Ah.... It's finally here.... Why not make a monotype team with the new mons?

Question

Ice Monotype team! (plz no spam in comments)

Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aurora Veil
- Extrasensory
- Freeze-Dry
- Moonblast

Sandslash-Alola @ Leftovers
Ability: Snow Cloak
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake

Mamoswine @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Atk / 116 SpA
Adamant Nature
- Freeze-Dry
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock

Cloyster @ White Herb
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Razor Shell
- Rock Blast
- Shell Smash

Crabominable @ Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Crabhammer
- Ice Hammer
- Power-Up Punch
- Stone Edge

Glaceon @ Leftovers
Ability: Ice Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Heal Bell
- Toxic
- Wish

Comments

I think you should replace Swinub with something else. Maybe a glalie or something...

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Hmmm
Ok
I'll run mamo
Give glaceon heal bell
Get stone edge over rock slide
Get auroras veil over d gleam
And give glaceon wish
So
Time to make an edit !

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I can see this team having trouble with Scarfed Heatran. If Cloyster is down then both Mamoswine and Crabdominable are too slow and there is a guaranteed knockout by either Flash Cannon or Overheat.

Just a thought.

Answer 1

Ninetales

I really like this set. Everything is good but the moveset. You have snow warning + Icy rock. But no aurora veil.Aurora veil halves damage in hail. That will be for like 8 turns with icy rock. Bit of a waste, don't you think? I suggest replacing dazzeling gleam with it, because you already have a more powerful fairy STAB.

Sandslash

Sandy has potential for a FAST sweeper, do that by taking 252 EV points from HP to speed. Give it a jolly nature, and slush rush. I suggest using Ninetails as a lead then swapping into Sandslash to sweep. Swap leftovers with life orb.

Swinub

To be honest, the F.E.A.R strat isn't really that reliable. It can be avoided completly by ghosts and gets screwed over by other priority users. Not to mention switching exists. All this makes Swinub a useless member of the team and completely outclassed by mamoswine. I don't really have a good set for mamoswine, but smogon does. http://www.smogon.com/dex/xy/pokemon/mamoswine/

Cloyster

This set is awesome :D

Crabominable

Iron fist only boosts ice punch to 90 power. Ice hammer is better. Crabominable is already slow, so the speed drop won't matter. Also Stone edge over rock slide.

Glaceon

Set is good. But water pulse is not very good on pokemon that don't have mega launcher. Heal bell is a good option to take off status from toxic spikes and laugh at klefki. Wish can heal other members a good chunk of health and helps members like cloyster reset up to their sweeps. If you don't like either of those options, substitute can always be used.

Comments

Aurora veil's duration is independent of that of hail. If Ninetales isn't holding a light clay, it will be five turns no matter how long the hail lasts.

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Huh. Ok. Then I guess Light clay? I'm not an expert on this stuff lmao

Answer 2

I don't have much to add to the other answer, but:

For Ninetales, Aurora Veil over either Dazzling Gleam or Moonblast. Replace Dazzling Gleam if it is Singles, or Moonblast if Doubles.

Also, please, get Abomasnow over F.E.A.R Swinub. Have it hold either an Icy Rock, or better yet, Abomasite.

While Mega Abomasnow is slow, it's useful for setting up Hail again. This is important because Ninetales can not keep switching in to reset the Hail, and once Hail is gone, the team loses out on a lot.

Other than that, the one thing I disagree with the other answer is that you should let Sandslash keep the HP EVs.

At base 65 speed, even 252 Speed EVs isn't going to outspeed a lot of things, unless you run Scarf, which renders Swords Dance useless and hits a lot less harder.

Edit: As Runemark (Ion) pointed out, this was probably in conjugation for Slush Rush, in which case, it's perfect for it. My bad. A spread of 252 Attack / 252 Speed and 4 HP is perfect for a Physical Sweeper. Or a little mixing up in HP and Speed to allow maximum longevity and damage.

For Abomasnow:

Abomasnow @ Abomasite / Icy Rock

• Blizzard
• Ice Shard
• Giga Drain / Protect
• Earthquake

For Glaceon, Hail or Heal Bell or even Wish is a good option over Water Pulse or Shadow Ball.

Comments

My bad. I should correct/ clarify that. Will do that in a bit.

Answer 3

After all the comments already posted, it's all good, but the only thing i would say would be to teach Ninetales nasty plot over exrtrasensory. it Works great. itsWhat i use.
Ninetales@Icy Rock/Light Clay
Aurora Veil
Timid, 252 Sp. Atk & Spd., 4 Def.,
Iv's: Atk. = 0
Nasty Plot
Moonblast
Freezedry

Overall, Great Job!!!