With the introduction of drizzletoed and droughttails (droughtpix if you play PO's UU) weather got increasingly annoying, and for a while I never really sought to fight sunny day with sunny day. However, my own DW OU team has gotten monotonous so I constructed a rainy day team that, I find, can fair in other weather reasonably well. Drought teams giving me the most trouble. This current team fits into Wifi OU, but any additions that put into Dream World I am not opposed to. For reference on PO's wifi ladder I hover around the 200 - 400 mark.
HP 252/ SpecAtk 252/ Spd 4 - Modest Nature
Leftovers - Drizzle
Boiling Water
Toxic
IceBeam
Psychic
I usually can't stand not having some sort of lead that doesn't lay down any hazards (Swampert is still my favorite lead of all time), so this took some getting used to, but I need the rain up. Toxic and Boiling water are there to cripple the opponent. Icebeam is there for dragons as Politoed rarely stays in past a turn or to. I usually can switch into something better so she usually comes back later. Psychic is just basically there. I'm not sure what else to put that I would use. Helps with tentacruel if Shibi is down and OHKO's opposing Croagunks... Anyway, EV's and nature are to max atk and make it kinda bulky. This works for me but I'm not opposed to other spreads. She's not too bad at taking hits as is. In wifi (or on smogons server) I usually just keep this as lead unless I see opposing weather. For hippo and Abamasnow I go to Shibi, Ttar I may stay in or go to toxicroak, Ninetails I go to snorlax. Enemy politoeds I usually send out Shibi or Natt.
Changes: Psychic... Not opposed to changing it at all.
Sleepd(D)ra
Hp 4/ Atk 252/ Spd 252 - Jolly Nature
Leftovers - Swift Swim
Dragon Dance
Outrage
Waterfall
Yawn
There is little point in leading with Drizzletoed if you have no one to take advantage of it. Kingdra takes advantage of it the most out of anyone (except MAYBE hydration/rest vaporeon... ugh) Outrage and Waterfall are self explanatory. I really do like Yawn on this set. After a yawn (which I usually land first b/c of swift swim) the opponent is either forced to switch or go to sleep, and since they usually switch I can get a DD on the switch. Good typing gives her a lot of resistances and my instances of switching into Shandy or Heatrans fire moves are quite lolworthy.
Changes: Nothing I can really think of. Possibly an EV spread for a bit more bulk? I know yawn isn't standard but I like it, but tell me your opinions anyway.
Shibithunderdon
Hp 252/ Spec Atk 252/ 4 Def - Modest Nature
Leftovers - Levitate
Grassknot
Flamethrower
HP ice
Thunder
I thought this thing looked so odd at the start and (for some reason) just stuck it on a team, and instantly loved this thing. This is my third team to carry Shibi. His other sets have Tbolt instead of thunder b/c of accuracy. He is really bulky and can take hits quite well. On a separate team I ran a dualscreen leadswine (it works very well actually) and w/ screens up Shibi doesn't know how to die to anything but crits. Thunder is there to take advantage of Rain, with the rest being for coverage. Flamethrower destroys Abamasnow leads and Natt as well as Scizor (Bullet punch resist) Grassknot comes in handy at times and HP ice is obvious. These last two moves go great with Shibi's levitate ability. Shibi has 10 higher base atk but I really like this moveset and it's Spec atk isn't bad (105). With this bulk it can dish out hits so he becomes my special sweeper/tank. I don't see this thing being OU though, and when the meta settles and he lands in UU I will make him a monster.
Changes: despite my love for Shibi I am quite open to other special attackers.
Suckercroak
4 Hp/ 252 Atk/ 252 Spd - Adamant Nature
Life Orb - Dry Skin
Crosschop
Suckerpunch
Thunderpunch
Swords Dance
Yet another sweeper to take advantage of the rain. Swords dance is my stat boosting move. Crosschop is for stab and great fighting offensive typing. Suckerpunch is a great priority move and after a SD is ridiculous. I love taking out Gengars. Thunderpunch is great as even after intimidate it OHKOs Gyra and can hit Burrungeru pretty hard. Life Orb recoil is evened out by the Dry Skin ability, if sand is up it's not too bad but he hates sun with a passion. Not much else to say, pretty standard.
