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Project Ubers Matchmaking! Season 1 Week 4: Genesect (Sub)
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Ray713's set is so fucking badass come on
Congratulations to Ray713 for winning this weeks Matchmaking with their Gravity Deoxys set that matchs extremely well with Darkrai. You will added to the HoF soon.
This will conclude what I'm calling Season 0 of Matchmaking, as this project will now work towards The Ubers Project Leaderboard Challenge so make sure to check out that and carry on competing to earn prizes at the end of each season!
This will conclude what I'm calling Season 0 of Matchmaking, as this project will now work towards The Ubers Project Leaderboard Challenge so make sure to check out that and carry on competing to earn prizes at the end of each season!
Matchmaking Season 1
Season 1 of Matchmaking has begun and all points earned will both be on the seasonal HoF or on the Project Leaderboard Challenge
Season 1 will kick of with...Season 1 of Matchmaking has begun and all points earned will both be on the seasonal HoF or on the Project Leaderboard Challenge
Necrozma-Dusk Mane @ Ultranecrozium Z
Ability: Prism Armor
EVs: 32 Def / 224 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Photon Geyser
- Heat Wave
- Dragon Pulse
[Submissions end 12th August]
Groudon @ Red Orb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 144 HP / 156 Atk / 56 SpD / 152 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Precipice Blades
- Rock Tomb
Groudon provides several things Necrozma needs. The most notable of these is Stealth Rock, which is far more important with CM Unec due to CM boosts being harder to accumulate than SD. This set also has to burst almost immediately, which cannot allow it to abuse NDM’s great defensive typing and ability. Groudon can act as a soft check to some stuff NDM checks. Groudon also manages Ho-oh, non-Foul Play Yveltal and Lugia (as well as having the bulk to eat an attack from Gengar which traps Unec), while Unec takes on Zygarde-C, Celesteela, Giratina and Skarmory.
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Magearna @ Leftovers
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
-Fleur Cannon
-Heart Swap
-Volt Switch
-Heal Bell/Pain Split
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
-Fleur Cannon
-Heart Swap
-Volt Switch
-Heal Bell/Pain Split
- Special Attacking Ultra Necrozma has a special role over normal Physical variants as a surprise set capable of hitting common Necrozma switch ins harder than an average set, due to hitting bulky dragons like Zygarde with Dragon Pulse and hitting steel types that commonly switch into Ultra Necrozma with Neuroforce boosted Heat Wave when they expect a Photon Geyser.
- This niche it fills is different from a normal Necrozma set in the sense that it doesn't have the same raw wallbreaking power as a normal set, and is more reliant on getting a good opportunity to set up which Volt Switch accomplishes adequately against targets that Necrozma wants to be brought in on, such as Arceus or Steel types.
- Due to this Necrozma variant not filling the role of a fairy check, a dedicated Geomancy Xerneas/Calm Mind Arceus-Fairy check is required due to not having access to their normal counter in Necrozma-DM. Heart Swap Magearna fills the role as a Xerneas Counter as well as a check to the mentioned Arceus form, giving Necrozma the luxury of using the above set.
- Heal Bell is nice for helping Necrozma if it gets worn down by Toxic from support Arceus post Ultra Burst, as well as being overall superior as a choice due to supporting other team members that could really benefit from cleric support, however due to Necrozma's role as a Special Attacker as well as its Steel type prior to Ultra Bursting, the only truly detrimental common status condition that troubles Necrozma is Paralysis, which lowers the necessity of Heal Bell.
- Pain Split is the greedier option which allows Magearna to have a way of wearing down bulkier foes and regenerating health against Arceus, Lugia, Chansey/Blissey and other passive walls.
- Overall, Magearna mitigates the Fairy weakness created by special Ultra Necrozma, as well as providing a supportive pivot for Necrozma as well as its teammates while looking for the opportunity to set up and break with Necrozma.
Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- U-turn
- Toxic
Scizor resists the Fairy/Dragon moves for Necrozma. Toxic and U-turn help to either weaken your opponents pokemon or provide a slow U-turn to get Necrozma in safely.
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- U-turn
- Toxic
Scizor resists the Fairy/Dragon moves for Necrozma. Toxic and U-turn help to either weaken your opponents pokemon or provide a slow U-turn to get Necrozma in safely.
Yveltal @ Choice Band
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Foul Play
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch
- Yveltal is a match made in heaven, as it lures chansey and xern in so that it can be knocked off, with it being able to knock off the latter's choice scarf that threatens ultra, and 2hkoing the former.
- It also can get rid of lunala and all variants of dusk mane, and sometimes marsh, which all threaten ultra necro.
- It also can deal with opposing ultras with sucker punch,
- It can lure ho oh to get ohkoed, 2hkoed at worse.
- It also generally deals massive amounts of damage to pokemon, specifically, it can ohko rayquaza with knock, ohko physical ogre and 2hko groudon with foul play, do around 40% to mag and xern, etc.
- This set also generates great u-turn support, which allows ultra to come in and sweep.
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I will not be voting because frick being accused of vote manipulation :3 I will vote to break tiebreaks though
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Groudon @ Red Orb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 144 HP / 156 Atk / 56 SpD / 152 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Precipice Blades
- Rock Tomb
Groudon provides several things Necrozma needs. The most notable of these is Stealth Rock, which is far more important with CM Unec due to CM boosts being harder to accumulate than SD. This set also has to burst almost immediately, which cannot allow it to abuse NDM’s great defensive typing and ability. Groudon can act as a soft check to some stuff NDM checks. Groudon also manages Ho-oh, non-Foul Play Yveltal and Lugia (as well as having the bulk to eat an attack from Gengar which traps Unec), while Unec takes on Zygarde-C, Celesteela, Giratina and Skarmory.
Groudon @ Red Orb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 144 HP / 156 Atk / 56 SpD / 152 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Precipice Blades
- Rock Tomb
Groudon provides several things Necrozma needs. The most notable of these is Stealth Rock, which is far more important with CM Unec due to CM boosts being harder to accumulate than SD. This set also has to burst almost immediately, which cannot allow it to abuse NDM’s great defensive typing and ability. Groudon can act as a soft check to some stuff NDM checks. Groudon also manages Ho-oh, non-Foul Play Yveltal and Lugia (as well as having the bulk to eat an attack from Gengar which traps Unec), while Unec takes on Zygarde-C, Celesteela, Giratina and Skarmory.
Magearna @ Leftovers
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
-Fleur Cannon
-Heart Swap
-Volt Switch
-Heal Bell/Pain Split
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
-Fleur Cannon
-Heart Swap
-Volt Switch
-Heal Bell/Pain Split
- Special Attacking Ultra Necrozma has a special role over normal Physical variants as a surprise set capable of hitting common Necrozma switch ins harder than an average set, due to hitting bulky dragons like Zygarde with Dragon Pulse and hitting steel types that commonly switch into Ultra Necrozma with Neuroforce boosted Heat Wave when they expect a Photon Geyser.
- This niche it fills is different from a normal Necrozma set in the sense that it doesn't have the same raw wallbreaking power as a normal set, and is more reliant on getting a good opportunity to set up which Volt Switch accomplishes adequately against targets that Necrozma wants to be brought in on, such as Arceus or Steel types.
- Due to this Necrozma variant not filling the role of a fairy check, a dedicated Geomancy Xerneas/Calm Mind Arceus-Fairy check is required due to not having access to their normal counter in Necrozma-DM. Heart Swap Magearna fills the role as a Xerneas Counter as well as a check to the mentioned Arceus form, giving Necrozma the luxury of using the above set.
- Heal Bell is nice for helping Necrozma if it gets worn down by Toxic from support Arceus post Ultra Burst, as well as being overall superior as a choice due to supporting other team members that could really benefit from cleric support, however due to Necrozma's role as a Special Attacker as well as its Steel type prior to Ultra Bursting, the only truly detrimental common status condition that troubles Necrozma is Paralysis, which lowers the necessity of Heal Bell.
