Just thought I'd share a pretty great replay I had today (I'm Lordmayormuffsniff)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogontriples-308927311
If anyone's interested in my sets (particularly my Flygon) I might edit this later with some more replays of high ladder battles showing how the team functions and a sort of RMT. On this alt from only using this team I'm currently sitting at 8th with an elo of 1474 and a glicko of 1803. I Had a pretty good streak of 32 wins vs 4 losses (i started the alt with 3 losses with another team, never expected this one to function as well as it does). Kudos to Drakestears for a great battle!
Edit: To add a bit more substance to this post, i thought I'd share some underated/ creative mons and sets I've been using to some success
Flygon @ Yache Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Feint
- Tailwind
- Protect
- Draco Meteor
Flygon was a late addition to my team- although it is extremely niche, its combination of Feint, Tailwind, Levitate, decent speed tier and resistance to rock slide made it an excellent partner to my tyranitar
Tyranitar @ Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Assurance
- Protect
- Taunt
TTar suprisingly has great synergy with Flygon- Feint allows it to spam rockslides (especially under tailwind) and double the power of assurance. Between taunt and assurance, nearly every TR user is shut down, with the exception of Aromatisse (but in my team it gets nuked by Exca's Iron Head.) This means it is rare for me to lose the speed control battle.
Lastly, a mon i posted in the viability ranking thread-
Wartortle @ Eviolite
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Follow Me
- Water Pledge
- Scald
- Icy Wind
Wartortle is an excellent support mon for a number of mons- It takes the three most common forms of priority, bullet punch, ice shard and aqua jet, as well as tanking brave birds and mach punches nicely allowing crucial support for pokemon such as Sylveon, Gardevoir, M-Diancie, Terrakion, M-Salamence, Landorus, Garchomp, Aerodactyl- the list goes on. I used water pledge in tandem with focus sash blaziken- this gives scald a 60% chance to burn and rock slide a 60% chance to flinch. Icy Wind for speed control.
What other creative or underated mons have you guys been using? The Smogon Triples discussion has been pretty much non existent lately, it'd be nice to try and revive the forum as I know I've seen a lot of creativity on the ladder. Hoopa Unbound is another mon who i think deserves some discussion.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogontriples-308927311
If anyone's interested in my sets (particularly my Flygon) I might edit this later with some more replays of high ladder battles showing how the team functions and a sort of RMT. On this alt from only using this team I'm currently sitting at 8th with an elo of 1474 and a glicko of 1803. I Had a pretty good streak of 32 wins vs 4 losses (i started the alt with 3 losses with another team, never expected this one to function as well as it does). Kudos to Drakestears for a great battle!
Edit: To add a bit more substance to this post, i thought I'd share some underated/ creative mons and sets I've been using to some success
Flygon @ Yache Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Feint
- Tailwind
- Protect
- Draco Meteor
Flygon was a late addition to my team- although it is extremely niche, its combination of Feint, Tailwind, Levitate, decent speed tier and resistance to rock slide made it an excellent partner to my tyranitar
Tyranitar @ Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Assurance
- Protect
- Taunt
TTar suprisingly has great synergy with Flygon- Feint allows it to spam rockslides (especially under tailwind) and double the power of assurance. Between taunt and assurance, nearly every TR user is shut down, with the exception of Aromatisse (but in my team it gets nuked by Exca's Iron Head.) This means it is rare for me to lose the speed control battle.
Lastly, a mon i posted in the viability ranking thread-
Wartortle @ Eviolite
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Follow Me
- Water Pledge
- Scald
- Icy Wind
Wartortle is an excellent support mon for a number of mons- It takes the three most common forms of priority, bullet punch, ice shard and aqua jet, as well as tanking brave birds and mach punches nicely allowing crucial support for pokemon such as Sylveon, Gardevoir, M-Diancie, Terrakion, M-Salamence, Landorus, Garchomp, Aerodactyl- the list goes on. I used water pledge in tandem with focus sash blaziken- this gives scald a 60% chance to burn and rock slide a 60% chance to flinch. Icy Wind for speed control.
What other creative or underated mons have you guys been using? The Smogon Triples discussion has been pretty much non existent lately, it'd be nice to try and revive the forum as I know I've seen a lot of creativity on the ladder. Hoopa Unbound is another mon who i think deserves some discussion.
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