Hell yeah that was a cool event,
Excal ty4h.
I was asked to build on SD LO Scizor. A good poke, hits hard, excellent vs Offense and still good vs bulky teams but it's a bit slow and Steel typing is not very good offensively imo ( outspeed by Zapdos which resist to Bpunch and can RK it with Heat Wave ). It's also completely walled by non-scarf Rotom ( Scarf Rotom takes a lot from a +2 Bpunch ). Trapped by Magnezone with HP Fire. Gyara is also a very good check. So you need some support to make it work effectively.
I have only one team with it : Rachi lead, Suicune, Breloom, Latias, Metagross and Scizor. Used by Frisoeva for Classics POs and by other people for many other tours.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-591416
I love that team because the synergy is insane :
Twave + Thunder on Rachi so you can para Heatran / Magnezone / Zapdos and still hit Waters like Gyara with Thunder.
Suicune with CM + Tect allows you to scout Choice Locks and Explosion from Metagross etc
Breloom thx to Spore and Seed Bomb can pressure Zapdos / Rotom / Skarm.
Metagross with Trick + Scarf does the same.
Latias can force TTar and if it is locked it's a free SD for Scizor.
I didn't know if I wanted to build some bulky offense or some hyper offense. So I tried bulky offense first.
As I say LO SD Zor has problems with electrics so I had find mons that can pressure it. Loom is good, Special Pert is good and TTar is good. But i was not convinced. So I tried to build around Rachi + Zor. Rachi is insanely good at luring stuff Gyara ( Thunder ), Heatran + Magnezone ( HP Ground ) ... Twave is also insane cause you allow Scizor to outspeed mons like Heatran, Zapdos etc etc etc.
( NOT FINISHED )
https://pokepast.es/958e5ea630c23f88
SubTwave Rachi + CB Tar cause it loves para support and nukes Rotom. Rotom force TTar.
https://pokepast.es/b348340a5c7246e4
Sub + Thunder + HP Ground Rachi feat Tspikes, baits everything that Scizor hates. Rotom is still a pain so I add a Special Pert and a Passho Tar cause Latias is also a pain.
I thought about some Mag + Zor stuff ( Scarf Zone with HP Ground and Twave ). I don't feel it has a good synergy with this Scizor set ( you usually prefer a bulkier Zor with it ) but ig it can work.
4 Atk MixRachi is also good but we will talk about it later.
Due to my lack of teambuilding skills ( even if I had cool ideas ) I didn't succeed to build a BO.
So I decided to go for an HO team and I know that LO SD Zor loves screens. Screens allow Scizor to not get OHKO by Zapdos / Rotom Heat / Jirachi / Magnezone etc etc so it's perfect.
I looked at my options on Scizor : you usually run Bpunch + Bug Bite + Superpower. You can run Night Slash > Bug Bite : destroys Bold Rotom but if you're facing a fast Rotom with WoW you're toast. So I decided to go for Quick Attack for Infernape, Starmie, rare low health Kingdra, neutral coverage on Zapdos, Gyara...
Since I'm not OHKO anymore I'm still walled by mons above... So again I need LURES.
The first thing that comes to my mind was "Gyarados + Stone Edge + Wacan Berry = Zapdos dead". Stone Edge covers Zapdos + Gyara, a thing that Ice Fang doesn't do. Wacan Berry to not get OHKO by defensive Zapdos, Rotom, Scarf Lati and rdm elec coverage ( like Tbolt on Rachi ).
The second thing was " what is my gameplan if don't get rid of Rotom etc ? ". So I add a Crunch JOLLY Lucario. God knows that I HATE Jolly Luc but you outspeed max speed Rotom so that's fine.
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Lucario Crunch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Rotom-Fan: 276-326 (90.7 - 107.2%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO ( OHKO with rocks )
The third thing was " ok screens time and I need rocks ". And now everyone has to say hello to ... Azelf !!!!!!! ( yh not very original but Azelf is so good at this )
The fourth thing was " what pokemon appreciate Luc + Zor work ? ". DD Tar ofc. Zor / Luc nails Skarm, Waters and DD Tar does the rest. Thx to his immense bulk + Screens, Ttar can setup on ( almost ) everything and you can go for Lum Berry > Resist berries
The fifth thing was " I need a second water resist, a elec resist, a fire resist ... and maybe a second screens setter " . This is where Latias comes in. I really like to have 2 screens setter and Latias also have Healing Wish. Lati and not Cress because it's faster and it also adds useful resistances.
And the team is done. I'm not going to link it because I don't know if I can.
https://pokepast.es/ff9f32b9325264ae --> Description of the team
But I didn't stop here.
24 Dec : I was still trying to build around Rachi + Zor and I had a very cool idea : Remember this ?
4 Atk MixRachi is also good but we will talk about it later.
The synergy is insane, you lure everything that Scizor dislikes while still having a decent coverage to chip everything.
I decided to build around this core in HO. I know that MixRachi LOVES spikes so I went for a Froslass and a Skarm lead. I added Scarf Rotom as anti-spin. And for the two last slots I chose DD Tar + DD Gyara in Skarm version and I chose DD Tar + Special Pert in Froslass version.
( Click on the sprites )
Shuca on Rachi because of Swampert / Flygon ... Ice punch in Froslass Version for Flygon and Grass Knot in Skarm Version for Defensive Swampert.
Jolly Scizor for non-scarf Timid Zone.
Scarf Rotom for speed control + anti-spin.
DD Chople Tar because Gengar and Breloom are pains.
Gyara with Wacan ... not going to explain again why ( not sure if Wacan is the best option tho ) ///// Special pert lures Rotom / Skarm / Zapdos and has Rocks.
Feel free to test them because I didn't have the time to.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas