Another OU RMT

[Our Wasted Years]

Last time I did an RMT I had a stall team...now I've switched again and have a offensive team. I wanted to get back into the fast-paced metagame because stall was boring me. After testing some random teams I've put together a few Pokemon that seem to work well together but there are still some holes to be filled.

Well here's the team:

LEAD

Celebi@Focus Sash
HP 76/SPE 180/SPATK 252|Modest
~ Earth Power
~ Leaf Storm
~ Stealth Rock
~ U-Turn

I went with Celebi because it can be unpredictable and in the past it worked well. I picked Focus Sash because that way I can live a Fire Blast from a Heatran and still manage to set up SR or hit it with Earth Power. Testing with Occa Berry does alright but I've had moments where Celebi would flat out die because of a critical hit...and with Focus Sash that doesn't happen. With these speed EVs I can't outspeed Azlef but U-Turn is useful if they miss Fire Blast or if they bring something slower I can switch out and add damage. Honestly it isn't a bad lead...it has the power to 2HKO most leads...but it manages to set up rocks so I'm happy.

Calm Mind-er

Suicune@Life Orb
HP 4/SPE 252/SPATK 252|Timid
~ Calm Mind
~ Hidden Power [Electric]
~ Ice Beam
~ Surf

I chose Suicune because it has some bulk and it can also add a lot of damage to the other team. The moves, imo, are pretty standard and it's just not as bulky as the Suicune you'll usually see. So far I have no complaints really, it's just that Vaporeon can be a pain to try and take down because without like 2 Calm Minds, Hidden Power wont be OHKOing and it can always status me. I'm not sure whether Starmie would be a better choice...I mean I can always switch to this thing on water attacks aimed at my Fire guys and he'll take them nicely...but Starmie has that speed which is always nice.

Offensive Dos

Zapdos@Life Orb
DEF 4/SPE 252/SPATK 252|Timid
~ Heat Wave
~ Hidden Power [Grass]
~ Roost
~ Thunderbolt

So I put Zapdos on this team pretty much because I know from battling against these fuckers that they can take some nice hits and either recover the damage or hit back with some nice power. I picked the offensive set because I wanted to have quite a lot of power on this team. HP Grass is mainly for just Swampert because if I don't have it...I cannot touch it and it will just set up on me. Thunderbolt with Life Orb packs enough power to OHKO Mence after SR, and basically add a nice chunk of damage to everything else not named Blissey. Heat Wave is for Steel types other than Heatran that might try to come in and either stall me or set up. I think after SR a non-bulky Heatran is a 2HKO but I'm not sure. Roost is just to Recover SR damage and the Life Orb damage that adds on over time.

Swords Dancer

Infernape@Life Orb
ATK 252/SPE 252/SPDEF 4|Jolly
~ Close Combat
~ Flare Blitz
~ Swords Dance
~ Thunderpunch

Okay this was actually the last guy I added to my team. I was looking at my team and I just felt that I had to fit a physical sweeper in because a team filled with Special Sweepers will not get far because of Blissey and it's always nice to have one around. Now this Pokemon has also been giving me the most problems as it's the only one that has died and sometimes not even done anything. Maybe I need something like Machamp or Metagross? Anyways I went with SD because I've tried it on Lucario and loved it...so I figured a faster guy will be better. Close Combat is for Non-scarfed Ttar and Blissey(mostly), Flare Blitz is for Celebi, Steel types and just an over-all strong STAB move. Now I either had a choice of Vacuum Wave which was priority, Ice Punch which will deal with other Zapdos or Mence, or Thunderpunch which will basically OHKO Gyara after SR with an Intimidate(because of LO). So I went with Thunderpunch because Gyara seems to be the most common switch-in on Ape. The lack of a priority move(which Lucario or Machamp) always gave me kinda hurts at times though.

