Welcome to the thread on creative sets! Post your creative ADV 1U sets here, with a description, and we'll add it to the opening post. I'll start:
Raikou @ Salac Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Endure
- Calm Mind
Whilst I'm no expert of the game (or anywhere close) I happened to have this nice idea. My idea was initially that Endure+Salac would let you beat Dugtrio if sand's out of the picture, but it has some other uses, such as being a better check to dd ggyara, dd mence, and also checking aero out of sand. Obviously Rain/Sun support is mandatory (so Ludi, Oma, Tops, Kingdra, Molt, Exegg, ...) as well as maybe a Dugtrio to remove the opposing TTar and let you clear weather.
I had a few friends help me pull together a team with it, and here's a replay of it in action in RoAPL, where danilo wouldn't play so bughouse had to fill, and he used this team to almost clutch us the 5-5 tie that week versus Finchinator's team.
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Creative Sets:
Disaster Area's EndSalac Raikou
Cowboy Dan's Alakazam
Disaster Area's Rest-Less Articuno
Disaster Area's Lanturn
Disaster Area's Mud Slap AstaRachi
Disaster Area's Roar Venusaur
Disaster Area's Mud Slap Blissey
Disaster Area's Refresh Milotic
Disaster Area's DisasterNite
Disaster Area's Vaporeon
Disaster Area's Donphan
Disaster Area's Wrap Milotic
Disaster Area's Pursuit Wish Umbreon
Disaster Area's Registeel
Disaster Area's Icy Wind / Reflect Defensive Suicune
Disaster Area's RD Lapras
Disaster Area's bulky Salac Jirachi
Disaster Area's EndSalac RD Zapdos
Disaster Area's SubPetaya Alakazam
Disaster Area's Encore Recover Alakazam
Disaster Area's HypnoDrum Poliwrath
Raikou @ Salac Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Endure
- Calm Mind
Whilst I'm no expert of the game (or anywhere close) I happened to have this nice idea. My idea was initially that Endure+Salac would let you beat Dugtrio if sand's out of the picture, but it has some other uses, such as being a better check to dd ggyara, dd mence, and also checking aero out of sand. Obviously Rain/Sun support is mandatory (so Ludi, Oma, Tops, Kingdra, Molt, Exegg, ...) as well as maybe a Dugtrio to remove the opposing TTar and let you clear weather.
I had a few friends help me pull together a team with it, and here's a replay of it in action in RoAPL, where danilo wouldn't play so bughouse had to fill, and he used this team to almost clutch us the 5-5 tie that week versus Finchinator's team.
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Creative Sets:
Disaster Area's EndSalac Raikou
Raikou @ Salac Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Endure
- Calm Mind
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Endure
- Calm Mind
Whilst I'm no expert of the game (or anywhere close) I happened to have this nice idea. My idea was initially that Endure+Salac would let you beat Dugtrio if sand's out of the picture, but it has some other uses, such as being a better check to dd ggyara, dd mence, and also checking aero out of sand. Obviously Rain/Sun support is mandatory (so Ludi, Oma, Tops, Kingdra, Molt, Exegg, ...) as well as maybe a Dugtrio to remove the opposing TTar and let you clear weather.
I had a few friends help me pull together a team with it, and here's a replay of it in action in RoAPL, where danilo wouldn't play so bughouse had to fill, and he used this team to almost clutch us the 5-5 tie that week versus Finchinator's team.
I had a few friends help me pull together a team with it, and here's a replay of it in action in RoAPL, where danilo wouldn't play so bughouse had to fill, and he used this team to almost clutch us the 5-5 tie that week versus Finchinator's team.
Cowboy Dan's Alakazam
Alakazam @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Fire Punch
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Fire Punch
I needed a fast gengar answer for an offensive TSS team i built, and this fit in pretty nicely. It doesn't provide a ton of defensive synergy other than countering gengar and checking a few special attackers but it's really fast, has good coverage and hits like a truck, making it a pretty good late game cleaner. Synchronize is also pretty nice for tossing status moves back onto the opponent. Calm Mind allows you to set up on a select few things like Starmie and weakened zapdos, as well as anything scared of your attacks, and after one boost its power is insane. Psychic for Stab, Fire Punch hits steels, and HP grass hits ttar and swampert.
