Gen 5 BW Ubers team compendium

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Team 1. Blaziken sun offense

Blaziken @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Low Kick
- Flare Blitz
- Protect
- Stone Edge

Groudon @ Leftovers
Ability: Drought
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Lava Plume
- Stealth Rock
- Dragon Tail

Latios @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Roost

Arceus @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 192 HP / 252 Atk / 64 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Swords Dance
- Shadow Claw
- Earthquake

Darkrai @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Bad Dreams
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Trick
- Dark Void
- Dark Pulse

Dialga @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dragon Pulse
- Fire Blast
- Aura Sphere


Blaziken is a cool mon in BW, capable of kamikazing its way past "checks" like Giratina-O and physically defensive Groudon. If the opponent lacks priority, Blaziken can clean up teams late-game as well. Scarf Darkrai + Extreme Killer ambushes Deo-A and Deo-S leads a good portion of the time, and although this team is fine vs. Genesect anyway, Hidden Power Fire can still get this team a 6-5 lead early on in the game. Physically defensive Groudon is needed on this team to provide a secure Scarf Terrakion check since Latios alone isn't enough. Dialga is mostly here to give the team asecondary water resist and take advantage of slower dragons; the Timid nature helps it defeat Adamant Rayquaza and Modest Specs Kyogre.


Team 2. Kingdra rain offense
Tornadus-Therian @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Taunt
- Hurricane
- Superpower
- U-turn

Kingdra @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse

Kyogre @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 204 Def / 56 Spe
Bold Nature
- Rest
- Scald
- Sleep Talk
- Roar

Deoxys-Attack @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Spikes
- Extreme Speed
- Dark Pulse
- Superpower

Dialga @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 56 SpA / 176 SpD / 28 Spe
Calm Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Roar
- Stealth Rock
- Fire Blast

Arceus @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 160 HP / 96 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Judgment
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Recover


Kingdra + Tornadus-T have cool offensive synergy in BW. Kingdra can struggle vs. Stall teams and Arceus-Grass, two things that Tornadus-T deals with very well. In return, Kingdra destroys the Choice Scarf users that plague Tornadus so much. This is the team I brought vs. Hack in the BOTW and it worked wonders, as Tornadus-T pretty much Taunted and Hurricane'd his stall team to death. Arceus-Ghost keeps Spikes up and is EV'd to 2HKO Extreme Killer with Focus Blast, which is a problem for this team if it somehow sets up for free (or if you miss multiple Focus Blasts). Physically defensive Kyogre helps deal with Groudon and, to a lesser extent, SD Arceus formes. Defensive Kyogre with hazard support as a whole is extremely effective for obvious reasons.


Team 3. DracoMaster-style magic sun

Xatu @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 Spe
Bold Nature
- U-turn
- Thunder Wave
- Grass Knot
- Roost

Ho-Oh @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 64 HP / 252 Atk / 192 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Roost
- Brave Bird
- Flame Charge

Groudon @ Earth Plate
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Dragon Tail
- Stone Edge

Palkia @ Lustrous Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Spacial Rend
- Fire Blast
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Tail

Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Bug Buzz
- Ice Beam

Arceus @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Swords Dance
- Shadow Claw
- Earthquake


Earth Plate Groudon + Colbur Xatu is, in my opinion, the best shot at keeping hazards off the field for an extended period of time (although there will sometimes still be 50/50's involved unfortunately). Xatu with Colbur Berry and Grass Knot can bother Tyranitar expecting you to switch out. Even if they Stone Edge Xatu. hopefully you can chip it enough so that everything else on the team barring Ho-Oh stops it from getting Stealth Rock up. EP Groudon is for bulky SR Excadrill and Dialga, although the former can potentially set SR if it gets in on Genesect spamming the wrong move. The rest of the team is standard DracoMaster cheese, but because Genesect is special, Palkia needs to have Dragon Tail or Thunder Wave as a healthy Genesect cannot Iron Head CM Arceus to death.

Team 4. Shiftry offense

Arceus @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Judgment
- Flamethrower
- Stealth Rock
- Extreme Speed

Groudon @ Life Orb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Polish
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Stone Edge

Shiftry @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Foul Play
- Dark Pulse

Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Bug Buzz
- Ice Beam

Latias @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 120 HP / 136 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Calm Mind
- Roost

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 236 SpD / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
- Spikes
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Toxic


I've already talked about this team before, and although it's not great (dragons are pretty scary for it), it makes for a nice CT for sun offense with Flamethrower SR Ghostceus and Shiftry around. Just make sure Lati@s are actually worn down before attempting a Shiftry sweep; Dark Pulse and Foul Play do not come CLOSE to killing a healthy Latias.

