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Hello everyone! Since I’ve been playing this tier for two years now and have never made a Rate My Team thread as of today, I thought it’s high time I made one. This is a bulky offense team and it works well in the current metagame due to its fast-paced nature. I have already posted an older version of this team a few months ago and it got accepted in the Ubers Sample Team Thread.
So, when I first started the team, my thought process was to use either Arceus-Ground or Arceus-Normal (Extreme Killer) with two Pokémon on its side that will take care of all its checks, allowing it to sweep late-game. At first, I tried Arceus-Ground, but after a few tests, I found out that Arceus-Normal was the superior option. As for the two Pokémon I mentioned, I went with Mega Gengar which takes care of Pokémon such as Giratina-Origin, Skarmory, Lugia, etc. and a mixed Rayquaza set that takes care of Steel-type Pokémon that might be able to check Extreme Killer Arceus, such as Ferrothorn or in the case of Arceus-Ground, Bronzong.
After I was decided about my initial core, I saw a weakness to Xerneas, Darkrai and Yveltal. I decided to use Klefki because it nicely checks all three of those Pokémon, while also being a blanket check to other things such as Mega Salamence, some Mewtwo variants, and more.
Next up, having noticed my weakness to Pokémon such as Primal Groudon and thinking that I need at least one more check to Arceus-Normal, I chose Giratina-Origin. This also provided me with a Defog user. At first, I went with a physically-offensive set, but after testing, I found out that the specially-offensive set would give me a Hex user and a Pokémon that spreads status and synergizes well with my previous ones.
Last but not least, I chose the juggernaut of ORAS Ubers, Primal Groudon. I went for a support set with Stealth Rock, Thunder Wave (#mexicanstrats) and Rock Slide in order to check lots of Xerneas variants, Primal Kyogre etc.
In Depth
Arceus @ Life Orb
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Shadow Claw
- Recover
This is my main sweeper. It sets up on a lot of Pokémon, including Mega Diancie, Latios and even Thunder Wave/Draco Meteor Giratina-Origin variants, and poses a direct threat to the opposing team. This spread allows it to outrun positive Speed Rayquaza, Modest Latios/Mega Diancie, as well as all Dialga variants, while having some bulk with 80 HP EVs. Note: Silk Scarf can also be run.
Gengar-Mega @ Gengarite
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hex
- Focus Blast
- Destiny Bond
- Taunt
Taunt allows me to neutralize bulky but passive Pokémon such as Chansey, Clefable, Blissey (if it does not hold Shed Shell) and Lugia, while Hex abuses my status spam, especially when it comes to Pokémon such as Arceus-Water and Arceus-Dragon after Primal Groudon uses Thunder Wave on them. Focus Blast and Destiny Bond are my ways of checking Arceus-Normal effectively, while trapping some Steel-type Pokémon that the team has trouble otherwise, such as Dialga. Destiny Bond also allows me to trade Mega Gengar for Ho-Oh, which is also annoying for this team.
Rayquaza @ Life Orb
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 212 Atk / 44 Def / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- V-create
- Extreme Speed
- Dragon Ascent
I opted for a mixed set, using Draco Meteor and V-Create to OHKO Pokémon such as Mega Salamence, Giratina-Origin, Skarmory (after Sturdy is broken), Bronzong, etc. Rayquaza also provides a decent secondary priority move user with Extreme Speed, all whilst being a threat to slow balance teams.
Klefki @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 96 SpA / 160 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave
- Heal Block
- Dazzling Gleam
As I mentioned above, this is my main Yveltal and Darkrai check, as well as my secondary Xerneas check. Heal Block prevents the annoying Rest/Sleep Talk Geomancy Xerneas from having its way, while also annoying support Arceus variants, among other things. Spikes put pressure on the opponent, while Thunder Wave helps my Hex users and stops fast threats such as Xerneas after Geomancy, Mega Salamence, etc. Dazzling Gleam is used with 96 SpA EVs, in order to have a 78.5% chance to knock out Mega Sableye in two hits from full HP (96 SpA Klefki Dazzling Gleam vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Mega Sableye: 144-170 (47.5 - 56.1%) -- 78.5% chance to 2HKO). Also, in the case of Mega Diancie, it does enough damage to allow Arceus-Normal to take it down in one hit at +2 Attack with Extreme Speed (96 SpA Klefki Dazzling Gleam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Diancie: 75-88 (31.1 - 36.5%) -- 62.3% chance to 3HKO).
Giratina-Origin @ Griseous Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Def / 228 SpA / 28 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Toxic
- Draco Meteor
- Defog
- Hex
My other Hex user, as well my main Primal Groudon check (except for when coming in against a Dragon Pulse mixed Primal Groudon, or a Dragon Tail variant) and my Defog user. Toxic allows it to put a timer on Pokémon such as Primal Groudon and Arceus-Ground, which therefore enables it to inflict massive damage on both of them with Hex.
Groudon @ Red Orb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 248 HP / 196 SpD / 64 Spe
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Precipice Blades
- Thunder Wave
- Rock Slide
My main Xerneas and Primal Kyogre check. Thunder Wave synergizes excellently with both Rock Slide for flinches, and of course paralyzing any switch-in to it, such as Arceus-Water, Arceus-Dragon, Giratina-Origin, Rayquaza, Yveltal, Latios, etc. allowing my two Hex users to capitalize on that. Mega Gengar benefits from this greatly, since it can knock out both of the aforementioned Arceus in two hits (252 SpA Mega Gengar Hex (130 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Arceus-Water: 222-262 (50 - 59%) -- guaranteed 2HKO, for example), allowing it to use Destiny Bond for other threats such as Ho-Oh or opposing Primal Groudon.
