Most of you probably know how these work, team bazaars are just low effort places to share teams and ideas with other people. They can be casual, built around new tech, or hyper competitive, pretty much everything is welcome here.
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1. Playtest your teams before you put them up. This allows us to get a polished product that people can use/give effective advice on.
2. Please provide an importable of the team and give a brief but thorough description of the team.
Nothing major. I look forward to seeing what people have come up with so far!
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I experimented with this back in Gen 7, as it is my favorite Pokemon of all time and I wanted to see if I could find a suitable niche for it. AS a suicide lead, it was heavily outclassed, but I decided to bring it back for this team. The main role Infernape has over other leads is its ability to use the combo of Taunt Endeavor, which allows it to cripple pokemon while also preventing Sub Zacian from being a problem, disallow hazards on common setters such as Primal Groudon, and prevent opposing Taunt. Notably, Infernape's speed tier allows it to outspeed Deoxys S after one Rock Tomb, which can be crucial in winning the hazard war. I opted for negative Defenses to pop the ape's Sash more often.
The second member of the Sash Squad, Cloyster serves as a Spinner, which I cannot emphasize enough, is crucial for this team to function. Hazards up on your side of the field are often a lost game. Cloyster also allows me to reliably revenge threats such as Non Dynamaxed Yveltal, Marshadow, and Mega Rayquaza provided your Sash is intact. It naturally complements with Infernape, denying the hazards of leads that beat it, such as Deo S, Aerodactyl, and most importantly, Excadrill. Shell Smash makes Cloyster a potential late game cleaner, but it is mainly used to force the opponent to go into Pokemon which the rest of the team can take advantage of, such as Dusk Mane. Spikes is simply here to pressure opposing teams as much as possible.
Probably the biggest innovation of this team, this Yveltal set completely revolutionizes how to normally beat it. This is your most common Dynamax user. Sky Attack is the best Physical Flying move Yveltal gets. Knock Off is an incredibly spammable option when not Dynamaxed, and Max Darkness is frighteningly powerful. Steel Wing allows me to beat Diancie and Ttar with ease, while also making Yveltal that much harder to revenge kill, thanks to its Defense boosts. Notably, if you have already obtained a Speed boost, it allows you to beat Zacian C 1v1 provided you aren't severely weakened. Finally, HP Ice is here to Ohko Zyg C, which would otherwise wall this set. One of the most deadly sets in AG right now, with no true counter, and also the MVP of the team.
Here we have the second Dynamax abuser of the team, and the first standard option. Weakness Policy is the preferred item here, as Dusk Mane's solid bulk coupled with Prism Armor allow it to take most super effective hits and set up with Dragon Dance. Sunsteel Strike and Earthquake are obligatory coverage, while Stone Edge is here to deal with the omnipresent Ho-Oh and Yveltal. The main reason behind this choice was to grant an emergency Xerneas check(only if rocks are up on your side. Otherwise Xerneas is fairly easily dealt with.) and to have a Pokemon that can still sweep even without the benefit of Dynamax.
The final member of Sash Squad and part of the dynamic duo that is Endeavor Forever, Marshadow has an extremely important role and holds the team together. It is the primary revenge killer to multiple threats to the team, including Zacian C. Marshadow is chosen over Ditto for three reasons:
The last member of the team, and the second of the revenge killers. This spot has changed quite a lot, starting from DD Zyg, to Grassium Z Zacian, and then to Double Dance regular Don. I finally settled on Scarf Kyogre as it can easily clean lategame and most importantly, provides another effective out to Zacian C, probably the biggest threat to my team. For that reason, Timid is necessary, as being outsped by random Jolly Zacian can oftentimes cost games. It's rare that I Dynamax this, but in a pinch it serves the role well.
