Introduction
Hey, everyone, this is my second RMT and second one for PU. My first RMT I did was a pretty bad team I guess and while it did do sorta well for me for the most part, this one is significantly better, I feel. I'm currently number 18 on the PU ladder with this team. I started with wanting to make a good Hyper Offense team, which I tried before but the others had lots and lots of problems, and this one seems to be working really well so far, and I thought I'd make another RMT.
The Team
Swagga (Swanna) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Big Pecks
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Roost
- Hurricane
- Surf
I started with Swanna on the team because I feel like it's really the only *good* hazard controller in PU. I'm sure there are others but I just feel like Swanna is the best of them, I'm not sure about the viability or anything of all of them, but I like Swanna for it. I run Surf over Scald because I think the power boost is really nice and needed over the scald burns on it. I have a few friends who disagree with that, which is understandable. And eventually when I added Swadloon I thought about how much Sticky Web really helps Swanna hit hard and beat stuff it normally wouldn't.
Zangringoose (Ursaring) (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Facade
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Earthquake
Ursaring is a pokemon I've really wanted to use for a long time, and I feel like it's actually one of the strongest members on the team currently. With Sticky Web up, Ursaring outspeeds a lot of pokemon and is able to tear apart teams with a STAB Guts Facade or any of the coverage moves it has. I run Jolly over Adamant and speedy, even though before when I used it a long time ago I ran a bulky wallbreaker but this set is more for sweeping after Sticky Web and for some wallbreaking capabilities still.
Relicando (Relicanth) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Scald
- Stone Edge
Relicanth was a pokemon I wasn't really ever thinking I would use before, but it has some fantastic physical bulk and just tanks almost anything thrown at it. It's my Stealth Rocker and can come in on a lot of stuff without worrying about too much. I'm running Scald even though the SpA is pitiful simply for the burns as it's really helpful. Stone Edge is there so it can still hit stuff overall pretty well, I've thought about changing it to Rock Slide though to be honest.
Winter Sucks (Swadloon) (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Overcoat
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Sticky Web
- Synthesis
- Toxic
- Giga Drain
The fourth pokemon I added is Swadloon, which most people probably will disagree with. I wasn't sure who I could put as my Special Wall that would work well with Relicanth. I was initially going to put Roselia, but I decided on going with Swadloon because I'm running Defog because I don't want to set up 3 layers of Spikes or something and have to Defog, so I thought running Swadloon would be better. Swadloon also allows me to get up Sticky Web which allows for Ursaring, Swanna, and no more Scarf Rotom-Frost to do work to the other player's pokemon. Swadloon also works really well with Relicanth from my experience with this team, as their weaknesses are pretty much negated by each other, bar Freeze Dry and Monferno, so it's a pretty decent core imo. Synthesis is there for recovery, Toxic is for passive damage on stuff it normally couldn't do too much to, and Giga is there for recovery and damage.
Rotom-Friggengay (Rotom-Frost) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Trick
- Thunderbolt
- Blizzard
- Volt Switch
The fifth pokemon on the team is Scarf Rotom-Frost. The nickname comes from the fact that it caused my past two attempts at teams a lot of pain and what caused me to make this team. Rotom is really good and I initially didn't think it was all that fantastic from what I had in my head until I started getting destroyed by it and ended up using it. I'm running Modest over Timid as it allows for more damage and with Scarf it's already rather fast, and after tricking the item to a pokemon that doesn't really want a Scarf, it's not too much of a problem. Rotom deals with most of the eviolite pokemon I run into and can deal a significant amount of damage to the team. Rotom is one of the pokemon that contributes the most to the team and really helps a lot.
MachokinthisD (Machoke) (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Guts
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Encore
- Cross Chop
- Knock Off
The final pokemon on the team is Machoke. I was having trouble thinking of the sixth pokemon and my friend, SWAGCOLFO, helped me decide on Machoke. He helped come up with the set too. Machoke, however, is one of the weaker links to the team most of the time, but it does a lot of work when it can. Initially I ran max Attack instead of SpD but I felt running max SpD would help add more bulk overall. Encore allows for easier set up and has caused a few forfeits before. I'm running Cross Chop over CC as I don't want the stat drops because I plan on staying in after setting up. I'm also running Guts so that way if I get Burned it's not too much of a detriment. Knock Off helps hit Gourgeist and other Ghost-Types.
Conclusion
Thank you, everyone who read through this and decided to give this a read and help give criticism, it really helps me out. I actually really like this team and I'm performing pretty well with it, I'll post a picture of my rank on the ladder to confirm that I'm not lying about getting up there, but the GXE and Glicko are a little low because I had been using the other Hyper Offense teams on this account and my friends and I play on it too, but mainly I've been using it to ladder in PU lately so they haven't really been on it recently. Anyways, thanks for reading this, hopefully there will be some criticism that can help the team be even better than it was before! Thanks guys!
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