I have returned to the Uber metagame to do one thing and one thing only...
Test my newest team!...well a team that has been in building process for 2 months.
Month 1
Months ago after I had just finished building my first Uber team which ended up being quite a success with the star being Arceus-Dark which after a few Calm Minds was an unstoppable monmon. Upon seeing such force that could barely be stopped by the most powerful forces in the Uber tier, I started ti build a team that could supremely counter it. After some few experiments I came to the conclusion that there were only 3 Pokemon that could legally take a 4x Judgement from Dark Arceus that din't wield the ability Sturdy: SpDef Dialga, SpDef Ferrothorn and Multiscale Lugia who has a few percents chance to actually take the hit. Though this seemed to be rather impressive I decided not to go with any of them but to rather use the classic prime special wall that could tank more then Just Dark Arceus's attack as I realized that it would be useless building a team to counter one Pokemon that is rarely seen in Ubers despite it's divine power
I originally had in mind to make this team a sand team for a change and for this reason abandoned my precious rain that tends to be in 90% of my teams. First I shallowly thought to just use Tyranitar but after a few battles I realized that it's typing completely ruined everything as many fighting and ground type attack could just knock it out. Due to the fact that Groudon is omnipresent in Ubers, I had to look for a Pokemon that is both bulkier and has a better typing then Tyranitar. So I decided to go with one who's bulk rivals that of Groudon. Hippowdon was the new team member and is now still my prime summoner of sand. It's bulk enables it to sponge every physical attack aimed at it and with some investment in special defense it can be a surprisingly hard Pokemon to bring down
Very pleased with the team so far, I was by far not done yet as I had only tested these Pokemon in 1 vs 1 battles. With the idea of making an Uber Sand Stall team I had to have a Pokemon to lay entry hazards apart from my predestined Hippowdon who had already been set with Stealth Rock. I firstly had Deoxys-Defense in mind but this thought was quickly changed seeing as I got bombarded with a rain of critical hits and with this was not able to set up hazards. Also detesting entry hazards it was rather a dissapointment that Deoxys couldn't spin. Gravely against my own will I decided to go with a Pokemon I dislike pretty much, Forretress. Largely surpassing my expectations Forretress had proven to be the best entry hazard layer as well as rapid spinner I had ever had seeing that it could leave both status inducements as well as special attacks over to Blissey who could easily shrug them off
Month 2
One thing that gives me grey hair is when my entry hazards all disappear when that one move I love to use it used against me, Rapid Spin. Quickly a solution flew by my mind. I decided to go with a Pokemon that had long been obliterated as a fellow wall named Lugia gained an ability that made it as good as impervious to any form of attack. This obliterated colossus is Giratina. Though Lugia seems to function a little better then it, in full truth I have come to realize that Giratina can be one monster of a Pokemon to bring down, even if it's master decides to give it no form of direct offense. Also ending my issue with Spinners, Giratina had become my prime wall and spinblocker.
I have the trend of somehow using a variant of Arceus that works exceptionally well in particular teams. As you might have guessed I chose to use an Arceus that is immune to sand. originally I had Arceus-Steel but after taking a good look at my team and the Top Threat Uber Pokemon list in showdown, I had realized that Ho-oh would completely screw me over. So I decided to go with Arceus-Rock who is by far the best counter to Ho-oh taking all but Earthquake well. Seeing that Ho-oh is in most cases always slower then Arceus, one Judgement would end the rain of the Sacred Bird once and for all after Stealth Rock . With this I had also found a Pokemon who didn't fear a burn and could easily switch into any boosted fire type attack aimed at Forretress
As much as I like bulk and was loving this team I had come down to one thing. My preferred weather was the one thing that would completely screw me over. Well seeing as majority of my team is really slow, I had to have something fast and powerful that could turn the disadvantage of rain into it's main weapon. So yes, I slapped the most prominent rain sweeper on my team, Scarf Palkia. Scarf Palkia can KO Kyogre, ultimate summoner of rain with one precise Thunder. After this is done I can turn the weather's profit over to my side as well. Being extremely fast as well, Scarf Palkia serves as one of the best revenge killers in the tier and will cut the life span of many dragon type Pokemon ridiculously short.
Team will be explained in two answers
