Gen 6 MEGA ABSOL TEAM

[pokestar56]

My GEN 6 competitive team is comprised of:
Physical Sweeper- Dragonite
Lead/Mixed Sweeper- Absol
Special Attackers/Sweepers- Gengar & Jolteon
Utility/Mixed Wall- Ferrothorn
Special Wall/Rapid Spinner- Tentacruel

Item: Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Bomb
- Destiny Bond
Gengar is my effective spin blocker also a great special sweeper. He can take any earthquakes aimed at Tentacruel and use that turn to take advantage thanks to his blistering speed. Destiny bond used as a fun tactic when Gengar is cornered. Especially useful against sucker punch users: Mawile and Kangaskhan. Shadow Ball as his powerful STAB. Focus Blast to handle pesky steel types like ferrothorn and also good against tyranitar. Sludge bomb for a nice counter to pesky fairies which Absol struggles with and annoy Dragonite. I originally had black sludge as an item but opted for life orb to get more damage seeing as gengar is quite frail.

Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Fire Blast
- Play Rough
Absol is a great lead and is effective when opponent has any hazard type of lead. Also a uncommon mega to use but very effective as the fastest magic bouncer in the game. Also has great help for Dragonite due to Stealth Rock weakening dragonite so easily. Swords Dance so that it can setup to begin sweeping. Sucker punch for needed priority to give it advantage against alakazam, mega gengar, etc. Fire blast to take care of grass, ice, and steel types. Play rough for dragons and fighting types. Can easily switch in to any psychic attacks aimed at Tentacruel. Absol is great as a sweeper because he can not be affected by status moves as long as he is mega evolved.

Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Extreme speed
My star physical sweeper. A switch into an earthquake aimed at Tentacruel and free turn to DDance. Or any moves that it resists. Weakness policy to draw SE attacks while multiscale is active. And DDance on the first turn after the boost from weakness policy Dragonite becomes a real menace. Even if opponent trys to play around weakness policy it gives dragonite a better chance to live. Extreme speed for priority, dragon claw for powerful STAB. Earthquake to help round out it's coverage. D Claw for powerful STAB and coverage. Extreme speed to make sure it does not get revenge killed as easily.

Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 Spe
Bold Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Sludge Bomb / Toxic Spikes / Toxic
- Haze / Protect

Is my mixed wall, provides much needed to help out Fire attacks against Ferrothorn. He is also my rapid spinner to ensure Dragonite never has to worry about those pesky rocks. I prefer a spinner over a defog user as I like to setup rocks with Ferrothorn when possible. Clear body prevents speed drop from sticky web. Scald to ensure nothing sets up on him, mainly physical attackers due to the risk of being burned. Can use Sludge bomb for added coverage and protection against fairies. Also can use the protect/toxic duo to wear enemies down and protect can allow for extra recovery from black sludge. I effectively have all of his weaknesses covered. Dragonite can switch in on earthquakes, Absol can switch in against any psychic attacks, and lastly Jolteon can switch in on any electric attacks without consequence. It gives me a ton of options when battling.

name: Special Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Volt Switch
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Ice
ability: Volt Absorb
item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Jolteon is my second special attacker, his main role is to switch into any electric attacks and pull off some damaging moves by utilizing its blistering speed. Thunderbolt for powerful STAB and coverage against water and flying types mainly, Azumarill, Togekiss, and Talonflame. Thanks to its high Speed and above average Special Attack, Jolteon is able to check a lot of prominent threats in the metagame, such as Talonflame, Greninja, Azumarill, Garchomp, and Togekiss. On top of that, Jolteon possesses enough Speed to outpace +1 Adamant Dragonite and Gyarados, both of which can be OHKOed by a coverage move after Stealth Rock. Volt Switch gives Jolteon much-needed momentum against common switch-ins like Tyranitar and Ferrothorn. Hidden Power Ice is essential in dealing with Gliscor and Garchomp, who otherwise completely wall Jolteon and OHKO back with Earthquake. It's also nice for Dragon-types like Salamence and Dragonite. Shadow Ball is useful for OHKOing Gengar after Stealth Rock and hits Aegislash pretty hard.

Relaxed
252 HP / 184 Def / 68 SpD
Leftovers
~ Stealth Rock
~ Leech Seed
~ Power Whip
~ Gyro Ball

Originally my team's greatest weakness was to bulky water type pokemon and I found Ferrothorn was the perfect solution to this. He provides great utility as a stealth rocker. On top of that he helps Absol against fairies with Gyro Ball. And Tentacruel comes to his aid when deadly fire attacks are launched at him. Gengar helps him out against fighting attacks. Leech seed is to wear down opponents who cannot put a large enough dent in him. Power Whip to hit bulky waters really hard. He is main objective is to annoy and wear down the enemy team where he can.

