[RATE MY TEAM] A Marshy Rain! Battle Spot Doubles.

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Hi guys i am back with another rate my team post, this time i wanted to just throw ideas on myself, after struggling for so long, i picked a semi-successful team of mine from the mid-15 season, and decided to make a new variant of it. So just thew on some ideas with some practice to get each's role up here. Hope my descriptions are enough:

The Team:


Swampert-Mega @ Swampertite  
Ability: Damp  
Level: 50  
EVs: 28 HP / 228 Atk / 12 Def / 12 SpD / 228 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Waterfall  
- Rock Slide  
- Protect

Mega Swampert was something i used with the early rain teams in the past, nowadays, here and there you'll see this spread and the mon itself, so i really wanted to give it a go. Swampert's set is picked up from the recent most m-swampy team report on NB, i edited the set a bit, for it to outspeed max-speed jolly scarf lando-t behind rain, however the likeliness is much less of that happening, i basically ensure to outspeed everything in the metagame. The attack EV's are destructive. Swampert does well against the ever-growing fire types' offensive pressure and my arch nemesis' geni-duo. Earthquake are absorbed by togekiss and helping hand adds to it's damage output.

0 SpA Amoonguss Giga Drain vs. 28 HP / 12 SpD Mega Swampert: 136-168 (75.9 - 93.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
-1 228+ Atk Mega Swampert Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Landorus-T: 112-132 (57.1 - 67.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers
-1 228+ Atk Mega Swampert Waterfall vs. 4 HP / 0+ Def Landorus-T in Rain: 168-200 (101.8 - 121.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
228+ Atk Mega Swampert Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Aegislash-Shield: 150-176 (89.8 - 105.3%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO
228+ Atk Mega Swampert Rock Slide vs. 252 HP / 44 Def Mega Charizard Y: 240-284 (129.7 - 153.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO


Politoed @ Expert belt
Ability: Drizzle  
Level: 50  
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 76 SpA / 100 SpD / 4 Spe  
Calm Nature  
- Scald  
- Ice Beam  
- Rain Dance
- Protec

I will not be that guy who uses thundurus for politoed. Reasons? well politoed is and has been the best rain setter. when playing thundurus the threat of getting KO'ed is real and even some switch in's can go to fail. But politoed waste rain if against a charizard, t-tar right? i do have a tact for that, even though it's lame, you'll know it. This politoed spread is something i used in the past for milestones, it OHKO'es salamence with ice beams, other defensive investments are for hydreigon and kang attacks though. the odd-est--ish choice of going with any item but wide lens and not any other item *i know u probably wondering what is this item* because of the odd-ist-ish move choices u can see. in the past politoed was a weird mon when it came to the idea of doing actual damaging. i tempted to use hydro pump, but this whole luck factor that comes to my mind, isn't the best memory to ever be brought back from experience. wide lens actually increases the accuracy of the holder's moves > 10% which definitely pays off in doing alot of damage, same with focus blast to deal damage to things namely, hydreigon and other usual mons (which are alot) weak to fighting type. AND THEN Delta opened my eyes! thanks for the suggestions, the moveset works really well and get's benchmarks i wanna have with a poitoed (see calcs below)

76 SpA Expert Belt Politoed Scald vs. 176 HP / 0 SpD Heatran in Rain: 158-187 (84 - 99.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
76 SpA Expert Belt Politoed Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Amoonguss: 77-91 (34.8 - 41.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Life Orb Thundurus Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 100+ SpD Politoed: 164-195 (83.2 - 98.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
76 SpA Expert Belt Politoed Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Assault Vest Landorus-T: 106-125 (54 - 63.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
76 SpA Expert Belt Politoed Ice Beam vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Mega Salamence: 182-216 (106.4 - 126.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
76 SpA Expert Belt Politoed Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 64 SpD Thundurus: 94-110 (50.5 - 59.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 100+ SpD Politoed: 147-174 (74.6 - 88.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
76 SpA Expert Belt Politoed Ice Beam vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Hydreigon: 91-108 (54.1 - 64.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO


Bisharp @ Choice Band  
Ability: Defiant  
Level: 50  
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Iron Head  
- Knock Off  
- Sucker Punch  
- Low Kick

Call me crazy but don't as i explain my weird mindset of going into a match with this pokemon. So i knew that the team was gonna be troubled by bisharps right? So i make my own bisharp to counter other's back. it does more damage, and even OHKO some landorus' choice band's choice was the best choice. I made my bisharp go with a jolly nature to outspeed adamant bisharp and OHKO with low kick and creeping toms to get a knock off of and do tons of damage. Low kick adds alot to the teams and patches up on the fighting coverage. Nothing much on this mon though. I wanna use assurance over knock off, in combination with swampert's rock slide though.

