SS OU Volcarona, Kommo-o, Scolipede Heavy Offense

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Detailed Description down here:
The Basic premise of the team is a trio of sweepers that can bait in pokemon the other sweepers can set up on in order to wear them down with brutal hitter after brutal hitter, with a defensive core in the back to handle opposing offense

Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Swarm
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Giga Drain

Baits in blissey, Toxapex,some Clefable, and Lycanroc while it sets up on some rotom heat, ,Skarmory, Some Corviknight, Rillaboom, Ferro and Amoongus, It's a decent fire sweeper that can clean up teams that have been chipped down and statused over the course of the game as long as the priority has been dealt with.

Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Stealth Rock
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed

Ferrothorn is the catch all physical wall for a lot of these mons, it sets the obligatory rocks, paralyzes some mons that the sweepers can set up on, leech seeds so ttar and rotom can get passive recovery, and with those 3 moves an attacking move isn't expected so power whip can surprise unsuspecting players trying to set up. It also absorbs aqua jets that threaten the sweepers and punishes with big passive damage.

Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Crunch
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw


Sand with Assault vest gives ttar astounding special bulk allowing it to live even +1 bug buzz with rocks up, it also checks dragapult and doesn't sacrifice power for bulk, and ferro's leesch seed gives it the extra recovery is sorely desires

Kommo-o @ Salac Berry
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Dragon Claw
- Drain Punch

Kommo-o has the most on the spot game winning potential, it seems as if fairies would completely shut it down, but the most common fairy, clefable, has almost a 50% chance to be 2HKO'd by drain punch even with max defense investment and leftovers, though the rare unaware clefable does shut this set down, it OHKO's most non resist mons and even if it can't claim a kill it almost always does solid damage to an opposing team when played properly, not to mention how fairies are destroyed by scolipede and baited by ttar.

Scolipede @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Megahorn
- Poison Jab
- Earthquake

This set relies on suprise by playing off of the common assumption that scolipede is running a hazard stacking set, allowing it to occasionally pick up suprise KO's and generally disrupt the enemy's ability yo pplay around it, although this pokemon is stopped quite well by priority a lot of the prioirty in the tier can be dealt with by ferro and rotom.

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Foul Play
- Defog

Rotom helps to get in the sweepers, act as an EQ switch in, and hazard removal, while foul play can occasionally suprise an unsuspecting dragapult


Looking for any improvements or suggestions on how to modify or improve the team

 

[ShootingStarmie]

Hey, here to help rate your team

So by the looks of it, you're looking to sweep with Volcarona or Kommo-o using offense to overwhelm the opponent. This is by no means a bad strategy, and its good that you have a goal in mind when building / playing. My only problem however is that some of the Pokemon on this team simply sap any offensive momentum, meaning its hard to call this build offense. The only reason I point this out is because understanding the direction and goal of the team is important to identify the best replacements. I'm going to assume this is a balance or bulky offense build, and rate it as such.

So firstly, I think Scolipede is out of place. As a Bug-type sweeper, you already have Volcarona, I think this slot could be put to better use. A lot of heavy hitters in the tier you simply don't have a switch in for. Something like Banded Urshifu, Hawlucha, Specs Aegislash can 2HKO this team. You can't expect to answer all of these threats, but having a revenge killer or a switch in could help. I also feel some of these sets could be modified to grant more success.

My first change is to replace Scolipede with Clefable. Clefable provides your team a much needed check to Urshifu and Hawlucha, both of which you're currently quite weak to. Clefable shares great synergy with the rest of the team, and provides unrivaled support. I'm not a fan of this Tyranitar set at at all, so I'd replace it with a standard SpDef set. This can free up Stealth Rocks on Ferrothorn, allowing you to run Spikes instead. Tyranitar still acts as a great check to Volcarona and Dragapult, and this is overall a more viable set. Lastly, there are certain things that I'd recommend changing on your other Pokemon. Replace Swarm with Flame Body on Volcarona (better ability), replace Stealth Rock with Spikes on Ferrothorn (assuming you use Tyranitar), replace Dragon Claw with Thunder Punch on Kommo-o (better coverage), and replace Foul Play with Will-O-Wisp on Rotom-W (better utility).

That's all I have for today, I hope these changes were helpful. Feel free to ask me anything if you need any help. Best of luck!

sets

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Wish
- Knock Off

Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Blast
- Crunch
- Rest