Hello everyone! Ive been enjoying this dlc a lot, trying out new pokemon and it has been a blast. although I must say I really think Aegislash is under appreciated right now due to new toy syndrome; so that was thought for this team. This bulky offense team has been helping me climb a lot, as it is good against most MU against most teams due to the amount of wincons this team has. lmk about things I could change on this team :) also english isnt my strongest language so if I made a typo please just ignore it.
pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/53a45c37dd4f8b9e
Togekiss @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Roost
- Defog
- Heal Bell
togekiss is a pokemon that took a huge hit this dlc with heatran and zapdos being everywhere, but nonetheless its still a good pokemon as it provides a lot of team support; heal bell helps my dragonite severely against stall, helps rillaboom not to be scared of knocking off zapdos or moltres on a switch, and overall really good support for the team, defog is also quite good mostly for heatran to not get hindered from rocks and recover slowly from terrain+leftovers. air slash for stab and to hit things like buzzwole and roost for longevity.
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Magma Storm
- Taunt
- Earth Power/toxic
heatran is my sr setter and trapper, heatran is also nice to have against stall and offense, but its also a spdef wall at the same time its really good against most of the meta, its also nice to have a way to destroy the clefable, mandi, pex core and it helps check some mons such as magerena and ghost horse, it also can help remove rillabooms usual checks which allows rillaboom to clean late game. Overall heatran is one of the best stall breaker so thats the role it fills.
Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Dual Wingbeat
The beast dnite is here, dnite is one of the best pokemon to have against stall, but not bad against balance teams either, as if it comes in and dd on something like rillaboom its hard to stop it from sweeping your team, its one of the best wincons for this team. since as soon as it gets 2 dds off its hard to stop it from sweeping. Even things such as scarf latios draco can be roosted off till it does no damage, this Pokemon also appreciates the fact that its not scared of pex scald burning it as togekiss can simply cure it from status and give it another opportunity to sweep, although eq with grassy terrain has screwed me over a bit I dont think I can change eq to espeed or something else just because how well ground and flying coverage goes together.
Slowbro @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Slack Off
- Future Sight
- Teleport
slowbro is my defensive wall that has helped me mostly against the new volt/turn as it doesn't allow swampert to leave for free, its also good against shutting down melmatal. Also while I do have rillaboom I prefer slowbro as my check to zygarde as glare doesn't hinder slowbro as much as rillaboom, its basically good against most of the dragon type in this tier, such as dnite, mance, chomp and zygarde. Another things thats really good about slowbro is future sight-teleport which allows rillaboom to not have many switch ins, buzzwole cant switch into it and moltres risks losing hdb which allows rillaboom to eventaully beat moltres, also future sight+aegislash also baits in blisseys into a cc from aegislash, as there isn't many switch ins to cc/flash canon/shadow ball with future sight.
Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Knock Off
- Wood Hammer
- U-turn
Rillaboom is the cleaner for this team after aegislash and dnite put holes through the team, its also a reliable revenge killer as its grassy glide is incredibly strong with band, wood hammer is just another stronger choice for stab to break through through more slower cores, knock off is a move that saved me multiple times against moltres and zapdos since my team is quite weak to both of those pokemon, but also knocking off hdb from mandi is also really good for aegislash. and lastly uturn allows something like aegislash to grab a ko or give dragonite an opportunity to sweep, also rilla really appreciates future sight as something like buzzwole cant come in.
Aegislash @ Choice Specs
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Rash Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Shadow Sneak
- Close Combat
- Flash Cannon
Lastly aegislash which is really good against balance teams, it also could break defensive cores pretty well, with future sight it also becomes really difficult to switch into aegislash. And aegislash is also my check to phero and kuyb, it also packs a nice priority in shadow sneak and CC helps it break blissey. Aegislash is a pokemon that just spams really strong shadow ball and flash canons, but also pack ways to live really strong hits such as living two fusion bolts from hdb kuyb. aegislash is a pokemon thats really good to have for combing it with future sight as most things wont live its stabs/cc and usually ends up being an ohko on a pokemon.