Team 5. Custap Forry HO

Forretress @ Custap Berry
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Atk
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 HP / 0 Def / 0 SpD / 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Toxic Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin

Deoxys-Attack @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 180 Atk / 76 SpA / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Low Kick
- Psycho Boost
- Extreme Speed
- Ice Punch

Dialga @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 48 HP / 252 SpA / 208 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aura Sphere
- Thunder
- Draco Meteor
- Sleep Talk

Rayquaza @ Life Orb
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- V-create
- Dragon Claw
- Extreme Speed

Kyogre @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
- Calm Mind

Arceus @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Judgment


Forretress HO mandates good TSpikes abusers, Tentacruel punishers, and Darkrai checks. This team has all three. LO Deo-A can run Pursuit vs. better players to trap Lati@s, which can faciliate a potential CM Kyogre sweep later on in the game. Less inexperienced player will get wrecked by Ice Punch anyway. Watch out for lead CM Arceus-Ghost, as they may attempt to set up on Forry turn 1; CM Ghostceus won't break by CM Kyogre if you switch to it immediately though. SubCM Arceus-Ghost is a very underrated threat in general and bones TWave Anikceus and TWave Jirachi exceptionally hard. Rayquaza is mandatory so Kingdra doesn't become too threatening.


Team 6. Omastar semi-stall

Arceus @ Mind Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 96 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Spacial Rend
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover

Omastar @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Spikes
- Gyro Ball

Giratina-Origin @ Griseous Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 152 HP / 252 Atk / 104 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Tail
- Earthquake
- Shadow Sneak
- Outrage

Tentacruel @ Leftovers
Ability: Rain Dish
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
- Protect

Kyogre @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 240 HP / 252 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Roar


This is another team I've talked a lot about, so I won't go too far into detail. Omastar is a better fit than Kabutops / Kingdra on defensive-oriented teams because it checks physical threats like EKiller / Ho-Oh far, FAR more effectively with its superior power and bulk. It's one heck of a win condition for this team, and its weakness to scarfers is irrelevant on a team like this. Offensive Giratina-O is chosen to finish off weakened Rayquaza / Choice Scarf users while ambushing opposing Giratina-O with Outrage. Palkia is manageable if you can get Toxic Spikes up, but it's very tough if you somehow fail (although teams Palkia is on are rarely too difficult to set up TSpikes on). Spacial Rend Psychiceus helps with Palkia a little bit while potentially haxing Giratina, but Ice Beam can be used to better check Rayquaza.


Team 7. Reshiram offense

Reshiram @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Turboblaze
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Blue Flare
- Draco Meteor
- Stone Edge
- Sleep Talk

Latios @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Calm Mind
- Roost
- Psyshock

Forretress @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Spikes
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic
- Pain Split

Groudon @ Leftovers
Ability: Drought
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 200 SpD / 52 Spe
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Thunder Wave

Arceus @ Dread Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 248 HP / 76 Def / 8 SpA / 176 Spe
Timid Nature
- Judgment
- Refresh
- Recover
- Calm Mind

Giratina-Origin @ Griseous Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 152 HP / 252 Atk / 104 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Tail
- Shadow Sneak
- Magic Coat
- Earthquake


Reshy hits like a damn truck in the sunlight and it's a lot of fun to use. It's not a great Pokemon but it's not as bad as people make it out to be...its STAB moves are amazing and that 120 SpD comes in handy when try to revenge a +1 CM Arceus (specifically Refresh variants). Darkceus functions well on this team to check Lati@s, and it + Mexican Groudon + Latios is usually enough to handle Palkia. I'm kinda tired at this point and there's nothing fancy about this team so yea.


Team 8. Sand

Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 248 HP / 176 Atk / 76 SpD / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Pursuit
- Crunch
- Low Kick
- Stone Edge

Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Rapid Spin

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- U-turn
- Stone Edge

Arceus @ Meadow Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 248 HP / 164 SpD / 96 Spe
Timid Nature
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Fire Blast

Latios @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Calm Mind
- Roost
- Psyshock

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Lava Plume
- Toxic


The team I beat Hugendugen with in some BOTW, with a few cosmetic changes. I have many sand team but this is the only won I've ever actually used in a tournament battle. Sand's a great playstyle though, and kind of unexplored. Shout-outs to Donkey / Syrim for creating Heatran + Grass Arceus.


Team 9. Carol Channing (Kabutops offense)

Groundceus (Arceus) @ Earth Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Recover

Omastar Rules (Kabutops) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Low Kick
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Jet

Fail Dragon (Rayquaza) @ Life Orb
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- V-create
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Dragon Claw

THREATENING (Kyogre) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Surf
- Thunder
- Ice Beam

ror (Dialga) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 60 SpA / 176 SpD / 24 Spe
Modest Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Fire Blast
- Draco Meteor
- Thunder Wave

Michael Bay (Genesect) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Ice Beam
- Iron Head
- Explosion


And shout-outs to Dice for innovating Groundceus + Kabutops. This is an old RMT so again I won't go into much detail, but PLEASE do not use HYW's version with Recover EKiller. EKiller is atrocious outside on Sun offense and Groundceus does a far better job helping Kabutops break down physical checks than EKiller ever could. Mixed Rayquaza is an option over SD though.

