Project heat

Insanely Optimized Clef:



Clefable @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 136 HP / 144 Def / 40 SpA / 140 SpD / 48 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Flamethrower/Ice Beam/Thunderbolt/Focus Blast/Grass Knot/Psychic/Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower/Ice Beam/Thunderbolt/Focus Blast/Grass Knot/Psychic/Shadow Ball
- Soft-Boiled

This is an offensively-oriented Clef that uses her deep Special movepool and optimized natural durability to threaten, and ultimately 1v1, many metagame threats.

48 Speed IVs outspeed Neutral Melmetal, which you 2HKO if it's offensive.

252+ Atk Choice Band Barraskewda Flip Turn vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable in Rain: 253-298 (69.3 - 81.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Bisharp Iron Head vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 306-360 (83.8 - 98.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Blacephalon Flamethrower vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable: 255-301 (69.8 - 82.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Shadow Ball vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable: 153-181 (41.9 - 49.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252+ Atk Dragapult Phantom Force vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 247-292 (67.6 - 80%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252 Atk Dragonite Dual Wingbeat (2 hits) vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 290-344 (79.4 - 94.2%) -- approx. 2HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Earthquake vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 231-273 (63.2 - 74.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable: 127-151 (34.7 - 41.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Kartana Leaf Blade vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 306-361 (83.8 - 98.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Transistor Regieleki Thunderbolt vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable: 285-336 (78 - 92%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Rillaboom Grassy Glide vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable in Grassy Terrain: 258-304 (70.6 - 83.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Psyshock vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable in Psychic Terrain: 303-357 (83 - 97.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Psychic vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable in Psychic Terrain: 297-349 (81.3 - 95.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Tyranitar Stone Edge vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 297-351 (81.3 - 96.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable on a crit: 300-354 (82.1 - 96.9%) -- approx. 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Volcanion Sludge Wave vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable: 294-346 (80.5 - 94.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252 SpA Volcarona Flamethrower vs. 136 HP / 140 SpD Clefable: 285-336 (78 - 92%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Weavile Triple Axel (40 BP) (3 hits) vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 306-360 (83.8 - 98.6%) -- approx. 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Zapdos-Galar Brave Bird vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 309-364 (84.6 - 99.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252+ Atk Hawlucha Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 337-397 (92.3 - 108.7%) -- 50% chance to OHKO (shh)
252 Atk Excadrill Iron Head vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 290-344 (79.4 - 94.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Bullet Punch vs. 136 HP / 144 Def Clefable: 307-361 (84.1 - 98.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

The vast majority of the above mons can be 2HKO'd by Moonblast or a coverage move. I lean toward Flamethrower and Ice Beam, just based on what's popular in the tier right now, but it's highly customizable to whatever you wanna smack the shit outta - namely Thunderbolt for Pex and Slowbro, or Focus Miss if you wanna get spicy for Heatran. It functions like Nidoking in the sense that good predictions make this Clef incredibly difficult to switch into confidently.

Works on a wide variety of teams, particularly Dragonspam, as you're taking out opposing Dragon types and chipping everything else. Stealth Rock support is nice to secure KOs, since you don't set it yourself. You could, but you're losing valuable coverage.

Use this thing, it's good.
 
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Slurpuff @ Red Card
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 252 HP / 208 Def / 48 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Misty Explosion
- Sticky Web
- Yawn
- Magic Coat

Want to play webs? This is your best bet for a setter by far imo. It will always live stuff like Band Weavile Triple Axel, Band Urshifu-S Surging Strikes, Specs Blacecephelon Shadow Ball, non-band Kartana Smart Strike, Excadrill Iron Head and more.

Once the Red Card is Proc'd, you outspeed the entire metagame except Regieleki, allowing you to easily use Misty Explosion before they can Defog and switch to your sweeper

Highly recommend using!
 
:ss/jirachi:
Jirachi @ Expert Belt
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 132 Atk / 160 SpA / 216 Spe
Mild Nature
- Iron Head
- Thunderbolt
- Icy Wind / Psychic
- Aura Sphere

I've started testing out this set recently, and it's actually... not terrible? It still functions as a Lele switch-in, and lures in many of Jirachi's usual checks.

132 Attack EVs guarantees that Iron Head will 2HKO Clefable after Leftovers recovery, and 216 Speed EVs allows you to outspeed modest Lele. The rest goes into special attack.
 
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!Walmart set alert!
:ss/melmetal::choice-specs:
sup buddy (Melmetal) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 188 SpD / 64 Spe
Quiet Nature
- Thunder
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Double Iron Bash

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NOPE :choice-band:
252+ Atk Choice Band Iron Fist Melmetal Thunder Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight in Electric Terrain: 314-370 (78.5 - 92.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Choice Band Iron Fist Melmetal Thunder Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Toxapex in Electric Terrain: 240-284 (78.9 - 93.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Iron Fist Melmetal Thunder Punch vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro in Electric Terrain: 306-360 (77.8 - 91.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

YEP :choice-specs:
252+ SpA Choice Specs Melmetal Thunder vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro in Electric Terrain: 446-526 (113.4 - 133.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Melmetal Thunder vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex in Electric Terrain: 272-322 (89.4 - 105.9%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Melmetal Thunder vs. 252 HP / 88 SpD Corviknight in Electric Terrain: 384-452 (96 - 113%) -- 75% chance to OHKO

Use this on rain. Koko gives terrain. Barraskweda flip turns into melmetal so easily.
https://pokepast.es/3ee839bd5baa7ca5

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654302825
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654352613-xqvjv3sukd9kuisr9p0ydzoru32lwoqpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654311256
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654307761

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654268779
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654265578
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1654255330-sfmqn0dkfnv7auip1u6dk7i5bnd1bj3pw

I only climbed while using this team.
 
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Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to present the most recent concoction that has come out of our laboratories.

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Drapion @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Battle Armor
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD
Careful Nature
- Acupressure
- Rest
- Night Slash
- Earthquake

As you can see the goal is to accumulate evasion boosts then proceed to dunk on the enemy team. We're chesto resto so you have to hodl until the absolutely perfect moment to get back to full to continue to accumulate boosts. Night slash is the main attacking move for critting mons that use recovery moves and eq for coverage. This set also relies on the fact that nobody knows what Drapion is and that it gets battle armor so it can't get crit. We're max special bulk with 16 defense evs because I made a typo when putting the evs in that I only realized when writing this now.

Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1665835288-c2op38hbjda7r66e3z56g03nt6j8v58pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1665851498-vpqioxg7dytwgjm7vso9711zgpca3uqpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1666016868-az1kv3suzuslvanzr89pz4yucq8sacvpw -> not a drapion sweep but had to dunk on this toxic ass mid ladderer
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/...YZ6IX4iEGR5AIB9x0wMP0R8Y8mFAbDHo_bXlIhhX4BqXI
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1665843271-9tdxyr4vakqa1zes04lvrj0h6yiz1bepw -> just the sight of big drap makes them run in fear

td;dr please don't use drapion
 
So you see, I build heat for fun. And I try my best to make sure its good heat.
And over time, I have built up a full box of heat.
Although a few of these are Storm Zone teams, most of them are mine (got them reviewed by SZ though). The ones that SZ are usually indicated by SZ in the team name.
HEAT (pokepast.es)
don't get fooled by the first mon being pikachu, thats my "worst" heat mon in the whole list there are better trust
 

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