Umbreon Sweep Team (Uber)

MizzouBoy580

So I've been trying to come up with a good plan for an Uber team that still works with the Dual Screen Umbreon Sweep strategy started by Oblivian_Ty_7. Obviously it might not work as well seeing as how Umbreon is UU, but this is what I'm working with so far. I also got a bit of an idea from XtrEEmMaShEEn3k2's "Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Yusei-themed Team." Credit for some of the descriptions goes to Smogon Strategy Pokedex and XtrEEmMaShEEn3k2's team.

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Item: Lum Berry
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Jolly
252 Atk / 6 Def / 252 Spe
~ Stealth Rock
~ Spikes
~ Taunt
~ Superpower

Of all leads who can deploy entry hazards, Deoxys-S is perhaps the single best choice for your team. With its unmatched 504 Speed, getting Stealth Rock up is almost guaranteed, and if you're lucky, a few layers of Spikes. Taunt is a great choice in order to cripple Scarf Darkrai leads trying to sleep you, as you should be able to overcome the status thanks to Lum Berry and Taunt them, leaving them helpless as you deploy the entry hazard of choice. Extremespeed is the primary option.


Item: Light Clay
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Jolly
212 HP / 252 Spe / 44 Atk
~ Roost
~ Light Screen
~ Reflect
~ Whirlwind

Lugia is used in the place of Bronzong, employing pretty much the same strategy in the Umbreon Sweep team. Roost is used as an immediate healing move. Whirlwind is another move geared towards stopping physical attackers. While Lugia is sturdy enough to take as little as 67-79% from even a Choice Banded Groudon's Stone Edge, it can't keep up with a Choice Band Metagross Meteor Mash or Life Orb Rayquaza Outrage that is boosted multiple times. Therefore, it needs to remove the boosts by forcing the offending Pokémon to switch out. Reflect and Light Screen until ready to switch to Umbreon.

Item: Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Careful
252 HP / 252 SpDef / 6 Atk
~ Curse
~ Payback
~ Wish
~ Protect

Same as with the OU Umbreon Sweep Team. Under the protection of the screens, Umbreon is able to come in and reak havoc like only us Umbreon lovers, well love :P


Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Bold
248 HP / 248 Def / 12 SpD
~ Will-O-Wisp
~ Rest
~ Sleep Talk
~ Dragon Pulse

Giratina is the physical wall of the team. Giratina’s physical walling ability is enhanced by its ability to Will-O-Wisp, effectively cutting the opponent’s Attack into pieces. Sleep Talk enables Giratina to absorb status, and Dragon Pulse enables Giratina to severely damage other Dragon-types, OHKO Deoxys-A, and deal a respectable amount of damage to Ho-oh and Darkrai, Groudon. Dragon Pulse has a slight chance of 3HKOing an opposing Giratina, and will always break Groudon's Substitutes in case one tries to Substitute to block Will-O-Wisp.


Item: Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
252 Def / 40 SpA / 216 SpD
~ Aromatherapy
~ Ice Beam
~ Thunder Wave
~ Softboiled

With Blissey, switch in on a special attacker, relieve the team of any status ailments, and switch back out in the face of the physical threat which will likely replace the harmless special attacker. I'd most likely switch to either Giratina or Rayquaza after using Blissey, or back to Lugia if it is still up so I can Dual Screen again.


Item: Life Orb
Ability: Air Lock
Nature: Adamant
4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
~ Swords Dance
~ Dragon Claw
~ Extremespeed
~ Flamethrower

Rayquaza is more of a backup than anything. It's also the only safe switch I have against Water Spout Kyogre leads, since Rayquaza resists Water Spout and Air Lock negates the Rain boost. It can also set up fairly safely behind Dual Screens.


Basically, start off with Deoxys setting his Spikes and Stealth Rock. When it comes time for Lugia to come in, he can first Whirlwind away any Pokemon that might make it hard to set up the Dual Screens, or just wait and switch in when a better opponent Pokemon is in. When the screens are set up, switch to Umbreon. After Umbreon has reaked havoc, we can go to Giratina or Rayquaza, depending on the situation. Anywhere in the battle, Blissey can come in the heal the team of any status ailments.
 
