YO WASSUP PEOPLE.
I always liked Magcargo. Not because if his competitve value, but because of his design. It's hilarious, funny and has always been my favorite pokemon, so I wanted to make a team around it. Luckily for him, he got a few new fun toys from the 5th gen such as Weak Armor, wich is usable. He obviously needs a lot of support but it's quite hilarious when you sweep someone with Magcargo or get of a nasty surprise kill. Let's go to the teambuilding!
TEAMBUILDINGZ
As I told you guys, I wanted to make a team revolving around my favorite Pokemon, so there he is, Magcargo!
Magcargo obviously needs Sun support, so Ninetales was added to the team.
Magcargo has a HORRIBLE defensive typing with 4x weakness to water and ground, and a 2x weakness to (Stealth) Rock and Fighting. It also shares 3 of those weaknesses with Ninetales, so I needed a Pokemon that could deal with those types and preferably makes use of Ninetales Drought ability, and of course a Grass Chlorophyll sweeper instantly springs to mind. But because Venusaur is lame, I wanted something else and went with Sawsbuck because of his ability to heal of LO damage through Horn Leech and because of the fact that Magcargo is already my special attacker.
Since Magcargo isn't the best sweeper of all time, it needs support. Screens, hazards, that sort of stuff. I didn't wanted to need multiple Pokemon to set those up for him because those screens don't last forever and besides, it costs me another Pokemon slot. Something that can put both screens up and lay down hazards, and of course Deoxys-s instantly springs to mid, but since he has been banished to the Uber tier I decided to go with his bulkier brother Deoxys-D.
So I threw these 4 guys into Marriland's team builder and noticed no huge weaknesses or whatever. When I looked a little further, I noticed I am getting walled HARD by Air Balloon Heatran since I don't run Jump Kick on Sawsbuck. A rock resist would also be nice since I have two weaknesses and no resistances. A strong fighting type was needed, and it was a toss up between Mienshao and Conkeldurr. I went for Conkeldurr because of my earlier positive experiences with him.
A last check showed me I need a dragon resister and a spinner so Magcargo can sweep. Obvious Forretress is obvious.
In-depth look.
4,5x2 Tails (Ninetales) (M) @ Grass Gem
Trait: Drought
EVs: 128 HP / 252 SAtk / 20 SDef / 108 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Sunny Day
- Fire Blast
- SolarBeam
- Will-O-Wisp
Sunny Day Ninetales. I thought it would be crap but it is a-ma-zing. With the ''ZING'' in it. I try to lead of with tales as often as I can because I really need that sun. With 108 Speed EVs I outspeed every other weather lead that doesn't run a Scarf. Or well, Smogon' strategy dex told me. Sunny Day is on inswitching weather leads such as Politoed and Tyranitar, and then delive a Solar Beam with the Grass Gem boost TO THE FACE. I suppose it could do enough damage without it, but it lets me take on more bulky foes to such as Jellicent and Vaporeon, who may survive a hit. Fire Blast is obvious, deals a ton of damage with STAB, Sun boost and a Modest nature. Will O Wisp is just to spread burn around and cripple sweepers, although I haven't been using it often to be honest.
SupremeSnail (Magcargo) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Weak Armor
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Shell Smash
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Rock]
There we go, the star of the show. Or well not really, since it is quite bad but I want to use it, so I won't replace it. Ever. Anyways, on to the set. After a Shell Smash, I can actually outspeed quite a lot of common threats such as max Speed Terrakion, but falls short of the 110 Base speed border by just 4 Speed points, poor little snail. This problem is overcomeable though, thanks to Weak Armor, wich lowers your Defence and raises your Speed once you get hit by a move. Thanks to it's impressive high defense stats I can switch in on most neutral physical moves or resisted special moves with it's decent base 80 SDef stat. When my target is forced to switch out I Shell Smash and then try to pull of the sweep, being able to outspeed nearly everything that doesn't run a Scarf with my +3 Speed. STAB +2 Sun Boosted Fire Blast is BEAST. Hidden Power Rock is, sadly enough, the best Rock type STAB move he can go for so that kinda sucks. Earth Power is there mostly for Heatran who otherwise walls this set to hell and back. I was running Solarbeam here first because it pairs well with Drought so I could take down opposing water pokemon, but I found Heatran a lot more common to be encountered, it's useless when there is another weather up and I got Sawsbuck anyways. An Air Balloon to negate my Ground weak, and with the sun up behind screens even Water moves will do very little damage to this bro.
