Introduction
Hello everyone Shadow_sneak here bringing you a new RMT. As some may know I am a ORAS OU player who dabbles in other tiers. GSC OU is a tier I have learned and fallen in love with since November and I have been playing it in tours for a a little while. The team I have here is a GSC team I built a while ago and one I have been using for most of my time playing the tier. This team has also been used by my friends and the team is now 5-1 in tournaments right now and 3-0 in practice with some of my old gen freinds. Anyways, the title was named after the team who hunted down Al Capone in the 1920's and got him executed.
Teambuilding Process
Ok so after my eyes started bleeding from reading all of Borat's guides, I read farther and found that Suicune+Raikou walled most of the unboosted meta and found that this is true and these two form a really decent core.
Next I added pretty much the best lax check Skarmory. Skarmory not only provided a check to Lax but also had great synergy with Kou and Cune.
Now I wanted something that was offensive but could also act as a save my ass card. I decided to go with BD Zard because of its strong offensive prowess at +6 it can sweep a lot of teams Mid-Late Game and again has good synergy.
The last two mons I slapped added because of semi synergy reasons and some offensive prowess. I was wanting to test out Perish Trap Gar and Exeggutor. Exeggutor can kill things that wall the team while Gengar's set can be changed.
In Depth
IRS (Charizard) @ Leftovers
- Belly Drum
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Rock Slide
This is the classic BD set for Zard. Leftovers give it some recovery when its health is lowered by BD and its really one of the only viable items in GSC. Fire Blast gives it a hard hitting stab move, Rock Slide for hitting Birds other Zards and Zapdos. Earthquake hits T-tar and Friends. I usually use this lategame if the rest of the team does its job then I should be able to sweep. If I notice my opponents team is weak to it then I might set up earlier to punch some early holes.
Too Smooth (Skarmory) @ Leftovers
- Whirlwind
- Drill Peck
- Rest
- Curse/Toxic
Skarmory as mentioned above in the team preview is the teams main Lax check. He can run curse or toxic as in testing this I have found Curse to be more useful as most of the players I faced liked to play Curselax. Rest is for recovery and Whirlwind is for phasing mons who try to set up. Drill Peck is Skarm's best STAB in the tier.
Elliot Ness (Raikou) @ Leftovers
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Water]
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
This is one of the guys who is sort of the glue of the team. He is also the pokemon that I usually will lead out with as he is fast and generally a good lead compared to some of my other pokemon. Anyways the set is simple, HP Water is nice for hitting ground switchins like Nidoking or Rhydon Rest Talk for Longevity and Thunderbolt for stab. This is my main check for Electrics/Waters as he is an amazing special wall this gen.
Al Capone (Suicune) @ Leftovers
- Surf
- Sleep Talk
- Ice Beam
- Rest
Meet my main man himself, Suicune. I love this thing in GSC with Raikou as a lot of teams have very few ways to break this thing (usually electrics) and Raikou switches in on it. It also switches in on the threats to Kou and beats them 1v1. Surf for STAB, Ice Beam for Coverage, Rest Talk and to make Suicune be usless while he's asleep.
Real Fame (Gengar) @ Leftovers
- Perish Song
- Mean Look
- Protect
- Thunderbolt/ Explosion
Now Gengar is at times the most situational mons on this team. This is mainly because he has one attacking slot when he runs this set. Explosion can be used and I am thinking of switching so I can break some walls better. He's another one of my lax checks, depending on the Lax of course. Mean Lok and Perish Song for trapping and Protect for stalling out a turn of perish song.
Execution (Exeggutor) @ Leftovers
- Psychic
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Explosion
I love Exeggutor this thing hits so hard and is used to kill some special walls better. (Lax) (Dos) But anyways this set has Psychic and Giga Drain for STAB, Stun Spore is great for getting an Explosion off on slowed pokemon. Overall this thing is really decent and if you haven't tried it try it.
Threatlist
Due to recent battles I have found this thing is a big threat. If Exeggutor is gone and I have Tbolt over Explode Gar then I gotta go to Raikou force a rest cycle and either stall or get lucky with speed ties and sleep talks.
Fat and slightly hard to break but not impossible
Spikes can also cause problems for this team as well because of my lack of a spinner.
Importable
Hello everyone Shadow_sneak here bringing you a new RMT. As some may know I am a ORAS OU player who dabbles in other tiers. GSC OU is a tier I have learned and fallen in love with since November and I have been playing it in tours for a a little while. The team I have here is a GSC team I built a while ago and one I have been using for most of my time playing the tier. This team has also been used by my friends and the team is now 5-1 in tournaments right now and 3-0 in practice with some of my old gen freinds. Anyways, the title was named after the team who hunted down Al Capone in the 1920's and got him executed.
