Aura Sensei™
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Thanks to Archstaraptor for the name of the Team
So, lately I've been wanting to build a Subway Singles Team. Previously, I tested out a TrickScarf Team, as seen in a previous RMT of mine. It was not my style, as each Battle took extremely long and I kept losing at Battle 21 ~ 28 due to stupid mistakes. I did some more thinking, and eventually I decided I was going to try out a Truant Chain Team, as they set up fairly quickly and are very effective since the AI won't switch once they receive Truant. This Team has been very successful thus far, and has had little trouble reaching the 63 mark. I'm not going to post proof as I haven't lost yet. Once I do lose, I plan to post the Final Streak. I've also included a Teambuilding section since wynaut.
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• Obviously, the whole point of this Team was to pass Truant to the opponent and set up a Sweeper. Now, Durant is the only Pokemon that can learn both Entrainment and Truant, so he had be the starting point. With a Scarf, he outspeeds the whole Subway, so he's guaranteed to pass Truant at least once.
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• I decided to add Garchomp as a Sweeper, since although he dosen't have a way of manually boosting Speed, he is faster at setting up, and the faster I can finish a Battle the better. Having half decent Synergy with Durant ain't bad either.
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• Here was the part where Teambuilding got tricky for me. Outside of Garchomp, I had no solid resist to Fire, and Garchomp alone wouldn't do. Water Type Moves could also prove annoying with no resist. I thought of trying out Latios, but after 7 Battles of trying him I liked Gyarados more due to DD.
• The whole point of this Team is a Truant Chain created by Durant. I use Entrainment on the opposing Lead, and then it's much easier to predict what they will do as they Truant every second turn. Rather than KOing the opposing Lead I set up. When they Truant, if Durant isn't dead, I switch to Gyarados or Garchomp depending on what the opponent's Lead is. They Protect or Sub when the opponent isn't stuck in Truant unless the opponent is using a non-damaging move as well. When they Truant, I set up until I'm ready to sweep. From there it's simple.
Durant @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Truant
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
• Superpower
• Iron Head
• X-Scissor
• Entrainment
• As I said earlier, without Durant this Team is garbage. I was kinda lazy to figure out how much Speed I could remove so I went with a boring 4 / 252 / 252. Yeah, I don't care if I wasted EVs. Anyways, this Durant is standard. I lead with him 110% of the time and use Entrainment right away. Afterwards, he's useless unless my Sweepers die or I need him to KO the Lati@s, who can beat Gyara and Chomp some times. Superpower hits Steel Types and all that, the Atk drop dosen't matter since Durant rarely uses it. X-Scissor and Iron Head are STABs, and Entrainment is you know, Entrainment.
Garchomp @ Leftovers
Trait: Rough Skin
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
• Earthquake
• Swords Dance
• Dragon Claw
• Substitute
• I like Garchomp. But he still sucks Dragonite compared to Salamence. Anyways, I went with a standard SD Garchomp. Earthquake and DC are STABs. SD is my boosting Move, normally after one SD I start sweeping. Substitute is used instead of Protect since Garchomp needs a way around faster Dragons like the Lati@s. He has no way of boosting Speed, so Sub is the only way of him dealing with fast Threats.
Gyarados @ Lum Berry
Trait: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
• Dragon Dance
• Waterfall
• Ice Fang
• Protect
• Gyarados is a ton of fun to use. DD is my set up Move, one of the reasons I went with Gyarados is he can boost Speed. Waterfall is STAB and Ice Fang is just random coverage I guess. I ran Protect + Lum since Gyara can boost Speed unlike Garchomp; he won't need Sub after a few DDs and he won't worry about crits when he's OHKOing most things. Lum just protects me from Status since I can't run Leftovers. I know some people will mention MoxieDos, but to quote from my other RMT.
me said:Anyways. The reason I went with IntimidateMenceDos > MoxieMenceDos is that tbh IntimidateMenceDos gets more oppurtunity's to DD than MoxieMenceDos. To the contrary, it won't hit as hard unless I DD multiple times, so MoxieMenceDos does indeed set up faster, but as I've said, I use IntimidateMenceDos since it can set up more often.
Well, that's been my first detailed RMT in a while. kthnxbai