Project National Dex: Community Create-A-Team v2

[WM2N]

Absol-Mega @ Absolite
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe OR 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Hasty Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Close Combat
- Iron Tail / Zen Headbutt / Ice beam / Fire Blast

SD and STAB knock off is a potent combo, with CC and whatever coverage moves you want to compliment it. 150 Base attack and 115 Base Speed also makes it a great revenge killer for offensive threats like victini and kartana.

Good luck getting this thing in lol

252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Victini: 354-416 (103.8 - 121.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 554-652 (143.5 - 168.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 24 Def Ferrothorn: 452-532 (128.4 - 151.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 474-560 (120.6 - 142.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Latias-Mega: 402-474 (110.7 - 130.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Iron Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Clefable: 426-502 (108.1 - 127.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 278-328 (86 - 101.5%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. 252 HP / 104 Def Toxapex: 250-296 (82.2 - 97.3%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

4 SpA Absol-Mega Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 244 SpD Scizor-Mega: 288-340 (83.9 - 99.1%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 240-283 (90.9 - 107.1%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 244 HP / 52 Def Gliscor: 279-328 (79.2 - 93.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Poison Heal

+1 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 180-212 (68.1 - 80.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
intimidate pre mega

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Iron Tail vs. 248 HP / 16 Def Tapu Fini: 212-250 (61.8 - 72.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

+1 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 112+ Def Landorus-Therian: 232-274 (60.7 - 71.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
fini and lando has no reliable recovery so you should be able to wear it down easily

I'll bombard the room if this gets built around. If you somehow can't tell this is a joke / insult about the room, you should use weavile instead.

 

[Dorron]

Durant @ Electrium Z
Ability: Hustle
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws
- Thunder Fang
- Superpower
- Iron Head

This is the new meta ladies and gentlemen.

 

[jawsome274]

Hey quick question why was there no announcement/voting?



Anw I posted this to the nd heat thread but rising voltage mmane + terrain extender koko is so fucking insane, one could even call it fucking insane. Admittedly RV doesn't always hit as hard as you'd think however decent chip allows you to tear everything apart. But smth like this also needs a lot of support, spikes to punish switches, good speed control so you don't lose to setup sweepers/scarfers, and a ground immunity in addition to the normal parts of a good defensive core.

Tapu Koko @ Terrain Extender
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Roost
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Manectric-Mega @ Manectite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rising Voltage
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Flamethrower

Le this one again

 

[Apollo ChaoZ]

Id really like a ho spikes team with this cloyster set
Cloyster @ Normalium Z
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Explosion
- Icicle Spear
- Liquidation
- Shell Smash
The idea is to either z shell smash if it's late game and liquidation+ icicles spear sweeps or normal shell smash and break through walls who resist it's stabs like toxapex with z explosion

I'm thinking that either mew with stealth rocks, spikes and taunt or greninja with spikes and taunt would be the lead, but if you decide to go with gren you would need to put a rocker on the team which shouldn't be too hard with mons like Garchomp available

 

[K302]

Deoxys-Defense again

Will probably never win :itsbeen3000Years:

 

[Giyu]

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Electrium Z
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Drain Punch
- Surging Strikes
- Thunder Punch
- Bulk Up

Basically, Electrium Z Urshifu-RS is only walled by Tangrowth and Amoonguss which are quite uncommon anyway. It's a very powerful wallbreaker and cleans up late-game very efficiently.

 

[Sulo]

Absol-Mega @ Absolite
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe OR 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Hasty Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Close Combat
- Iron Tail / Zen Headbutt / Ice beam / Fire Blast

SD and STAB knock off is a potent combo, with CC and whatever coverage moves you want to compliment it. 150 Base attack and 115 Base Speed also makes it a great revenge killer for offensive threats like victini and kartana.

