UU/NU Team. Need a BPer.

[Arsibiyez]

Could anyone provide a good Curse/Bulk Up or Calm Mind BPer for a UU/NU team?

This is my team so far. No BPer yet.

But I'm thinking....

Absol @ Salac Berry
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 196 HP / 252 Def / 60 Spd
Bold Nature
- Curse / Calm Mind
- Substitute
- Baton Pass
- Return / Shadow Ball / Rock Slide / Quick Attack

It pains me deep inside to use Absol as a lowly passer even with its outstanding Atk, but I didn't have much of a choice within the UU/NU tiers.


Or, I could use my favorite Pokemon:


Volbeat @ Salac Berry
Trait: Swarm / Illuminate (It doesn't really matter.)
EVs: 196 HP / 200 Def / 112 SDef
Impish Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Substitute
- Tail Glow
- Baton Pass

Obvious, isn't it?


Anyway, here's the rest of my team:

Dunsparce @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 236 HP / 252 Atk / 20 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Body Slam
- Rest

I used to really dislike this thing. But after I checked its base stats, and saw its Superior HP, I thought to myself "Why the heck not? Abuse Body Slam and Serene Grace so that I can go first even after a Cursepass."


Aggron @ Leftovers
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 220 HP / 36 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Iron Tail
- Substitute / Hidden Power [Flying]
- Focus Punch / Brick Break

Unbeatable defense... Unless you're a Shuckle. But Shuckle sucks so, no contest. Welcomes the Cursepass like nothing else in the UU tier.


Lanturn @ Leftovers
Trait: Volt Absorb
EVs: 228 HP / 28 Def / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave / Hidden Power [Grass]

Max SAtk is a must if I'm not using Volbeat. But if I do use Volbeat, I could max out Speed instead to turn this Bulky Water into a Special Sweeper. HP Grass for enemy ground types.


Vileplume @ Leftovers
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Aromatherapy
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Meh... I'm not impressed.


Electabuzz @ Leftovers
Trait: Static
EVs: 132 HP / 220 Spd / 156 SAtk
Modest Nature
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Punch
- Barrier

Barrier is there so that I can have both Volbeat's Tail Glow and some sort of defense to survive Earthquakes. Psychic is for those darned Vileplumes and Gengars.


Rate, comment, suggest, flame. :)

 

[Synchronize]

For a UU team, just use Lunatone with BP and drop Absol and Volbeat.

Electabuzz (M) @ Petaya Berry / Leftovers
Trait: Static
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Ice Punch
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt

No use for Psychic, and Barrier without a couple of supporting utility moves (and some HP) Is next to useless.

The team needs work, but words fail me at the moment.

 

[Arsibiyez]

Lunatone has Baton Pass? How? I didn't see that move in its movepool.


EDIT: Okay. Smogon says it's able to use Baton Pass (now). But it's really the Curse I'm after since Dunsparce and Aggron benefit from it very well. Absol is the only one I see in the UU tier who could be a good Curse/CM Passer. But I still want some more opinions regarding this, and hopefully some more suggestions regarding a good Cursepasser.

 

[Alter Ego]

. Absol is the only one I see in the UU tier who could be a good Curse/CM Passer.

...

No, just no. Absol isn't a good Curse/CM passer at all. Its base HP is 65 and both defenses have a base of 60 so it can hardly take any hits when buffing. With Curse it will also be unable to outspeed anything. :O Really, though, there aren't any proper Cursepassers in the UU, but if you really insist on having one then go with Flareon. At least it has some more SDef to grant it protection against something. Still, even with max Defense and +Def nature it isn't much good at taking physical hits, so it's probably dead anyway. .___. If you want to pass with Absol then go SD.

That being said, Lunatone is as good as UU CM passers get, so go with that. Some people like Mr.Mime too since it can't be roared out, but I prefer passers that can take a hit or two.

 

[Tker]

Sycther can pass Swords Dances, but that is pretty much it for Attack Passing UU Pokemon with BP. Lunatone can pass Calm Mind's, but that's it.

 

[Arsibiyez]

I've seriously considered using the BP Lunatone, but it's just a server mod of Smogon... My real intention of using NB is to find a team that I can properly use as an in-game competetive, so mods cannot apply. As for Scyther, sure... It could work as some pseudo-Ninjask, but without the speed bonus. I can consider that.



Something like this?:

Scyther @ Leftovers
Trait: Swarm
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Substitute
- Silver Wind
- Baton Pass



It's such a Ninjask set... Just on a Pokemon with a lamer trait.

 

[Alter Ego]

Meh, more like Aerial Ace over Substitute imo. It's not like Scyther's subs can take a hit from anything anyway. With AA it will at least have another STAB move to deal some damage with. Other than that, yeah, I think it looks allright.

By the way, Baton Pass is an XD move for Lunatone so you can get that into an ingame team as long as you have the right trading capability. If you don't, though, then Mr.Mime is your best bet on the CM passing.

 

[Synchronize]

The cool thing about Scyther is, you rarely need to pass speed as much you pass Attack.

 

[Arsibiyez]

Okay. I guess Scyther will now be my Attack-passing monster. AA over Sub it is, then.

And the rest of my team? Please rate. :D