I might post more but I'm kinda tired rn, so have some BW Ubers teams for room tournaments and what not. Also this is a 2k so time for some shout-outs:

Ubers community

Fireburn: Best co-TL I could ask for. It's been a fun year running Ubers with you and I hope next year is as fruitful, especially since it'll probably be my last on Smogon

Jibaku: Apparently lost to LoL, which is a shame. I've only played you a couple of times but you're very knowledgeable about both past and present Ubers metagames for sure

Nayrz: New C&C Moderator and you sure as hell earned it, idk how active the forums would be without you and you're the main reason why Ubers C&C runs so smoothly

Hack: Swedish god and one of the BW dudes I knew the most. Droughtfeast is still the best team of BW2

steelphoenix: hey

shrang: It goes unsaid too often, but thanks for controlling the eccentric PS room! It's a thankless job and you do it well; I consider you the owner of that room

Melee Mewtwo:
༼ つ c: ༽つ

Steve Angello: You should have gotten a badge for triumphing in SPL with Omastar last year

Imma Fly: Probably my best friend in 2013, RIP

Haruno: Worst BW Ubers player of all time. Pretty good at doubles though!

Krauersaut: would complain if I left him off the list, so i didn't!

Level 56: Kicked ass yet again in the opens this year, go get'em champ

Astounded: OU teams have saved me a considerable amount of time on the OU suspect ladder, ty

yohoE: I hope you and Hack co-lead Ubers when Fireburn and I step down, drama is the best

Lord Outrage: You get a lot of shit, but you really are a strong player and have proven it throughout various tournaments etc, your UU teams were clutch in the opens for me

Minority Suspect / Peli / Mr.378 / absdaddy / orch / Kebabe / ZoroarkForever / Thetwinmasters / SparksBlade / Exiline / DracoMaster Dab / Theorymon / haxiom / Aquasition / hyw / Gunner Rohan / magsyy : Ubers community! I know I forgot a lot of people, sorry!

BW Ubers people, almost all of them dead: Blim, trickroom, Dice, Edgar, Syrim, Problems, Donkey, Poppy, BKC, Hugendugen, soviet, pi face (wish we could have played), Mr.lol, Furai, Bossness, and others...all great players that were responsible for metagame innovations / notable teams. Any omissions were before my time.

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ANTEMORTEM Arcticblast atomicllamas Aurora (makeup) Lasagne Blitzamirin Imanalt Molk michael (rip) Nova jrp Scotteh TalkTakesTime Frizy Biosci Isa ryan Zebraiken Sam tennisace shaymin The Wolf Lemonade SteelEdges Biosci Raseri Hugendugen (rip x2) Enguarde (rip x3)

The main reason why I started talking to more than IRL people on skype a year and a half ago, and it's still going strong.

mmm

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The most active group in terms of calls that I actually join on the uncommon occasion (another group calls a lot but I'm too shy to join). There are some incredibly gifted singers in this group, such as p2 and...yeah!

Alienation / UU chat / a bunch of other skype groups / IRC / miscellaneous:

Vileman Bouffalant Finchinator iplaytennislol Blast QueenOfLuvdiscs metaphysical boltsandbombers KratosMana Dice FLCL I AM THE BAT Canadien King UU trc Nexus Mizuhime TFC Nails Sir Azelf skylight jdarden McMeghan Valentine JabbaTheGriffin Mocirano Gloom Trickster eriados Tom Bus Soulgazer Hikari Bughouse IronBullet Muk Omfuga srinator The Immortal Oglemi RODAN prem

Missed a million people & not gonna bother tagging every user ever but all of you are the reason I'm still on Smogon. I'll probably hang around another 9-12 months, then disappear into the night.
 
i feel like u should use 3 atks ghosteus (surf recover judge fblast) on tht forre deoa team since u need an arc that is reliable against ekiller and ur kinda hooh weak
 

Haruno

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greatest arceus set of all time xd Sweep

252+ SpA Choice Specs Turboblaze Kyurem-W Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 164 SpD Arceus through Light Screen: 196-231 (44.2 - 52.1%) -- 16.4% chance to 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Omastar Hydro Pump vs. 248 HP / 164 SpD Arceus in Rain through Light Screen: 151-178 (34 - 40.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Ho-Oh Sacred Fire vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Arceus in Sun through Reflect: 172-203 (38.8 - 45.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Arceus-Ghost Judgment vs. Arceus: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- aim for the horn next time

such bulk.
such wow
so gud

edit: psong > wisp. my b
 
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Kushalos

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Nice looking teams sweep though i dont know much about bw ubers oo. I saw that your forry on custap offense was adamant might want to change that to brave :)
 
Agree with Haruno, somehting that isn't 2HKOed by the best wallbreaker in the tier surely commands some merit.

also thanks for the shoutout =)
 
Oh, I've been shouted out too :o. I wonder what for?

Oh well, these are great teams, though I remember dealing with a different Omastar team.

Also, I encountered Fural a few weeks ago on PS. He's the reason I'm running Zekky on my own Resh team :o To be fair, he hasn't shown up since ;-;
 
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hyw

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So you have time to make this thread but can't get in 15 minutes to play for our tour series when we're the same timezone, okay. -_-

Jk this is awesome but kick the first team it's ass and the fourth team Groudon is missing EVs.
 

Krauersaut

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you are 100% right i absolutely would've complained if you left me out lmao

ty for the shoutout and grats on the 2k. we already know that nobody leaves forever so don't say you'll quit :^]
 

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