threats to this team:</p><p></p><p>nidoking: I made this team not long after the lando-i ban and then this pokemon came up, and its really difficult to win against it, I usually have to end up sacking something and going to rillaboom to revenge kill it or let dnite take an ice beam and eq it, its defiantly the biggest threat to this team
moltres: while I do have many options to win against both of these pokemon, there also a threat to this team. My best option is to knock it off and then pressure them with rocks till they cant switch, aegislash does this well as it doesnt allow both of them to switch in due to hdb being gone, and future sight is also horrible for both of these pokemon to eat, nonetheless they're still a threat. (this could also be applied to zapdos but I have pokemon like aegislash and heatran which can typically force it out)
here is a replay of a battle which looked really tough on paper
file:///C:/Users/97339/Downloads/Gen8OU-2020-11-19-sdgdgsadgs-pizzadepression.html
pokepaste: https://pokepast.es/53a45c37dd4f8b9e
Togekiss @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Roost
- Defog
- Heal Bell
togekiss is a pokemon that took a huge hit this dlc with heatran and zapdos being everywhere, but nonetheless its still a good pokemon as it provides a lot of team support; heal bell helps my dragonite severely against stall, helps rillaboom not to be scared of knocking off zapdos or moltres on a switch, and overall really good support for the team, defog is also quite good mostly for heatran to not get hindered from rocks and recover slowly from terrain+leftovers. air slash for stab and to hit things like buzzwole and roost for longevity.
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Magma Storm
- Taunt
- Earth Power/toxic
heatran is my sr setter and trapper, heatran is also nice to have against stall and offense, but its also a spdef wall at the same time its really good against most of the meta, its also nice to have a way to destroy the clefable, mandi, pex core and it helps check some mons such as magerena and ghost horse, it also can help remove rillabooms usual checks which allows rillaboom to clean late game. Overall heatran is one of the best stall breaker so thats the role it fills.
Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Dual Wingbeat
The beast dnite is here, dnite is one of the best pokemon to have against stall, but not bad against balance teams either, as if it comes in and dd on something like rillaboom its hard to stop it from sweeping your team, its one of the best wincons for this team. since as soon as it gets 2 dds off its hard to stop it from sweeping. Even things such as scarf latios draco can be roosted off till it does no damage, this Pokemon also appreciates the fact that its not scared of pex scald burning it as togekiss can simply cure it from status and give it another opportunity to sweep, although eq with grassy terrain has screwed me over a bit I dont think I can change eq to espeed or something else just because how well ground and flying coverage goes together.
Slowbro @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Slack Off
- Future Sight
- Teleport
slowbro is my defensive wall that has helped me mostly against the new volt/turn as it doesn't allow swampert to leave for free, its also good against shutting down melmatal. Also while I do have rillaboom I prefer slowbro as my check to zygarde as glare doesn't hinder slowbro as much as rillaboom, its basically good against most of the dragon type in this tier, such as dnite, mance, chomp and zygarde. Another things thats really good about slowbro is future sight-teleport which allows rillaboom to not have many switch ins, buzzwole cant switch into it and moltres risks losing hdb which allows rillaboom to eventaully beat moltres, also future sight+aegislash also baits in blisseys into a cc from aegislash, as there isn't many switch ins to cc/flash canon/shadow ball with future sight.
Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Knock Off
- Wood Hammer
- U-turn
Rillaboom is the cleaner for this team after aegislash and dnite put holes through the team, its also a reliable revenge killer as its grassy glide is incredibly strong with band, wood hammer is just another stronger choice for stab to break through through more slower cores, knock off is a move that saved me multiple times against moltres and zapdos since my team is quite weak to both of those pokemon, but also knocking off hdb from mandi is also really good for aegislash. and lastly uturn allows something like aegislash to grab a ko or give dragonite an opportunity to sweep, also rilla really appreciates future sight as something like buzzwole cant come in.
Aegislash @ Choice Specs
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Rash Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Shadow Sneak
- Close Combat
- Flash Cannon
Lastly aegislash which is really good against balance teams, it also could break defensive cores pretty well, with future sight it also becomes really difficult to switch into aegislash. And aegislash is also my check to phero and kuyb, it also packs a nice priority in shadow sneak and CC helps it break blissey. Aegislash is a pokemon that just spams really strong shadow ball and flash canons, but also pack ways to live really strong hits such as living two fusion bolts from hdb kuyb. aegislash is a pokemon thats really good to have for combing it with future sight as most things wont live its stabs/cc and usually ends up being an ohko on a pokemon.
threats to this team:</p><p></p><p>nidoking: I made this team not long after the lando-i ban and then this pokemon came up, and its really difficult to win against it, I usually have to end up sacking something and going to rillaboom to revenge kill it or let dnite take an ice beam and eq it, its defiantly the biggest threat to this team
moltres: while I do have many options to win against both of these pokemon, there also a threat to this team. My best option is to knock it off and then pressure them with rocks till they cant switch, aegislash does this well as it doesnt allow both of them to switch in due to hdb being gone, and future sight is also horrible for both of these pokemon to eat, nonetheless they're still a threat. (this could also be applied to zapdos but I have pokemon like aegislash and heatran which can typically force it out)
here is a replay of a battle which looked really tough on paper
file:///C:/Users/97339/Downloads/Gen8OU-2020-11-19-sdgdgsadgs-pizzadepression.html
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