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UU Team (Getting back into it)
A few years ago when Gen V was pretty young I was a pretty solid UU player, but I stopped battling for a while. I'm looking to get back into it but I lost all of my teams and am not up to speed with the BW2 changes. This is the first team I've made in a long time, and I'd love some advice on it.
The team is in importable format if you want to test it yourself: Machamp (F) @ Leftovers Trait: No Guard EVs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spd Adamant Nature - Substitute - DynamicPunch - Stone Edge - ThunderPunch Empoleon (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Torrent EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef Calm Nature - Stealth Rock - Scald - Ice Beam - Roar Absol (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Super Luck EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature - Pursuit - Sucker Punch - Superpower - Psycho Cut Xatu (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Magic Bounce EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Spd Careful Nature - Thunder Wave - Roost - Night Shade - U-turn Flygon (M) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Levitate EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Jolly Nature - Earthquake - Outrage - U-turn - Fire Punch Porygon-Z @ Life Orb Trait: Download EVs: 128 HP / 252 SAtk / 128 Spd Modest Nature - Agility - Tri Attack - Ice Beam - Dark Pulse Machamp: I typically lead with Machamp unless I find a better match elsewhere. Substitute is surprisingly effective against set up mon as you can get confusion with Dynamicpunch and try to sub again. Empoleon: Great pokemon, one of my favorites in UU. My only real stop to DD Kingdra. Absol: Not as reliable as I was hoping. Has great power and I love having Superpower, but if you have a suggestion for something that could do its job better, I'd love to hear it. Xatu: Excellent utility pokemon. My only stop to hazards so I try to keep it alive as long as possible. Usually I switch it in if they opponent has a bulky hazard/status inducer against my Machamp. I always think that people will predict it, but they rarely do and I usually get free hazards. Flygon: My favorite pokemon in all of UU. Even with a Scarf, Outrage is devastating for cleaning up lategame. Porygon-Z: Another pokemon I'm not sure about. Download is kind of unreliable. I've had matches where he sweeps the entire opponents team, and matches where he does nothing. Some threats I can think of (I'm sure there are many others): Victini: Victini does a number on most of my pokemon. Flygon can force it out but probably can't switch in. Flygon: I usually will have to play around what move it is locked into. Seeing a Flygon usually means I am losing a pokemon unless I have Porygon-Z set up in time. Swampert: A physically defensive Swampert can end up being a pain for me to get around unless Machamp can confuse it with Dynamicpunch and get lucky. Any C&C you might have is appreciated. |
Krookodile or Heracross can do Absol's job better because of their Moxie abilities; they get stronger whenever they KO something:
Krookodile: -Earthquake -Crunch -Stone Edge -Pursuit/Superpower Nature: Jolly/Adamant EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe Item: Choice Scarf Ability: Moxie Heracross: -Megahorn -Close Combat -Stone Edge -Earthquake/Sleep Talk Nature: Jolly/Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Choice Scarf/Choice Band Ability: Moxie/Guts or -Swords Dance -Megahorn -Close Combat -Stone Edge Nature: Jolly/Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Leftovers Ability: Guts or -Substitute -Megahorn -Close Combat -Stone Edge Nature: Jolly/Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Leftovers Ability: Moxie/Guts |
Not a bad idea, thanks!
I'm leaning toward Krookodile, but that would give me 3 pokemon weak to ice in a tier that allows Hail. Are there any good options to switch with Porygon-Z in order to help mitigate this? |
If you want a good Sp. Attacker like Porygon-Z that can resist Hail, Glaceon might not be a bad idea. Glaceon's ability, Snow Cloak, grants in 20% evasiveness, which is pretty neat.
Glaceon @ Choice Scarf -Nature: Modest/Timid -EVs: 4 HP/ 252 SpAtk/ 252 Spd -Ability: Snow Cloak & since its GenV hidden ability: Ice Body -Moves: -Substitute -Hail -Blizzard -Ice Beam |
Glaceon is garbage, unless it's in Hail. Most of the time it'll be a waste of a slot. If you're worried about Hail just slap on a weather-abuser or like...a Fire Pokemon. Something like RD Kingdra or even just slap on something really powerful like Victini or Darmanitan to help with Hail. You can hit half to 3/4 of most Hail teams for SE damage + SR.
I back PlatinumDude's suggestion of Heracross, at present Scarf Mienshao can OHKO 5/6 of your team and that is a massive problem. Adding Cross is not going to alleviate the problem entirely but at least you have something that can survive HJK spam. Actually I think Specs Chandelure > Porygon will help greatly against Hail/ScarfMienShao. Chandelure @ Choice Specs Nature: Modest EV: 252 SpAtk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe - Overheat / Fire Blast - Energy Ball - Trick - Shadow Ball Absolute monster, I'd go with Fire Blast for extra power but Overheat does deal like 70% to Umberon. |
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