Rate my Gen 8 ZU team

Question

Falinks @ Leftovers
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Throat Chop
- Iron Head
- No Retreat

Throat chop is for coverage again psychic types and iron head is for coverage against fairy types.

Drifblim @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Air cutter
- Strength Sap

The reason why i use air cutter over psychic is Thunderbolt is:
1. Thunderbolt and psychic are neither effective against types that drifblim is weak to.
2. STAB makes air cutter have same base power as Thunderbolt and psychic

Boltund @ Life Orb / Focus sash
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Thunder Fang
- Fire Fang
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch

Pretty self explanatory set if you ask me.

Crustle @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shell Smash
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
- Earthquake

I used Heavy-Duty Boots so that sturdy isn't useless when damaging entry hazards are on the field and because stealth rock makes it lose 25% of its health.

Dugtrio @ Focus Sash
Ability: Sand Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
IVs: 0 HP / 0 Def / 0 SpD
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Sandstorm
- Reversal

I'm not really sure about this set. It has zero IVs in HP Def and SpD so that it's almost always guaranteed to activate the focus sash which will give reversal 200 base power.

Eiscue @ Salac Berry
Ability: Ice Face
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Ice Punch
- Liquidation

This set works best on physical attackers. If it's successful, substitute combined with belly drum will land Eiscue on 25% health which will activate the salac Berry, Eiscue already lost that cuboid heas as a result of getting it by a physical attack, it will outspeed everything in ZU.

Comments

"Sometimes you have to switch out, that's why i use shed shell." Falinks has Leftovers, not Shed Shell.

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Oh. I changed the item midway through writing this and forgot to edit it. Sorry.

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It's been 3 months. Is the rmt really that inactive?

Answer 1

It's been 3 months. Is the rmt really that inactive?

Yes lol

None of the Pokemon on your team are viable. Next time you should use the ZU Viability Rankings to see what's good and what isn't, noob

Falinks

Shed Shell isn't needed, and neither is Leftovers. With Falinks's good coverage, all you need is a Life Orb. However, Falinks isn't viable, Sawk is, thanks to its higher Speed and power.

Sawk @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sturdy / Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Close Combat
• Earthquake
• Knock Off
• Stone Edge

Drifblim

I guess that's a decent set, but there are many much better Ghosts, like the Rotom I beat you with, Cofagrigus, and Silvally-Ghost. Rotom is stronger and has Electric STAB as well as nice utility moves in Volt Switch and Trick, Cofagrigus has good bulk and multiple sets, and Silvally-Ghost is an excellent sweeper.

Rotom @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature

• Thunderbolt
• Volt Switch
• Shadow Ball
• Trick

Cofagrigus @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Mummy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature

• Shadow Ball
• Body Press
• Rest
• Iron Defense

Cofagrigus @ Colbur Berry / Chesto Berry
Ability: Mummy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature

• Will-O-Wisp
• Hex
• Body Press
• Rest

Silvally-Ghost @ Ghost Memory
Ability: RKS System
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Swords Dance
• Multi-Attack
• Flame Charge
• X-Scissor

Boltund

Again just use Rotom lmao or use Rotom-Fan
Also why are you running a Naive nature?

Rotom-Fan @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature

• Defog
• Hex / Shadow Ball
• Thunderbolt
• Will-O-Wisp / Nasty Plot

Crustle

There is next to zero reason to use this over Frosmoth and Centiskorch as a Bug type. Frosmoth brings a much better offensive typing and Centiskorch brings immediate power and utility.

Frosmoth @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Ice Scales
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature

• Ice Beam
• Bug Buzz
• Quiver Dance
• Hurricane

Centiskorch @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature

• Fire Lash
• Power Whip
• Knock Off
• Leech Life

Dugtrio

This set is fringe and bad. Not that Dugtrio is good in the first place. I guess you could use Piloswine, but Piloswine shares the Ice type with Frosmoth. Therefore this slot is pretty customizeable. Kangaskhan is a good wallbreaker, Alolan Persian is a solid pivot, Garbodor or Qwilfish set up Spikes which are important for the last team member, and Basculin is a good breaker. I'm not going to put everything here as you can just check out the Smogon sets.

Eiscue

Since Eiscue's main competition, Frosmoth, is already an option for slot 4, why not use Uxie? If you pair it up with Qwilfish or Garbodor's Spikes its Future Sights become even more dangerous.

Uxie @ Leftovers / Colbur Berry / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature

• Future Sight
• Stealth Rock
• U-turn
• Knock Off

Comments

It isn't viable because i made this team 4 months ago lol. Did you really have to roast me that hard tho.

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Yes, I did