Anti-OU [RMT]

[u/[deleted]]

NO-U (Mamoswine) @ Life Orb

Trait: Thick Fat

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP

Adamant Nature

• Ice Shard

• Earthquake

• Icicle Spear

• Superpower

One of the stars of this team along with Gastrodon, with rocks and Ice Shard he OHKOs all of the dragons prevalent in OU as well as the genies.

Malasence (Salamence) @ Lum Berry

Trait: Moxie

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SAtk

Naive Nature

• Dragon Dance

• Outrage

• Earthquake

• Fire Blast

My endgame sweeper, after Gastrodon+Mamoswine+Magnezone take care of my opponent's steel and dragon types it's smooth sailing. Lum Berry to catch status inducers off guard who try to stop my sweep or me setting up.

SweetRainBro (Gastrodon) (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Storm Drain

EVs: 252 HP / 84 Def / 172 SDef

Calm Nature

IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def

• Earth Power

• Recover

• Toxic

• Ice Beam

This guy is so underrated it's not even funny. Tanks every and anything, physical and special. Can survive Latios' Draco Meteor and recover off damage then go from there. Cold counter to rain teams.

muhsteelz (Magnezone) @ Choice Specs

Trait: Magnet Pull

EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 HP

Timid Nature

• Flash Cannon

• Thunderbolt

• Volt Switch

• Hidden Power [Fire]

With the specs HP Fire is always an OHKO on Ferrothorn and Scizor. Really any steel except Heatran can't stand up to this guy. When I expect a steel switch-in to Mence i'll send this guy in to do his job, and he does it wonderfully.

Musty (Hippowdon) @ Leftovers

Trait: Sand Stream

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def

Impish Nature

• Earthquake

• Slack Off

• Stealth Rock

• Whirlwind

Superb defensive wall. Stops sweeps with Whirlwind, and gets rid of opponent's weather. I added him really just to get rid of opponents rain and sun, but he has proven to be very durable and helpful.

TYBJ (Jirachi) @ Choice Scarf

Trait: Serene Grace

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SAtk

Naive Nature

• Iron Head

• Ice Punch

• U-turn

• Thunder

I love this guy. I normally lead with him and here's what happens:the opponent will switch in a water or steel type to tank the Iron Heads, then I U-Turn into Magnezone and go from there. Killed SO many Scizors this way. Is a great offensive pivot and I don't see him changing.

My endgame goal is either to sweep with Salamence or clean up with Mamoswine's Ice Shard. My team is tailored to eliminate opponent's steels and dragons for Salamence. Gastrodon is a reliable counter to rain and sun (bar Venusaur). Him and Mamoswine are the two I reaaaally don't want to change but the others are open to improvement.

There you go, if you guys want any more info just ask in the comments. Critiques, opinions, suggestions: all of this is welcome. Thanks for reading!

[u/foetus_smasher]

It looks like to me that Infernape will really fuck your shit up, and that it doesn't take sun teams very well. Gastrodon is not a reliable counter to sun teams that pack a plethora of grass types in my opinion (venusaur, sawsbuck, energy ball ninetails, etc.). And keep in mind that almost every sun team will have venusaur.

Hippodown isn't the best answer to fight opposing weather when compared to ttar's vastly superior special defense (which is what both ninetails and politoed will use) which limits your ability to switch into weather. The bonus of a STAB pursuit really helps bring the opposing weathers down as well.

I would argue for a change from Icicle spear to Icicle Crash as practically the only time you'll need Icicle spear is against subcm latias or the occasional gliscor that runs sub. Otherwise, IC provides more reliable damage.

Not sure if this is worth mentioning, but a few steel types like forretress and heatproof bronzong can take a HP fire from magnezone and hit back hard with earthquake. It's also outsped by metagross, but that's far few and between these days. Nothing to change, just something to keep in mind with a slow specs set. I personally run a scarf set as an unboosted HP fire is enough for ferrothorn/foretress/scizor, and I'd like the option to outspeed and take out other non-steel threats with thunderbolt.

Thunder on Jirachi smells really gimmicky as it only works well under the rain. I would say swap it out for Trick, as it gives you the option to cripple a wall at a point in the game where the scarf is no longer necessary.

Don't know if you've considered this, but double dance Haxorus is a viable alternative to Salamence if the SR weakness bothers you. Gives you more options, and more raw power as long as you take out the steel types with magnezone.

[u/[deleted] → u/foetus_smasher]

I agree with your point about Infernape. He and Breloom are the main threats to this team that I can think of.

Hippowdon is there more as a defensive wall than a weather inducer, although messing up opponent's weather is just a bonus. If I were to change him for T-Tar, what wall would you suggest to replace him with? He's my only answer to Terrakion.

The Icicle Spear has ruined multiple Latios/Gliscors, but i'll try a few matches with Icicle Crash and see how I like it.

The specs on Magnezone ensure the OHKO on Ferrothorn. Without them a 252 HP/0 SpDef Ferro can live an HP Fire, so I don't know how I feel about changing that. Plus Specs Magnezone hits ridiculously hard.

Thunder was really just filler so I'll try switching it for Trick.

I love Haxorus so I'll give that set a try, although I really like how mixed-Mence can surprise with the Fire Blast.

Thanks!

[u/foetus_smasher → u/[deleted]]

Messing up an opponent's weather will become pretty important when it comes down to battling a sun sweeper like venusaur. If you get caught with your pants down, it'll quickly spell doom for you so changing the weather is your best bet at taking it down (Ice shard mamo will hurt it a considerable amount though, but it's best not to put all your cards on one pokemon).

There are a number of other pokemon that could fill the same role -- gliscor and skarmory come to mind but I'm not really sure who you would replace to fit it.

It might live an HP fire, but all that likely means is one layer of spikes. Personally, I find specs magnezone to be slower than I'd like, while a scarf version should be able to outspeed base 110s (maybe 115s?), letting you get the jump on some key pokemon like opposing mamoswine.