Rate My Gen 8 Anything Goes Team

Question

I've been trying out some Shuckle HyperOffense lately and I got up to 1780 on the ladder at one point with this team. However, I think I still need some help.

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Shuckle @ Red Card
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Impish Nature
- Knock Off
- Encore
- Sticky Web
- Stealth Rock

Rocker and Web-setter, with Max Defense to best survive Physical hits like Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike. Encore for setup sweepers and Knock Off for Knocking Off items and generally being annoying. Red Card phazes setup sweepers that failed to get Encored after Sturdy.

Kyogre @ Choice Specs
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Surf

Specs Kyogre is a beast under webs. Water Spout hits extremely hard, Ice Beam and Thunder are coverage, and I chose Surf over Origin Pulse after it missed like five times in a row :P

Calyrex-Shadow @ Focus Sash
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Baton Pass
- Astral Barrage
- Psyshock

Late-game cleaner and Baton Passer. Pretty standard set; Astral Barrage and Psyshock are STAB. Nasty Plot as Yveltal switches in can be devastating as I Baton Pass to Kyogre. Focus Sash to win matchups against Ditto.

Pheromosa @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Throat Chop

Of course, to preserve Caly's Sash we need a hazard remover, and Defog is out of the question. I chose Scarf Pheromosa because it can also Revenge kill non-Scarf Caly-S. I chose Adamant over Jolly to get an Attack Beast Boost, but maybe I should change it to outspeed Scarf Calyrex before webs? Or should I replace this with Regieleki? I'm not quite sure about what to do with this slot.

Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Substitute
- Behemoth Blade
- Wild Charge
- Close Combat

Super strong Wallbreaker with Substitute for Ditto and Status. Behemoth Blade is STAB, Wild Charge hits Ho-Oh and Kyogre, and Close Combat forces Necrozma-DM to Recover and destroys Ferrothorn.

Zapdos-Galar @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Steel Wing
- Close Combat
- Brave Bird
- Facade

I originally had Dracovish for this slot but I thought Defog Yveltal could be a huge problem to this team. So I replaced Dracovish with Zapdos-Galar, to sometimes turn the tides on Yveltal. Basically switch in on a Defog, then Dynamax and try to sweep. Steel Wing to survive Behemoth Blade after a Defense boost. Facade to punish Ho-oh for burning it. I used Life Orb for the extra power, but I could use other items... tell me in your answer or comments if I should use something else.

The main problems with this team are Ditto and Yveltal. Ditto can completely reverse sweep me and ignores webs. Yveltal's Defog is very annoying, and offensive Yveltal can also destroy my team.

If you have any comments, I'm very open to suggestions and am looking forward to an answer :D

Comments

Why do you need Scarf Pheromosa with webs?

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My original thought process was that I wanted an Attack Beast Boost but I didn't want to be slower than Scarf Calyrex-S after webs. I also wanted Rapid Spin to go before Modest Geomancied Xerneas if webs weren't up. Later once I changed Zacian from Jolly to Adamant Pheromosa became a neat Ditto revenge killer. But I'm not sure, what else would you recommend for that slot?

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Scarf Phero really won't be good, try WeakPoll DD NDM over it, it also soft-checks Zac-C when the situation worsens.

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Tbh, I don't really like the picks chosen. The main problems with this team is: it has nothing to self-improof Zacian-C and Calyrex-Shadow, Ditto just counter sweeps easily. Either of Yveltal or Dusk Mane is something every HO team likes to mandate, and I don't justify using Pheromosa or Zapdos-G over it. Substitute isn't enough to improof Zacian-C, it just leads to a huge lose of momentum. Same way, Focus Sash on Calyrex-S doesn't improof much, as Stealth Rocks being setup just make it require very little effort to beat this team using Ditto. Why had you need to abuse ZapG's Defiant when you could simply use Yveltal that can both Taunt, and improof Calyrex-Shadow as well? I guess I will write an answer at some point of time...

Answer 1

I don't think this team is bad, actually! Just watch out for a trick room team, becuse the only slow guy on your team is Shuckle, and he only cripples and sets up harards. For best results, keep him alive to set up some more hazards if your opponent has defog or rapid spin. For Pheromosa, make sure to give it a focus sash, or else the opponent could just use a focus sash themselves, live a hit, and kill you. Use quick attack for maximum effectiveness. Surprisingly, watch out for Sudowoodo when you're using Calrex Shadow. Sudowoodo with max attack evs and sucker punch plus sturdy/focus sash could 2 hit KO ur Calrex. Oh ya. And an attack boosting nature.
You're Zacian Crowned will do well, UNTIL your opponent sends out a focus sash Cinderace with maxed out attack and stuff. Pyro ball downright kills you or it leaves u on very low hp so quick attack can do the cleaning up. Also, if you want Kyogre to have coverage, why specs? It locks you in to one specific move. So you kill one pokemon with thunder. They send out a grass type. What r u gonna do with that while choiced? Huh?
That's it for my answers.
My friend has some suggestions.
1) Give Shuckle a Mental Herb, those Encore/Taunt's can really get to him. You can switch out Knock off for Toxic, but either is fine. 2) Haven't used Phero that much, so I tinkered around and got https://pokepast.es/99e3632997aee12a. 3) I'd also suggest sticking with the common set for Calyrex, https://pokepast.es/f3440808628b87dd. 4) Zacian I would go Jolly to outspeed more pokemon, it doesnt really matter, but I think Jolly works better. 5) I would switch out Gapdos for a defogger, Phero isnt the most reliable hazard remover. 6) All the changes above are put in a final team, https://pokepast.es/4a18373a9d2e17cd

Hope this helped!

Comments

Sudowoodo, Cinderace, and Grass types do not exist in Anything Goes, and Trick Room is rare. There is no reason to make Pheromosa a hazard remover when Defog Yveltal, Lunala, and Ho-oh exist. Replacing one of Pheromosa's moves with Quick Attack is absolutely unviable. How the **** is Choice Specs unviable on Kyogre? Please for the love of god LEARN about a metagame before posting unhelpful answers like these.

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You mentioned the Focus Sash so many times. The team literally has Hazards Shuckle, and hazards break sashes. Also, Sudowoodoo, Trick Room, and Cinderace are all horrible. Trick Room is used on one Pokémon that is good only, and that is Calyrex-Ice, which isn’t all that common. Specs Ogre is awesome. Quick Attack sucks. Please actually know what you’re talking about before you criticize, a team, as this time around, you ruined it.