One day, I got bored of stereotypical mainstream OU teams. That was like 3 days after I started playing on Pokemon Showdown. So, I looked at Aegislash and Greninja and thought "OMG KALOS! CHALLENGE ACCEPTED BITCHES!" So I just pulled the following team out of my ass and assembled it and all it's moves, EVs, natures, etc. in under 7 minutes. I have not edited the team AT ALL since then. This team has gone 4-1 on OU, so I thought ah what the heck, make an RMT on it and see what people think. I thought this team would crash and burn. Instead, it sprang up as a team destined for greatness, and took down every enemy it faced, save for one.
Here's an example of the team in action: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-94539052
THE TEAM
Talonflame
4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Nature: Adamant (+Atk -SpAtk)
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
Moves:
Brave Bird
Flare Blitz
U-Turn
Will-O-Wisp
Chicken
Talonflame is the lead of my team, and completely invaluable. Standard Talonflame set, except for Will-O-Wisp which tends to catch enemies by surprise for the most part, which is exactly what I was going for. I don't know what else to say about it, mainly cause she's pretty standard and straightforward. I found that as far as a Choice Band goes, I love it. Way better than Life Orb, and if you use Brave Bird with this, it does extreme amounts of damage. I'm too lazy to crunch out the numbers myself, but take my word for it, the damage is more than impressive. Anything she can't take care of, well, that's what U-Turn is for!
Greninja
4 Atk/252 SpAtk/252 Spd
Nature: Hasty (+Spd -Def)
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean
Moves:
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Dark Pulse
U-Turn
Libre
Did I sacrifice accuracy for power? Yes. Has it paid off? Mostly. The occasional turn when Hydro Pump miss is always a vital one, since, obviously, Greninja relies on it to do its job in order to survive. But when these moves hit, which is the vast majority of the time, they definitely pay off in their sheer amount of power. I've been considering replacing Hydro for Scald, so let me know about your thoughts on that. I already know what everyone's gonna say, go with better accuracy and burn, blah blah blah, but I want to hear your reasoning and opinions anyways. Anyways, again, a pretty standard set for a pretty standard Pokemon. Normally I don't like mainstream but these guys with these typical movesets get the job done for sure.
Aegislash
4 HP/252 Atk/252 SpAtk
IVs: 0 Speed
Nature: Brave (+Atk -Spd)
Item: Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
Moves:
King's Shield
Shadow Sneak
Shadow Ball
Gyro Ball
King
This guy has been pretty good overall, as far as pulling his own weight. King's Shield for protection, Shadow Sneak for priority, Shadow Ball and Gyro Ball for pretty good coverage. He's also my counter against Trick Room teams, which almost really screwed over this team once, but I still won with a lot of thanks to a very handily slow Aegislash. As for items, I've been using Sitrus Berry on him. A few people have been surprised and said Leftovers was a better idea, but the Sitrus Berry has worked out extremely well for me and I'm unsure if leftovers would do a better job in this case. Let me know what you think, but Sitrus Berry has definitely been helping a LOT.
Goodra
252 HP/252 SpAtk/4 SpDef
Nature: Modest (+SpAtk -Atk)
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Gooey
Moves:
Dragon Pulse
Fire Blast
Focus Blast
Thunderbolt
Grease
Man oh man, I had my doubts at first, but now I know. Goodra is an amazing special tank, and definitely has my respect. With a wide move pool and great stats for its purpose, it tanks some serious hits and dishes it right back out. Gooey is extremely useful because while Goodra's special defence is great, it's normal defence doesn't stand out as much at all. And that's where Gooey comes in. Any physical sweepers trying to take him out might succeed, but not without a cost. Goodra is very well set up, and I'd almost dare to say he defines the class known as Special Tanks. Again, it's moves give it awesome coverage, they all hit hard, Choice Scarf is so that he can just say "Screw it" and run in full speed with Dragon Pulse or Thunderbolt. Pretty good if you ask me.
Klefki
252 HP/128 Def/128 SpDef
Nature: Calm (+SpDef -Atk)
Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Prankster
Moves:
Thunder Wave
Dazzling Gleam
Protect
Switcheroo
Locke
The infamous Kefki. This little guy right here is incredible. Prankster combined with Thunder Wave takes out sweepers in a heartbeat. Switcheroo and Protect are for poison stall, not something he goes for a lot, but damage definitely adds up. Dazzling Gleam does nice damage too. Overall this little guy has impressed me; he can really take on almost every challenge. The only issue so far has been Ground types with Earthquake/Earth Power, mainly Nidoking. If anyone has suggestions for this I'm all ears.
Sylveon
252 HP/252 Def/4 SpAtk
Nature: Bold (+Def -Atk)
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
Moves:
Baton Pass
Calm Mind
Wish
Hyper Voice
Perry
Sylveon, the final member. She's the team cleric and support, as Heal Bell has saved me many times. I know Sylveons a special wall but I mean, come on people, let's be a little less predictable here. So gave her mixed wall stats instead, and it had worked out very well. Calm Mind and Baton Pass works well for everyone except Talonflame, but since he's a lead it usually makes no difference anyways. Wish is awesome cause well, I can heal any poke I want, which is extremely useful for members like Talonflame who are gonna have some serious recoil add up. Pixilate and Hyper Voice... Pretty standard on a Sylveon, and for good reason. I know I should have put Protect somewhere here but it's worked out the way it is. All in all pretty good.
