Hey there. I did a lot of laddering recently and got to the top 40 with this team. It is based around the strategy of setting up Trick Room and then pivoting into various sweepers that deal heavy amounts of damage until Trick Room runs out. This team uses a lot of unorthodox sets that work really well underneath Trick Room, and many people don't prepare for them either. Also as a side note, lately I have somehow developed a habit of giving every single freaking team that I build a theme, so all of the pokemon on the team are named after Egyptian Gods... (ik its lame as hell) Also a quick disclaimer there are brief explanations of the nicknames so you have been warned. Yes I know that nobody cares but it makes me sound smart lol
Teambuilding Process:
So I open up my teambuilder and start looking for cool setup sweepers. I came across Vacuum Wave Lucario, which seemed pretty cool because of its great type coverage alongside Flash Cannon. I decided to try it out and quickly found out that it was kind of terrible and way too easy to revenge kill. Other then the speed problem though, paring Lucario with Life Orb made it a really powerful wallbreaker, and is able to break down fat teams really well. To solve the problem, I decided to try out Lucario under Trick Room. But even though its speed tier was a bit higher then I would like, it still outspeeds a ton under Trick Room and is able to avoid being revenge killed by stuff like Volcarona, Scarf Lando, Garchomp, Tapu Koko, you get the point.
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I obviously needed Trick Room users so I added Uxie mainly for its reliability, for Stealth Rocks, and matchup against common leads like suicide Excadrill. Since Uxie is such an effective Trick Room setter, I wanted a way to save it other then just let it die in like 3 turns. U-Turn allows me to keep Uxie for later in the game if it looks necessary, but still allowing it to pivot effectively.
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On Trick Room teams, Magearna is such an obvious choice. I used Electrium Z because the team has issues with bulky water types in particular Tapu Fini. Magearna is basically glue for Trick Room, and paired with Uxie, the team almost guaruntees that you will get up Trick Room.
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The last Trick Room user on the team is going to be Dusclops. Dusclops is a really cool room setter and can get up Trick Room pretty reliably. It has amazing bulk, allowing it to switch in multiple times per game to set Trick Room. I also was kind of weak to pokemon like Zygarde, so Dusclops really helps a bunch with physical threats like that.
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For my third damage dealer I chose to use Gravity Swords Dance Landorus-Therian. Not only does it do a ton of damage, but also counters threats to most Trick Room teams such as Alolan-Marowak, which beats all of the setters on this team. Landorus-Therian is also the Ground and Electric resist, which really helps the team out because of its weakness to moves like Earthquake.
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Lastly, I added standard Life Orb Crawdaunt to the team because it is a very solid sweeper under Trick Room and it patches up a bunch of the teams weaknesses such as Marowak, Mega-Gyarados, Kyurem-Black, Landorus-Therian, etc.
Wadjet is one of the oldest Egyptian goddesses. She began as the minor goddess of Per-Wadjet, but soon became the goddess of Lower Egypt. As stated before, Uxie is a very reliable Trick Room setter. Just Rocks and then click TR and then click U-Turn or Memento. Sweet and simple
Anubis (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Nasty Plot
- Vacuum Wave / Psychic
- Flash Cannon
- Aura Sphere
Anubis is the Greek name for the god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. Lucario is the focal point of the team, and usually gets at least one KO every game. Vacuum wave gives it the ability to get a few more KOs once Trick Room runs out. Psychic also works sort of as it hits Venusaur and Toxapex. I personally prefer Vacuum Wave more but Psychic helps a lot.
Calcs:
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Aura Sphere vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Eviolite Chansey: 398-468 (56.6 - 66.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Aura Sphere vs. 248 HP / 76 SpD Zapdos: 156-185 (40.7 - 48.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Flash Cannon vs. 248 HP / 156+ SpD Venusaur-Mega: 212-251 (58.4 - 69.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
+4 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Vacuum Wave vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Keldeo: 253-300 (78.3 - 92.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Osiris (Dusclops) @ Eviolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp
- Memento
- Toxic
Osiris was the Egyptian God of the dead, and ruler of the underworld. Osiris was the husband of Isis, and the brother of Nepthys and Seth. Dusclops is insanely bulky and double status moves pressures opposing pokemon or cripples physical threats. Enough said
Geb (Landorus-Therian) @ Soft Sand
Ability: Intimidate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gravity
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Frustration
Geb was the Egyptian god of the Earth and later a member of the Ennead of Heliopolis (whatever that is). Landorus-T is a huge threat with SD Gravity which can be run safely now that Arena Trap is gone. Frustration is to hit neutral against Grass and Bug types since I cant run Flyinium Z because of Magearna. Frustration also lets it beat Ditto outside of Gravity.
