UM Super Doubles Rain Team

Question

This time I bring a rain team to handle the Battle Tree. Good results so far so I thought to post it:

Tapu Koko @ Choice Specs
Nature: Timid Ability: Electric Surge
Ev's: 252 Spatk 252 Speed 4 HP
Moves:
-Thunder
-Dazzling Gleam
-Hidden Power Ice
-Volt Switch

Pelipper @ Damp Rock
Nature: Modest Ability: Drizzle
Ev's: 252 Spatk 252 Speed 4 HP
Moves:
-Scald
-Hurricane
-Ice Beam
-Protect

Swampert @ Swampertite
Nature: Adamant Ability: Torrent
Ev's: 252 Atk 116 HP 140 Speed
Moves:
-Waterfall
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
-Protect

Scizor @ Leftovers
Nature: Careful Ability: Technician
Ev's: 252 HP 180 Atk 76 Spdef
Moves:
-Bug Bite
-Bullet Punch
-Roost
-Swords Dance

Tapu Koko, Pelipper and Swampert have a great synergy and I'm really satisfied with how many threats the 3 of them can handle. The forth team slot is still open. Scizor is good but I think I could find a better teammate, something that likes rain, checks weaknesses of the others and if it could use Rain Dance well in case Pelipper dies it would be perfect. Working on a Ferrothorn now, maybe it will do better than Scizor. Any suggestions?

Comments

To be honest, everything looks good to me but you should definitely replace Roost with Ice Beam or Protect. I don't really have any more suggestions but if anyone else does, they're probably more "educated" on this topic.

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Thanks, I haven't had any major issues with this team yet. I'm at 41 streak now and I think they'll reach 50 at least. Already replaced Roost on Pelipper with Ice Beam for a greater coverage.

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Replace Scizor with Aegislash for better stats. Give Tapu Koko an electrium Z to let it switch between moves. Replace Pelipper's U-turn and ice beam with protect to give teammates free turns and tailwind to speed up teammates.

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only have special Aegislash but I was planning to breed a physical one anyways. Scizor as been great though, I had my doubts at first but he has really come through with Bullet Punch, Roost and even Bug Bite for grass types. Electrium Z and Life Orb are good options for Koko, trading power for flexibility, although the Specs have been doing their job. On Pelipper I am currently running Ice beam and Protect, since Tailwind does not benefit my team much imo: Koko as amazing speed already, Mega Swampert becomes even faster than Koko in rain, Scizor has priority and Pelipper doesn't really requires the extra speed. Thank you for your suggestions, I'll consider them on future runs. Right now I'm at 76 win streak with a close call here and there but I'm mostly dominating with my set.

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I flagged this because this should be a comment, and when people see one answer, they assume its actually answered, but there really is no answer, so that's kind of a problem. (P.S. cool rain team idea I upvoted your first post because I think it's pretty creative. Nowadays, people run all the same sets and pokemon.)

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Thanks for the flag, fixed.

Answer 1

Goodra could be a good one if you need a Sp. Defensive Pokemon.
I've never used one, but it can have the ability Hydration to get rid of Status conditions in rain and it can learn Rain Dance.
I'm afraid that since I've never used one, I can't help you get a moveset or anything for it, but I thought I would suggest it

Comments

Defensive Pokemon are generally less useful in doubles because the opponent can just attack its ally. Also, because there are two opponents active at once, the chance that one of them is a physical attacker is pretty big.

Answer 2

Been a long time since I've done this. Good to be back.

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First off, that fourth spot should be Dragonite:

Dragonite@Weakness Policy
Modest/Multiscale
252 SpA/252 SpD/4 HP
Dragon Pulse/Draco Meteor|Hurricane|Thunder|Roost/Rain Dance

Likes the Rain, Checks Grass weakness particularly but offers good defense in general, learns Rain Dance: Everything you asked. Do watch out for Ice attacks, though.

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I haven't played much 7th Gen but a quick visit to Bulbapedia tells me that Tapu Koko can attack physically and specially. With D-nite you have 3 special attackers and one physical, but you still want that Thunder, so go mixed:

Tapu Koko@Electrium Z
Naive/Electric Surge
252 Spe/128 Atk/128 SpA
Thunder|Dazzling Gleam|U-Turn|Wild Charge

Wild Charge will be your main physical damage dealer here, U-Turn serves the same purpose as Volt Switch but physical (and not STAB, but Wild Charge fixes that one, kinda), other two are the same, Nature and EV's change accordingly. Take this one with a grain of salt because, as I said, I'm not super familiar with 7th Gen.

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Swampert is good, but replace Protect for Stone Edge- EdgeQuake coverage and do just a little about that Ice weakness D-nite brings. Pelipper is perfect.

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Like I said, I'm not super familiar with 7th Gen and I'm just a little rusty in terms of teambuilding, but I hope this was helpful nonetheless.
-AlphaBurn

Comments

Why would you suggest Dragonite when Kingdra does its job better? And if he needed a flying type attacker, then he should use Salamence.

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Well, there is the Grass weakness, but more than anything else, I forgot that Kingdra existed.

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How is a dragon type Pokemon weak to grass?