EDIT: I found out the chansey i used is illegal. For my next streak, i'll switch it with Sylveon, which i've already used until the first 400 wins.
Posting a 512 win streak, Super Rotation. It's the first streak i post because it's the first loss that i think it deserves to be shown, many other streaks ended because of insane AI's luck or really bad plays by me. This time the AI really got me, i lost to Latios4, its typing and moveset obliterated my team's strategy. I admit that i have
never checked the trainers list before. I based everything on my experience, i know which mon can be problematic for my team, but this was the first time i encountered this Latios' set, and since it started dragon dancing almost immediatly, i freaked out a bit and it demolished me. Of course, in Super Rotation is hard to lose for a single mon, usually it takes multiple checks to my strategy to really make pressure, this time there was also a taunt virizion that shut down Klefki.
Team creation
Disclaimer: basically it's the same strategy recommended by Smogon's article about rotation format (
http://www.smogon.com/ingame/bc/maison_part3#rotations_pokemon), but I swear i planned, built and started using this team a long time before even knowing that article existed.
I lost countless times to the apparent random AI's "predicts", and after many tries i decided that the better way to counter their always right predicts was to 1HKO every mon they send out. So, I chose three bulky set up sweepers and a cleric. However, many opponents managed to 1HKO me before i can get enough dragon dances or nasty plots, so i removed one of the sweepers for Klefki. Thanks to prankster, it can use reflect and light screen with priority, meaning that it can set up at least one screen before getting taunted. Then i also switched Sylveon with Chansey (although she has less offensive presence, her wishes are far more effective than Sylveon's, and she is incredibly bulky, having very rarely need of her own wishes). The main idea for the two sweepers was: no 4x weaknesses, no shared weaknesses, good bulk, access to the best boosting moves (dragon dance, nasty plot, swords dance). Mega Charizard X has been the premier mon that fulfilled all of these features, and i have never switched it (only changed some EV's). Its godly offensive typing leaves it walled by only Heatran. The second sweeper was Aegislash, but eventually i removed it because even at +6 it can't 1HKO many mons with shadow sneak. I chose Feraligatr, to have an answer to Heatran. So, the final team is:
Charizard-Mega-X @ Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Claw
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Protect
The premier sweeper. Dragon claw is the main STAB. Flare blitz is here to hit steel types and whatever dragon claw cannot. It also serves for wallbreaking purpose. Charizard will often need a wish after using that move, though. If i'm sure the opponent will be KOed, i go for wish and then Flare Blitz, so it will be instantly healed after the recoil without wasting a turn using protect (see down). It's walled by Heatran.
Chansey @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Seismic Toss
- Heal Bell
- Protect
The premier cleric. Heal bell cures status and wish is an almost complete recharge for both my sweepers. Seismic toss deals some damages, breaks subtitutes and avoid chansey being taunt bait.
Klefki @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Flash Cannon
- Protect
Great supporter, i already explained its purpose. Flash cannon is the attacking move i chose: fairy types are immune to ZardX's Dragon claw, so i often use this before attacking with flare blitz, in order to take less recoil damage. I used to run foul play, but it was rarely useful.
Feraligatr @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch
- Protect
The secondary sweeper, very strong and bulky, but much slower than ZardX. It often requires 4 dds to outspeed 130+base speed mons running choice scarf.
Waterfall is main STAB, ice punch hits grass and dragon types. It's walled by many water types, most notably Substitute Empoleon.
Max hp and attack for both sweepers, in order to fully take advantage of their bulk and power. Speed is not required, as they can boost it with dd. Max hp and defense for both supporters, i find physical attacks far more dangerous for them (notably, klefky is often hit by earthquakes and chansey by fighting moves). Everyone has protect in order to get safely a wish when they rotate.
This team fears: confusion (confuse ray regigigas is really problematic, but is 1HKOed by +1 flare blitz); curse users (set up one dd and then try to break them with flare blitz. It doesn't work very well with Gastrodon, but dragon claw should be enough. I got two curse users simultaneously once. In those scenarios, it's game over); taunt (only before getting a dd boost); 1HKO moves (i know, no one can control luck, but this team is highly prone to get hit by these moves, as it requires many turns to set up before starting a sweep); many counters pokemon/moves in the same team (taunt+curse, 2 curse users, confuse ray+taunt...); critical hits (i've seen so many crits during the streak i think i'm cursed. Crits bypass reflects and light screen and will often 1HKO the sweeper if it's a super effective move)
Counter list (updating, i don't remember all of them): Regigigas (every set, it always has confuse ray), Crobat 2,4 (taunt, hypnosis, high speed), Tyrantrum 4 (it 1HKOes Charizard X even behind reflect thanks to choice band, same with Rampardos); Clawitzer 4 (with choice specs it might break klefki if it has not set up a light screen yet; also it 2HKOes ZardX behind the light screen); Garchomp 4 (it 1HKOes ZardX behind reflect after a sword dance, and it holds focus sash); Latios 4 (yep...it ended my streak. Sadly, every time i face a new counter that i still don't know, it defeats me, so i add it to the counter list).
How I lost
Video: KMNW-WWWW-WW4M-3848
I won't comment much. I started like always, light screen and reflect, but klefki gets taunted, so no more screens. Then i saw it. That Latios with dragon dance.
This can't be. Latios is faster than Charizard and has the typing to really threaten it after mega evolving. So i did not mega evolve Charizard. I tried some dds, but latios always managed to get more than me, so it was faster and could 1HKO ZardX. I hoped to survive a dragon claw and using dragon claw myself, but every time i tried Latios rotated and the dragon claw hit the wrong target (without mega evolving it does pitiful damages). It ended with Latios being the last mon and me without the screens. At this point, Latios was at +4 and wrecked my team. Of course i made some mistakes, but that Latios i've never seen before really freaked me out and i couldn't think well. Maybe next time i'll try to switch into Feraligatr which is not weak to dragon type moves, and try some ice punches.
Pretty hilarious. I've been defeated by my same strategy. That's ok, i guess. It proves it's a good one.
NoCheese Edit: As you note, with the Wish Chansey, I can't add you to the leaderboard. But cool team, and I wish you the best of luck on your run through with Sylveon!
