Hi everyone this is my salamence team. The goal of this team is set up a sweep for salamence in the late game. I hope you enjoy reading this.
Team Building Process
I started out with Salamence because of its late game cleaning capabilities with a scarf. Salamence can OHKO most pokemon in the UU metagame with Outrage. There are exceptions to this which i covered with my next pokemon. Overall Salamence can be very effective at late game cleaning and it is well worth building a team around.
Then i realized i needed a pokemon that could get rid of walls like blissey,umbreon and mega aggron. Thease pokemon can take hits from Salamence for days and just recover and wear salamence down. One concerning factor at this point was the large amount of fairy and ice weaknesses.
Enter m-Aggron. M-Aggrron deals with the large amount of fairy and ice weaknesses. One pokemon that did threaten my team was slurpuff but M-Aggron can just body slam or roar and deal with slurpuff easily. M-Aggron can also deal with florges. M-Aggron also offers SR support. Dragon and fighting weaknesses were still present.
That is where Florges comes in, Florges is immune to dragon types and can take a hit from fighting types. Florges has great synergy with M-Aggron by wish passing and taking special hits that aggron can not. At this point fire types still bothered my team and rocks would damage a potential Salamence sweep.
Tentacruel offers my team rapid spin support for Salameance and a fire and fairy resist. Tentacruel has great synergy with Hydreigon because Hydreigon is immune to Psychic and Ground types and Tenatcruel can take hits from fairy types and ice types.
My team lacked a strong special attack and although M-Aggron is immune to poison type attack Nidoking and Nidoqueen threatened my team because they could ice beam Salameance and Hydreigon, Earth power Tentacruel and aggron and poison jab florges. To limit this i added reuniclus who can 2HKO Bothh unless Nidoqueen is defensive.
The Team
Saladmence (Salamence) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Iron Tail
The star of my team. Salamence can outspeed most if not all the UU metagame with a choice scarf. This set has Outrage as the main move when sweeping as it OHKO some pokemon and 2HKO most pokemon. Dragon claw is a alternate option for Salamence to use incase there is a fairy type and Salamence does not want to be locked into outrage. With moxie Salameance can set up a fast sweep late game and win me many games.
Dr Drei (Hydreigon) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Superpower
- Roost
This is the standard wallbreaking set for Hydreigon. With this set as previously mention Hyreigon can 2HKO most walls like umbreon and M-aggron, who give Salamence a hard time. Hydreigon can check spin blockers with dark pulse and switch in on psychic and ground type attacks. I used roost for increased bulk. Draco metor is self explantory and super power is to 2HKO blissey etc.
Galvatron (Aggron) (M) @ Aggronite
Ability: Sturdy
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Heavy Slam
- Earthquake
M-aggron offers my team Hazard support with SR. Roar allow M-aggron to phase set up sweepers. M-aggron walls slurpuff and florges and can deal with them wtih body slam. Earthquake allows M-aggron to deal with Empoleon and Dragalage, as well as other pokemon to.
Venus (Florges) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flower Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy
Florges is my main special wall and cleric. Florges gives my team wish passing and aromatherapy. The former allows me to heal Tenatcruel and M-aggron, which is a weakness of theirs. The later allows me to get rid of burns from scald and poison. Burns cripple Salamence so it is important to get rid of them. Florges also is immune to dragon types so i can destroy opposing dragon types.
Summer Camp (Tentacruel) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 240 HP / 244 Def / 24 Spe
Bold Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic Spikes
- Scald
- Knock Off
Tentacruel is my rapid spinner. Tenatcruel can deal with threats like infernape and entei. These threats could damage M-aggron and florges. In summary tentacruel gives me a way to deal with them. Tentacruel also gives me another layer of hazards and knock off support. Tentacruel is a key member of my team because he can support more offensive pokemon with hazards and rapid spin.
Super Glue (Reuniclus) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Recover
Reuniclus is the only dedicated special attack on my team. Reuniclus can deal with poision types that threaten florges, fighting types that threaten Hydreigon and M-aggron. It apreciates hydreigons wall breaking so it can get past special walls. After one calm mind reuniclus can become an extreme threat. With focus blast reuniculus can hit hydreigon by baiting the switch if predicted correctly. Recover adds extra bulk to last a couple of attacks whilst calm minding. Reuniclus is appropriately named super glue because it holds my team together.
Threat List:
Slurpuff if M-Agrron and tentacruel faint it can set up and sweep my team.
Entei- if tentacruel faints then it can dismantle my wall core with out much resistance.
Mamoswine- This pokemon is a massieve threat to my team it can ice shard my dragons and earthquake my M-aggron and tenatcruel and deal neutral damage to reuniclus and florges. It is increddibly dificult for my team to deal with and take good prediction to beat.
nidoking/nidoqueen- they can threaten all my team bar reuniclus and if reuniclus is weakend that can successfully sweep my entire team.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading my team. If you have any suggestions or improvements that could be made with it i would greatly appreciate them.
