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Hello Everyone [: im new to operating the forums, but I have lurked around the forums for a while and feel I should start being more active with the community. Been playing Pokemon for almost a year now, and started playing competitive around the time of the Metagross Suspect. I’ve been playing with Rain ever since I got my first Reqs back in the Landorus-I suspect. Today I’ll be doing an RMT on the team I’ve been using for most of my competitive experience, as well as the team I recently peaked #7 (1884) on the Smogon OU ladder.
Proof of Peak: http://puu.sh/lb8Dj.JPG
Ray Rice (Swampert) (M) @ Swampertite
Ability: Damp
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Superpower
- Ice Punch
- Earthquake
Swampert is the mega on the team. I preferred it over megas like Heracross and Pinsir because I felt there aren't much stall being used nowadays, and that having something to stop electric types from getting momentum on offense team seemed a more of a priority to me in this current meta where you will see HO way more often than you will see balance or stall. My feelings may change if stall and balance seems to appear more. I know many people will say that Heracross, Scizor, and Pinsir are much better megas because rain usually beats most HO teams. Which I agree to the most part, but Swampert takes less stress dealing with volt turn teams by stopping the volt switches and not being weak to HP ice which most electric types carry. Superpower is to hit rotom-w when low as well as hit ferrothorn hard. Speed is to outspeed scarf max jolly Lando T in the rain.
Precipitation (Politoed) (M) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 216 Def / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Rest
- Toxic
- Encore
Politoed, nothing much to say, rain summoner. Toxic is needed for slowbros and to just wear down my opponent’s team for my swift swimmers. Rest is to contain longevity to where I can just switch in more times. Encore is to deal with set up mons (Clefable and Scizor particularly) so that they don’t get too threatening to the point where my swift swimmers can’t revenge. Speed is enough to outspeed zero speed Mega Scizor by 1 point. Rest is in defense to add more bulk to the physical side of the team.
Aaron Hernandez (Kabutops) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Jet
- Swords Dance
Kabutops is secondary physical swift swimmer. Its role is mainly take care of Talonflame, breakdown certain walls like Celebi and Rotom-W easier than Swampert can. Swords Dance to help late game sweeps. SD can be replaced with low kick or rapid spin. Low kick is for Ferrothorn and spin for hazard stack teams that can give problems if I start out slow.
PLS HUG ME (Ferrothorn) @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Power Whip
- Stealth Rock
- Leech Seed
- Gyro Ball
Ferrothorn is the main pivot of the team. Deals with Altaria, Gyarados, Venusaur, Lati Twins ect. Just to set up rocks and double switch for momentum. Power Whip is for Rotom-W mainly and Gyro Ball is for fairys. Leech seed for recovery. Standard 101.
Coming4Kentucky (Tornadus-Therian) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 96 HP / 160 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Torn is just the grass killa. Av makes it a secondary pivot to the team, and makes it so you can deal with mega alakzam since I get 6-0’d if it traces swift swim. Utility to knock off leftovers to make killing them easier, U turn for momentum , Superpower for Tyranitar, and Hurricane for spamming in the rain. Enough Special Attack to kill Keldeo after Rocks. AV torn also helps against Zard Y where i can take a fire blast and u turn pivot out to Politoed to take control of the weather
SpongebobS2Ep23 (Kingdra) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Scald
Kingdra just destroys everything that the other swift swimmers cannot. Easy doubles when physical walls come in. Takes care of Skarmory, Rotom-W if weakened a bit, OHKOs Lando T, Tank Chomp. Scald over surf because we are trying to burn some pokemon.
Threats:
Rotom-w (manageable, but still a pain in the neck)
Mega Sableye (hard to open up against it, nothing can straight out kill it without rain, and then I have to play 50/50 on either the will o or knock off)
Ferrothorn (main reason i want to switch to LO Torn) it basically walls most of my team. swampert can get rid of it with eq into superpower, depending the spread though)
Weavile ( good offensive mon against me if i don't have rain up. with rain up, not much of a problem)
Keldeo (not so much, but have to figure out what set it is first . av torn usually helps me determine what it is, then I plan accordingly)
Stall teams (Obviously tough matchup but the team is more prepared to destoy HO teams and overwhelm some balance/bulky offense teams.) But stall isn’t an impossible matchup: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-265213884)
Replays of some good matches:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-283043840 He played really well despite not having any water switch ins
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-283050815 Game against mob barley. Could have played against the Azu better by staying in with Swampert, but I couldn't take that risk of banded and getting blown back.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-283075334 opponent was a little upset about a high jump kick miss. Definitely sucked, not sure how much it played in the long term, but was unfortunate nonetheless.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-281789070 another decent game.. i had matchup from the beginning so it was gonna be hard to lose
General Strategy: There is no 100% open lead, but the most common Pokemon i lead with is just Politoed. Torn T is a good lead against sand teams, Goth, and possible Zard Y so that I can pivot to toed to change up the weather or avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. Plan is to keep poltoed alive until you are going for game, then you sac it off to get your final rain turns you need and prepare the sweep.
If anyone would like to try out the team help yourself [: team will change depending on what is popular, but definitely a fun team to use.
