Week 1 (Celebi) winner

Celebi @ Bluk Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Seed Bomb
- Natural Gift
- Sucker Punch

Slowbro @ Waterium Z
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Calm Mind
- Slack Off

Cobalion @ Iron Plate
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance
- Stealth Rock

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wing Attack
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Aqua Tail

Nidoking (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam
- Sludge Wave
- Flamethrower

Empoleon @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 228 SpD / 28 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Defog
- Knock Off
- Toxic

by Eyan

Okay, so I decided to try to be a little more unorthodox with my Celebi, so I went with an SD lure set. Right now, the most common initial switch-ins to Celebi are Latias or Scizor / Hydreigon and then scouting for Hidden Power Fire / Dazzling Gleam. The set I rolled with is designed to mess around with the former two, as +2 Sucker Punch OHKOes Latias after Stealth Rock (50% chance prior to that), and Natural Gift Fire (Watmel Berry is unreleased) allows Celebi to lure and KO Scizor. It also does a good amount to Metagross. I do lose out on Psychic-type STAB, which is a pain, but that's why I decided to run dual Psychic-types alongside Waterium Z Slowbro, which is nice to deal with Fighting-types that run Knock Off a lot, and it's also my main Scald switch-in, considering that SD Celebi doesn't exactly appreciate being burned by Scald, Natural Cure or not. It also acts as my Mega Aerodactyl check and doesn't get 2HKOed by Scarf Krook's Knock Off. There's probably more to it but that's what there is off the top of my head. Cobalion was the natural choice for me next because it checks the most annoying stuff to the team atm in Bisharp, Mega Sharpedo, and Scizor (granted offensive Scizor is still annoying). Iron Plate since I wanted to actually do some decent damage to things like Clefable, and I didn't really need something like Shuca Berry on this team so far. Mega Aerodactyl is the obligatory Flying-resistant Pokemon and Ground immunity. Earthquake helps to check Raikou and Aqua Tail helps to mitigate the Krookodile annoyance. At this stage, I had a few things I wanted to cover: Raikou and Clefable were still annoying + a Choice Scarf user wouldn't hurt, so I opted for Scarf Nidoking. With Cobalion and CM Slowbro in the back, the fact that Nidoking is significantly weaker without a Life Orb isn't as bothersome, and I can surprise Raikou to catch an OHKO after Stealth Rock or just a 2HKO after a Calm Mind. Hard switching into it is pretty interesting to see how they react; players tend to just stay in if they HP Ice the Nidoking on the switch. Some other neat stuff you catch with Nidoking here is fast Gliscor, non-Scarf Gengar, 2HKOing Latias if they switch into Ice Beam, and weakened Mega Aerodactyl. Empoleon was added last as a way to glue the team together, and a Defogger. It also doubles as my main switch-in to Latias and Scarf Gengar. Overall, the team really isn't meant to be played completely passively. It has options for pivoting between Slowbro and Empoleon, but to win with Celebi, you basically just need to get rid of Dark-types like Bisharp, Scarf Krook, and Mega Aerodactyl and Togekiss, chip down stuff like Metagross, etc. Find a way to get it in against something like a Keldeo's Secret Sword from there, and go to town. This team obviously isn't the most standard or consistent in a sense; it's used to take advantage of common trends and tendencies that people like to do with the current metagame. alternative options for the team: Waterium Z -> Leftovers on Slowbro and Iron Plate -> Steelium Z on Cobalion: Eases the Clefable matchup and bops stuff like Amoonguss for Celebi. Aqua Tail -> Pursuit on Mega Aerodactyl: Pursuit traps Gengar for the most part. Some other cool options would be Crunch for Latias or Ice Fang to hit Latias, Hydreigon, Krookodile, Gliscor all in one, albeit weaker against 2 of them. Sludge Wave / Earth Power -> Poison Jab / Earthquake on Nidoking: This really boils down to preference. Poison Jab ensures the 2HKO on Clefable no matter how much it sets up with Calm Mind, while Earthquake ensures the OHKO after Stealth Rock on Raikou no matter what. Earthquake is normally incredibly subpar on the Life Orb set, but without the whole Sheer Force + Life Orb = no recoil effect, it's not as big of a deal.

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