OU Team: Never Let Them Forget Us!

Argh, I'm not good with introductions ever. Anyways, this is the RMT thread for my newest OU team that I have been using as of recent. It has been doing fairly well from what I have realized, however, I know it's not perfect. I'll try to explain my logic behind every Pokémon, and feel free to comment in any way you feel.


Crobat @ Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Brave Bird
- Cross Poison
- U-turn
- Heat Wave

Crobat, one of the more interesting Pokémon out there that's probably one of the best flying types to have for a glass cannon. This set mainly focuses on revenge killing and sweeping unprepared teams. For consideration on the item, after a lot of battles, I've found that Life Orb works the best. While it does mean Brave Bird hurts me a lot worst, it gives me the necessary damage I need on moves. Hasty Nature is used so I don't lower my Special Attack and due to mainly the fact that Crobat can already tank most of the moves it will be switched into, if it comes to that.

For moves, I used two pretty standard ones, being Brave Bird and Cross Poison. Both hit really hard, are my STABs, and fill in a lot of needs. U-Turn is there for keeping a roll going and switching in and out with it, and Heat Wave covers all of the steel types that I need to take down with it, namely Magnezone and Ferrothorn. EVs are self explanatory, damage and speed.



Tauros @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Climb
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake

Probably one of the most questionable Pokémon on this team, Tauros does a lot more than people actually give it credit for. Besides having a fairly good moveset to abuse Sheer Force, it also does a lot more than people would expect. For item, a Life Orb is practically necessary to complement Sheer Force and add more damage to what is already gotten.

For moves, Rock Climb was probably one of the more difficult decisions to put on. Body Slam was the original choice, but sadly that is not allowed on Sheer Force Tauros. So I opted for Rock Climb instead so that even while I lose some accuracy, I still gain a lot of damage as it loses it's flinch chance. For the next two moves, Iron Head is self-explanatory, as it covers Fairy Types and is a generally helpful move. Zen Headbutt is there for Poison and Fighting types, two of the things Tauros cannot normally handle without it. Earthquake is there for the overall coverage and damage it will give off, although it cannot use Sheer Force's effect sadly. EVs and Nature are self-explanatory for a Physical Sweeper.

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Diancie @ Diancite
Ability: Clear Body / Magic Bounce
EVs: 72 Atk / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Earth Power
- Diamond Storm
- Moonblast
- Psyshock



Ah, Diancie. One of my favorite legendaries with one of my favorite megas. Alright, so one thing to note before I go into the set is how much of an actual monster a Mega Diancie is. With 160 base Special Attack and Attack, and a nice 110 base Speed, it has no problem going through teams and doing a lot of damage.

Now moving on, let's start with the EVs and the nature. Since most of my moves are special, I have a larger supply on Special Attack, but I keep some Attack EV so that Diamond Storm can still KO those who I'm using it against. Naive nature is used to boost my speed, and I choose this over Hasty as Diancie's Rock typing lets it take a lot of physical attacks, which I will commonly switch in on.

For moves, I went with as much coverage as possible. Diamond Storm and Moonblast are my STABs, both fairly hard hitting and able to do ton s of damage. Earth Power covers all the other Pokémon I cannot hurt with those (namely steel types), and Psyshock is a primary coverage move for whenever I will not be using Moonblast (aka Poison Types).



Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Leech Seed
- Thunder Wave
- Stealth Rock
- Knock Off

I don't think there would be much to explain here, as this is your fairly typical Ferrothorn. Instead of running Leftovers however, I go with a simple Rocky Helmet. Main reason being Ferrothorn is so tanky and can help out a lot more by running this instead of Leftovers in my opinion. HP and Defense EVs are completely self-explanatory, with Attack EVs running up the rest. Impish Nature is there to increase my defense even more, while getting rid of the most unnecessary stat being Special Attack.

Moves are what I prefer to run though. Leech Seed is my main form of deteriorating aside from physical attacks and other means. Thunder Wave is there for crippling other Pokémon and helping me take down mons. Stealth Rock is pretty common and used to help me take down the enemy team for later on revenge sweeping. Knock Off is the attack move I use as it can be annoying, helpful, and still fairly damaging.



Kyurem @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 248 Spe
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Draco Meteor
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon

Kyurem is an interesting Pokémon on its own when separated from its two forms. I chose to go a special attacker route with him, so that I could do pretty heavy damage with a Dragon Type, and have someone to clean up whenever the battle is nearing an end. I run a Life Orb on it for more damage, as more damage is always good. I run normal special attacker EVs, however, I opted for a Modest Nature instead. Since I already outspeed most of what I need to kill, I have all I need, so Modest works out better for getting more damage off.

My moveset is mainly for lots of coverage and just taking care of everything in general. Ice Beam and Draco Meteor are my STAB moves. Draco Meteor is used instead of Dragon Pulse as most of the time when I do need to use it, it's to finish off a Pokémon with normal resistance off of it. Ice Beam generally takes care of all the others. Earth Power is there to cover Steel Types and everything else that can be KO'd by it, and Flash Cannon is to take care of Fairy and Rock Types. Overall, I love Kyurem and have always felt it deserved its role as the cleanup sweeper.



Crawdaunt @ Focus Sash
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
- Crabhammer

I really love Crawdaunt. I can't really explain much on this though, as he's just a Pokémon I've always loved. But moving on, there's not much to talk about for this set. It's pretty commonly used, but I'll go on about it anyways. The EVs I run are to maximize my damage output and keep Crawdaunt going as a sweeper. Focus Sash is used as an item so I can get a free setup to do damage, or possibly make sure I don't die in my first hit when I am set up.

For moves, I opted for the fairly usual Crawdaunt set. Dragon Dance to set up, Aqua Jet for lots of priority damage, Knock Off for tons of damage and the utility, and finally Crabhammer for even more damage when I need it. Nothing really different here from most Crawdaunts I've seen.

Anyways, that's my whole team! A lot of it focuses around switching and doing damage, so that one of my Pokémon can come in and finish it all off. Please tell me what you think, and feel free to leave suggestions!