Zen Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 So, the use of Wide Guard to block friendly fire due to Earthquake is pretty common... play a twist on it? Note that this isn't a particularly versatile strategy - it's merely designed to take out flying types and Levitating opponents, in addition to the usual self-immunity granted by Wide Guard. --- Gloria (Hippowdon) (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Sand Stream EVs: 255 Atk / 255 SDef Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd) - Earthquake - Ice Fang - Fire Fang - Rock Slide --- Swampert (M) @ Rindo Berry Trait: Torrent EVs: 156 Atk / 176 Def / 176 SDef Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Waterfall - Rock Slide - Hammer Arm - Wide Guard --- Claydol @ Leftovers Trait: Levitate EVs: 255 Atk / 128 Def / 124 SDef Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd) - Earthquake - Rock Slide - Gravity - Trick Room --- And the rest of the team consists of: --- Dugtrio (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Arena Trap EVs: 255 Atk / 196 Def / 56 SDef Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Earthquake - Rock Slide - Aerial Ace - Sucker Punch --- Rhyperior (M) @ Passho Berry Trait: Solid Rock EVs: 255 Def / 255 SDef Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Rock Slide - ThunderPunch - Fire Punch - Sandstorm --- Torterra (M) @ Yache Berry Trait: Overgrow EVs: 96 Def / 252 SAtk / 160 SDef Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd) - Giga Drain - Leech Seed - Toxic - Wide Guard --- Basically, just designed to use Trick Room, along with whatever goodness there is to be found in abusing Wide Guard and Earthquake. Rhyperior provides the option of manual Sandstorm in case the opposition gets smart and tries to bring in a politoed or ninetales in the second turn (no need to keep swapping hippowdon in and out). A major problem would be the multi-turn nature of the setup, but it's probably a strange enough strategy that no one will expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noivy Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 All this trick room @_@ I like the Idea though, I might try dominating PBC triples Ladder with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 If you wanted a backup TR piece, you could break the Ground monotype, or use an Eviolite baltoy, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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