Disaster Area's Rest-Less Articuno
Articuno @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 3 Atk / 30 SpA
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Heal Bell
- Roar
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 3 Atk / 30 SpA
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Heal Bell
- Roar
I've been trying out this bird a little bit. With the RestTalk changes it doesn't really do such a good job at that and I think that this is an interesting take. It does a few neat things and it can be changes to suit a team's needs. I really like HP Electric alongside Ice Beam; beyond the perfect neutral coverage, it smacks skarm that bit harder and more importantly hits gyarados. The main reason to run this over Zapdos is the better Celebi matchup and Heal Bell I think; it can hit Celebi hard with a STAB without splitting EVs. Roar is kinda neat for some variants of Celebi. Wish support is nice since it doesn't have rest. I think the EVs did something with Celebi. It's not mind-blowing but I think that people should consider it as well as the sorta classic resttalk variants.
Disaster Area's Lanturn
Lanturn @ Leftovers
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 224 SpD / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Toxic
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Surf
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 224 SpD / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Toxic
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Surf
One of my favourite Pokémon. EVs: Outspeed unboosted skarm, max SpA since 76 SpA really appreciates investment a lot, and the rest into SpDef to help take on Cune, Kou, etc. Volt Absorb and a unique typing and tanky stat spread makes it interesting. Amongst the Pokémon it functions well against: Suicune [Toxic + Tbolt takes down any offensive set easily, you probably want additional longer term answers to deal with CroCune and to a lesser extent other rest variants. Pressure does mean only 12 tbolt PP but that's still plenty], Regice [can boom and status and that's all, I guess], MixMence [NOT CB / DD tho], Electrics [Zap / Jolt + Dug support beats it; SubCM Raikou can be a little troublesome but Surf still breaks the sub at +1 SpD...], Gengar [Status can annoy it and it can be boomed / dbonded on but it takes hits well. Giga Drain is annoying but it's not dreadful due to only 2x weakness, great bulk, and hurting gengar back a lot]. Thunder is also an interesting option for the same reasons it can be neat on p2, and twave over toxic could be worthwhile for a team that likes that kind of support. Interesting mon but duggy weakness can be annoying and the potential to fail versus defensive cunes [it can beat them but not uber-reliably] are problematic. Does cover a lot tho.
Disaster Area's Mud Slap AstaRachi
CALLOUS (Jirachi) @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 240 HP / 80 Atk / 68 Def / 64 SpD / 56 Spe
Careful Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Body Slam
- Mud-Slap
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 240 HP / 80 Atk / 68 Def / 64 SpD / 56 Spe
Careful Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Body Slam
- Mud-Slap
I designed this set to annoy CALLOUS. He hates AstaRachi and I reckon that using Mud Slap at a 4th option is so cancerous and weird looking that it'd annoy him more... seriously though, other than the set's inability to hit gengar [which can be remedied by a partner that checks gar well but appreciates wish support, of which there's a plethora of possibilities. A pursuiter is possible too]. So what does Mud Slap do? Firstly it's a fun anti last-mon tool [not as reliable as perish song ofc]. It outspeeds Lax [ofc] and Cune [the defensive ones anyway] generally, so it can get off quite a few before they go down. Mud Slap is really nice vs any boosting sweeper, acting as a pseudo-hazer and gives you an opportunity to snatch back momentum. E.g., this rachi vs a cune, with a cacturne in the back: para it with bslam, mud slap it, get in cacturne to sub up / spike up / etc. Forces it out reasonably well and doesn't burn much PP in the process, as a hypothetical and i'm sure you could find more. It's also great at annoying anything with BP and no ground immunity [jolt without sub, some celebi] and most CMers can't really do much to rachi without boosting a bit so it can sorta phaze / take advantage of CMers like Cune, Kou, Rachi, Celery, and so on. It's probably mostly just me being a bit cancerous but I think it's fun enough to warrant a mention. I swear tho not all of this post is dong.
Disaster Area's Roar Venusaur
Venusaur @ Leftovers
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Roar
- Sleep Powder
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Roar
- Sleep Powder
Venusaur is a big favourite of Ugly Duckling too and I created this interesting variant. Roar is really nice to check various things, in particular with wish support or if sand isn't up (leech / giga / lefties all help keep it healthy too) which is the main stranger move on this set. Mainly helps with cune / raikou but that makes it pair pretty well with my next set. Anyway the EVs specifically: Lives +2 Rock Slide from 180+ DDTar in Sand, rest into SpDef. UD can prolly talk of the merits of saur moar.
