the tera ban, i noticed that offensive landorus, notably flyinium z, had massive potential. it’s able to snipe the tier’s most popular hazard control options which makes it an invaluable lure and interesting mon to build around.
being able to threaten hazard control makes hazardstack the obvious playstyle of choice. i opted for a more offensive variant for the ripening meta and picked gholdengo and hsam as partners
earlier renditions of the team had scarfed gholdengo, so i initially used a mixed ival set with heatran as a secondary steel
ival was dropped in favor for great tusk, and gholdengo was changed to hex and samurott to scarf instead
latias was added to patch up bad mu’s.
III. THE TEAM
SEE YOU AGAIN (Gholdengo) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 104 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hex
- Thunder Wave
- Recover
- Focus Blast / Make It Rain
gholdengo is a necessary and extremely important member of the team. its used to effectively spinblock and block defog when keeping hazards on the field. as the team’s secondary steel, it switches into a variety of threats such as idbp zama and cm ival that heatran cant manage. def evs live +2 cudgel from ogerpon-w after rocks and the rest is dumped into speed for gliscor and to creep faster variants of mtar. thunder wave is extremely annoying and hits a variety of targets for landorus or hsam to outspeed later, hex pairs with that to hit paralyzed targets for more damage and more effectively chip down gliscor. focus blast is an option i took over make it rain here, it hits the steels a lot harder, breaks through garganacl and snipes kingambit and mtar. recovery is mandatory
+2 252 Atk Wellspring Mask Ogerpon-Wellspring Ivy Cudgel vs. 248 HP / 156+ Def Gholdengo: 300-354 (79.5 - 93.8%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
THOUGHT I WAS DEAD (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Fly
- Stealth Rock
the team was built around this set. swords dance with flyinium z becomes absolutely devastating to most teams once their speed control is neutralized. alongside this hazardstack core, being able to lure in moltres and great tusk as extremely common removal answers usually opens up a winpath as they are no longer able to remove the spikes and rocks on field. swords dance is the setup move of choice, while earthquake and fly are the standard stab and rocks is mandatory.
+2 252 Atk Landorus-Therian Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 248 HP / 148 Def Moltres: 577-681 (150.6 - 177.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252 Atk Landorus-Therian Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 4 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 514-606 (108.8 - 128.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Landorus-Therian Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 200+ Def Great Tusk: 384-452 (88.4 - 104.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO after 1 layer of Spikes
BAD HABIT (Great Tusk) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Ice Spinner
- Rapid Spin
- Knock Off
another necessary member of the team. as landorus is offensive, i opted for another ground type as my phys wall and tusk seemed right for the job. rapid spin gives me one sided hazard control, alongside icequake to hit the steels and threats like sd garchomp. knock off is a bit unconventional but the 4th slot is usually a free move for defensive great tusk, and knock pairs phenomenal with sd lando as it removes boots off of its common targets like opposing tusk, alo, and the birds. rocky helm gives us contact punishment and is very useful in chipping down zama and mlop
HYAENA (Samurott-Hisui) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sharpness
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ceaseless Edge
- Razor Shell
- Sacred Sword
- Flip Turn
as our speed control, hsam dons a choice scarf and is able to passively set spikes, being a pretty common member of hstack. its typing soft checks gholdengo and is able to threaten out a majority of the metagame while having the capability to snipe pult. ceaseless and razor shell is the stab of choice, having targets such as the ghosts, paralyzed volcarona, mdia, and chipping down tusk and chary. sacred sword allows us to snipe full hp mlop, kingambit and opposing samurott, and flip turn is standard for momentum and chipping down iron valiant in range.
DARLING, I (Latias-Mega) (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 176 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Aura Sphere
- Thunder Wave
- Roost
currently mtias isnt seen as viable for the most part but its shown extremely good results in testing. as a dragon psychic type, it holds a lot of resistances that the team could make use of, switching into ogerpon-w, heatran, chary, tusk, and zama. speed evs creep base 100s such as both charizard forms, investing into defense to more easily take down kingambit and mtar. psyshock hits volcarona harder while being the psychic stab of choice(but psychic can be chosen to hit id zama), aura sphere chips down the steels like melm, mtar, and heatran, and severely damages kingambit. 3rd slot in twave gives us our secondary para user, giving us a way to cripple ogerpon and chary that gholdengo does not like switching into. recovery is mandatory
DARK RED (Heatran) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 216 SpD / 40 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Toxic
- Taunt
heatran was only really a placeholder when gholdengo was scarfed but it’s proven very useful. its typing allows it to spread toxic on volcarona, switch into gholdengo and threaten magma storm on the steels. ep is the move of choice usually paired with tran, toxic hits many targets like the lati forms, alo, and aforementioned volcarona. taunt stops cheesy cm sweepers alongside more effectively trapping slowbro, gking, and the stall staples. speed evs creep ada kingambit
IV. THREATS & USAGE TIPS
booster ival is an extremely scary threat here as ghold is not using make it rain. it’s ability to hit near the entire team for supereffective bar offensive landorus makes it have a very high capability to sweep. mixed is unwinnable as it usually snipes various members of the team using its coverage. for cm, try to para with gholdengo asap and make switches to get landorus on the field before it gets out of hand. for sd, tusk can switch in if its not spirit break. lando can switch into 2a as knock is negated but be wary of ice punch. do not give it setup opportunity.