Isis (Magearna) @ Electrium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Isis was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. Magearna is pretty much the ideal Trick Room abuser and is insanely good at the moment. It fits on literally every playstyle from Hyper Offense to Stall to even Rain and Baton Pass. It checks a bunch of threats like Greninja and Tapu Lele and obviously sets up Trick Room. Ice Beam instead of Fleur Cannon is mainly because it is more reliable for hitting Landorus-Therian, Garchomp, the occasional Gliscor and Salamence, and of course Zygarde. Not much else to say about this thing.
Seth (Crawdaunt) @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Crabhammer
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
Seth was the brother of Isis and Osiris, and the Egyptian God of chaos and destruction. Crawdaunt seems to be literally the Pokemon God of chaos and destruction, spamming Crabhammer at +2 Atk and killing everything. This thing also just 6-0s Rain and Stall so it gives you a huge matchup advantage against those popular playstyles.
[Importable]
[Shoutouts]
Thanks, have a nice day :D
Teambuilding Process:
So I open up my teambuilder and start looking for cool setup sweepers. I came across Vacuum Wave Lucario, which seemed pretty cool because of its great type coverage alongside Flash Cannon. I decided to try it out and quickly found out that it was kind of terrible and way too easy to revenge kill. Other then the speed problem though, paring Lucario with Life Orb made it a really powerful wallbreaker, and is able to break down fat teams really well. To solve the problem, I decided to try out Lucario under Trick Room. But even though its speed tier was a bit higher then I would like, it still outspeeds a ton under Trick Room and is able to avoid being revenge killed by stuff like Volcarona, Scarf Lando, Garchomp, Tapu Koko, you get the point.
I obviously needed Trick Room users so I added Uxie mainly for its reliability, for Stealth Rocks, and matchup against common leads like suicide Excadrill. Since Uxie is such an effective Trick Room setter, I wanted a way to save it other then just let it die in like 3 turns. U-Turn allows me to keep Uxie for later in the game if it looks necessary, but still allowing it to pivot effectively.
On Trick Room teams, Magearna is such an obvious choice. I used Electrium Z because the team has issues with bulky water types in particular Tapu Fini. Magearna is basically glue for Trick Room, and paired with Uxie, the team almost guaruntees that you will get up Trick Room.
The last Trick Room user on the team is going to be Dusclops. Dusclops is a really cool room setter and can get up Trick Room pretty reliably. It has amazing bulk, allowing it to switch in multiple times per game to set Trick Room. I also was kind of weak to pokemon like Zygarde, so Dusclops really helps a bunch with physical threats like that.
For my third damage dealer I chose to use Gravity Swords Dance Landorus-Therian. Not only does it do a ton of damage, but also counters threats to most Trick Room teams such as Alolan-Marowak, which beats all of the setters on this team. Landorus-Therian is also the Ground and Electric resist, which really helps the team out because of its weakness to moves like Earthquake.
Lastly, I added standard Life Orb Crawdaunt to the team because it is a very solid sweeper under Trick Room and it patches up a bunch of the teams weaknesses such as Marowak, Mega-Gyarados, Kyurem-Black, Landorus-Therian, etc.
Movesets: (and history lesson)
Wadjet (Uxie) @ Mental Herb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Trick Room
- U-turn
- Memento
Wadjet (Uxie) @ Mental Herb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Trick Room
- U-turn
- Memento
Wadjet is one of the oldest Egyptian goddesses. She began as the minor goddess of Per-Wadjet, but soon became the goddess of Lower Egypt. As stated before, Uxie is a very reliable Trick Room setter. Just Rocks and then click TR and then click U-Turn or Memento. Sweet and simple
Anubis (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Nasty Plot
- Vacuum Wave / Psychic
- Flash Cannon
- Aura Sphere
Calcs:
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Aura Sphere vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Eviolite Chansey: 398-468 (56.6 - 66.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Aura Sphere vs. 248 HP / 76 SpD Zapdos: 156-185 (40.7 - 48.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Flash Cannon vs. 248 HP / 156+ SpD Venusaur-Mega: 212-251 (58.4 - 69.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
+4 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Vacuum Wave vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Keldeo: 253-300 (78.3 - 92.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Osiris (Dusclops) @ Eviolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp
- Memento
- Toxic
Geb (Landorus-Therian) @ Soft Sand
Ability: Intimidate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gravity
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Frustration
Isis (Magearna) @ Electrium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Seth (Crawdaunt) @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Crabhammer
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
Seth was the brother of Isis and Osiris, and the Egyptian God of chaos and destruction. Crawdaunt seems to be literally the Pokemon God of chaos and destruction, spamming Crabhammer at +2 Atk and killing everything. This thing also just 6-0s Rain and Stall so it gives you a huge matchup advantage against those popular playstyles.
