Project Break This Team: USUM UU Edition [Week 71 - Submissions]

[Gliscorthegoat]

Hey y'all it's voting time, thanks for the turnout! :]

itsjustdrew

TimeToTestThisTeam

Smallsmallrose

scape skiddo

1Surgeon

You can vote for TWO CORES this week. Voting is due by Saturday!

 

[sanguine]

surgeon + timetoTTT

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

And with that, TimeToTestThisTeam takes the top with a timely tiebreaker!

TimeToTestThisTeam - 5
Smallsmallrose - 4
1Surgeon/itsjustdrew - 2

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For the next week, we've got a team from coolboy Kink!

Importable

Hydreigon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Flash Cannon
- U-turn

Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Psywave
- Toxic
- Protect

Terrakion @ Choice Band
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Quick Attack

Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic
- Haze

Serperior @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Glare

Chandelure @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 16 SpA / 56 SpD / 136 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- Taunt

This is a basic team I use called Banded Pow. The team relies heavily on Bronzong checking many of Hydreigon's and Terrakion's threats while they attempt to break through opposing teams. Serperior and Chandy help add multiple dimensions to the team, allowing it to prepare for almost the entire meta, from HO to stall. Tenta spins and is a blanket bulky Water-type that checks half of the offensive meta.

Submissions are due by Thursday, so get to breaking!

 

[Smallsmallrose]

Importable

Muk-Alola @ Assault Vest
Ability: Poison Touch
EVs: 204 Atk / 180 SpD / 124 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Gunk Shot
- Fire Punch

Aerodactyl @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Tail
- Earthquake
- Roost

I first noticed how badly Aero runs train on this team. I THEN noticed how nearly every Aero answer (The Gyro Ball-less Bronzong, the scarfed Serp) are two of the most trappable mons I've seen in a long time in UU. Muk comes in and beats Serp very easily, it also comes in on Zong who can't touch it at all whatsoever, and chips it down with pursuit until its a non-factor. Muk also gets chip on Hydra to put it in M-Aero's Stone Edge range. It also lays down pressure on Chandy, but so does Aero. Aero is aqua tail because it has a higher chance to kill Terrakion after rocks than EQ, while EQ is still there to ruin Tentacruel. I wasn't sure what to put in the last slot on Aero since I covered most grounds, but I figured roost to stop rocks chip was always a safe bet.

 

[TimeToTestThisTeam]

Importable

Houndoom-Mega @ Houndoominite
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Flamethrower
- Destiny Bond
- Will-O-Wisp

Heracross @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

Mega Doom is there for Chandy, Serp, and Bronzong. Will-o on the Terrakion switchin allows Hera to live any hit and OHKO with Close Combat. Destiny Bond is there to take something down with you since you outspeed everything on the team bar Serp (which you OHKO with Flamethrower). Otherwise you're hoping to just let Scarf Hera run through this squad.

 

[Amane Misa]

Sets

Zygarde-10% @ Choice Band
Ability: Aura Break
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Thousand Arrows
- Outrage
- Extreme Speed
- Toxic

Altaria-Mega @ Altarianite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Return
- Earthquake
- Roost

Zygarde-10% 2HKOs, if not OHKOs, anything. The only thing it does not 2HKO can be used as setup fodder by Mega Altaria, which also has a really good matchup against the team, barring Bronzong.

 

[Darksafadao]

sets

Manectric-Mega @ Manectite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Flamethrower

Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 40 SpD / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Protect
- Scald
- Calm Mind

The first thing I noticed was the lack of a ground-type, so I thought Mega Manectric would be a nice first pick. After that I decided to pick something that would benefit a lot from the momentum that Mega Manectric could get while also taking some sort of advantage of the whole team. This made me pick Suicune.
Even though it has a Tentacruel, after a Scald burn it's a matter of time and some Scald's until it gets low enough to the point of not being a threat. Not only that, Vincune also takes advantage of the fact that 3 mons of the team are choice locked, being able to scout effectively what they are going for, being really useful as those 3 choiced mons are the only real threats to an unboosted Suicune. It can also stall out Serperior of Leaf Storm's, Hydreigon can be taken on after a +1 Spdef boost, Terrakion has few pp's on its moves to really be effective. The main way the team has to deal with it effectively is to pressure it offensively, something that Mega-Manectric can get going for me.
I could see scarf Serp being annoying versus this core, but overall I think it needs very few support in order to be effective versus this team.

