hey i want to present you my "waterspam" greatly inspired by Dridri's team he used in spl against malekith
here
the goal of this team is to form an overwhelming core for latias and water type checks, strategically utilizing the synergy between Swampert, Suicune, and Infernape to pressure and dismantle common threats
my infernape is named "
hellpowna" in honor of my friend Coco, I think this name suits it well
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https://pokepast.es/2521c1ff1aa08307
pert here makes an electric resist and a wallbreaker he has just fine lead matchups, it gets taunted for no benefit, it is rly good against gross/rachi/hippo/zapdos and tends to force latias in which is good for the team, as it offers me stealth rock but also important damage on a key target
Sleep talk is a weird fit on CB pert but I feel like this is good because you can still send it on heatran, scarf rotom, ttar and roll a random sleep talk that has a good chance to kill its much better than a sleeping useless pert and i dont wanna use lum gar
suicune is an awesome partner for cb pert as not only they double down on latias, suicune also covers dd gyara that can very easily abuse swampert the synergy is good offensively and defensively
and the same goes for infernape : hates latias, abused by gyara here comes suicune beats latias checks gyara
this is a rare occasion where i find cb pert worth using, but i like it here
my waters doubleing down on cune, gyara, latias I realized infernape was an incredible fit
after those being taken down/weakened he becomes a real threat
this is an unconventional way to make infernape work without pursuit
you can use swampert/suicune, to force in latias which is usually the water type check mon to pressure it and overhwlem it so it can not check waters AND infernape
that way, infernape can be a threat on its own and vice versa they just work together
its rly important to have uturn on infernape because this forms a uturn core with jirachi and you also wanna do damage to latias and starmie
ape uturn on latias > bring in jirachi > can uturn again > potentially bringing back ape etc thats good pressure
ape is adamant because i wanna pressure zapdos, hippowdon, gliscor and i feel like its not "needed" to outspeed maxspeed rachi mixed gon the team is jsut fine agaisnt it and the payoff for adamant seems much better
mach punch is for luc / dd tar as the team can struggle otherwise
ape brings speed control and maintains offensive pressure against skarm / rachi / ttar and on top of it, is a great celebi abuser litteraly everything the team needs
lefties is my item of choice as you wanna bring it in and out, so its gonna suck those leftovers and flare blitz recoil this team wants a bit of longetivty on ape
jirachi here is spedef because is my pivot to latias/gengar/starmie and is also my single steel so i want it to be able to tank more than one hit
it basically pivots against everything the team struggles against
this jirachi is also good bcs it keeps rocks against starmie and pressure it which is rly important in tarless teams
honestly this set, sr uturn support is under rated on bulky offense and i like it a lot
thunder keeps skarm/starmie in check and para spreading also helps justifying cb pert
30 speed ivs for slow uturn against other rachis
gengar is here for speed control and typing just to keep the flow of the team while pivoting, proceeds to burn / taunt anything thats passive and revenge kill anything thats frail
its just perfect for those kind of teams fuck the gengar hater club
latias just fits the rest of the team very well
it brings water resist, elec resist, fight resist, trick against defensive teams and healing wish is absolutely awesome here it can bring back either swampert, suicune or infernape which all are great late game candidate
everything that can setup is under control thanks to this and the one that are dangerous (lucario, agility meta, dd tar) are alrdy covered by the rest team so its just like latias was made for this slot
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4ou-2071023073
here is a replay if you wanna see the team in action
worst matchup is probably tspikes gg if they bring it
alright thats all for me
its a great and fun topic, hope to see some interesting teams