XY OU Skill Link Team

Heya, this is an idea i had after discovering cinccino and cloyster so i tried to make on decent team with 3 users of skill link, here's the team:



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Cinccino @ King's Rock
Ability: Cute Charm
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Tail Slap
- U-turn
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Blast


Of course Cinccino is required here for a Skill Liink Team, rock blast tail slap ( STAB) and rock blast are here for the multi-hit attack and for the coverage of types while U-Turn is here for the hit and run when the opponent is a Fighting type or a pokemon i can't attack efficiently.

For the EV 252 in speed and 252 in Atk for usually attack fast and hard, so a jolly nature is needed for outsped much pokemon.

It's my Physical Sweeper.

For the item it is in testing, King's Rock is a good item for a Skill Link Team user because of the 40% average of flinching but i hesitate to take out for a choice band or life orb :/.


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Cloyster @ Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Ice Shard
- Shell Smash
- Rock Blast

Another great user of Skill Link so Rock Blast / Icicle Spear are required for STAB and coverage, Shell Smash is here for increase drastically the Attack and Speed by 2 so Cloyster will usually attack first but due to his frail Spe Def i choose to run Focus Sash to avoid the ohko and for be sure i can set up with Shell Smash, and Ice Shard if here for revenge killing and for have a priority attack on this team since it's the only one i have ..

I must be wary about Bullet Punch Extreme Speed and other priority attack of course x).

It's my 2nd Physical Sweeper.

For EVs there is no explanations needed i think it's like Cinccino, 252 Spe and 252 Atk for increase our chance to attack first + with Shell Smash it's good.



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Heracross-Mega @ Heracronite
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bullet Seed
- Close Combat
- Pin Missile
- Rock Blast/Earthquake

My third Skill Link user Fighting/Bug so Close Combat over Arm Thrust because it deal better damage with STAB, Bullet Seed is here for cover the Water Cloyster weakness and for Skill Link of course like Pin Missile for STAB and Rock Blast but i don't know what to choose between earthquake and rock blast since earthquake cover a large number of types if you can say me your advice about it^^.

For EVs it's the same as Cloyster and Cinccino 252 Spe and 252 Atk for his fast and hard while Mega Heracross have 115 def and 105 Spd, it's my bulky physical attacker.


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Sableye @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Calm Mind
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
- Knock Off

Sableye is here for severals reasons, first of all i needed to cover the 3 Fighting weakness of Cloyster Cinccino and Heatran thanks to his Fighting immunity, the 2nd reason i needed a defensive support who contain physical sweepers so obviously i use Will-O-Wisp and 252 ev in Def, he also cover the Dark/Ghost Weaknesses of Mew .

I wanted to try a Calm Mind because of having all his non statut move priority increased by one due to his ability Prankster so he can act as a mixed staller the fact that i can use it first if my opponent don't have a priority attack.

Leftovers is here for heal.

Recover is here for the priority recovering and Knock Off for the Dark STAB attack and because it is useful to kick out items.

For Evs as i said 252 in def because i can use Calm Mind and 252 in HP for max the Recover health.


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Mew @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Defog
- Soft-Boiled
- Heal Bell
- Psyshock

First of all Mew is a Fitghting coverage too and my 2nd support pokemon who act like my Defogger and Heal Beller cuz i needed to remove Entry Hazard to avoiid the Cloyster's Focus Sach to be useless and Heal Bell for prevent my Physical Sweeper to be less effective with Will-O-Wisp, and Mew has a great Ability Synchronize who will redirect those statut move.

Soft-Boiled is here for recovering health and Psychock over Psychic for hit Blissey and special like it and for the Psy STAB attack.

Leftovers is here for heal.

I run 252 EV in Special Defense since my team needed a Special Def pokemon with Heatran so it's why is choose a Calm Nature , and 252 EV HP for profit of Soft Boilet at maximum.




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Heatran @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Stealth Rock

I needed a pokemon who can have a large amount of Resistance and who can act as a SR setter and a Phazer with decent def and sp def stats

Earth Power is here for covering some of his teammates weaknesses and because it's the only ground attack i have on my team because i don't know i run EQ over Rock Blast on Heracross.

Stealth Rock and Roar are here because i need a SR setter and for prevent Substitute users or Sword Dance users .

Lava Plume for STAB and for his 30% of flinching which is a good percentage.

Like Mew i maximized the Spe Def so the Calm Nature is obvious , and 252 EVs in SpA because i lacked of a Special Attacker.


I tried to cover the largest amount of type as possible but keep in mind i'm a beginner since 1 month on Strategy ^^, i'd like to know your advices about it .

Thx for reading it :).
 
On Heatran you should put max special defense and max HP for the EVs since you want something with resistances (it might as well be bulky if its going to be like a wall). I would take off Calm Mind on Sableye because he's not going to be hitting anything for major damage, and another move like Taunt or Foul Play would be better. Its an interesting team no doubt, but Keldeo is a huge threat (Mew can stop it, but if the opponent also has a Bisharp, Mew is toast). You could potentially replace Sableye with a fully defensive Slowbro, as its a lot bulkier, stops fighting attacks really well, and checks Keldeo. You should probably put Skill Link instead of Cute Charm on Cinccino because you need skill link. Talonflame is also a threat as Heatran is the only thing that stops it. Slowbro can help deal with Talonflame as well, so that's good. Lava Plume has a 30% chance for a Burn and not a flinch, same with Scald (you don't have it, but if you run Slowbro, then you will). Hope this helped
 
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