Disaster Area's Mud Slap Blissey
Blissey @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
- Mud-Slap
- Soft-Boiled
- Wish
- Ice Beam / Flamethrower / Seismic Toss
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
- Mud-Slap
- Soft-Boiled
- Wish
- Ice Beam / Flamethrower / Seismic Toss
All variants I've run of this bliss (remember to go Impish max HP if using Stoss) but the main idea here is muuuud slap woo. Unlike most bliss this one gives roar cune a lot of trouble (especially if hydro) since it will have a lot of trouble hitting its attacks after it's roared out. Also helps with other CMers. Stoss can be used alongside just to beat every single CMer. Mud Slap is also a nice move vs the snorlax that love to come in and ttar too. 0.75x accuracy after 1 slap 
Ice Beam is nice for duggy and flamethrower for forre / skarm, and both ib / flamethrower hit gar. If you drop wish (tho its nice for a lot of teams) then u can run a couple of attacks so that's neat. Flexible mon and im mostly posting about the slap. Alll in all a fun and cool option. 16 PP isn't that great tho.
Ice Beam is nice for duggy and flamethrower for forre / skarm, and both ib / flamethrower hit gar. If you drop wish (tho its nice for a lot of teams) then u can run a couple of attacks so that's neat. Flexible mon and im mostly posting about the slap. Alll in all a fun and cool option. 16 PP isn't that great tho.
Disaster Area's Refresh Milotic
Milotic @ Leftovers
Ability: Marvel Scale
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Refresh
- Recover
- Surf
- Toxic
Ability: Marvel Scale
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Refresh
- Recover
- Surf
- Toxic
So again this is me trying to be cancer. With refresh this thing becomes even harder to kill and it's already really good. Requires quite a bit of support: hazard removal, spikes of its own to punish switching, and then the usual (including greater mence support since no IB...) but I've got a couple of neat teams with it and I think it's worth a try. This thing was always a huge bitch on cart (<3) so I figure it should try and be the same in the 1U metagame.
Disaster Area's DisasterNite
Dragonite @ Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 88 HP / 152 Atk / 252 SpA / 16 Spe
Quiet Nature
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 88 HP / 152 Atk / 252 SpA / 16 Spe
Quiet Nature
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Claw
Like mixmence but slower and less powerful on the special end, but that strong focus punch means p2, lax, regice, and bliss, aren't ruining your day. Akin to 2U's disasternite but not as strong as it is in 2U. Use on a team where you'd use mixmence but want some heavier offensive pressure and have hera relatively well covered (dnite is frankly appalling vs hera l0l)
Disaster Area's Vaporeon
Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 152 HP / 244 Def / 64 SpA / 48 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Protect
- Surf
- Roar
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 152 HP / 244 Def / 64 SpA / 48 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Protect
- Surf
- Roar
This is a pretty custom spread that works best with the given moveset. The Spe EVs, lets it outspeed 4 Spe Skarm, the SpA EVs let it OHKO Aerodactyl, the HP lefts it avoid the OHKO from Modest Zapdos in Sand, and then the remaining EVs are put into defense.
Disaster Area's Donphan
Donphan @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 116 HP / 136 Atk / 204 SpD / 52 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 116 HP / 136 Atk / 204 SpD / 52 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic
Offensive Donphan can actually be kind of cool but it only suits certain teams. It's EV'd to outspeed Regice / Swampert / Blissey (unless they creep), 2HKO 252/0 Zapdos in Sand with Rock Slide, avoid the 2HKO from 252 SpA Jolteon, with the rest in physical bulk.
Disaster Area's Wrap Milotic
Milotic (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Marvel Scale
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Surf
- Toxic
- Wrap
Ability: Marvel Scale
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Surf
- Toxic
- Wrap
This was a much quirkier idea that I had, I guess my inner RBYer coming out with this set it does a few things but nothing major notable, but at the same time since it's a movelsot that's less valuable (you can forego ice beam / hypnosis and still have a functinoal milotic). Lets you abuse Toxic in conjunction with it to rack up damage for example vs blissey, and makes it easier to switch (since you can't get double switched on when you hit wrap).
