Surgo
goes to eleven
ET was talking about Endeavor/Quick Attack on low-level pokemon in #smogon, which inspired this. I had originally discounted this idea because I misunderstood the mechanics of endeavor; an endeavor from a full health pokemon, even if it's at 10HP, will still take almost any pokemon down to 1%. So here's the team; be warned, it contains DT. I haven't made EVs for most of these yet.
Celebi @Leftovers
(Maximize defenses)
Substitute
Double Team
Baton Pass
Recover
Its sole purpose is to set up this next pokemon.
Smeargle @Leftovers
(level 1)
Dragon Rage
Endeavor
Substitute
Recover
Endeavor when Smeargle is at full health will knock them down extremely low, to the point where Sandstorm can kill them. Substitute//Recover to keep it from getting killed even through the evasion; a shame agility would be useless on a level 1 pokemon. Leftovers is lol but it stops sandstorm from nickel-and-diming me. Focus Strip is pointless here with sandstorm being key.
Tyranitar @Choice Band
Pursuit
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Crunch
Mostly here to get rid of ghosts, and starts a wonderful sandstorm.
Magnezone @Leftovers
(Absolutely max speed)
Thunderbolt
HP Ice
Electrolevitate
Explosion
Gets rid of steels. Absolute max speed should beat almost any Metagross, so it can Electrolevitate.
Dugtrio @Choice Band
Jolly, 4 HP/252 Attack/252 Speed
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Aerial Ace
Blade Test
Gets rid of rocks and can revenge-kill firemonkey, who otherwise would cause problems.
Blissey @Leftovers
Wish
Protect
Ice Beam
Seismic Toss
Yeah, have to stop Agumon and other special sweepers from owning me :)
I'm not sure who I'd open with, probably CBTar. I'd try to teamscout a bit with Blissey and Celebi, and get rid of the Ghosts/Steels/Rocks. When that's done, I get Celebi in when I have an opening and start DTing up. Then baton pass to Taillow, and start killing things.
This team probably can't survive very well if the gimmick fails, but Celebi can do double-team baton passing to other members if something comes in on it. I think I have a physical sweeper weakness in general; I'm not sure how I could stop Garchomp from coming in. That said, I can't wait to use this on wifi.
Celebi @Leftovers
(Maximize defenses)
Substitute
Double Team
Baton Pass
Recover
Its sole purpose is to set up this next pokemon.
Smeargle @Leftovers
(level 1)
Dragon Rage
Endeavor
Substitute
Recover
Endeavor when Smeargle is at full health will knock them down extremely low, to the point where Sandstorm can kill them. Substitute//Recover to keep it from getting killed even through the evasion; a shame agility would be useless on a level 1 pokemon. Leftovers is lol but it stops sandstorm from nickel-and-diming me. Focus Strip is pointless here with sandstorm being key.
Tyranitar @Choice Band
Pursuit
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Crunch
Mostly here to get rid of ghosts, and starts a wonderful sandstorm.
Magnezone @Leftovers
(Absolutely max speed)
Thunderbolt
HP Ice
Electrolevitate
Explosion
Gets rid of steels. Absolute max speed should beat almost any Metagross, so it can Electrolevitate.
Dugtrio @Choice Band
Jolly, 4 HP/252 Attack/252 Speed
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Aerial Ace
Blade Test
Gets rid of rocks and can revenge-kill firemonkey, who otherwise would cause problems.
Blissey @Leftovers
Wish
Protect
Ice Beam
Seismic Toss
Yeah, have to stop Agumon and other special sweepers from owning me :)
I'm not sure who I'd open with, probably CBTar. I'd try to teamscout a bit with Blissey and Celebi, and get rid of the Ghosts/Steels/Rocks. When that's done, I get Celebi in when I have an opening and start DTing up. Then baton pass to Taillow, and start killing things.
This team probably can't survive very well if the gimmick fails, but Celebi can do double-team baton passing to other members if something comes in on it. I think I have a physical sweeper weakness in general; I'm not sure how I could stop Garchomp from coming in. That said, I can't wait to use this on wifi.