- Pain Split is the greedier option which allows Magearna to have a way of wearing down bulkier foes and regenerating health against Arceus, Lugia, Chansey/Blissey and other passive walls.
- Overall, Magearna mitigates the Fairy weakness created by special Ultra Necrozma, as well as providing a supportive pivot for Necrozma as well as its teammates while looking for the opportunity to set up and break with Necrozma.
Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- U-turn
- Toxic
Scizor resists the Fairy/Dragon moves for Necrozma. Toxic and U-turn help to either weaken your opponents pokemon or provide a slow U-turn to get Necrozma in safely.
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- U-turn
- Toxic
Scizor resists the Fairy/Dragon moves for Necrozma. Toxic and U-turn help to either weaken your opponents pokemon or provide a slow U-turn to get Necrozma in safely.
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Yveltal @ Choice Band
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Foul Play
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch
Yveltal @ Choice Band
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Foul Play
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch
- Yveltal is a match made in heaven, as it lures chansey and xern in so that it can be knocked off, with it being able to knock off the latter's choice scarf that threatens ultra, and 2hkoing the former.
- It also can get rid of lunala and all variants of dusk mane, and sometimes marsh, which all threaten ultra necro.
- It also can deal with opposing ultras with sucker punch,
- It can lure ho oh to get ohkoed, 2hkoed at worse.
- It also generally deals massive amounts of damage to pokemon, specifically, it can ohko rayquaza with knock, ohko physical ogre and 2hko groudon with foul play, do around 40% to mag and xern, etc.
- This set also generates great u-turn support, which allows ultra to come in and sweep.
I will not be voting because frick being accused of vote manipulation :3 I will vote to break tiebreaks though
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Next Pokemon in need of a match is...
Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick
- Stone Edge
[Subs end 24th August]
Yes im lazy and done this for 2 projects im ill still :[
Next Pokemon in need of a match is...
Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick
- Stone Edge
[Subs end 24th August]
Yes im lazy and done this for 2 projects im ill still :[
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
Deoxys Speed matches perfectly with blaziken.
Deoxys can set up screens and rocks for blaziken
Once blaziken is behind screens, it avoids ohko's from almost everything, which can let it get up an sd.
After the SD, blaziken is set to just sweep, with no priorties users being able to ko it if reflect is still up.
Also, deoxys speed can get stealth rock up for Blaziken, also making it easier for blaziken to ohko everything.
Stallbreaker Yvetal
Yveltal @ Charti Berry
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 72 HP / 252 SpD / 184 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Roost
Stallbreaker Yveltal has amazing type synergy with Mega Blaziken, and is able to switch into and break down many of the Pokemon that threaten Mega Blaziken, such as Giratina-O, Giratina-A, Zygarde-C, Arceus-Water, Lugia, Mega Slowbro, Arceus-Ground, Lunala, Primal Groudon, and Ultra Necrozma just to name a few. The heavy SpDef investment minimizes the chances of support Arceus's Ice Beam from 3HKOing and defensive Primal Kyogre's Ice Beam from 2HKOing this set to the lowest chance it could possibly be on a faster set, while leaving room for the use of Charti Berry to take on the set up sweepers that rely on Rock-type coverage such as Primal Groudon, Ultra Necrozma, and Arceus-Ground. It also lets it come in on Focus Blast/Ice Beam Lunala way easier than it could before. Meanwhile, the speed lets it outpace max speed Primals and everything slower.
