Yes we are, I copy pasted the wrong Gengar set, lol, I'll fix it right now! Really like Gastro too btw, I've been experimenting with Mega Scizor + Gastro as some sort of defensive core for bulky offense and it works pretty well! Gastro is also great against Heatran as you said, specially since Bloom Doom is very rare and it also provides a Magearna counter which is really good!I might've missed something, but weren't we giving Gengar trick to be able to do smthn vs stall? I know depending on the route the team takes it can be changed, but just curious.
Just a heads up, Earthquake over Earth Power for Calm Mind Magearna (and non Giga Drain Volcarona). And while this EV Spread looks cool, I don't see much reason not to run 252 HP / 252 SpD. If you really want some physical bulk though, I'd suggest an EV spread of 248 HP / 44 Def / 216 SpD, because it let's you avoid the 2HKO from Keldeo's Secret Sword after Stealth Rock and running too much defense allows Mega Camerupt and Ash Gren to have a decent chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock, which isn't really desirable. Other than that, great pick! And btw, please use this sprite instead:
Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
Evs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Earth Power
Gastrodon is a great SpDef Wall, although niche as it checks two of the main threats to this team in Greninja and Koko, as well as Non- Bloom doom Heatran, Non Fairium Z Magearna and many others. It would provide a great deal of help to the two mons as it covers Zor's fire weakness and Gengar's weakness to koko and gren.
The Evs are specially designed to maximise Special Defense while also keeping some Physical Defense.
Calcs:
252 SpA Choice Specs Greninja-Ash Dark Pulse vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 196-232 (46 - 54.4%) -- 6.6% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Koko Dazzling Gleam vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 141-166 (33 - 38.9%) -- 8.6% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Koko Hidden Power Ice vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 71-84 (16.6 - 19.7%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Diancie-Mega Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 160-190 (37.5 - 44.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
168+ SpA Sheer Force Camerupt-Mega Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 192-226 (45 - 53%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Life Orb Latios Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 246-290 (57.7 - 68%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Magearna Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 88-104 (20.6 - 24.4%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Magearna All-Out Pummeling (190 BP) vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 184-217 (43.1 - 50.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Magearna Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 174-205 (40.8 - 48.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Magearna Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 168+ SpD Gastrodon: 130-154 (30.5 - 36.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
Do you mind if I reserve Tangrowth then? Or do you want to reserve that for yourself?Hey, I am on my phone so I can't make a super thorough post but:
RHelmet Landorus Therian & any Zygarde set seem really annoying to face. I recommend focusing on some ground type checks. Tangrowth is a neat option if we want to do balance, but I was thinking more of the lines of static zapdos. Gives us a Scizor counter & a decent Landorus Therian check. It's nice because scizor provides the defog support so zapdos isn't so pressured by sr. Zygarde can still be potentially annoying but offensive Zyg can be whittled down by Scizor safely uturn chunking & getting zapdos in safely (as switching zapdos into TA would be problematic).
We were also weak to Pinsir, so it helps alleviate these issues too. Zard-Y / Heatran / Volc would be the next wave of threats we would have to address next (or we could answer them now and then address land/zyg later).
(BandTar could be a neat addition as well for combating volc/zard/zard)
They're probably waiting on more submissions because right now there are only 2 options for the next team member (3 if you take max hp leftovers ttar into account) and thats a bit restricting considering how many mons could actually fit here.umm It has been 7 days since submissions opened up, so I apologize but shouldn't voting begin? Unless this project has been put on hiatus. Or Mega meganium and Exploudit's computers are fucked up.
EDIT: Actually Exploudit just posted an RMT an hour and a half ago sooo maybe I'm just clueless...