 

[scape skiddo]

Decided to go with Mega-Beedrill, it’s a clear threat to this team, being able to hit every mon super effectively. The only thing that Beedrill can’t out-speed it is Serperior, but hp fire is only a 3HKO. This pivot core keeps a lot of pressure on these banded mons, and can easily plow through everything except Tenta.

Importable

Beedrill @ Beedrillite
Ability: Swarm
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Poison Jab
- Drill Run
- Knock Off

Infernape @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Close Combat
- Gunk Shot

*Edit
These Calcs are all regular Beedrill, not mega. My mistake but don't wanna do them again XP

calcs

252 SpA Serperior Hidden Power Fire vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Beedrill: 110-130 (40.5 - 47.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252 Atk Beedrill Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 248 HP / 52 Def Chandelure: 170-202 (52.6 - 62.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Beedrill U-turn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Serperior: 186-222 (63.9 - 76.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Beedrill Drill Run vs. 252 HP / 240 Def Tentacruel: 142-168 (39 - 46.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery
252 Atk Beedrill Drill Run vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Terrakion: 148-176 (45.6 - 54.3%) -- 52.3% chance to 2HKO
252 Atk Beedrill Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 88 Def Bronzong: 136-160 (40.2 - 47.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Beedrill U-turn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Hydreigon: 194-230 (59.6 - 70.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[Badrat]

Porygon 2 /Mega Slowbro core

sets

Slowbro-Mega @ Slowbronite
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Scald
- Iron Defense
- Psychic
Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Ability: Analytic
EVs: 252 HP / 76 SpA / 180 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Recover
- Tri Attack
- Thunderbolt
everything Gets walled by this core by Porygon 2 or Slowbro Porygon 2 has the stab tri attack ice beam gives Serperior a hard time
thunderbolt hits Azumarill hard and Porygon 2 has the recover for its wellbeing Slowbro
has scald/psychic for infernape scald for mega steelix and Nihilego so this core owns that team






core

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Hey y'all, it's time for voting n_n! Also gonna leave a friendly reminder to y'all that this isn't a counterteaming competition.

Smallsmallrose

Amane Misa

Darksafadao

scape skiddo

Badrat

You may vote for two cores. Voting ends by Saturday,

 

[justdrew]

Safa

Edit: I skipped right over the two cores part. My second vote will be for small.

 

[Badrat]

smallsmallrose

 

[Smallsmallrose]

Voting for Scape Skiddo! I really think Mega Bee and Nape is underrated. I also vote for Amane Misa because Zydog is heat

 

[scape skiddo]

Amane Misa+ Rose

 

[vivalospride]

Misa and safa

 

[Jade]

safa n misa

 

[avarice]

safa and rose

 

[TimeToTestThisTeam]

Amane and Rose for me

 

[Darksafadao]

misa

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

Ok so here we go
Amane Misa us the winner of this week! Congrats! All of your cores this week were great n_n

Amane Misa - 6
Smallsmallrose - 5
Darksafadao - 4
Scape skiddo - 1

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The next team comes from good boy Darksafadao!

importable

Bewear @ Normalium Z
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Double-Edge
- Swords Dance
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake

Rhyperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Atk / 240 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Stealth Rock
- Ice Punch

Sceptile-Mega @ Sceptilite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Giga Drain
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Wish
- Protect
- Heal Bell

Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 20 SpA / 16 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Sludge Wave
- Haze

Hydreigon @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- U-turn
- Dark Pulse
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast

This is a team I made around Bewear. I wanted to try out the SD Normalium Z set due to its wallbreaking power. Rhyperior was nice, as it gave me rocks and is an answer to some threats. Scep helped by abusing Water- and Ground-types, while tenta gave me a Scizor and loom answer while also being a spinner. Sylveon gave me a dragon answer and holds the team together with wish support. Meanwhile, Hydreigon allowed me to have some speed control and be a nice ghost resist.

Be sure to get your cores in by Thursday, folks!

 

[Jade]

Played against this team a lot, and I think I have a good core:

+

Sets

Hydreigon @ Poisonium Z
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Belch
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Roost

Altaria-Mega @ Altarianite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Earthquake
- Hyper Voice
- Fire Blast
- Roost

This team relies on Sylveon to not get completely destroyed by DragonSpam. But what happens when the Dragon lures and kills Sylveon? Mega Altaria in general is pretty annoying for this team tbh. Poisonium Z Hydra lures in Sylveon and kills it for Altaria. Really the only thing that can check it once Sylv is gone is Tenta, which is prone to getting worn down by the lack of Wish support. Plus Alt also walls Mega Scept. You can also use DD Hax > Hydreigon, but I just prefer Hydreigon in general tbh.

