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I’m usually in OU but I wanted to try UU.

Fluff Lord (Altaria-Mega) @ Altarianite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Roost
- Earthquake
- Return
Probably not the best use of a Mega slot... who would make a good replacement (if necessary)?

Spiky (Cloyster) @ King's Rock/Shell Bell
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shell Smash
- Icicle Spear
- Rock Blast
- Explosion
I’m opting for King’s rock, but I thought shell bell could help

Skaraborn (Heracross) @ Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Swords Dance

Renegade (Hydreigon) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower

Kowalski (Empoleon) @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Protect

BlazeHeart (Chandelure) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Taunt
- Energy Ball
Can’t decide on what kind of set to use for her, but obviously I won’t keep specs and taunt together.

I’m open to suggestions!

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I think I play UU enough to give this a rate.


Use White Herb or Normalium Z instead of any other Item on Cloyster. If he has some HP left, he can survive a priority attack or two, which threaten him the most. You could use Normalium Z instead, to get more out of Explosion. Replace Rock Blast with Hydro Pump or Hidden Power Fire. HP Fire is for Scizor, or Hydro Pump for most physically defensive Pokémon. Rock Blast is pretty useless in UU, compared to Hydro Pump. Use a Naughty Nature instead of Adamant, and move the 4 SpD EVs into SpA.


Altaria is a pretty solid Mega. Other than setup sweeping, you'll probably find use it for checking/countering Krookodile or Zeraora, but watch out for Scizor. :P


There are 2 Approaches to Heracross here:

Keep Moxie: Moxie is okay, but Swords Dance is pretty useless when it has Moxie and a Life Orb; the risk of setting up doesn't really justify the reward, especially since Life Orb makes Heracross not want to take as many hits. Replace Swords Dance with Knock Off. Mega Horn is also not great coverage when Close Combat basically covers the same threats; Bullet Seed would help more than Mega Horn. It might be worth using a Choice Scarf instead of a Life Orb, mainly because Moxie Heracross isn't really better than Guts Heracross without boosted Speed. I don't recommend Moxie.

Lose Moxie: Guts+Flame Orb+Swords Dance Heracross reaches a higher attack faster than Moxie Life Orb Heracross with Swords Dance. It takes a minimum of 3 turns for Moxie Hercross to get x4 Attack. Guts Heracross gets x4 Attack in 1 turn, and gets double Base Power on Facade. If you use Guts, give Heracross a Flame Orb, replace Mega Horn with Knock Off, and Replace Rock Slide with Facade.


Chandelure can also be done 2 ways:

Keep Choice Item: Flame Body is useless on Specs Chandelure, especially when it isn't supposed to take many hits. Furthermore, Chandelure has Infiltrator as a better Ability option with Specs. It can also hold it's own against many threats. If you go with Specs, give it Trick instead of Taunt. It is also worth noting that A choice Scarf can help you KO Stuff just as effectively and works better with Trick.

Lose Choice Item: Flame Body with Taunt works, but most Flame Body sets use Leftovers, Calm Mind, Substitute, and 2 damaging moves. It has Flame body because it expects to take hits. If you use a Power Herb on Cloyster, Ghostuim Z is also a viable Item for Chandelure.


"Renegade" is a nickname for Giritina, not your lesser dragon Hydreigon. :P

Hydreigon is Good, but you probably want to steer away from 3 Choice users. This should be fine, since Heracross is better with Guts+Flame Orb anyways.


Empoleon is Good.


Well, that's my take on it.

Hope I Helped!

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Thank you! I changed Heracross to the Guts-flame orb set, gave Cloyster normalium z and hydro pump, and Chandelure to non specs. Also renegade is now robo trio (which sounds dumb but it’s not renegade anymore). I’m considering swapping Mega Altaria to Mega Manectric because I didn’t realize I have 2 dragon types on my current team... do you think that’s a good idea?
I think Chandelure's special attack is so high that it doesn't need boosts from choice specs or Z crystals. Either choice scarf or leftovers should be good.
The name suggestion for Hydreigon was more of a preferences joke; you didn't have to change the name. :P

You should be fine whether you keep or lose Mega-Altaria; Manetric is way faster, checks and counters Scizor and Empoleon better, and can switch into Hydreigon if threatened by a Ground Type, such as Swampert. But you may also consider Zeraora, which does similar things and is just as good as Manetric. :P
I was deciding between M-Manectric and Zeraora for volt switcher and i picked M-Manectric because mane has higher special attack than zera and I could use intimidate and volt switch to weaken the Scizor and such. I’m going with:
Lemon Zest (Manectric-Mega) @ Manectite  
Ability: Intimidate  
Shiny: Yes  
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Volt Switch  
- Hidden Power [Ice]  
- Overheat  
- Thunderbolt
(Again, ignore the nickname)
If you wanted us to ignore the nickname, then why did you post it here?
I imported my team here from Showdown and forgot to remove the names, that’s all