AyameHikaru
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Ah, Battle Subway. Haven for those who chafe at the restrictions competitive battling enforces. This team is meant to take advantage of two of the non-existent restrictions - The Sleep Clause and the ban on Drizzle Swimming.
Lead:
Politoed (Modest) @Shell Bell
Drizzle
4 HP 252 SpA 252 Spe
Surf
Focus Blast
Ice Beam
HP grass
DrizzleToed by itself can be a potent threat. A STAB, Rain-Boosted Surf puts a huge dent into anything that doesn't resist it, and a sizeable chunk into many who do. Hydro Pump would do more, but thanks the Battle Subway's hax it's no good. Anything under 85 accuracy is completely unreliable. That being said, the next attack is Focus Blast. Wait, what? The reason this is on here is simple: Ferrothorn. The bane of this team is a decently entrenched Ferrothorn, sucking away health while laughing at the Water-type attacks. It may take 3 turns to hit, but Focus Blast is worth eliminating Ferrothorn. (It also smacks Empoleon in the face, another who adores the rain.)
Ice Beam is mainly for Dragons, and some Grass-types. Unless they're 4x weak, most of them actually take more damage from Surf. But for coverage's sake, and for Garchomp, Ice Beam is a solid option. HP Grass is for opposing water-types who would try to take advantage of Politoed, particularly bulky threats like Swampert.
EVs are tailored to let Politoed do as much damage as it can. It's relatively bulky by itself, and leftys help that out.
The Sweeper:
Kingdra (Adamant) @Chesto
Swift Swim
144 HP 160 AT 204 SpD
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Outrage
Rest
Although these two together is banned in competitive play, the Subway remains oblivious to such things. That lets Kingdra shine once more. The set is a fairly standard one. The premise is that you DD until you're low on health, or until you get a bad status. (Thanks to Drizzle you don't have a time constraint to sweep) Then you rest, Chesto wakes you, and you obliterate. Waterfall/Outrage has wonderful coverage, hitting almost everything for at least neutral.
EVs in HP and SpD let Kingdra take the Dragon Pulses that gravitate to him. the leftovers go in attack so that if your boosting is cut short you can still hit hard.
The Hax:
Amoonguss (Calm) @ Leftys
252 HP 48 DF 208 SpD
Spore
Giga Drain
HP Ice
Sludge Bomb
The Sleep Clause prevents things like this from existing. Under rain, the most commonly hit weakness of Amoonguss fades away, and he's free to sleep anything and everything he sees. Mostly what the strategy is is to Start Politoed, switch to Amoonguss, Spore. Then switch in Kingdra and set up unopposed.
Testing with new items! Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Lead:
Politoed (Modest) @Shell Bell
Drizzle
4 HP 252 SpA 252 Spe
Surf
Focus Blast
Ice Beam
HP grass
DrizzleToed by itself can be a potent threat. A STAB, Rain-Boosted Surf puts a huge dent into anything that doesn't resist it, and a sizeable chunk into many who do. Hydro Pump would do more, but thanks the Battle Subway's hax it's no good. Anything under 85 accuracy is completely unreliable. That being said, the next attack is Focus Blast. Wait, what? The reason this is on here is simple: Ferrothorn. The bane of this team is a decently entrenched Ferrothorn, sucking away health while laughing at the Water-type attacks. It may take 3 turns to hit, but Focus Blast is worth eliminating Ferrothorn. (It also smacks Empoleon in the face, another who adores the rain.)
Ice Beam is mainly for Dragons, and some Grass-types. Unless they're 4x weak, most of them actually take more damage from Surf. But for coverage's sake, and for Garchomp, Ice Beam is a solid option. HP Grass is for opposing water-types who would try to take advantage of Politoed, particularly bulky threats like Swampert.
EVs are tailored to let Politoed do as much damage as it can. It's relatively bulky by itself, and leftys help that out.
The Sweeper:
Kingdra (Adamant) @Chesto
Swift Swim
144 HP 160 AT 204 SpD
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Outrage
Rest
Although these two together is banned in competitive play, the Subway remains oblivious to such things. That lets Kingdra shine once more. The set is a fairly standard one. The premise is that you DD until you're low on health, or until you get a bad status. (Thanks to Drizzle you don't have a time constraint to sweep) Then you rest, Chesto wakes you, and you obliterate. Waterfall/Outrage has wonderful coverage, hitting almost everything for at least neutral.
EVs in HP and SpD let Kingdra take the Dragon Pulses that gravitate to him. the leftovers go in attack so that if your boosting is cut short you can still hit hard.
The Hax:
Amoonguss (Calm) @ Leftys
252 HP 48 DF 208 SpD
Spore
Giga Drain
HP Ice
Sludge Bomb
The Sleep Clause prevents things like this from existing. Under rain, the most commonly hit weakness of Amoonguss fades away, and he's free to sleep anything and everything he sees. Mostly what the strategy is is to Start Politoed, switch to Amoonguss, Spore. Then switch in Kingdra and set up unopposed.
Testing with new items! Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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Imma switch that up.