Changes: Have at it. I love Croak, modify him if possible as I would rather keep him.
Stalltorei
252 Hp/ 4 Atk/ 252 Def - Impish Nature
Leftovers - Iron Barbs
Stealth Rock
Thunderwave
Leech Seed
Power Whip
My defensive wall. Can set up hazards in mid game and cripple with Twave, which I do prefer over spikes. Leech seed + Iron barbs + lefties + switch into Outrage = 1 dead dragon and 1 gloating healthy Natt. His biggest weakness is fire and the rain helps remedy that. He can't survive a fireblast or anything but HP fires and nonstab flamethrowers don't kill like they used to. Again a straightforward set. Powerwhip does pretty good damage for a wall.
Changes: A diff EV spread perhaps. No move changes.
Curselax
252 Hp/ 4 atk/ 252 Spec Def - Adamant Nature
Leftovers - Immunity
Curse
Whirlwind
Earthquake
Bodyslam
This is my special wall. Let me start with I'm pretty sure adamant is an accident. I opened teambuilder and was surprised to an adamant nature. I never noticed and he does really well still, can take a +2 EQ from dory. W/ huge bulk and spec def. I can usually get off multiple curses and after that he doesn't die. Earthquake for coverage and Bodyslam for stab and para chance. Whirlwind is b/c I have no other phazer anything behind a sub or that has CM'd almost never OHKOs me. Originally I had roob in this position and while it worked and I love roob I just didn't want to use him on this team. I switched to Salamence but didn't get the results I wanted, too fragile. I randomly tried Snorlax and am pleasantly surprised. Immunity over thick fat so I don't get stalled out myself. It has saved me more than once (and w/ immunity I get 4 pokes not hit by toxic spikes)
Changes: Open to a lot on this one. I really like snorlax but both my walls are fighting weak and that just won't work in today's metagame.
Rankurusu
After calm minds he can get annoying. As of now this is the most annoying thing I can think of toxicroak stands the best chance against him but he gets raped by Psychic or Psychoshock
Roobushin
Bc he has type adv against my Physical wall he can be annoying. Toxicroak resists then SD and cross chop to death. This works in rain but not in other weather.
Exeggcutor
specifically the rest-harvest sets... they just heal up and obliterate me.
Sunny day teams - Other weather isn't a problem. It's kind of exciting fighting a sunnyday team as the battle for weather makes all involved more careful. However, if I lose the weather war then my chances of success go down fast.
(Still working on threat list)
AT A GLANCE
In Depth
CrizzletoedHP 252/ SpecAtk 252/ Spd 4 - Modest Nature
Leftovers - Drizzle
Boiling Water
Toxic
IceBeam
Psychic
I usually can't stand not having some sort of lead that doesn't lay down any hazards (Swampert is still my favorite lead of all time), so this took some getting used to, but I need the rain up. Toxic and Boiling water are there to cripple the opponent. Icebeam is there for dragons as Politoed rarely stays in past a turn or to. I usually can switch into something better so she usually comes back later. Psychic is just basically there. I'm not sure what else to put that I would use. Helps with tentacruel if Shibi is down and OHKO's opposing Croagunks... Anyway, EV's and nature are to max atk and make it kinda bulky. This works for me but I'm not opposed to other spreads. She's not too bad at taking hits as is. In wifi (or on smogons server) I usually just keep this as lead unless I see opposing weather. For hippo and Abamasnow I go to Shibi, Ttar I may stay in or go to toxicroak, Ninetails I go to snorlax. Enemy politoeds I usually send out Shibi or Natt.
Changes: Psychic... Not opposed to changing it at all.
Sleepd(D)ra
Hp 4/ Atk 252/ Spd 252 - Jolly Nature
Leftovers - Swift Swim
Dragon Dance
Outrage
Waterfall
Yawn
There is little point in leading with Drizzletoed if you have no one to take advantage of it. Kingdra takes advantage of it the most out of anyone (except MAYBE hydration/rest vaporeon... ugh) Outrage and Waterfall are self explanatory. I really do like Yawn on this set. After a yawn (which I usually land first b/c of swift swim) the opponent is either forced to switch or go to sleep, and since they usually switch I can get a DD on the switch. Good typing gives her a lot of resistances and my instances of switching into Shandy or Heatrans fire moves are quite lolworthy.
