Battle tower ideas [UU variation]

[Grymyrk]

Lanturn@Leftovers/Chesto Berry
Trait:Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 Sp.Att, 129 Sp.Def, 129 Hp.
Nature:Calm
-Thunder Wave
-Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam
-Confuse Ray/Surf/Rest?

Banette@Leftovers
Trait:Insomnia
EVs: 252 Att, 252 Spd, 6 Hp.
Nature:Adamant
-Shadow Ball
-Return
-Knock Off
-Will-o-Wisp

Hariyama@Leftovers
Trait:Thick Fat
EVs: 129 Sp.Def, 200 Def, 129 Hp, 52 Att
Nature:Careful
-Cross Chop
-Counter
-Knock Off
-Whirlwind

Notes:
this is all theoretical, as i've only fully trained up Banette so far. and i don't feel like ev training/breeding again for another.
obviously opening with boltbeam gives me nice type coverage. and if anything is switched in to try and counter that i switch to one of my physical attackers to get rid of their items and then take them apart.
my hariyama [not too sure how well it'll work in-game. and would work even better with a spiker, although in 3v3 that's probably not worth considering] is designed to be hard to attack from both ends of the spectrum, with thick fat and the nature giving a few special resistances, counter for anything that tries to attack physically, and whirlwind for anything that tried to stat-up. [an idea i had for using in a team with spikes support would be to rely on counter to cripple a pokemon, and then whirlwind the inevitable switch, doing 25% to two extra pokemon or if i'm lucky KOing the one that was switched out]

 

[aipomkong]

confuse ray lanturn is lol, use surf

 

[ZNtelle]

...I haven't seen nooblet in like forever.

Lanturn needs max HP.

This is what I'd use for Hariyama.

Hariyama @ Leftovers
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Focus Punch
- Rock Slide

 

[Grymyrk]

...I haven't seen nooblet in like forever.

Lanturn needs max HP.

This is what I'd use for Hariyama.

Hariyama @ Leftovers
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Focus Punch
- Rock Slide

surely the entire point of getting down to 25% HP is to activate salac. or am i missing something there?

 

[ZNtelle]

..you could try that of course, but Hariyama doesn't have the Speed to use Salac; even with a Spd boosting nature and max Spd EVs, the guy still only gets up to 218 Spd. 264 is the standard for Salac usage, so you might not want to try that.

 

[magnemiteZ]

264 being Adamant Heracross! (With low Ivs in speed or with 232 Evs in speed)

 

[ZNtelle]

I'm guessing that that's an allusion to EndRevving Heracross.

 

[magnemiteZ]

*nods*

Though the whole of In-Game RMT is becoming a big conversation between I and you.

 

[ZNtelle]

It's like we live in the middle of a desert.

 

[magnemiteZ]

Shame there nothing new and fun to rate.

 

[firewater]

on banette try hiden power ground for steel pokes and go with the sub punching hariyama

 

[ZNtelle]

No need for HP [Fighting] on Banette:

- It's hard to get
- Hariyama can switch in (No way)

 

[Grymyrk]

buh. i'm an idiot and read too many guides that obviously start with bellydrum+sub Zard, so i forgot that the sub was there as i'd be unspeeding things and getting a free punch in.
only problem being that i can't trade with my LG game at the moment, so rock slide and sub are unattainable at the mo. hence the variation. i was just wondering if that moveset/ev spread was at all feasable for that moveset. i may as well have a go with it and see what [if any] success i have.
i only found out about IV calculators long after i'd trained my banette up. it has HP Ice

note: one day i'll post a full UU team that is actually half-serious [i.e. doesn't include the oh so mighty curseking]

 

[aipomkong]

Hariyama
- Cross Chop
- Knock Off
- Rock Slide
- Whirlwind