this team revolves around defense and aims to check the meta defensively.
Sableye @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
Shiny: Yes
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Shadow Sneak
- Recover
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
sableyes role on the team is pretty obvious. its stops hazard/status spam cold 95% of the time from things like deoxys, ferrothorn, landorus-t, klefki, skarmory etc.
serves as a good check to mega mewtwo x, tyranitar and deoxys-attack due to the psycho boost immunity.
antileads deoxys speed, even skill swap variants since knock off+shadow sneak KOs it.
Rhyperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Solid Rock
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
resttalk rhyperior helps to check things like zekrom, mega salamence, rayquaza and ho oh.
dealing with salamence is a bit harder with no ice move coupled with stone edges accuracy, but not being useless after ho oh burns with sacred fire is really nice. it walls mega tyranitar completely.
rhyperior is also capable of soft checking EQ support primal groudon.
Giratina-Origin @ Griseous Orb
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Defog
- Dragon Tail
- Toxic
- Earth Power
giratina plays a supporting role on this team. sableye doesnt do much to stop primal groudon, so giratina fulfills that role. defog is to clear hazards, toxic is to wear groudon down or any mon that switches in. earth power hits primal groudon for heavy damage.
giratina easily checks things like kangaskhan and mega lucario if mega sableye and yveltal for some reason, isnt enough. its also my primary switch in to blaziken.
Yveltal @ Assault Vest
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Oblivion Wing
- Foul Play
- Sucker Punch
- Dark Pulse
yveltal is a general mixed wall that checks a lot of mons really nicely due to its typing and ability. dark aura boosted foul play deals with mons like E-killer, arceus ghost, mega salamence, kangaskhan, excadrill, offensive primal groudon and mega mewtwo y.
AV boosts yveltals special defense which allows it to do things like 1v1 kyogre and KO certain variants with foul play+sucker punch and withstand draco meteors from the latis and KO them with dark STAB. slowbro is KOd by dark pulse. gengar is KOd by any dark STAB
oblivion wing checks things like mega lopunny shaymin and mega mewtwo x. checks darkrai once sleep clause is active.
Aegislash @ Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Toxic
- King's Shield
- Gyro Ball
- Shadow Sneak
Aegislash keeps this team from getting shut down by xerneas. a sassy nature with 0 speed ivs maximizes gyro balls power. toxic nails switch ins like primal groudon. shadow sneak is priority since the team is slow.
checks both latis easily, tanking anything they have while chunking them both with gyro ball and toxic.
aegislash is also my main switch in to diancie, pretty much the only mon that can semi-consistently force this team to play with hazards up since sableye cant safely switch in and giratina doesnt safely switch in to defog. gyro ball+shadow sneak KOs gengar.
Amoonguss @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Grass Knot
- Giga Drain
- Clear Smog
- Sludge Bomb
amoonguss's primary role here is to check primal kyogre. it also serves as a secondary check to xerneas if it doesnt carry a psychic move. clear smog removes any boosts that the above two accumulate. grass knot does heavy damage to kyogre.
does a good job at checking darkrai if sleep clause is active since it cant set up nasty plots due to clear smog and sludge bomb does heavy damage with a chance to poison.
threatlist:
darkrai-can destroy my team if it puts the right mon to sleep and starts setting up.
mega diancie-can 2HKO everything on my team if aegislash dies and it can reliably set up hazards against my team most of the time.
refresh, dragon dance, roost mega salamence-if yveltal dies, this specific variant gives even rhyperior trouble since it doesnt have avalanche.
replays:
amoonguss consistently stops kyogre here due to regenerator and sableye stops landorus-t and ferrothorn from doing anything at all during the entire match.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-303543273
amoonguss checks kyogre throughout the entire match and sableye stops hazards completely. dd mega mence with refresh and roost is trouble though.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-303523544
Sableye @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
Shiny: Yes
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Shadow Sneak
- Recover
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
sableyes role on the team is pretty obvious. its stops hazard/status spam cold 95% of the time from things like deoxys, ferrothorn, landorus-t, klefki, skarmory etc.
serves as a good check to mega mewtwo x, tyranitar and deoxys-attack due to the psycho boost immunity.
antileads deoxys speed, even skill swap variants since knock off+shadow sneak KOs it.
Rhyperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Solid Rock
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
resttalk rhyperior helps to check things like zekrom, mega salamence, rayquaza and ho oh.
dealing with salamence is a bit harder with no ice move coupled with stone edges accuracy, but not being useless after ho oh burns with sacred fire is really nice. it walls mega tyranitar completely.
rhyperior is also capable of soft checking EQ support primal groudon.
Giratina-Origin @ Griseous Orb
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Defog
- Dragon Tail
- Toxic
- Earth Power
giratina plays a supporting role on this team. sableye doesnt do much to stop primal groudon, so giratina fulfills that role. defog is to clear hazards, toxic is to wear groudon down or any mon that switches in. earth power hits primal groudon for heavy damage.
giratina easily checks things like kangaskhan and mega lucario if mega sableye and yveltal for some reason, isnt enough. its also my primary switch in to blaziken.
Yveltal @ Assault Vest
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Oblivion Wing
- Foul Play
- Sucker Punch
- Dark Pulse
yveltal is a general mixed wall that checks a lot of mons really nicely due to its typing and ability. dark aura boosted foul play deals with mons like E-killer, arceus ghost, mega salamence, kangaskhan, excadrill, offensive primal groudon and mega mewtwo y.
AV boosts yveltals special defense which allows it to do things like 1v1 kyogre and KO certain variants with foul play+sucker punch and withstand draco meteors from the latis and KO them with dark STAB. slowbro is KOd by dark pulse. gengar is KOd by any dark STAB
oblivion wing checks things like mega lopunny shaymin and mega mewtwo x. checks darkrai once sleep clause is active.
Aegislash @ Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Toxic
- King's Shield
- Gyro Ball
- Shadow Sneak
Aegislash keeps this team from getting shut down by xerneas. a sassy nature with 0 speed ivs maximizes gyro balls power. toxic nails switch ins like primal groudon. shadow sneak is priority since the team is slow.
checks both latis easily, tanking anything they have while chunking them both with gyro ball and toxic.
aegislash is also my main switch in to diancie, pretty much the only mon that can semi-consistently force this team to play with hazards up since sableye cant safely switch in and giratina doesnt safely switch in to defog. gyro ball+shadow sneak KOs gengar.
Amoonguss @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Grass Knot
- Giga Drain
- Clear Smog
- Sludge Bomb
amoonguss's primary role here is to check primal kyogre. it also serves as a secondary check to xerneas if it doesnt carry a psychic move. clear smog removes any boosts that the above two accumulate. grass knot does heavy damage to kyogre.
does a good job at checking darkrai if sleep clause is active since it cant set up nasty plots due to clear smog and sludge bomb does heavy damage with a chance to poison.
threatlist:
darkrai-can destroy my team if it puts the right mon to sleep and starts setting up.
mega diancie-can 2HKO everything on my team if aegislash dies and it can reliably set up hazards against my team most of the time.
refresh, dragon dance, roost mega salamence-if yveltal dies, this specific variant gives even rhyperior trouble since it doesnt have avalanche.
replays:
amoonguss consistently stops kyogre here due to regenerator and sableye stops landorus-t and ferrothorn from doing anything at all during the entire match.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-303543273
amoonguss checks kyogre throughout the entire match and sableye stops hazards completely. dd mega mence with refresh and roost is trouble though.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-303523544
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