Changes: Nothing I can really think of. Possibly an EV spread for a bit more bulk? I know yawn isn't standard but I like it, but tell me your opinions anyway.
Shibithunderdon
Hp 252/ Spec Atk 252/ 4 Def - Modest Nature
Leftovers - Levitate
Grassknot
Flamethrower
HP ice
Thunder
I thought this thing looked so odd at the start and (for some reason) just stuck it on a team, and instantly loved this thing. This is my third team to carry Shibi. His other sets have Tbolt instead of thunder b/c of accuracy. He is really bulky and can take hits quite well. On a separate team I ran a dualscreen leadswine (it works very well actually) and w/ screens up Shibi doesn't know how to die to anything but crits. Thunder is there to take advantage of Rain, with the rest being for coverage. Flamethrower destroys Abamasnow leads and Natt as well as Scizor (Bullet punch resist) Grassknot comes in handy at times and HP ice is obvious. These last two moves go great with Shibi's levitate ability. Shibi has 10 higher base atk but I really like this moveset and it's Spec atk isn't bad (105). With this bulk it can dish out hits so he becomes my special sweeper/tank. I don't see this thing being OU though, and when the meta settles and he lands in UU I will make him a monster.
Changes: despite my love for Shibi I am quite open to other special attackers.
Suckercroak
4 Hp/ 252 Atk/ 252 Spd - Adamant Nature
Life Orb - Dry Skin
Crosschop
Suckerpunch
Thunderpunch
Swords Dance
Yet another sweeper to take advantage of the rain. Swords dance is my stat boosting move. Crosschop is for stab and great fighting offensive typing. Suckerpunch is a great priority move and after a SD is ridiculous. I love taking out Gengars. Thunderpunch is great as even after intimidate it OHKOs Gyra and can hit Burrungeru pretty hard. Life Orb recoil is evened out by the Dry Skin ability, if sand is up it's not too bad but he hates sun with a passion. Not much else to say, pretty standard.
Changes: Have at it. I love Croak, modify him if possible as I would rather keep him.
Stalltorei
252 Hp/ 4 Atk/ 252 Def - Impish Nature
Leftovers - Iron Barbs
Stealth Rock
Thunderwave
Leech Seed
Power Whip
My defensive wall. Can set up hazards in mid game and cripple with Twave, which I do prefer over spikes. Leech seed + Iron barbs + lefties + switch into Outrage = 1 dead dragon and 1 gloating healthy Natt. His biggest weakness is fire and the rain helps remedy that. He can't survive a fireblast or anything but HP fires and nonstab flamethrowers don't kill like they used to. Again a straightforward set. Powerwhip does pretty good damage for a wall.
Changes: A diff EV spread perhaps. No move changes.
Curselax
252 Hp/ 4 atk/ 252 Spec Def - Adamant Nature
Leftovers - Immunity
Curse
Whirlwind
Earthquake
Bodyslam
This is my special wall. Let me start with I'm pretty sure adamant is an accident. I opened teambuilder and was surprised to an adamant nature. I never noticed and he does really well still, can take a +2 EQ from dory. W/ huge bulk and spec def. I can usually get off multiple curses and after that he doesn't die. Earthquake for coverage and Bodyslam for stab and para chance. Whirlwind is b/c I have no other phazer anything behind a sub or that has CM'd almost never OHKOs me. Originally I had roob in this position and while it worked and I love roob I just didn't want to use him on this team. I switched to Salamence but didn't get the results I wanted, too fragile. I randomly tried Snorlax and am pleasantly surprised. Immunity over thick fat so I don't get stalled out myself. It has saved me more than once (and w/ immunity I get 4 pokes not hit by toxic spikes)
Changes: Open to a lot on this one. I really like snorlax but both my walls are fighting weak and that just won't work in today's metagame.
Threatlist
Rankurusu
Roobushin
Exeggcutor
Sunny day teams - Other weather isn't a problem. It's kind of exciting fighting a sunnyday team as the battle for weather makes all involved more careful. However, if I lose the weather war then my chances of success go down fast.
(Still working on threat list)