Welcome to my first ever attempt at making an OU team, C'est La Vie (I made this during my french lesson) Here is how it started:
https://pokepast.es/ef4cf2bc408a2154
I was always using teams from this teams page which have been good, but I wanted to contribute to the community! So here is my attempt at doing so:
C'EST LA VIE
I started off with an Ursaluna:
BALLER (Ursaluna) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Shadow Claw
- Trailblaze
This is the main bulk of the team. Classic Guts Facade mon, I picked him over Heracross and other alternatives due to his already crazy bulk and his high usability. I used him sometimes in start but... IF YOU SEE GAMBIT, TRUST ME HERE: SAVE HIM!!! Bro can live a +2 sucker punch from Max Attack IV Bulky Gambit at 4% and OHKO Gambit with Headlong Rush w/o Focus Sash, so worth it. I chose trailblaze as a move due to low speed if you need speed buffs and to cover water. Normal tera for facade and dealing with dragapult who can murder him, and he hits back with shadow claw for some coverage. That's all I see in him, but he's very reliable, can be used in OU.
Next up we have my Kleavor (ignore the Hisui theme):
SWORDS AWAY (Kleavor) @ Razor Claw
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Night Slash
- U-turn
- X-Scissor
- Stone Axe
Alright, I'll be honest. Why use this mon in a meta of Power Gem Glimmora, taunt Deoxys-S, and Hisuian Samurott? Cause he puts in the WORK. This mon is a beast and his crits have clutched up so many times. Sharpness also boosts all the moves here, making almost all of them above 100 BP. Can be used as an opener, stone axe sets up rocks, and u turn into whatever. However, this mon does struggle a bit here and there, but he can do a LOT of damage if used well. Tera fire for weaknesses and rest of moves are for CRIT and stab.
Alright, I'll add some things that are meta now...
THE GOAT (Roaring Moon) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Acrobatics
- Earthquake
- Taunt
- Crunch
I used this set for a while and it is SO GOOD. Acrobatics in tera flying kills so much bulk and can be a great wall breaker. Taunt is honestly not the best move here, I have it for a worst scenario, so feel free to make it Dragon Claw or something. This set is pretty good, you can also run Knock Off instead of Crunch if you feel like it. This adds some crazy stats such as 470s attack due to booster energy.
There, and here's another META mon:
I AM HIM (Ogerpon-Wellspring) (F) @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Power Whip
- Encore
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
Classic waterpon set, I like the encore set cause it can get some +4 attack which can be a great sweeper role for this meta. Ivy Cudgel can be absolutely insane and PKMN made the HUGE MISTAKE of giving this Power Whip, insanely broken move. Tera Water cus it's fixed. I do not use this mon too much cus it is either bad for weaknesses or swept, so I could use some help with this set.
VALIDDDD (Iron Valiant) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Encore
- Swords Dance
- Drain Punch
- Spirit Break
Yes. Another meta mon. I must be crazy right?! Well, no. Another encore dance setter and it's so good. Speed boosted by proto booster, which makes it one of the fastest encorers and poison tera for weaknesses. Drain punch has proven VERY useful for some health gain which allows it to last into the endgame for me. It struggles sometimes against mons like heatran and sash Kingambit, but nevertheless OP.
AND NOW. IT'S TIME FOR THE LORD OF DARKNESS, THE RAGING STEEL KING, THE ALMIGHTY RULER OF THE FORESTS, THE BLADE HOLDER, CYNTHIAAAAA...
Cynthia (Kingambit) @ Black Glasses
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Kowtow Cleave
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt
Cynthia is a force to reckon with. I chose tera dark cus of how op black glasses dark tera sucker punch, kowtow is in this meta, and it even has zen headbutt for fighting, which is its main weakness. Anyone knows how to play this mon, so I'll leave it to y'all to rate this set.
Well that's all for today bois. I really do need help with this team, cause I find it good, but I'll leave the improvements to you meta gods. Please feel free to drop some replies, I'll be looking at them. Ty for reading till the end!!
https://pokepast.es/ef4cf2bc408a2154
I was always using teams from this teams page which have been good, but I wanted to contribute to the community! So here is my attempt at doing so:
C'EST LA VIE
I started off with an Ursaluna:
BALLER (Ursaluna) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Shadow Claw
- Trailblaze
This is the main bulk of the team. Classic Guts Facade mon, I picked him over Heracross and other alternatives due to his already crazy bulk and his high usability. I used him sometimes in start but... IF YOU SEE GAMBIT, TRUST ME HERE: SAVE HIM!!! Bro can live a +2 sucker punch from Max Attack IV Bulky Gambit at 4% and OHKO Gambit with Headlong Rush w/o Focus Sash, so worth it. I chose trailblaze as a move due to low speed if you need speed buffs and to cover water. Normal tera for facade and dealing with dragapult who can murder him, and he hits back with shadow claw for some coverage. That's all I see in him, but he's very reliable, can be used in OU.
