Monoflying RMT (WiFi OU)

[King Eriandor]

Okay, because I'm finding less and less love for my "Rate my one pokemon" stuff, I'm posting the whole team (okay, it probably IS a better idea not to do it individually). So here it is,


Salamence@Choice Scarf
Atk252/Spd252/Hp4
Moxie - Adamant
M:
Outrage
Fire Fang
Earthquake
Zen Headbutt
Outrage

Usually my lead, he can be accurately described as all bite and no bulk. He helps the team a lot in taking out those darn cloysters by raging them down to around half Hp before they shell smash and, when koed by the inevitable icicle spear. Allows honchkrow to finish it with a suckerpunch, taking advantage of the cut defenses)


Yanmega@charti berry
Def128/Spdef128/Spatk252
Speed boost - Modest
M:
Protect
Bug Buzz
Psychic
Giga Drain

Taking advantage of his speed and moveset to inflict damage where few expect it. He shines most against rain teams with giga drain doing supereffective damage to politoed and Psychic finishing unsuspecting toxicroak.


Honchkrow@power herb
Atk252/Spd22/Hp4
Moxie - Adamant
M:
Suckerpunch
Superpower
Sky Attack
Foul Play

Great for finishing opponents with STAB suckerpunch. Few recognize his potential with Atk equal to that of landorus and higher than blaziken plus access to moxie.


Gyarados@choice band
Atk252/Spd252/Hp4
Moxie - Adamant
M:
Outrage
Aqua Tail
Ice Fang
Stone Edge

Filling a similar niche to Salamence's he boasts the ability to 1hko a hippowdon with only 1 moxieboost aqua tail. Little can take his aqua tail and survive, less can take it unscathed.


Skarmory@leftovers
Atk200/Sp.def211/Hp168
Sturdy - Adamant
M:
Swords Dance
Iron Head
Drill Peck
X-scissor

Yes, not the norm for a skarmory but it works. He was originally used for entry hazards but he took so many taunts I nearly ditched him. I didn't because Skarmory is the only pokemon on my team that could effectively take out a mammoswine with the only offensive move he knew at the time, iron head. So he became my defencive sweeper.

Togekiss@expert belt
Sp.Atk200/Spd100/Hp208
Serine Grace - Modest
M:
Aura Sphere
Silver Wind
Air Slash
Ominus Wind

Silver/Ominus wind help boost stats in a pinch while the rest is mainly coverage. It has enough natural bulk to take a bit of punishment giving it good opportunity to do some damage.

Biggest threats:
Cloyster, Mammoswine, and baton pass spammers. Edit: Genesect

Nonthreats
psychic types, bug types (except genesect) and sandstorm teams

 

[Takaki]

@Shadow B; Is this singles. If so I'll give you a rate.

 

[King Eriandor]

Oops, yeah,
It is singles, it's too risky to use this monotype in doubles because of common weaknesses

 

[Takaki]

@Shadow B.;

The following set completely outclasses your current Salamence with superior coverage and power. You should also certainly not be leading with it.

Salamence (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Lonely Nature (+Atk, -Def)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw

The following Gyarados set also far outclasses yours. Intrimidate over moxie since Gyarados is far to slow to even attempt a sweep whilst Outrage is dropped because it is a rubbish non-stab move and Aqua Tail is replaced by waterfall for reliability.

Gyarados (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Waterfall
- Ice Fang
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge

That Yanmega is just...bad. It doesn't really clear a lot for your team and just adds to the stuff that beats you. Zapdos can fill the slot to give you a reasonable Genesect check and also a check to common rain offense teams with Tornadus-T.

Zapdos @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Heat wave
- HP Ice
- Roost
- Thunderbolt

Stealth Rock is a massive issue for your team and Togekiss doesn't seem to be doing a lot so Xatu over him. I don't think I need to post the set for that. Also the Honckrow set is outclassed by others for reasons I've mentioned in other threads. I'm not going to bother discussing the Skarmory. All I'll say is that it shouldn't be there.

 

[King Eriandor]

I like trying to be inventive, but I agree, after testing a bit more I found more trouble. Thanks for the advice, I will probably be keeping skarmory but changing up the EVs and moveset because the one thing it IS good for is taking hits from those annoying mammoswine, cloyster and weavile.

I'm also thinking of getting a gliscor to replace the spot of either yanmega or togekiss because of his defensive stats which happen to be quite uncommon among flying types.

 

[Takaki]

@Shadow B.; Skarmory checks all of those things with defensive spreads.

Some of the stuff on your team isn't 'inventive' or 'creative', it is outright outclassed by better options.