Sevi 7
Semi-retired
Dropping some teams now that I’ve become disillusioned with competitive Pokémon. I don’t think these teams are necessarily jank, because i think they’re competitively viable, but they’re probably not teams you’d end up using outside of ladder.
Double Water Double Rock
This is my version of that old Rhydon + Oma team that was used in SPL like 5 years ago. Innovmania was recently playing the original version on ladder, and it inspired me to make my own version. Laxless Egg + Oma works similar to the Laxless Egg + Gar teams that used to get used like 10 years ago. Oma can come in on B Slam or H Beam and hit back hard with HPump. If Lax has IB then it’ll lose to Oma in the 1v1 (barring RNG), and if it’s EQ, then Egg switches in and threatens with sleep or Psychic. You just need to scout the Lax set a little, but it’s not hard to do. The team works surprisingly well. It’s the most success I’ve ever had with Oma tbh. Also, Sub absolutely works over Counter. After Oma dies, some people assume you don’t have a good HBeam sponge after Oma dies so you can take advantage of that by have Don take Crit HBeam and KOing back with the counter.
Lead Chansey + Back Mie + BroDon
I really like GolDon + Bro teams, but I don’t like to play them traditionally. I like going for a more offensive strat and use Golem to wallbreak for Slowbro, or use Slowbro to wallbreak for Rhydon. I don’t care about the usual switch situations and pressure you put on teams like JoltCloy. With that in mind, I was playing a more traditional version of the team with lead Mie, but I didn’t like the interactions with opposing para leads. Being able to put an opposing para lead to sweep is the best situation for the strat I’m going for, but Jynx and Egg don’t really fit well on this team, and Gar doesn’t help against para leads. Plus Mie in the back is really nice if it doesn’t become my sleep fodder. So I made Chansey my lead sleep mon. Against Mie or Zam, stay in and go for Sing, but otherwise switch to Mie to take the sleep. You can definitely change up every mon’s moveset to fit your needs/playstyle. Sometimes I’ll change it up before I even load the team if i feel like I need TWave on Chansey or Surf on Bro, or w/e.
Counter Jynx + Egg Bomb Egg + Zapdos
This might be the most competitively viable team and it’s absolutely something you can run in a tour. That’s mostly because there’s nothing unique about this team, except for the two movesets. Counter Jynx is really nice sometimes. LK the lead and click Blizzard as they go Lax. They’ll click B Slam and you can use Counter to OHKO Lax after the Blizzard chip damage. Now, Lax is dead and you’re basically playing 5v4. Counter doesn’t always come into play, and the early game doesn’t always line up like that, but it happens enough where it’s a legitimate option over Rest.
As for Egg Bomb, DE’s recoil makes a difference vs Rhydon. After using DE twice vs Jynx and/or Zam, or once vs Chansey, Egg can only switch into Rhydon twice. But without that recoil, Egg can switch in a third time, which really helps support Zap. Egg Bomb’s accuracy can suck, and you may want to think about Strength instead, but it’s up to you to decide in the end.
Tauros + JoltCloy + LapDon + Art
My magnum opus. I was thinking that this might actually be a tournament viable team (it’s not). This team is Hyper Offense and you’ll be rewarded for playing it like that. The worse thing about this team is how susceptible it is to bad RNG. Missing a couple of attacks or getting para’d a few times can be huge, and can sometimes cost the game. Also Tauros lead is better against sleepers and Lax lead is better vs para leads. So think of which one you’ll be playing more and choose that one.
Back Mie + Growl Persian
This is the second most competitively viable team and is also something that you can use in a tour. It’s a pretty standard Jynx + Mie team. I just added Persian for the late game. And you absolutely want to reveal this thing in the late game, because you want it to go up against Tauros, where you’ll use Slash first , then Growl as Tauros uses HBeam ( HBeam doesn’t kill Persian at -1) and you can Slash twice as Tauros recharges. The rest of the team is pretty standard, but this is my favorite Persian set and my favorite Persian team.
Water + Ground + Electric
Back in 2015/16 I made so many teams with
Water Ground and Electric cores. It’s honestly a good core that should be tried a little more, In the current meta, I don’t think the core is as good as it was in the Big 4 days, so it’s hard to justify over teams with Lax, but I think it’s still something that could be your viable. If you’re like the core, cores with Lapras are legitimate as well. But then you’re better off with Sing Lapras and no Jynx and I think that’s less reliable. You can also try it with Sandslash. I saw somebody else have some success with that not too long ago, and the team looked fun as well.
Gar + Jynx + JoltCloy
When everyone and their mother was running JynxMie on the ladder, this team was fun. Explode on Jynx, and go into your own Jynx to make the game 5v4. Then go offensive from there. Ice Beam Jynx is meant to take on Chansey by freezing it, and the lack of power can hurt, but it’s usually worth the extra pp for Chansey. This isn’t a normal JoltCloy team and you’ll want to focus on the team’s offense rather than the defense like the normal cores.
That’s it for now. I know I have some more juicy teams somewhere, like a Poliwrath team or two and a Pory + Zap team. But I have teams across so many devices/google docs that it’s hard for me to track them all down. If I find them, I’ll post them here though. Hope you enjoy these at least.
