OU Sandstorm Team

[thomascallaghan]

First Attempt at Competative Team​

Sand Steel Fury​

Team At a glance

Hippowdon@Leftovers
Impish
252 Hp/252 Def/6 Atk
Stealth Rock
Earthquake
Yawn
Slack Off
This pokemon functions as a a good Sandstorm and stealth rock starter while also being able to Yawn things away.
Also gets great longlivity with slack off. EQ is there for Stab and to deal damage. walls physical hits very well later in the game.

Tyranitar@Life Orb
Adamant
252 Atk/252 Spd/6 HP
Dragon Dance
Aqua Tail
Crunch
Stone Edge
Comes in while They get yawned out or fall asleep and then Hopefully it can DD up and Wreck their team. Pretty standard I think.

Jarachi@ Leftovers
Adamant
228 HP/128 Atk/158 Def
Iorn Head
Zen Headbutt
Thunder Wave
Wish
My Baby. I love this set soo much it takes hits well and when somthing is paralyzed it gets wiped out. wish is the only move im not
happy with so suggestions on a move to replace it would be appreiciated

Blissy@ leftovers
252 HP/252 Sp.Def/6 Sp.Atk
Calm
Natural Cure
Softboiled
Thunderwave
Ice Beam
Aromatheropy
Best Special Wall in OU. Supports Jarachi with thunder wave aswell. aromatheropy could be changed if there are any suggestions.

Lucario@ Choice Scarf
Modest
Steadfast
252 Spd/252 Sp.Atk/6 Hp
Aura Spere
Dark Pulse
Dragon Pulse
Phychic
This is an Awsome Licario it kicks butt and outspeeds loads of stuff with a choice scarf. Massive type coverage and Perfect for a revenge kill also takes SR Awsomley.
hard to predict aswell as most people play a physica varient.

Gengar@ Wiseglasses
Timid
252 Spd/252 Sp.atk/ 6 Hp
Energy Ball
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
Psychic
Powerfull,Fast its an all round good pokemon And it Has good type coverage plus its my best EQ resist which can tear apart my team.


Full team Summery
This Team Functions Extremley well if you can pull off the right predictions and with the Rarely used Lucario I can Outpredict My opponent.

Physical Fire Pokemon Shred my team Aswell as lacking a fire move which i really need. Mabey replace wish on Jarachi with fire punch.
My Bigest Threat that ive encountered is a Electavire that predicts my Thunder wave and gets the speed boost if it has Ice punch and fire punch and Brick break/Cross chop it will take bown my whole team

 

[Dark Azelf]

Blissey : - 252 DEF / 176 SP.DEF / 80 SP.ATT. Max Def def always or you lose to Tackle and Astonish. Needs Seismic Toss (>> Aroma)or you lose badly to Sub Tran and Agility + Sub + Petaya + Torrent Empoleon. Flamethrower is more useful than ice Beam imo.

Hippowdon: - Yawn is a horribly move imo, put in Stone Edge, Roar or Ice Fang.

Lucario: - Lucario wants Hidden Power Electric >> Psychic because Gyarados just goes rofl currently and with a Timid Nature so you can outrun Neutral Salamence after a DD.

Jirachi: - Jirachi wants Fire Punch >> Zen Headbutt prolly, for Scizor.

Gengar : - Gangar wants Will-o-Wisp/Focus Blast/S-Ball/T-Bolt. Burning things such as common switch ins that think they can counter or check Gar is hilarious (Scizor, Zong, Meta, Tar...etc). Gengar is an arsonist since he likes to burn stuff :)

Tyranitar : - Jolly >> Adamant because the speed after a dd with Adamant is NOT sufficient (332 iirc). Whilst with Jolly you beat base 115's after a DD (Azelf, Raikou, Starmie).

 

[thomascallaghan]

Blissey : - 252 DEF / 176 SP.DEF / 80 SP.ATT. Max Def def always or you lose to Tackle and Astonish. Needs Seismic Toss (>> Aroma)or you lose badly to Sub Tran and Agility + Sub + Petaya + Torrent Empoleon. Flamethrower is more useful than ice Beam imo.

Hippowdon: - Yawn is a horribly move imo, put in Stone Edge, Roar or Ice Fang.

Lucario: - Lucario wants Hidden Power Electric >> Psychic because Gyarados just goes rofl currently and with a Timid Nature so you can outrun Neutral Salamence after a DD.

Jirachi: - Jirachi wants Fire Punch >> Zen Headbutt prolly, for Scizor.

Gengar : - Gangar wants Will-o-Wisp/Focus Blast/S-Ball/T-Bolt. Burning things such as common switch ins that think they can counter or check Gar is hilarious (Scizor, Zong, Meta, Tar...etc). Gengar is an arsonist since he likes to burn stuff :)

Tyranitar : - Jolly >> Adamant because the speed after a dd with Adamant is NOT sufficient (332 iirc). Whilst with Jolly you beat base 115's after a DD (Azelf, Raikou, Starmie).

Ill test The Blissy, Thanx
Hippow ill try With Ice Fang >> Yawn (even though i think i got the set from a battle log you made lol)
Ill try both the cganges on Lucario
Jarachi I like with Zen Headbutt :/ but i might give fire punch a brief test
Gengar can be an arsonist just fine but Focus blast i might not use
And Tar Can be jolly thanx for the help

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

Gengar absolutely NEEDS Focus Blast in order to get past Tyranitar.

 

[thomascallaghan]

Ok Ill Try it with focus blast for Tar Thanks

 

[Skip Shot]

All-out Mixape really hurts this team. CC/Grass Knot/Flamethrower destroys everyone except the possibilty of Gengar. I would really consider a Mixape counter because of this. Vaporeon or Tentacruel works best IMO.