Snow Boots (Sawsbuck-Winter) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 136 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 116 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Return
- Nature Power
Sawsbuck ur the best =). Or well you would be if there wasn't a super cool snail rollin' around but hey your still cool. A cholorphyll sweeper is obvious on a Drought team and Sawsbuck is BEAST. After one Swords Dance it is incredible dangeroud and it actually gets quite decent coverage with STAB Horn Leech and Return. Horn Leech is also great to heal of any LO damage. I really dont get why people use Jump Kick, since Nature Power turns into Earthquake wich geneally does the same except it doesn't hit Normal types for Super Effective damage, but it's way more reliabe and if you miss you're screwed hard.
Deoxys-D @ Light Clay
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Spikes
- Recover
Deoxys-D is such a bro. Not like a stupid ''cool story bro'' but a really cool bro. Itsso bulky and NEVER fails me, for real. Its so bulky, and if it takes any damage while setting up screens, just use Recover and high tail outta there leaving off with high health and a raging opponent. Spikes are there to generally help Magcargo in its sweeping job. EVs are pretty self-explaining k bye.
Conkeldurr (M) @ Flame Orb
Trait: Guts
EVs: 120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Stone Edge
Conkeldurr was originally there solely for one thing: Balloon Heatran. But it has proven to be very valuable troughout my battles, its such a beast. Not going to explain a lot since it's a standard bulk up set here except for Stone Edge. I prefer it above Payback for a couple of reasons:
- Psychic kills you anyways.
- It hits more stuff
- I outspeed other Conkeldurr.
Smart Gliscor trying to set up SD on me? +1 Stone Ege did around 90%, finishibng him off with Mach Punch was all I needed. I laugh at Gyarados' face when it dies in front of me, such a loser. Salamance? Ha!
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
- Gyro Ball
Again nothing new here. I just needed a Dragon resister and reliable spinner. He also gives me Stealth Rocks that I still lacked so thats cool I guess. k bye you know what move does what.
ONE MORE THING
Magcargo is such a bro.
I always liked Magcargo. Not because if his competitve value, but because of his design. It's hilarious, funny and has always been my favorite pokemon, so I wanted to make a team around it. Luckily for him, he got a few new fun toys from the 5th gen such as Weak Armor, wich is usable. He obviously needs a lot of support but it's quite hilarious when you sweep someone with Magcargo or get of a nasty surprise kill. Let's go to the teambuilding!
TEAMBUILDINGZ
As I told you guys, I wanted to make a team revolving around my favorite Pokemon, so there he is, Magcargo!
Magcargo obviously needs Sun support, so Ninetales was added to the team.
Magcargo has a HORRIBLE defensive typing with 4x weakness to water and ground, and a 2x weakness to (Stealth) Rock and Fighting. It also shares 3 of those weaknesses with Ninetales, so I needed a Pokemon that could deal with those types and preferably makes use of Ninetales Drought ability, and of course a Grass Chlorophyll sweeper instantly springs to mind. But because Venusaur is lame, I wanted something else and went with Sawsbuck because of his ability to heal of LO damage through Horn Leech and because of the fact that Magcargo is already my special attacker.
Since Magcargo isn't the best sweeper of all time, it needs support. Screens, hazards, that sort of stuff. I didn't wanted to need multiple Pokemon to set those up for him because those screens don't last forever and besides, it costs me another Pokemon slot. Something that can put both screens up and lay down hazards, and of course Deoxys-s instantly springs to mid, but since he has been banished to the Uber tier I decided to go with his bulkier brother Deoxys-D.
So I threw these 4 guys into Marriland's team builder and noticed no huge weaknesses or whatever. When I looked a little further, I noticed I am getting walled HARD by Air Balloon Heatran since I don't run Jump Kick on Sawsbuck. A rock resist would also be nice since I have two weaknesses and no resistances. A strong fighting type was needed, and it was a toss up between Mienshao and Conkeldurr. I went for Conkeldurr because of my earlier positive experiences with him.
A last check showed me I need a dragon resister and a spinner so Magcargo can sweep. Obvious Forretress is obvious.
In-depth look.