Thank you for reading!
Team Building Process
I started out with Salamence because of its late game cleaning capabilities with a scarf. Salamence can OHKO most pokemon in the UU metagame with Outrage. There are exceptions to this which i covered with my next pokemon. Overall Salamence can be very effective at late game cleaning and it is well worth building a team around.
Then i realized i needed a pokemon that could get rid of walls like blissey,umbreon and mega aggron. Thease pokemon can take hits from Salamence for days and just recover and wear salamence down. One concerning factor at this point was the large amount of fairy and ice weaknesses.
Enter m-Aggron. M-Aggrron deals with the large amount of fairy and ice weaknesses. One pokemon that did threaten my team was slurpuff but M-Aggron can just body slam or roar and deal with slurpuff easily. M-Aggron can also deal with florges. M-Aggron also offers SR support. Dragon and fighting weaknesses were still present.
That is where Florges comes in, Florges is immune to dragon types and can take a hit from fighting types. Florges has great synergy with M-Aggron by wish passing and taking special hits that aggron can not. At this point fire types still bothered my team and rocks would damage a potential Salamence sweep.
Tentacruel offers my team rapid spin support for Salameance and a fire and fairy resist. Tentacruel has great synergy with Hydreigon because Hydreigon is immune to Psychic and Ground types and Tenatcruel can take hits from fairy types and ice types.
My team lacked a strong special attack and although M-Aggron is immune to poison type attack Nidoking and Nidoqueen threatened my team because they could ice beam Salameance and Hydreigon, Earth power Tentacruel and aggron and poison jab florges. To limit this i added reuniclus who can 2HKO Bothh unless Nidoqueen is defensive.
The Team
Saladmence (Salamence) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Iron Tail
The star of my team. Salamence can outspeed most if not all the UU metagame with a choice scarf. This set has Outrage as the main move when sweeping as it OHKO some pokemon and 2HKO most pokemon. Dragon claw is a alternate option for Salamence to use incase there is a fairy type and Salamence does not want to be locked into outrage. With moxie Salameance can set up a fast sweep late game and win me many games.
Dr Drei (Hydreigon) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Superpower
- Roost
This is the standard wallbreaking set for Hydreigon. With this set as previously mention Hyreigon can 2HKO most walls like umbreon and M-aggron, who give Salamence a hard time. Hydreigon can check spin blockers with dark pulse and switch in on psychic and ground type attacks. I used roost for increased bulk. Draco metor is self explantory and super power is to 2HKO blissey etc.
Galvatron (Aggron) (M) @ Aggronite
Ability: Sturdy
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Heavy Slam
- Earthquake
M-aggron offers my team Hazard support with SR. Roar allow M-aggron to phase set up sweepers. M-aggron walls slurpuff and florges and can deal with them wtih body slam. Earthquake allows M-aggron to deal with Empoleon and Dragalage, as well as other pokemon to.
Venus (Florges) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flower Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy
Florges is my main special wall and cleric. Florges gives my team wish passing and aromatherapy. The former allows me to heal Tenatcruel and M-aggron, which is a weakness of theirs. The later allows me to get rid of burns from scald and poison. Burns cripple Salamence so it is important to get rid of them. Florges also is immune to dragon types so i can destroy opposing dragon types.
Summer Camp (Tentacruel) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 240 HP / 244 Def / 24 Spe
Bold Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic Spikes
- Scald
- Knock Off
Tentacruel is my rapid spinner. Tenatcruel can deal with threats like infernape and entei. These threats could damage M-aggron and florges. In summary tentacruel gives me a way to deal with them. Tentacruel also gives me another layer of hazards and knock off support. Tentacruel is a key member of my team because he can support more offensive pokemon with hazards and rapid spin.
Super Glue (Reuniclus) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Recover
Reuniclus is the only dedicated special attack on my team. Reuniclus can deal with poision types that threaten florges, fighting types that threaten Hydreigon and M-aggron. It apreciates hydreigons wall breaking so it can get past special walls. After one calm mind reuniclus can become an extreme threat. With focus blast reuniculus can hit hydreigon by baiting the switch if predicted correctly. Recover adds extra bulk to last a couple of attacks whilst calm minding. Reuniclus is appropriately named super glue because it holds my team together.
Threat List:
Slurpuff if M-Agrron and tentacruel faint it can set up and sweep my team.
Entei- if tentacruel faints then it can dismantle my wall core with out much resistance.
Mamoswine- This pokemon is a massieve threat to my team it can ice shard my dragons and earthquake my M-aggron and tenatcruel and deal neutral damage to reuniclus and florges. It is increddibly dificult for my team to deal with and take good prediction to beat.
nidoking/nidoqueen- they can threaten all my team bar reuniclus and if reuniclus is weakend that can successfully sweep my entire team.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading my team. If you have any suggestions or improvements that could be made with it i would greatly appreciate them.
Thank you for reading!
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