Hi Smogon, I'm particularly new to the whole competitive battling so I'm not very knowledgeable or good. I always thought an offensive Ferrothorn would be cool and someone (by the name of LightningLord2) in the OverUsed Forum had a post about a good core with offensive Ferrothorn. After a bit of playtesting, I made a few minor changes. Both teams have links at the bottom if you want to test them yourselves.
I started of with Ferrothorn+Dracovish+Mimikyu. Dracovish covered Ferrothorn's quadruple weakness to Fire types and Mimikyu dealt with Ground and Fighting types. Band Dracovish destroys any pokemon not immune to Fishious Rend and Ferrothorn K.O any pokemon with a water-stopping ability.
I had no hazard setter so my first thought was Bronzong, which was able to destroy MB Hatterene with Gyro Ball.
I wanted a pokemon that can have a lot of coverage and out speed a lot of other mons and Zeraora have the ability to be a mixed sweeper with physical moves like Close Combat and Play Rough and special moves like Aura Sphere and Volt Switch. Zeraora also K.O sweepers like Cloyster and tanks like Hydreigon.
For the final Pokemon, I wanted someone with U-Turn so Hawlucha was my pick because Unburden Hawlucha K.O threats like Cinderace and Bisharp. Hawlucha is also able to set up Tailwind for Mimikyu to out speed its threats like Gengar and Dragapult.
After a few matches I switched the team up a little bit.
But then I switched Bronzong out with Mamoswine because it have Oblivious so Taunt doesn't affect Mamoswine's ability to set up Rocks and it also destroy MB Hatterene with Heavy Slam.
I switched Hawlucha for Mandibuzz because it is able to tank with its incredible bulk and is able to provide Tailwind to Mimikyu as well.
The Team
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs:252 Atk/ 4 SpD/ 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Fishious Rend
-Outrage
-Crunch
-Psychic Fangs
Dracovish is the main sweeper on my team. Having Choice Scarf, it is able to out speed a lot of pokemon and kill them with Fishious Rend. Outrage help kill threats like Hydreigon. Crunch is for Aegislash, Jirachi, and Mew. Psychic Fangs is for Kommo-o and Keldeo
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs:248 HP/ 252 Atk/ 8 SpD
Brave Nature
-Power Whip
-Gyro Ball
-Knock Off
-Explosion
Ferrothorn is a check for opposing Mimikyu and and Clefable. Ferrothorn also deals with Seismitoad and fellow Ground types. With Assault Vest, It can tank many super effective moves like Flamethrower and Overheat.
Ability: Disguise
EVs:252 Atk/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpD
Jolly Nature
-Swords Dance
-Shadow Sneak
-Play Rough
-Drain Punch/X-Scissors
Mimikyu is the late game sweeper when all the holes have been poked. When you use SD, it is able to deal with most mons endgame. Even early and mid-game, Mimikyu is able to kill many Dark types and have priority over other types that aren't immune to Ghost.
Ability: Oblivious
EVs:248 HP/ 252 Def/ 8 Atk
Impish Nature
-Stealth Rocks
-Ice Shard
-Heavy Slam
-Protect
Mamoswine brings SR and can finish off low mons with Ice Shard. Heavy Slam is for Fairy types that threaten Dracovish and for Terrakion and Tyranitar. Protect is just so Mamoswine can gain heals from leftovers.
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs:192 Atk/ 64 SpA/ 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
-Aura Sphere
-Volt Switch
-Knock Off
-Play Rough
Zeraora is an early-game sweeper and Expert Belt helps OHKO and 2HKO mons who are bulky. Being able to out speed many mons with an outstanding base speed 143, it can dish out super effective attacks with little to no consequences. Play Rough is for Dark Types, Aura Sphere is for Rock, Ice, and other Fighting types. Volt Switch is to switch out to make favorable matches. Knock Off is for taking off Choice Items and Eviolites.
Ability: Big Pecks
EVs:252 HP/ 128 Def/ 126 SpD
Impish Nature
-Roost
-Tailwind/Defog
-Foul Play
-U-Turn
Mandibuzz serves as a tailwinder or defogger and a check to dark and ghost types. Foul Play helps it beat physical Aegislash variants while U-Turn keeps the momentum going. Roost is for sustainability while Defog is for hazard control. Leftovers are for getting some more heals with Roost.
