Social Experiment Happy Holidays
Dec 26, 2014, 03:58 PM
I decided to have a crack at this team makeup so here's what I got. For each pokemon, I'll go over individually about the purpose of their ev spread and some additional comments about the team iteself.
Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 228 HP / 36 Def / 84 SpA / 100 SpD / 60 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
Since the entire makeup of this team is revolved around rain, I opted to give Politoed staying power while maintaining enough offensive presence with its rain boosted attacks. Politoed's has enough investment to survive some of the strongest attacks in the format such as standard jolly Mega Kangaskhan's return, timid pixilate hyper voice from Mega Gardevoir, most unboosted thunderbolts from all Rotom forms, Raikou, Thundurus, etc. In return, Politoed can 2hko most of these threats mention with either a rain boosted scald or hydro pump. I decided to give Politoed enough speed to speed creep base 77 pokemon like neutral speed Heatan with no investment. The rest of the ev points I decided to dump into special attack since Politoed needs a some special attack investment to 2hko most pokemon unresistant to rain boosted attacks.
Raikou @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Pressure
Level: 50
EVs: 28 HP / 252 SpA / 228 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder
- Snarl
- Protect
Initially I had the impression that this Raikou build was meant to be one of the main special attackers of this team so I opted for a 28 HP / 252 SpA / 228 Spd spread. Then I realized maybe this Raikou build is suppose to be a special attacker control for the team by spamming snarl. Thanks to snarl's being able to reduce the special attack by one stage to both opposing pokemon, this allows the team to add artificial special bulk. Honestly I tried making a more bulky Raikou set with an ev spread of 32 HP / 44 Def / 160 SpA / 44 SpD / 228 the ev points weren't as optimal. I decided to keep Raikou's original ev spread since the snarl attacks were enough to counteract against special attackers like Mega Gardevoir, Mega Char Y, Thundurus, special substitute Aegislash, etc.
Mawile-Mega @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate/Huge Power
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 72 Atk / 56 Def / 84 SpD / 44 Spe
Careful Nature
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Sucker Punch
Anyways I had in mind a defensive-oriented Mega Mawile set capable of taking hits from both ends. As a result I maximized Mega Mawile's special bulk to survive three thunderbolts from a standard 252 Spa Thundurus and three heat waves from Mega Charizard Y in the rain. The defense evs are enough to survive a life orb jolly earthquake from Garchomp and from adamant Landorus (unboosted) with 252 Atk investment. The 44 speed is for speed creeping against opposing Mega Mawiles, Azumarills, Hariyama, and other base 50 speed pokemon. The rest of the evs I allocated for attack to maximize Mega Mawile's attack power since it is the main battering ram for this team.
Ludicolo @ Assault Vest
Ability: Swift Swim
Level: 50
EVs: 180 HP / 84 Def / 148 SpA / 4 SpD / 76 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fake Out
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Giga Drain
I guess this is the standard Ludicolo everyone except that I gave it more speed and less hp investment. The speed investment is enough to any pokemon with a speed of 199 and below an speed tie against base 130 positive pokemon. The special attack is enough to ohko garchomps without special defense investment or standard Landorus-t without any investment as well.
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 76 HP / 204 Atk / 228 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Protect
I decided to optimize Landorus-T's evs to outspeed one threat in particular: dark void smeargle. The ev spread given is enough to outspeed positive nature scarfed Smeagles with 252 speed investment by two points. This is also enough to outspeed threats such as Mega Manetric, Mega Lopunny, Talonflame, etc. Combination of earthquake and rock slide with the given investment is enough to 2hko the majority of the meta. This is sorta the standard offensive scarf Landorus-t everyone will be seeing so not much to say.
Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Level: 50
EVs: 4 HP / 4 Def / 248 SpA / 4 SpD / 248 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psyshock
- Protect
I think Latios main goal for this team is to outspeed base 108 theats and below as well as dent pokemon like Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss with it stab psyshock. Not much to say other than allocating a some ev points gain one point each in hp, defense, and special defense. Honestly there isn't much to change from this spread since Latios needs special attack investment to a least ohko standard offensive threats like Thundurus, Garchomp, Terrakion, Landorus-t, and other threats from either psyshock or Draco Meteor. Giving Latios additional ev investment to either defensive stats won't compensate its role as the the premier heavy hitting special attacker for this team.
Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 228 HP / 36 Def / 84 SpA / 100 SpD / 60 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
Since the entire makeup of this team is revolved around rain, I opted to give Politoed staying power while maintaining enough offensive presence with its rain boosted attacks. Politoed's has enough investment to survive some of the strongest attacks in the format such as standard jolly Mega Kangaskhan's return, timid pixilate hyper voice from Mega Gardevoir, most unboosted thunderbolts from all Rotom forms, Raikou, Thundurus, etc. In return, Politoed can 2hko most of these threats mention with either a rain boosted scald or hydro pump. I decided to give Politoed enough speed to speed creep base 77 pokemon like neutral speed Heatan with no investment. The rest of the ev points I decided to dump into special attack since Politoed needs a some special attack investment to 2hko most pokemon unresistant to rain boosted attacks.
Raikou @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Pressure
Level: 50
EVs: 28 HP / 252 SpA / 228 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder
- Snarl
- Protect
Initially I had the impression that this Raikou build was meant to be one of the main special attackers of this team so I opted for a 28 HP / 252 SpA / 228 Spd spread. Then I realized maybe this Raikou build is suppose to be a special attacker control for the team by spamming snarl. Thanks to snarl's being able to reduce the special attack by one stage to both opposing pokemon, this allows the team to add artificial special bulk. Honestly I tried making a more bulky Raikou set with an ev spread of 32 HP / 44 Def / 160 SpA / 44 SpD / 228 the ev points weren't as optimal. I decided to keep Raikou's original ev spread since the snarl attacks were enough to counteract against special attackers like Mega Gardevoir, Mega Char Y, Thundurus, special substitute Aegislash, etc.
Mawile-Mega @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate/Huge Power
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 72 Atk / 56 Def / 84 SpD / 44 Spe
Careful Nature
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Sucker Punch
Anyways I had in mind a defensive-oriented Mega Mawile set capable of taking hits from both ends. As a result I maximized Mega Mawile's special bulk to survive three thunderbolts from a standard 252 Spa Thundurus and three heat waves from Mega Charizard Y in the rain. The defense evs are enough to survive a life orb jolly earthquake from Garchomp and from adamant Landorus (unboosted) with 252 Atk investment. The 44 speed is for speed creeping against opposing Mega Mawiles, Azumarills, Hariyama, and other base 50 speed pokemon. The rest of the evs I allocated for attack to maximize Mega Mawile's attack power since it is the main battering ram for this team.
Ludicolo @ Assault Vest
Ability: Swift Swim
Level: 50
EVs: 180 HP / 84 Def / 148 SpA / 4 SpD / 76 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fake Out
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Giga Drain
I guess this is the standard Ludicolo everyone except that I gave it more speed and less hp investment. The speed investment is enough to any pokemon with a speed of 199 and below an speed tie against base 130 positive pokemon. The special attack is enough to ohko garchomps without special defense investment or standard Landorus-t without any investment as well.
Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 76 HP / 204 Atk / 228 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Protect
I decided to optimize Landorus-T's evs to outspeed one threat in particular: dark void smeargle. The ev spread given is enough to outspeed positive nature scarfed Smeagles with 252 speed investment by two points. This is also enough to outspeed threats such as Mega Manetric, Mega Lopunny, Talonflame, etc. Combination of earthquake and rock slide with the given investment is enough to 2hko the majority of the meta. This is sorta the standard offensive scarf Landorus-t everyone will be seeing so not much to say.
Latios @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Level: 50
EVs: 4 HP / 4 Def / 248 SpA / 4 SpD / 248 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psyshock
- Protect
I think Latios main goal for this team is to outspeed base 108 theats and below as well as dent pokemon like Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss with it stab psyshock. Not much to say other than allocating a some ev points gain one point each in hp, defense, and special defense. Honestly there isn't much to change from this spread since Latios needs special attack investment to a least ohko standard offensive threats like Thundurus, Garchomp, Terrakion, Landorus-t, and other threats from either psyshock or Draco Meteor. Giving Latios additional ev investment to either defensive stats won't compensate its role as the the premier heavy hitting special attacker for this team.
