CBPZ Returns
by Shengineer and Aawin
This Bulky Offense team is built around the surprise breaking power of Choice Band Porygon-Z. The rest of the team is a relatively standard boots spam balance structure.
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The team was initially built around the inherent synergy between PZ and Munki. Munkidori struggles into special walls like Alolan Muk, which PZ can OHKO with a Double-Edge after a boost. Munkidori sports both U-turn to get PZ in to break, and Nasty Plot to clean up in its wake of destruction.
Up next, I added the obligatory Incineroar. It easily switches into most Ghost types that try to punish our choice-locked PZ, and helps break down Steel types that our original core could not.
We were accruing quite the ground weakness at this point, and our team was lacking in the speed department, so we added a Choice Scarf Flygon to provide pivoting, revenge killing, and even hazard setting all in one slot. It was also at this point we commited to a boots spam idea, since we wanted to squeeze the most value out of our last few slots, and we're okay with letting PZ go after it has done its job.
Bronzong was added as a secondary wincon, and was chosen to provide us with an actual Fairy and Flying resist, and an answer to opposing Flygon. Since rocks are already covered, we went all-in on a double dance moveset.
Lastly, a Vaporeon was added for a few reasons. Firstly, we have no water resist on the team, so without a water immune on the team we will fold to Rain teams. Second, our team really appreciates the added longevity from wishes, and they have just enough bulk to ensure we can actually pass the wish without dying. Finally, Roar adds a nice layer of safety against enemy setup sweepers like Feraligatr.
The team was initially built around the inherent synergy between PZ and Munki. Munkidori struggles into special walls like Alolan Muk, which PZ can OHKO with a Double-Edge after a boost. Munkidori sports both U-turn to get PZ in to break, and Nasty Plot to clean up in its wake of destruction.
Up next, I added the obligatory Incineroar. It easily switches into most Ghost types that try to punish our choice-locked PZ, and helps break down Steel types that our original core could not.
We were accruing quite the ground weakness at this point, and our team was lacking in the speed department, so we added a Choice Scarf Flygon to provide pivoting, revenge killing, and even hazard setting all in one slot. It was also at this point we commited to a boots spam idea, since we wanted to squeeze the most value out of our last few slots, and we're okay with letting PZ go after it has done its job.
Bronzong was added as a secondary wincon, and was chosen to provide us with an actual Fairy and Flying resist, and an answer to opposing Flygon. Since rocks are already covered, we went all-in on a double dance moveset.
Lastly, a Vaporeon was added for a few reasons. Firstly, we have no water resist on the team, so without a water immune on the team we will fold to Rain teams. Second, our team really appreciates the added longevity from wishes, and they have just enough bulk to ensure we can actually pass the wish without dying. Finally, Roar adds a nice layer of safety against enemy setup sweepers like Feraligatr.
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Galvantula
Kilowattrel
Porygon-Z
Lucario
- I wanted to pair something here that could maybe allow PZ to get the jump on a few things with its middling speed, so opted for T-wave umbreon to spread para. Umbreon gives useful recovery and bulk to the team and an emergency answer to most Lucario by way of Tera poison.
- Diancie provided good role compression here with rocks, added bulk on both sides and can maintain offensive pressure.
- I chose talon as the hazard removal for the team to round out the utility/defensive group and add ability to cripple physical threats with burn and provide a ground immunity.
- SD set to add another heavy hitter and also a classic Vape answer as well as some help into rain teams. 
: As with all snow teams, this is a mandatory parter. Aurora Veil + 3 attacks lets it help out Cetitan with setting up, and it can be a mini wallbreaker at times. I chose to go defensive because, with Snow boost, Abomasnow can even live super effective physical hits. Tera Water helps absorb any incoming Fire-type attack.
: The star of the show, Cetitan is amazing at cleaning up games with Belly Drum, its high-Base Power attacks, and STAB priority. Tera Ground is nice to boost up Earthquake, and it sheds its Ice typing.
: Heavy-Duty Boots + Taunt is a set I've been loving on Inteleon recently, as it blocks set up sweepers and helps beat walls alike. Tera Ghost also ensures Lucario can't sweep this team without a second thought.
