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RU Ready?

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SazandoraMASTER

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This is a team I made for the release of the new RU tier.​

The Team​

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Drapion
-Taunt
-Toxic Spikes
-Crunch
-Earthquake
Item Attached: Leftovers
Nature: Jolly (+Spd, -Sp.Atk)
Ability: Sniper
EV's: 32 HP/252 Atk/224 Spd
This is a standard lead Drapion.
Taunt to prevent any setups. Pared with Jolly, it can cripple Mandibuzz and Cress.
Toxic Spikes for an always useful entry hazard.
Crunch to do some damage on other pokes.
Earthquake to take care of Steel types.

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Venomoth
-Sleep Powder
-Quiver Dance
-Bug Buzz
-Psychic
Item Attached: Focus Sash
Nature: Timid (+Spd, -Atk)
Ability: Tinted Lens
EV's: 4 HP/252 Sp.Atk/252 Spd
Venomoth is a beast in the RU tier since it gets access to Quiver Dance. Its also number one on the list.
Sleep Powder just to put things asleep then setup Quiver Dances.
Bug Buzz to do massive damage to Cresselia or anything in general.
I would like to use a Hidden Power for the last slot, but I can't do that cuz I suck. So Psychic for filler and it handles other Venomoths.

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Quagsire
-Toxic
-Recover
-Waterfall
-Earthquake
Item Attached: Leftovers
Nature: Impish (+Def, -Sp.Atk)
Ability: Water Absorb
EV's: 252 HP/4 Atk/252 Def
Quagsire is another thing to watch out for the RU game.
Toxic will be doing most of the damage.
Recover to...recover.
Waterfall and Earthquake just do more damage and stuff.

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Moltres
-Substitute
-Roost
-Flamethrower
-Air Slash
Item Attached: Leftovers
Nature: Timid (+Spd, -Atk)
Ability: Pressure
EV's: 252 Sp.Atk/4 Sp.Def/252 Spd
I wanted a Fire type in this team to counter Eviloite Ferroseeds so Moltres is a good choice.
Substitute to be protected from Sleep Powder from Venomoth or Leech Seed from Ferroseed.
Roost to recover off damage from Sub or any other attacks.
Flamethrower and Air Slash to do damage on stuff.

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Aggron
-Autotomize
-Head Smash
-Aqua Tail
-Low Kick
Item Attached: Life Orb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
Ability: Rock Head
EV's: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spd
Autotomize to raise my Speed and lower weight which is useful to lower Low Kick damage.
Head Smash to do ridiculous damage to anything.
Aqua Tail to hurt Rhyperior really hard.
Low Kick will take care of Regirock or anything heavy.

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Mesprit
-Psychic
-Ice beam
-Thunderbolt
-Trick
Item Attached: Choice Scarf
Nature: Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
Ability: Levitate
EV's: 16 HP/252 Sp.Atk/240 Spd
Psychic to hit anything hard especially with a Modest Nature and STAB.
BoltBeam for great coverage.
Trick to cripple things that want to setup.​
 
Note: Venomoth does not take 50% damage from Stealth Rock.

Anyway, seeing as I've never played the RU tier before, I can't really comment. From what I've seen, however, there appears to be a lack of reliable spinners. What's there? Claydol? Cryogonal? I guess there's specially bulky Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. Eviolite Pineco if you must go that far.

Is the point of the team to ensure that Venomoth can pull off a Quiver Dance or two and pass to Moltres, who can then proceed to basically destroy everything? That sounds pretty dangerous!

Otherwise, the team actually looks great! Has a revenge killer, heavy hitters, Quagsire to fall back on, and the utility man Drapion.
 
Oh, right, thanks, I was thinking of Ulgamoth or whatever it is. Volcarona, right. Anyway....Great team overall, strong types and some great movesets. Like AromaFlora, I've never played RU.
 
Go Brick Break or Superpower over Low Kick on Aggron. Brick Break to break screens or Superpower for nice base power.
 
Ice beam is an option over waterfall, for typing. But, waterfall works.
 
deoxysdude94 said:
Ice beam is an option over waterfall, for typing. But, waterfall works.
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Ice Beam isn't as good since it's Impish(hindering nature). Plus, Quagsire has rather low Special Attack.
 
Looks nice.
 
You might want to try curse on Quagsire over one of your STAB moves. Cool team otherwise.
 
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