Importable:
http://pastebin.com/m19CFmvq
Hello Everyone [: im new to operating the forums, but I have lurked around the forums for a while and feel I should start being more active with the community. Been playing Pokemon for almost a year now, and started playing competitive around the time of the Metagross Suspect. I’ve been playing with Rain ever since I got my first Reqs back in the Landorus-I suspect. Today I’ll be doing an RMT on the team I’ve been using for most of my competitive experience, as well as the team I recently peaked #7 (1884) on the Smogon OU ladder.
Proof of Peak: http://puu.sh/lb8Dj.JPG
Ray Rice (Swampert) (M) @ Swampertite
Ability: Damp
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Superpower
- Ice Punch
- Earthquake
Swampert is the mega on the team. I preferred it over megas like Heracross and Pinsir because I felt there aren't much stall being used nowadays, and that having something to stop electric types from getting momentum on offense team seemed a more of a priority to me in this current meta where you will see HO way more often than you will see balance or stall. My feelings may change if stall and balance seems to appear more. I know many people will say that Heracross, Scizor, and Pinsir are much better megas because rain usually beats most HO teams. Which I agree to the most part, but Swampert takes less stress dealing with volt turn teams by stopping the volt switches and not being weak to HP ice which most electric types carry. Superpower is to hit rotom-w when low as well as hit ferrothorn hard. Speed is to outspeed scarf max jolly Lando T in the rain.
Precipitation (Politoed) (M) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 216 Def / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Rest
- Toxic
- Encore
Politoed, nothing much to say, rain summoner. Toxic is needed for slowbros and to just wear down my opponent’s team for my swift swimmers. Rest is to contain longevity to where I can just switch in more times. Encore is to deal with set up mons (Clefable and Scizor particularly) so that they don’t get too threatening to the point where my swift swimmers can’t revenge. Speed is enough to outspeed zero speed Mega Scizor by 1 point. Rest is in defense to add more bulk to the physical side of the team.
Aaron Hernandez (Kabutops) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Jet
- Swords Dance
Kabutops is secondary physical swift swimmer. Its role is mainly take care of Talonflame, breakdown certain walls like Celebi and Rotom-W easier than Swampert can. Swords Dance to help late game sweeps. SD can be replaced with low kick or rapid spin. Low kick is for Ferrothorn and spin for hazard stack teams that can give problems if I start out slow.
PLS HUG ME (Ferrothorn) @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Power Whip
- Stealth Rock
- Leech Seed
- Gyro Ball
Ferrothorn is the main pivot of the team. Deals with Altaria, Gyarados, Venusaur, Lati Twins ect. Just to set up rocks and double switch for momentum. Power Whip is for Rotom-W mainly and Gyro Ball is for fairys. Leech seed for recovery. Standard 101.
Coming4Kentucky (Tornadus-Therian) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 96 HP / 160 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Torn is just the grass killa. Av makes it a secondary pivot to the team, and makes it so you can deal with mega alakzam since I get 6-0’d if it traces swift swim. Utility to knock off leftovers to make killing them easier, U turn for momentum , Superpower for Tyranitar, and Hurricane for spamming in the rain. Enough Special Attack to kill Keldeo after Rocks. AV torn also helps against Zard Y where i can take a fire blast and u turn pivot out to Politoed to take control of the weather
SpongebobS2Ep23 (Kingdra) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Scald
Kingdra just destroys everything that the other swift swimmers cannot. Easy doubles when physical walls come in. Takes care of Skarmory, Rotom-W if weakened a bit, OHKOs Lando T, Tank Chomp. Scald over surf because we are trying to burn some pokemon.
Threats:
Rotom-w (manageable, but still a pain in the neck)
Mega Sableye (hard to open up against it, nothing can straight out kill it without rain, and then I have to play 50/50 on either the will o or knock off)
Ferrothorn (main reason i want to switch to LO Torn) it basically walls most of my team. swampert can get rid of it with eq into superpower, depending the spread though)
Weavile ( good offensive mon against me if i don't have rain up. with rain up, not much of a problem)
Keldeo (not so much, but have to figure out what set it is first . av torn usually helps me determine what it is, then I plan accordingly)
Stall teams (Obviously tough matchup but the team is more prepared to destoy HO teams and overwhelm some balance/bulky offense teams.) But stall isn’t an impossible matchup: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-265213884)
Replays of some good matches:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-283043840 He played really well despite not having any water switch ins
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-283050815 Game against mob barley. Could have played against the Azu better by staying in with Swampert, but I couldn't take that risk of banded and getting blown back.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-283075334 opponent was a little upset about a high jump kick miss. Definitely sucked, not sure how much it played in the long term, but was unfortunate nonetheless.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-281789070 another decent game.. i had matchup from the beginning so it was gonna be hard to lose
General Strategy: There is no 100% open lead, but the most common Pokemon i lead with is just Politoed. Torn T is a good lead against sand teams, Goth, and possible Zard Y so that I can pivot to toed to change up the weather or avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. Plan is to keep poltoed alive until you are going for game, then you sac it off to get your final rain turns you need and prepare the sweep.
If anyone would like to try out the team help yourself [: team will change depending on what is popular, but definitely a fun team to use.
Importable:
http://pastebin.com/m19CFmvq
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