p2
Banned deucer.
hi, i'm feeling kinda burnt out with ou right now, mostly because oras is coming to an end and there's not much to do, lack of motivation to play in tours so that's out of the window really, also a lack of motivation to build so yea. i wanted to post one of my favourite teams that i made very recently, well i built the first version of it and my pocl teammate Mael gave me a bunch of ideas that helped change up the build drastically.
~building process
i built this team for week 3 of pocl, where i had to play my friend analytic, because i knew him i had a general idea of what his general building is like and what some of his habits are. similar to a lot of people, he always seemed to have exploitable weaknesses to bulky waters, which i took advantage of by using suicune, i also really wanted to use the subcm set vinc2612 used in wcop, since it sets up on a lot of the meta and is a really big pain to face really since it has the ability to stall out would-be answers such as serperior and ferrothorn, while also having a nice shield from status, making mons like clefable and heatran much less annoying to deal with.
mega lopunny compliments suicune nicely, this suicune struggles a lot with dark types since things like bisharp and weavile threaten to remove suicunes lefties, making it much less effective in the long run, also lop in general is really potent against offense, which i was kinda aiming to build against. not much to say about this mon, super splashable and a huge threat to a bunch of teams.
specs hydra is a big threat, teams don't really have any decent special dark resists since hoopa was banned, so it crushes a lot of builds with ease since it gets plenty of opportunities to come in and it just takes a massive chunk off everything, as well as flash cannon putting stuff like clefable into lop range, while giving hell to anything else slower, love this mon and its sheer nuking power.
scarf lando-t. what else. lando is one of the most splashable solid ground immunities in the tier, aka it doesn't get bent over by scarf driller nor does it just fold to rock coverage which nearly every ground type runs. also the best scarfer in the tier and fills that important role for the team actually being able to deal with fast shit that lop can't.
clef brings rocks to the table and pivots into everything. provides an additional check to electric types, check to opposing lop, mega medi, mega sab, and helps get up rocks v stall, which can accelerate the process of wearing stall down and open a hole for suicune or hydra more easily. on top of setting rocks for the team, it could function as a cm sweeper, being able to put a lot of pressure on teams especially with suicune and lop wearing down fat grasses and annoying steels.
i thought av gross was a nice addition to the team, it has access to pursuit which helped set it apart from spdef rachi, letting it trap things like latis while also being able to trap other threats like mega zam.
as i mentioned, mael suggested changed i could make, those being weavile > lopunny, mega latias > hydreigon, and jirachi > metagross. the sets i went with were sd weavile, defog mega latias and subtoxic rachi. sd weavile puts an extreme amount of pressure on a lot of teams because it's so easy to get its typical checks into +2 icicle crash or knock off range and it kinda just goes ham, though it does have a very difficult time setting up, but its far from impossible. i think the latias set is pretty junk but it does what it does so no complaints here, subtoxic rachi is pretty solid too, very independent and cripples a load of stuff. another change i made was knock off > cm on clef, this made it easier to wear down heatran which my matchup is pretty bad against since i dont want to get suicune statused and mega lati isn't an optimal heatran answer, even with surf. this also removes rocky helmets from skarmory, making it much less annoying to deal with for rachi.
~the team
suicune @
timid | 252 hp / 40 spd / 216 spe
ivs: 0 atk
• substitute
• calm mind
• scald
• protect
weavile @
jolly | 252 atk / 4 spd / 252 spe
ivs: 29 hp
• icicle crash
• ice shard
• knock off
• swords dance
latias @
timid | 252 hp / 4 spd / 252 spe
ivs: 0 atk
• defog
• roost
• psyshock
• surf
landorus-t @
jolly | 252 atk / 4 spd / 252 spe
• earthquake
• stone edge
• u-turn
• explosion
clefable @
calm | 252 hp / 172 def / 84 spd
ivs: 0 atk
• stealth rock
• moonblast
• soft-boiled
• knock off
jirachi @
careful | 252 hp / 80 spd / 176 spe
• substitute
• toxic
• fire punch
• iron head
~threatlist
~replays
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-ou-186876 - this was the game the team was intended for and it worked perfectly, being able to apply pressure to one of suicunes few counters in gastrodon which allowed it to become a massive threat, it eventually crit clef, which didn't matter too much in the long run as cune was more than capable of pp stalling it + had the sub to keep it safe from crits.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-ou-186920 - suicune had a very strong matchup this game, punishing googly's non psyshock latias and winning the game.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-ou-189325
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-ou-190219 - couple of random st replays, nothing too special about them
thought i had more, but these should give the gist of what suicune is capable of.
~shoutouts
fpoa lads - ceraa Shadestep Michielleus uu iz da shizzle Sonired fbc TNBM Ace Ebinola Ice Tea SmashBrosBrawl Rhayader choolio Josh kektus Lixx iGlack Meteordash Water Drone Hand Relief
ct - MrAldo Eyan Cyndequil Starmei Hairy Toenail DaAwesomeDude1 Nedor Tyler0 rob. Arifeen Peli SunnyORAS Kreme yuruuu quziel
tru - Feliburn Laurens Pearl rozes SlottedPig Chakra North Cased all falls down tko zbr Lax slurmz Ryoma Nagare
ou - bludz Celticpride HailFall daddy's kisses starry blanket paper dreams Vertex DennisEG urban Analytic Hector Hard Mode Team Pokepals Posho jacob Hootie astroboy and a lot more
mono - idk how i even know you guys but youre all cool dudes - Sabella, Zarif Entei Wanka Confide Paleo 1 True Lycan Freeroamer TheThorn trash Wyn Azelea rnbs Chras
+theres a lot more but holy moly ive tagged enough as it is. ive actually forgotten a lot of people but theres so many people that have made being on this site an enjoyable experience, but you all know who you are <3
ct - MrAldo Eyan Cyndequil Starmei Hairy Toenail DaAwesomeDude1 Nedor Tyler0 rob. Arifeen Peli SunnyORAS Kreme yuruuu quziel
tru - Feliburn Laurens Pearl rozes SlottedPig Chakra North Cased all falls down tko zbr Lax slurmz Ryoma Nagare
ou - bludz Celticpride HailFall daddy's kisses starry blanket paper dreams Vertex DennisEG urban Analytic Hector Hard Mode Team Pokepals Posho jacob Hootie astroboy and a lot more
mono - idk how i even know you guys but youre all cool dudes - Sabella, Zarif Entei Wanka Confide Paleo 1 True Lycan Freeroamer TheThorn trash Wyn Azelea rnbs Chras
+theres a lot more but holy moly ive tagged enough as it is. ive actually forgotten a lot of people but theres so many people that have made being on this site an enjoyable experience, but you all know who you are <3
~importable
Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 40 SpD / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Scald
- Protect
Weavile (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 29 HP
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard
- Swords Dance
Latias-Mega @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Roost
- Psyshock
- Surf
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
- Explosion
Clefable (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 21 Spe
- Knock Off
- Moonblast
- Stealth Rock
- Soft-Boiled
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 80 SpD / 176 Spe
Careful Nature
- Substitute
- Toxic
- Fire Punch
- Iron Head
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 40 SpD / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Scald
- Protect
Weavile (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 29 HP
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard
- Swords Dance
Latias-Mega @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Roost
- Psyshock
- Surf
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
- Explosion
Clefable (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 21 Spe
- Knock Off
- Moonblast
- Stealth Rock
- Soft-Boiled
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 80 SpD / 176 Spe
Careful Nature
- Substitute
- Toxic
- Fire Punch
- Iron Head
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