dd pult is very good into this team as the ghost resist is hsam. try to play proactively and not let it in, threaten twave and position hsam the best you can. if it does get a dd off, you can bait z using tusk and a sac, then go to ghold assuming sub is down and hard into hsam to lock into pforce. the team isnt really friendly into pult at all so just dont let it get free turns
toxapex itself isnt really a threat, but toxic spikes can be a pain for the team as it can cripple the hazard control while making hsam more susceptible to chip. don’t give pex any free turns and it should be okay, and stack alongside it using hsam to pressure them to defog if you need to remove it.
FLYINIUM Z LANDORUS-THERIAN OFFENSIVE STACK
I. INTRODUCTION
hey! it’s been a wild ride while being a part of the national dex community, and with the 5th year anniversary of natdex underway and thanksgiving coming to an end i think its a pretty special and good time to drop. with the departure of terastal and my skill level generally improving across the months id like to say ive made a team im confident and proud enough to rmt. without further ado lets get into the squad
II. TEAMBUILDING PROCESS
within the first few days or so of the tera ban, i noticed that offensive landorus, notably flyinium z, had massive potential. it’s able to snipe the tier’s most popular hazard control options which makes it an invaluable lure and interesting mon to build around.
being able to threaten hazard control makes hazardstack the obvious playstyle of choice. i opted for a more offensive variant for the ripening meta and picked gholdengo and hsam as partners
earlier renditions of the team had scarfed gholdengo, so i initially used a mixed ival set with heatran as a secondary steel
ival was dropped in favor for great tusk, and gholdengo was changed to hex and samurott to scarf instead
latias was added to patch up bad mu’s.
III. THE TEAM
SEE YOU AGAIN (Gholdengo) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 104 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hex
- Thunder Wave
- Recover
- Focus Blast / Make It Rain
gholdengo is a necessary and extremely important member of the team. its used to effectively spinblock and block defog when keeping hazards on the field. as the team’s secondary steel, it switches into a variety of threats such as idbp zama and cm ival that heatran cant manage. def evs live +2 cudgel from ogerpon-w after rocks and the rest is dumped into speed for gliscor and to creep faster variants of mtar. thunder wave is extremely annoying and hits a variety of targets for landorus or hsam to outspeed later, hex pairs with that to hit paralyzed targets for more damage and more effectively chip down gliscor. focus blast is an option i took over make it rain here, it hits the steels a lot harder, breaks through garganacl and snipes kingambit and mtar. recovery is mandatory
+2 252 Atk Wellspring Mask Ogerpon-Wellspring Ivy Cudgel vs. 248 HP / 156+ Def Gholdengo: 300-354 (79.5 - 93.8%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
THOUGHT I WAS DEAD (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Fly
- Stealth Rock
the team was built around this set. swords dance with flyinium z becomes absolutely devastating to most teams once their speed control is neutralized. alongside this hazardstack core, being able to lure in moltres and great tusk as extremely common removal answers usually opens up a winpath as they are no longer able to remove the spikes and rocks on field. swords dance is the setup move of choice, while earthquake and fly are the standard stab and rocks is mandatory.
+2 252 Atk Landorus-Therian Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 248 HP / 148 Def Moltres: 577-681 (150.6 - 177.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252 Atk Landorus-Therian Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 4 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 514-606 (108.8 - 128.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Landorus-Therian Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 200+ Def Great Tusk: 384-452 (88.4 - 104.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO after 1 layer of Spikes
BAD HABIT (Great Tusk) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Ice Spinner
- Rapid Spin
- Knock Off
another necessary member of the team. as landorus is offensive, i opted for another ground type as my phys wall and tusk seemed right for the job. rapid spin gives me one sided hazard control, alongside icequake to hit the steels and threats like sd garchomp. knock off is a bit unconventional but the 4th slot is usually a free move for defensive great tusk, and knock pairs phenomenal with sd lando as it removes boots off of its common targets like opposing tusk, alo, and the birds. rocky helm gives us contact punishment and is very useful in chipping down zama and mlop
HYAENA (Samurott-Hisui) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sharpness
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ceaseless Edge
- Razor Shell
- Sacred Sword
- Flip Turn
as our speed control, hsam dons a choice scarf and is able to passively set spikes, being a pretty common member of hstack. its typing soft checks gholdengo and is able to threaten out a majority of the metagame while having the capability to snipe pult. ceaseless and razor shell is the stab of choice, having targets such as the ghosts, paralyzed volcarona, mdia, and chipping down tusk and chary. sacred sword allows us to snipe full hp mlop, kingambit and opposing samurott, and flip turn is standard for momentum and chipping down iron valiant in range.