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:
Diancie-Mega @ Diancite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Trick Room
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Moonblast
Use instead of Uxie. Magic Bounce helps against stuff like Sticky Web and prevents Taunt. Diancie also has an insanely powerful Explosion
[Threatlist]Diancie-Mega @ Diancite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Trick Room
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Moonblast
Use instead of Uxie. Magic Bounce helps against stuff like Sticky Web and prevents Taunt. Diancie also has an insanely powerful Explosion
Mega Venusaur - Just shoot it a bunch of times and it dies
Zygarde - Will-O-Wisp it with Dusclops
Alolan Marowak - Crawdaunt and/or Landorus can handle it but there is no real switch in
Mega Charizard Y - Get up TR!! otherwise, have fun :)
Sub Keldeo - Same as with Charizard
Zygarde - Will-O-Wisp it with Dusclops
Alolan Marowak - Crawdaunt and/or Landorus can handle it but there is no real switch in
Mega Charizard Y - Get up TR!! otherwise, have fun :)
Sub Keldeo - Same as with Charizard
[Importable]
Wadjet (Uxie) @ Mental Herb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Trick Room
- U-turn
- Memento
Anubis (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Nasty Plot
- Vacuum Wave
- Flash Cannon
- Aura Sphere
Osiris (Dusclops) @ Eviolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp
- Memento
- Toxic
Geb (Landorus-Therian) @ Soft Sand
Ability: Intimidate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gravity
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Frustration
Isis (Magearna) @ Electrium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Seth (Crawdaunt) @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Crabhammer
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 192 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Trick Room
- U-turn
- Memento
Anubis (Lucario) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Nasty Plot
- Vacuum Wave
- Flash Cannon
- Aura Sphere
Osiris (Dusclops) @ Eviolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp
- Memento
- Toxic
Geb (Landorus-Therian) @ Soft Sand
Ability: Intimidate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gravity
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Frustration
Isis (Magearna) @ Electrium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Seth (Crawdaunt) @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Crabhammer
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
[Shoutouts]
Moose 50 who shouts random stuff at me in pms literally every day
BanDisnDatnMe fellow cancer overlord
robopoke for helping out with earlier versions of the team and being helpful and stuff. Also for going afk literally every 5 minutes to use the bathroom lol
Storm Zone for peaking with Melloetta and also not knowing how to kill Chansey with Groundium Z Dugtrio
Twixtry for wanting a shoutout
Whitewash for being the best global voice
BlazeLatias for talking about everything except for pokemon in the OU chat room and still retaining his Moderator rank
Gyslexic Duy also wanted a shoutout lol
Seventy for going 3-0 in a fictional tournament and apparently having "the best snakes"
Lycon didnt know what a shoutout was
Team Pokepals for actually deserving a shoutout
blarghlfarghl for ending all of my polls
Wikipedia for providing the stupid explanations of Egyptian deities
BanDisnDatnMe fellow cancer overlord
robopoke for helping out with earlier versions of the team and being helpful and stuff. Also for going afk literally every 5 minutes to use the bathroom lol
Storm Zone for peaking with Melloetta and also not knowing how to kill Chansey with Groundium Z Dugtrio
Twixtry for wanting a shoutout
Whitewash for being the best global voice
BlazeLatias for talking about everything except for pokemon in the OU chat room and still retaining his Moderator rank
Gyslexic Duy also wanted a shoutout lol
Seventy for going 3-0 in a fictional tournament and apparently having "the best snakes"
Lycon didnt know what a shoutout was
Team Pokepals for actually deserving a shoutout
blarghlfarghl for ending all of my polls
Wikipedia for providing the stupid explanations of Egyptian deities
Thanks, have a nice day :D
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