Good luck getting this thing in lol

252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Victini: 354-416 (103.8 - 121.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 554-652 (143.5 - 168.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 24 Def Ferrothorn: 452-532 (128.4 - 151.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 474-560 (120.6 - 142.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Latias-Mega: 402-474 (110.7 - 130.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Iron Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Clefable: 426-502 (108.1 - 127.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 278-328 (86 - 101.5%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. 252 HP / 104 Def Toxapex: 250-296 (82.2 - 97.3%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

4 SpA Absol-Mega Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 244 SpD Scizor-Mega: 288-340 (83.9 - 99.1%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 240-283 (90.9 - 107.1%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 244 HP / 52 Def Gliscor: 279-328 (79.2 - 93.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Poison Heal

+1 252 Atk Absol-Mega Close Combat vs. 92 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 180-212 (68.1 - 80.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
intimidate pre mega

+2 252 Atk Absol-Mega Iron Tail vs. 248 HP / 16 Def Tapu Fini: 212-250 (61.8 - 72.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

+1 252 Atk Absol-Mega Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 112+ Def Landorus-Therian: 232-274 (60.7 - 71.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
fini and lando has no reliable recovery so you should be able to wear it down easily

I'll bombard the room if this gets built around. If you somehow can't tell this is a joke / insult about the room, you should use weavile instead.

I know this was a joke but I'd honestly suggest refraining from doing this in the future; it could cause a lot of confusion.

Id really like a ho spikes team with this cloyster set
Cloyster @ Normalium Z
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Explosion
- Icicle Spear
- Liquidation
- Shell Smash
The idea is to either z shell smash if it's late game and liquidation+ icicles spear sweeps or normal shell smash and break through walls who resist it's stabs like toxapex with z explosion

I'm thinking that either mew with stealth rocks, spikes and taunt or greninja with spikes and taunt would be the lead, but if you decide to go with gren you would need to put a rocker on the team which shouldn't be too hard with mons like Garchomp available

Durant @ Electrium Z
Ability: Hustle
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws
- Thunder Fang
- Superpower
- Iron Head

This is the new meta ladies and gentlemen.

While these submissions are cool, they aren't on the Viability Rankings. The rules state that we can only submit Pokemon that are on them, and therefore these are not valid. You have until Friday, August 19th, 11:59 GMT-4 to resubmit.

Sorry for the major inconveniences, but rules are rules.

 

[jawsome274]

I know this was a joke but I'd honestly suggest refraining from doing this in the future; it could cause a lot of confusion.



While these submissions are cool, they aren't on the Viability Rankings. The rules state that we can only submit Pokemon that are on them, and therefore these are not valid. You have until Friday, August 19th, 11:59 GMT-4 to resubmit.

Sorry for the major inconveniences, but rules are rules.

oh shit new rule?

damn lost my place to post my shit ideas frrrrrrrrrr

anw since my idea wasn't allowed despite not being replied to i'll simply resubmit my z-rain dance manaphy set:

Manaphy @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rain Dance
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic

imo i disagree w/ this change because if you truly think smth has zero potential you can just deny it anyways but just because smths unranked doesn't mean it can't still have a genuine niche, i mean the ccat itself has decided to use ur mons not part of the submission before in the past.

but i'm not gonna murder somebody over this, as somebody who likes messing around w/ unmons it's been getting insane how many have been posted that just fail to even try to have any sort of niche whatsoever and simply exist because it would be funny

 

[WM2N]

Gyarados @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Bounce
- Power Whip / Substitute / Earthquake / Stone Edge

Though gyarados is easily revenge killed by scarfers such as tapu lele and landorus therian, it is ridiculously difficult to be walled with flyinium-z, and complimented by moxie it could snowball out of hand very quickly, either that it cleans up weakened teams or break open holes for it's teammates.
The last slot could really be anything the user likes, since fly-z nukes so much anyways there's only really little that doens't fold to it.

Anger Issues

252 Atk Gyarados Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Magnezone: 376-444 (133.8 - 158%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 56 HP / 0 Def Kyurem: 415-490 (102.4 - 120.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tangrowth: 470-554 (116.3 - 137.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Clefable: 445-525 (112.9 - 133.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Moonblast doens't hit too hard so it should be easy to overwhelm clef, remember to scout for twave tho.

