Tyranitar's fall from grace is no stranger to many people. Its once omnipresent power and control over the tiers it used to dominate has come to an end. It is no longer sweeping teams with dragon dance easily nor is it pursuit trapping on the scale it once did. Until today. We present to you: Ol' faithful. The WEAKNESS POLICY DRAGON DANCE TYRANITAR.
Weakness Policy Dragon Dance Tyranitar HO.
https://pokepast.es/a587f4a0b4fcc27f
by smg and averagetoxapexlover
we do have some replays to show off the team’s effectiveness, this week’s victims are Miyoko and Adriyun! fortunately Hiro was spared as we lost the replay we had vs him… :(
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-2087215641-xr94cy1pmdx880w2ia8n69gjiv8r8xhpw vs Adriyun
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-2086853336-j8bjhw0rkaxtq207d86xc7deesavumgpw vs Miyoko
was pretty fun doing this even if the team is honestly dogshit as all hell, s/o to averagetoxapexlover and the other people who let us test vs them.
Weakness Policy Dragon Dance Tyranitar HO.
https://pokepast.es/a587f4a0b4fcc27f
by smg and averagetoxapexlover
The star of the show, Tyranitar finds its place on this team as a phenomenal screens abuser that leverages its amazing natural bulk to safely set up behind screens. The coverage here is given to hit most of OU’s metagame for at worst neutral damage with Stone Edge. Tyranitar’s amazing bulk allowed us to play around a lot with EV spreads, but the spread here has its reasons. Attack investment is just enough to OHKO Mega Mawile at +2 with Fire Punch (+2 252 Atk Tyranitar Fire Punch vs. 116 HP / 0 Def Mawile-Mega: 276-326 (102.2 - 120.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO) and the defensive investment is done to eat Greninja’s Choice Specs once. (252 SpA Choice Specs Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 16 HP / 60 SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 288-342 (83.4 - 99.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO). Tyranitar can be surprisingly threatening, but its poor speed is among its most debilitating factors, which is why screens added bulk helps alleviate Tyranitar’s issues and let it properly shine. It’s important that Tyranitar should be played very carefully, as if it sustains any amount of chip whatsoever its functionality declines. This is negligible if Tyranitar has a poor matchup, in which case it’s fine for it to trade one for one. Versus Rain or Sun, however, you should play it aggressively to disrupt the weather’s ability to sweep as effectively as possible.
With the need for screens comes a need for a setter, and Koko fills this niche perfectly. Debatably, the tier’s best screen setter, Koko uses its amazing speed tier, access to Taunt and U-Turn to enable unimpeded. There’s not a lot to say, really, it’s just your ordinary HO enabler.
HO loves hazards, and what’s better than tier staple turned into a lead? Landorus-Therian uses its sky high attack stat and access to Swords Dance to force hazards onto the field. Ferrothorn, opposing Landorus, Corviknight, Zapdos, etc, they all cannot comfortably play their part in the hazard war without being threatened by Lando. It’s good to play Lando proactively, you want to maximize the most out of its value defensively and offensively, as it’s your only ground type, and Landorus can still be very threatening to slower teamcomps as opposed to the one for one trader it is into faster paced teams.
The MU moth finds its place on this team with ease. HO staple, this version of Moth servers primarily to aim well into Balances and some Offences that might otherwise give this team some issues. Play it carefully: a lot of the times Volcarona is your wincon into teams, so conditioning it to win is going to more often than not be your goal. This mon also seriously enjoys Reflect, as it eases its issues regarding lackluster physical defense and lets it QD more freely. Pokemon you should be aiming to weaken for this vermin to win are answers like Chansey, Blissey, Heatran, Dragonite, and Greninja.
Another fantastic screens abuser, Gyarados is here to function as a good breaker, with its attacks being effective at forcing chip damage against defensive Pokemon to enable them, while also being a defensive stopgap against Greninja. Gyarados is more often than not going to be the first Pokemon you’re going to send out once screens are up, as its immense bulk behind screens allows it safe set-up opportunities to let it wear down teams for its teammates to break with more ease. Power Whip is here because this team is incredibly weak to Urshifu, but this also has the benefit of cleanly OHKOing Tapu Fini. If Urshfiu isn’t a concern, Taunt or Waterfall could be used instead.
Now, the featured Pokemon of the week tends to be the shitmon, but in this case Tyranitar has actually been surprisingly consistent. Instead, the shitmon is Alakazam! Pretending as if it’s on a sand team in BW, Alakazam sucks. It’s way frail, not fast enough, and gets outpaced very easily. That’s okay though, because Alakazam will usually not be doing much against offence, it instead specializes in stallbreaking. Stall has no real reliable answer to Fairium Z Alakazam bar Shedinja- but that’s okay because nobody uses that! With this set, Stall is easy to break, as Twinkle Tackle lacerates Mega Sableye and Alakazam can easily brute force its way through Chansey or Blissey. Just get up screens and watch your dopamine spike as every one of stall’s members breaks. It won’t usually clean on its own, just open up a hole usually big enough for something else to break. Against offence, Alakazam is usually not doing much, so if it’s to get momentum in your favor, don’t be afraid to sack Alakazam.
we do have some replays to show off the team’s effectiveness, this week’s victims are Miyoko and Adriyun! fortunately Hiro was spared as we lost the replay we had vs him… :(
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-2087215641-xr94cy1pmdx880w2ia8n69gjiv8r8xhpw vs Adriyun
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-2086853336-j8bjhw0rkaxtq207d86xc7deesavumgpw vs Miyoko
was pretty fun doing this even if the team is honestly dogshit as all hell, s/o to averagetoxapexlover and the other people who let us test vs them.
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