SANDY DUNE HYPER OFFENSE
LADDER PEAK:
COMING SOON (Currently I'm 20-1 in win/loss :D)
TEAMBUILDING PROCESS:
I started out with a standard core of Hippowdon and Excadrill. These two complement each other well, as they create a hazard/removal core as well as a deadly offensive core. Choice Band Sand Rush Excadrill cuts through both psychic and fairy teams, as well as flying, dragon, normal, poison, ice... The list goes on and on.
I added dugtrio next, of course. Dugtrio is capable of removing some of the few pokemon that slip through the cracks of an excadrill sweep. it also beats greninja, an enormous threat to my team. If I didn't have Dugtrio, Greninja basically just wins with Ice beam.
Mamoswine was a great choice, since my team lacked a priority, and a good answer to mono-flying, which resists all of my main stabs. It also has a powerful Choice Band Knock Off, which puts instant pressure onto mono-psychic, and mono-ghost.
I knew Garchomp would be on my team, since it's a great sand abuser with Sand Force, making it's Earthquake powered up to 130. This is an exceptional wallbreaker, and it does well against mono-water, since few water teams carry resists to it's two main stab moves.
I choose Landorus as my final pokemon. It is one of the few ubers allowed in monotype, and it is insanely good. With Sheer Force and Life Orb, Landorus is a great wallbreaker that OHKOs skarmory with a Focus Blast after rocks. It's sludge wave also helps defeat mono-grass, as it is a very spammable move against types that are weak to it.
SET EXPLANATION:
Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind
This is a pretty standard rocks hippowdon. This pokemon is generally used for setting sand for Excadrill, setting up rocks, and walling and whirlwinding defensive sweepers. There's nothing super special about this Hippowdon, it carries leftovers for constant recovery, and slack off helps it's longevity.
Excadrill @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
This is a Sand Rush sweeping Excadrill, it can serve as a sweep-stopper, and early game team wear downer, a late game sweeper, and even removal. Iron Head and Earthquake are Excadrill's two main stabs, which together hit every single type at least normal effective, making this Adamant Choice Band sweeper very threatening. In a sandstorm, Scarf Keldeo does is outsped by Adamant Excadrill, making jolly essentially pointless.
Dugtrio @ Focus Sash
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 28 HP / 2 Def
Hasty Nature
- Earthquake
- Reversal
- Sucker Punch
- Sludge Wave
Here is a very unique Dugtrio. For starters, sludge wave is meant to 2HKO Tapu Bulu, a huge threat to mono-ground. It has minimum defense stats for two reasons: One, so that Tapu Bulu's Horn Leech regains as little health as possible, and two, so it's sash will activate almost all of the time, making reversal a 200 power move. Reversal helps deal with Kyurem Black, Greninja, and mono-ice. Earthquake is dugtrio's main and only stab move, so it's completely neccissary. Sucker Punch is a helpful second priority move on the team, allowing me to trap and revenge kill many mono-psychic pokemon.
Mamoswine @ Choice Band
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
Mamoswine is my answer to mono-flying and mono-dragon, since Adamant Band Ice Shard OHKOs half the members on both teams. Icicle Crash and Earthquake are Mamoswine's two main stabs, and Knock Off allows mamoswine to punish anything that switches in on it, including dark resists and other pokemon that resist Mamosine's stabs. Adamant is better than Jolly in this case, as I find myself using Ice Shard 90% of the time anyway.
Garchomp-Mega @ Garchompite
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
Mega Garchomp is a great bulky wallbreaker, with no pokemon resisting the combination of Dragon, Ground, and Fire. Garchomp reliably puts on offensive pressure as well as being bulky enough to wall water type attacks, which no other pokemon on my team can. Garchomp has incredible offensive pressure, and it even baits in pokemon like Skarmory and Ferrothorn that otherwise wall Garchomp.
Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Rock Slide
- Gravity
Landorus has an incredible ability of Sheer Force, combined with a Life Orb, giving Landorus the ability to use a very powerful Earth Power, as well as gaining extra power on other moves. Sludge Wave helps Landorus deal with mono-grass, and Focus Blast allows Lando to OHKO most variants of ferrothorn, as well as bring Skarmory down to it's Sturdy. Rock Slide allows Lando to OHKO Mega Charizard-Y, which is a huge threat to this team otherwise.
REPLAYS:
Dealing with Mono-Ice: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-642303964
Dealing with Mono-Water: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-642719496
Dealing with Mono-Grass: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-642725191
MORE COMING SOON
IMPORTABLE:
Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind
Excadrill @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
Garchomp-Mega @ Garchompite
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
Mamoswine @ Choice Band
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Rock Slide
- Gravity
Dugtrio @ Focus Sash
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 28 HP / 2 Def
Hasty Nature
- Earthquake
- Reversal
- Sucker Punch
- Sludge Wave
ENDING THANKS:
Thanks for looking at my thread, please leave a comment and let me know how you like the team! Feel free to use the team if you like it!
THREAD COMMENT REPLIES:
1.) Thank you smub for your comments and advice. I will certainly consider your advice, but it is advice I have heard before. Believe it or not, bringing Seismitoad will actually make me more weak to Greninja than before. You see, my only chance to beat Scarf Greninja is to trap it with Dugtrio, and hit it with the reversal. As for Garchomp, while I agree there are scenarios in which Dragonium-Z would be better, usually I need instant power and bulk. This team lacks a pokemon that can take a hit and then hit hard back, since the only other non-frail pokemon on the team is Hippowdon, which rarely finds itself doing massive damage.
2.) Lotus Wincon, thank you for your rate! I will have to refuse your idea of seisitoad for the same reasons as smub's rate, but; as for Gravity Landorus: I LOVE IT! I didn't even think about how useful Gravity Landorus was on a mono-ground team! However, contrary to replacing rock slide, (which is my best and only answer to Mega Charizard-Y), I will replace Focus Blast. I only use Focus Blast when hitting things I can now hit with Gravity, some examples being: Skarmory, Celesteela, mandibuzz, Air Baloon Heatran. The only real loss to replacing Focus Blast is Ferrothorn, which is not a threat due to Garchomp. Let me know if I should be keeping blast!
3.) Thank you The Excadrill, for your amazing rate! I will definately input most of your changes instantly! I will change the Garchomp set, and the Dugtrio set. As for switching out Seismitoad for Mamoswine, I will definately consider. It is true I am weak to water, and I have yet to beat it. I hope that Garchomp spamming Draco Meteor will be enough, however. Mamoswine currently gives me the great edge over other mono-ground teams, as well as dragon and flying. However, I suppose seismitoad would be a good asset as well. I will test Seismitoad on the ladder and make the change if it works. Thank you for your rate! :)
UPDATE: I have tested Seismitoad. It works well against water, but sucks other than that. Overall, Mamoswine is better.
4.) Thank you, I will change my Dugtrio immediatly.
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