INTRODUCTION AND THOUGHTS
What's up everybody! I can bet all of you are as excited as I am about the new games that came out today (as this was written November 18, 2016) as well as the metagames that we will be developing over the period of time. Of course with a new region comes a whole new world (not Johto this time) of fresh Pokemon. Now I'll admit that I'm not too impressed with a good amount of this dex, particularly due to most of these Pokemon having subpar to horrible base speed stats. Nevertheless this new metagame should be interesting at least so without further ado, my first team:
TEAM BUILDING PROCESS
![[Image: lycanroc-midnight.png]](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/lycanroc-midnight.png)
We begin with my boy Lycanroc. Now, when the competitive stats of all the Pokemon were leaked alongside fun stuff such as their abilities and possible moves for competitive, I couldn't help but notice that Lycanroc gets No Guard + Stone Edge. Now Rock hits a lot of types for at least neutral and hits a bit less for super effective. Paired with a base attack stat of 115 and a speed stat of 82, this monster will most likely be outspeeding the majority of the Alolan dex and a bit of the National dex
![[Image: vikavolt.png]](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/vikavolt.png)
Next up, Vikavolt. Now Vikavolt reminds me a lot of Eelektross as it has a decent movepool toppled with a nice defensive typing and access to a very slow Volt Switch. This monster also has a base special attack stat of 145 so those slow pivots really pack a punch. It synergizes with Lycanroc as it's ability and typing allows it to cover Lycanroc's weakness to Grass, Water (hits for supereffective but doesn't wall per say), Fighting and Ground, not to mention Vikavolt's slow Volt Switch allows Lycanroc to get a good matchup and spam some Choice Banded Stone Edges
![[Image: toxapex.png]](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/toxapex.png)
Now to solidify my core and give my team the overall balanced feeling, I brought in Toxapex. Toxapex is an ungodly amazing wall. Poison/Water gives it so many resistances and its defenses and access to Recover and Regenerator means that this thing is going to be a real pain to take out. Did I also mention that it gets Scald. Toxapex absorbs a majority of the attacks that comes to my teammates and it synergies with Vikavolt's typing as Vikavolt resists or is immune to everything Toxapex is weak to except Psychic which it hits for supereffective. Maaaaagic!!
![[Image: lurantis.png]](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/lurantis.png)
In no way, shape or form do I run a team that's weak to entry hazards and not run some form of control. Now in reference to the leaks, I found out that Lurantis gets Defog via egg move. My team really needed a solid defensive option, super effective hit against water as well as a resist and hazard control. Lurantis is pretty fun due to the fact that it gets Contrary Leaf Storm! Just like Serperior did in gen 6! But seriously, it can sustain itself with Synthesis and get off Defog safely in most situations (though I don't recall ever needing to use the move while using this team). 70/90/90 bulk isn't all that bad and certainly this Pokemon isn't outspeeding anything so I figured defensive investments would be a better use for it
![[Image: kommoo.png]](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/kommoo.png)
I originally was going to use Drampa but its speed left much to be desired and it just didn't fit my team. Kommo-o is interesting because of its Dragon/Fighting typing being able to hit everything for neutral outside of Fairies and it's abilities and movepool.
![[Image: primarina.png]](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/primarina.png)
And last but not least, the starter that I intend to choose when I purchase this game, Primarina. All I can say is it is a powerful Fairy type and I use it as an attacker because of its movepool. Torrent over Liquid Voice because to be honest, Liquid Voice is just bad when SCALD exists.
