Reuniclus Rules! [OU 5th Gen] - Peaked 61

Xephyr

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Behold...the new master of competitive Pokemon...​

So here I am...in a sea of new Pokemon and no clue what's going on. I immediately see two Pokemon that I instantly fall in love with...
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Conkeldurr and Reuniclus. I knew I wanted to make a team around them. Here is what I came up with:

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Ferrothorn (Nattorei) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
I generally lead with Ferrothorn here, but with the new feature that allows you to see your opponent's team, I sometimes switch around. Ferrothorn is an excellent lead in this metagame, as he can stop the extremely common Tyranitar lead without much effort. Power Whip and Gyro Ball provide surprisingly decent STAB coverage, and both can hit quite hard. Gyro Ball pounds anything with decent speed, especially all these Scarf Latios and whatnot running around. Against most leads I can put up Stealth Rock and put a dent in their HP. I'm running Protect over Leech Seed or Spikes because everybody expects Leech Seed from this thing now, and I prefer the easy leftovers recovery and scouting Protect gives me. The EVs are pretty much standard, I believe. It allows this thing to eat up Outrages and Draco Meteors like it's nobody's business.

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Magnezone @ Leftovers
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40 HP / 252 SAtk / 216 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
I can't begin to tell you how many enemy Ferrothorns I have trapped and slaughtered with this thing. Even with the ability to see your team before hand, nobody seems to catch on. Scizors are still extremely common in this metagame, and Magnezone is as good of a counter as ever. Enemy Ferrothorns don't have anything that can break my sub, so I throw one up and slaughter it with Hidden Power Fire, and I still have my sub up to destroy whatever comes in next. Flash Cannon and Thunderbolt are good STABs that can beat up Tyranitar and Jellicent, respectively. This guy has great synergy with Latios, resisting most of each other's weakness, and Latios seems to attract steel types all the time which makes for an effective killing combo. The only steel type that troubles those two is Heatran, which is why I have...

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Vaporeon (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Wish
- Protect
- Boil Over
- Roar
Heatran and Jellicent are practically everywhere lately, so having a bulky water on your team is almost essential. I could just run my own Jellicent, but doing that would leave my team even more weak to Gengar, who can slaughter a lot of my team without breaking a sweat. Vaporeon isn't exactly a counter to Gengar, but she does better than Jellicent would. Vaporeon can also pass MASSIVE wishes to my teammates, mostly Latios. A Wish from this Vaporeon gives nearly full health to Latios, which is extremely useful. Boil Over is one of the most popular moves of the generation. It seems like a burn occurs on my opponents more often than not, which is extremely awesome. Roar makes Vaporeon an effective Phazer which gives me a chance against a Butterfly Dancing Volcarona or a Shell Breaking Cloyster.

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Conkeldurr (Roobushin) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Guts
EVs: 68 HP / 192 Atk / 248 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Payback
This thing is absurd. With a monstrous attack stat, immense bulk, and the move Bulk Up, you basically have a sweep every time. This thing functions as one of my two sweepers and as a counter to some of the biggest sweepers of the generation, including but not limited to Excadrill and Terakion. Mach Punch from this guy slays both of them, and can also help along with a sweep. The EVs are standard, which gives Conkeldurr lots of bulk on the special defensive side, and after a couple Bulk Ups, not much can kill this thing besides Psychic moves or a couple Draco Meteors. Payback and this guy's extreme lack of speed allows me to pound ghosts with a powerful move and helps round off Conkeldurr's great coverage.

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Latios (M) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Trick
This is going to be banned in about a month I'm guessing, so I guess I should abuse it while I can! Specs Draco Meteors from this thing do a disgusting amount of damage to basically everything, even steel types. Even Heatrans take like 40% from it, which is insane. Whenever Ferrothorns switch into me thinking I'll get walled and they can get hazards up, they get to meet my friend Magnezone, which is an excellent combo. Surf and Thunderbolt are my moves of choice here. Both do significant damage to Pokemon that are commonly on weather teams. Trick lets me cripple defensive Pokemon, like those jerkish Evolution Stone Chanseys I've been seeing lately.

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Reuniclus (Rankurusu) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Psycho Shock
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
I'm not joking when I say this is one of the most insanely powerful sets I've ever used. This thing does NOT die. After one or two calm minds, it's almost a sure gg. Even Chansey/Blissey can't win because of Psycho Shock. In fact, I welcome Chanseys or Blisseys to come in on this guy, because they're the easiest set-up bait! This thing has 424 HP and solid defenses and Magic Guard which means I'm getting my lefties recovery no matter what you try to do. The lack of speed hardly even matters because nothing can hurt me. I opted for HP Fighting over Focus Blast because Reuniclus doesn't need the massive power and doesn't need to risk missing. HP Fighting does plenty of damage against the things I need to hit. Psycho Shock and HP Fighting also get excellent coverage that is only resisted by enemy Psychic types. I can beat enemy psychics anyway though, since there's no way they can do anything to me! The only way to defeat Reuniclus is to hit it with strong STAB dark or bug moves or to pound on it with Draco Meteors before I get calm minds. I never have to worry about that though, because Reuniclus is always the last Pokemon I bring out.





Trouble Pokemon:
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- This guy kills me. I have to pray Vaporeon can survive and get him burned or something.
 
Judging by your trouble with Rando and generally lack of an ice move I would strongly suggest getting an ice move on this team. Vaporeon can sport ice beam instead of protect or roar, but you really need an ice attack even if it's just HP Ice. Ice is 4x effective among many top threats, kind of necessary for every team imo.
 
