dusk raimon
Banned deucer.
Introduction
So I was basically dead for a while, to be precise until about 2 months ago. Since I've come back its been a wild ride, 1v1 had a room which I did not expect, I've made more friends in the 1v1 community and I feel less like an aids shitposter, more a decent user. I managed to qualify for the 1v1 Ladder Tournament after coming back and ended up going out in round 3, however I really enjoyed the whole process and I was pleased with my performance in my first ever 1v1 tour on smogon! One of the main teams I've used since coming back and getting involved with the community and which helped me qualify for 1v1LT and carry me through some tough games in round 1 and 2 is the one I'm going to showcase today. Its showcasing my new favourite pokemon, the goddess Tapu Fini, which is a pokemon I really love the design of and more importantly love in 1v1. So without further ado, I present Feel Good Inc!
https://imgur.com/a/qntXW
I got 1768 but only 1763 in this screenshot forgot to screenshot after next game oops
I got 1768 but only 1763 in this screenshot forgot to screenshot after next game oops
I started with Tapu Fini for a strong special attacker which can beat both charizards, kyurem-black and mgyara, as well as almost all of the fast offensive fighting types in the tier which trouble...
I then added Snorlax because it was very synergetic with Tapu Fini, as it enjoyed having the stuff Tapu Fini removed, well removed. It also beats stuff like Mega Venusaur and Chansey for Tapu Fini.
Finally I added Donphan as a strong pokemon in its own regard, but mainly as a great lure for Curse kyu with rock tomb.
Tapu Fini @ Choice Specs
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 232 HP / 24 Def / 216 SpA / 20 SpD / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power [Rock]
Tapu Fini is the main pokemon of the team, the centrepiece. I put on choice specs to increase the damage dealt by Fini to the point where it can kill pokemon such as Kyurem-Black and Charizard-mega-Y with its coverage moves, moon blast and HP rock respectively. The EVs in defence in conjunction with the HP allow Tapu Fini to take a sucker punch+play rough from Mega Mawile, and the special defence a hyper beam from max special attack modest porygon-z. The moves are standard and give Tapu Fini as much coverage as possible to beat as much stuff in the meta as possible. Tapu Fini itself is very anti-meta right now, its good bulk+average special attack enhanced by the choice specs allows it to beat many S rank pokemon and high usage pokemon such as both Mega Charizards, Mega Gyarados, and Kyurem-Black to name a few.
Snorlax @ Normalium Z
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 120 HP / 124 Atk / 252 Def / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Yawn
- Protect
- Double-Edge
- Belly Drum
Snorlax has recently become an incredibly potent threat in the 1v1 metagame, rising in usage by a ton with the advent of this set, the Normalium-Z sleep set. The usage of yawn+protect allows Snorlax to beat many top tier threats provided it gets a bit lucky, and then use z-belly drum, or just attack with z-double-edge. This allows it to beat many pokemon which would trouble Tapu Fini such as super bulky special pokemon or offensive grass types, namely stuff like chansey, mega venusaur, kartana etc. The given EVs into hp and defence allow it to take an Icium-Z freeze shock from Kyurem-Black, as well as just in general maximising physical bulk, allowing it to take on as many threats as possible.
Donphan @ Groundium Z
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Counter
- Rock Tomb
Donphan is used as a glue pokemon luring Curse Mimikyu, a pokemon which at preview looks like it beats my entire team, and all around being a good pokemon in general providing more secure answers versus things like Mega Mawile, Mega Metagross, and the other bulky steels in the tier. It hits incredibly hard with Groundium-z Earthquake, and jolly with max speed investment while allowing it to outspeed mimikyu after a rock tomb also allows it to beat other sturdy pokemon which commonly don't run as much speed investment as it. Counter also allows Donphan to cheese wins against bad Gyarados users and force 50/50s in mirrors, which creates mind games for you to win but is better than having auto losses versus certain mons.
none because all the old ones are gone sigh
Snorlax @ Normalium Z
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 120 HP / 124 Atk / 252 Def / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Yawn
- Protect
- Double-Edge
- Belly Drum
Donphan @ Groundium Z
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Counter
- Rock Tomb
Tapu Fini @ Choice Specs
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 232 HP / 24 Def / 216 SpA / 20 SpD / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 120 HP / 124 Atk / 252 Def / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Yawn
- Protect
- Double-Edge
- Belly Drum
Donphan @ Groundium Z
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Counter
- Rock Tomb
Tapu Fini @ Choice Specs
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 232 HP / 24 Def / 216 SpA / 20 SpD / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power [Fire]
And thats the team!
ok I'm not badged and there are too many people I want to shoutout so I'm not gonna do an individual mass tag, I'm just gonna say S/O LSF and everyone in the 1v1 room who's a regular, and individual shoutouts are for all the people who helped me get back into to 1v1 and start enjoying it again a month and a half ago.
UnleashOurPassion without you I probably wouldn't have got back into 1v1, you've been so helpful to me man and I really appreciate you for that
DEG Esteemed 1v1 RO GO QC NOW
Baleblaze especially before you went to do your exams man you were super important for me, its been great talking to you again after such a long time.
charizard8888 such a chill guy to talk to in PMs its been great talking to you after coming back
Iron Crusher same^
XSTATIC COLD get car crash die noob
Quantum Tesseract do u even play 1v1?
RNGIsFatal fellow tapu fini abuser :D
motogp fuck jolly donphan
Downcoming3 fuck snorlax
MaceMaster we haven't like talked that much but from what we have ur super chill and ur ev spreads are mind blowing lol
Whammerist a great guy I'm sorry i couldn't win 1v1lt for you to make ur predicts right :c
partys over dc3 is objectively the better player XD!
Blazikin the G bomb good lord i love you no homo <3333
Tallydaorangez I'm sorry i forgot u first time but ur the best room voice ;w;
thats everyone i can think of off the top of my head rn but I'm kinda tired and sleepy, just hmu if i missed u, I'm hoping i didnt miss anyone
UnleashOurPassion without you I probably wouldn't have got back into 1v1, you've been so helpful to me man and I really appreciate you for that
DEG Esteemed 1v1 RO GO QC NOW
Baleblaze especially before you went to do your exams man you were super important for me, its been great talking to you again after such a long time.
charizard8888 such a chill guy to talk to in PMs its been great talking to you after coming back
Iron Crusher same^
XSTATIC COLD get car crash die noob
Quantum Tesseract do u even play 1v1?
RNGIsFatal fellow tapu fini abuser :D
motogp fuck jolly donphan
Downcoming3 fuck snorlax
MaceMaster we haven't like talked that much but from what we have ur super chill and ur ev spreads are mind blowing lol
Whammerist a great guy I'm sorry i couldn't win 1v1lt for you to make ur predicts right :c
partys over dc3 is objectively the better player XD!
Blazikin the G bomb good lord i love you no homo <3333
Tallydaorangez I'm sorry i forgot u first time but ur the best room voice ;w;
thats everyone i can think of off the top of my head rn but I'm kinda tired and sleepy, just hmu if i missed u, I'm hoping i didnt miss anyone
Hope you enjoyed!
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