SM OU M-Scizor Bulky offense

[Nekroguy]

Hi. Im Nekroguy and today i gave to you another brand-new team. Is focused in Mega Scizor, who is an awesome pokemon that can destroy most of pokemons in OU tier with 2 SD. Here is the team:

Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 64 Atk / 124 Def / 16 SpD / 56 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Roost
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The BOY, the star of the team. It has a standard set unless in Superpower attack, who specifically beats Magnezone and Ferrothorn, who can stop Scizor. Sword dance increases Mega Scizor huge attack, Bullet punch is for STAB and with Technician ability its terribly powerful. Roost is for recovery and give Scizor longevity.

Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Pursuit
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Tyranitar is a powerful pokemon that can cover Scizor for fire attacks, his only weakness. TTar can beat Scizor counters in Zapdos, Heatran, Magnezone, Volcarona, Zard-Y, etc. Choice band set given by Smogon is useful for this purpouse, and banded Crunch can make great damage for pokemon who dont resist it. Crunch for STAB, same case for Stone Edge. EQ for Magnezone and Heatran. Pursuit to ensure kill of Volcarona, Zard-Y and Zapdos trapping them.

Hydreigon @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- U-turn
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Hydreigon gives the team some speed control, also is another fire resistance. An scarf set is in handy to revenge kill most pokemon, and with an spammable Dark pulse with a chance to flinch foe is very useful. Draco meteor is for OHKO neutral objetives. Flamethrower is for Steel-type pokemon and for Tangrowth that can resist Mega Scizor Bullet punch. U-turn is for momentum for my team, very handy if some threat pokemon enter in scene.

Tapu Koko @ Electrium Z
Ability: Electric Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dazzling Gleam
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
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Tapu koko is, for much, my favorite tapu. Most of Water-type pokemon can wall Scizor, for example Toxapex, and koko can handle with him easily. Dazzling gleam and thunderbolt are two powerful STAB attacks to destroy walls like celesteela and skarmory, toxapex and alomomola. HP Ice to hit earth-type pokemon like Lando-T and Volt switch to preserve momentum and make a volt-turn core with hydreigon; Mega Scizor hydreigon and Tapu koko make a powerful Steel-type, dragon-type and fairy-type offensive core.

Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Stealth Rock
- U-turn
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Lando-T is a necesary evil. Good types,ability and stats make this pokemon awesome. A defensive set and leftovers to resist and destroy some threats and give the team inmunity to electricity. EQ to kill fire-type and steel-type pokemon, Knock off to throw away items from foes. SR is mandatory in every team and u-turn give me a chance to put in scene another pokemon better for the situation.

Rotom-Wash @ Iapapa Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 204 SpD / 56 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Will-O-Wisp
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Finally, Rotom-W apperas as the special wall. Cripples foe`s attack with Will-o-wisp, its a good defogger and make a good volt-turn core with landorus-T. Hydro pump can threat other landorus and fire-type monters. Iapapa berry is for recovery and i think its better for Rotom than leftovers, since some pokemon like Mega Swampert can do much damage with Waterfall, and leftovers`s recovery is very weak, and iapapa berry make Rotom resist 1 more hit.

Well guys, this is the team. I think it can be several improves to make it better and more powerful. Otherwise is very funny and i enjoyed too much building it. Please make me suggestions to make stronger the team, thank you so much from now.

 

[Jordy]

Hi there Nekroguy, this is honestly a team archetype that I really like personally, but I'd like to suggest some changes to improve this team's overall matchup in the current metagame as I feel it has some shaky matchups that could be improved.

Changes in Blue
Threats in Red

This team could use some changing up to improve its matchup against major threats against this team, like Zygarde, Tyranitar, Fight-Z Tapu Bulu, Mega Lopunny, Mega Medicham, and Ash-Greninja.

Changes

I feel that Mega Scizor's spread should be changed to 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD. This improves the teams matchup against Tyranitar(without Fire Punch) and Fight-Z Tapu Bulu, which both are massive threats to this team. I'd also suggest changing Superpower to Knock Off as this still hits Ferrothorn for a good chunk of damage but also lets Mega Scizor deal with Toxapex, it's not like you're doing much to Magnezone anyways as it will most likely outspeed Mega Scizor.

I don't think Hydreigon is really that good without Choice Specs as this takes away its wallbreaking abilities, so I'd suggest a change to Tornadus-T. Tornadus-T brings useful utility to the table, it's still able to act as a pivot and gives Knock Off support. It also has Defog, which goes well with the change I'm going to make on Rotom-W later. Tornadus-T improves this teams matchup against Grass-types like Tangrowth and Mega Venusaur, as well as Mega Medicham and Mew, which this team can have some trouble breaking.

As Tornadus-T now has the z-move slot I'd change Tapu Koko from Electrium Z to Shuca Berry. This improves the matchup against Zygarde and Landorus-T. This doesn't really negatively impact the team as the matchup against AV Magearna is just fine, and Shuca Berry Tapu Koko is simply great. This also provides more utility and turns Tapu Koko into a reliable pivot.

I'd suggest changing Landorus-T's set to defensive Scarf, this improves the matchup against Mega Pinsir, Zygarde, and Tyranitar, both of which can be big nuisances to this team.

I'd change Rotom-W to Toxapex. Rotom-W is not a reliable wall to Pokemon like Ash-Greninja and Volcarona, whereas Payapa Berry Toxapex is. Toxapex also improves the matchup against Gastrodon, as it can cripple it thanks to Toxic. Payapa Berry helps with Mega Medicham and Volcarona, which are both pretty big nuisances to the team.

Ending notes

I improved the matchup against major threats, namely Tyranitar, Fight-Z Tapu Bulu, Mega Medicham, Zygarde, Mega Lopunny, Volcarona, and Ash-Greninja, all of which were great threats to this team, while these matchups may have improved. The matchup against stall has significantly decreased, which makes it relatively hard to beat.

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