Tank

Registeel@Leftovers
HP 252/ATK 168/DEF 88|Impish
~ Earthquake
~ Explosion
~ Ice Punch
~ ThunderWave

Looking at my team I knew I needed a wall, or a sponge that will deal well with hits and will still be able to cause some trouble to my opponent. It was between Bronzong and Registeel and in the end I went with Registeel because of the access to Thunderwave and Ice Punch. Thunderwave is here because people will usually send in a sweeper to try and get rid of it and that way I can just paralyze it, which cripples like 99% of sweepers in OU, and might have a chance of KOing it. Explosion is there for if Ape fails to kill off Blissey, or as a just a move for me to try to end the other guy. Ice Punch is nice for things like Mence and Zapdos because it will eventually take it out. EQ is for Tran, Ape and Metagross. Overall a really nice tank.

Yet Life Orb Sweeper

Heatran@Life Orb
ATK 4/SPE 252/SPATK 252|Timid
~ Earth Power
~ Explosion
~ Fire Blast
~ Hidden Power [Electric]

Seeing as most Trans these days are Scarfed and the LO set does nice work, I figured I could make it work. And since I have things like Registeel and Celebi on this team, getting a Flash Fire boost is not gonna be hard. This guy can also take incoming Ice Beams for Zapdos or Celebi with it's nice x4 resist. I picked Explosion because of well..Blissey. Earth Power and Fire Blast are self-explanatory, and I've grown to accept Fire Blast over Flamethrower or Lava Plume because, even though it missing could cost me a match, if it hits, it can also win me the match. Also HP Electric is here because of Gyarados. I was thinking of HP Ice but seeing as any Mence will outspeed me it wasn't worth it, and Gyara tends to come in on Tran thinking it's Scarfed. HP Electric will OHKO Gyara but other Water types will be 2HKO's mostly.

Anyways after playing around with this team for a while I've been thinking it might need Gengar, Machamp, Lucario, Mence or Starmie. But seeing as Mence, sadly, might be moving to Ubers I tried to step away from using it. I've also tested Choice Scarfed Roserade and it's amazing...just didn't know if I could fit it here. But yeah any kind of suggestion or criticism is welcomed, thanks for your time.

 

[PlatinumDude]

If you're looking to test out Lucario in this team, you can go with the standard Swords Dance set:
-Swords Dance
-Close Combat
-Crunch/Ice Punch/Stone Edge
-ExtremeSpeed
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb

This Lucario can also use priority (ExtremeSpeed) to finish off fast, frail opponents. I'm not sure on who to replace for this (but I do have Infernape or Registeel in mind).

 

[SharKing]

That's an awful lot of Legendaries, LOL. Not that it really matters... much.

Don't you think Cune should have Leftovers rather than Life Orb? On a bulky setup Poke, I don't think you want to lose HP every time you lash out, especially if you get so battered in the CM phase that you can use only 1 or 2 attacks before dying. Just saying.

 

[g3rgni]

That's an awful lot of Legendaries, LOL. Not that it really matters... much.

Don't you think Cune should have Leftovers rather than Life Orb? On a bulky setup Poke, I don't think you want to lose HP every time you lash out, especially if you get so battered in the CM phase that you can use only 1 or 2 attacks before dying. Just saying.

I definitely agree with this. Especially when taking into account possible Sandstorm and entry hazard damage, Life Orb Suicune may not last long enough to be an effective sweeper. IMO, a Suicune on team that already has Life Orb sweepers should be more defensively oriented.

 

[Johto Trainer]

I agree also. Maybe you should try the CroCune set. That set takes care of anything not named Vaporeon, SubSeed Ludicolo, or Blissey. And you have Zapdos for countering Vaporeon. Plus CroCune can last super long, and is very effective, even though it only has Surf. After 2 or even 1 Calm Minds, Surf will do lots of damage to anything not resisting it, and sometimes does a lot to things that resist it, like Mence. But if you don't like stalling, don't use Crocune, since using Rest + Sleep Talk is super boring.

 

[Badal]

IMO you should replace registeel with a standArd Machamp just because its bulky and at the same ti me can deal out saerious damage. Rest and dpunch combo is good. I would put the set but i am on my iPad so i ts tough to copy paste. And don't mind my spelling please
EDIT: I meant removing the Infernape for Machamp. Though if you are looking for a swords dancer then a good one would be Lucario.