Next up we have my Kleavor (ignore the Hisui theme):
SWORDS AWAY (Kleavor) @ Razor Claw
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Night Slash
- U-turn
- X-Scissor
- Stone Axe
Alright, I'll be honest. Why use this mon in a meta of Power Gem Glimmora, taunt Deoxys-S, and Hisuian Samurott? Cause he puts in the WORK. This mon is a beast and his crits have clutched up so many times. Sharpness also boosts all the moves here, making almost all of them above 100 BP. Can be used as an opener, stone axe sets up rocks, and u turn into whatever. However, this mon does struggle a bit here and there, but he can do a LOT of damage if used well. Tera fire for weaknesses and rest of moves are for CRIT and stab.
Alright, I'll add some things that are meta now...
THE GOAT (Roaring Moon) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Acrobatics
- Earthquake
- Taunt
- Crunch
I used this set for a while and it is SO GOOD. Acrobatics in tera flying kills so much bulk and can be a great wall breaker. Taunt is honestly not the best move here, I have it for a worst scenario, so feel free to make it Dragon Claw or something. This set is pretty good, you can also run Knock Off instead of Crunch if you feel like it. This adds some crazy stats such as 470s attack due to booster energy.
There, and here's another META mon:
I AM HIM (Ogerpon-Wellspring) (F) @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Power Whip
- Encore
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
Classic waterpon set, I like the encore set cause it can get some +4 attack which can be a great sweeper role for this meta. Ivy Cudgel can be absolutely insane and PKMN made the HUGE MISTAKE of giving this Power Whip, insanely broken move. Tera Water cus it's fixed. I do not use this mon too much cus it is either bad for weaknesses or swept, so I could use some help with this set.
VALIDDDD (Iron Valiant) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Encore
- Swords Dance
- Drain Punch
- Spirit Break
Yes. Another meta mon. I must be crazy right?! Well, no. Another encore dance setter and it's so good. Speed boosted by proto booster, which makes it one of the fastest encorers and poison tera for weaknesses. Drain punch has proven VERY useful for some health gain which allows it to last into the endgame for me. It struggles sometimes against mons like heatran and sash Kingambit, but nevertheless OP.
AND NOW. IT'S TIME FOR THE LORD OF DARKNESS, THE RAGING STEEL KING, THE ALMIGHTY RULER OF THE FORESTS, THE BLADE HOLDER, CYNTHIAAAAA...
Cynthia (Kingambit) @ Black Glasses
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Kowtow Cleave
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt
Cynthia is a force to reckon with. I chose tera dark cus of how op black glasses dark tera sucker punch, kowtow is in this meta, and it even has zen headbutt for fighting, which is its main weakness. Anyone knows how to play this mon, so I'll leave it to y'all to rate this set.
Well that's all for today bois. I really do need help with this team, cause I find it good, but I'll leave the improvements to you meta gods. Please feel free to drop some replies, I'll be looking at them. Ty for reading till the end!!
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For Ursaluna, shadow claw actually doesn't even hit as hard as Headlong Rush because of STAB so I would recommend dropping Shadow Claw in favour of Fire Punch. As the guy above said, it hits things like Corviknight well but it also is good into Gholdengo or Kingambit with a balloon.
For Kleavor, his power is quite underrated and I like the all out attacking set, but I am going to suggest you change his item to Choice Scarf. This will help him outspeed other lead pokemon, but also it makes U-turn a very useful move to bring in other strong threats. Because you are fast, your opponent will want to switch out to a defensive guy, which you can then U-turn out on to bring in other strong pokemon.
Roaring Moon should have knock off, it's just overall better than crunch and helps with the stall matchup.
For Ogerpon, since you said you have trouble setting up on it sometimes you could consider dropping Swords Dance for U-turn. This would pair nicely with Kleavor and you can still encore stuff and u-turn as they switch out.
Drain Punch valiant is a cool option, no changes necessary there!
And I would say the same with Kingambit. 4 attacks is an underrated set and Zen Headbutt could be a nice lure for something like tusk or Zamazenta. If you find yourself having trouble with other dark types you can change it to Low Kick though.
