Hi smogon, i'm come back with my 3rd Team and my first competitive about Ubers. When I discovered that Blaziken is in this tier, I absolutely wanted it in my squad, so I make this Uber sun-team:
AT A GLANCE:
THE TEAM:
Groudon @leftovers
Careful
252 hp 52 atk 200 spD
-Earthquake
-Stealth rocks
-Dragon tail
-Toxic/shadow claw
This is my lead. It bring the sun and stealth rocks on the field. Earthquake is a solid STAB, dragon tail is for phazing, toxic is for walls like lugia and giratina while shadow claw is for offensive coverage, in other words, I must choose if battle against walls in a defensive (toxic) or offensive (shadow claw) way.
Blaziken @leftovers/chilam berry/life orb
Adamant/rash
252 atk 252 spe 4 hp/252 spA 252 spe 4 atk
-Flare blitz / -fire blast
-Hi jump kick / -Hi jump kick
-swords dance / -Hidden power Ice
-Protect / -protect/work up
This is the main attraction of the team: with speed boost, the greatest ability ever, 120 base atk/110 base spA and two powerful STABs like flare blitz/fire blast and Hi jump kick this chicken become a dangerous sweeper in Ubers. The first set is a classic phisical sweeper, not too much to explain. The second is a little bit particular: I think MixBlaze can work very well in ubers: Hp ice for dragons and fire blast/hi jump kick for STAB. the bad point of this set is that if you want to be powerful, you don't have protect, = blaziken risks to be killed during set-up; if you want protect, you don't have work up =Blaziken risks to don't be enough powerful during attack and then he risks to be revenge killed. The items are classics: leftovers for the first set and life orb for the second one, also if life orb can work well on the first. Chilam berry is there for one simple reason: extremespeed. You know that arceus and rayquaza usually get rid of Blaziken's speed with Extremespeed, so, why don't get rid of their extremespeed with a chilam berry and then kill them with Hi jump kick or Hp ice?
Giratina @G-orb
Naughty
164 atk 92 spA 252 Spe
-Shadow sneak
-Aura sphere
-Shadow claw/will-o-wisp
-Draco meteor
This guy is awesome: impressive bulk and good attacks stat makes it able to sweep very well. Shadow sneak is really really useful for obvious reasons, aura sphere is to hit ferrothorn, dialga and with a bit of fortune Darkrai if dark void misses. Shadow claw is another good STAB, but will-o-wisp cripples phisical attackers like extremespeed arceus very well.Draco meteor is an excellent dragon-type attack that can hurt a lot.
Lugia @leftovers/wacan berry
Calm
252 hp 164 spD 92def
-Whirlwind
-roost
-Ice beam/psychic
-reflect/safeguard
Originally this place was of Ho-oH, then I choose lugia because is more bulk and hasn't got a 4x weakness to stealth rocks, but also Ho-oH is very good, i need your opinion. Classic defensive set with whirlwind for phazing, roost to regain health and ice beam/psychic to have an offensive move and then not be killed by taunt. The last slot is for support: reflect helps a lot against pokemons like Arceus that can beat my team with swords dance follow by extremespeed; while safeguard prevents status. wacan berry can help against thunderbolts and bolt strikes with the lack of multiscale.
Zekrom @choice scarf
Naive
164 atk 118 spA 228 spe (a good ev spread would be appreciated)
-Bolt strike
-Draco meteor
-Volt switch
-Crunch
With a sun team is always a good option to have a pokemon that can kill water types and Zekrom do this role pretty well. This is a scarf set but I must try also a Sub+hone claw set. Bolt strike and Draco meteor are good STABs, Crunch for psychic types and for coverage. The speed evs are to outspeed 100 base speed with the scarf and a neutral nature like Palkia and Salamence.
Darkrai @chople berry/dark gem
Timid/naive
252 spA 252 spe 4 spD/atk
-Dark void
-Dark pulse
-Spacial rend/focus blast
-Focus blast/Dream eater/Sucker punch
Darkrai is one of my favorite pokemon and is also a great Uber: powerful, fast but too frail, is an excellent special sweeper. Dark void is his signature and is a great move (except when it misses). Dark pulse is dangerous for a lot of psychic types in ubers and luckily is STAB for Darkrai. Spacial rend is an event attack that makes Darkrai able to OHKO palkia, rayquaza and other dragons without risk with dark void. The last slot is a little hard to choose: focus blast is used to check darkrais and ferrothorns, dream eater is to regain health and the last one, sucker punch, seems stupid, but I wrote it because is really helpful against hte two pokes that threaten darkrai outspeeding him: deoxys and mewtwo, and sucker punch hits them super-effectively. A standard timid mewtwo takes about 55-60% from a timid darkrai's sucker punch, for this reason dark gem with naive nature is OHKO.
