I've legitimately never run a dual screens team, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
I like the team however, all of the replays made me surprised with how well they were taking damage behind screens especially when your spreads aren't really bulky.
So because of that, I'm in the middle with this. I like the fact that you can run these powerhouse simplified builds because of screens, but it makes me worried about what would happen if you can't get those screens up. Like say meowstic gets crit OHKO'd or something of that nature. Or maybe they just make a lead that Meowstic can't live a turn from, or they double up; whatever the case might be, you get the point.
Metagross
Metagross is probably fine here. I see a lot of 252 gross builds and they work out just fine. The only other ones I see are ones with max speed w/ 204 attack and the rest in bulk. Not really sure the reason behind it as I never really use mega metagross. So /shrug
I do recommend dropping Bullet punch for hammer arm. This is really just a suggestion, but hammer arm metagross is becoming more popular within good reason. Especially since this team is rather dark weak. Try it out!
Meowstic
Nothing to really say about Meowstic. All EV spreads are usually 252/252 or split just like yours. The only spread I've ever used was stolen, and it's: 252 HP / 140 Def / 116 SpDef with a bold nature. This spread basically lets you survive jolly kangs double edge, bisharp/scrafty knock off (even life orb bisharp knock off), etc. up to you if you wanna try it.
Scrafty
scrafty is good here.
Zapdos
I like life orb zapdos, and it's especially nice under screens so you can be more lenient with ev's. EVs: 36 HP / 64 Def / 212 SpA / 196 Spe This spread is from a 1st place team in a regional from mexico. It gives you a little bit of bulk to get 3hko'd from certain rock slides, and gives you enough speed and damage to pull off the things you want. T-Bolt still ohko's a bulky zard y, which gives your team some problems.
Aegislash
Mixed feelings about aegislash here. Slash is a really good mon. But it just sort of hurts, and helps the team just by being on it. You gain another dark and ghost weakness, giving you 3 ghost & dark weaknesses. It also adds another ground and fire weakness, and zard y already gives you a tad bit of trouble. But at the same time aegislash does well simply because, well; it's an aegislash.
I'd personally drop aegislash. But if you wanna keep it, I understand. Here's my favorite spread: 252 HP/204 SpA/52 SpD
"Survives Modest Choice Specs Hydreigon Dark Pulse 63.5% of the time
Survives 100 Spa Modest Mega Charizard Y spread Heat Wave 87.% of the time
Survives Modest Heatran Fire Blast 96.7% of the time
OHKOs 4 HP / 0 SpD Mega Metagross with Shadow Ball 87.5% of the time"
and finally, I think a really good teammate would be Sylveon.
It helps your dark weakness, already gives off amazing offensive support, and because it already maintains good bulk, screens will only help it even more. It also beats fighting types, and a conkeldurr under TR could be harsh for you.
I use my sisters choice specs spread, i literally use this on every sylveon I have and I love it.
Sylveon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 94 HP / 120 Def / 248 SpA / 46 SpD
Modest Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Moonblast
- Psyshock
- Hidden Power [Ground]
Hidden power ground is mainly for heatran, but you can change it to something like hyper beam or shadow ball if you'd like. Psyshock is mainly for mega venusaur, but you already have metagross for that. Moonblast is to play around wide guard users. If I had a dollar for everytime I OHKO'd a hitmontop with moonblast because it used wide guard.. I'd have like 10 dollars. But still. Hyper voice KO's everything.
Another good choice for sylveon is pixie plate. I've only used this like once, and it's really good. However my build was sloppy and I know it can be done better since I only use specs. Skim through black117's teams here: http://pokemonforever.com/Thread-VGC-Bla...rly-August
On this thread he uses pixie plate sylveon in multiple teams, all with different uses. Try some out! Be sure to give him credit if you use one!
Hope I helped.
I like the team however, all of the replays made me surprised with how well they were taking damage behind screens especially when your spreads aren't really bulky.
So because of that, I'm in the middle with this. I like the fact that you can run these powerhouse simplified builds because of screens, but it makes me worried about what would happen if you can't get those screens up. Like say meowstic gets crit OHKO'd or something of that nature. Or maybe they just make a lead that Meowstic can't live a turn from, or they double up; whatever the case might be, you get the point.
Metagross
Metagross is probably fine here. I see a lot of 252 gross builds and they work out just fine. The only other ones I see are ones with max speed w/ 204 attack and the rest in bulk. Not really sure the reason behind it as I never really use mega metagross. So /shrug
I do recommend dropping Bullet punch for hammer arm. This is really just a suggestion, but hammer arm metagross is becoming more popular within good reason. Especially since this team is rather dark weak. Try it out!
Meowstic
Nothing to really say about Meowstic. All EV spreads are usually 252/252 or split just like yours. The only spread I've ever used was stolen, and it's: 252 HP / 140 Def / 116 SpDef with a bold nature. This spread basically lets you survive jolly kangs double edge, bisharp/scrafty knock off (even life orb bisharp knock off), etc. up to you if you wanna try it.
Scrafty
scrafty is good here.
Zapdos
I like life orb zapdos, and it's especially nice under screens so you can be more lenient with ev's. EVs: 36 HP / 64 Def / 212 SpA / 196 Spe This spread is from a 1st place team in a regional from mexico. It gives you a little bit of bulk to get 3hko'd from certain rock slides, and gives you enough speed and damage to pull off the things you want. T-Bolt still ohko's a bulky zard y, which gives your team some problems.
Aegislash
Mixed feelings about aegislash here. Slash is a really good mon. But it just sort of hurts, and helps the team just by being on it. You gain another dark and ghost weakness, giving you 3 ghost & dark weaknesses. It also adds another ground and fire weakness, and zard y already gives you a tad bit of trouble. But at the same time aegislash does well simply because, well; it's an aegislash.
I'd personally drop aegislash. But if you wanna keep it, I understand. Here's my favorite spread: 252 HP/204 SpA/52 SpD
"Survives Modest Choice Specs Hydreigon Dark Pulse 63.5% of the time
Survives 100 Spa Modest Mega Charizard Y spread Heat Wave 87.% of the time
Survives Modest Heatran Fire Blast 96.7% of the time
OHKOs 4 HP / 0 SpD Mega Metagross with Shadow Ball 87.5% of the time"
and finally, I think a really good teammate would be Sylveon.
It helps your dark weakness, already gives off amazing offensive support, and because it already maintains good bulk, screens will only help it even more. It also beats fighting types, and a conkeldurr under TR could be harsh for you.
I use my sisters choice specs spread, i literally use this on every sylveon I have and I love it.
Sylveon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 94 HP / 120 Def / 248 SpA / 46 SpD
Modest Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Moonblast
- Psyshock
- Hidden Power [Ground]
Hidden power ground is mainly for heatran, but you can change it to something like hyper beam or shadow ball if you'd like. Psyshock is mainly for mega venusaur, but you already have metagross for that. Moonblast is to play around wide guard users. If I had a dollar for everytime I OHKO'd a hitmontop with moonblast because it used wide guard.. I'd have like 10 dollars. But still. Hyper voice KO's everything.
Another good choice for sylveon is pixie plate. I've only used this like once, and it's really good. However my build was sloppy and I know it can be done better since I only use specs. Skim through black117's teams here: http://pokemonforever.com/Thread-VGC-Bla...rly-August
On this thread he uses pixie plate sylveon in multiple teams, all with different uses. Try some out! Be sure to give him credit if you use one!
Hope I helped.
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