zerozoner
Well-Known Member
I originally made this team around having a sweeping Arcanine (Cause he's awesome) and I found some other guys that supported him well or could work off the Ninjask BP strategy and some how a team came out of it. This team has some problems, but it has been working well for me so I'd like some second opinions on it.
Ninjask (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Protect
- Baton Pass
- X-Scissor
Ninjask is the annoying insect that BP related teams love to use. Ninjask gives a free speed boost to whom ever recieves the BP, Sword Dance is an added bonus that can make this annoyance dangerous, BPing a sub is always a nice things so that's why I'm using it instead of Protect.
Arcanine (M) @ Expert Belt
Trait: Flash Fire/Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Wild Charge
- Flare Blitz
Originally the star of this team Arcanine has a diverse move pool and some nice abilities to chose from (I'm still trying to decide which one I like best). Close Combat and Crunch give perfect coverage, with Wild Charge covering Arcanine's Water weakness and Flare Blitz being the STAB that can tear through anything. Arcanine lacks speed and to a lesser extent Atk which a single BP can fix easily.
Absol (M) @ Zoom Lens
Trait: Super Luck
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Night Slash
- Superpower
- Psycho Cut
- Stone Edge
This guy has become the real star of my team and with a boost in speed, and high Hax rate of crits nothing is safe. Perfect coverage+1/3 chance of scoring a critical hit+Stone Edge and Psycho Cut leave not much to be desired. Absol's one problem lies in Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, but if a Sub gets passed on Absol gets a free buffer.
Scizor (M) @ Muscle Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Bug Bite
do I need to say anything about this standard SD Scizor set? Scizor doesn't need any BP to start wreaking havoc on Sand and Hail teams. Scizor is just an excellent sweeper by himself, I was considering Lucario, but his lack of def stats makes it to hard to switch in.
Latios (M) @ Wise Glasses
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Dragon Pulse
- Surf
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psyshock
Latios with Modest nature just need a single speed boost to lay everything in his path to waste. Once again not much is new with this set it just has a little more power to it.
Porygon-Z @ Silk Scarf
Trait: Adaptability
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Nasty Plot
- Tri Attack
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
Porygon like Latios is deadly at sweeping from the special side, I just haven't ever really had to use him on this team, so I don't know how well he works with the over all strategy.
Ninjask (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Protect
- Baton Pass
- X-Scissor
Ninjask is the annoying insect that BP related teams love to use. Ninjask gives a free speed boost to whom ever recieves the BP, Sword Dance is an added bonus that can make this annoyance dangerous, BPing a sub is always a nice things so that's why I'm using it instead of Protect.
Arcanine (M) @ Expert Belt
Trait: Flash Fire/Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Wild Charge
- Flare Blitz
Originally the star of this team Arcanine has a diverse move pool and some nice abilities to chose from (I'm still trying to decide which one I like best). Close Combat and Crunch give perfect coverage, with Wild Charge covering Arcanine's Water weakness and Flare Blitz being the STAB that can tear through anything. Arcanine lacks speed and to a lesser extent Atk which a single BP can fix easily.
Absol (M) @ Zoom Lens
Trait: Super Luck
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Night Slash
- Superpower
- Psycho Cut
- Stone Edge
This guy has become the real star of my team and with a boost in speed, and high Hax rate of crits nothing is safe. Perfect coverage+1/3 chance of scoring a critical hit+Stone Edge and Psycho Cut leave not much to be desired. Absol's one problem lies in Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, but if a Sub gets passed on Absol gets a free buffer.
Scizor (M) @ Muscle Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Bug Bite
do I need to say anything about this standard SD Scizor set? Scizor doesn't need any BP to start wreaking havoc on Sand and Hail teams. Scizor is just an excellent sweeper by himself, I was considering Lucario, but his lack of def stats makes it to hard to switch in.
Latios (M) @ Wise Glasses
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Dragon Pulse
- Surf
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psyshock
Latios with Modest nature just need a single speed boost to lay everything in his path to waste. Once again not much is new with this set it just has a little more power to it.
Porygon-Z @ Silk Scarf
Trait: Adaptability
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Nasty Plot
- Tri Attack
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
Porygon like Latios is deadly at sweeping from the special side, I just haven't ever really had to use him on this team, so I don't know how well he works with the over all strategy.
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