Hyper-offense (?) Uber Team
Introduction:
Hello Smogon. My apologies in advance if I mess up on this RMT, but this is my first that I actually tried on. As you can tell by the lack of a team preview (I'm not sure how you do that), I'm pretty new to this. Anyways, I'm not sure if this team is classified as hyper offense, but it's certainly an offensive team. I picked the V for Vendetta picture because Rayquaza happens to know the move V-Create . . .and the movie was good. Without further ado, the team:
The Team:
Deoxys-A @ Focus Sash
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 160 Atk / 160 SAtk / 188 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Psycho Boost
- ExtremeSpeed
- Superpower
- Shadow Ball
Acting as my lead in nearly all my matches, Deoxys-A is the definition of offense. Capable of ripping holes in enemy teams, he tends to take out at least one, if not two or three, of my enemies pokemon. His focus sash allows him to endure one hit from an enemy, e-speed allows for priority, psycho boost for stab, super-power to hit steel and dark types, and shadow ball to hit other psychic types. The only situations where he is unable to lead are when the opponent leads with a sand or ice weather inducer. His ev spread allows him to outrun threats like Darkrai and Mewtwo consistently.
Kyogre @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Surf
- Thunder Wave
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
Kyogre's role on my team is basically three parts: Revenge Killer, Weather War and Palkia Paralysis. Kyogre w/ Choice Scarf makes it very fast, and it's sp atk and sp def stats allow it to tank hits and KO back, with either STAB Surf, complete accuracy Thunder, or the anti-dragon Ice Beam. The combination of the last two is the variation of bolt beam I employ on my team. It let's me win weather wars against other teams due to its effect. It's last role is crucial, in that it must paralyze Palkia as soon as possible, as it is one of the greatest threats to my team.
Zekrom @ Life Orb
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Bolt Strike
- Volt Switch
- Stone Edge
- Outrage
Zekrom acts as my physical sweeper and scout. He can deal massive amounts of damage to other base 90 spd pokemon with his STAB Bolt Strike and Outrage, with Stone Edge basically acting as filler. He can force switches on Choice Kyogre, and deal lethal damage to Lugia and Giratina, two very annoying walls in the Uber metagame. Volt Switch allows him to scout the other team for me.
Mewtwo @ Life Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Aura Sphere
- Ice Beam
- Psyshock (Shadow Ball)
- Thunderbolt
Mewtwo is one of the best special sweepers in the game, and that's why I use him. BoltBeam hits everything in the game for neutral damage, and so did ShadowSphere. I used to use Shadow Ball, but replaced it with Psyshock because it allowed me to KO Chan/Blissey. Let me know if you guys think I should change back.
Arceus-Ghost @ Spooky Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- ExtremeSpeed
- Brick Break
- Shadow Force
- Swords Dance
A-Ghost acts as my Ekiller check, and an excellent physical offensive threat. He is immune to Espeed, and will always KO Ekiller after SD, Brick Break, and Espeed. Shadow Force is there mainly for the stab benefit. Like Zekrom, he acts as a physical sweeper.
Rayquaza @ Life Orb
Trait: Air Lock
EVs: 128 Atk / 128 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- V-create
- Draco Meteor
- ExtremeSpeed
- Energy Ball
Last but not least, Mixed Rayquaza. Max speed allows him to consistently outspeed base 90 dragons, and base 150 atk and sp atk stats slaugter basically everything he faces. V-create and Draco meteor capitalize on that advantage, Espeed is there for priority, and Energy Ball is there to hit Kyogre, Groudon, and Ttar for SE damage. An uncommon set yes, but probably my favorite. His air lock ability devastates weather teams, and acts as the second half of my weather war unit, along with Kyogre.
Team Stats:
The highest this team has ever gotten me on Smogon's server on PO is 17, and my score was 1238 at it's highest. Right now, I'm 44, and my score is 1188. I'm uploading this team because I want to make top 10, and am willing to make any change's I have to in order to do so.
Conclusion/Threats:
The biggest threat to this team is Scarfed Palkia. He tears through Ray and Zekrom, and gives Kyogre hell w/ Thunder. He inflicts massive damage to Mewtwo w/ Hydropump, and Deoxys-A is generally dead by the time he comes out. Dialga is also annoying, as it resists Dragon type moves, and essentially walls Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Zekrom, and Kyogre, while potentially spreading status and entry hazards which break Deoxys's Focus Sash.
So there you have it thats my team please criticize, and help me improve this team I'm open to advice, that's why I made this RMT after all. Please tell me what you see being a problem for this team so I can try to fix it. If you want to check out this team in battle, I'll happily play anybody who asks.