Hello everyone,this is my first RMT and i decided to post this team that is about a rare pokémon in the actual meta but can make his job if get the chance.
Introduction
The team is a volt-turn focused on Choice Band staraptor and Choice Scarf keldeo,banded staraptor can break walls with ease with his awesome power,decent speed and high base power moves.
The Team
Staraptor (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Double Edge
- Close Combat
- U-turn
Banded staraptor is the main star of the team,equiped with a choice band it can break even it's checks bar skarmory and has the chance to 2HKO the likes of spdef heatran /w rocks with brave bird and still have decent speed,the moves are the basic,Brave Bird and Double Edge are his main STAB attacks and hits very hard, Close Combat is for Steel/Rock types and U-turn to get momentum as staraptor force switches.
Manectric-Mega (M) @ Manectite
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Manectric is my mega evolution and my main skarmory and the rare doublade killer,i decided to use him because i needed a fast electric type that can generate fast momentum to bring staraptor and have good sinergy with him as they both force switches,the moves are the standard ones.
Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Icy Wind
- Scald
- Secret Sword
Because of the nature of mega-manectric and latias i needed to use keldeo to switch in bisharp,Scald has good chance to burn which helps a lot,Hydro pump hits hard and Icy wind has the speed drop that can help staraptor,choice scarf keldeo was chosen intead of CM or Specs because i needed a fast revenge killer and late game cleaner and since most people expect this to be Specs/CM i can get a surprise KO.
Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Healing Wish
- Defog
Latias was chosen instead of latios because of healing wish and more passible bulk,defog cleans the field to staraptor since he's weak to rocks and healing wish provide a second life chance to the team and checks keldeo and some electric types.
Bisharp (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 192 HP / 220 Atk / 96 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Iron Head
- Pursuit
At this point of the team i was needing to something that can damage jirachi as him can switch into staraptor fairly well,AV bisharp has the bulk that i needed to pursuit trap it, AV is very good to the likes of clefable/raikou as him takes boosted hits much better than the other sets.
Landorus-Therian @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 8 SpD / 8 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Stealth Rock
To finish the team i added landorus-t to complete the volt-turn,bulky land can set up rocks with ease,provide a slow u-turn and a check to zard-X,garchomp,excadrill,non ice punch mega medicham and opposing landorus-t,rocky helmet is used instead of leftovers because getting cheap damage is useful.
Threats
Mega Gardevoir: i don't have a good switch to mega garde,however it's hard to mega evolve her safely as it can only switch in landorus and manectric.
Raikou: it can be a pain to switch into as i have only bisharp to really deal with him but it has a hard time coming to the field.
Kyurem-B: again i don't have a good switch to him,my best try to survive is using bisharp,scarf kyurem are more easy to deal as i can pursuit trap but the life orb ones can give me trouble.
Conclusion
The team is very easy to use against balanced and stall teams,as staraptor can punch roles in the team without trouble,the bluff in the keldeo/staraptor can catch opponents off guard.
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