+3 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 427-504 (108.6 - 128.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
If it isn't obvious you can only attempt to do this risklessly if you are using substitute

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 248 HP / 16 Def Tapu Fini: 333-393 (97 - 114.5%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Waterfall vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Weavile: 271-319 (96.4 - 113.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Waterfall vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 362-428 (93.7 - 110.8%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Latias-Mega: 322-381 (88.7 - 104.9%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
guranteed kill after rocks

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Waterfall vs. 252 HP / 112+ Def Landorus-Therian: 338-398 (88.4 - 104.1%) -- 25% chance to OHKO
guranteed kill after rocks due to rounding

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Waterfall vs. 244 HP / 52 Def Gliscor: 302-356 (85.7 - 101.1%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
glisc can't really hurt gyara anyways

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 252 HP / 104 Def Toxapex: 246-291 (80.9 - 95.7%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

+1 252 Atk Gyarados Supersonic Skystrike (160 BP) vs. 252 HP / 20 Def Ferrothorn: 297-349 (84.3 - 99.1%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
yea sure ferro has good longetivity but it's not gonna be at 100% every single turn to check gyara.

 

[Apollo ChaoZ]

I know this was a joke but I'd honestly suggest refraining from doing this in the future; it could cause a lot of confusion.



While these submissions are cool, they aren't on the Viability Rankings. The rules state that we can only submit Pokemon that are on them, and therefore these are not valid. You have until Friday, August 19th, 11:59 GMT-4 to resubmit.

Sorry for the major inconveniences, but rules are rules.

It's ok I made my own team with it and it's doing well

 

[Apollo ChaoZ]

Id really like a team with this blaziken set
Blaziken @ Electrium Z
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Close Combat
- Thunder Punch
- Swords Dance
After an sd it'll destroy pex bro and fini and I can't really imagine what walls it but it does kill itself quite quickly so I imagine it would work on a fast pace offense team

 

[Sulo]

Congratulations to GiyuForPresident for winning this week's Voting Phase! We will build around Electrium Z Urshifu-R in the National Dex OU room today at 7:00 PM GMT-5!​

 

[Sulo]

We built a fairly offensive team that utilizes the core of Urshifu + Weavile to overwhelm shared checks, allowing one or the other to rip apart defensive cores. Bulk Up Urshifu-R baits Tapu Fini and Toxapex with Electrium Z, freeing up Pokemon like Weavile and Heatran to effectively threaten the opposing team. Heatran provides Stealth Rock, making it even harder to effectively check the aforementioned offensive core. It also threatens Clefable and Tapu Fini with Heavy Slam, further augmenting the offensive potential of those two. Landorus gives us counterplay to Mega Lopunny, who otherwise heavily threatens the other three. Entry hazard removal is essential for keeping Weavile healthy, giving it more chances to wallbreak. Tapu Lele provides sufficient speed control and a way to offensively threaten Mega Lopunny, who can still break through Landorus with repeated hits, as well as revenge kills our breakers. Ferrothorn gives us more leeway vs Ash-Greninja, and is just a very solid Water-resistant Pokemon to have that isn't Urshifu.

Submissions are open for the new week!​

 

[Lupla]

Bisharp @ Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
- Pursuit

Last time i tried building this mon it ended up being a Gapdos + Leki core that was just Bish > Gapdos, it was basically asking Kart to murder you but putting that aside i wanna see how this one goes because Bisharp outside of Webs may be a worse Weavile but it could maybe work (Set could be changed).

 

[Giyu]

Heracross-Mega @ Heracronite
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 32 HP / 232 Atk / 24 Def / 220 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Rock Blast / Pin Missile / Bullet Seed
- Substitute
- Swords Dance

Mega Heracross is commonly overlooked due to it's low speed tier, this can be bypassed with Thunder Wave spam and Sticky Web support. Once provided with any of the two support options, it has the ability to setup relatively easily and sweep in an instant. The chosen EV spread allows Mega Heracross' Substitute to live an Earthquake from Landorus-Therian whilst outpacing Timid Magnezone.

