Feliburn
RU Leader
Shoutouts Accelgor for the cool banner!
Introduction
Now that ORAS is ending I thought it'd be a good idea to make one final ORAS RU RMT. This one ended up becoming one of my favorite teams because of how easy to use and effective it is, while using Mega Audino, a pokemon I always underestimated but after trying it out it ended up surprising me. I didn't really build around anything specifically, I just played around with some cores until I found combinations that I really liked and just went from there.
Teambuilding Process
The team
Registeel @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpA / 216 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Seismic Toss
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Registeel is my rocker of choice, who also fills the role of being a special wall, being able to tank hits from powerful special attackers in the tier. 24 Special Attack EVs with Thunderbolt are used to always break Bulk Up Braviary's substitute, I put 16 speed EVs to outspeed modest Mega Camerupt and get a final Seismic Toss or Stealth Rock if needed, Toxic just whittles down pretty much everything that gets hit with it, especially useful for defensive walls such as Alomomola and stuff.
Virizion @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Leaf Blade
- Zen Headbutt
Virizion is still one of my favorite RU mons to use, really easy to support and works as an amazing set up sweeper. Swords Dance + STABs is pretty straightforward, being able to easily 6-0 slower builds (can be seen here). Zen Headbutt is the last move as it helps vs poison types that usually wall it such as Weezing and Garbodor, but more specifically for Venusaur, as defensive Venusaur can stop Stone Edge Virizion from sweeping due to its high bulk and a form of recovery in Synthesis. Stone Edge can be used over Zen to beat Delphox and Sigilyph but I feel that Zen works way better in this team.
Slowking @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Slack Off
Slowking works as a primary fighting and fire check for the team, and creates a really nice Regenerator core with Audino. With Calm Mind, Slowking also works as a late game wincon when most pokemon that can status it are gone. Colbur Berry is the item I picked because before Audino mega evolves, Slowking is basically my only switchin to fighting types, and most of the time these will click Knock Off and do a lot of damage to it; it also lets Slowking switch out vs Pursuit trappers safely.
Drapion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Battle Armor
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit
- Earthquake
Scarf Drapion became a pokemon I can just use in any team, it's just so useful. Thanks to its already high speed I can run an Adamant nature to hit as hard as possible while still outspeeding popular scarfers such as Medicham and Emboar. It also lets me Pursuit trap different pokemon with ease, but more importantly the annoying fast Psychic types in the tier such as Sigilyph and Delphox, it's also able to revenge kill Virizion with Poison Jab, which is amazing considering Virizion can really threaten this team. Earthquake is in the last slot just so I can hit stuff like Mega Camerupt and Emboar for super effective damage.
Audino-Mega @ Audinite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 24 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Protect
- Dazzling Gleam
I'll admit it, Mega Audino really surprised me when I first started using it. I used to hate the fact that it lost Regenerator and wasn't pure fairy after mega evolving, but this pokemon is actually really decent, one thing that really called my attention is that it is able to avoid the 2HKO from Scrafty's High Jump Kick at +1 and KO it back with Dazzling Gleam, which is just amazing. Audino keeps the team healthy with Wish and Heal Bell, it also works as a secondary fighting check after it mega evolves as it's able to tank most hits quite comfortably, also being able to abuse Regenerator prior to mega is also really useful for pivoting. 16 EVs in Speed lets you outspeed modest Mega Camerupt in case you need to shoot one final Wish, while 24 EVs on Special Defense lets you take some hits from pokemon such as Sigilyph and LO Hoopa more comfortably.
Flygon @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Roost
- Defog
Flygon is such an easy mon to use, it provides a bunch of useful things you ask for in pokemon such as electric and ground immunity, Defog, U-turn, auto recovery in Roost, and its stats are really decent too, but coming up with a good spread is really awkward since you want to do a lot of different things with it. The one I'm using is max Attack to hit as hard as possible with enough speed to outspeed base 95s such as Drapion and Houndoom but also so I can get a slower U-turn vs opposing fast Flygon and Sigilyph, this is so I can U-turn on its Roost (or in case it wants to go for any move, since Flygon can tank a hit) and then trap it with Scarf Drapion. You can run max speed but I find this to be really useful at times. Moves are straightforward as usual, Roost for recovery, Defog to remove hazards, U-turn provides momentum and Earthquake is a reliable STAB.
Replays
- http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ru-466238266 vs balor
- http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ru-471898366 vs hamhamhamham
- http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ru-474706918 vs level 56
Registeel @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpA / 216 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Seismic Toss
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Virizion @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Leaf Blade
- Zen Headbutt
Slowking @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Slack Off
Drapion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Battle Armor
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit
- Earthquake
Audino-Mega @ Audinite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 24 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Protect
- Dazzling Gleam
Flygon @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Roost
- Defog
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpA / 216 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Seismic Toss
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Virizion @ Lum Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Leaf Blade
- Zen Headbutt
Slowking @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Slack Off
Drapion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Battle Armor
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit
- Earthquake
Audino-Mega @ Audinite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 24 SpD / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Protect
- Dazzling Gleam
Flygon @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Roost
- Defog
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