Rate My Sword OU Team

Question

I'm pretty new to the competitive scene, so I still don't know a lot about team building. I just do casual fun 6v6 matches with some friends but I still want to make a competitively viable team. My usual plan is to send out Grimmsnarl first to Taunt and set Screens then switch to either Ferro to set Stealth Rocks and Leech Seed or switch to one of my main sweepers. Any advice on coverage, weaknesses, etc? Any alternative options to some of my team here? I did some matches with this team on P. Showdown and its 50/50 win lose most of the time. Please keep in mind that I still don't have the DLCs yet. Thanks for the help!

Krampus (Grimmsnarl) (M) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Spirit Break
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Taunt

Quintessa (Toxapex) (F) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature
IVs: 5 SpA
- Liquidation
- Toxic
- Recover
- Haze

Swamp Thing (Ferrothorn) (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 30 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Leech Seed
- Knock Off
- Gyro Ball (or Body Press, not really sure)

K. Ghidorah (Hydreigon) (M) @ Wise Glasses
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dragon Pulse
- Nasty Plot (maybe Specs instead? then change Nasty Plot with Flamethrower?)
- Dark Pulse
- Flash Cannon

Flak (Dragapult) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 2 SpA
- Dragon Darts
- Phantom Force
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch

Reverb (Toxtricity - Amped) (M) @ Throat Spray
Ability: Punk Rock
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Boomburst
- Overdrive
- Sludge Bomb
- Shift Gear

Answer 1

Okay, let’s go through this.
Grimmsnarl
Good job, this was a fine set.
Toxapex
Don’t use Liquidon, it’s completely useless on Toxapex, replace it with Scald otherwise its a nice set. Evs Spread could be 252 Hp / 60 Def / 196 SpD calm nature will be better in my opinion seems it could at least get some chance to not be OHKO from one of it’s biggest “Predator” — Magnezone.

252+ SpA Choice Specs Magnezone Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex: 356-422 (117.1 - 138.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Possible damage amounts: (356, 362, 366, 372, 374, 378, 384, 386, 392, 396, 398, 404, 408, 414, 416, 422)

252+ SpA Choice Specs Magnezone Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 196+ SpD Toxapex: 284-336 (93.4 - 110.5%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
Ferrothorn
Looks fine but the 30 Speed IVs mean nothing, 0 Speed Ivs will do better. And also, I suggest you to use Gyro Ball due to that it’s painful low speed.
Hydreigon
Uh-oh... a same type pokemon in one team wasn’t too good, it type was same as Dragapult (Which could do better job than it ) and Grimmsnarl, and I don’t think it was a good idea.
But however, Wide Glasses wasn’t a good Item for it, Choice Spes was much more reliable than Wide Glasses on it if you want a Special Wallbreaker and I highly suggest use Draco Meteor than Dragapult. 130 x 1.5 + 75 x 1.5 (after the stat lost but boost a bit by Choice Spes) = 307.5 bp 85 x 1.5 x 2 = 225. As you may see, a draco meteor could hit much more power than Dragon pulse, so you should change it. And, Nasty Plot change to Flamethower / Fire Blast / Earth Power for coverage and it’s fine power, or you may use U-Turn for enmergancy.
Again, if you want a wall breaker, in this site, it might will give you more guide and remember don’t choose the same type with one of your pokemon in your team if you can!
Dragapult
Looks fine.
Toxtricity
Two wallbreakers? Umm...not a good idea but I think it was still acceptable. The only thing that I want to change was Shift Gear, the only thing it can boost was speed. But, however Nuzzle could be a better choice seems it will cut opponent speed to half and make opponent 30 % chance cant move, and it also got 20 power and 100 acc which means it was a pretty good choice for it.

These are my suggestion, hope it helps! (and p.s., click the Green Checkmark on the right top of my answer if you think it really helps you, thanks!)

Comments

Really detailed comments on both Toxapex and Hydreigon which I really, REALLY needed since they were the ones I thought I didn't know what to do with. Thanks!

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I’m happy to help! :)

Answer 2

The team looks good, I just have some suggestions.

Taunt + Screens is interesting, but when you have screens up, you don't need to switch in Ferrothorn. It's already a tank and will just burn off Screen turns. Hydregion or any setup sweeper would be a better choice to switch in as it has more of a chance to get a nasty plot off in screens, so I would keep nasty plot. Earth Power might be better than flash cannon and Draco meteor over dragon pulse, you can choose.

Toxapex is good but I think scald is optimal for the burn chance. Toxapex doesn't do enough damage either way so extra chip and halved attack is valuable. You might also want to invest in Sp. Def instead of defense as well because you have Ferrothorn.

Ferrothorn is solid but since you shouldn't really bring it out early with your game plan, stealth rock might not be as valuable. You can decide between Stealth Rock/Protect/Iron Defense and maybe body press. Also, Ferrothorn should be minimum speed.

In my opinion, dragapult is wasted coverage with Hydregion. I'd recommend something to take care of steel types, since the team is kindo of walled by it. It also doesn't like fairy and fire, so excadrill is probably good.

Excadrill @ Heavy-Duty Boots/Leftovers/Focus Sash
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
If you don't think your friends will use hazards, you can run focus sash with swords dance over rapid spin. Stealth rock can be replaced with coverage if you want.

Throat spray is hard to use in 6v6 because of the frequent switching, but it might work under screens. be sure to be aware of potential ground attacks and switch in your Hydregion with levitate. Other than that, it looks good, but maybe you don't need max speed because of shift gear. you can play around with it.

PokePaste
I hope this helps!

Comments

oof got sniped

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I really like the Excadrill suggestion. Will look into that. Thanks!