road to top 10 ou zeraora glalie heat

Zeraora @ Life Orb  
Ability: Volt Absorb  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe  
Naive Nature  
- Plasma Fists  
- Close Combat  
- Hidden Power [Ice]  
- Fire Punch

Glalie-Mega @ Glalitite  
Ability: Refrigerate  
Happiness: 0  
EVs: 252 Atk / 16 SpA / 240 Spe  
Naughty Nature  
- Frustration  
- Earthquake  
- Ice Shard  
- Freeze-Dry

Ferrothorn @ Chople Berry  
Ability: Iron Barbs  
EVs: 252 HP / 92 Def / 164 SpD  
Sassy Nature  
- Spikes  
- Leech Seed  
- Power Whip  
- Thunder Wave

Excadrill @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Mold Breaker  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Iron Head  
- Rapid Spin  
- Toxic

Landorus-Therian @ Leftovers  
Ability: Intimidate  
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe  
Impish Nature  
- Stealth Rock  
- Earthquake  
- Hidden Power [Fire]  
- U-turn

Keldeo-Resolute @ Waterium Z  
Ability: Justified  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Calm Mind  
- Taunt  
- Hydro Pump  
- Secret Sword

by the good hiker

yooo joel back to buildin in ou again. i hate bog standard teams so i was waiting til i got inspired with some anti meta stuff. metagames in smogon form on the basis of a lot of conformity and groupthink (as we saw in the ambipom ttt series), so players shift in a direction together and always leave themselves vulnerable to threats ridiculed in chat rooms as "bad". Well im armed with several "bad" mons on this team, which is designed to snipe some the most common BO and HO playstyles that are running around right now. I admit, i kind of thought zeraora was doo doo when it first came out because of all the balance that was prevalent, but now that olt offense has taken over and teams rely on typing more than bulk to sponge hits, zeraora is primed to screw the meta! this thing is incredibly underrated. To make it more heat, we have a mega glalie that was originally a kyurem black, but i found that mega glalie honestly does better than it right now, being able to consistently throw off powerful ice stab hits while freeing up a z move for another member on the team. Speaking of the other member, taunt cm keldeo is another threat that just seems to fly under the radar. even with all the kokos and torns running around, this thing is still really good with teammates that can handle its checks. No one is prepared for this thing, and it can break balance and semi stall entirely on its own. I really enjoyed making this team so i hope you get to use it. Play really aggressive and you can put in work with mons you would get chastised in the ou chat room for even mentioning! Btw the glalie's evs are designed to outspeed timid max speed fini. i prefer adamant over jolly to make its ice shards and frustrations hit harder. the stuff that jolly outspeeds like lando and lele are switching out of you anyways so the power is more crucial. also the lando has hp fire because im weaker to scizor than i am to zygarde, since glalie can take espeeds to hit back with ice shards.

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