 

[Apollo ChaoZ]

We built a fairly offensive team that utilizes the core of Urshifu + Weavile to overwhelm shared checks, allowing one or the other to rip apart defensive cores. Bulk Up Urshifu-R baits Tapu Fini and Toxapex with Electrium Z, freeing up Pokemon like Weavile and Heatran to effectively threaten the opposing team. Heatran provides Stealth Rock, making it even harder to effectively check the aforementioned offensive core. It also threatens Clefable and Tapu Fini with Heavy Slam, further augmenting the offensive potential of those two. Landorus gives us counterplay to Mega Lopunny, who otherwise heavily threatens the other three. Entry hazard removal is essential for keeping Weavile healthy, giving it more chances to wallbreak. Tapu Lele provides sufficient speed control and a way to offensively threaten Mega Lopunny, who can still break through Landorus with repeated hits, as well as revenge kills our breakers. Ferrothorn gives us more leeway vs Ash-Greninja, and is just a very solid Water-resistant Pokemon to have that isn't Urshifu.

Submissions are open for the new week!​

Good job on that team guys, it looks really good

 

[jawsome274]

Garchomp @ Firium Z
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 100 Atk / 156 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Fire Blast

this shit is fun as hell. 156 spa to ohko ferro from full w/ inferno overdrive. i know that needing investment to ohko smth w/ a 4x weakness using a fucking z move is insane but whatever lol. try it on ho, or not, whatever the fuck you want lmfao. you can bring the spa evs down to 104 if you wanna ohko after rocks

 

[Chilli Dewd]

Ill vote for herra to see how creative the chat gets with it

 

[Sulo]

Congratulations to GiyuForPresident for winning this week's voting phase! We will build around Mega Heracross!​

 

[Sulo]

We built a paraspam involving Mega Heracross; an incredibly strong but slow breaker that often requires support to make work, mainly in the form of Sticky Web or Thunder Wave spam. We decided to focus on the latter here. Rotom-Wash was of course necessary speed control, as we could not entirely rely on paraspam to solve our speed issue. Ferrothorn is one of our paralysis spreaders and also forms a potent entry hazard stacking core with Landorus, making it even harder to switch into Heracross. Landorus in particular forms a VoltTurn core with Rotom-W, racking on even more chip damage and paving the way for Heracross to eventually sweep. Clefable provides further Thunder Wave support and even Healing Wish, potentially giving one of our walls or breakers a second life. Greninja is another pivot that can effectively bait Toxapex, who would otherwise counter Heracross. It also threatens opposing Clefable and Tapu Fini, which can pivot into Heracross as well.

Submissions are open for the new week!​

 

[jawsome274]

Buzzwole @ Electrium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 16 HP / 252 Atk / 240 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Bulk Up
- Thunder Punch
- Roost

Greninja-Ash (M) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Battle Bond
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Water Shuriken
- Hydro Pump
- Dark Pulse
- Spikes

Buzzy here lures and eliminates bulky waters for Gren w/ Gigavolt Havoc while Ash Greninja provides spikes support which basically every breaker ever appreciates. You prolly want smth for Zap tho

 

[WM2N]

Hailtozolt

Arctozolt @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe OR 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Naive Nature
- Bolt Beak
- Icicle Crash / Freeze Dry
- Low Kick / Stomping Tantrum
- Substitute

Spread Notes: We have icicle crash over blizzard as an option between freeze dry here because realistically you are the only physical wall you are hitting harder with blizzard here is buzzwole, to which blizzard doesn't even have a 60% chance 2HKO if the buzzwole is running heavy-duty boots, and icicle crash solves the much more shaky MU against Mtias since you are able to 2HKO it reliably while allowing it fish for flinches against gastrodon, eventually landing the 3HKO(and both are much more common than buzzwole). Stomping Tantrum is listed as it could allow us to beat the funny sucker punch mega mawile MU as without it arctozolt is one predict away from being sent to oblivion even with a substitute up(tho zone solves that problem but whatever it's mega mawile so it should still be considered if ferro and scizor are taken care of)

