Sneaky
CM Lefties Raikou Balance
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Used this team for RUGL, and while I didn’t win with it, I think it was more of a skill issue than a problem with the team, which seems really solid to me from the times I’ve played with it.
Decently standard Raikou set, running TBolt, Scald for Grounds, and Aura Sphere can catch Cyclizars off guard and deal decent damage. Tera Fighting gives you that extra kick to threaten Cyclizars, and can threaten very decent damage at +1. I ran lefties over boots just to have more chances to setup, Raikou is definitely threatening into the tier with its options for coverage, however it can feel somewhat lackluster at times in terms of sheer power, which the rest of the team attempt to make up for.
Wish pass Rachi helps elongate the longevity of the rest of the team, and spreading paralysis gives more chances for the rest of the team to setup or break through key defensive walls. I ran PhysDef on my Rachi, as Cyclizar is pretty much the perfect check into most special attackers in the tier, with those that may threaten it out, like Gardevoir, being walled by even uninvested Rachi, which isn’t even true in this case, as 252 EVs are still invested into HP for more general bulk. The rest of the EVs, plus a Jolly nature allow Rachi to outspeed most Moltres and get off a U-Turn. Tera Electric provides an extra form of absorption for Paralysis in a worst case scenario.
The team’s rocks setter, nothing out of the ordinary with this set. Tera Dragon helps into Rain matchups in conjunction with Volcanion.
I was maybe a little to worried about Slowbro going into the matchup, so I slotted the perfect counter to it on the team, being tera dark tera blast, which can threaten a non setup Slowbro from full. Taunt covers random T-Waves and bulky walls that may annoy my team otherwise.
While I do really enjoy special Mence, I figured this team already had enough Special pressure on it, and so I went for a DD Roost set instead, which can bait in Special walks expecting Dracos or Hurricanes, only to be hit with a DD and put into an iffy position. Tera Ground powers up Earthquake, and also blocks T-Waves as well.
Tera Fairy to help against stuff like Okidogi or Gapdos, along with special Mence or Noivern.
literally the same teams posted at the same time, you can't make this upI decided that, in traditional Flam fashion, I will not be building around the generic Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / CM variants of Raikou and have decided that Choice Specs Raikou is the future.
Armarouge - HDB Armarouge with CM to take advantage of spin attempts
Cyclizar - Dragon Tail for phasing but otherwise standard stuff.
Hippowdon - Reliably RH mon that can rack up big damage and sit on a lot of physical attackers.
Jirachi - The embodiment of evil and our Wish support for the star of the show.
Raikou - Specs Raikou is something I wanted to try for a while now as Discharge can punish the Cyclizar switch-ins early and rack up lots of nice chip damage and momentum with strong Volt Switches.
Salamence - Mixed Salamence is a great mon in this meta and I like the spread provided to hit most of the tier hard.
No mine has a Specs Raikou and Armarouge and his has Lefties Raikou and Volcanion, totally different processesliterally the same teams posted at the same time, you can't make this up