Introduction
First of all, I'm sorry if my grammar is not that good, English is not my native language. This is actually the first and only OU team I have created in gen 7 and my first smogon post, even though I have played showdown and had this acc for quite some time. After some time away from pokemon, I finally have the time to come back and restart playing. From the moment I first saw Tapu Lele's stats and ability, I knew I wanted to make a choice scarf set to abuse it, so I built my team around her. Since my favorite playstile is semi-stall, making the first gen 7 OU team a semi-stall one was an easy choice. As a side note,
there is no pokemon with a priority move in the team.
Teambuilding Process
Like I said before, the main pokemon of the team, designed to abuse psychic terrain with astonishing speed (courtesy of choice scarf).
Another gen 7 pokemon I wanted to try out, this felt to me as a new, more balanced and versatile version of skarmory without reliable recovery. chosen mainly because of its typing and unpredictability.
One wall without sinergy or backups is nothing. Mega venusaur was the next choice because it complemented celesteela's weaknesses without adding many threats the rest of the team couldn't handle. Also, I HATE keldeo, and megasaur checks it really well.
This spot was originally filled with zygarde but I was unhappy with the result. Since both garchomp and zygarde have the same typing, the sinergy with the team didn't change, and the immediate speed and power garchomp provides was gladly accepted by the rest of the team.
At this point, I realised I had no form of hazard control, so Latias is here mainly for being a defensive and fast defogger not weak to SR.
One of my favorites, he made it into the team to fill some holes, e.g. an answer against strong ice STAB or even coverage.
The Team
Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Shadow Ball
Celesteela @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Careful Nature
- Leech Seed
- Heavy Slam
- Earthquake
- Protect
Venusaur (F) @ Venusaurite
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 248 HP / 96 Def / 4 SpA / 144 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leech Seed
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Synthesis
Garchomp @ Focus Sash
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
Latias @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Recover
- Thunderbolt
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Protect
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Conclusion
I know it is not the strongest team one could find, that is why I came for this RMT. Really weak against ghost and dark type pokemon, and maybe even fighting types who like to carry knock off for coverage (m-venu is the best "check" my team has againt these). Suggest changes wherever necessary, but don't remove tapu lele and don't turn this into another kind of team (not semi-stall). Importable in hide tag below.
Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Shadow Ball
Celesteela @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Careful Nature
- Leech Seed
- Heavy Slam
- Earthquake
- Protect
Venusaur (F) @ Venusaurite
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 248 HP / 96 Def / 4 SpA / 144 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leech Seed
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Synthesis
Garchomp @ Focus Sash
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
Latias @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Recover
- Thunderbolt
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Protect
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Shadow Ball
Celesteela @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Careful Nature
- Leech Seed
- Heavy Slam
- Earthquake
- Protect
Venusaur (F) @ Venusaurite
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 248 HP / 96 Def / 4 SpA / 144 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leech Seed
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Synthesis
Garchomp @ Focus Sash
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
Latias @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Recover
- Thunderbolt
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Protect
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
EDIT: Sorry about the problem with the images, I just used smogon's provided skeleton to write this RMT.
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