4,5x2 Tails (Ninetales) (M) @ Grass Gem
Trait: Drought
EVs: 128 HP / 252 SAtk / 20 SDef / 108 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Sunny Day
- Fire Blast
- SolarBeam
- Will-O-Wisp
Sunny Day Ninetales. I thought it would be crap but it is a-ma-zing. With the ''ZING'' in it. I try to lead of with tales as often as I can because I really need that sun. With 108 Speed EVs I outspeed every other weather lead that doesn't run a Scarf. Or well, Smogon' strategy dex told me. Sunny Day is on inswitching weather leads such as Politoed and Tyranitar, and then delive a Solar Beam with the Grass Gem boost TO THE FACE. I suppose it could do enough damage without it, but it lets me take on more bulky foes to such as Jellicent and Vaporeon, who may survive a hit. Fire Blast is obvious, deals a ton of damage with STAB, Sun boost and a Modest nature. Will O Wisp is just to spread burn around and cripple sweepers, although I haven't been using it often to be honest.
SupremeSnail (Magcargo) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Weak Armor
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Shell Smash
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Rock]
There we go, the star of the show. Or well not really, since it is quite bad but I want to use it, so I won't replace it. Ever. Anyways, on to the set. After a Shell Smash, I can actually outspeed quite a lot of common threats such as max Speed Terrakion, but falls short of the 110 Base speed border by just 4 Speed points, poor little snail. This problem is overcomeable though, thanks to Weak Armor, wich lowers your Defence and raises your Speed once you get hit by a move. Thanks to it's impressive high defense stats I can switch in on most neutral physical moves or resisted special moves with it's decent base 80 SDef stat. When my target is forced to switch out I Shell Smash and then try to pull of the sweep, being able to outspeed nearly everything that doesn't run a Scarf with my +3 Speed. STAB +2 Sun Boosted Fire Blast is BEAST. Hidden Power Rock is, sadly enough, the best Rock type STAB move he can go for so that kinda sucks. Earth Power is there mostly for Heatran who otherwise walls this set to hell and back. I was running Solarbeam here first because it pairs well with Drought so I could take down opposing water pokemon, but I found Heatran a lot more common to be encountered, it's useless when there is another weather up and I got Sawsbuck anyways. An Air Balloon to negate my Ground weak, and with the sun up behind screens even Water moves will do very little damage to this bro.
Snow Boots (Sawsbuck-Winter) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 136 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 116 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Return
- Nature Power
Sawsbuck ur the best =). Or well you would be if there wasn't a super cool snail rollin' around but hey your still cool. A cholorphyll sweeper is obvious on a Drought team and Sawsbuck is BEAST. After one Swords Dance it is incredible dangeroud and it actually gets quite decent coverage with STAB Horn Leech and Return. Horn Leech is also great to heal of any LO damage. I really dont get why people use Jump Kick, since Nature Power turns into Earthquake wich geneally does the same except it doesn't hit Normal types for Super Effective damage, but it's way more reliabe and if you miss you're screwed hard.
Deoxys-D @ Light Clay
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Spikes
- Recover
Deoxys-D is such a bro. Not like a stupid ''cool story bro'' but a really cool bro. Itsso bulky and NEVER fails me, for real. Its so bulky, and if it takes any damage while setting up screens, just use Recover and high tail outta there leaving off with high health and a raging opponent. Spikes are there to generally help Magcargo in its sweeping job. EVs are pretty self-explaining k bye.
Conkeldurr (M) @ Flame Orb
Trait: Guts
EVs: 120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Stone Edge
Conkeldurr was originally there solely for one thing: Balloon Heatran. But it has proven to be very valuable troughout my battles, its such a beast. Not going to explain a lot since it's a standard bulk up set here except for Stone Edge. I prefer it above Payback for a couple of reasons:
- Psychic kills you anyways.
- It hits more stuff
- I outspeed other Conkeldurr.
Smart Gliscor trying to set up SD on me? +1 Stone Ege did around 90%, finishibng him off with Mach Punch was all I needed. I laugh at Gyarados' face when it dies in front of me, such a loser. Salamance? Ha!
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
- Gyro Ball
Again nothing new here. I just needed a Dragon resister and reliable spinner. He also gives me Stealth Rocks that I still lacked so thats cool I guess. k bye you know what move does what.
ONE MORE THING
Magcargo is such a bro.