 

[coolking503]

this team loses to any well played stall team. It really cant check blissey and infernape is so frail it is easily killed by a scarfer, afterwhich blissey is free to wall your team. Therefore having a pursuiter or a wall breaker will really help your team. Either make infernape mixed, or replace something with mixmence, or CBzor/tar/gross/cross/krow/lax/etc. anything strong with pursuit.

edit: lol at Badal: Put machamp in, it is bulky and powerful.

Why is there any problem with registeel? REgisteel is an awesome pokemon and it is bulky and does alot of damage with explosion XD

 

[Our Wasted Years]

If you're looking to test out Lucario in this team, you can go with the standard Swords Dance set:
-Swords Dance
-Close Combat
-Crunch/Ice Punch/Stone Edge
-ExtremeSpeed
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb

This Lucario can also use priority (ExtremeSpeed) to finish off fast, frail opponents. I'm not sure on who to replace for this (but I do have Infernape or Registeel in mind).

You see Lucario worked well, but it's slower. Max Speed Lucario is SLOWER than Adamant Infernape, and Max Speed Ape just blows Lucario out of the water. But then Lucario is stronger...although I'm not sure if some 12 points matter in attack. I mean I'll consider it but it'll probably have to make it SD/Close Combat/Extremespeed/Stone Edge.

That's an awful lot of Legendaries, LOL. Not that it really matters... much.

Don't you think Cune should have Leftovers rather than Life Orb? On a bulky setup Poke, I don't think you want to lose HP every time you lash out, especially if you get so battered in the CM phase that you can use only 1 or 2 attacks before dying. Just saying.

I actually considered Lefties but I thought Life Orb would allow me to just go crazy and do lots more damage. I'm actually considering trying out Lefties because in the end I could gain back some good HP if I play smart.

I definitely agree with this. Especially when taking into account possible Sandstorm and entry hazard damage, Life Orb Suicune may not last long enough to be an effective sweeper. IMO, a Suicune on team that already has Life Orb sweepers should be more defensively oriented.

Okay I will give Suicune a shot with Lefties then XD

I agree also. Maybe you should try the CroCune set. That set takes care of anything not named Vaporeon, SubSeed Ludicolo, or Blissey. And you have Zapdos for countering Vaporeon. Plus CroCune can last super long, and is very effective, even though it only has Surf. After 2 or even 1 Calm Minds, Surf will do lots of damage to anything not resisting it, and sometimes does a lot to things that resist it, like Mence. But if you don't like stalling, don't use Crocune, since using Rest + Sleep Talk is super boring.

Yeah I don't like the CroCune since I'm not really trying to stall, and that would take away my HP Electric which I really like having around.

IMO you should replace registeel with a standArd Machamp just because its bulky and at the same ti me can deal out saerious damage. Rest and dpunch combo is good. I would put the set but i am on my iPad so i ts tough to copy paste. And don't mind my spelling please
EDIT: I meant removing the Infernape for Machamp. Though if you are looking for a swords dancer then a good one would be Lucario.

Hm I'll give it a shot, thanks.

this team loses to any well played stall team. It really cant check blissey and infernape is so frail it is easily killed by a scarfer, afterwhich blissey is free to wall your team. Therefore having a pursuiter or a wall breaker will really help your team. Either make infernape mixed, or replace something with mixmence, or CBzor/tar/gross/cross/krow/lax/etc. anything strong with pursuit.

edit: lol at Badal: Put machamp in, it is bulky and powerful.

Why is there any problem with registeel? REgisteel is an awesome pokemon and it is bulky and does alot of damage with explosion XD

Hm I'm trying to stay away from Mence since it really might end up in Ubers after all. And I would put Ttar here since I know from using it in the past it can do a lot of damage, especially since a lot of them are Scarfed now and people probably wouldn't expect a CBer...but that would just give me constant Sandstorm, which Zapdos and Suicune don't like. But I will try to test it and see how it works.

Also CB Metagross sounds interesting, I might give that a try.


Thanks everyone I really appreciate it ^_^