DARLING, I (Latias-Mega) (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 176 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Aura Sphere
- Thunder Wave
- Roost
currently mtias isnt seen as viable for the most part but its shown extremely good results in testing. as a dragon psychic type, it holds a lot of resistances that the team could make use of, switching into ogerpon-w, heatran, chary, tusk, and zama. speed evs creep base 100s such as both charizard forms, investing into defense to more easily take down kingambit and mtar. psyshock hits volcarona harder while being the psychic stab of choice(but psychic can be chosen to hit id zama), aura sphere chips down the steels like melm, mtar, and heatran, and severely damages kingambit. 3rd slot in twave gives us our secondary para user, giving us a way to cripple ogerpon and chary that gholdengo does not like switching into. recovery is mandatory
DARK RED (Heatran) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 216 SpD / 40 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Toxic
- Taunt
heatran was only really a placeholder when gholdengo was scarfed but it’s proven very useful. its typing allows it to spread toxic on volcarona, switch into gholdengo and threaten magma storm on the steels. ep is the move of choice usually paired with tran, toxic hits many targets like the lati forms, alo, and aforementioned volcarona. taunt stops cheesy cm sweepers alongside more effectively trapping slowbro, gking, and the stall staples. speed evs creep ada kingambit
IV. THREATS & USAGE TIPS
booster ival is an extremely scary threat here as ghold is not using make it rain. it’s ability to hit near the entire team for supereffective bar offensive landorus makes it have a very high capability to sweep. mixed is unwinnable as it usually snipes various members of the team using its coverage. for cm, try to para with gholdengo asap and make switches to get landorus on the field before it gets out of hand. for sd, tusk can switch in if its not spirit break. lando can switch into 2a as knock is negated but be wary of ice punch. do not give it setup opportunity. dd pult is very good into this team as the ghost resist is hsam. try to play proactively and not let it in, threaten twave and position hsam the best you can. if it does get a dd off, you can bait z using tusk and a sac, then go to ghold assuming sub is down and hard into hsam to lock into pforce. the team isnt really friendly into pult at all so just dont let it get free turns toxapex itself isnt really a threat, but toxic spikes can be a pain for the team as it can cripple the hazard control while making hsam more susceptible to chip. don’t give pex any free turns and it should be okay, and stack alongside it using hsam to pressure them to defog if you need to remove it.
- preserve hsam. arguably the most important member of the team is hsam not only of its innate spike stacking but having a very useful typing for the team, alongside acting as speed control. do not sac unless you need to
- keep a sac around. this team is offensive hazardstack, it’s okay to let ghold or mtias get chipped in order to twave. your wincon in most games is landorus+hsam and to support that the most you will have to make sacrifices. leave that low hp ghold around if you can, being a sac into their speed control so that lando remains healthy can be the best play.
- do not play overly aggressive. the team isnt structured to fall back on bad play. if you risk your breaker or defensive switch in for no material, you will most likely lose. see the replay v. Runo, where pon gets free kills every time it switches in because mtias was sac’d too early
V. REPLAYS
im not a ladder player so i dont have a necessarily impressive peak to show, feel like i couldve gone higher but i got cooked by ival screens after and got wiped
i do have some interesting replays so lets get into that(if i find more ill add)
vs. Pult Fiction
vs. Runo
vs. omarsgarciav
vs. Sleephealing
vs. Ineros
vs. Genjaja
VI. CLOSING & SHOUTOUTS
very glad i was able to get this out, i hope you have fun with the team because i certainly did
im not a ladder player so i dont have a necessarily impressive peak to show, feel like i couldve gone higher but i got cooked by ival screens after and got wiped
vs. Pult Fiction vs. Runo vs. omarsgarciav vs. Sleephealing vs. Ineros vs. GenjajaVI. CLOSING & SHOUTOUTS
very glad i was able to get this out, i hope you have fun with the team because i certainly did
sluGGy dewfew u 2 r prolly my closest friends on this site, thanks for supporting me yall r great
RunicPower413 @ndroom same to you guys, i was born in the nd room and its fun to see everyone grow and improve
@ndcouncil thanks for holding the tera suspect bc otherwise this wouldntve came out. i luv u Omar pls hold the pult sus soon
Ineros you fucking suck
RunicPower413 @ndroom same to you guys, i was born in the nd room and its fun to see everyone grow and improve
@ndcouncil thanks for holding the tera suspect bc otherwise this wouldntve came out. i luv u Omar pls hold the pult sus soon
Ineros you fucking suck
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