Double Water Double Rock
This is my version of that old Rhydon + Oma team that was used in SPL like 5 years ago. Innovmania was recently playing the original version on ladder, and it inspired me to make my own version. Laxless Egg + Oma works similar to the Laxless Egg + Gar teams that used to get used like 10 years ago. Oma can come in on B Slam or H Beam and hit back hard with HPump. If Lax has IB then it’ll lose to Oma in the 1v1 (barring RNG), and if it’s EQ, then Egg switches in and threatens with sleep or Psychic. You just need to scout the Lax set a little, but it’s not hard to do. The team works surprisingly well. It’s the most success I’ve ever had with Oma tbh. Also, Sub absolutely works over Counter. After Oma dies, some people assume you don’t have a good HBeam sponge after Oma dies so you can take advantage of that by have Don take Crit HBeam and KOing back with the counter.
Lead Chansey + Back Mie + BroDon
I really like GolDon + Bro teams, but I don’t like to play them traditionally. I like going for a more offensive strat and use Golem to wallbreak for Slowbro, or use Slowbro to wallbreak for Rhydon. I don’t care about the usual switch situations and pressure you put on teams like JoltCloy. With that in mind, I was playing a more traditional version of the team with lead Mie, but I didn’t like the interactions with opposing para leads. Being able to put an opposing para lead to sweep is the best situation for the strat I’m going for, but Jynx and Egg don’t really fit well on this team, and Gar doesn’t help against para leads. Plus Mie in the back is really nice if it doesn’t become my sleep fodder. So I made Chansey my lead sleep mon. Against Mie or Zam, stay in and go for Sing, but otherwise switch to Mie to take the sleep. You can definitely change up every mon’s moveset to fit your needs/playstyle. Sometimes I’ll change it up before I even load the team if i feel like I need TWave on Chansey or Surf on Bro, or w/e.
Counter Jynx + Egg Bomb Egg + Zapdos
This might be the most competitively viable team and it’s absolutely something you can run in a tour. That’s mostly because there’s nothing unique about this team, except for the two movesets. Counter Jynx is really nice sometimes. LK the lead and click Blizzard as they go Lax. They’ll click B Slam and you can use Counter to OHKO Lax after the Blizzard chip damage. Now, Lax is dead and you’re basically playing 5v4. Counter doesn’t always come into play, and the early game doesn’t always line up like that, but it happens enough where it’s a legitimate option over Rest.
As for Egg Bomb, DE’s recoil makes a difference vs Rhydon. After using DE twice vs Jynx and/or Zam, or once vs Chansey, Egg can only switch into Rhydon twice. But without that recoil, Egg can switch in a third time, which really helps support Zap. Egg Bomb’s accuracy can suck, and you may want to think about Strength instead, but it’s up to you to decide in the end.
Tauros + JoltCloy + LapDon + Art
My magnum opus. I was thinking that this might actually be a tournament viable team (it’s not). This team is Hyper Offense and you’ll be rewarded for playing it like that. The worse thing about this team is how susceptible it is to bad RNG. Missing a couple of attacks or getting para’d a few times can be huge, and can sometimes cost the game. Also Tauros lead is better against sleepers and Lax lead is better vs para leads. So think of which one you’ll be playing more and choose that one.
Back Mie + Growl Persian
This is the second most competitively viable team and is also something that you can use in a tour. It’s a pretty standard Jynx + Mie team. I just added Persian for the late game. And you absolutely want to reveal this thing in the late game, because you want it to go up against Tauros, where you’ll use Slash first , then Growl as Tauros uses HBeam ( HBeam doesn’t kill Persian at -1) and you can Slash twice as Tauros recharges. The rest of the team is pretty standard, but this is my favorite Persian set and my favorite Persian team.
Water + Ground + Electric
Back in 2015/16 I made so many teams with
Water Ground and Electric cores. It’s honestly a good core that should be tried a little more, In the current meta, I don’t think the core is as good as it was in the Big 4 days, so it’s hard to justify over teams with Lax, but I think it’s still something that could be your viable. If you’re like the core, cores with Lapras are legitimate as well. But then you’re better off with Sing Lapras and no Jynx and I think that’s less reliable. You can also try it with Sandslash. I saw somebody else have some success with that not too long ago, and the team looked fun as well.
Gar + Jynx + JoltCloy
When everyone and their mother was running JynxMie on the ladder, this team was fun. Explode on Jynx, and go into your own Jynx to make the game 5v4. Then go offensive from there. Ice Beam Jynx is meant to take on Chansey by freezing it, and the lack of power can hurt, but it’s usually worth the extra pp for Chansey. This isn’t a normal JoltCloy team and you’ll want to focus on the team’s offense rather than the defense like the normal cores.
That’s it for now. I know I have some more juicy teams somewhere, like a Poliwrath team or two and a Pory + Zap team. But I have teams across so many devices/google docs that it’s hard for me to track them all down. If I find them, I’ll post them here though. Hope you enjoy these at least.
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