Replays
Gunner Rohan using it in BLT: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-404699167
Shoutouts
The Lady Arii Stella for helping me a lot in writing and formatting this. This RMT probably wouldn't exist without you. :) PS. DarkCeus > RockCeus. :P
Transcendent God Champion/Immanent God LANCE/チャンピオンワタル, one of the best players on this site, for making the banner, proof-reading this Rate My Team thread and making a lot of edits to it in order to make it look as pleasant as possible.
Lord Outrage for being one of my best friends on this site and my brother.
VictoriasDelibirds for being one of my oldest friends on here.
Haruno for his goofy polls and because why the hell not?
Hack for the good tests these last days and teaching me some good stuff in general about this game. Don't roast me too much with your rating, should you make one. :P
Fireburn for loving me so much that he wants me to be a %.
Minority Suspect for his love for Greek music.
Astounded another great player. Love our latest teambuilding conversations.
Dilwar ayyy lmoa.
Starmei 'vix givl upi.
Earth lovely user and a great friend. Sorry I forgot you!!!
user php hot gril. ;)
Cranham for being bottom 5. :D
orch for the good mon discussions we have ocassionally.
Pohjis for being a good friend over the years.
GunnerRohan for being a poopy and leaving. Come the fuck back.
SparksBlade for being a massive poopy and "leaving".
Lacus Clyne for your weird jokes. They crack me up. What a nerd.
Mysterious M for being a fellow Greek. #GreekMasterRace
ZoroarkForever for the #It'sFrenchTime.
hyw for the music discussions and the weird stuff he always says.
WreckDra for making me to listen to more Jazz.
Aquasition for being one of the coolest dudes in the Ubers room.
Jhonx~ mi hijo.
Leru for being hot.
LJDarkrai for being fat.
Crestfall ^Ditto. I love you both.
xJoelituh Learn Spanish, noob.
Samqian sorry I forgot you. :(
Yogibears for helping me in NU. :)
PrinceLucian for being an awesome NU teambuilder.
Shadowtags my NU tutor.
absdaddy need I say more? Keep on being awesome.
magsyy one of the best shitposters in the room. Can't deny such skills.
Vileman for carrying on Trout's spirit and being a good friend.
Antacool for showing me those crazy sets. :P
LucosDICampos for the drunk moments in the Ubers room.
darrell1297 for helping me test out this team, among other things.
rileydelete for our good One Piece discussions.
DracoMaster Dab WTF come back, you idiot.
Parameter come back for MGS...
Aurora for appreciating my music and having those nice conversations on PS!.
Aberforth for our old days on the Ubers ladder. Kinda miss them but I wanna avoid the inevitable heart attack after raging too hard.
shrang for beinga fellow dictator probably the most dedicated RO in the Ubers room.
If I forgot someone, I'm sorry. I love you all and tried to include as many as possible. :)
Transcendent God Champion/Immanent God LANCE/チャンピオンワタル, one of the best players on this site, for making the banner, proof-reading this Rate My Team thread and making a lot of edits to it in order to make it look as pleasant as possible.
Lord Outrage for being one of my best friends on this site and my brother.
VictoriasDelibirds for being one of my oldest friends on here.
Haruno for his goofy polls and because why the hell not?
Hack for the good tests these last days and teaching me some good stuff in general about this game. Don't roast me too much with your rating, should you make one. :P
Fireburn for loving me so much that he wants me to be a %.
Minority Suspect for his love for Greek music.
Astounded another great player. Love our latest teambuilding conversations.
Dilwar ayyy lmoa.
Starmei 'vix givl upi.
Earth lovely user and a great friend. Sorry I forgot you!!!
user php hot gril. ;)
Cranham for being bottom 5. :D
orch for the good mon discussions we have ocassionally.
Pohjis for being a good friend over the years.
GunnerRohan for being a poopy and leaving. Come the fuck back.
SparksBlade for being a massive poopy and "leaving".
Lacus Clyne for your weird jokes. They crack me up. What a nerd.
Mysterious M for being a fellow Greek. #GreekMasterRace
ZoroarkForever for the #It'sFrenchTime.
hyw for the music discussions and the weird stuff he always says.
WreckDra for making me to listen to more Jazz.
Aquasition for being one of the coolest dudes in the Ubers room.
Jhonx~ mi hijo.
Leru for being hot.
LJDarkrai for being fat.
Crestfall ^Ditto. I love you both.
xJoelituh Learn Spanish, noob.
Samqian sorry I forgot you. :(
Yogibears for helping me in NU. :)
PrinceLucian for being an awesome NU teambuilder.
Shadowtags my NU tutor.
absdaddy need I say more? Keep on being awesome.
magsyy one of the best shitposters in the room. Can't deny such skills.
Vileman for carrying on Trout's spirit and being a good friend.
Antacool for showing me those crazy sets. :P
LucosDICampos for the drunk moments in the Ubers room.
darrell1297 for helping me test out this team, among other things.
rileydelete for our good One Piece discussions.
DracoMaster Dab WTF come back, you idiot.
Parameter come back for MGS...
Aurora for appreciating my music and having those nice conversations on PS!.
Aberforth for our old days on the Ubers ladder. Kinda miss them but I wanna avoid the inevitable heart attack after raging too hard.
shrang for being
If I forgot someone, I'm sorry. I love you all and tried to include as many as possible. :)
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