I did a few battles to see how this OM is going on… And I was scared by this public danger
Porygon-z is incredibly overpowering for Pokebilities. Adaptability + Download + Analytic + Z-Conversion and you get the new Xerneas in OU. Nothing, except chansey, is able to handle it. You just need turn of set up which is a bit difficult on the paper but pretty easy in practise, thanks to the def/spd boost of Z-Conversion. You just need to find a slower mon than you to set-up and after that, you sweep. If you play well, in the worst situation, Porygon-Z is sure to kill at least 2 mons. In a normal situation, you are able to deal with the opponent's whole team. If you have no priority or excadrill, P-Z can potentially rape you only at the team preview.
Supporting P-Z is pretty easy as well, only two things are mandatory :
1) A SR user
2) A mon which handles Excadrill or stuff like that.
I have seen some other cool guys :
So it's the common Azumarill in OU with two more awesome abilities (Sap Sipper and Thick Fat). The meta makes it ridiculously good with the predominant of the Sand team which means not a lot of m-venusaur but a plenty of excadrill. Just great. The BD version is hard to handle as well.
How do I even write a post in the pokebilities topic without talking about Sand teams ? It's very good, all teams are generally adapted to deal with that but it stays really threating to play around. Excadrill is the scariest thing except P-Z I have ever seen. Without a levitate mon with Intimidate, this guy can easily rape you.
252 Atk Life Orb Sand Force Excadrill Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 144+ Def Hippowdon: 199-235 (47.3 - 55.9%) -- 80.9% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
Intimidate + Moxie are very scaring as well. I dont like much these mons but I have to recognize that they do perfectly their job. They set-up both easily due to intimidate and can easily sweep you just after. Watch out, never let them set-up two Dragon Dance.
Rain teams are suprising good too despite of the weather war against the Sand teams. Drizzle combinated with Rain Dish allows to Pelipper run damp rock without suffering from the lack of leftovers. Ludicolo gets too the combination of swift swim and rain dish. I think Kingdra stays certainly the most interesting mon of the three thanks to swift swim with sniper which allows it to OHKO many mons by spamming DM or Hydropump. The only issue is that kingdra (and generally speaking the rain team) does really nothing to Azumarill.
The Steel trappers are very nice. The combinaison of Galvanize/Analytic + Magnet Pull + Sturdy is very effective against stuff like Celesteela or just against the commun mons. Very fun to play around, I have no regrets to have used them.
The best Azumarill's counters. Quagsire is perfect for Sand Team to deal with Water type (thanks to Water Absorb) and against Intimidate&Moxie users (thanks to Unaware). Clefable fits too and gets the advantage to go on whatever archetype of team, it's very scaring. I tested both of them and they are very effective against the majority of threats.
I dont have the time to talk about that but Tapus and UB stay very good in this meta even if they received nothing new. Dont forget to monitor them.
Porygon-z is incredibly overpowering for Pokebilities. Adaptability + Download + Analytic + Z-Conversion and you get the new Xerneas in OU. Nothing, except chansey, is able to handle it. You just need turn of set up which is a bit difficult on the paper but pretty easy in practise, thanks to the def/spd boost of Z-Conversion. You just need to find a slower mon than you to set-up and after that, you sweep. If you play well, in the worst situation, Porygon-Z is sure to kill at least 2 mons. In a normal situation, you are able to deal with the opponent's whole team. If you have no priority or excadrill, P-Z can potentially rape you only at the team preview.
Supporting P-Z is pretty easy as well, only two things are mandatory :
1) A SR user
2) A mon which handles Excadrill or stuff like that.
Some calcs (without taking into account the possible analytic boosts)
STAB thunderbolt (Download SpA)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Blissey: 350-412 (49 - 57.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 4 HP / 252 SpD Eviolite Chansey: 232-274 (36.1 - 42.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Magnezone: 248-292 (88.2 - 103.9%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock (resisted lol)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Porygon-Z Ice Beam vs. 248 HP / 92 SpD Amoonguss: 488-576 (113.2 - 133.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Heatran: 314-370 (81.3 - 95.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
STAB Shadow Ball (Download SpA)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 112 SpD Hippowdon: 456-538 (108.5 - 128%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 244 HP / 200+ SpD Gliscor: 368-434 (104.5 - 123.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO (and you have ice beam)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 306-362 (86.9 - 102.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
STAB Thunderbolt (Download Atk)
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 224+ SpD Mew: 224-264 (55.4 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Rotom-Wash: 286-338 (94.3 - 111.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 224+ SpD Jirachi: 224-264 (55.4 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
STAB Shadow Ball (Download Atk)
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Excadrill: 382-450 (105.8 - 124.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 92 HP / 0 SpD Azumarill: 324-382 (89 - 104.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Kyurem-Black: 294-348 (75.1 - 89%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Porygon-Z Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tangrowth: 218-258 (53.9 - 63.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Clefable
252 SpA Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 84+ SpD Clefable: 184-218 (46.7 - 55.3%) -- 14.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO on the switch)
STAB thunderbolt (Download SpA)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Blissey: 350-412 (49 - 57.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 4 HP / 252 SpD Eviolite Chansey: 232-274 (36.1 - 42.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Magnezone: 248-292 (88.2 - 103.9%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock (resisted lol)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Porygon-Z Ice Beam vs. 248 HP / 92 SpD Amoonguss: 488-576 (113.2 - 133.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Heatran: 314-370 (81.3 - 95.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
STAB Shadow Ball (Download SpA)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 112 SpD Hippowdon: 456-538 (108.5 - 128%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 244 HP / 200+ SpD Gliscor: 368-434 (104.5 - 123.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO (and you have ice beam)
+1 252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 306-362 (86.9 - 102.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
STAB Thunderbolt (Download Atk)
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 224+ SpD Mew: 224-264 (55.4 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Rotom-Wash: 286-338 (94.3 - 111.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 224+ SpD Jirachi: 224-264 (55.4 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
STAB Shadow Ball (Download Atk)
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Excadrill: 382-450 (105.8 - 124.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 92 HP / 0 SpD Azumarill: 324-382 (89 - 104.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Kyurem-Black: 294-348 (75.1 - 89%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Porygon-Z Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tangrowth: 218-258 (53.9 - 63.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Clefable
252 SpA Adaptability Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 84+ SpD Clefable: 184-218 (46.7 - 55.3%) -- 14.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO on the switch)
I have seen some other cool guys :
252 Atk Life Orb Sand Force Excadrill Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 144+ Def Hippowdon: 199-235 (47.3 - 55.9%) -- 80.9% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
I dont have the time to talk about that but Tapus and UB stay very good in this meta even if they received nothing new. Dont forget to monitor them.