Hi, Nice team. The first change I am going to reccomend is to use Leech Seed over Gyro Ball on Ferrothorn. With Protect and Leech Seed Ferrothorn can keep recovering health. Even though you don't have Gyro Ball to hit Latias, you can stall it out. On Latias try Psycho Shock over Thunderbolt at this means Latias is a threatning Mixed Sweeper. The only thing Thunderbolt hits is Bulky Waters which are better to spam Thunderbolt against anyway. Finally run Focus Blast on Reniclius. Hidden Power Fighting is just not strong enough, missing out on KOs on some Tyranitar.

Gl with your team

TL,DR
Leech Seed>Gyro Ball on Ferrothorn
Psycho Shock>Thunderbolt on Latios
Focus Blast>Hidden Power on Reninclius
 
I'd recommend giving rankurusu a toxic orb so it becomes immune to status (namely sleep). Also, your latios is lacking HP Fire, which makes it vunerable to nattorei switch ins (it resists your entire set).

And like others said, run Ice Beam on vaporeon and leech seed on your nattorei
 
Odd... I've been having great success running a team that is surprisingly similar to yours. A recommendation I would make is to replace Magnezone (who it sounds like is there just to kill Ferrothorn, when that is merely set-up fodder for your Reuniclus) with a rapid spinner (I run a Claydol with SpA EVs and Ice Beam, Earth Power to take car of Gliscor, Landlos, etc. that wall most of my team) or with something else to take care of Landlos (maybe even a Starmie?)
 
1) I'd run Leech Seed over Gyro Ball on your Ferrothorn, as it allows you to actually recover off damage better than Leftovers alone, and Gyro Ball isn't doing much for you.
2) Reuniclus should have Psychic over Psycho Shock, as all Psycho Shock does for you is make you able to beat Cm Roar LAtias, which won't beat you anyway if you are the last pokemon out. Also, run Life Orb, as Magic Guard prevents any recoil and you can use Recover for your necessary recovery. Both these changes will significantly up your ability to sweep without taking away much at all.
3) Replace Conkeldurr (Roobushin) with CB Azumarill. I know it sounds crazy, but it allows you to OHKO Landlos, Doryuuzu, and many other threats on your team, and you don't really need both set-up sweepers that are so bulky. Cb Azu can cover many holes in your team and can help you take on rain teams in a pinch.
 
I don't think replacing Conkel with Azu will be a good idea because Conkel right now is the only one carrying a dark type attack to deal with those pesky ghosts.
 
DON'T replace roob with cb azumarril. Reuniclus and roob cover each other very well. Also keep psycho shock! It let's you hit lati@s harder. You can't count on reuniclus to be the last poke and if latias is at +6 and phazes you, you'll have a hard time. Furthermore, KEEP hp fighting. Fail blast just sux. "Oh you will ohko ttar".. IF you hit. Reuniclus also shouldn't be staying on tar anyway, cause crunch will either ko or stop the sweep cause almost every poke in ou will be able to deliver the final blow, since he is slow as hell. I'll come with a better rate later but I couldn't stand so many bad advice.
 
Reunicus is my favorite pokemon from gen 5 and i really dig your set. i agreed with leaving in roob (i use machamp with me reuni) and deffinetely try life orb on reuni. =]
 
MajorGambit said:
DON'T replace roob with cb azumarril. Reuniclus and roob cover each other very well. Also keep psycho shock! It let's you hit lati@s harder. You can't count on reuniclus to be the last poke and if latias is at +6 and phazes you, you'll have a hard time. Furthermore, KEEP hp fighting. Fail blast just sux. "Oh you will ohko ttar".. IF you hit. Reuniclus also shouldn't be staying on tar anyway, cause crunch will either ko or stop the sweep cause almost every poke in ou will be able to deliver the final blow, since he is slow as hell. I'll come with a better rate later but I couldn't stand so many bad advice.
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Well let's clear a few things up. First, your logic doesn't make sense regarding Focus Blast. What's better, having a 70% chance to OHKO Ttar or a 0% chance to OHKO? Because HP Fighting will never cut it at +0.

Second not even max attack Banded Ttar can OHKO with Crunch 100% of the time, I think it does like 90% min, and that set is rare. Not to mention if he plays Reuniclus last it's not hard to get rid of a team's weather inducer by then.

Third, Psycho Shock is less useful than Psychic. After one Calm Mind Reuniclus has no trouble getting in more against Latios and healing to the point where any attack will kill it. The only thing you have to worry about is Trick but that doesn't matter which move you carry. Also, you're not beating Latias without Shadow Ball since Latias has neutral Dragon Pulse, is faster, can Roar and can also use Psycho Shock if it wanted. It's a damned if do damned if don't situation.

Also if you're carrying Psycho Shock for Blissey, don't bother. The ONLY thing Blissey/Chansey can do to you is paralyze, which is a mild nuisance, or use Seismic Toss. It's total CM fodder to the point where you can 2HKO with Psychic. You'd have to be a fool to switch a Blissey in on Reunclus. Not to mention Psychic is better for taking out opposing Conkeldurr after they Bulk Up.

Speaking of Conkeldurr, replace Payback with Stone Edge. The only Ghost that Payback is more useful against is Golurk who is rarely seen. Most Ghosts are either OHKO by Stone Edge anyway (Gengar), or are Bulk Up fodder (Jellicent, Cofagrigus). Meanwhile SE let's you take on Gyarados, Volcarona, Salamence, Dragonite, etc. And you should never try to survive a STAB Psychic anyway. In which case make yourself an Adamant nature with normal speed.

For that reason is why I personally use Shadow Ball on my Reuniclus over Focus Blast. The coverage isn't as good but most people try to counter me with other Psychics, not Darks because they expect fighting moves. This let's me CM easily and obliterate them with Shadow Ball. If they do have a Dark type that's what Conkeldurr is for. They have great offensive synergy and can cover each other's weaknesses. That's just what I do though, you don't have to do the same.
 
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