Yveltal @ Charti Berry
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 72 HP / 252 SpD / 184 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Roost
Stallbreaker Yveltal has amazing type synergy with Mega Blaziken, and is able to switch into and break down many of the Pokemon that threaten Mega Blaziken, such as Giratina-O, Giratina-A, Zygarde-C, Arceus-Water, Lugia, Mega Slowbro, Arceus-Ground, Lunala, Primal Groudon, and Ultra Necrozma just to name a few. The heavy SpDef investment minimizes the chances of support Arceus's Ice Beam from 3HKOing and defensive Primal Kyogre's Ice Beam from 2HKOing this set to the lowest chance it could possibly be on a faster set, while leaving room for the use of Charti Berry to take on the set up sweepers that rely on Rock-type coverage such as Primal Groudon, Ultra Necrozma, and Arceus-Ground. It also lets it come in on Focus Blast/Ice Beam Lunala way easier than it could before. Meanwhile, the speed lets it outpace max speed Primals and everything slower.
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Xerneas @ Power Herb
Ability: Fairy Aura
EVs: 160 HP / 252 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Geomancy
- Moonblast
- Thunder
- Hidden Power Fire / Focus Blast
With some careful prediction, this can be an excellent partner for providing Blaziken with setup opportunities, which is in my opinion the most important thing to consider while using the SD set. Using Xerneas to lure specially defensive Necrozma-DM and Magearna, the two most common Geomancy Xerneas counterplay options, some well-timed switches to Blaziken will force them out by threatening them with Flare Blitz, giving it a free SD, lest they risk losing their Xern counter and thus, with this set in your pocket, the game.
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Gothitelle @ Leftovers
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 244 HP / 108 Def / 156 SpD
Calm Nature
- Confide
- Charm
- Taunt
- Rest
Goth is a great partner for Blaze because it traps common checks to Blaze like Supportceus (Groundceus, Waterceus, etc), Helmet Pex, non-Dtail Lugia, and MegaBro (even other checks like Scarf Ygod locked into OWing and Scarf Xern if free switch/double). It then eliminates them and allows Blaze to sweep. In return Blaze offers some speed control.
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Cloyster @ Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Spikes
- Shell Smash
- Icicle Spear
- Rapid Spin
Spikes helps to chip away at pokemon for Blaziken. Icicle Spear beats flying types for Blaziken and Rapid Spin provides hazard removal in a pinch.
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Spikes
- Shell Smash
- Icicle Spear
- Rapid Spin
Spikes helps to chip away at pokemon for Blaziken. Icicle Spear beats flying types for Blaziken and Rapid Spin provides hazard removal in a pinch.
Groudon-Primal @ Red Orb
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SpD
Relaxed Nature
-Toxic
-Stealth Rock
-Precipice Blades
-Overheat/Fire Blast
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SpD
Relaxed Nature
-Toxic
-Stealth Rock
-Precipice Blades
-Overheat/Fire Blast
- Primal Groudon doesn't require an introduction as anyone who plays Ubers is more than well aware of PDon's position as the best Pokemon in the tier. A combination of continental attacking stats with huge bulk as well as a diverse movepool cements this pokemon as something that always exists as a choice alongside any Ubers Pokemon.
- Defensive PDon exists especially as a great M-Blaziken partner due to its ability to blanket check a huge portion of the metagame, protecting Blaziken from having its sweeps cut short by wearing down walls with Toxic and laying Stealth Rock to put teams in range of Blaziken's attacks.
- Groudon's ablility to soft check common threats like Xerneas and Primal-Kyogre and 2HKOing them with Precipice Blades makes Don a wall with the unique ability to always threaten switch ins and not be subject to being set up on.
- Overheat is a powerful option when boosted by Sun, allowing Groudon to cleanly OHKO Marshadow and other important squishy Pokemon, while also denting common switch ins to Precipice Blades. Fire Blast is an option that allows Groudon to continue threatening these Pokemon without having its Sp.Atk drop, but the drop in power is noticeable and dropping from a 100% chance to OHKO Marsh to a 12.5% with Fire Blast is noticeable without rocks up.
- This Pokemon exists as a perfect partner to Blaziken due to threatening common Blaziken Sweep enders like support Arceus, allowing Blaziken to safely set up and sweep with rocks up.
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