I came back to pokemon showdown after a few year break and i am realy enyoing it. First i played quite a bit of OU, after an while i tried building an UU team this is the first UU team i made for SS. It did really well, after making it I quickly hit top 50. I didnt expect to do so wel with my first UU team. I think the team has a few cool sets so I wanted to share it. I havent played much gen 8 UU yet so any insights would be appreciated.
The team:
Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 200 HP / 252 SpA / 56 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump / scald
- Encore
- Toxic
- Ice Beam / scald
Politoed is the only drizzle pokemon in the tier so an autoinclude on an rain team. The main problem with politoad is that it is slow and does not do much so it loses tempo. I gave my politoad max sp atk and hydro pump so it does more damage then most people expect and can even break some walls in rain. Encore is used to give my sweepers an save switch in. Toxic helps the rest of the team break some walls like slowking. Ice beam is good coverage but is quite weak. Scald can also be used for the better acuracy and the burn chance but it is not as strong as hydro pump and dropping ice beam would mean you mis some coverage. I dont use weather ball on pollitoad becauce i want to hit hipowdon as hard as politoad can.
Amoonguss @ Eject Button
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play
- Spore
In rain you have to switch politoad out but often you dont want to risk your sweepers. Amoonguss is the sponge that tanks the hits on this team. It apreciates rain weakening fire attacks. Amoongusses typing let it tank powerfull grass/electric attacks aimed at politoed and eject button let you switch in an sweeper for free while regenerator heals the hit. After the eject button is used amoonguss can stil create free pivots with spore. it can also do good damage with sludge bomb/foul play when facing the right pokemon.
Seismitoad @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Weather Ball
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
Seismitoad is the first sweeper I choose. It is really fast in the rain and has nice coverage. Seismitoad is also the stealth rock setter for the team. Seismitoad can also switch in to electric attacks aimed at politoed but you have to be carefull not to take any neutral/super effective attack.
Crawdaunt @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Crabhammer
- Knock Off
- Aqua Jet
Crawdaunt is an really strong walbreaker in rain. Swords dance, adaptability, life orb and rain boosted crabhammer wil KO most mons in the tier. Aqua Jet can do massive damage to faster pokemons. Crawdaunts dark type lets it switch in to psychic attacks aimed at amoongus and knock off wil do masive damage against those psychic types.
Thundurus-Therian (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder
- Weather Ball
- Psychic
- Nasty Plot
Thunderus-Therian hits really hard with thunder and weather ball in rain. Psychic is an important coverage move that is 100% acurate even outside rain. Nasty plot lets thundurus break walls
Cobalion @ Salac Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Substitute
- Stone Edge
For the last pokemon i tried power gem Celesteela but then i had too many special attackers. After that i tried swords dance scizor who worked but i wanted an bit more speed and power and didnt really needed another strong priorety move. Then i tried swords dance cobalion and it did really good. Swords dance is used to break walls and sweep, close combat is an really strong stab move and stone edge important coverage. Substitute lets cobalion set up against amoongus and protects it against thunderwave. Cobalion is bulky enough that scizor and zarude cant ohko substitute. Salec berry is an gimmick that gives +1 speed when at 25%HP or less. Sometimes it is really good and will win games against scarf users, you can manipulate your health with substitute. Air baloon or leftovers are good alternative items.
The team plays as hyper offensive. I almost always lead with politoed and try to create free switches with encore, eject button amoongus or an immunity. Al the sweepers have at least one immunity
weaknesses:
Fast strong water attacks can use the rain against me starmie and keldeo can cause problems but you can wear them down and use seismitoad to finish them
Hippowdon ends the rain and makes weather ball rock type so it can wall seismitoad.
Conceldur is bulky enough to take an hit and does masive damage to the sweepers. Even to amoongus with facade, mach punch can OHKO crawdaunt my strongest wallbreaker
Any insight or sugestion is apreciated
The team:
Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 200 HP / 252 SpA / 56 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump / scald
- Encore
- Toxic
- Ice Beam / scald
Politoed is the only drizzle pokemon in the tier so an autoinclude on an rain team. The main problem with politoad is that it is slow and does not do much so it loses tempo. I gave my politoad max sp atk and hydro pump so it does more damage then most people expect and can even break some walls in rain. Encore is used to give my sweepers an save switch in. Toxic helps the rest of the team break some walls like slowking. Ice beam is good coverage but is quite weak. Scald can also be used for the better acuracy and the burn chance but it is not as strong as hydro pump and dropping ice beam would mean you mis some coverage. I dont use weather ball on pollitoad becauce i want to hit hipowdon as hard as politoad can.
Amoonguss @ Eject Button
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play
- Spore
In rain you have to switch politoad out but often you dont want to risk your sweepers. Amoonguss is the sponge that tanks the hits on this team. It apreciates rain weakening fire attacks. Amoongusses typing let it tank powerfull grass/electric attacks aimed at politoed and eject button let you switch in an sweeper for free while regenerator heals the hit. After the eject button is used amoonguss can stil create free pivots with spore. it can also do good damage with sludge bomb/foul play when facing the right pokemon.
Seismitoad @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Weather Ball
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
Seismitoad is the first sweeper I choose. It is really fast in the rain and has nice coverage. Seismitoad is also the stealth rock setter for the team. Seismitoad can also switch in to electric attacks aimed at politoed but you have to be carefull not to take any neutral/super effective attack.
Crawdaunt @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Crabhammer
- Knock Off
- Aqua Jet
Crawdaunt is an really strong walbreaker in rain. Swords dance, adaptability, life orb and rain boosted crabhammer wil KO most mons in the tier. Aqua Jet can do massive damage to faster pokemons. Crawdaunts dark type lets it switch in to psychic attacks aimed at amoongus and knock off wil do masive damage against those psychic types.
Thundurus-Therian (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder
- Weather Ball
- Psychic
- Nasty Plot
Thunderus-Therian hits really hard with thunder and weather ball in rain. Psychic is an important coverage move that is 100% acurate even outside rain. Nasty plot lets thundurus break walls
Cobalion @ Salac Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Substitute
- Stone Edge
For the last pokemon i tried power gem Celesteela but then i had too many special attackers. After that i tried swords dance scizor who worked but i wanted an bit more speed and power and didnt really needed another strong priorety move. Then i tried swords dance cobalion and it did really good. Swords dance is used to break walls and sweep, close combat is an really strong stab move and stone edge important coverage. Substitute lets cobalion set up against amoongus and protects it against thunderwave. Cobalion is bulky enough that scizor and zarude cant ohko substitute. Salec berry is an gimmick that gives +1 speed when at 25%HP or less. Sometimes it is really good and will win games against scarf users, you can manipulate your health with substitute. Air baloon or leftovers are good alternative items.
The team plays as hyper offensive. I almost always lead with politoed and try to create free switches with encore, eject button amoongus or an immunity. Al the sweepers have at least one immunity
weaknesses:
Fast strong water attacks can use the rain against me starmie and keldeo can cause problems but you can wear them down and use seismitoad to finish them
Hippowdon ends the rain and makes weather ball rock type so it can wall seismitoad.
Conceldur is bulky enough to take an hit and does masive damage to the sweepers. Even to amoongus with facade, mach punch can OHKO crawdaunt my strongest wallbreaker
Any insight or sugestion is apreciated
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