Calcs:

252 SpA Hydreigon Acid Downpour (190 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Sylveon: 322-380 (81.7 - 96.4%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

0- Atk Altaria-Mega Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 220 Def Tentacruel: 150-178 (41.2 - 48.9%) -- 14.1% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery

 

[Smallsmallrose]

sets

Kyurem @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Earth Power

Muk-Alola @ Assault Vest
Ability: Poison Touch
EVs: 252 Atk / 76 SpA / 180 SpD
Brave Nature
- Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Gunk Shot
- Fire Blast

This team's Kyurem switchins do not exist. Every mon that doesn't get clean OHKOed from full gets convincingly 2hkoed by the right coverage move.

some calcs

252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 24 SpD Sylveon: 172-204 (43.6 - 51.7%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Tentacruel: 252-298 (69.2 - 81.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Draco Meteor over 2 turns vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Tentacruel: 362-429 (99.4 - 117.8%) -- guaranteed KO in 2 turns after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
It should also be noted that either of these into this kills Tenta if it and/or Kyurem decides to run:
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Tentacruel: 94-111 (25.8 - 30.4%) -- 99.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 240 SpD Solid Rock Rhyperior: 379-447 (87.3 - 102.9%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Ice Beam vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Bewear: 331-391 (86.8 - 102.6%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Bewear: 478-564 (125.4 - 148%) -- guaranteed OHKO

I don't even think I need to calc Hydra or Scep vs Kyurem's STABs. Sylveon is the only "Safe" switch in and that loses to a pathetic amount of chip. This is where Muk comes in. Muk pressures the living hell out of Sylveon and stops it from nabbing the recovery needed to check Kyurem, and chipping it into guaranteed ice beam range. It also checks both Mega Sceptile and Hydreigon, coming in on them safely to stop them from revenge killing Kyurem. Muk has fire blast over punch here to dick any chance of Bewear thinking it can come in or setup safely on Muk. Overall, the game plan here is to come in on something slower with Kyurem and snag a free kill, and then foil any attempts to remove it afterwards with Muk. A good predict on Tenta makes this strategy even stronger as such a predict means Kyurem can click ice beam completely cost-free. Pair these two with any kind of good rocker and watch this team fall to pieces.

 

[TSR]

+

Jellicent's a good Pokemon ok

Togekiss @ Fightinium Z
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 76 Def / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Air Slash
- Aura Sphere
- Roost

Jellicent @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt / Toxic
- Recover

Really simple - Z-Aura Sphere Togekiss pretty much wins against this team on its own if you have some moderate luck. It has 2 perfect setup opportunities against Sceptile and Hydreigon, and can pretty much cleave the entire team apart from there with aforementioned moderate luck (1 flinch on Tenta). Jellicent provides some insurance since it can wall Rhyperior, Bewear, and Tentacruel very easily if the situation calls for it. Toxic is a nice option in general for Jellicant since Taunt + Wisp is not as effective at breaking stall as it used to be, and it can be useful to snipe Hydreigon and Sceptile as they try to come in (though it also works for stuff like Latias, Serperior, and Volcanion, for the sake of the "not too counterteamy" argument), though Taunt is more effective for beating any Scizor variant you could come across.

 

[vivalospride]

Import

Latias (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Surf
- Trick

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Protect
- Hyper Voice
- Heal Bell

So I haven't used Specs Lati yet, but it seems super fun and idk literally nothing can safely switch into it on this team so u know. Basically the idea is spam tf out of Psyshock and kill everything, obviously there is a dark type right there... but Sylveon can handle it pretty easily, and also serves as a Mega Sceptile answer since it forces Lati out. Sylveon also helps keep Lati healthy in general n shit, and Lati could throw off some Surfs n shit to maybe catch the Rhyperior, cause that thing is also lookin a lil annoying to deal with. But for the most part I think spamming psyshocks works fine.

252 SpA Choice Specs Latias Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Sylveon: 168-198 (42.6 - 50.2%) -- 39.5% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

alright, folks, time to vote on who's the coolest team-breaker once again

D2P2 HD

Smallsmallrose

TSR

vivalospride

Voting ends Saturday, as usual. Please vote for one core.