: With how hard fat Water-types are to KO with Cetitan, Toxicroak can take advantage of Inteleon's U-turn to beat them beforehand. The EV spread outspeeds Breloom and uninvested Toxicroak with the rest in HP. Tera Dark blocks Psychic-type attacks while simultaneously boosting Sucker Punch.
: Espeon holds back hazard setters and doubles as a pivot for Cetitan after Abomasnow has set Aurora Veil or otherwise. Espeon also works as an effective semi breaker with Psychic Noise and powerful attacks. Tera Fairy both resists super effective Dark-type attacks and boosts Alluring Voice.
: Flygon acts as an early pivot that can set hazards and, once again, functions as a semi-wallbreaker. Its Electric and Ground immunities are also greatly appreciated by the team. Tera Steel blocks Dragon-, Fairy-, and Ice-type attacks from taking care of Flygon as easily.
Flygon
Bronzong
The first rain setter, this is just the standard set. It sets up rain, pivots out to the rain sweepers and hits hard. Tera steel can be really good as a defensive option, so don't underestimate it.
So, the first swift swimmer of the team, I'll explain here why I chose beartic. Normally, beartic is a bad mon. It has sky high 130 base attack, and alright defenses, but is held back severly by an ice typing and slow speed. However, it has ways to circumvate these issues due to its abilities. Slush rush and for this team, swift swim, double its speed in a weather condition. For swift swim, it allows beartic to become a devestating sweeper that outspeeds most unboosted threats. You can afford adamant since 398 speed outspeeds everything relevant (unless electrode becomes popular) unboosted. Now, what can beartic provide to rain? Well, ice typing is big for rain, allowing them to destroy the grass and dragon types that might wall their water moves, and its sheer power combined with sd means no wall is going to be living its hits. SD of course, allows beartic to boost itself to insane levels. Icicle spear combined with loaded dice is a 100-125 bp stab move that rips through most things. Close combat can deal with incineroar, steel types and water types that resist its stab move. E-quake rounds out the coverage to make sure basculegion doesn't wall it, though if you are alright with mascu walling beartic, then aqua jet or liquidation can be slotted in. Finally, tera fighting boosts the power of CC and removes beartic of its awful typing, allowing it to take a hit and resist flygon's first impression.
Of course, I needed a secondary swift swimmer, and what better mon for that then kingdra. Kingdra is able to clean the faster teams that beartic may struggle with. I decided timid over modest in order to get the speed jump on stuff like +1 cincinno and scarf raikou (which I did see on ladder lmao). The rest is just the standard set, though hurricane can be used over flip turn if you want to hit grasses harder.
Finally, the second rain setter, this klefki set is a very utility heavy set. Spikes weakens up the enemy team for the sweepers, t-wave can cripple opponents, rain dance of course sets up rain for the sweepers and foul play means any attempts to boost on it will be stopped. Tera water can help defensively, though it isn't used that often.
At a glance, the team needed a Cresselia check since the aforementioned core can't beat it (esp. the CM set), so I brought in my own CM mon to keep it in check. Tera Grass can help here too for extra Energy Ball damage, but Fairy makes it a better Fighting check that it already is (resist Knock). It's also possible to run Trailblaze over Energy Ball with Tera Grass to let it function as a "scarfer" but with Chandy, it's all about damage output and CM suits it better in that area.
Typical Steel and special wall. Again, rocks could easily be put here over Iron Defense or TWave. But for now, the set works. Tera Ghost for checking Fightings in a pinch.
Look! Its not Spyder. Specs Galv hits really well coming from a amazing speed. It fakes a webs team (even if Umbreon/Lugg should already show it) And Grass/Bug/Electric is a really nice coverage . Finally Specs Volts are really nice to position wile doing some significative dmg.
Well , physical wall with spin nothing new but for that role compression there isn't a single mon that do as well as it. Sturdy give you the ability to guaranty doing your job as a removal or even throwing some descent atk coming from your base 117. Good mon for the job it needs to be doing.
The other side of the coin but a much better mon in general, it's a special wall that is here to stop boosting sweepers with toxic and Foul Play ( that's why the Def investment) and still do its job being able to take on even something stupid as +1 Specs Pz. And with the traditional wish toxic set it can be an independent win con.
