Tournament UU Rating Competition III R1

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Hosts: vivalospride I Twilight | Indigo Plateau

Welcome to the latest edition of the Team Rater Competition! The tier this time around will be SS UU. For each round we'll post a team, and participants will have one week to complete a rate of said team. When the round is over, the participants who submitted the best rates will move onto the next round. If you are eliminated and want to receive feedback on your rate, the hosts will be more than happy to provide that upon request. Each round will last one week. Failure to rate the team within the one week time period will result in disqualification unless you're able to give us a valid reason. Please only sign up if you can commit to rating one team every week for the next month. If you're currently involved in or are looking to start rating UU teams, I highly encourage you to participate as this promises to be a great learning experience. Here's to a fun and competitive tournament!


Important notes:
  • All passing rates will count towards the Team Rater badge, and rates in the final 2 rounds will count twice as much towards the badge.
  • Each round will last one week. Failure to rate the team within the one week time period will result in disqualification unless you're able to give us a valid reason. Please only sign up if you can commit to rating one team every week for the next month.
  • If you are eliminated and would like some feedback on your rate and how you can improve going forward, feel free to ask us.
  • At the end of each round, we will announce the best rate from that round and a quick overview of what we liked in the rates submitted.
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PLEASE SMOGON DM THE HOSTS YOUR RATE

Round will be up until Sunday 11:59 PM -8
 

vivalospride

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:ss/gyarados:
Gyarados @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Ice Fang
- Power Whip

I started building around Gyarados as it’s a potent win condition with a good typing to potentially clean with setup opportunities.

:ss/nidoqueen:
Nidoqueen @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Sludge Wave
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock

Nidoqueen came next as it’s an electric immunity and chips things like Celesteela and Amoonguss to support Gyarados, not to mention it’s a good rocker that keeps em up reliably.

:ss/zeraora:
Zeraora @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Plasma Fists
- Knock Off
- Play Rough
- Volt Switch

Zeraora was the best option as some sort of speed control and pivot for the first two mons, good secondary elec immunity and knock spammer as well.

:ss/scizor:
Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Swords Dance
- Roost

Scizor is the resident steel type and forms a nice pivot core with Zeraora, obviously helping keep fairies and psychics in check like Latias and Tapu Bulu.

:ss/tapu-bulu:
Tapu Bulu @ Life Orb
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Close Combat
- Zen Headbutt

Tapu Bulu comes in on stuff like Krookodile and Kommo-o and breaks for Gyarados vs fatter team archetypes.

:ss/kyurem:
Kyurem @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 56 HP / 200 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Freeze-Dry
- Earth Power
- Substitute
- Roost

Kyurem’s dragon typing helps here vs stuff like Volcanion and can help break vs fatter teams as well for Gyarados. Kyurem’s bulk and speed tier makes it a good blanket check to a lot of mons by nature.

 
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