It's about time hail make a proper return, as this thing tears apart almost everything sitting in the S and A tier when sitting behind a substitute while ice cube's brother are making their way down. Be it Heatran, Landorus-t, Washtom, Zapdos, you name it. What differenciates it from weavile is it's unmatched speed under hail, outspeeding the fastest non scarfers such as mega lopunny, tapu koko etc. Typing combination is also an important trait, as bolt beam as STAB allows it thrash bulky waters without needing SD, especially tapu fini. It's also able to run HDB more reliably, since it doesn't really need to boost up as Bolt beak is just such a stupid move, and making it very similar to the band set, requiring prediction. However, the last trick up on it's sleeve is substitute, which negates the prediction part and makes it a menace for so much walls to deal with.

Teammates: Alolan Ninetails is mandatory(i won't provide the set, let the builders be creative) to setup the hail that arctozolt needs to be such a terryfying wallbreaker/sweeper in the first place. Magnezone support is also appreciated as it doesn't have to take half of it's health kicking at ferrothorn's iron barbs, predicting against mega scizor and not let it getrevenge killed by scarf kartana when a substitute is not up.

This thing again

 

[Giyu]

Venusaur-Mega @ Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 68 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sludge Bomb / Giga Drain
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Earth Power
- Synthesis
- Leech Seed

Mega Venusaur poses as a roadblock to a plethora of Pokemon in the current metagame due to it's exceptional bulk and resistances; Kartana, Tapu Koko, and Mega Lopunny to name a few. With Corviknight and Blissey dropping in usage, Mega Venusaur is capable of effectively placing itself on Bulky Offense teams to check your opponent's speed control options such as the ones I've listed earlier. Mega Venusaur's biggest downfall in NDOU is the fact that it suffers from 4 Move Slot Syndrome, otherwise known as 4MSS. If it wants to use Sludge Bomb, it's losing against the tier's Ground-type Pokemon. If it wants to use Giga Drain, Fairy-types such as Clefable use it as setup fodder. Hidden Power Fire makes it lose to Heatran, Earth Power gets it walled by Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor, you get the point. Although, besides these factors I strongly believe it can be a presence to be reckoned with in OU and it's banned from UU for a good reason. A little bit to know about the EV spread, the Special Defense investments allow Mega Venusaur to live two Dark Pulses from Greninja after Stealth Rock damage as well as outpace maximum speed Mega Mawile.


Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Magnezone helps with Mega Venusaur's 4MSS by trapping Steel-type Pokemon such as Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor, freeing up a slot for Earth Power instead of Hidden Power Fire. Magnezone aids Mega Venusaur in fights against Psychic- and Flying-type Pokemon in general, creating a serious difficulty for your opponent against Mega Venusaur. Toxapex who usually sits on Mega Venusaur, gets forced out by Magnezone and makes it a lot harder to switch in against Mega Venusaur freely.

 

[ChrisPBacon]

Tapu Lele @ Life Orb
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draining Kiss
- Psyshock
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast

Life Orb Tapu Lele is an insane breaker, with life orb pushing it to levels unachievable by twisted spoon and assault vest counterparts, notably giving it a much stronger focus blast against Ferrothorn and Heatran and its Psyshock a roll to 2HKO chansey from full. Draining Kiss allows it to retain longevity in longer games or pick off weakened foes without taking recoil. Although it tends to wear itself down with recoil, the holes it ruptures into defensive cores allow a cleaner to sweep late-game.

 

[Sulo]

We went for a pretty offensive hail team here, featuring the iconic duo of Arctozolt + Alolan Ninetales. The two facilitate each other very well, and are supported by each member of the team. Landorus helps in baiting and taking down Pokemon like Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor, giving Arctozolt more leeway in the long run. Mega Diancie fits very well on hail, being able to bait and take out Pokemon that our original duo struggle with, like Heatran and Ferrothorn. It can also bounce back Stealth Rock, giving our duo more opportunities to come in and wreak havoc. Tapu Fini provides a sturdy resistance to Water and much needed hazard and speed control in one slot. Our last Pokemon, Victini, makes us much safer vs the likes of Tapu Lele and Mega Scizor, ultimately rounding out the team.

Submissions are open for the new week!​