Hi I'm a beginner here but wanted to try out a trick room team for Gen7 OU.
I'm trying to work out some tweaks but I'm not sure if my battling is bad or if my team is bad. I'm not dying within 10 rounds now, so it might be better than playing on random battles.
Torterra @ Expert Belt
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Light Screen
- Wood Hammer
I start the battle with Torterra to set up stealth rocks and put up light screen if needed so I can then make an opening to get trick room set up. Once trick room is setup I either switch back to Torterra if necessary, the main role is as a trick room offense.
Wood hammer is a good STAB and Torterra should be able to take the damage because I put max EVs into HP. Earthquake is handy to get a good ground type move.
Chandelure @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
- Overheat
- Trick Room
This is my trick room setter. I'm unsure if I should have Calm mind here if I'm trying to be quick, however it balances out with Overheat if I need to spam fire moves. Shadow ball is the STAB and helps weaken the opposing pokemon. Chandelure's set up as a fast sweeper during trick room so ideally the two heavy duty moves can work.
Debating whether to keep overheat or heatwave to keep a reliable fire type move
Carracosta @ Life Orb
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Brave Nature
- Stone Edge
- Liquidation
- Shell Smash
- Blizzard
I'm using Carracosta to use for multiple type coverage so lots of offense here. Shell smash enhances Carracosta to use a lot of offensive moves. Stone edge for the crit rate, liquidation for weakening, and blizzard to deal damage to dragon types since I was lacking a good pokemon to deal damage there.
Sableye-Mega @ Sablenite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Fake Out
- Foul Play
- Recover
- Will-O-Wisp
While also covering for Chandelure, Sableye here is a very nice support for trick room and out of trick room. I went with a popular build here so the moves match up nicely. Fake-out is good for entering and then doing a quick attack straight away + flinch, foul play is useful since sableye doesn't have much attack and is a useful STAB. Recover allows sableye to continue to stay healthy and will-o-wisp is good for halving attack.
Overall a good pokemon to stall for more time and be defensive. I've used sableye to stall multiple times during battles.
Am I completely sure if sableye really works here? No, but I want to see if I can make better use of a defensive pokemon.
That's my main trick room core. The Chandelure, Carracosta, and Torterra cover each other's types quite nicely, with only dark type being the main weak point for Chandelure which is where Sableye comes in. The main flaw I see here is trying to deal more damage while on a turn limit for trick room, which is probably to set up trick room multiple times per battle.
Pidgeot @ Pidgeotite
Ability: Big Pecks
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Air Slash
- Reflect
- U-turn
- Hurricane
Pidgeot is my speed offense if I cannot get trick room set up or as a starting pokemon and then switch into Chandelure using U-turn to set up trick room. Reflect is useful to set up prior to U-turning to protect chandelure since it's a bit weaker on the defense/health aspect. Mega-evolving Pidgeot is useful to get 100% accuracy for hurricane. Debating whether to switch air slash to be roost instead to ensure pidgeot can withstand more damage.
Lucario @ Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Mild Nature
- Aura Sphere
- Nasty Plot
- Flash Cannon
- Close Combat
Good special sweeper in case trick room cannot be set up so aura sphere, flash cannon, and close combat are all good for sweeping. Nasty plot to gain more attack to keep dealing more damage. Fighting and steel are the types I wasn't able to get much coverage on before, so Lucario covers that.
Overall 3 offensive trick room pokemon + 1 defensive trick room pokemon + 2 speed sweepers
Thanks for reading if you got this far down and hope I didn't make you cringe too much.
Rip it apart if you have the time! I'll appreciate any feedback.
I'm trying to work out some tweaks but I'm not sure if my battling is bad or if my team is bad. I'm not dying within 10 rounds now, so it might be better than playing on random battles.
Torterra @ Expert Belt
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Light Screen
- Wood Hammer
I start the battle with Torterra to set up stealth rocks and put up light screen if needed so I can then make an opening to get trick room set up. Once trick room is setup I either switch back to Torterra if necessary, the main role is as a trick room offense.
Wood hammer is a good STAB and Torterra should be able to take the damage because I put max EVs into HP. Earthquake is handy to get a good ground type move.
Chandelure @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
- Overheat
- Trick Room
This is my trick room setter. I'm unsure if I should have Calm mind here if I'm trying to be quick, however it balances out with Overheat if I need to spam fire moves. Shadow ball is the STAB and helps weaken the opposing pokemon. Chandelure's set up as a fast sweeper during trick room so ideally the two heavy duty moves can work.
Debating whether to keep overheat or heatwave to keep a reliable fire type move
Carracosta @ Life Orb
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Brave Nature
- Stone Edge
- Liquidation
- Shell Smash
- Blizzard
I'm using Carracosta to use for multiple type coverage so lots of offense here. Shell smash enhances Carracosta to use a lot of offensive moves. Stone edge for the crit rate, liquidation for weakening, and blizzard to deal damage to dragon types since I was lacking a good pokemon to deal damage there.
Sableye-Mega @ Sablenite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Fake Out
- Foul Play
- Recover
- Will-O-Wisp
While also covering for Chandelure, Sableye here is a very nice support for trick room and out of trick room. I went with a popular build here so the moves match up nicely. Fake-out is good for entering and then doing a quick attack straight away + flinch, foul play is useful since sableye doesn't have much attack and is a useful STAB. Recover allows sableye to continue to stay healthy and will-o-wisp is good for halving attack.
Overall a good pokemon to stall for more time and be defensive. I've used sableye to stall multiple times during battles.
Am I completely sure if sableye really works here? No, but I want to see if I can make better use of a defensive pokemon.
That's my main trick room core. The Chandelure, Carracosta, and Torterra cover each other's types quite nicely, with only dark type being the main weak point for Chandelure which is where Sableye comes in. The main flaw I see here is trying to deal more damage while on a turn limit for trick room, which is probably to set up trick room multiple times per battle.
Pidgeot @ Pidgeotite
Ability: Big Pecks
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Air Slash
- Reflect
- U-turn
- Hurricane
Pidgeot is my speed offense if I cannot get trick room set up or as a starting pokemon and then switch into Chandelure using U-turn to set up trick room. Reflect is useful to set up prior to U-turning to protect chandelure since it's a bit weaker on the defense/health aspect. Mega-evolving Pidgeot is useful to get 100% accuracy for hurricane. Debating whether to switch air slash to be roost instead to ensure pidgeot can withstand more damage.
Lucario @ Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Mild Nature
- Aura Sphere
- Nasty Plot
- Flash Cannon
- Close Combat
Good special sweeper in case trick room cannot be set up so aura sphere, flash cannon, and close combat are all good for sweeping. Nasty plot to gain more attack to keep dealing more damage. Fighting and steel are the types I wasn't able to get much coverage on before, so Lucario covers that.
Overall 3 offensive trick room pokemon + 1 defensive trick room pokemon + 2 speed sweepers
Thanks for reading if you got this far down and hope I didn't make you cringe too much.
Rip it apart if you have the time! I'll appreciate any feedback.