XY NU XY NU Balanced TrapStack Team

[Mr.Murkrow]

INTRO:
Hey guys, so I'm fairly new to the Smogon Forums, but I have a cool NU team that's been working real well, but I know can get better :] I can't take credit for the sets, but the team is 100% built by me.

Teambuilding process: Honestly, there wasn't much of a process, I just put it together and it worked. (Tho I just realized one of my mons had no EV's til just now :P it still did work xD) Whatever, so let's get the show on the road. Currently peaked at #64

Rotom @ Choice Scarf​

Ability: Levitate​

EVs: 252 Sp.Atk, 4 SpDef, 252 Speed​

Timid Nature
Thunderbolt
Volt Switch
Trick
Shadow Ball​

So as you'll see, my team can be kinda slow, so the best way to counteract that is with a scarf. I love normal Rotom because of 2 great STABS, and of course being able to use trick on big defensive threats like Weezing, Rhydon, Crustle, and any other stally mon allows my heavy hitters to take care of teams. Might I add Rotom is also a nice spin blocker :]

Garbodor @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Aftermath
EVs: 252 HP, 160 Def, 96 Speed
Impish Nature
Drain Punch
Spikes
Gunk Shot
Clear Smog​

This thing is great. In my mind, the premier offensive threat is Sawk, and this combined with Rotom and Mesprit, keeps Sawk and other fighting types from being any threat to the rest of my team members. Though it has a lack of recovery, getting an unsuspecting Drain Punch on a Pawniard is always a nice little pick up. Aftermath allows me to get damage on physical attackers as a last stand, Spikes allows my Rotom and Hariyama to punish switch ins, and Clear Smog is wonderful for set up control.

Mesprit @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP, 4 Atk, 252 SpDef
Careful Nature
Knock Off
Stealth Rocks
U-Turn
Thunder Wave​

So yeah Spdef Mesprit. I know Uxie is better, but more often than not, people don't suspect Mesprit of being defensive because it has better offensive stats. If you guys have solid reasons for me using Uxie instead lemme know :] So this 3rd genderless mon on my team is a great support mon. Eats up hits, sets up rocks, paralyzes stuff, gets me offensive momentum with U-Turn, and defensive momentum with Knock Off. TWave is incredibly handy on this team when my two physical sweepers are slow and bulky, so the threat of taking more damage than necessary is obliterated. I wanted Healing Wish support, but I like all of her other moves too much, so whadaya gonna do.

Bouffalant (M) Lum Berry
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Atk, 4 SpDef
Adamant Nature
Swords Dance
Pursuit
Earthquake
Head Charge​

So I got this set from Lord Aim, but it benefits my team so well, I couldn't resist. This thing is just meant to take hits, and hit like a truck. I can usually bait things to Will-O and get to +2 or +4 depending when that mon came in, and wreak havoc thanks to the handy Lum Berry. Sucking up TSpikes before hand with Garbo is important if the other team also carries a wisper or TWaver. Pursuit means that other Rotoms die as well as Mismagius. EQ is for rocks, not that anyone would be dumb enough to switch in on +2 Afro Bull anyways :] Also, I have seen no real benefits from Sap Sipper aside from it allowing me safe switchins to Vivillon. Is it worth it over Reckless?

Cryogonal @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Sp.Atk, 4 SpDef, 252 Speed
Timid Nature
Freeze Dry
Hidden Power Rock/Flash Cannon
Rapid Spin
Recover​

Okay so this snowflake is such a badass. It really puts the hurt on anything thats super effective. Of course it gets rid of unwanted hazards for me, though they tend to not be an issue for me. It hits really hard, and I decided to go for HP Rock over Flash Cannon because it hits Fire and Ice types. Recover while not used often can be handy against stall to keep it in the game, as this thing hits deceptively hard, while having a nice natural base SpDef.

