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Three Chums!
Good morning PC. The name's Chocolate™ and I'm bringing you my newest OU team. This team works around the core of Gliscor, Azumarrill and Mega Manectric. It works surprisingly well and so yeah, five battles later I'm bringing this team to you:
Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Huge Power EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Jolly Nature - Aqua Jet - Waterfall - Belly Drum - Play Rough Manectric @ Manectite Ability: Lightningrod EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Timid Nature - Thunderbolt - Overheat - Volt Switch - Hidden Power [Ice] Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal EVs: 244 HP / 32 Def / 224 Spd Impish Nature - Substitute - Roost - Toxic - Earthquake Skarmory @ Leftovers Ability: Sturdy EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SDef Impish Nature - Whirlwind - Roost - Brave Bird - Defog Volcarona @ Leftovers Ability: Flame Body EVs: 248 HP / 192 Def / 68 Spd Bold Nature - Bug Buzz - Fiery Dance - Quiver Dance - Roost Diggersby @ Choice Scarf Ability: Huge Power EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature - Return - Earthquake - Wild Charge - U-Turn |
Jolly > Adamant on BellyJet Azumarill (Jolly with 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe). Why? Because being outsped by Wash Rotom and being crippled by its Will-o-Wisp before getting the Belly Drum off sucks.
Timid > Modest on Mega Manectric. 135 Speed is good and you might as well take advantage of it. With Modest, you're outsped by Dugtrio, Greninja, Therian Tornadus, Noivern and Alakazam. What KOs does Gliscor avoid with its current spread? Even with specially defensive investment, Gliscor still falls to decently powered Water moves. The preferred spread is 244 HP/32 Def/224 Spe. While you do lose out on physical bulk, the Speed investment is important for Gliscor to outspeed Mega Garchomp and those slower than it so that it can stall them out before they can do anything to it. SubLiechi or Power Herb activates Hawlucha's Unburden more reliably. STAB Acrobatics (without an item) still does more to Fairies than a 2x super effective Poison Jab would; outside of Fairies, it's still useless: -Acrobatics: 55 x 2 x 1.5 = 165 BP -Poison Jab: 80 x 2 = 160 BP So in the end: -Substitute -Swords Dance -High Jump Kick -Acrobatics Nature: Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Liechi Berry Ability: Unburden or -Swords Dance -High Jump Kick -Acrobatics -Sky Attack Nature: Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Power Herb Ability: Unburden Since you have a Pokemon very vulnerable to Stealth Rock in Volcarona, I think you should consider having Mandibuzz, Skarmory or [email protected] as a Defogger to clear away Stealth Rock (over Hawlucha): Mandibuzz: -Foul Play -Defog -Roost -Knock Off/Toxic/Whirlwind Nature: Impish/Bold EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef Item: Leftovers Ability: Overcoat Latias: -Draco Meteor -Psyshock/Thunderbolt -Defog -Healing Wish/Roost/Recover Nature: Timid EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe Item: Life Orb Latios: -Draco Meteor -Psyshock -Thunderbolt/Hidden Power (Fighting)/Earthquake -Recover/Roost/Defog Nature: Timid/Hasty EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe Item: Life Orb Skarmory: -Whirlwind -Roost -Stealth Rock/Spikes/Brave Bird -Defog/Brave Bird Nature: Bold/Impish EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef or 252 HP/16 Def/240 SDef Item: Leftovers Ability: Sturdy Bulky Volcarona fares better in the X/Y meta than its offensive counterpart. The extra recovery from Roost helps it out big-time, as it lets it switch into Stealth Rock more than once and the extra bulk lets it set up on opponents it normally can't (like Wash Rotom): -Quiver Dance -Bug Buzz -Fiery Dance -Roost Nature: Bold EVs: 248 HP/192 Def/68 Spe Item: Leftovers Ability: Flame Body What does Hammer Arm cover that Diggersby's other moves can't? Having a strong STAB in Return is important too, you know; also, Wild Charge > Stone Edge to better handle Skarmory and other bulky Waters. And Choice Scarf or Life Orb > Band, since Life Orb Diggersby is strong enough and Diggersby isn't that fast: -Swords Dance -Return -Earthquake -Quick Attack Nature: Adamant/Jolly EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Item: Life Orb Ability: Huge Power or -Return -Earthquake -Wild Charge -U-turn Nature: Adamant EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Item: Choice Scarf Ability: Huge Power |
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