it does a few things but nothing major notable, but at the same time since it's a movelsot that's less valuable (you can forego ice beam / hypnosis and still have a functinoal milotic). Lets you abuse Toxic in conjunction with it to rack up damage for example vs blissey, and makes it easier to switch (since you can't get double switched on when you hit wrap).Disaster Area's Pursuit Wish Umbreon
Umbreon @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 220 SpA / 36 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Toxic
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 220 SpA / 36 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Toxic
One of my favourite toys and I guess says a lot about me as a player. Umbreon is a common sight in GSC with charm, trap-passing, and so on, with a much slower paced metagame. In ADV the pace is faster and when you see it, more often than not it's trap-passing or maybe curse-passing. One new toy it did get in ADV though was Wish. This is essentially a super generic Wish + Protect cleric with Pursuit + Toxic to let it bother Gengar, Starmie, and Claydol. CALLOUS gave me the EVs, which 3HKO Gengar with Pursuit without it switching, or 2HKO it if it does switch. Anyway, the main question is, besides surprise value, why would you use it over Pursuit TTar? There are 2 main reasons: one is Wish, the other is how much better it matches up versus Starmie. Its main advantage over Blissey of course is that Pursuit, letting it remove certain Pokemon. Wish is fun to pair with stuff like CB Tar or CB Meta which are really dangerous with Wish support, or CB Gon which also loves the type of pursuit support it provides. The Pursuit support is particularly beneficial for things which like Gengar gone, obviously, such as Snorlax and Flygon. The fact that it targets 2 spinners and the most common spinblocker also makes it automatically a great partner to forretress (in a similar capacity to TTar).
Unfortunately maybe the time for Umbreon is a little past: with how fast-paced the metagame is now, it's maybe not the best of metagame picks. Still, if you pilot it well it can definitely be effective.
Unfortunately maybe the time for Umbreon is a little past: with how fast-paced the metagame is now, it's maybe not the best of metagame picks. Still, if you pilot it well it can definitely be effective.
Disaster Area's Registeel
Registeel @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 32 Def / 168 SpD / 56 Spe
Calm Nature
- Counter
- Rest
- Seismic Toss
- Thunder Wave
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 32 Def / 168 SpD / 56 Spe
Calm Nature
- Counter
- Rest
- Seismic Toss
- Thunder Wave
Our lord and saviour Registeel. :registeel: Okay so this is a fun one. I didn't come up with this one in fact; Cowboy Dan lost to this set on the ladder, so we decided to make a team out of it. It ended up using the infamous Cacturne and I gave the team to @CZ who laddered to the top with that team (or maybe a variation of it). Basically it's number one job is: don't die. It's REALLY hard to knock out, with massive defensive investment, a great defensive typing, and rest. Thunder Wave lets it spread status, Stoss lets it damage just about anything, and Counter lets it beat Dugtrio if it's moderately healthy. It's a super tweakable Pokemon and I've thought about a bunch of other options on it and you can experiment with it too. Earthquake lets it do decent damage to Jirachi and pairs nicely with Hidden Power Steel. HP Steel lets it actually touch Gengar, and Steel / Ground coverage hits just about everything not named Zapdos / Ludicolo / Moltres / Charizard (okay quite a few things but still...). It also has Curse and Explosion which certainly open up some possibilities (booming on skarm for example). It competes a lot with Jirachi, but its main advantage is a very different movepool, with Counter, Stoss, Explosion, and Curse all novel tools of its own. It's sort of similar to AstaRachi in that it's an unkillable bastard, but this one has a different trick to get around Duggy (Counter, or possibly Curse). The EVs let it outspeed uninvested pert (letting it beat it 1v1 with Countered EQ + Stoss), with enough SpDef to avoid the 2HKO from standard MixMence's Fire Blast, and the rest into defense. It handily takes on weaker special attackers like Zapdos and Gengar, doesn't care about Magneton, and bones Aerodactyl.
Disaster Area's Icy Wind / Reflect Defensive Suicune
Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Surf
- Icy Wind
- Rest
- Roar / Reflect
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Surf
- Icy Wind
- Rest
- Roar / Reflect
A pure defensive suicune is honestly pretty nice. Whilst it doesn't and shouldn't serve as a team's win condition, nothing does the job of a pure bulky water with Roar better. Icy Wind is a really cool tech, letting you still beat Mence, but it does a number of other miscellanious cool things too. For example, you can Icy Wind Jolteon switching in, go Dugtrio on a Tbolt, and trap the Jolteon. Or you can prevent Gyarados from speed boosting too high against you, making sure you can take it out with Gengar afterwards if you're forced to. Or if you're vs a last-mon (so you can't phaze), and your opponent has put hazards up, Icy Wind can lower your opponent's speed so you can get off a boom against your opponent with a slow boomer like Forretress or Steelix. Helps vs Crocune for example. Reflect is also a super swanky move you can try to make you really sturdy versus stuff like Metagross and give you some more counterplay vs Heracross, and it can obviously provide some nice supportive bonuses for its teammates too if you use it right. It is a fairly passive mon if you aren't running CM on it of course, so it only suits certain teams / styles / players but it does have real upsides. Reflect / Toxic / Surf / Rest also sounds fun.
