Intro
This is a team ive been using for a bit now after making it with my friend Kel. He had asked me earlier to make a team with him and we were talking on msn about what it should be. I really enjoyed using this team almost more then a lot of other teams ive used as it's really fun to play and always surprises people when I'm stallin' like crazy and then end up pulling a lategame sweep. I'm gonna try to keep this intro shorter then usual as i'm way too lazy to type up some massive wall of text. Many people have made teams around scizor as it happens to also be the #1 most used pokemon in the OU tier, but so far I've never seen anything like this. Focused stall really helps scizor sweep and can easily let him set up and sweep whole teams by using residual damage as well as using what stall does best, gradually wearing the opponents team down. With the right support and synergy from the rest of the members this team has managed to work extremely well. With having most of Scizor's counters checked as well as overall fixing any weaknesses the team had it becomes something extremely solid. When fixing the team up and updating it after keeping the team hidden for a month or so I really had to think of uprising threats as well as checking things that I hadn't realized were threats until just now. I tested this team quite a bit and overall it did extremely well.
The playstyle of my team is mostly a weird form of focused stall. You need to predict very well in order to beat some common threats, as well as uses an annoying stall oriented combo to really support scizor in sweeping as well as giving the team overall better synergy. The team is mostly slow-paced as it's 3 stallish pokemon with a revenge killer, and good support. The wallbreaker and revenge killer are used extremely well with the main set up sweeper in order to take out massive threats as well as give the team a better playstyle. I've always liked using stall elements in normal teams and it just seemed to work even better on this team.
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In depth
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 198 HP / 96 Atk / 216 Spe
Jolly nature (+Spe, -Sp Atk)
- Taunt
- Roost
- Stealth rock
- Earthquake
Gliscor fit in this spot extremely well as he is one of my ground resists, as well as a great lead overall. Gliscor can beat other common leads, Taunt slower leads, and most of the time ensure that I get stealth rock on the field. Gliscor 90% of the time survives until late game and if he survives with low health I can usually outpredict the opponent and get a roost in. Since he usually survives until lategame, that means gliscor is my main lucario check. 96 Atk makes sure you 2HKO standard Leadmetagross, 216 spe jolly outspeeds 252 spe jolly lucario by two points. 198 hp gives you a high number and adds bulk to both sides of the spectrum+Was leftover EV's after adding 96 atk and 216 spe. Taunt helps me break opposing stall lategame as well as beat slower leads. EQ hits a lot of things super effectively as well as gives me a main STAB move. Stealth rock is almost needed on a team such as mine as well as turns some of Jirachi's 2HKOs into OHKOs. Roost is for healing and can really save you in stalling out an opponent. Gliscor gives me a way of beating opposing stall as well as gives me a nice start to the math that can help me start off the game on a high note.
Gliscor gives the team an electric immunity which means while he's alive nothing can be hit by a t-wave or any hard hitting electric move like a Tbolt from Specsjolteon.
Gliscor has great synergy with the rest of the team and gives one of the main things scizor likes which is a ground resist. Gliscor also works nice with the steels on the team (like scizor/forry) as they can easily take the ice attacks and gliscor can take most things aimed at them as well as check threats to them. When building the team gliscor was actually the third choice because of some of these reasons.
This is how Gliscor fairs against the top ten common leads according to the usage statistics; blue indicates little trouble caused, orange indicates that there is a bit of switching to do, and red is problematic
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Metagross: I usually just EQ first or set up SR and run because if they meteor mash twice and bullet punch once im dead. But if they're running the standard bullet punch / eq / sr / explosion set, I can EQ twice and they die with 96 atk evs.
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Azelf: Need to switch out, as they either taunt me and proceed to set up SR or just full on beat me.
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Jirachi: Pretty much the same thing as metagross, but I usually just EQ twice right away.
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Swampert: I pretty much lose no matter what I do, but since most swampert set up SR first, I just set it up at the same time.
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Aerodactyl: I can easily switch to something like scizor/foretress to kill it off as it beats gliscor.
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Infernape: SR then switch to latias.
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Hippowdon: Taunt, then SR.
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Bronzong: Taunt, then SR.
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Ninjask: Taunt rapes it up the ***.
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Tyranitar: Not really sure what to do, haven't really seen any but they usually don't run Ice beam so it can be handled.
Scizor (M) @ Life orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 40 HP / 244 Atk / 224 Spe
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp Atk)
- Bullet punch
- Brick break
- Swords dance
- Roost
This is one of blue ace's life orb SD scizor sets. SD scizor is what the whole team is based around and scizor just happens to be an awesome lategame sweeper to work on a focused stall team. Scizor can easily set up against other stall teams as well as sweep most of the metagame at +2 or +4. With the right support from the rest of my team scizor can work extremely well.
Bullet punch / brick break provides almost neutral coverage hitting a lot of the metagame for either neutral or super effective damage. Swords dance is obviously for boosting and roost helps heal off LO damage as well as outstall many different pokemon that might try to end your sweep.