IN CONCLUSION:
this is the first Uber team i've made, I'm sure it is not perfect, but i'm working on this and I like it. Zekrom can be replaced by victini or another sun-abuser, while Lugia can be replaced by ho-oh. Forretress also helps with rapid spin and spikes, so I need your opinion about this. Any criticism is appreciated, just don't be cruel :P. Please rate and comment :)))
AT A GLANCE:
THE TEAM:
Groudon @leftovers
Careful
252 hp 52 atk 200 spD
-Earthquake
-Stealth rocks
-Dragon tail
-Toxic/shadow claw
This is my lead. It bring the sun and stealth rocks on the field. Earthquake is a solid STAB, dragon tail is for phazing, toxic is for walls like lugia and giratina while shadow claw is for offensive coverage, in other words, I must choose if battle against walls in a defensive (toxic) or offensive (shadow claw) way.
Blaziken @leftovers/chilam berry/life orb
Adamant/rash
252 atk 252 spe 4 hp/252 spA 252 spe 4 atk
-Flare blitz / -fire blast
-Hi jump kick / -Hi jump kick
-swords dance / -Hidden power Ice
-Protect / -protect/work up
This is the main attraction of the team: with speed boost, the greatest ability ever, 120 base atk/110 base spA and two powerful STABs like flare blitz/fire blast and Hi jump kick this chicken become a dangerous sweeper in Ubers. The first set is a classic phisical sweeper, not too much to explain. The second is a little bit particular: I think MixBlaze can work very well in ubers: Hp ice for dragons and fire blast/hi jump kick for STAB. the bad point of this set is that if you want to be powerful, you don't have protect, = blaziken risks to be killed during set-up; if you want protect, you don't have work up =Blaziken risks to don't be enough powerful during attack and then he risks to be revenge killed. The items are classics: leftovers for the first set and life orb for the second one, also if life orb can work well on the first. Chilam berry is there for one simple reason: extremespeed. You know that arceus and rayquaza usually get rid of Blaziken's speed with Extremespeed, so, why don't get rid of their extremespeed with a chilam berry and then kill them with Hi jump kick or Hp ice?
Giratina @G-orb
Naughty
164 atk 92 spA 252 Spe
-Shadow sneak
-Aura sphere
-Shadow claw/will-o-wisp
-Draco meteor
This guy is awesome: impressive bulk and good attacks stat makes it able to sweep very well. Shadow sneak is really really useful for obvious reasons, aura sphere is to hit ferrothorn, dialga and with a bit of fortune Darkrai if dark void misses. Shadow claw is another good STAB, but will-o-wisp cripples phisical attackers like extremespeed arceus very well.Draco meteor is an excellent dragon-type attack that can hurt a lot.
Lugia @leftovers/wacan berry
Calm
252 hp 164 spD 92def
-Whirlwind
-roost
-Ice beam/psychic
-reflect/safeguard
Originally this place was of Ho-oH, then I choose lugia because is more bulk and hasn't got a 4x weakness to stealth rocks, but also Ho-oH is very good, i need your opinion. Classic defensive set with whirlwind for phazing, roost to regain health and ice beam/psychic to have an offensive move and then not be killed by taunt. The last slot is for support: reflect helps a lot against pokemons like Arceus that can beat my team with swords dance follow by extremespeed; while safeguard prevents status. wacan berry can help against thunderbolts and bolt strikes with the lack of multiscale.
Zekrom @choice scarf
Naive
164 atk 118 spA 228 spe (a good ev spread would be appreciated)
-Bolt strike
-Draco meteor
-Volt switch
-Crunch
With a sun team is always a good option to have a pokemon that can kill water types and Zekrom do this role pretty well. This is a scarf set but I must try also a Sub+hone claw set. Bolt strike and Draco meteor are good STABs, Crunch for psychic types and for coverage. The speed evs are to outspeed 100 base speed with the scarf and a neutral nature like Palkia and Salamence.
Darkrai @chople berry/dark gem
Timid/naive
252 spA 252 spe 4 spD/atk
-Dark void
-Dark pulse
-Spacial rend/focus blast
-Focus blast/Dream eater/Sucker punch
Darkrai is one of my favorite pokemon and is also a great Uber: powerful, fast but too frail, is an excellent special sweeper. Dark void is his signature and is a great move (except when it misses). Dark pulse is dangerous for a lot of psychic types in ubers and luckily is STAB for Darkrai. Spacial rend is an event attack that makes Darkrai able to OHKO palkia, rayquaza and other dragons without risk with dark void. The last slot is a little hard to choose: focus blast is used to check darkrais and ferrothorns, dream eater is to regain health and the last one, sucker punch, seems stupid, but I wrote it because is really helpful against hte two pokes that threaten darkrai outspeeding him: deoxys and mewtwo, and sucker punch hits them super-effectively. A standard timid mewtwo takes about 55-60% from a timid darkrai's sucker punch, for this reason dark gem with naive nature is OHKO.
IN CONCLUSION:
this is the first Uber team i've made, I'm sure it is not perfect, but i'm working on this and I like it. Zekrom can be replaced by victini or another sun-abuser, while Lugia can be replaced by ho-oh. Forretress also helps with rapid spin and spikes, so I need your opinion about this. Any criticism is appreciated, just don't be cruel :P. Please rate and comment :)))