Disaster Area's RD Lapras
Lapras @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 184 SpA / 136 SpD / 188 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 184 SpA / 136 SpD / 188 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
this is pretty cool. Lapras is a mon that trades hits in general really well, but it needs help to some extent with special walls, in particular blissey. You do quite a bit to blissey but you're not blowing through it without support. Versus Snorlax / Regice you can at least do lasting damage against. It clears weather and it handles some threats fairly well. Water Absorb makes it a great check to Suicune, Starmie, and Swampert, with good bulk on both sides. It's not 2HKOd by Starmie's Tbolt (I think Timid, not sure about modest), that may be after a layer of spikes. The EVs let it outspeed 252 Spe TTar, fast Skarm, Milotic, and if you creep it a bit more you could outspeed lead Venusaur and other stuff too. It isn't OHKOd by Modest Zapdos Tbolt. It checks Salamence obviously. It 2HKOs pert in Rain even considering protect. Tbolt>Thunder is an option on Gyara-weak teams. It hits hard and takes hits well and has surprisingly good speed. Really, give it a try, it's like a rain-suited Starmie that beats Starmie. Try it on offenses with Pokemon that like weather cleared (EndRev users for example), partner with stuff like EndPert (loves rain boost for hydros too!) and can work on TSS even too (I have 2 Rain TSS lol...)
Disaster Area's bulky Salac Jirachi
Jirachi @ Salac Berry
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 56 SpA / 112 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Thunder
- Ice Punch
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 56 SpA / 112 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Thunder
- Ice Punch
this is a funny one. Survives CB Gon (and hence also dug aero cbtar and +1 ddtar) EQ, outspeeds aero at +1... Salac Berry Jirachi with CM 3 Atks is a funny idea. Probably could tweak the moves a bit and I don't have a great team for it.
Disaster Area's EndSalac RD Zapdos
Zapdos @ Salac Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 116 HP / 252 SpA / 140 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Rain Dance
- Thunder
- Endure
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 116 HP / 252 SpA / 140 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Rain Dance
- Thunder
- Endure
- Hidden Power [Ice]
emergency check to DDMence and AERO, self weather-setting/clearing, hits like a truck, and supports mons that want weather cleared. Pairs quite nicely with Lapras too... HP Grass also works.
Disaster Area's SubPetaya Alakazam
Alakazam @ Petaya Berry
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 SpA
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Fire Punch
- Substitute
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 SpA
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Fire Punch
- Substitute
Likes weather clearing but it can almost beat TTar 1v1 with HP Grass + SubPetaya... it obviously lacks too much staying power but it's a cool cleaner just don't single-handedly rely on it. Cool alternative to CM+3 Atks.
Disaster Area's Encore Recover Alakazam
Alakazam @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 16 HP / 252 SpA / 240 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Recover
- Psychic
- Fire Punch
- Encore
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 16 HP / 252 SpA / 240 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Recover
- Psychic
- Fire Punch
- Encore
An alternative take on Alakazam. Encore is a really cool move to abuse CM Spam, lock Bliss into softboiled, etc. Recover makes it a more reliable gengar answer. This set is obviously big tar bait so Gengar Dugtrio is a really nice way to support it. Focus Punch Lax and other tar lures are good tools too. EndPert is a nice tool to open up the opponent's team alongside too.
Disaster Area's HypnoDrum Poliwrath
Poliwrath @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hypnosis
- Belly Drum
- Brick Break
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hypnosis
- Belly Drum
- Brick Break
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
Needs agilipass support. Water Absorb + Rock Resist makes it a neat answer to Cune and TTar. Hypnosis provides a set-up opportunity / helps it get past stuff that it can't OHKO at +6. Maybe gimmicky but I've had some success with it.
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