Hariyama (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Atk, 4 SpDef
Adamant Nature
Close Combat
Bullet Punch
Knock Off
Fake Out​

This thing is just great. It checks, in my opinion, the other biggest offensive threat in the tier being Typhlosion. With AV and Thick Fat Specs Typhlosion can't even 3HKO from full health with Eruption, and with Fake Out, BP, Spikes, and SR, it usually doesn't have the chance to do so. Mesprit allows me not to worry about Extrasensory from it along with Cryo coming in on that and doing damage with HP Rock. It is susceptible to burn unlike its Guts brethren, so you have to be able to play around it, but overall, this guy is my team MVP, taking hits and dishing them back harder.

Overall the biggest threat to my team is definitely Weezing. The best way of dealing with it is tricking it, and whittling with Rotom and Cryo, or getting a free switch after Trick into Bouffalant and set up SD's in his face. Other than that, this team doesn't face too many problems, except for me choking from time to time, but this team has easily brought me up 300 points on the ladder with a very high win ratio.

So thanks guys for checking out my team, and if you have any suggestions on moves, mons, or EV spreads, feel free to comment below :] I'll probably try and take this baby to the NU LT so this may be a mistake, but my team isn't meant to pack too many surprises, just to do well even if my opponent knows what's up :]​

 

[soulgazer]

Hey Mr.Murkrow

Team looks solid, but I could see Feraligatr being a problem if you lose Garbodor and let it set up. IMO your best bet would be to go with a more offensive Mesprit:

Mesprit @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 252 SpA / 184 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psyshock / Psychic (Psychic will do more to like Gurdurr and other random physically defensive mons that aren't OHKOed by Energy Ball, but you have other things that can take those on and Psychic doesn't really do much against Magmortar, Cryo, and Hariyama)
- Energy Ball
- Healing Wish
- Stealth Rock

Psyshock + Energy Ball offers good coverage and will allow Mesprit to handle Feraligatr a bit better. 184 Spe Timid is to creep Modest / Rash Magmortar to take off some pressure from Hariyama, and also allows Mesprit to outspeed Max Speed neutral base 80s such as Adamant Kabutops, and ofcourse Gatr. The rest goes in HP for some more bulk. Your team also doesn't really need Thunder Wave and Healing Wish will let you give Bouff a second chance if it didn't get to sweep at the first try.

Also yes going SpDef Uxie with Psychic, Thunder Wave, Stealth Rock, and U-Turn / Knock Off would make your matchup against Fire-types better, so if you don't want to go with the set I suggested you should use that instead.

Next, you should use some Speed on Bouffalant. 100 Spe EVs to outspeed Lanturn will allow Bouff to outspeed the vast majority of walls in the tier, which will make its job easier. You could also try Return over Head Charge so that people don't try to KO Bouff via recoil, but it will lose some power so its up to you. Also, if you are considering another ability on Bouffalant, Soundproof is better than Reckless imo as it will make Bouffalant immune to Bug Buzz and Roar.

Hidden Power Ground > HP Rock / Flash Cannon on Cryogonal. It will let Cryogonal hit Steel-types AND Fire-types, and you have other things that can deal with Cryo and Jynx.

Finally, since your team kinda rely on Hariyama to switch into Fire-types, I am going to suggest you to put those HP EVs in SpDef. You would want it to take on special attackers as well as possible, and 240 SpDef EVs is what Hariyama needs to take two Choice Specs Typhlosion's Extrasensory with Stealth Rock up. You can then use those 16 EV leftover in Speed to creep base 50s a bit :)

Hope I was helpful!

 

[Mr.Murkrow]

Thanks man :] I'll definitely try out some of those suggestions, and see what works. On the fence between your mesprit set and Spdef uxie, but I'll see how they go vs. top 100 players and maybe go for the NU LT

And I feel without HP I'm gonna have to rely more on my tanks to help out Hari whenever possible so Uxie could be the best option, but i keep the door open (insert sex pun)