Sushi's OU Team

[RollsOfSushi]

Salamence (M) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Brick Break
This is a basic Salamence with Dragon Dance. Brick Break actually comes in handy when I need to break Dual Screens, Outrage is killer and if nothing resists it the Moxie effect helps me sweep hard.

Gengar (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Sludge Bomb
- Focus Blast
This is a Choice Scarfed Gengar that I've been trying out. It works pretty awesome! With High Sp.A, and near perfect coverage, Gengar is an amazing revenge killer. I was thinking about Timid Naturing it to Speed Tie with most Scarfed Latios, but I like the power.. Plus, Gengar is ridiculously fast on it's own.

Rotom (Rotom-W) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Trick
2nd Choice Scarf, I'm not entirely sure why I chose this set let alone this Pokemon.. Rotom-W just seems like a good Pokemon to have I guess, Volt Switch gives me momentum and Hydro Pump is a powerful STAB move.

Lucario (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- ExtremeSpeed
- Crunch
Besides for the fact that he looks like a total badass, Lucario is an awesome addition to my team. I usually switch in on a pokemon that's choice locked onto a dark move and on the switchout I Swords Dance. Extremespeed is mainly for priority but hits really hard on a lot of pokemon, and Close Combat is gonna be my main powerful STAB move. Crunch is there for coverage.

Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Volt Switch
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt
I'm not sure wether I should keep Choice Scarf on this or not. I was deciding wether to use Scarf or just a Sub+3Attacks set. I appreciate the speed on Magnezone though, and 3 Choice Scarfers is risky, but unpredictable. Volt Switch also gains momentum.

Staraptor (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Reckless
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Double-Edge
- Quick Attack
Staraptor is an underrated beast. All I have to do is spam Brave Bird and I'm almost guaranteed to get a kill. Staraptor has an answer to almost everything and thanks to it's speed it and priority in Quick Attack, it can cherry pick a lot of foes.​

This wasn't the best RMT I've done, probably took the least amount of time.. But I'm just looking on ways this team can improve.. any ideas?

 

[PureAurorae]

Nice team bro. I remember when I beat it. XD

 

[Boilurn]

Well, at the moment your team looks great so far, especially in terms of defensive synergy, so no complaints about that.

For Gengar an all-attacking set is interesting but I highly recommend a Timid nature rather than modest otherwise it'll be outsped by base 100+ speed Pokemon such as Celebi, Garchomp and Infernape.

Quick Attack can be useful on Staraptor but it's risky with a Life Orb, especially considering that you have another Normal-type priority move which is stronger (Lucario's ExtremeSpeed). I'd choose either U-turn or Roost, to help ease the prediction on Staraptor's weaknesses.

Magnezone is known for its wallbreaking as well as trapping Steel-types, so for that reason I'd use a Specs rather than a Scarf.

You should get a couple of wins if you take my advice. Good luck in the competitive battling world!

 

[PlatinumDude]

DD Salamence is better off with a Hasty or Naive nature so it isn't walled by physical opponent pre-Moxie, and to outspeed as much as possible pre-Dragon Dance. Use Fire Blast or Hydro Pump over Brick Break, so that it can target physically defensive opponents without having to resort to Outrage.

A Calm nature is better off on Wash Rotom's specially defensive sets. Never use it for a Choice set, especially Scarf, because that wastes away the boost the item grants. Either change the nature to Timid with 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe, or change the set to the specially defensive one:
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Thunder Wave/Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split
Nature: Calm
EVs: 248 HP/28 SAtk/232 SDef
Item: Leftovers

Never use Sludge Bomb on Gengar. Ever. No matter how tempting the fact that it's Gengar's strongest Special move outside of Hyper Beam, it's a terrible move to get locked into, due to the fact that Steel Pokemon are immune to it. Given the fact that Gengar mainly uses Shadow Ball and Focus Blast together, due to their unresisted coverage (and hence making it appreciate the freedom of switching moves), I'd make it use these:
-Substitute
-Disable/Pain Split
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Black Sludge/Life Orb

Or
-Substitute/Protect
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast
-Hidden Power (Fire)
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Black Sludge/Life Orb

If you want to keep the Choice Scarf set, change the nature to Timid so that Gengar can at least Speed tie with Choice Scarf Latios and outrun Choice Scarf Terrakion, which use Speed boosting natures. Also, change Sludge Bomb to Hidden Power (Ice) to nail Dragons, Gliscor and Landorus hard.

Try squeezing in a hazard user or Rapid Spinner, like Forretress or Donphan, due to this team's offensive nature and tendency to switch around, since hazards will wear the team down over time:

Forretress:
-Spikes/Stealth Rock
-Rapid Spin
-Gyro Ball/Hidden Power (Ice)
-Volt Switch
Nature: Relaxed/Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers/Shed Shell
Ability: Sturdy

Donphan:
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-Rapid Spin
-Ice Shard
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 Spe
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy

 

[RollsOfSushi]

@Boilurn - I'll definitely try out switching to Specs on Magnezone. I might put U-Turn on Staraptor, but not Roost. I find Staraptor WAY to frail to even try healing itself. But the only thing is, Quick-Attack is a life saver at times when I'm up against a weakened faster opponent.

@PlatinumDude - I'll be sure to switch the EV's and switch Sludge Bomb for HP Ice. As for a Rapid Spinner, I wouldn't know who to replace. And the only problem I have with Forretress is that it doesn't have much of an Offensive presence. I want this team to be primarily offensive, and adding Forretress would kill momentum needed for this team. I was thinking of Starmie, but I am not sure yet.