introduction
some say that great art can only be made from great suffering; then it is only fitting that i hit top 500 for the first time after getting ghosted by this really cute girl on hinge who i was talking to for like a month
then i realized i had a beat tape on the way so i waited until i finished that before i wrote this rmt so that i could plug my music
this is the first ever smogon rmt music self-promo how cool is that
also this team actually isn't that good imo but if i can somehow pilot it to top 500 so can you
teambuilding
i really wanted to make a team using this sub 3 attacks primarina set i found
i figured that aegislash beat blissey and also punches holes in most things prim can't deal with
then i threw together a bunch of random shit and somehow went like 35-5 to breeze to top 500
team
Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Psychic
role:
star of the show and the mon i wanted to build around
punches holes in basically every mon that is not ferro or blissey
usage:
bring it in safely, press sub on a double and start going to town
usually clicked scald to fish for burns, moonblast when its weak to fairy and psychic basically exclusively for pex
don't forget about torrent, can use sub to bring yourself below 1/3 to get that juicy 1.5x scald
evs:
hits hard, outspeeds no investment lando
Aegislash @ Spell Tag
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 112 Atk / 252 SpA / 144 Spe
Mild Nature
- King's Shield
- Close Combat
- Shadow Sneak
- Shadow Ball
role:
the other main breaker, stole this set from that one blunder tier list; he was not wrong it does put in tremendous amounts of work
shadow balls shits on basically everything in the tier again barring blissey, cc beats on heatran, blissey, and dark types
usage:
honestly much frailer than i expected, also needs to be brought in relatively carefully
mostly you just click shadow ball and consider clicking cc on a predicted blissey/heatran/dark type
shadow sneak revenges a lot of stuff and kings shield is annoying and lets you tank more hits
really try not to get this knocked cause spell tag is honestly the difference between 2hkos and not
evs:
stole this from blunder so honestly im 100% on the evs, i believe it is to outspeed no speed investment heatran so you can kill it with shadow ball into cc
Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hurricane
- Roost
- Defog
role:
physical wall, hazards defogger, para spreader with static
volt switch lets you bring in one of the aforementioned breakers, hurricane hits what it needs to hit
usage:
bring this in on most physical threats, either click hurricane if you expect a ground switchin, defog if you need to fog, or volt switch on a double to safely bring in prim/slash
evs:
i copied this from smogon so again im not 100% on the evs
"40 Speed EVs let Zapdos outspeed Rillaboom and the rest are invested into HP and Defense to maximize Zapdos's physical bulk."
well there we go that's why u have 40 speed evs
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 56 Def / 204 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Earthquake
role:
its lando u know what it mostly does, this mf is playing like 381209038 different jobs on this team
rocks are rocks, toxic to get rid of fat mons/setup sweepers, eq is eq, u-turn brings in a breaker
lando is ur ground immunity ur one time specs pult switch in ur rocker ur toxic spreader ur defensive pivot it literally does everything on this team
usage:
i like leading lando unless i see an obvious lando counter-lead (weavile, nidoking, a bunch of shit really) and otherwise you need to keep this mon healthy against regieleki and you can take one shadow ball from pult
evs:
made some shit up it does the job it takes a shadow ball it tanks physical hits too
Mienshao @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 100 HP / 156 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Fake Out
role:
honestly this teams mvp this mon put in hella work while i was blitzing through ladder
i enjoy leading this mon when im not sure of their lead or i think they're gonna lead a lando counter-lead
it knocks it pivots into breakers it tanks hits it regens this mon and lando are basically the defensive backbone of your team they barely squeeze by enough
usage:
usually just click knock and then u-turn, cc when u need to cc, fake out stalls weather turns/adds up toxic chip/sometimes gets u into ko range
evs:
copied from smogon, lets u sometimes tank 2 specs pult shadow balls?????
Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 16 SpA / 88 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Roost
- Flamethrower
- Safeguard
role:
apparently i wasn't happy enough with shitting on fat so i had to bring in one more fat destroyer
bulky safeguard volc 100-0s most fat builds by itself on its own
usage:
against offense, basically just bring this in on weavile triple axel and melmetal double iron bash or other contact attackers to fish for burns
against fat, bring this in safely (!!!!!!!!!!!! if you get statused before you can safeguard this mon is useless), press safeguard, and start boosting and win
evs:
copied from smogon again, feels pretty good
playstyle:
this team is pretty frail defensively, the breakers cant tank much and the rest of the team barely gets by so just play a sac-heavy style and prioritize bringing in ur heavy hitters as safely as possible
against offense/balance you love trading hit for hit cause either your hits will hopefully hit harder or you can tank their hit and ko with your own
against fat pivot in your breakers as safely as possible and aim for a volc sweep
i do a lot of pivoting with lando/mienshao/zapdos, the 3 make a sort of haphazard volt-turn core that at any moment can bring in a breaker and start punching holes in the other team
threats:
i dont know why i made an entire team that chokes and folds like paper against specs pult but i did and somehow it worked anyways
specs pult fucks u there's no easy way around it sometimes u just gotta sack and hope to revenge it w prim or aegislash
lando can tank 2 shadow balls, mienshao can usually tank 1, volc can usually tank 1
try to knock it with mienshao even if you have to sack for it cause then it's not as big a threat
nido wipes this team on its own, knock it with mienshao and then try to countersweep on it with volc
aegislash also can kill it with sneak but this dude is scary
same shit as nidoking except zapdos outspeeds so you can take advantage of it by either volting on it or predicting the ground switchin into prim or pressing hurricane
hahahahahahahhahahhaa unaclef with calm mind 51904812908410-0s this team just give up and go next once it reveals
replays:
honestly had no fucking clue id hit top 500 and didnt feel like playing after so here are my last 3 replays to top 500 they're all shit and none of them show you how to effectively pilot this team
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1631550346-348memoqvkm1yint1m4s8nu6yia81kepw
aegislash solos fat
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1631551694-t4oje674kzwsrssvn1uum8r2z2drhhkpw
honestly not sure why this guy ff'd but do your pivoting, bring your breakers in, punch holes, sac mons to pult so you can knock it or revenge, set up for a volc sweep
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1631554722
packed by prim
paste:
https://pokepast.es/74e9cdf61e115ff7
shoutouts:
ctc
that girl from hinge
outro:
if i can make top 500 with this horrible dogshit team literally anyone can make top 500, just focus on improving, think about your decisions and how they impact the state of the game, always have a general gameplan in mind but be able to switch on the fly and identify your win conditions as they shift, really just maintain a high level of decisionmaking and you can take any team to top 500
tbh if you have feedback give it on my music not this team this team is pretty mid i just wanted an excuse to shitpost and i figured top 500 was a good enough excuse
i miss her
some say that great art can only be made from great suffering; then it is only fitting that i hit top 500 for the first time after getting ghosted by this really cute girl on hinge who i was talking to for like a month
then i realized i had a beat tape on the way so i waited until i finished that before i wrote this rmt so that i could plug my music
this is the first ever smogon rmt music self-promo how cool is that
also this team actually isn't that good imo but if i can somehow pilot it to top 500 so can you
teambuilding
i really wanted to make a team using this sub 3 attacks primarina set i found
i figured that aegislash beat blissey and also punches holes in most things prim can't deal with
then i threw together a bunch of random shit and somehow went like 35-5 to breeze to top 500
team
Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Psychic
role:
star of the show and the mon i wanted to build around
punches holes in basically every mon that is not ferro or blissey
usage:
bring it in safely, press sub on a double and start going to town
usually clicked scald to fish for burns, moonblast when its weak to fairy and psychic basically exclusively for pex
don't forget about torrent, can use sub to bring yourself below 1/3 to get that juicy 1.5x scald
evs:
hits hard, outspeeds no investment lando
Aegislash @ Spell Tag
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 112 Atk / 252 SpA / 144 Spe
Mild Nature
- King's Shield
- Close Combat
- Shadow Sneak
- Shadow Ball
role:
the other main breaker, stole this set from that one blunder tier list; he was not wrong it does put in tremendous amounts of work
shadow balls shits on basically everything in the tier again barring blissey, cc beats on heatran, blissey, and dark types
usage:
honestly much frailer than i expected, also needs to be brought in relatively carefully
mostly you just click shadow ball and consider clicking cc on a predicted blissey/heatran/dark type
shadow sneak revenges a lot of stuff and kings shield is annoying and lets you tank more hits
really try not to get this knocked cause spell tag is honestly the difference between 2hkos and not
evs:
stole this from blunder so honestly im 100% on the evs, i believe it is to outspeed no speed investment heatran so you can kill it with shadow ball into cc
Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hurricane
- Roost
- Defog
role:
physical wall, hazards defogger, para spreader with static
volt switch lets you bring in one of the aforementioned breakers, hurricane hits what it needs to hit
usage:
bring this in on most physical threats, either click hurricane if you expect a ground switchin, defog if you need to fog, or volt switch on a double to safely bring in prim/slash
evs:
i copied this from smogon so again im not 100% on the evs
"40 Speed EVs let Zapdos outspeed Rillaboom and the rest are invested into HP and Defense to maximize Zapdos's physical bulk."
