Hello! If you've been scrolling through this forum you've probably seen me here before and know i'm not the best at team building so i made a team that revoled around zarude and azumarill.
Thought Process:
At first i questioned aumarills viability since its a mon known to play on the bulky side of things,since azumarill was know to be bulky and tanky i wanted to change that to Offensive and Quick.
An idea popped into my head after watching high ladder players use zarude,maybe i can somehow keep zarude bulky and still pretty offensive and plus ive been wanting to use zarude and mare eams surrounding zarude but it just doesn't work so i thought hey why not give zarude a chance on this team im building.
Ah yes Classic set up mon,shuckle. I added to the team because i needed a bulky set up mon so i said why not its help me in the past so it'll sure help me on this team. 
I thought adding Eviolite slowpoke would be funny.So i did it. 
At First i was gonna run scarfed spectrier but i realized i relied on speed a bit too much so i just went with leftovers and originally i was going to add agility on spectrier to counter speed mons mosa and blaziken but then i told myself "Mosa players will cry once its gone" and so i got rid of agility and added nasty plot. 
Moltres yes yes good defogger only reason its here.The Actual Team:
Galactic Star (Azumarill) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Liquidation
While making the team i was unsure if i should azumarill should run play rough or any fairy move general for that good ol dragon coverage.
Papa Rude (Zarude) @ Life Orb
Ability: Leaf Guard
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Darkest Lariat
- Bulk Up
- Jungle Healing
- Drain Punch
I was going to originally run protective pads to prevent static from zapdos,burn from moltres or any other mon with a status touch ability but my mind said be offensive so i put life orb on zarude for the final fit!
We dont F w/ Shuc (Shuckle) @ White Herb
Ability: Gluttony
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Sticky Web
- Stealth Rock
- Encore
- Gyro Ball
Shuckleeeeeeee. I added gyro ball because i didnt know an attacking move for shuckle to run and i think we all know why shuckle is holding white herb.
Pink Mentalility (Slowbro) @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
- Slack Off
- Future Sight
- Disable
- Scald
Yeah so getting 1 shotted by wicked blow as a eviolite slowpoke wasn't that funny............
Red (Moltres-Galar) @ Leftovers
Ability: Berserk
EVs: 16 HP / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Fiery Wrath
- Agility
- U-turn
I was going to add regular moltres but i wanted something better in SpD and mandibuzz just looked basic and an expected bird to be on teams,yes i know defoggers are important but i wasnt sure what i wanted to do because i because i wanted a defogger that wasn't expected like braviary,something thats not in the meta game.
Dark Cradle (Spectrier) @ Leftovers
Ability: Grim Neigh
EVs: 224 HP / 32 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot
- Substitute
- Will-O-Wisp
I was originally going to put hex on spectrier but i was like nahhh and after seeing what spectrier did one game by lowering urishufies attack with substitute will-o-wisp and NOT getting OHKOd by wicked blow i decided to keep it.
Threatlist:
Sine rilaboom also has a priority akak grassy glide might wanna be careful if azuarill is on the field and stall grassy surge out and try to will-o-wisp it with spectier.Anything with status if moves/abilities,things like this can be A HUGE threat and a pain in the ass especially if zaude is dead.
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If you have ay suggestions leave them down below im ALWAYS willing to try them and will most definitely respond.
