hello everyone, Scolipede is one of my favourite mons and i wanted to build a team around him that would be viable in the current ou meta. and i think i have succeeded, at least partially. this team got me up to 1400 easily, but i am not getting any higher than that. so any tips would be appreciated. without further ado, here is the team.
(also English isn't my first language so sorry for any mistakes)
Scolipede @ Silver Powder
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Megahorn
- Poison Jab/aqua tail
- Earthquake
the star of the team, and the reason i wanted to make this team in the first place. 2+ scolipede is insanely powerful, and it can push its way torugh most walls in the tier, including blissey, toxapex and clefable. megahorn deals insane damage, especially with STAB+silver powder. i switch between jab and tail a lot, because tail allows me to muscle my way trough lando, but jab helps with the fairies. earthquake is good coverage, and catches a lot of people off guard. this mon is very frail though, so it needs screens or something like the opponent using toxic to get onto the field safely. it also gets fully walled by corv/skarm, so that can be annoying
Tapu Koko @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- U-turn
- Dazzling Gleam
- Roost
normal piviot koko. dazzling gleam and tbolt hit hard overall, uturn is for switching, and roost keeps me healthy. i dont use it alot though, so i am open to suggestions. the hp ev's make it a little bit more bulky. this used to be my screens setter, but it did not really work out
Latias (F) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Aura Sphere
- Psyshock
probably the most terrifying mon on the planet. with screens, it is very bulky, and its special attack becomes huge after getting hit with one u-turn. many teams do not really have an answer to this mon, as it outspeeds everything in the meta at 2+, and very few walls can handle a psyshock. slowbro being an exception. aura sphere deals damage to those perky dark types, and deals with heatran. i really only have to watch out for priority, mainly ice shard from weavile and sucker punch from bisharp. i have been experimenting with using necromanza with ddance, but that wasn't really working, so i am sticking with this for now. i am also not sure if i should switch to latios or not. i don't really know the difference
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 92 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- U-turn
- Knock Off
everybody uses this mon. i mean, i cannot really blame them because having a lighting and ground immunity is so good. the set is defensive, because thats the role its supposed to fill. i usually lead with this gut, unless the other person also has a lando then i lead with shifu so see if i can get that free ko. the set is very normal, and it does what is supposed to do.i gave it knock off to so it could at least annoy birds who came in.
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Aqua Jet/thunder punch
- U-turn
- Surging Strikes
another quite common pokemon. banded ursifu holds alot of power, and can overcome most of its checks if you play him well. i switch between tpunch and aqua jet often, because not being able to damage pex hurts, but not having any priority hurts even more.
Regieleki @ Light Clay
Ability: Transistor
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Thunderbolt
- Rapid Spin
some odd mixture between a sweeper and a screens setter, but it works. if the opponent doesn't have a ground type, this mon basically means auto win. it is also my only way to get rid of hazards, so that can be annoying. i like to use this mon to force opponents to get out their ground types, get up my screens, and then switch into latias. very fun mon to use. this used to be magnezone so i could deal with steel birds and ferro better, but i felt like i was lacking offensive power.
threats:
any setup sweeper: something like dragonite with a couple of dragon dances really screws my team over.
dragon types in general: they are just very hard to deal with
corv/skarm: when played well, those mons wall my entire team. it can be annoting at times
ferrothorn: more of an annoyance than a threat, but if shifu dies i cannot really deal with him. sure latias can so something, but leech seed and toxic still really hurt
so, any tips?
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is a bit better to do so thanks to its higher damage output. However, Defensive Landorus-T 
for Urshifu-R), most setup sweepers cannot and they even take advantage of passive and defensive Pokémon to freely click setup moves. This is the main reason why in a Screen based team you rather have a lot of setup options and use your screen turns to setup a Pokémon that can sweep the opposing team or at least weaken the answers to one of your other setup sweepers.
: Bisharp is a very solid option in screen based teams thanks to its ability: Defiant. It can not only threaten a lot of defensive staples of the tier with Swords Dance and its combo of STAB but can also come in on a predicted Defog to get a free boost. I feel like it will be more useful than a wallbreaker like Urshifu-R here for the reasons I explained above. It is also worth noticing that Bisharp can be an emergency answer to the almighty Dragapult 
Regieleki serves here as a screen setter which is something you obviously need in this kind of team. However, as it is not the best screen setter in the tier, I think you can use another Pokemon to do so and thus replace Regieleki by another Electric type who will take advantage of Tapu Koko 
. Here is the set you can use with Leftovers as an item (or even Weakness Policy you want something spicier):