EXCADRILL OFFENSE OU
Hey, folks! This is the first OU team in Gen 8 that I have made and will be sharing today. I've always enjoyed using
offensive teams, from leads to late-game cleaners. A lot of Pokémon from Gen 7 have disappeared, meaning there will be more common Defensive Pokémon and even new ones! Offensive teams have took a huge impact on teambuilding, making walls more common nowadays. Now, let's get to the team making!
THE TEAM
Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Rock Tomb
- Excadrill is the lead of the team and a great rapid spinner.
- Earthquake is a powerful STAB move combined with 135 base Attack, making it a suicide lead.
- Rock Tomb is used over Toxic to cripple fast opponents and possibly forcing them out to switch.
- Mold Breaker enables Excadrill to ignore Pokémon with Magic Bounce like Hatterne.
Haxorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Poison Jab
- Earthquake
- Haxorus is the sweeper of the team. With Dragon Dance, Life Orb, and 147 Base Attack, it can cripple a lot of Pokémon.
- Outrage is a very strong STAB move, while Poison Jab lures Fairy types like Clefable.
- Earthquake also lures Steel types and is used over Close Combat for better coverage against Pokémon like Aegislash.
Chandelure @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- Ferrothorn and Levitate Bronzong easily wall Haxorus, while Chandelure easily counters the both.
- Chandelure has a very high Special Attack stat, enabling it to sweep with Calm Mind.
- Flamethrower and Shadow Ball are very strong STAB moves, and Substitute helps it wall against bulkier Pokémon.
- Infrilator bypasses Substitute and Screens, making it hit as hard as it can.
Hawlucha @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- High Jump Kick
- Swords Dance
- Stone Edge
- Hawlucha is a great Dark type check and a powerful wallbreaker once it uses Swords Dance.
- Hawlucha's ability, Unburden, makes it faster upon using no items, so it relies on using Sitrus Berry to help it outspeed Pokémon.
- Acrobatics and HJK are strong STAB moves, while Stone Edge is used over Roost for bulkier Pokémon.
Rotom-Wash @ Wiki Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 108 HP / 184 SpA / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Nasty Plot
- Substitute
- Rotom Wash is an excellent pivot and can kill Ground Types thanks to Hydro Pump STAB.
- Nasty Plot can also be used for strong damage against bulky Pokémon.
- Substitute is a filler option for stalling out opponents.
Darmanitan-Galar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Gorilla Tactics
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Earthquake
- Flare Blitz
- Stone Edge
- Arguably one of the most threatening scarfers in the tier. It's ability, Gorilla Tactics, boosts its attack, making it a threatening late-game cleaner.
- Icicle Crash is a very strong STAB move, while Earthquake, Flare Blitz and Stone Edge are for coverage.
- Zen Mode is also great, but misses out on boosted power.
CONCLUSION
In my opinion, the team is very fun to use as an offensive team and each Pokemon serves a great role. I am trying to find a way to improve this team to get it on high ladder, so please give me feedback. Thanks!!
REPLAYS
Hey, folks! This is the first OU team in Gen 8 that I have made and will be sharing today. I've always enjoyed using
offensive teams, from leads to late-game cleaners. A lot of Pokémon from Gen 7 have disappeared, meaning there will be more common Defensive Pokémon and even new ones! Offensive teams have took a huge impact on teambuilding, making walls more common nowadays. Now, let's get to the team making!
THE TEAM
Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Rock Tomb
- Excadrill is the lead of the team and a great rapid spinner.
- Earthquake is a powerful STAB move combined with 135 base Attack, making it a suicide lead.
- Rock Tomb is used over Toxic to cripple fast opponents and possibly forcing them out to switch.
- Mold Breaker enables Excadrill to ignore Pokémon with Magic Bounce like Hatterne.
Haxorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Poison Jab
- Earthquake
- Haxorus is the sweeper of the team. With Dragon Dance, Life Orb, and 147 Base Attack, it can cripple a lot of Pokémon.
- Outrage is a very strong STAB move, while Poison Jab lures Fairy types like Clefable.
- Earthquake also lures Steel types and is used over Close Combat for better coverage against Pokémon like Aegislash.
Chandelure @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- Ferrothorn and Levitate Bronzong easily wall Haxorus, while Chandelure easily counters the both.
- Chandelure has a very high Special Attack stat, enabling it to sweep with Calm Mind.
- Flamethrower and Shadow Ball are very strong STAB moves, and Substitute helps it wall against bulkier Pokémon.
- Infrilator bypasses Substitute and Screens, making it hit as hard as it can.
Hawlucha @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- High Jump Kick
- Swords Dance
- Stone Edge
- Hawlucha is a great Dark type check and a powerful wallbreaker once it uses Swords Dance.
- Hawlucha's ability, Unburden, makes it faster upon using no items, so it relies on using Sitrus Berry to help it outspeed Pokémon.
- Acrobatics and HJK are strong STAB moves, while Stone Edge is used over Roost for bulkier Pokémon.
Rotom-Wash @ Wiki Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 108 HP / 184 SpA / 216 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Nasty Plot
- Substitute
- Rotom Wash is an excellent pivot and can kill Ground Types thanks to Hydro Pump STAB.
- Nasty Plot can also be used for strong damage against bulky Pokémon.
- Substitute is a filler option for stalling out opponents.
Darmanitan-Galar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Gorilla Tactics
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Earthquake
- Flare Blitz
- Stone Edge
- Arguably one of the most threatening scarfers in the tier. It's ability, Gorilla Tactics, boosts its attack, making it a threatening late-game cleaner.
- Icicle Crash is a very strong STAB move, while Earthquake, Flare Blitz and Stone Edge are for coverage.
- Zen Mode is also great, but misses out on boosted power.
CONCLUSION
In my opinion, the team is very fun to use as an offensive team and each Pokemon serves a great role. I am trying to find a way to improve this team to get it on high ladder, so please give me feedback. Thanks!!
REPLAYS
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Haxorus is a great overall Pokemon, but it ain't the best DD Sweeper with only dragon as STAB in this new gen. DD Gyarados is better in that job. Some people are even saying to ban it, for a reason. Here is the set for it-
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The team had two great Dynamax candidates, and Grimmsnarl was available, so I had to replace it with Hawlucha. This Pokemon is the best friend of Hyper Offence teams, as it provide dual screens, which makes setting up easier. It also has an amazing ability in Prankster, which help it in setting up screens despite its low base speed. Here's the set as well-
Use U-turn over Stone Edge, as it allows Galarian Darmanitan to bring a sweeper to setup and potentially sweep the opposing team, and the fact that other three moves hits everything for at least neutral damage covers the need of Stone Edge. Other than that, this Pokemon is fine, as it is the main wallbreaker of the team.
SubPlot Rotom-Wash is not that great with this team, as it's weak even after a boost and a defensive Rotom works better in this team, as it prevents opposing G-Darmanitan with Choice Scarf to completely destroy this team. Here is set for it-