well there we go that's why u have 40 speed evs
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 56 Def / 204 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Earthquake
role:
its lando u know what it mostly does, this mf is playing like 381209038 different jobs on this team
rocks are rocks, toxic to get rid of fat mons/setup sweepers, eq is eq, u-turn brings in a breaker
lando is ur ground immunity ur one time specs pult switch in ur rocker ur toxic spreader ur defensive pivot it literally does everything on this team
usage:
i like leading lando unless i see an obvious lando counter-lead (weavile, nidoking, a bunch of shit really) and otherwise you need to keep this mon healthy against regieleki and you can take one shadow ball from pult
evs:
made some shit up it does the job it takes a shadow ball it tanks physical hits too
Mienshao @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 100 HP / 156 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Fake Out
role:
honestly this teams mvp this mon put in hella work while i was blitzing through ladder
i enjoy leading this mon when im not sure of their lead or i think they're gonna lead a lando counter-lead
it knocks it pivots into breakers it tanks hits it regens this mon and lando are basically the defensive backbone of your team they barely squeeze by enough
usage:
usually just click knock and then u-turn, cc when u need to cc, fake out stalls weather turns/adds up toxic chip/sometimes gets u into ko range
evs:
copied from smogon, lets u sometimes tank 2 specs pult shadow balls?????
Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 16 SpA / 88 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Roost
- Flamethrower
- Safeguard
role:
apparently i wasn't happy enough with shitting on fat so i had to bring in one more fat destroyer
bulky safeguard volc 100-0s most fat builds by itself on its own
usage:
against offense, basically just bring this in on weavile triple axel and melmetal double iron bash or other contact attackers to fish for burns
against fat, bring this in safely (!!!!!!!!!!!! if you get statused before you can safeguard this mon is useless), press safeguard, and start boosting and win
evs:
copied from smogon again, feels pretty good
playstyle:
this team is pretty frail defensively, the breakers cant tank much and the rest of the team barely gets by so just play a sac-heavy style and prioritize bringing in ur heavy hitters as safely as possible
against offense/balance you love trading hit for hit cause either your hits will hopefully hit harder or you can tank their hit and ko with your own
against fat pivot in your breakers as safely as possible and aim for a volc sweep
i do a lot of pivoting with lando/mienshao/zapdos, the 3 make a sort of haphazard volt-turn core that at any moment can bring in a breaker and start punching holes in the other team
threats:
i dont know why i made an entire team that chokes and folds like paper against specs pult but i did and somehow it worked anyways
specs pult fucks u there's no easy way around it sometimes u just gotta sack and hope to revenge it w prim or aegislash
lando can tank 2 shadow balls, mienshao can usually tank 1, volc can usually tank 1
try to knock it with mienshao even if you have to sack for it cause then it's not as big a threat
nido wipes this team on its own, knock it with mienshao and then try to countersweep on it with volc
aegislash also can kill it with sneak but this dude is scary
same shit as nidoking except zapdos outspeeds so you can take advantage of it by either volting on it or predicting the ground switchin into prim or pressing hurricane
hahahahahahahhahahhaa unaclef with calm mind 51904812908410-0s this team just give up and go next once it reveals
replays:
honestly had no fucking clue id hit top 500 and didnt feel like playing after so here are my last 3 replays to top 500 they're all shit and none of them show you how to effectively pilot this team
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1631550346-348memoqvkm1yint1m4s8nu6yia81kepw
aegislash solos fat
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1631551694-t4oje674kzwsrssvn1uum8r2z2drhhkpw
honestly not sure why this guy ff'd but do your pivoting, bring your breakers in, punch holes, sac mons to pult so you can knock it or revenge, set up for a volc sweep
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1631554722
packed by prim
paste:
https://pokepast.es/74e9cdf61e115ff7
shoutouts:
ctc
that girl from hinge
outro:
if i can make top 500 with this horrible dogshit team literally anyone can make top 500, just focus on improving, think about your decisions and how they impact the state of the game, always have a general gameplan in mind but be able to switch on the fly and identify your win conditions as they shift, really just maintain a high level of decisionmaking and you can take any team to top 500
tbh if you have feedback give it on my music not this team this team is pretty mid i just wanted an excuse to shitpost and i figured top 500 was a good enough excuse