Hello and welcome to my RMT! I'd like to start out by saying Thank You for taking the time to read and analyze the team. My goal is to start a run on an alt and get a 90 gxe score in the top ten. Hopefully with some great feedback I can prime this team to be at its best. Please don't be offended if I dismiss some things that are said below. My sets are not all standard for a reason and and if you want to recommend a standard set, I suggest looking at me team and determining if I really need that option.
Team Building Process
When looking through possible Pokemon to build a team around I came across Meloetta which surprised me having more SpAtt than azelf and was in a speed tier to surpass common wall breakers such as mamoswine, heracross, and feraligatr. I decided on specs with double stab and trick. Thunderbolt was chosen for empoleon and other scald users.
Next I wanted a dark resist; preferably something to take on krookodile leads. I also needed some good hazard control. I went with Mandibuzz as it combos with Meloetta very nicely. I'm noticing a fighting weakness (kinda) and I needed hazards of my own so I chose a bulky variant of Nidoqueen.
Both my walls can't really take on dragons too well. I need something to revenge kill dragons or even tank a hit and fire off something. Mega Abomasnow has synergy with Mandibuzz's overcoat and takes on bulk waters which seems to be a weakness. After looking at some calcs and how this Pokemon fits with the team, physically offensive Abomasnow looked to be my best option.
Offensive fire types are looking like a problem. At this point I am mainly thinking about Chandelure just spamming fire blast. I want to keep some offesive pressure though. I really dont want another wall. I go with Feraligatr as it takes fire and water moves and can potentially set up and sweep. I chose a different set because I want to have something for reuniclus and I don't want to be weak to porygon and abomasnow. Last I need a cleaner and a fighting type. Heracross has moxie and great dual stab. I figured a cleaner would be great with hail and rocky helmet damage going around.
And thus Twin Towers was born! The name 'Twin Towers' was inspired by Mega Abomasnow's back sprite.
Twin Towers
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
Foul Play
Toxic
Defog
Roost
The ground resist that Mandibuzz provides makes me a switch in to krookodile and swampert which usually wreck my other physical wall Nidoqueen.
Mandibuzz uses its rocky helmet to wear down threats
Can't touch this
Rocky helmet kills rapid spinner and rocks stay up!
Can't touch this
Rocky helmet kills rapid spinner and rocks stay up!
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Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 128 SpA / 12 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
Toxic Spikes
Stealth Rock
Flamethrower
Sludge Wave
Nidoqueen a valuable asset to stop volt switch momentum
cock blocks beedrill
forry wants to spin on a flamethrower
Fighting spam? EZ
cock blocks beedrill
forry wants to spin on a flamethrower
Fighting spam? EZ
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Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: O Atk
Trick
Psychic
Hyper Voice
Thunderbolt
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Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
Swords Dance
Ice Shard
Seed Bomb
Earthquake
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Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
Close Combat
Megahorn
Knock Off
Stone Edge
Heracross surprises my opponent with scarf and ruins his win con
Stone edge sweep
Megahorn vs impossible wins?
Another perfect hera sweep
Stone edge sweep
Megahorn vs impossible wins?
Another perfect hera sweep
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Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
Waterfall
Superpower
Crunch
Dragon Dance
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[!]Major Threats[!]
Entei: It's dumb having two physical walls and no entei switch in! I thought of having haze milotic instead of ferg to combat this problem, but my team loses out on a lot of offensive pressure. If you are playing against entei with this team, I suggest predicting the switch most of the time. Use EQ on Aboma and dont lock your heracross into mega horn. If you get lucky with the burns, Mandibuzz and Feraligatr can be a switch.
Qwilfish: Taunt shuts down mandibuzz. Twave catches Meloetta on the switch. Waterfall on nidoqueen. Walls heracross. Walls Feraligatr. Mega Abomasnow does a little better vs it but this thing is a pain to deal with. Thank goodness people think its bad.
Yanmega: My special check dies to Bug Buzz. My physical walls are hurt so much and dont do much back. Ferg gets hit by giga drain. Ice shard from abomasnow only does so much. If you want to beat this, you need to keep nidoqueen at full or get rocks up and stay up. Pretty hard to do both against a well constructed team.
(!)Threats(!)
Magneton: I have no safe switches with a specs magneton. Meloetta can take a hit but volt switch hurts a lot and I lose momentum in the same turn. Plus meloetta cant hit magneton effectively. Magneton does fall victim to a heracross sweep so I can ignore it and weaken other things.
<!>Minor Threats<!>
Mega Aerodactyl: Although this mon may look like a major threat because his stabs plus coverage moves wreck my team, it is easily widdled through rocks and hail and ice shard making it easy to fit into a heracross sweep. Dangerous if you don't know how to play around.
Mamoswine: If this mon has superpower then my main switch in is no longer a switch in. I have quite a few answers for this but my switch ins are limited. If you are battling a superpower mamo, be careful not to weaken heracross or meloetta too much.
(!)Threats(!)
<!>Minor Threats<!>
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Thank you guys for teaching me and supporting what I do! Please read through and give me a good critique!
Also FalseHopes for the format!
Thank you guys for teaching me and supporting what I do! Please read through and give me a good critique!
Also FalseHopes for the format!
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Mandibuzz @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Toxic
- Defog
- Roost
Feraligatr @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Superpower
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
Abomasnow-Mega @ Abomasite
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ice Shard
- Seed Bomb
- Earthquake
Nidoqueen @ Black Sludge
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 128 SpA / 12 Spe
Bold Nature
- Toxic Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Flamethrower
- Sludge Wave
Proskuneo (Meloetta) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Psychic
- Hyper Voice
- Thunderbolt
Entomo (Heracross) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Knock Off
- Stone Edge
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Toxic
- Defog
- Roost
Feraligatr @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Superpower
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
Abomasnow-Mega @ Abomasite
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ice Shard
- Seed Bomb
- Earthquake
Nidoqueen @ Black Sludge
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 128 SpA / 12 Spe
Bold Nature
- Toxic Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Flamethrower
- Sludge Wave
Proskuneo (Meloetta) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Psychic
- Hyper Voice
- Thunderbolt
Entomo (Heracross) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Knock Off
- Stone Edge
Once again thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy playing with this team. You can expect me to upload for RMTs in the future!
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