Teambuilding Process
Ok so after my eyes started bleeding from reading all of Borat's guides, I read farther and found that Suicune+Raikou walled most of the unboosted meta and found that this is true and these two form a really decent core.
Next I added pretty much the best lax check Skarmory. Skarmory not only provided a check to Lax but also had great synergy with Kou and Cune.
Now I wanted something that was offensive but could also act as a save my ass card. I decided to go with BD Zard because of its strong offensive prowess at +6 it can sweep a lot of teams Mid-Late Game and again has good synergy.
The last two mons I slapped added because of semi synergy reasons and some offensive prowess. I was wanting to test out Perish Trap Gar and Exeggutor. Exeggutor can kill things that wall the team while Gengar's set can be changed.
In Depth
IRS (Charizard) @ Leftovers
- Belly Drum
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Rock Slide
This is the classic BD set for Zard. Leftovers give it some recovery when its health is lowered by BD and its really one of the only viable items in GSC. Fire Blast gives it a hard hitting stab move, Rock Slide for hitting Birds other Zards and Zapdos. Earthquake hits T-tar and Friends. I usually use this lategame if the rest of the team does its job then I should be able to sweep. If I notice my opponents team is weak to it then I might set up earlier to punch some early holes.
Too Smooth (Skarmory) @ Leftovers
- Whirlwind
- Drill Peck
- Rest
- Curse/Toxic
Skarmory as mentioned above in the team preview is the teams main Lax check. He can run curse or toxic as in testing this I have found Curse to be more useful as most of the players I faced liked to play Curselax. Rest is for recovery and Whirlwind is for phasing mons who try to set up. Drill Peck is Skarm's best STAB in the tier.
Elliot Ness (Raikou) @ Leftovers
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Water]
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
This is one of the guys who is sort of the glue of the team. He is also the pokemon that I usually will lead out with as he is fast and generally a good lead compared to some of my other pokemon. Anyways the set is simple, HP Water is nice for hitting ground switchins like Nidoking or Rhydon Rest Talk for Longevity and Thunderbolt for stab. This is my main check for Electrics/Waters as he is an amazing special wall this gen.
Al Capone (Suicune) @ Leftovers
- Surf
- Sleep Talk
- Ice Beam
- Rest
Meet my main man himself, Suicune. I love this thing in GSC with Raikou as a lot of teams have very few ways to break this thing (usually electrics) and Raikou switches in on it. It also switches in on the threats to Kou and beats them 1v1. Surf for STAB, Ice Beam for Coverage, Rest Talk and to make Suicune be usless while he's asleep.
Real Fame (Gengar) @ Leftovers
- Perish Song
- Mean Look
- Protect
- Thunderbolt/ Explosion
Now Gengar is at times the most situational mons on this team. This is mainly because he has one attacking slot when he runs this set. Explosion can be used and I am thinking of switching so I can break some walls better. He's another one of my lax checks, depending on the Lax of course. Mean Lok and Perish Song for trapping and Protect for stalling out a turn of perish song.
Execution (Exeggutor) @ Leftovers
- Psychic
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Explosion
I love Exeggutor this thing hits so hard and is used to kill some special walls better. (Lax) (Dos) But anyways this set has Psychic and Giga Drain for STAB, Stun Spore is great for getting an Explosion off on slowed pokemon. Overall this thing is really decent and if you haven't tried it try it.
Threatlist
Spikes can also cause problems for this team as well because of my lack of a spinner.
Importable
Elliot Ness (Raikou) @ Leftovers
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Water]
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
Al Capone (Suicune) @ Leftovers
- Surf
- Sleep Talk
- Ice Beam
- Rest
Too Smooth (Skarmory) @ Leftovers
- Whirlwind
- Drill Peck
- Rest
- Curse
IRS (Charizard) @ Leftovers
- Belly Drum
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Rock Slide
Real Fame (Gengar) @ Leftovers
- Perish Song
- Mean Look
- Protect
- Thunderbolt
Execution (Exeggutor) @ Leftovers
- Psychic
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Explosion
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Water]
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
Al Capone (Suicune) @ Leftovers
- Surf
- Sleep Talk
- Ice Beam
- Rest
Too Smooth (Skarmory) @ Leftovers
- Whirlwind
- Drill Peck
- Rest
- Curse
IRS (Charizard) @ Leftovers
- Belly Drum
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Rock Slide
Real Fame (Gengar) @ Leftovers
- Perish Song
- Mean Look
- Protect
- Thunderbolt
Execution (Exeggutor) @ Leftovers
- Psychic
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Explosion
Hope you enjoyed and I would appreciate rates.