OU Team

Nah said:

Your team does not have a Spinner/Defogger but you have two Pokemon that are Stealth Rock weak. A hazard stacking team would likely eat you up since all but one of your pokes are susceptible to getting worn down, especially with the heavy Life Orb usage. Scizor can run a Defog set, though I'm not terribly fond of Defog Scizor (it doesn't do much besides Defog in my experience). Excadrill can provide you with a spinner while retaining a Steel type (you have enough Water and Fighting resists that it should be ok, Gliscor also provides much needed Ground immunity and the ability to absorb status/burns).

You also lack a setter of Stealth Rock, the most important move in the singles meta. Exacdrill can also provide this for you.

May want to run Scarf on Black Kyurem (options in place of Roost would be stuff like Dragon STAB, Iron Head, Hidden Power Fire, etc) instead of Life Orb, as the team could use that extra speed. Though there's other items that may work better, idk.

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Volpe Artica said:

A few things:

You are running a fair few Life Orbs considering you have no way of removing hazards; before you know it that LO recoil and hazards damage will rack up. Personally I would l.ook into making Scizor a more defensive option, whether that is a Bulky SD set or a Defogger is up to you. The latter will definitely help with hazards coming your way and Volcanion helps cover its Fire weakness rather nicely. Something such as:

Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 144 HP / 12 Atk / 252 Def / 100 Spe
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Defog
- Knock Off
- U-turn

This is moreso for utility - Knock Off will help remove Choice Items/Life Orbs and the like off Pokémon; Roost for recovery; Defog to remove hazards (as Scizor has a pretty decent time against most setters anyway) and U-Turn to pivot to a check/counter. We'll play to its naturally higher Defence, running 100 Speed EVs to creep bulky Volcanions/Heatrans and U-Turn outta there.

If you're using a more offensive Gliscor set, I'd recommend either a double booster or an Agility set, although I'm not too keen on this. If you're looking for a more offensive Ground/Flying I would go for Landorus-Therian. It has 4 less base Speed but packs an extra 50 base Attack. Whack a Scarf on this or stick to a more defensive set as you have done with Gliscor.

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Stealth Rock/Knock Off
- U-turn

Fairly standard Scarf set, most of your common threats will be checked/dealt with by other members of your team (namely Volcanion). The standard set will run Knock Off, however depending on your team setup you could also run Rocks to help break Sashes/Multiscales and rack up residual damage.

Volcanion is an absolute monster with Choice Specs, however I feel that a bulky set will be far more beneficial than a speedy set. Volcanion has a rather nice 80/120/90 defences to play with and with a pretty good typing + Water Absorb this thing can soak up a few hits. So a simple swap would be 252 Spe for 248 HP, running Modest instead of Timid. However here is a potential set to try out too:

Volcanion @ Assault Vest
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 104 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power/Sludge Bomb
- Steam Eruption
- Focus Blast
- Fire Blast

I have been using this set and it is actually working wonders. Using the boosts from both AV and the Defence EVs, you end up with 300+ in both, along with a rather formidable 363 HP and 354 Special Attack also. The movesets will depend what you are having problems with. Personally I would recommend Earth Power over Sludge Bomb as this allows you to dent other Volcanions and Heatrans and most Fairies will get dented for a similar amount with Steam Eruption/Fire Blast. Focus Blast will help you deal with the likes of Kyurem-Black.

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Okage said:

I see what you mean. Alright, here's what I'll do.

I'm going to change Kyurem-B's held item to the Choice Scarf to help boost it's speed and change it's Roost move to ether Outrage or Dragon Claw to give it 2 Physical and Special moves for it to use.

I'll change Gliscor into Excadrill:

Excadrill @ Leftovers
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Careful
EV's: 248 Hp, 176 Def, 68 SpDef, 16 Spe
Moves: Earthquake, Iron Head, Rapid Spin, Stealth Rock

I'll change Scizor into Scolipede:

Scolipede @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant
EV's: 252 Atk, 4 Def, 252 Spe
Moves: Megahorn, Aqua Tail, Poison Jab, Baton Pass

(I might change remake this one into a spike setter depending on you're opinions.)

And finally, I'll change Barloom into Zapdos:

Zapdos@ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Bold
EV's: 248 Hp, 176 Def, 68 SpAtk, 16 Spe
Moves: Volt Switch, Roost, Defog, Toxic

Are these changes good?

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