ORAS OU Team Building Competition (Go vote!)

[Yoshikkko]

hmmmm i vote for srinator!!

 

[champagnepapi]

i vote for king syn although i think yoshikko's team would be really nice with excadrill replaced

 

[Yoshikkko]

i vote for king syn although i think yoshikko's team would be really nice with excadrill replaced

oh! with what would u say?? i couldn't really figure that slot out and i considered latias but was a bit stuck

 

[KorpiklaaniVodka]

I'm going to go ahead and vote for Yoshikko. His team has a really good core in Jirachi, Talonflame, Sableye and Clef. Could use better EV spreads, though. (I guess my implementation of Kyurem-B on semi-stall was really bad.)

Also, what about MMeta?

 

[Detox]

Was hard to decide but I vote for Yoshikko.

 

[champagnepapi]

oh! with what would u say?? i couldn't really figure that slot out and i considered latias but was a bit stuck

probably a water type like starmie to go along with that starm/talon/sab/clef framework; the team is kind of weak to keldeo. i'd also maybe limit it to one fire type but i think the team has potential

 

[Yoshikkko]

probably a water type like starmie to go along with that starm/talon/sab/clef framework; the team is kind of weak to keldeo. i'd also maybe limit it to one fire type but i think the team has potential

hm okay yeah that makes sense i will probably do starmie then (obvs can't change it now anymore but i do plan on using this so i'll work on it!) thanks!!

 

[wolf]

Hmm, I was planning to tally up the votes and decide the winner, but King Syn and Yoshikko are tied. I'll decide who wins tomorrow when I'm not so tired. Possibly with Dark Azelf since Anti is currently away.

edit: Ahh I need to decide on a core brb.

 

[punkysaur]

I have seen very less teams built around m-garde and metagross.If you like you can set them as the next polls two pokemon.I am saying this because I have seen only 1/2 people with both on their teams(Lol.I might be wrong.But still)

 

[wolf]

I'm really sorry for holding this out for so long. It won't happen again. I'm going to give the win to King Syn's team for reasons stated before. Yoshikko's team has problems with Keldeo's Scald spam. Though, Mega Diancie tears into Syn's team really easily. It also gets free switch-ins from Latios. However, Keldeo is a more relevant threat and all teams should have a reliable way of dealing with it.

I have seen very less teams built around m-garde and metagross.If you like you can set them as the next polls two pokemon.I am saying this because I have seen only 1/2 people with both on their teams(Lol.I might be wrong.But still)

There were requests for a core that doesn't include a Mega. However, I might consider going with Mega Gardevoir and Metagross in the future.

THE NEXT CORE IS...

DUAL GENIES. No Therian formes. Have fun pummeling your opponents to death, folks.

 

[Dark Azelf]

Hmmm this will be a struggle for me ill have to go more offensively than ive ever done.

4 walls and 2 genies sounds good to me.

kthnxwowbai

 

[Nah]

Suppose I'll post a team for this one....

Spoiler: Importable+Terrible reasoning

Thundurus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Superpower
- Knock Off
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Usually when they're used by themselves the genies run a specially based set but when you run both on the same team it's kinda pointless to do that, so I made Thundurus a mixed attacker. While you lose Prankster it's still got pretty good speed and can lure in and destroy Chansey which is nice. Defiant's good when there's plenty of Intimidate and Defog in OU.

Azumarill @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 172 HP / 252 Atk / 84 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Knock Off
- Superpower

Since both genies are Ice weak its kinda mandatory to run something that resists Ice, and Azumarill does that while also resisting other stuff (especially Water and Dragon) and bringing priority as well. Choice Band for greater power without needing to set up Belly Drum.

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 192 SpD / 68 Spe
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power
- Toxic

Heatran absorbs WoW and Toxic nicely and sets up much needed rocks for the team. Adds and additional Ice resist while also resisting Grass and Fairy 4x, and since half the team is Ground immune that's nice. Though despite that I'm thinking about whether or not I should give it a Balloon and/or do a more offensive rocks set.

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Calm Mind
- Psychic

Had Lando do it's usual CM role, which works nicely. The Sp.Def boost CM gives is nice, and Lando provides an Electric immunity to boot. Hard to choose between Psychic and Sludge Wave though....

Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Hidden Power [Fire]

This thing is stupidly common but I needed a Defogger and couldn't really think of anything else that would fit since most of the other spinners/defoggers would just stack weaknesses, although Latios is Ice weak too. But at least there's the 3rd Ground immunity and it can lure in and destroy Scizor/Ferrothorn with HP Fire. Also completes a little Dragon/Fairy/Steel core with Azu+Tran.