The evs let scizor outspeed max spe tyranitar, hp lets me take the least amount of damage from my life orb, and 244 Atk is for max damage dealing capability as well as just gives scizor a nice number in attack especially after a swords dance or two.
Blissey (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural cure
EVs: 252 Def / 176 Sp def / 80 HP
Bold nature (+Def, - Atk)
- Wish
- Seismic toss
- Protect
- Toxic
I don't really know why this set isn't used more. It works IMO so much better then any other blissey except for maybe the cleric set depending on what the rest of your team is. Blissey helps me wall all pure special attacking pokemon that could potentially harm my team as well as gives me a status absorber. Blissey has overall great coverage with the rest of the team and gives me another stall element to my team. Blissey also works as the only status absorber on the team which is very needed as only gliscor can take a t-wave.
Seismic toss/wish/protect/toxic is absolutely amazing for stalling and I use it on every blissey I use. Toxic helps spreading status and easily lets me stall out stuff like CM latias who could easily shrug off an ice beam at +1 or +2 defense and proceed to beat me easily which they cannot due with wish/protect/seismic toss/toxic. Seismic toss just helps for spreading around damage and like I said beating special attackers who try to boost on me. Wish is for healing and spreading healing around to other members on my team always helps. Protect is great also for predicting what any pokemon that switches in on you is going to do as well as lets you get a free turn after you wish to avoid damage.
80 HP is for maximum leftovers recovery as well as gives you a nice number, 176 sp def gives you great bulk on the special side as well as helps take special attacks easier when running 252 def bold. 252 def with bold is needed to take physical attacks easier and give you decent defenses on both sides. Bold nature is generally more helpful in OU then Calm is.
Forretress (M) @ Shed shell
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Atk / 144 Def
Relaxed (+ Def, - Spe)
- Gyro ball
- Spikes
- Rapid spin
- Payback
Forry does his job extremely well and happens to give the team an extremely defensive wall to handle almost any physical threat to blissey/scizor. Forry spins for the team as well as sets up toxic spikes which helps wear down stuff like blissey or anything that could wall lots of members on my team. Shed shell helps forry escape from magnezone who could potentially **** my team up if he wasn't running it.
Gyro ball hits stuff hard with a 0 spe iv and a -spe nature as well as gets stab making gyro ball the main attack on the set. Payback is for hitting ghosts who try to switch in. Spikes is obviously for setting up as entry hazards are almost needed on any stall team or focused stall team. Rapid spin spins away rocks/spikes/t-spikes that happen to annoy my team.
Along with the given EVs, it can OHKO Weavile and has overall decent attack for a mainly defensive pokemon. The rest of the EVs are placed in HP and Defense to allow Forretress to have an easier time setting up and taking hits.
Latias (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spe / 6 Def
Timid nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Dragon pulse
- Roar
- Reflect
- Recover
Roar latias is really great. It works amazingly on stall/focused stall teams and gives my team a good resist to many different things. Latias gives me a ton of resists which is great on a stall team as well as checks the huge threat which happens to be infernape. Latias helps spread around residual damage, beats common threats, and keeps the team stall oriented.
Dragon pulse still hits stuff hard being a STAB move even with no sp atk evs. Roar helps spread around residual damage as well as roar away set up sweepers if they try to come in on latias. Latias gives the team reflect support which greatly aids many of the members. Recover is for healing.
252 HP gives latias great bulk on both sides, 252 Spe helps still manage to outspeed lots of things with timid, and 6 def is filler.
Rotom @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 168 Def / 88 Spe
Bold (+ Def, - Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Leaf storm
- Shadow ball
- Will O Wisp
Rotom is one of the most important members on the team. It blocks rapid spin which is 100% needed since my t-spikes/SR is extremely important to have on the field. Every stall team needs a spin blocker, and rotom does the job extremely well. Rotom is very bulky and manages to wall lots of things. Rotom gives me a fighting/ground resist as well as an overall extremely important member.
Thunderbolt hits stuff pretty hard including gyarados who is a decently big threat to my team without rotom. Leaf storm is mainly there for swampert who can wall my team to death without it. Shadow ball is the second STAB and hits other ghosts/psychics hard. Will O wisp is there since spikes is actually on forry instead of t-spikes so i can still spread burn status and cripple physical sweeepers.
The given 88 EVs in Speed allow for Rotom-C to outspeed a Adamant max Speed Tyranitar and hit it hard with Leaf Storm or Hidden Power Fighting. Running Timid is another option, though, as it allows you to outspeed a Jolly max Speed Tyranitar and other pokemon lurking in-between 230 and 253 Speed. The 252 HP gives rotom some bulk on the special side as well, and the defense makes him very bulky on the defensive side.
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Conclusion
After posting this rmt i just realized my team looks quite a bit like el blecko's team but didn't do that intentionally at all. Most of my sets are different and how the team works is completely different though. I guess great minds think alike. (el blecko from smogon/CAL).
After posting this rmt i just realized my team looks quite a bit like el blecko's team but didn't do that intentionally at all. Most of my sets are different and how the team works is completely different though. I guess great minds think alike. (el blecko from smogon/CAL).
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