Team Life
Hey everyone, this is my first RMT here on Smogon and the Team has been of my successfulest teams since I started playing Pokémon competive in May last year.
Because I don't have much time I hope you understand that I rush this RMT a little bit.
Under the microscope:Hey everyone, this is my first RMT here on Smogon and the Team has been of my successfulest teams since I started playing Pokémon competive in May last year.
Because I don't have much time I hope you understand that I rush this RMT a little bit.
Heatran (M) @ Shuca Berry
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Will-O-Wisp
- Stealth Rock
This is in my opinion the best Heatran lead set because it is able to take any EQ thanks to Shuca Berry and cripple the opposing lead back with Will-O-Wisp which helps against things like TTar, Occa Berry Metagross or Swampert but the last two mean usually at least one free layer of Spikes so I usually switch to Forretress to get my hazards up early in the Battle.
Will-O-Wisp also helps me crippling the Switch-Ins for Heatran for example DD Tyranitar, DD Gyarados or Dragonite which hope for a Boost and try to sweep which Heatran can prevent with that move.
Fire Blast is ordinary move on every Heatran set and Earth Power for the other Heatran leads.
A reason for using this lead is also the increasing number of Skarmory and Forretress leads which ususally means I can get SR out in the first Turn and can prevent hazards at the beginning.Also, the number of Machamp leads is decreasing which hepls Heatran and the whole team since I'm a little bit weak to Machamp leads and Machamp in general.
Heatran works also a a great Mid-Game-Sweeper and can put the opponent under pressure with Spikes up.
Vaporeon (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 208 Def / 36 SDef / 12 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Surf
- Roar
- Wish
- Protect
Vapoeron works as an effective Suicune, Heatran and Infernape Check, is the Watertype of the FWG Core, the Bulky Water on the team and provides excellent Wish support for the rest of the team.In the first version of the team I used Hidden Power Electric instead of Roar but Suicune caused some problems if Shaymin had been killed and I thought I could handle Gyarados (Taunt Gyarados can be pain in ass if played right >_<) and Suicune was often the bigger problem for the team.
Vapoeron also provides some sort of Check against Sub Split Gengar since a Life Orb Shadow Ball will never 2HKO Vaporeon, helps me dealing with Chesto Rest Kingdra because of it's ability to recover the hazarddamage with Rest.Vaporeon also scouts the foe's team with Roar and spreads damage.
Moves and EVs should be clear, I just put 12 EVs in Speed to outrun other Vapoeron's and get a faster Roar against which really hepled me in some Battles.
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 216 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Roost
After looking on the team I had struggled against well playes Stallteams and SD Lucario since some of them run Bullet Punch for Gengar and Shaymin won't enjoy taking a +2 Extreme Speed.That was the main reason I picked Gliscor in this position and it works great.
Gliscor can also absorb random Thunder Waves (Jirachi, Celebi, Blissey etc.) and can break Stall easily with the combination of Toxic + Taunt + Roost and supported by the hazards it can be a real pain for the most Stallteams.Gliscor helps me dealing with Hidden Power Grass Zapdos / Jolteon and so on, SD Lucario and DD Tyranitar in some cases but Gliscor won't like +1 Stone Edge and some Tyranitar's run Shuca Berry + Ice Punch to take down Flygon and Gliscor.
Gengar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Substitute
With Sub Split Gengar all around the other Gengar sets have been forgotten and this set is in my opinion the best Gengar set because it can lure Scizor because they expect the Sub Split set and won't think of a set with Hidden Power Fire.Hidden Power Fire helps against the already mentioned Scizor but also against Special Defensive Skarmory and Forretress.Gengar works as the Spin Blocker since I needed one because of the Spikes and Toxic Spikes and I didn't want my team destroyed by one Rapid Spin.
Subsitute saves me from Pursuit which is really hepful against things like Scarf Tyranitar and ist also saves me from things like Thunder Wave or Leech Seed which ist quite nice.
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Payback
- Rapid Spin
- Spikes
- Toxic Spikes
Forretress is in my opinion the best Spiker in OU and provides hazards support in form of Spikes and Toxic Spikes for the rest of the team which is quite helpful especially for Gengar which can be a real beast with hazards up.Forry is also my first Switch-In for Metagross and Swampert leads beacuse they can't do much to me and I can get at least one layer of Spikes or Toxic Spikes up in early game.
