I'm not one hundred percent set on this three versus three thing, I understand that it's to shorted battles, so I get that, but it feels unreal. Overall i'm a singles player, it's pretty well made, but it feels as if UB's should be banned in it since Pheromosa is just floating around destroying dreams, hopefully they're banned sooner then later. Otherwise, it's pretty stable, i'm going to stay with it, I feel as if it's a lot better then doubles, special, and championship (or whatever it's called.) I have a little toxapex set here, so if you want to try it, here (the moveset is pretty overused though, so not very original.
Toxapex @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Toxic Spikes
- Recover
- Protect
- Scald
it's very good for walling and generally stalling, which I enjoy, so i'm pretty happy with it, but it could use some work. I hope they improve on it, but i'm perfectly fine with it as-is. Just needs a little more balancing.
tl;dr - I'm a fan, okay, I just feel as if it needs more stabilization.
Something important to note: unlike OU, we do not control the banlist for Battle Spot metagames. The banlist is up to Gamefreak and Nintendo, and if the past has shown us anything, its that these banlists are ironclad and unmoving. Even stuff that was complained about like Mega Kangaskhan stuck around for the whole generation!
Regardless, I actually have to disagree that the UB's are that broken from the 87 Pokemon Showdown Battle Spot battles I've done as of this post. Pheromosa can get scary, but being hard countered by Aegislash is real bummer for it, and it doesn't deal too well with Mega Gengar without a Hidden Power either. Hidden Power variants usually lose out on the coverage to beat Fairy types as well. Don't get me wrong, Pheromosa is no joke: I just don't think its its unbeatable.
Funnily enough, I think the best Ultra Beast right now might actually be Celesteela! Here is the most common set you'll see.
Celesteela @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Relaxed / Impish Nature
- Leech Seed
- Protect / Substitute
- Heavy Slam
- Flamethrower / Earthquake / Substitute
This thing is like Ferrothorn's sista from another motha! While it doesn't have Iron Barbs, it makes up for that with a unique typing that allows it to check threats such as Garchomp and Pheromosa better than Ferrothorn would if it was allowed right now. Beast Boost is more useful than you think too: If you manage to get a KO with Heavy Slam, Celesteela becomes damn near impossible to KO from the physical side with unboosted attacks! Flamethrower makes Celesteela a very usable Kartana check as well, but Earthquake is awesome for catching Magnezones on the switch, since a lot of them have started running Magnet Pull as reaction to Celesteela.
A very common teammate I've been seeing with it Alolan Marowak. After testing it myself, I can see why: Alolan Marowak is an excellent check to most Electric-types thanks to Lightning Rod! It also has a ton of power with Thick Club, so it heavily punishes them too. You would think it'd make a great Celesteela check too, but Subseed Celesteela can actually win believe it or not, since Marowak is so slow. I guess this is why I saw some running Flame Charge: to avoid getting Subseeded to death, since I don't think you will be sweeping with that low base Speed!
I think its important to note that Alolan Marowak feels like an "early game" sort of thing. I imagine that once Pokebank comes out, it will fall into obscurity (I could be wrong though!), since Ghost Fire isn't really that great of a defensive typing, and getting outsped by Aegislash is a huge bummer. It might have a niche on Trick Room teams postbank. For now though, Alolan Marowak is surprisingly effective, so if your're of that thing, you probably should start using it asap, because these may be the best two months for it ever!
Back to Celesteela: while defensive is by far the most common, it might be a bit more versatile than that. I've seen a few offensive Celesteela that use Flame Charge or Autotomize (while Autotomize lowers its insane weight, it actually still hits most offensive Pokemon for 120 BP believe it or not lol). The idea is that they are late game sweepers with Heavy Slam, and no one sees it coming since its usually defensive. This lets you pull stunts like turning that weakened Tapu Koko into Beast Boost food for your sweep!
Overall, I think so far, Celesteela might be the star of the metagame, which is really not what I expected! Of course, this could change: the metagame is only a few days old, and for all we know, maybe postbank will affect it harder than expected (I predict that it will still be very good, just a bit harder to use because of the large amount of Fire-types hiding behind post bank and competition with Ferrothorn).
Regardless, if you want to make teams now, I'd say that you can't afford not to take Celesteela into account when teambuilding right now!