So, I’ve come up with what I would think is a pretty good team, it has preformed very well for me so far but I feel like I’m missing something still.
Blacephalon @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Mind Blown
- Expanding Force
- Shadow Ball
- Heat Wave
Coalossal @ Power Herb
Ability: Steam Engine
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Serious Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Meteor Beam
- Earth Power
- Heat Wave
- Protect
Regieleki @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Transistor
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Mild Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Explosion
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
Rillaboom @ Grassy Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Acrobatics
- High Horsepower
- Knock Off
Buzzwole @ Assault Vest
Ability: Beast Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Ice Punch
- Drain Punch
- High Horsepower
- Leech Life
There are also a few other mons that I have had in the last slot such as a hard support comfey, a symbiosis oranguru with weakness policy and finally, what was probably the most successful of the lot, a mixed support dracopult who ran scald, breaking swipe and draco meteor.
This team is focused mainly on the Coalossil, almost always leading with both it and blacephalon. Steam engine plus mind blown is incredible, especially considering the 4x resist that coalossil has to fire type moves combined with its reasonable special bulk, only dealing a small percentage of damage to the coalossil, even considering fully invested spatt and life orb. Coalossil with max speed after a steam engine boost also out speeds max speed invested regieleki and most tailwinded mons.
The blacephalon literally just uses mind blown twice most of the time and self destructs, I’m not sure if I should scarf it or not just for the guaranteed first mind blown.
Regieleki is mostly just for coverage and baiting out ground types, rapid spin also helps in team support. Explosion is a great move against stuff like lando, as it does a huge chunk of damage even at -1
Rillaboom is the clear MVP of this team, grassy terrain both heals coalossil and protects it from EQ and bulldoze, grassy glide can deal with the vast majority of Pokemon dangerous to coalossil, and the general bulk and coverage offered by acrobatics grassy seed is crazy. Literally this Pokémon has carried this team so hard.
The buzzwole is a variety of one of my favourite sets, max hp max spdef assault vest Buzzwole, with this set not only can it live against the special threats that usually dominate it, it turns the tables on them, especially for psychic types on trick room teams. This buzzwole preforms extremely well if only for the surprise factor of it, as nobody is about to hit it with a physical attack over a special one. Unfortunately flying type moves still do instantly kill it in most cases but often times you can get an easy kill on landos that don’t expect ice punch
The team does reasonably well against most rain teams, as coalossil can obliterate pelliper with meteor beam after being given a speed boost and rillaboom destroys many water types on its own.
The largest problem that this team faces is trick room strategies, often times if they aren’t immediately desposed of (looking at you dusclops) it can severely impact the rest of the game, even though I practically would have gotten two free KO’s. I’m looking for something that will be able to deal with trick room while at the same time have use outside of that one specific niche. Please leave your thoughts and questions below
