XY OU Slow and Steady Team

[YaoiStick]

Hello! This is my 1st RTM thread and I literally just started competitive playing around a week ago so I am still quite nooby at picking the correct pokemon. I recently found an interested strategy that is based on Slaking and Cofagrigus. Basically Cofagrigus has an OP ability called "Mummy" which basically spreads to the other pokemon if they make contact with Cofagrigus. That is when Slaking comes into play and hits the other pokemon therefore getting rid of his stupid Traunt ability.

Slaking @ Leftovers
Ability: Truant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Pursuit
- Return
- Earthquake
- Shadow Claw

Surprisingly Slaking has a base stat of 100 which is pretty unusual considering he is classified as a lazy pokemon. Pursuit is probably the main move here because it guarantees that Slaking will be able to land a hit on pokemon with "Mummy" because the opponent probably wants to switch out. Return is the classic STAB move and Earthquake pretty much covers most types. Shadow Claw is there just in case they have ghost pokemons.

Cofagrigus @ Eject Button
Ability: Mummy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Memento
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Calm Mind

Cofagrigus is a tanky mother pokemon and I made it so he is a physical wall since he will be taking physical hits in order to spread Mummy around. The Eject Button is a important item because you switch Cofagrigus out when you predict an obvious physical move. Then you bring out Slaking. As for the moves Memento is there to use when I am pretty much about to die. I also use the Will-O-Wisp to cripple physical sweepers which makes it better for Hex. Calm Mind is there to boost some defense and attack.

Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
- Aromatherapy
- Soft-Boiled
- Toxic
- Seismic Toss

I chose not to evolve Chansey because it really doesn't make a difference and Eviolite boosts up Chansey's defense even more. Aromatherapy is there to remove any status effects on my team and is extremely helpful because most people like to use Toxic on Chansey. Soft-Boiled is self explanatory and Toxic is there to take care of other stallers. Then I finish off with the Seismic Toss which is really helpful.

Espeon @ Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Baton Pass
- Psyshock
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Calm Mind

Most of the time this is my lead to deal with hazards and especially Ferrothorn since I have HP Fire. Calm Mind is there to boost up some stats which sets up for Baton Pass to my Special Sweeper. Psyshock is to deal with special tanks.

Gyarados @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Outrage
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake

My physical sweeper and everything is pretty much self explanatory. Waterfall is an awesome STAB move, Outrage is to take care of dragons, and Earthquake provides coverage against Electricity and Rock types. I am thinking about taking out Life Orb and replacing it with Leftovers because it takes a toll on Gyarados.

Hydreigon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Focus Blast
- Dark Pulse

My Special Sweeper and I often bring him out after a baton pass from Espeon. I paired it with Choice Specs which is why I went with Draco Meteor since I will be most likely switching out afterwards. The other 3 moves are pretty self explanatory.​

 

[Son Gohan]

Okay...... This only works if your opponent has a cofagrigus otherwise, your team has no answer to mega- zard x, mega pinsir, talonflame, mega-medicham once your cofagrigus is weakened. Also, you have no switch ins for mega- gardevoir as Chansey takes a lot of damage from mega gardevoir's psyshock.

 

[Balloon Rotom]

Hi YaoiStick so I'm going to try and rate this team since you asked me too, but just remember that I am not an experienced rater! Anyway, welcome to competitive battling! Now this team unfortunately does have quite a few problems but this is fine for a first team. I'll try and address these problems without changing the team too much and hopefully it will improve the team!

So as Son Gohan pointed out, you cannot get rid of truant like you said and this does make Slaking a very poor Pokemon that really needs to go. I'll go through some of the other suggestions and then suggest a replacement.

Firstly Cofagrigus is okay but I'm going to suggest you change Memento to Pain Split. This grants you some semi reliable recovery and memento is not really very useful on Cofagrigus. Calm mind on this set is also not the best and it would be better if you replaced it with Knock Off, this will do minimal damage but is useful for removing held items, so also Calm Mind to Knock Off.

Chansey is fine so I will leave that set alone. Now Espeon is okay I suppose, I think there might be some better Pokemon but Espeon is not too bad and can set up nicely against Stall. However I would recommend changing Focus Sash to Leftovers. Although a sash can be useful it is not really worth it as you do not want to set up on something that can KO you.

For the Gyarados set Outrage is not the best, I would recommend changing Outrage to Bounce. Bounce let's you deal with Mega Venusaur a lot more easily and is a good STAB. Also Earthquake is not really necessary with Aegislash gone, so you could try running Ice Fang here if you like to deal with Dragons more easily but this is more of a personal choice.

Finally Hydreigon is okay albeit not the best in this metagame, however it is still okay and has great coverage. I would recommend however changing Choice Specs to Life Orb. Although you lose a little power it gives you a lot more versatility and being locked into a move is not always the best. Also I would recommend Focus Blast to Superpower as this helps you deal with Chansey far more easily and other special walls, the accuracy boost is also useful. When running this using a Mild nature is better to avoid the drop in attack.

So now you really do need to change out Slaking and you are also lacking Stealth Rock as well as a Mega Pokemon. I would therefore like to recommend Mega Aerodactyl who is a very underrated and good Rock Setter. This Pokemon also gives you a fast revenge killer and solid Mega Pokemon which most teams find helpful. You could play around with the moveslots a little but I will recommend the set at the bottom of the post.

That is all, I think the team still has some problems, but I did not want to change too much as it is still your team and not mine! The team should be more solid and improved all the same so I hope that you can try out the changes and let me know whether they help!


Aerodactyl @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Fire Fang
- Stealth Rock
- Aerial Ace