On Deoxys, ExtremeSpeed is redundant with that awesome speed. Superpower is the better option to hit Darkrai. There are much better options for Dual Screen support other than Mewtwo. Replace it with Lugia, as Lugia has MUCH better defenses and access to Whirlwind to abuse your entry hazards.

You should not that you have nothing to absorb or spin away Toxic Spikes, which will kill your Umbreon because it lacks Rest. Toxic and Will-o-Wisp also pose a threat to your Umbreon. You may want some Safeguard support or a ClericBliss. You could probably exchange Groudon for a Forretress or Blissey.
 
Overall this is a good team. One suggestion I will make for you is that rain hurts Groudon. BP to something that isn't affected by weather like Dialga or Palkia is a generally a good idea or possibly Rayquaza since he gets air lock, that prevents weather effects.

EDIT: I also agree with Janenmori ExtremeSpeed is "redundant" on Deo-E, as he said superpower is a better option over ExtremeSpeed or you can run the pure ultilty set:
Deoxys-e @Sash
252 spe/252 atk
move 1: spikes
move 2: taunt
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Reflect/Light Screen
Reflect/light screen can be used as a back up plan encase Mewtwo is threatened by something that won't let him set up screens.
 
Giratina isn't in Origin Form, that's just what the art of him was in, I guess I didn't look hard enough for regular art of him or something. The team has now been updated.
 
Your set revolves around getting Umbreon prepared for a sweep. The main problem is status, most specfically Toxic and Toxic Spikes on Umbreon; Payback is useless unless it gets many Curse boosts up. A Cleric does not solve this problem. They'll Poison it, and take advantage of the two (or three) turns you devote to remove that one turn of Toxic. In fact, there's many threats that your team cannot deal with - SpecOgre (Rayquaza loses over half its HP) and opposing Rayquaza being the main two.

The best way to remove Toxic threats is to use Wobbuffet paired up with a Tickle user. But this would drastically change the team, and you wouldn't be able to deal with many Ubers. Use Bulk-Up Dialga in place of Umbreon. It utilizes a similar strategy, but without the massive status weakness. It can come in more easily thanks to it's resistances. It also doesn't need nearly as many boosts to provide decent power behind Outrage.

Lugia should be a standard set with 252 HP / 8 Def / 248 Spe. The extra Def, Ice Beam, and Leftovers will help out against Rayquaza, Groudon and Garchomp. Reflect doesn't need a Light Clay boost, and Light Screen isn't needed when you have Blissey. Whirlwind should stay over Toxic, because it has great synergy with Deoxys-S. However, you may consider Toxic so that Wobbuffet doesn't rape you. There's enough speed to outrun Jolly Rayquaza.

With Lugia walling most of the common physical threats, I don't see a need for Giratina. Bulk-Up Dialga can absorb sleep for the team, and resist Darkrai's Dark Pulse. The only physical threat that would be problematic is Tyranitar. Replace Giratina with Groudon. Most offensive teams utilize rain, and Groudon is the best answer against such teams to halt Palkia's and Manaphy's enslaught. Use ParaDance Groudon. It'll cripple enemy Lugia, and hopefully remove them so your Bulk-Up Dialga won't be pHazed away.

I'd recommend Latias over Blissey. Your team doesn't need Cleric support. Dialga makes an excellent status absorber. However, you do need Latias as a switch in to SpecsOgre.

Finally, Rayquaza shouldn't be using Flamethrower. If you want to use a Fire attack, use Overheat. You usually only use such a move once, and that's for steels like Forry. If you have bad prediction, and really can't afford a SpA drop, at the very least use Fire Blast so you can OHKO max/max Skarmory.
 
You should be running Dragon Claw over Dragon Pulse on Giratina. If you run Dragon Pulse Wobbuffet can still beat you, but if you run Dragon Claw then Counter won't be able to hit you and Wobbuffet will be forced to switch out.
 
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