Lenub
>Hai, Mew sucks, bai.
Anyways, Mew and I decided to build a Pokebank team around Mega Mawile. And we did, which is why you are spending your time reading this. Anyways, this team is pretty legit, and does really good, considering Mew and I made it (cause we suck). So yeah, enjoy what Mew will ramble on about, and ultimately, enjoy the team.
Mewderator
>So hai, Lenub is actually the one who saks :D
>But this team we made actually worked (unbelievably), and we haves laddered with it quite a bit.
>By we, I mean Lenub only :P
>But nevertheless, this team was built around a Mega Pokemon that Lenub and I really wanted to try - Mega Mawile. Knowing that it was slow, we opted for Wish support, Paralysis support, residual damage, and others to keep Mawile nice and healthy for sweeping. Although sometimes it isn't Mawile that's sweeping, it cleans up for our other sweepers. Enough rambling, I believe that the team is right below this.... I hope.
Team Preview:
Synergy:
Type Resists Weaknesses
Normal Genesect, Mawile, Tyranitar
Fighting Landorus, Togekiss Tyranitar
Ghost Tyranitar
Dark Tyranitar, Togekiss
Psychic Genesect, Mawile, Tyranitar
Poison Landorus, Genesect, Mawile Togekiss
Grass Genesect, Mawile, Togekiss Vaporeon, Tyranitar
Water Vaporeon Landorus, Tyranitar
Fire Tyranitar, Vaporeon Genesect, Mawile
Ice Genesect, Mawile, Vaporeon Landorus, Togekiss
Ground Landorus, Togekiss Mawile, Tyranitar
Rock Mawile
Steel Genesect, Vaporeon Togekiss, Tyranitar
Dragon Genesect, Mawile, Togekiss
Electric Landorus Togekiss, Vaporeon
Bug Landorus, Genesect, Mawile, Tyranitar
Togekiss
Flying Mawile, Tyranitar
Fairy Genesect, Mawile Tyranitar
The team:
Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd | IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Wave
>Formerly a Scarf Garchomp, but was changed due to how fast is was taken out
Landorus, once the god of BW OU, is back to take his throne in Gen 6. Due to being banned (which he shouldn't have been), Landorus's most infamous set, Modest Rock Polish, didn't see much light in Ubers. However, when first building this team, Mew and I decided to use it, granted that a +2 Speed Lando is SERIOUSLY nothing to mess with. But in this generation's Metagame, all you see is Offense, Offense, and more Offense. So we took out Rock Polish and replaced it for HP Ice. The IVs allow us to obtained the desired HP Ice and grant us less damage from Foul Play, while maintaining our Speed IVs. This allows us to kill any annoying Gliscor's and Lando-T's who think we run the modified version of RP + 3 attacks (Which uses Sludge Wave instead of HP Ice). Earth Power is still as amazing as ever, being able to just obliterate the enemy's grounded Pokemons. Focus Blast is here to deal with any Air Balloon Steels, the most common ones being Heatran and Excadrill. Focus Miss also allows us to really dent Rotom-W and Rotom-H (not Rotom-C, since it falls to our other moves). Finally, Sludge Wave lets us easily 2HKO SDef Celebi, and allows us to pick off weakened Pokemon that wont die to HP Ice/Focus Blast, like Rotom-W/H. It also proves to be an efficient way to rid of the new and kinda common Fairy types, so yay. Although the Timid variant is notably "weaker" than the original set, it still is a notable threat to watch out for.
Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 8 Atk / 248 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, SDef)
- U-turn
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Iron Head
The monster that terrorized early BW2 OU is back, and is better than ever. Although Steel Pokemon did get nerfed in the sense of not being resistant to Ghost and Dark anymore, Steel gained the ability to counter the somewhat popular Fairy type. We used to run Expert Belt to surprise everything because of the extremely common Choice Scarf set, but switched back to standard after our old scarfer didn't work out too well.This Genesect does what most of the Genesect of Gen 5 did - scout Pokemon with U-turn will expressing great coverage. EVs give Genesect maximum Special Atatcking potential while putting some in Attack to nail U-turn a bit harder. 8 Atk EVs allow Genesct to gain 1 extra point in Attack, while detracting from SAtk. After Download, the SAtk stat would be the same as it was 252 SAtk. Naive Nature is for sponging the insane amount of priority this generation, especially from Aegislash, Lucario, and Scizor. The moveset is pretty standard for a Scarf Genesect. U-turn is STAB and allows us to scout what the opponent has, and picks off weakened opponents. Flamethrower roasts all the Steel Pokemon, except Heatran of course. But hey, what are teammates for? Ice Beam grants us coverage on Dragon Pokemon and Flying Pokemon, which is great considering the number of x4 Ice weak Pokemon there are in Pokemon at the moment. We used to run Giga Drain on Genesect to screw over Rotom-W, but we ditched it for STAB Iron Head, as it is more easily spammable and allows us to score a harder hit on Fairy Pokemon.
Mawile (F) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate --> Huge Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spd
Adamant Nature (+ Atk, - SAtk)
- Substitute
- Iron Head
- Play Rough
- Sucker Punch
Ah, and you thought we'd save the best for last, huh? Anyways, this Mawile has pulled its weight, and especially the weight of the others. Unlike the common SD + 3 Attacks Mawile that runs Hyper Cutter to prevent Lando-T switch-ins, this baby provides a more bulky, but still offensive presence. Substitute, when paired with Intimidate, grants Mawile a lot of bulk, and most of the time, forces a switch. This is especially important since Mawile is extremely slow, sitting at base 50 Speed. However, paralysis support from Togekiss somewhat alleviates this issue. So free Sub time, and that is where Mawile begins to show what it's made of. Iron Head is not only STAB, but a great move in general, and a "safer" option against things like TTar, when we absolutely cannot risk a miss. It also hits opposing Steels and random Ice types, so that's always appreciated. Play Rough, however, is the superior STAB move, boasting a 10 higher Base Power than Iron Head. It also allows Mew and I to get rid of any Dragon on the field that is not behind Screens, a Sub, or is running a Defensive spread (I'm looking at you, BulkyNite). Finally, it is worth noting that Sucker Punch is our most important move on Mawile, being able to effectively revenge kill a large quantity of the Pokebank metagame, and helps negate Mawile's poor speed stat. It is also worth noting that in a 1v1, Mawile beats MegaMom (MegaKang) with Intimidate + Play Rough + Sucker Punch.