Lopunny (F) @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Return
- Ice Punch
- Fake Out

Usually at the end of team building I start running out of ideas but since there's no mandatory mega this time I can use whatever mega I want so I went with Mega Lopunny. I think it provides some offensive coverage I needed.....

Most of 'em run Healing Wish but I was like eh fuck that let's use Fake Out to safely mega evolve and get free damage whenever it switches in.

 

[KorpiklaaniVodka]

Spoiler:

Landorus @ Life Orb
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature

- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Psychic
- Rock Polish

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Naive Nature

- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Superpower
- Hidden Power Flying

Blastoise @ Blastoisinite
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 232 HP / 252 SpA / 24 Spe
Modest Nature

- Hydro Pump
- Aura Sphere
- Dark Pulse
- Rapid Spin

Bisharp @ Assault Vest
Trait: Defiant
EVs: 192 HP / 220 Atk / 96 Spe
Adamant Nature

- Sucker Punch
- Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Iron Head

Latias @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 76 HP / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature

- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Healing Wish
- Roost

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature

- Stealth Rock
- Fire Blast
- Taunt
- Earth Power

thundurus and landorus form an excellent attacking core: thundurus can stop late-game sweeps and clean-ups as well as 2hko chansey and ttar. lando has the ability to sweep offense teams at late-game. latias checks keldeo and provides healing wish support. m-blastoise is a rapid spinner that can easily threaten ferro and mega scizor and get superb coverage in three moves. tran sets up rocks and acts as a great stallbreaker. bisharp pressures defog and is the team's check to lati@s.

 

[Yoshikkko]

lol i forgot about this

Spoiler:

Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power Ice

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Volt Switch
- Knock Off
- Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power Ice

Gardevoir @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace
EVs: 24 Def / 232 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Calm Mind

Bisharp @ Black Glasses
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Pursuit

Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Healing Wish

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 216 SpD / 40 Spe
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Taunt

i trieeeed to give a personal spin on this
also fk mega diancie

 

[srinator]

Importable

Spoiler:

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Stealth Rock
- Sludge Wave

Thundurus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 40 Atk / 216 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Knock Off
- Superpower
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Knock Off

Azumarill @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Knock Off

Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 112 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Dragon Claw
- Roost

Latias (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Defog
- Healing Wish
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock

Description

Spoiler:

The core given was dual genies, for me it is way more offensive than what I am used to so I went ahead and made what I think is a HO team. I didnt want to use cm land because it is pretty easy for it to get rk'd so i went with a full out attacking set since it p much threats most common stuff in ou rn like gliscor/lando/ferrothorn/clef etc. I do miss psychic but i think the current move set is the most versatile it can get. Since this was a more offensive team i thought about having a mechanism that would allow me to get in stuff easily to start bombing the opponent and band scizor does this just fine alongside thundurus. Band Scizor is also p good rn since bullet punch hits really hard against common stuff like lando t or even mega loppunny which if i am not mistaken is or was for some reason s ranked ( -1 band scizor does around 40 to lando t while it does around 70 to lop) . next i added something for latis since i was p weak to them esp if the hidden fire sets ( they are pretty much present on every team hard to ignore etc) and also priority ice or in general ice attacks. so i added in azumaril. I tried banded azu but i think ass vest is overall better for this since i really like picking off weakened threats with aqua jet after having smashed it while the opponent switches something in with a more powerful stab. I realised i needed some kind of win-con that could set up late game, i needed something really solid that could take out a large portion of the meta game and mega zard x popped into my mind. I went with the bulky dragon dance set sine it is easier to set up on stuff. In the end i added latias to really complete the team, since i am p stealth rock and opposing mega zard's weak. I don't have a stealth rock user so I slashed it with lando. I know rocks are what every team should have etc but eh.

changes in bold.

also sri i appreciate your tips but i will not replace gardevoir with weezing!! but thanks anyway!

x]

 

[wolf]

TIME TO VOTE. Just like before:

Simply post the username of your preferred winner, along with a reason why (optional). Also please read the criteria:

When voting, consider the criteria that the panel will be using: viability (is the team good?), creativity (does it stray from standard builds?), and synergy (is there evidence of thoughtful team building?).

Good luck!

 

[KorpiklaaniVodka]

I'm going to go ahead and vote for srinator.

 

[Anti]

voting for srinator not a bad squad m8

 

[Yoshikkko]

i vote for rabinov!!

 

[Detox]

Voting for Yoshikko because I stole the team and won like 9 times good enough for me

I mean what

hi