Forretress also spins away the opponents hazards and is some sort of check to Sub Split Gengar since a Life Orb Focus Blast will never 2HKO Forretress with the SDef Split + recovery from the Leftovers and I can hit it back with Payback which does around 75.9% - 89.7% to Gengar.
I ran Shed Shell before I used Leftovers because of annoying Magnezone but Forry lacked the recovery and Magnezone is rare now.
Shaymin @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Seed Flare
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Air Slash
When I started building the team I knew that I would need a Revengekiller.My first thought was Flygon ut Flygon didn't help me against Bulky Waters especially Suicune was a big problem for because Vapoeron carried Toxic and not Roar in those days and so I decided to use Scarf Shaymin which works great and helps me to deal with things like Calm Mind Suicune, Dragon Dance Nite or weakend Tyranitars which are all outspeeded and killed by either Seed Flare or Hidden Power Ice.
Shaymin is also the Grass type of the FWG core and it's also able to take Toxic or things like that because of Natural Cure.I thought of using Energy Ball instead of Air Slash as a second STAB but Air Slash heols a little bit against Machamp which can be annoying for the team.
Moves and EVs should be clear, I just put 12 EVs in Speed to outrun other Vapoeron's and get a faster Roar against which really hepled me in some Battles.
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 216 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Roost
After looking on the team I had struggled against well playes Stallteams and SD Lucario since some of them run Bullet Punch for Gengar and Shaymin won't enjoy taking a +2 Extreme Speed.That was the main reason I picked Gliscor in this position and it works great.
Gliscor can also absorb random Thunder Waves (Jirachi, Celebi, Blissey etc.) and can break Stall easily with the combination of Toxic + Taunt + Roost and supported by the hazards it can be a real pain for the most Stallteams.Gliscor helps me dealing with Hidden Power Grass Zapdos / Jolteon and so on, SD Lucario and DD Tyranitar in some cases but Gliscor won't like +1 Stone Edge and some Tyranitar's run Shuca Berry + Ice Punch to take down Flygon and Gliscor.
Gengar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Substitute
With Sub Split Gengar all around the other Gengar sets have been forgotten and this set is in my opinion the best Gengar set because it can lure Scizor because they expect the Sub Split set and won't think of a set with Hidden Power Fire.Hidden Power Fire helps against the already mentioned Scizor but also against Special Defensive Skarmory and Forretress.Gengar works as the Spin Blocker since I needed one because of the Spikes and Toxic Spikes and I didn't want my team destroyed by one Rapid Spin.
Subsitute saves me from Pursuit which is really hepful against things like Scarf Tyranitar and ist also saves me from things like Thunder Wave or Leech Seed which ist quite nice.
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Payback
- Rapid Spin
- Spikes
- Toxic Spikes
Forretress is in my opinion the best Spiker in OU and provides hazards support in form of Spikes and Toxic Spikes for the rest of the team which is quite helpful especially for Gengar which can be a real beast with hazards up.Forry is also my first Switch-In for Metagross and Swampert leads beacuse they can't do much to me and I can get at least one layer of Spikes or Toxic Spikes up in early game.
Forretress also spins away the opponents hazards and is some sort of check to Sub Split Gengar since a Life Orb Focus Blast will never 2HKO Forretress with the SDef Split + recovery from the Leftovers and I can hit it back with Payback which does around 75.9% - 89.7% to Gengar.
I ran Shed Shell before I used Leftovers because of annoying Magnezone but Forry lacked the recovery and Magnezone is rare now.
Shaymin @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Seed Flare
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Air Slash
When I started building the team I knew that I would need a Revengekiller.My first thought was Flygon ut Flygon didn't help me against Bulky Waters especially Suicune was a big problem for because Vapoeron carried Toxic and not Roar in those days and so I decided to use Scarf Shaymin which works great and helps me to deal with things like Calm Mind Suicune, Dragon Dance Nite or weakend Tyranitars which are all outspeeded and killed by either Seed Flare or Hidden Power Ice.
Shaymin is also the Grass type of the FWG core and it's also able to take Toxic or things like that because of Natural Cure.I thought of using Energy Ball instead of Air Slash as a second STAB but Air Slash heols a little bit against Machamp which can be annoying for the team.
Threats:
- Taunt DD Gyarados if played right
- Zapdos with HP Ice
- Life Orb Gengar with 4 Attacks
Thanks for reading this and I hope for rates now !
- Taunt DD Gyarados if played right
- Zapdos with HP Ice
- Life Orb Gengar with 4 Attacks
Thanks for reading this and I hope for rates now !