THE TEAM
Lycanroc has a pretty horrible movepool so I really just chose moves that looked competitive. Didn't run Sucker Punch because banded Sucker Punch isn't the most ideal thing to lock yourself into. I would've really appreciated if this thing at least got Ice Fang, Accelerock, Superpower or Earthquake but you just gotta do with what this game throws at ya I guess
For Vikavolt, I just took Galvantula's Life Orb set and implemented it. Thunderbolt and Bug Buzz for STAB, Volt Switch for pivoting and Energy Ball to wipe out Ground types that want to stop me from Volt Switching
Baneful Bunker to get an extra turn of passive recovery, Scald...come on really, you've been playing since gen 5 (burns are fun yes yes), Recover for sustain and Toxic Spikes for a form of entry hazard
A shame Kommo-o didn't get Close Combat or Superpower but that may have made it broken. Dragon Dance to boost stats and Outrage to clean up (also this 33% confusion chance has been so forgiving!), Sky Uppercut for the strongest fighting STAB it can have and Poison Jab to hit Fairies
Primarina runs Scald and Moonblast for reliable STAB coverage, Psychic for Poison types and Hidden Power Fighting for Steel types
Again, Sun and Moon just started so this team is really just to mess around and see what's going on for this generation so with all that said, thank you all so much for reading this to the end and please leave a comment rating my team
What's up everybody! I can bet all of you are as excited as I am about the new games that came out today (as this was written November 18, 2016) as well as the metagames that we will be developing over the period of time. Of course with a new region comes a whole new world (not Johto this time) of fresh Pokemon. Now I'll admit that I'm not too impressed with a good amount of this dex, particularly due to most of these Pokemon having subpar to horrible base speed stats. Nevertheless this new metagame should be interesting at least so without further ado, my first team:
TEAM BUILDING PROCESS
We begin with my boy Lycanroc. Now, when the competitive stats of all the Pokemon were leaked alongside fun stuff such as their abilities and possible moves for competitive, I couldn't help but notice that Lycanroc gets No Guard + Stone Edge. Now Rock hits a lot of types for at least neutral and hits a bit less for super effective. Paired with a base attack stat of 115 and a speed stat of 82, this monster will most likely be outspeeding the majority of the Alolan dex and a bit of the National dex
Next up, Vikavolt. Now Vikavolt reminds me a lot of Eelektross as it has a decent movepool toppled with a nice defensive typing and access to a very slow Volt Switch. This monster also has a base special attack stat of 145 so those slow pivots really pack a punch. It synergizes with Lycanroc as it's ability and typing allows it to cover Lycanroc's weakness to Grass, Water (hits for supereffective but doesn't wall per say), Fighting and Ground, not to mention Vikavolt's slow Volt Switch allows Lycanroc to get a good matchup and spam some Choice Banded Stone Edges
Now to solidify my core and give my team the overall balanced feeling, I brought in Toxapex. Toxapex is an ungodly amazing wall. Poison/Water gives it so many resistances and its defenses and access to Recover and Regenerator means that this thing is going to be a real pain to take out. Did I also mention that it gets Scald. Toxapex absorbs a majority of the attacks that comes to my teammates and it synergies with Vikavolt's typing as Vikavolt resists or is immune to everything Toxapex is weak to except Psychic which it hits for supereffective. Maaaaagic!!
In no way, shape or form do I run a team that's weak to entry hazards and not run some form of control. Now in reference to the leaks, I found out that Lurantis gets Defog via egg move. My team really needed a solid defensive option, super effective hit against water as well as a resist and hazard control. Lurantis is pretty fun due to the fact that it gets Contrary Leaf Storm! Just like Serperior did in gen 6! But seriously, it can sustain itself with Synthesis and get off Defog safely in most situations (though I don't recall ever needing to use the move while using this team). 70/90/90 bulk isn't all that bad and certainly this Pokemon isn't outspeeding anything so I figured defensive investments would be a better use for it
I originally was going to use Drampa but its speed left much to be desired and it just didn't fit my team. Kommo-o is interesting because of its Dragon/Fighting typing being able to hit everything for neutral outside of Fairies and it's abilities and movepool.
And last but not least, the starter that I intend to choose when I purchase this game, Primarina. All I can say is it is a powerful Fairy type and I use it as an attacker because of its movepool. Torrent over Liquid Voice because to be honest, Liquid Voice is just bad when SCALD exists.
THE TEAM
Lycanroc has a pretty horrible movepool so I really just chose moves that looked competitive. Didn't run Sucker Punch because banded Sucker Punch isn't the most ideal thing to lock yourself into. I would've really appreciated if this thing at least got Ice Fang, Accelerock, Superpower or Earthquake but you just gotta do with what this game throws at ya I guess
For Vikavolt, I just took Galvantula's Life Orb set and implemented it. Thunderbolt and Bug Buzz for STAB, Volt Switch for pivoting and Energy Ball to wipe out Ground types that want to stop me from Volt Switching
Baneful Bunker to get an extra turn of passive recovery, Scald...come on really, you've been playing since gen 5 (burns are fun yes yes), Recover for sustain and Toxic Spikes for a form of entry hazard
A shame Kommo-o didn't get Close Combat or Superpower but that may have made it broken. Dragon Dance to boost stats and Outrage to clean up (also this 33% confusion chance has been so forgiving!), Sky Uppercut for the strongest fighting STAB it can have and Poison Jab to hit Fairies
Primarina runs Scald and Moonblast for reliable STAB coverage, Psychic for Poison types and Hidden Power Fighting for Steel types
Again, Sun and Moon just started so this team is really just to mess around and see what's going on for this generation so with all that said, thank you all so much for reading this to the end and please leave a comment rating my team
