Now that Dream World has its own section and contains all the Pokemon suspect banned from the Standard OU tier we can now observe a specific aspect of the meta-game, which is the new Cores that are developing. Genesect, Manaphy, Excadrill, and Keldeo are all powerful, but along with that power comes their great defensive capabilities and why they are now forming new cores. In this thread the most effective cores that have been seen will be discussed.
A core is basically the main 2 to 3 Pokemon that a player builds his team around for maximum checks, counters, and over all effectiveness in the meta-game. Cores can be offensive or defensive.
BW OU Core Examples:
Rotom-W + Scizor + Landorus
Magnezone + Dragons
Celebi + Heatran + Rotom-W
Reuniclus + Conkeldurr
These are a few examples of what a lot of teams are built around in BW OU. Have you seen them in DW OU so far? I know I haven't so lets start discussing and revealing new solid cores that people have been coming up with in DW OU!
Rules:
Don't list cores that are not untested or you think are really "cool".
Provide a decent sized description of the core you are describing.
Considering it is a new meta-game please don't steal other peoples ideas that you don't see very often, but are effective.
List the cores strengths and why it is viable in the meta-game to allow the thread to flow with great posts and creative thoughts.
Tell what is necessary for the core to have maximum effectiveness or at least its weaknesses.
These three Pokemon Partner up well on several sand teams. They are in my first successful DW OU team and they work together in various ways. The first and most notable would have to be how Gliscor breaks teams down with Protect/Earthquake/Toxic/Substitute. It is defensive in a powerful meta-game and really plays his role. Excadrill is the teams main revenger and spinner who in sand has 604 speed. Him being a Steel type helps the team in various ways and his power + great stab Earthwquake make him extremely reliable in the process of completely oblitherating the opponent or coming back in a close game. Thundurus allows this core to become more efficient. It does so by giving the team more coverage and slowing down major threats in DW OU with a +1 priority Thunder Wave. This core is great partnered with various bulky Pokemon and of course needs a Sandstream Pokemon for maximum effectiveness.
These three Pokemon are very viable in the meta-game because they all have a chance to utilize the abilities they are best known for. They also have great coverage in the meta-game and only need bulky support for maximum effectiveness. The team is weak to Rain teams that can handle Thundurus, but that's all I have observed so far. I've been using this team since the beginning of DW OU's activity in the DST.
Feel free to comment on the cores posted! Discuss!
A core is basically the main 2 to 3 Pokemon that a player builds his team around for maximum checks, counters, and over all effectiveness in the meta-game. Cores can be offensive or defensive.
BW OU Core Examples:
Rotom-W + Scizor + Landorus
Magnezone + Dragons
Celebi + Heatran + Rotom-W
Reuniclus + Conkeldurr
These are a few examples of what a lot of teams are built around in BW OU. Have you seen them in DW OU so far? I know I haven't so lets start discussing and revealing new solid cores that people have been coming up with in DW OU!
Rules:
Don't list cores that are not untested or you think are really "cool".
Provide a decent sized description of the core you are describing.
Considering it is a new meta-game please don't steal other peoples ideas that you don't see very often, but are effective.
List the cores strengths and why it is viable in the meta-game to allow the thread to flow with great posts and creative thoughts.
Tell what is necessary for the core to have maximum effectiveness or at least its weaknesses.
These three Pokemon Partner up well on several sand teams. They are in my first successful DW OU team and they work together in various ways. The first and most notable would have to be how Gliscor breaks teams down with Protect/Earthquake/Toxic/Substitute. It is defensive in a powerful meta-game and really plays his role. Excadrill is the teams main revenger and spinner who in sand has 604 speed. Him being a Steel type helps the team in various ways and his power + great stab Earthwquake make him extremely reliable in the process of completely oblitherating the opponent or coming back in a close game. Thundurus allows this core to become more efficient. It does so by giving the team more coverage and slowing down major threats in DW OU with a +1 priority Thunder Wave. This core is great partnered with various bulky Pokemon and of course needs a Sandstream Pokemon for maximum effectiveness.
These three Pokemon are very viable in the meta-game because they all have a chance to utilize the abilities they are best known for. They also have great coverage in the meta-game and only need bulky support for maximum effectiveness. The team is weak to Rain teams that can handle Thundurus, but that's all I have observed so far. I've been using this team since the beginning of DW OU's activity in the DST.
Feel free to comment on the cores posted! Discuss!