I saw way weirder than this. Mayb not in Pokemon so much, but definitely in moves and probably EV spreads. One example is a Guts Machamp with Brick Break/ Ice Punch/ Thunderpunch/ Bullet Punch-Machamp doesn't get Iron Fist so idk why al the punching moves. T-punch especially, only really gets Gyara, and even there Stone a Edge is almost as good. If it was a normal Champ I would've lost the match. Another weird thing I saw was Iron Defense/ CM/ Scald/ Slack Off Slowbro. Still better than the Curse and Aqua Tail one I saw on PS tho.Barely played. Went 3-1, entered with a joke team. Behold it. ~1525 ranking.
Alakazam just tormented the absolute fuck out of everything, and yes, that's a bulky Alakazam. Uninvested Psyshock stings Gengar plenty, and anything unlucky enough to be slower than Zammy (aka, 90% of the metagame) was simply Subbed upon and mind-raped. Gengar? Psyshock may seem obvious, but I usually subbed; most people know "it's faster and I will die" so I just got a free sub on the switch, followed by a free Psyshock. Zammy forced at least 1 struggle/switch upon his first victim, at which point foe figures out they can switch on Encore. At which point, I simply Sub and spew Psyshock everywhere, severely denting the team combined with SR. Zammy would often be the overall most damaging mon, despite a single, uninvested, and relatively weak attack. Set up mon? Encore. Not a setup mon? Sub -> Disable -> Encore -> laugh.
Machamp did most of the killing, 20% of the trolling, and 40% of the crippling. Dynamicpunch is legendary, nothing bar Gengar wants to eat it, and Sub blocks OHKO moves and switches that Machamp baits to no end. Toxic was for crippling Slowbro, which I never saw, and ended up being used on random shit for chip damage. Stone Edge, I needed for Gengar and Dragonite; but mostly, I always use it on Machamp on account of "omg, it actually hits!".
Golem is an obvious lead choice, OHKO sponge, and general pain in the ass if it doesn't lead. Switch in to dumb T-bolt + Signal beam Jolteon, click SR, switch out if at full HP or just spam Stone Edge since nothing resists it. Just set up a half-dead, +2/+2 Dnite? Park full HP Golem in front of it. Watch as hope fades from your foe's eyes. Aerodactyl? Walk right in, give no fucks, and click Stone Edge. Articuno? Sure, Freeze-Dry me and gamble with Stone Edge. Blastoise? Sure, my Articuno could use a free switch in anyway.
Articuno was an absolute dick, preying upon Golem's switchins (Machamp, Starmie, Blastoise), stalling like hell with Sub + Roost + Pressure, and being more directly pressuring with Sheer Cold spam. limited 8 PP, sure, but would you want to fight a Sheer Cold spammer beind a Sub?
Arbok was entered via coinflip, as some know her as an inexpicably effective troll in my Double battles, spreading depair and misery everywhere she goes with Intimidate + Glare (Dragonite really hates that one btw) followed by Rock Slide spam. Even against superior foes who should win 1v1, such as Wish + protect Vaporeon, Glare + Coil + Rock Slide was simply too much. Arbok only ever died on account of me lacking Black Sludge and a Wish passer.
Scyther was chosen via lottery, and I ran Fury Cutter out of absolute stupidity; it actually came in useful against a stall Chansey though. Fury Cutter hits 60 -> 120 -> 240 power, and turns out Chansey doesn't take that very well without Eviolite. Wing Attack, I don't have the Aerial Ace TM, so wyaut. Defog I never used. Roost was fun to just stall against Ice Beam mons. all in all, 2 kills in 4 battles.
Team was retarded, had almost no synergy, and no switchins for most relevent threats. Somehow, I went 3-1, some were 1580+. The one loss, I recorded 6 crits to my 1 across ~18 turns so guess why I lost. I saw 0 Snorlax, I was sad.
I should not of pulled off half the shit I pulled off, nor should have more than 1 win.
How did it balance out having two thing 4x weak to Stealth Rock, two things 2x resistant, and one thing immune? I have a 4x weak in Articuno as well and a 2x in Zapdos, but nothing better than neutral so it seems like you take less damage from SR than my team did, tho mayb not since I actually managed to use Defog :p
Really interesting moves on everything, especially Fury Cutter on Scyther. Always wondered about if that move is good for something. Mayb with Metronome in regular BSS? Probably not tho. Why Sub and Roost for Articuno instead of boring old RestTalk?