heya.
i wouldn't consider myself a very good builder, or player,
and a few of the good choices on this team are freak accidents, but...
i've peaked higher than i ever have before w/ this team,
and it's the most fun i've had in pokemon since xy,
so i gotta show it off. right?
i wouldn't consider myself a very good builder, or player,
and a few of the good choices on this team are freak accidents, but...
i've peaked higher than i ever have before w/ this team,
and it's the most fun i've had in pokemon since xy,
so i gotta show it off. right?
proofs f peaks
here's me
and here's my peak
cool.
buildin' a process
ayy, I don't remember how to make a dropdown, okay? bear with me.
the idea starting off was to build around lando, but in a way that was a heavy hitting wincon,
instead of the super glue physdef lando you see every day. double dance is the way to do that,
with z-fly over z-rock, just to be different.
using z-fly over z-rock gets me better damage vs grasses, but leaves lando at a loss vs any flying/levitate
mons that resist flying. mag is added to trap and bring down lando's greatest fears, skarm/celesteela,
and any other steel that doesn't die to earthquake you care to name.
this one's an odd-lookin choice. with plenty of steels taken care of, there remain a good few airborne
mons lando doesn't like, and a strong ice stab will take care of most of them. i chose mamo over weav or kyurem for the combo of natural bulk, resistance to boltbeam, priority, and the offensive typing
forming ground-spam with lando, chipping other mons he needs weakened.
with the main 3 teamsmashers settled, i need a rocker. first i tried a bulky offense approach so boring
i'm not listing it here, until realising i wanted a suicide lead. azelf best suits the needs here. fast rocks,
fast anti-rocks, and explosion gives a huge amount of momentum early on, and loads of pressure
for anyone looking for a defog.
I can't find a Volcanion icon, so volcarona will have to do. This is a Volcanion.
alrighty, at this point the team doesn't have much for defensive backbone. Water brings some very useful resistances to switch into. the other mons considered were azumarill/primarina, but i chose volc
for it's ability to not be easily forced out by grass-types. oh, i think it can beat ash ninja, too.
i dont remember why i wanted a bird. i know it had something to do with dealing with grass mons
better, and flying type means it might be able to pivot into a resisted hit and fire off a boid move,
and i absolutely needed a scarfer, or else i still get 6-0'd by greninja, among other speedy nukemons.
but even with that in mind, scarfed raptor was a totally knee jerk decision. and it worked! the end!
how 'bout this team?
Azelf @ Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Explosion
- Skill Swap
suicide lead. sets up rocks and goes boom. likes it when defoggers switch in on the boom.
doesn't like it when ghosts switch into the boom. likes it when slower rockers try to set up rocks.
also likes winning 50/50s vs glue lando. doesn't like greninja, greninja gets a flinch every time.
maybe don't lead with it vs greninja, koko, ttar, etc.
also, name him kenny, and spew south park at your opponent if he dies without going boom //s
Landorus-Therian @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 128 HP / 16 Atk / 196 Def / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Rock Polish
- Fly
- Earthquake
the main man. i lied in the building process, z-fly isn't just to be different. nearly anything non-airborne that z-rock hits, z-fly can hit more effectively, especially vs the moron tangrowths that like to
switch in, and really lets his mates go to work weakening what he needs for a successful sweep.
smog analysis's bulky spread because i'm too lazy to do one myself, and it really helps bluff standard
glue lando, leading to some switchins that don't expect a setup, and does help in cases where he
doesn't force a switch during setup time.
one problem i've noticed with this team comp is that sometimes it may be worth while to sack a
valuable teammate to something lando beats, just so there's a mon alive on the other team that's safe to set up on. your call!
Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Volt Switch
not much to write here. some matches he's a wincon, others he's fodder. in the matchups where he
has a point to life, he can force a surprising amount of switches, and usually dent something with
flash cannon.
timid over modest and 176 speed to outrun standard defog fini, which still dies to tbolt
after rocks, or boom. as a bonus, also outspeeds glue lando, which gets cleanly 2hko'd if it switches
into a flash cannon predicting tbolt. unless it's offensive, in which case, bravn boidn party time.
oh, kills skarmory and celesteela.
Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Knock Off
this is the most slept on mon in the tier. this guy is so slept on it's crazy. so slept on people don't give
it a 2nd glance at team preview, until it's staring a landorus down with death in it's eyes, and they
realise there's not a switchin in the world that can save them.
ok, monologue aside, mamo might completely invalidate lando in some matchups, where he does so
much damage so quickly, lando might not even get a chance to set up before the game's over.
otherwise, mamo wears down lando's checks nicely, and breaks some mons everything else has trouble
with, zapdos in particular.
defensively, his typing + ability does him some favors, usually switching into boltbeam users
threatening lando, volc, or raptor, and puts more offensive pressure on than zone. the fire weakness
being nullified helps too, vs non-stab fire moves.
jolly over adamant, as it outspeeds a few otherwise annoying mons, and you won't really find
many matchups where adamant will kill something jolly won't, or matchups where it matters.
knock off to take shed shell off skarmory, usually as my first step in dismantling stall.
Volcanion @ Choice Specs
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Steam Eruption
- Fire Blast
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power [Electric]
volcanion can beat ash greninja from full. need i say more? yes. okay.
volcanion's main reason for being on the team is his typing & ability, letting him pull momentum away
from water, grass, ice, steel, and even fairy moves + mons. even then, sometimes you'll want him
in the back for last turn, when he can tank even a super effective hit and fire back with an ohko.
it's a little redundant to have both my special attackers wear glasses, but for the power it brings,
i don't care. as long as it can find itself in a good matchup, eruption + blast is nigh impossible to switch
into comfortably, forming some powerful wallbreaking between it, mamo, and mag.
spread wise, i prefer bulky over speedy. i don't run into many matchups where I'd want to sacrifice
all my bulk for outspeeding some mons the rest of the team deals with anyway. the 8 speed evs outruns standard mawile.
Staraptor @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Double-Edge
- U-turn
BIRD BIRD BOID BIRD.
raptor's the much needed scarfer of the team, bringing much bird to hit grass types, and can pull off
quite the birdly late game cleans with brabe boid and double-edge. also my other line of defense for ash ninjas, not locked into shuriken. tends to come out after azelf booms, as the one thing fast enough to
really take advantage of it, with u-turn to grab better matchups. it also forms some
pseudo-BIRDBIRDBIRD spam with lando. sorta. do not replace with anything but a scarfer.
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threats... rotom-w is a big one, resistant to everything on the ground/flying spam side of things,
and can grab good momentum on magnezone, the only proper answer. make sure to beat this thing like a rented mule before it does too much damage. ash ninja's the biggest problem around, where you
need to keep volc and raptor alive the whole match until you can kill it. if you're not in either of those 2
mons when it comes out, sack something. last one on mind, gyarados needs some serious committing to take down, if it comes in on a ground mon. try to keep volc or mag alive to switch into right away, lest it get to +2 speed and
outrun raptor, the best way to revenge it.
Conkeldurr
boy, i talked alot, huh? let me know what you think after playin' a few matches with it.
got that? don't forget the playing part. bye!
