Hello and welcome to my latest RMT. This time i wanted to showcase a Pokemon that is not used that much in the tier of ORAS Ubers, but it can prove itself to be useful. The one and only Choice Specs Xerneas! Lets see the team: Team Building Process: Of course i started building around Xerneas. Then i added Primal-Kyogre, because of their great synergy. Needed a rock setter that will help Xerneas,while check oppoent's Xerneas as well. Added Ho-Oh to destroy weakened Pokemon that Xerneas hit. Needed a defogger, and a Primal-Groudon check. Arceus-Water fullfils both! Wanted an answer for E-killer, but a physical wall as well, Skarmory was the choice. Team At A Glance: Team Analysis: Xerneas @ Choice Specs Ability: Fairy Aura EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature - Moonblast - Thunder - Aromatherapy - Focus Blast The star of the team. Well the most amazing feature of this Pokemon is the fact that it can deal amazing amounts of damage to it's checks. Moonblast can 3HKO Primal Groudon, while 2HKO Klefki. Focus Blast is there to hit some steel types harder, like Bronzong or Klefki, or even Ferro (if anyone still uses it). Thunder is there to 1HKO Ho-Oh if rocks are up and 2HKO Lugia. Aromatherapy is pretty much self explanatory and helpful in many situation against more stallish teams with status spams. Kyogre-Primal @ Blue Orb Ability: Primordial Sea EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 92 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sleep Talk - Rest - Scald - Toxic Primal-Kyogre really likes Specs Xerneas as teammate. Since Xerneas can damage hard Primal-Groudon and help take it out of the game, Kyogre will have a lot of fun spamming the boosted water moves. I chose the rest sleep talk set over the regular calm mind three attacks, in order to keep Kyogre longer in the field. Ice Beam can be used over Toxic in order to hit harder Mega Salamence or Rayquaza. Groudon @ Red Orb Ability: Drought EVs: 240 HP / 32 Atk / 148 SpD / 88 Spe Adamant Nature - Stealth Rock - Precipice Blades - Thunder Wave - Stone Edge As i explained above, Xerneas benefits a lot from Stealth Rocks being up, so which is a better setter than Primal Groudon itself. Apart from setting rock, it can deal with Xerneas with the usual mexican way, Twave & Hit. Stone Edge to hit Latios, Yveltal etc. Ho-Oh @ Choice Band Ability: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 192 Atk / 4 SpD / 64 Spe Adamant Nature - Sacred Fire - Brave Bird - Earthquake - Sleep Talk Another offensive touch of my team. Choice Band to hit hard with stab Brave Bird and Sacred Fire, and finish off the weakened pokemon that Xerneas left. One can also run full speed. I have sleep talk to help the team deal with Darkrai. Darkrai can be a pain for the team, but it will be explained later. Earthquake is there to hit some Ho-Oh "switch ins" like Arceus-Rock or Tyranitar. Arceus-Water @ Splash Plate Ability: Multitype EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Ice Beam - Toxic - Recover - Defog One of the most solid support Arceus formes. It is the team's defogger, Primal-Groudon check. It can help as well against Rayquaza/Mega Salamence, since it has Ice Beam, and it can as well switch in safely into Ho-Oh and toxic it. It is important though to keep it in the game since defog is necessary to keep rocks away from Ho-Oh. Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def Bold Nature - Spikes - Toxic - Roost - Whirlwind Last but not least, Skarmory is my E-killer check and my second physical wall. It can be a backup for Rayquaza or Mega Sala, while at the same time it pressures the opponent with Spikes. Whirlwind is there to avoid setuping mons, or just to get the cheap hazard damage with pokemon switching in and out. Threats List: Darkrai: The LO variant of Thunder Darkrai can be a huge pain for the team. Mainly sleep fodder is Ho-Oh and it can do some damage to it. Otherwise, Kyogre can take a thunder from +2 and Primal-Groudon a +2 Dark Pulse. Darkrai can be handled though. Importable: Spoiler: Importable Xerneas @ Choice Specs Ability: Fairy Aura EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature - Moonblast - Thunder - Aromatherapy - Focus Blast Kyogre-Primal @ Blue Orb Ability: Primordial Sea EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 92 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Sleep Talk - Rest - Scald - Toxic Groudon @ Red Orb Ability: Drought EVs: 240 HP / 32 Atk / 148 SpD / 88 Spe Adamant Nature - Stealth Rock - Precipice Blades - Thunder Wave - Stone Edge Ho-Oh @ Choice Band Ability: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 192 Atk / 4 SpD / 64 Spe Adamant Nature - Sacred Fire - Brave Bird - Earthquake - Sleep Talk Arceus-Water @ Splash Plate Ability: Multitype EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Ice Beam - Toxic - Recover - Defog Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Bold Nature - Spikes - Toxic - Roost - Whirlwind Shoutout to all the people supporting me so far, you know who you are. Hope you liked the team, stay tuned for more RMTs. All opinions accepted :)
Hey MM, nice team! I don't have much to suggest bar maybe changing Skarmory item to Shed Shell, as the combination of Ekiller+Mega Gengar can be headache for you knowing that Skarm is your Ekiller Counter, because as it is now, mega gengar can freely come on you and taunt then proceeds to kill you, then ekiller wins, other than that I like the team
Yeah that is perhaps true @Elize Lutus . @Hassin627 yeah eleceus sweeps me :( Thanks for the feedback!
You might want to add shaymin-S to the threat list especially sub-seed. All you can do is switch between ho-oh and skarmory and whirl it out. For the rest nice team
Looks like a nice Team.I love the Specs Xern set. But i would suggest u something which makes ur team better. 1.) For Checking LO Thunder Darkrai , run Scarf at Xerneas but it is not necessary because LO Thunder Darkrai is lesser used.And You have Already a Stalker Like Ho-Oh For Normal Darkrai Sets. 2.) This is not also necessary one , If u want to keep ur Xerneas as a Specs one , then remove P Orge try Sub Seed Skymin or Life Orb Skymin which checks Darkrai.But If u want to keep P orge , u can :). 3.) WaterCeus doesnt kills anything , Just tank Bulky Physical attacks and i think it doesn't fits in ur team.So Better try CM GroundCeus with Recover / Judgment and Ice Beam.Which Kills Pdon , And Here u have Ice Beam which OHKO's Mega Mence and Other Threats , Or try RockCeus with Will-O-Wisp and CM set which is used to check Ekiller arceus and Ho-Oh.You can Try Defog Over CM or Will-O-Wisp for Hazard Removing Support. 4.) You Really Don't need a Much Defensive One like Skarmory and i think u dont need Spike Support , So Try Defensive Yveltal with Dread Plate or Rocky Helmet Which Checks Ekiller and have Enough Physical Bulk.But Skarmory can be still used if u want it as a Defogger. Here These are my Suggestions Which is for making ur team to improve. Hope i Helped u :) -Yours Friendly Norman