Please give me any advice you may have. Thank you!

 

[Redevil360]

Wow, this is a really nice and well thought-out team! I cant think of any major changes right now but a small nitpick might be to change sludge bomb to sludge wave, so that bulletproof chesnought [hey, some people run it in OU :)] doesn't completely wall gengar. Also I would say that tentacruel isn't very viable in OU anymore, but I can't think of anything else to fulfill the same role. I think toxic-protect would work best on tentacruel. Lastly, have you thought about changing tentacuel's ability to liquid ooze, since that means you can switch in on conkledurr's drain punch and stuff, also tenta doesn't really care about stat lowers too much, like intimidate and sticky web.
Anyway, I don't usually rate, but I hope I gave you somethings to think about.
Good luck with your team!

 

[Timpsu]

Hey! I think you have an overall solid team, but it is let down by some of its weakest members.

First of all, I'd maybe think about replacing Swords Dance with Pursuit on M-Absol. Sucker Punch is quite easy to avoid, so having Pursuit + Sucker Punch lets you play mindgames with the opponent. Swords Dance is mainly for sweeping, and I think M-Absol could work as a wallbreaker in your team with a wider movepool. I would maybe try Outrage on D-nite for an even more powerful STAB, but ultimately your call. I would also a suggest a spread of 252 Atk / 24 Def / 232 Spd with Adamant nature on Dragonite, as faster threats should be hit with ExtremeSpeed regardless, and the extra power from nature is needed. 24 Def EVs actually let you survive a Play Rough from CB Azumarill if Multiscale is intact. I normally wouldn't recommend Tentacruel on any OU team, as he really can't do anything else than Rapid Spin. Secondary effects on Scald and Sludge Bomb are nifty, but it's a bit of a stretch to rely on those. However, seeing as his weaknesses are well-covered on your team, it's hard to suggest a replacement. Probably closest you would get is Starmie, but then again, he fulfills a different role. Rergardless, I'm gonna put down one possible set if you want to try Starmie. It does have a decent synergy with Ferrothorn though.

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move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Psyshock
move 4: Rapid Spin
ability: Analytic
item: Life Orb
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

I think another sub-otimal Pokemon in your team is Jolteon, as it is outclassed by Raikou in almost all aspects. Literally the only things Jolteon has is a better Speed tier, and an immunity to Electric-type moves. Although I don't think the latter matters, as Jolteon takes heavy damage from every other attack, and your opponent is a fool if he spams Electric-moves when your Jolteon is alive. Also, the only relevant Pokemon Jolteon outspeeds (and Raikou does not) is Greninja, but Raikou can take a hit if need be and retaliate. Raikou has a better bulk, hits harder and has better coverage options so I suggest you try him. I'm gonna put down one possible set for you, which directly replaces Jolteon in its role. Extrasensory is used to hit M-Venusaur and Conkeldurr, both of which wall your Jolteon. Enough Speed EVs to outrun Thundurus, rest to bulk. These are my suggestions for the team, good luck in your battles!

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move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Volt Switch
move 3: Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Extrasensory
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
evs: 32 HP / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
nature: Timid

 

[Hawkeye998]

I agree with a lot of what Timpsu said, but to add a few more things:
-Using sludge wave over sludge bomb on Gengar will stop you from being walled by the occasional Chesnaught.
-Another option over Jolteon is Thundurus-I, using a simple max speed+, max SpA spread with thunderbolt, HP ice, and then your choice of 2 of: focus blast for more coverage, thunder wave to cripple sweepers, nasty plot to boost, or taunt to stop setup and hazards. He doesn't have the electric immunity, but his high power and prankster moves really increase the offensive pressure.
-I also agree with what Redevil360 said about Tentacruel.
Hope some of that helps.

 

[pokestar56]

Thank you everyone for your helpful responses. After using this team for awhile I did find Tentacruel not nearly as helpful as last gen. Redevil360 thanks for the suggestion for Gengar, i was planning on switching it to sludge wave for the extra damage boost. Timpsu, I was testing out swords dance on Absol and found it to be not too helpful, I originally was using protect which I like to have when Absol is a lead to ensure it gets into its Mega evolution safely and for scouting. However I will try the sugestions you gave for Absol. Timpsu and Hawkeye998 I considered Thundurus-I as a much better option however i did not consider Raikou. The only reason I did not use Thundurus-I is because I was building this team for pokemon X and Y and there is no "LEGAL" way to get a perfect competitive Thundurus-I or Raikou... lol. Thank you guys for your input. I just rearranged some members and created a new team that I submitted on the XY OU RMT thread. Please take a look and give me some input if you guys get a chance. It's titled: DUAL DRAGONS. Thanks again.