Anyways, there's the team. Leave your comments and suggestions below and I'll let you know what I think. I really feel this team is a little more unique than what you'd normally see in the OU metagame, which is exactly what I wanted. No mainstream crap like Tentacruel and Breloom, I like a little change. Thanks for reading, hope you liked it, or inspired you to make your own more unique team, or even just use this one, I don't care. Just change up the metagame a bit, get some interesting fights around here. Thank you!
Example video of team: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-94539052
Here's an example of the team in action: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-94539052
THE TEAM
Talonflame
4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Nature: Adamant (+Atk -SpAtk)
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
Moves:
Brave Bird
Flare Blitz
U-Turn
Will-O-Wisp
Chicken
Talonflame is the lead of my team, and completely invaluable. Standard Talonflame set, except for Will-O-Wisp which tends to catch enemies by surprise for the most part, which is exactly what I was going for. I don't know what else to say about it, mainly cause she's pretty standard and straightforward. I found that as far as a Choice Band goes, I love it. Way better than Life Orb, and if you use Brave Bird with this, it does extreme amounts of damage. I'm too lazy to crunch out the numbers myself, but take my word for it, the damage is more than impressive. Anything she can't take care of, well, that's what U-Turn is for!
Greninja
4 Atk/252 SpAtk/252 Spd
Nature: Hasty (+Spd -Def)
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean
Moves:
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Dark Pulse
U-Turn
Libre
Did I sacrifice accuracy for power? Yes. Has it paid off? Mostly. The occasional turn when Hydro Pump miss is always a vital one, since, obviously, Greninja relies on it to do its job in order to survive. But when these moves hit, which is the vast majority of the time, they definitely pay off in their sheer amount of power. I've been considering replacing Hydro for Scald, so let me know about your thoughts on that. I already know what everyone's gonna say, go with better accuracy and burn, blah blah blah, but I want to hear your reasoning and opinions anyways. Anyways, again, a pretty standard set for a pretty standard Pokemon. Normally I don't like mainstream but these guys with these typical movesets get the job done for sure.
Aegislash
4 HP/252 Atk/252 SpAtk
IVs: 0 Speed
Nature: Brave (+Atk -Spd)
Item: Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
Moves:
King's Shield
Shadow Sneak
Shadow Ball
Gyro Ball
King
This guy has been pretty good overall, as far as pulling his own weight. King's Shield for protection, Shadow Sneak for priority, Shadow Ball and Gyro Ball for pretty good coverage. He's also my counter against Trick Room teams, which almost really screwed over this team once, but I still won with a lot of thanks to a very handily slow Aegislash. As for items, I've been using Sitrus Berry on him. A few people have been surprised and said Leftovers was a better idea, but the Sitrus Berry has worked out extremely well for me and I'm unsure if leftovers would do a better job in this case. Let me know what you think, but Sitrus Berry has definitely been helping a LOT.
Goodra
252 HP/252 SpAtk/4 SpDef
Nature: Modest (+SpAtk -Atk)
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Gooey
Moves:
Dragon Pulse
Fire Blast
Focus Blast
Thunderbolt
Grease
Man oh man, I had my doubts at first, but now I know. Goodra is an amazing special tank, and definitely has my respect. With a wide move pool and great stats for its purpose, it tanks some serious hits and dishes it right back out. Gooey is extremely useful because while Goodra's special defence is great, it's normal defence doesn't stand out as much at all. And that's where Gooey comes in. Any physical sweepers trying to take him out might succeed, but not without a cost. Goodra is very well set up, and I'd almost dare to say he defines the class known as Special Tanks. Again, it's moves give it awesome coverage, they all hit hard, Choice Scarf is so that he can just say "Screw it" and run in full speed with Dragon Pulse or Thunderbolt. Pretty good if you ask me.
Klefki
252 HP/128 Def/128 SpDef
Nature: Calm (+SpDef -Atk)
Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Prankster
Moves:
Thunder Wave
Dazzling Gleam
Protect
Switcheroo
Locke
The infamous Kefki. This little guy right here is incredible. Prankster combined with Thunder Wave takes out sweepers in a heartbeat. Switcheroo and Protect are for poison stall, not something he goes for a lot, but damage definitely adds up. Dazzling Gleam does nice damage too. Overall this little guy has impressed me; he can really take on almost every challenge. The only issue so far has been Ground types with Earthquake/Earth Power, mainly Nidoking. If anyone has suggestions for this I'm all ears.
Sylveon
252 HP/252 Def/4 SpAtk
Nature: Bold (+Def -Atk)
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
Moves:
Baton Pass
Calm Mind
Wish
Hyper Voice
Perry
Sylveon, the final member. She's the team cleric and support, as Heal Bell has saved me many times. I know Sylveons a special wall but I mean, come on people, let's be a little less predictable here. So gave her mixed wall stats instead, and it had worked out very well. Calm Mind and Baton Pass works well for everyone except Talonflame, but since he's a lead it usually makes no difference anyways. Wish is awesome cause well, I can heal any poke I want, which is extremely useful for members like Talonflame who are gonna have some serious recoil add up. Pixilate and Hyper Voice... Pretty standard on a Sylveon, and for good reason. I know I should have put Protect somewhere here but it's worked out the way it is. All in all pretty good.
Anyways, there's the team. Leave your comments and suggestions below and I'll let you know what I think. I really feel this team is a little more unique than what you'd normally see in the OU metagame, which is exactly what I wanted. No mainstream crap like Tentacruel and Breloom, I like a little change. Thanks for reading, hope you liked it, or inspired you to make your own more unique team, or even just use this one, I don't care. Just change up the metagame a bit, get some interesting fights around here. Thank you!
Example video of team: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-94539052
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