Snou
the grand master of all the things bad!
Arts by Zeno
Well, strange but true, I built this team yesterday, to prove myself that stall is not only Gothicancer + Shedinja, starting from a different core that lately has been edited. With this team I peaked #1 on Pokémon Showdown!'s Ladder without any kind of effort and with a not bad at all win rate. Ya know, ladder is a pain, i faced SUBSTITUTE CHANSEYS and IRON TAIL PORYGONS2 but this team survived it all and now is here since i want to share it with the Smogon Community. The basic idea was to build around Bronzong + Gastrodon + Talonflame since it's a solid core without many weaknesses but suddenly I replaced Gastrodon with Alomomola to have a Wish User and a solid defensive presence. The core was solid, but it lacked of a real special sponge so I included a Chansey too and to prevent Bronzong from a lot of pressure, I gave her a Wish set too. Then the core was solid but hazardz and Helmet Chompy gave me a lot of problems, so I inserted Mega Sableye too, since i was lacking of a Mega Mon. Now the only problem were Serperiors, Manaphys, SD users in general and since Chansey had no free slots to use Heal Bell, I needed a beller too and then my choice went to Clefable. Well, all perfect but... WTF I FORGOT THE DEFOGGER LMAO. Then I sadly changed my bronzong into Skarmory, that also offers me the Spikes Support. The team is now complete and looks like below.
XY Cancermon (Alomomola) (F) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD / 12 Spe
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Scald
- Toxic
Alomomola is one of my favorite mons since BW. Her exceptional physical bulkiness and the access to Regenerator as ability makes her one of the hard nuts of the team. She is the first Wish Passer of the team and one of the first switch ins on pokémon such as Weavile, Keldeo, Azumarill (except if Drum), SD Talonflame, Mamoswine. Rocky helmet allows her to wall and damage Metagross even with Grass Knot (she is 3hko). Scald is a 30 % burn (that burns only when you don't really need it) and Toxic hits Rotom and Bulky waters switching in on alomomola.
HotBird (Talonflame) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 224 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Roost
- Brave Bird
The metagame's evolution leads Talonflame to have his main set in Special Defense. He's my main stallbreaker with hazardz up and my first switch in on Serperior, Char Y. He prevents me to be swept by Clefable (even if I've Unaware fable too) and often burns Hippos, Drills, TTars, Bisharps. He also is a nice resource against fairies such as Gardevoir and against some type of steel like Mega Scizor or CB Scizor. He often cleans the whole match and creates pressure with Taunt+Wow and thanks to his powerful priority move.
HitMe (Skarmory) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Roost
- Spikes
- Defog
- Iron Head
Skarmory is my main Diancie/Latwins resistor and my only chance to remove hazardz from the field. I'm still wondering if keeping its Leftovers or replace them with Shed Shell to manage Diancie + Zone teams (even i'f i've Chansey too). Iron head is the only steel stab it can use (except for steel wing but plz) and it kills Diancie doing a ton of damage on the common Magic Guard Calm Mind Clefable. Even if Special Defense, it can switch in on the common Spin Sand Rush Excadrill and tanks Modest Saur's Hp fire allowing me to set a lot of spikes' layers on the oppo field. I'm also wondering if running Counter > Iron head but idk...
Blissey? Pff (Chansey) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Seismic Toss
- Stealth Rock
Lol this gif. Anyway, times change but Chansey is still a solid presence when you manage to build stall. It's my second wish support mon, and the one able to pass a lot of hps refulling sableye, fable, skarmo... Evs spread and moves they are kinda obvious and I think they don't really need an explanation. The only move a bit "weird" is Stealth Rock on Chansey. When I had Bronzong, Chansey had the annoying Toxic but since I ran Skarmory i preferred to run Spikes + Stealth Rocks in order to obtain even more Hazardz Pressure.
WheresGothi (Sableye) (M) @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 12 SpD / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Foul Play
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
It's clear: if you are thinking about Sableye, the first thing you can image is a cancergothistall. Well, Sableye can also be used without gothi and shedinja (!) doing its dirty work for the team. It bounces status, hazardz, makes useless opposing ferrothorns, hippowdons, skarmories. It also burns Bisharp and in the first turn it can burn Azumarills or things that usually outspeed it. I prefer Foul Play > Fake Out in order to hit hard/kill Talonflames, Charizard X and especially Gliscors. Recover is the obvious recovery move (what a genius). Said that, Sableye is the only viable mon (besides Slowbro) capable of switch in safely on Mega Medicham.
ClefEvil (Clefable) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 212 HP / 180 Def / 108 SpD / 8 Spe
Calm Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Moonblast
- Heal Bell
It's raining men! Well, clefable is my last (I think they're enough now O_O) wish support mon, able to tank a lot of setup mons such as Manaphy, Serperior, CM Keldeo, CM Kazam, CM everything. It's also my heal bell user since Alomomola switching on Keldeo's scalds it often take burns so... Its spread is able to check also Latwins (Latios is a bit rough tho but still a decent check). I'm still wondering how does game freak make this thing able to be S rank O_O
ETT
HitMe (Skarmory) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Roost
- Spikes
- Defog
- Iron Head
XY Cancermon (Alomomola) (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD / 12 Spe
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Scald
- Toxic
HotBird (Talonflame) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 224 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Roost
- Brave Bird
Blissey? Pff (Chansey) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Seismic Toss
- Stealth Rock
WheresGothi (Sableye) (M) @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 12 SpD / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Foul Play
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
ClefEvil (Clefable) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 212 HP / 180 Def / 108 SpD / 8 Spe
Calm Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Moonblast
- Heal Bell
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Roost
- Spikes
- Defog
- Iron Head
XY Cancermon (Alomomola) (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD / 12 Spe
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Scald
- Toxic
HotBird (Talonflame) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 224 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Roost
- Brave Bird
Blissey? Pff (Chansey) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Seismic Toss
- Stealth Rock
WheresGothi (Sableye) (M) @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 12 SpD / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Foul Play
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Recover
ClefEvil (Clefable) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 212 HP / 180 Def / 108 SpD / 8 Spe
Calm Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Moonblast
- Heal Bell
So this is the team, I hope you enjoy it and that you'll try it. If you did it, lemme know what are you thinking about it!
Special thanks to:
- Gypsy King
- Tomyc
- amber lamps
- Andre48
- toxigen734
- milak (6 sesky)
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