+1 252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Landorus-T: 163-193 (98.7 - 116.9%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 44 Def Rotom-W: 109-130 (69.4 - 82.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Low Kick (80 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Bisharp: 268-316 (190 - 224.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Low Kick (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Mega Tyranitar: 240-284 (115.9 - 137.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Low Kick (80 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Kangaskhan: 160-190 (88.3 - 104.9%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Iron Head vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Mega Gardevoir: 204-242 (116.5 - 138.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Bisharp Iron Head vs. 252 HP / 192+ Def Sylveon: 204-240 (100.9 - 118.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO


Gourgeist @ Focus sash
Ability: Frisk  
Level: 50  
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Seed Bomb  
- Phantom Force  
- Protect
- Skill Swap

Gougeist is the pokemon which came in last, over a replacement for aegislash. gourgeist got some solid pick points so let's get to them: I needed a fighting resistance/immunity to cover up the 2x fighting weakness further (a ghost type) wanted to counter aegislash (phantom force) and needed grass coverage for sure to deal with things like gastrodon, swampert oppositions and most importantly the bulky waters i.e. rotom-w, politoed, suicune. Skill swaps' potential is working with everything, how? i can skill swap into my politoed to turn weather over char's mega evo or t-tar switch in's, i reverted to the choice of focus sash,considering how frail it was and that it was quite important to keep it up on the field. I know it get's gimmicky, however it works well as the last slot. Frisk is a great ability for the information game.


Togekiss @ Safety Goggles  
Ability: Serene Grace  
Level: 50  
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 4 SpA / 28 SpD / 60 Spe  
Bold Nature  
- Tailwind  
- Helping Hand  
- Follow Me  
- Air Slash

Togekiss love forever! his an amazing EV spead i made which makes it survive almost every attack, it will face it can survive LO bisharp iron heads and outspeed 4 speed invested rotoms and spam air slashes. tailwind is the form of speed control which makes it important. redirection support counts important for things like bisharp, gourgeist and exploud, also grass from swampert which are frail. Togekiss is love, it just support the team so well with it's moveset and there are no regrets i have for it.

4 SpA Togekiss Air Slash vs. 252 HP / 60 SpD Amoonguss: 114-134 (51.5 - 60.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Bisharp Iron Head vs. 252 HP / 164+ Def Togekiss: 151-182 (78.6 - 94.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Parental Bond Mega Kangaskhan Double-Edge vs. 252 HP / 164+ Def Togekiss: 132-157 (68.7 - 81.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
212+ SpA Rotom-W Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 28 SpD Togekiss: 122-146 (63.5 - 76%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
etc...


Exploud @ Life Orb
Ability: Soundproof  
Level: 50  
EVs: 244 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 4 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Boomburst  
- Hyper Beam  
- Fire Blast
- Protect

Screams louder than a sylveon, has a bigger mouth, Bigger is always better, base 80 power is weaker than 140 base power, BoomBoomBoomburst!. this is the pokemon which was on my older team but with things like helping hand, telepathy gardevoir to support it to it's fullest potential, with this team changed the role splits B/w gourgeist and togekiss. Exploud suffered survival mostly i think so i handed t over a focus sash to survive anything and go on the offensive mode and surely deal alot of damage, but now as suggested from delta i went with bulk and lfe orb, as exploud surely outspeeds the base 100's after 1 tailwind though, there isn't much that it won't 2HKO, apart from the one's who resist it. fire blast is here for ferrothorn, in absence of a fire type pokemon, as it would've sucked to bring one on a rain team anyways.

252 Atk Aerilate Mega Salamence Return vs. 244 HP / 4 Def Exploud: 177-208 (84.2 - 99%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Life Orb Exploud Helping Hand Hyper Beam vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Mega Salamence: 235-278 (137.4 - 162.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
No real targets for a STAB norm attack, though it get's off tons of damage before going down.

Battle vids:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle...-273787158

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle...-273788344

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle...-273790463

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle...-273791078

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle...-273792309



Conclusion:
so there you have it! this was my team, hope u liked and have helpful suggestion for it's betterment Bye for now!