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The deadline will always be a week from when it started.Out of curiosity - is the deadline still Monday or is it a week from the posting of the new mon ?
WE TIED CALL IT A DAYI chose mesprit because it's one of my favorite mons from gen 4 and with it just dropping to the tier i already had a multitude of teams built w/ it, just needed to test them out. The team i had the most fun with was this one: https://pokepast.es/eb65cb660a067515
Set Name: Stop it, Skuntank!
Mesprit @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Levitate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Psychic
I found that max hp max speed with dazzling gleam/HP ground to hit guzzlords and Skunks the best set that lets Mesprit do what it want. Colbur is to live a hit from these nasty dark types in order to get up a CM or hit it with coverage move. Catching dark types on the switch in is so satisfying. I also think that Signal Beam > Dazzling gleam would work too in order to beat opposing Mesprits but I did very little testing w/ that. Other option is Fairy/Bug Z but I already had Z-Me First Pinsir on this team. Leftovers are nice for recovery but imo colbur should be run in the wake of all these nasty skunks and cats.
Team Members:
The team also features one of my favorite PU mons Type: Null. RestTalk Type: Null is a scary mon that almost never dies if the opponent isn't running Knock Off/Taunt. Once the opposing team is devoid of ghost types this thing can set up and sweep. W/ base 95s across the board (barring speed) and access to eviolite it's one of the bulkiest mons in the tier. Sp Def evs are weird and don't do anything specific but give me peace of mind that I can probably live special hits from something somewhere and it'll save me from losing.
Skuntank was put on to pursuit trap ghosts that give Type: Null and Mesprit trouble and defog. Nasty freakin skunk is everywhere and is probably the best mon in the tier right now.
Weezing paired nicely with Skuntank and handled fighting types for Null. Max HP max Sp Def cuz i'm a rebel.
I like using aggron so i put it on for rocks and doing some heavy slamming shenanigans.
Z-Me First Pinsir resists fighting and then does some meme-y shit where if it's faster and the opponent uses an attacking move it uses the z move version of that move. So I especially like using it on Crustles to OHKO them and get +2 speed and +1 attack and then watch them click x.
overall impressions of Mesprit....
It's a great mon. base 105s across the board w/ 80 hp and 80 speed and its movepool make it quite versatile. It can set rocks, it can CM and sweep, it can be a bulky choice specs user, it can be a fast (ish) specs user, it can be a scarf user, there's so many things it can do. I'm kinda sad I didn't test more sets but I kinda hit gold w/ this first team (at the time i'm writing this i made it to 26th on the PU ladder w/ this team at 1376 points). It was fun playing a game of "who's winning" w/ Has Tattoos.
replays:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628936119
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628938248
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628942651
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628943991
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628948118
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628950383
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628957107
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-628963474
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-629105699
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-629104692
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pu-630516426