Introduction:
Since gen 3, my favorite pokemon always was Groudon. I just found him awesome in every means possible. I was young and stupid. I learned how to play this gen and saw that groudon had some major flaws but I continued to use him by fandom. In gen 5, Groudon got some new tools to play with namely Reshiram. So I just tried to see the new uber metagame and give groudon some respect for his power and not just his manliness.
Team At A Glance:
Team in detail:
(Bold is the changes)
The lead
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Toxic Spikes
- Spikes
- Rapid Spin
- Gyro Ball
I use a specially defensive forretress as my lead. The move and EV are pretty basic. I putted max bulkyness on the special side coupled with his awesome defense to make me able to get hit by ice and dragon moves thrown everywhere in uber. Basically put the t. spikes (arceus can set rocks now)up first then switch and come back later to finish the job.
Sun abuser
Ho-Oh @ Life Orb
Trait: Regeneration
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Nitro Charge
- Brave Bird
- Sacred Fire
- Recover
I am running a nitro charge set with ho-oh. Max speed and positive nature to win speed tie with opposing 90.Max attack for damage and my movepool is basic once again. Nitro to hurt switch-ins and get a nice speed boost, Recover and regeneration to heal, BB and sacred fire for STAB.
Weather-mon
Groudon @ Life Orb
Trait: Drought
EVs: 112 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 136 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Rock Polish
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Fire Punch
Here is my weather changer. My groudon is the common RP set. He setup once then he kills nearly anything in 2-hits or less. My goal is 500 speed after RP, max attack and some bulk. I don’t like stone edge that much because it already failed me more than once before. Dragon+fire for coverage and Earthquake for STAB and hits the only one who resist the previous combo (heatran).
Main revenge killer
Zekuromu @ Choice Scarf
Trait: TeraVoltage
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Claw
- Lightning Strike
- Cross Thunder
- Outrage
I Currently changed my Darkrai for Palkia and then to Zekrom to counter kyogres. It works well but only to revenge kills along woth some dragons weaker on the physical side(lati@s). I use a special attacker set with scarf to revenge all that is slower.Cross Thunder and Dragon Claw are there for consistency while Outrage and Lightning Strike are for power. No volt change because it is stopped by groudon who is a common swithcin to this set and I prefer to switch myself.
Beast of Choice
Reshiramu @ Choice Specs
Trait: Turbo Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Cross Flame
- Blue Flame
- Dragon Pulse
Reshiram is a beast under the sun. 130 Bp fire move excluding stab, under sun, fired from a 150 base stat poke with specs is deadly to anyone who doesn’t resist it and without good sp def. Draco meteor and blue flame grants perfect coverage thanks to his ability. Cross flame and Dragon Pulse are there for when I need consistency.
Main Kyogre Check
Arceus-Grass @ Meadow Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 80 SAtk / 176 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Grass Knot
- Ice Beam
- Recover
- Stealth Rock
Arceus help me sponge Kyogre's attack while threatening it (and opposing groudon) with grass knot. Ice beam is there to hit the dragons of the tier. Stealth rock is filler while recover is a way of recovering(duh). EV are max Hp to survive more, enough speed to outspeed base 110 and the rest in Sp. Attack
Since gen 3, my favorite pokemon always was Groudon. I just found him awesome in every means possible. I was young and stupid. I learned how to play this gen and saw that groudon had some major flaws but I continued to use him by fandom. In gen 5, Groudon got some new tools to play with namely Reshiram. So I just tried to see the new uber metagame and give groudon some respect for his power and not just his manliness.
Team At A Glance:
Team in detail:
(Bold is the changes)
The lead
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Toxic Spikes
- Spikes
- Rapid Spin
- Gyro Ball
I use a specially defensive forretress as my lead. The move and EV are pretty basic. I putted max bulkyness on the special side coupled with his awesome defense to make me able to get hit by ice and dragon moves thrown everywhere in uber. Basically put the t. spikes (arceus can set rocks now)up first then switch and come back later to finish the job.
Sun abuser
Ho-Oh @ Life Orb
Trait: Regeneration
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Nitro Charge
- Brave Bird
- Sacred Fire
- Recover
I am running a nitro charge set with ho-oh. Max speed and positive nature to win speed tie with opposing 90.Max attack for damage and my movepool is basic once again. Nitro to hurt switch-ins and get a nice speed boost, Recover and regeneration to heal, BB and sacred fire for STAB.
Weather-mon
Groudon @ Life Orb
Trait: Drought
EVs: 112 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 136 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Rock Polish
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Fire Punch
Here is my weather changer. My groudon is the common RP set. He setup once then he kills nearly anything in 2-hits or less. My goal is 500 speed after RP, max attack and some bulk. I don’t like stone edge that much because it already failed me more than once before. Dragon+fire for coverage and Earthquake for STAB and hits the only one who resist the previous combo (heatran).
Main revenge killer
Zekuromu @ Choice Scarf
Trait: TeraVoltage
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Claw
- Lightning Strike
- Cross Thunder
- Outrage
I Currently changed my Darkrai for Palkia and then to Zekrom to counter kyogres. It works well but only to revenge kills along woth some dragons weaker on the physical side(lati@s). I use a special attacker set with scarf to revenge all that is slower.Cross Thunder and Dragon Claw are there for consistency while Outrage and Lightning Strike are for power. No volt change because it is stopped by groudon who is a common swithcin to this set and I prefer to switch myself.
Beast of Choice
Reshiramu @ Choice Specs
Trait: Turbo Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Draco Meteor
- Cross Flame
- Blue Flame
- Dragon Pulse
Reshiram is a beast under the sun. 130 Bp fire move excluding stab, under sun, fired from a 150 base stat poke with specs is deadly to anyone who doesn’t resist it and without good sp def. Draco meteor and blue flame grants perfect coverage thanks to his ability. Cross flame and Dragon Pulse are there for when I need consistency.
Main Kyogre Check
Arceus-Grass @ Meadow Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 80 SAtk / 176 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Grass Knot
- Ice Beam
- Recover
- Stealth Rock
Arceus help me sponge Kyogre's attack while threatening it (and opposing groudon) with grass knot. Ice beam is there to hit the dragons of the tier. Stealth rock is filler while recover is a way of recovering(duh). EV are max Hp to survive more, enough speed to outspeed base 110 and the rest in Sp. Attack