I've got a well-tested team for you all, with some great ideas and options. With how badly OMs tend to be nerfed, i guess all of these will be banned eventually. But i personally don't find a problem with the meta, as it is. Everything is busted and that keeps it pretty balanced in the end, as no one strategy is superior. I've enjoyed it a lot and there's plenty of variation, even with the regular mons. Not every scyther or sneasel is the same and i haven't found a set that i couldn't find a way to beat.
Anyway, here's the team, there's an explanation below:
Butterfree (Magneton) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Tinted Lens
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Bug Buzz
Scolipede (Rhydon) @ Wide Lens
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Protect
Reuniclus (Chansey) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Seismic Toss
- Teleport
- Wish
- Protect
Milotic (Cubone) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Marvel Scale
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Whirlpool
- Perish Song
- Recover
- Stealth Rock
Hitmonlee (Sneasel) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Swords Dance
Gallade (Dusclops) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 88 Def / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Shadow Sneak
Explanations:
Magneton - Electric and flying typing. The special wallbreaker. Hit a few hurricanes and there's nothing that can stop you. With Specs, you're hitting 772 Special attack, with virtually no resistances, other than ground types for thunderbolt. Speed hits 319, modest, which is all you need. There's a tonne of defensive/stall mons that can't take a hit from this, so it's basically a free kill whenever you get it in.
Chansey: I hate to use stall, but i found this to be fair in a meta where base stats can regularly surpass 150. The hp stat is actually bugged and you don't get the full stats. The game limits you to 714 hp (Blissey/highest stat in the game), when you should be roughly 800hp. But that doesn't; matter, as you essentially still get an eviolite chansey, with leftovers and regenerator. Teleport, regen Chansey is just a great pivot to beat opposing stall, and come back in with a fresh sweeper, or wall any mon that doesn't have set up, or a ridiculous attack stat.
Sneasel: This is my lead. Maybe it's not as good as Hitmontop Sneasel, but it hits much harder (Better stats) and beats a tonne of other leads, unburden giving you the surprise outspeed against speed boosters. The stats end up at a massive 504 attack and 433 Speed, which speaks for itself. If your opponent didn't bring priority, they might just lose turn 1.
Rhydon: A monster in this meta, if you find the right sets for it. I think a defensive, water absorb set might turn up eventually. With this set it hits 493 Attack and 309 speed, one of the best sweepers I've found. As you might tell from the wide lens, stone edge misses are its only flaw. With such a massive attack stat, enough bulk to get a swords dance off (Basically just normal rhydon bulk) and speed boosting, all you really need is eq and stone edge to break most teams.
Cubone: Milotic is a ridiculous evolution buff and is a banworthy option due to the bonuses it provides. But i thought i'd do it a little differently to everyone else and use it for perish trapping instead of normal stall. If you can hit the initial whirlpool, this guy is amazing for killing opposing stall. You might also replace Stealth rocks for an actual attack, so that this thing can't be ignored by ghost types so easily. If you want evidence of how stupidly broken milotic is, here's the stats: 453 hp, 516 defense (Flameorb), 372 Spdef. Reliable recovery. And this is on a cubone....
Dusclops: Fighting and Ghost typing. You won't believe how many people will hit you with a dark type move... Justified is finally worthwhile. This thing hits 460 attack, with respectable +300 defenses. The speed is to counter Corsola and bulky ghost sets that try to will-o wisp/strength sap. But after the ban of frosmoth, i guess it can be changed back. This is one of my favourite mons and it beats down sneasels.
As a bonus I'll mention another busted pokemon.
Tangela with either Frosmoth or Volcarona. One turn of set up and its over. Volcarona version is for speed/big hits/fire attacks, no boosts neccessary. But the Frosmoth version is the bulky one, go full defense, there's not much that can stop you setting up and giga draining all your hp back.
Another bonus tech, that i pair with set up is Illusion/Zoroark, which is hella fun. I used this set, as Tangela attracts toxic/stall and this demolishes those mons:
Zoroark (Pawniard) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- U-turn
This is essentially a regular Bisharp stat wise, if Bisharp had base 100 speed, access to turn and illusion.
I think Illusion has a tonne of potential, as unlike Zoroark in other metas, the preview won't give away your strategy. 40+ to Att, SPA and Speed. Access to swords dance and nasty plot or turn. It could fit onto nearly any team or pokemon and change the game if played right. Hoping to see more of this mon.
Overall, now that icy scales is banned. The only things I think should be considered for a ban are Milotic, as an evolution and scyther, as a base pokemon.
These two things are the most prominent problems and give the most ridiculous buffs, with the least amount of weaknesses and best versatility. Sneasel is usually too fragile and predictable, with only the hitmontop version being truly difficult to counter. But i suppose that makes it banworthy too. Chansey with an eviolite is basically just as good as every other version of chansey base in this meta. My version is the best one I've used/versed so far, perhaps other people have found different, more powerful sets, but i have not any problem with chansey as a base. Gyarados gives a great milotic level buff, but the reliable recovery makes all the difference for milotic and flying typing is a disadvantage to most pokemon, as it generally provides a weakness with no good attack (Bounce?) to abuse the new typing. The key difference between these two for me, is speed (The only stat not boosted by these evos). Milotic doesn't need speed, it has recovery and defences. Gyarados needs speed in order to reach its potential. Besides Scyther and Sneasel, there's not many pokemon with acceptable base Spd stats, and this forces people to either run scarf or DD on most mons.