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Azelf @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Levitate  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Stealth Rock  
- Taunt  
- Explosion  
- Flamethrower

Crawdaunt @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Adaptability  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Swords Dance  
- Knock Off  
- Crabhammer  
- Aqua Jet

Mamoswine @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Thick Fat  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Endeavor  
- Earthquake  
- Ice Shard  
- Icicle Crash

Starmie @ Electrium Z  
Ability: Analytic  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Hydro Pump  
- Thunder  
- Rapid Spin  
- Ice Beam

Scizor @ Iron Plate  
Ability: Technician  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Swords Dance  
- Bullet Punch  
- Knock Off  
- Superpower

Manectric-Mega @ Manectite  
Ability: Lightning Rod  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Volt Switch  
- Flamethrower  
- Signal Beam  
- Hidden Power [Grass]

Yo. So I built this team for my UU open round 7 game vs HT. I know HT has some wild offensive builds so I wanted something that could handle Offense and Bulky Offense relatively well and abuse Mega Manectric, which got even better with Gliscor gone, but was overshadowed at the time by Mega Venusaur, which is now banned. Azelf is rocker and pretty much 100% lead. Taunt + Boom prevents opposing rocks, flamethrower is nice for the K0 on Scizor or crucial chip on M-Aggron/Cobalion. For sashers, I wanted two that could muscle through the tier, and not care about attacks due to their focus sash so I ended up with Crawdaunt and Mamoswine. Crawdaunt being able to take a hit from a Pokemon like Terrakion/Cobalion and k0ing back with Crabhammer is amazing. I went Adamant Crawdaunt just for the raw power. Didn't think Jolly was necessary. Mamoswine I went Jolly. At worst, I wanted to speed tie with Togekiss but also outspeed threats to the team like Volcanion and Specs Magneton. Endeavor was a great last move which allows me to pick up fatter threats when weakened. Starmie was next on the team, I needed a spinner to keep my sashes in-tact. I started with Waterium Z for the K0's and tested Icium-Z as well for Amoongus/Latias but ended up with Electrium-Z. Nuking bulky waters means that I don't have to mess around with Scalds on a team packed with physical attackers. Scizor was the next member. With Pokemon like cobalion lured by sashes, or Mamoswine/Crawdaunt chipping away at threats, Scizor was great for late game clean-up or early game weakening for the two. Originally I tried Bug Bite but switched it to Knock Off as HT likes Doublade and I wanted a way of touching it. Bug Bite is for sure an option as is U-Turn if the opponent has Magneton. Last we have a very colorful Mega Manectric. I love that Gliscor being gone means that I do not have to run HP Ice, but can use HP Grass to catch Swampert/Quagsire. I use Flamethrower over Overheat as I don't want the best Scizor check on my team to miss, and rather lose out on the K0 on Cobalion. Signal beam is great currently, is an easy 2Hk0 on Krookodile/Hydreigon/ + Latias after rocks, something that Hidden Power didn't do and also catches Celebi. Volt switch was my last move for momentum. You can easily run T-Bolt somewhere on the set, but each of the 4 moves have proven themselves to me. I managed to climb to 1600 a few times with this team while testing on several alts and have a video going up today with it as well. The team definitely has some matchups it struggles with. Stall is a problem if they don't risk Quagsire and Magneton + Eject Button Amoongus/Pokemon are also threats. Choice Scarf Krookodile can definitely be a problem, as when it comes in on starmie it picks one. A way that i was able to deal with it was sometimes not mega evolving my manectric, as shown in the replay, that way I save my intimidate so krook can’t knock me out and I do around 70% with signal beam, putting it in range of any priority move. Krook also doesn’t Ko Crawdaunt, Mamoswine or Scizor (without firefang) and all of them can do massive damage back/ko back with stab/super effective attacks. As long as you keep your sashes in-tact, it’s for sure manageable. However, the team does have a nice match-up vs offense, which is what it was supposed to do and has some outs vs fat. Enjoy :] Replay vs HT: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7uu-392073

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