Alright ORAS is ending within days and I've always wanted to do a RMT but due to my poor team building skills wasn't able to make one until now. I've played monotype for about half a year, more if you count casual playing. However, after joining Arbiter, that's when I started to want to improve at this tier and looking back on older replays, I think I have improved quite a bit. Monotype was never too fun for me as an OU main because of the whole type matchup nonsense and I was never able to find a type I really enjoyed playing. I was as you can say on a monotype Soul Search. However a few weeks ago, my buddy Typhozzz made me a few teams. I tested a lot of them with her and as I was using her poison teams I came to a conclusion that I really enjoyed the type. That's when I realized I would try and main poison for my monotype career. The nicknames are all based around T.I. albums as they matched pretty nicely
As I was building this team I noticed 2/3 of my team originated from gen 1. As a huge gen 1 fan this was very appealing to me. The first of my gen 1 core, I chose Mega Venusaur as not only are mega pokemon busted, but venu does so much for the team. It can serve as a soft check to many things, set pokemon to sleep, wall certain types very well and hit pretty hard as well. Thick Fat is a great ability that just adds to its walling power. It has decent recovery in giga drain and synthesis which only make it harder to take down. Hidden Power Fire is to hit Mega scizors mostly as it can be a huge threat to the team but also other steel, grass, bug, and ice types as well. Sleep Powder is just a great utility move that people don't see coming most of the time and even if they do, I can usually set something to sleep. I chose a mixed defensive spread for Mega Venusaur as I found that to be more useful. (Calcs coming soon)Some types Mega Venu does a great job at helping with are; Water, Fighting, Steel, Rock, Ground, Fairy, and Normal.
The second of my gen 1 core, I wanted this team to reliably beat some of the top tier types and decided on Gengar as a choice scarf user. Gengar has amazing speed and with a scarf added on it outspeeds a majority of the fast threats in this metagame. Levitate is a great ability that with correct predictions I can abuse the hell out of. (RIP LEVITATE) Shadow Ball and Sludge Wave were obvious choices as the primary stab moves Gengar could abuse. Focus Blast despite its terrible accuracy, is a powerful move that also adds amazing coverage hitting rock, dark, steel for massive damage. Lastly, I decided on Destiny Bond as a get out of jail free card incase the matchup was difficult and the only way I could win was them choking. There are other uses for it of course. EV's are standard. Some types Gengar does a great job at helping with are; Fairy, Fighting, Steel, and Flying to name a few.
King (Nidoking) @ Life Orb Ability: Sheer Force EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Stealth Rock - Sludge Wave / Flamethrower - Earth Power - Ice Beam
The third of my gen 1 core, I decided on Nidoking as a powerful special attacker / wallbreaker and my stealth rocker. Stealth rocks is self explanatory. It's one of the best moves in the game, breaking sashes and applying residual damage and pressure to the opposing team. Now you could go either way between sludge wave and flamethrower. Sludge Wave helps against the fairy matchup extremely well and without it you're actually in for a tougher time despite being a poison team. Flamethrower I find less useful but can help a lot against grass and steel teams. Earthpower is a great stabmove and Ice Beam is a great coverage move as well. EV's are standard. Nidoking plays a crucial role against Fairy, Grass, Steel, Flying, and Ground types as well as helping against a few others as well.
I'm Serious (Tentacruel) (M) @ Black Sludge Ability: Clear Body / Liquid Ooze EVs: 240 HP / 108 Def / 48 SpD / 112 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Acid Spray - Toxic Spikes - Rapid Spin The fourth and final member of the gen 1 trio is Tentacruel. I wanted a way to hazard stack and have removal at the same time and Tentacruel fit the role perfectly. Scald is a great stab move as it can spread burns if you're lucky enough and hits fire / rock / ground for some good damage. Acid Spray is the second stab move I chose and helps certain pokemon not set up on me as well as applying pressure for them to switch. Toxic Spikes are amazing against certain teams and the residual damage is so nice. I also really enjoy hazard stacking. Rapid Spin is my final move as it helps get rid of hazards on my own side of the field while keeping mine up. The EV spread like Venusaur is mixed with some speed to outspeed base 70s. (Calcs will come soon) Tentacruel helps with Water, Normal, Bug, and Fighting mostly.
Moving on from gen 1, here comes a gen 2 pokemon. This Crobat set is godly. It's a Stall breaker set with rocky helmet and it's sooo good. First off, Crobat has actually decent defenses! Infiltrator is a niche ability but going through subs can be lifesaving sometimes. Inner focus can be helpful against the normal and fighting matchups due to lopunny and medicham respectively. 0 Atk Crobat Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Lopunny: 248-294 (91.5 - 108.4%) -- 50% chance to OHKO / 0 Atk Crobat Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Medicham: 270-320 (103.4 - 122.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO. Inner focus is rarely rarely expected so they'll usually fake out or predict u to switch and get ohkoed. In Lopunny's case, brave bird + 1 round of rocky helmet damage guarantees the ko. Anyways, moving on. Brave Bird is the obvious STAB damage move to spam and helps against so much. U-turn provides great momentum. Roost is for reliable recovery. Taunt shuts down defogs, status spams, and certain types (NORMAL), etc. The added flying typing helps prevent my team from spamming ground moves and sometimes you can't risk gengar on those switches. The EV's enable it to outspeed base 115 pokemon while having enough bulk to take physical attacks pretty well. Crobat helps against Fighting, Grass, Bug, Normal, Psychic, Dark, Flying, and Ground a good majority of the time.
No Mercy (Drapion) (M) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Sniper EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Knock Off - Pursuit - Rock Slide / Poison Jab / Brick Break - Earthquake
The final member of my squad is Drapion. Drapion is arguably the least useful member but helps out for a lot of roles. The Dark typing is primarily why I chose it as it prevents my opponent from spamming psychic moves against me. I decided to give it a choice scarf (making this team have dual scarfers), as any other items were pretty much useless on this. Knock Off is a busted move and a powerful stab move for Drapion. Getting rid of items is sooo helpful. I chose pursuit as my 2nd move as it traps threatening pokemon like lati's, victini's, etc. (Mostly psychic types) This originally had brick break for its 3rd move but I decided to change it to rock slide. Rock Slide helps ohko unsuspecting Charizard Y's, do hefty damage to mega pinsirs, (yeah its not a ohko DRAPION IS ASS) etc. Earthquake is my final coverage move hitting steels, fires, and rocks well as hitting other types for neutral damage. Yeah this set has no poison stab as it's pretty useless. I guess you could add brick break or poison jab over rock slide if you really wished. I chose a standard EV spread with an adamant nature because Drapion is terrible and needs all the attack it can get. Drapion helps with Flying, Steel, Fire, Ghost, Psychic, and Normal type matchups.
(No but for real, with no dragon resists and them having faster stronger pokemon all around unless your opponent is terrible you can't win this)
Volcarona: yeah....if it sets up on anything you pretty much lose unless it's slower than adamant scarf drapion.
Mega Scizor: Yeah my counters to this are tentacruel (no reliable recovery) and mega venusaur. If mega venu is weakened at all, Mega Sciz should sweep. Crobat does a decent job as well with dealing with this pokemon. Mega Sciz can't set up on it or recover if played right. (Calcs will come)
Mega Pinsir: Yup. My counter to this is scarf drapion rock slide which wont kill followed by crobat's rocky helmet damage.
DD Dragonite: Thankfully band seems to be a bit more popular these days, bandnite is very dealable, this is very not.
Mega Charizard Y: My check to this has no reliable recovery so it's very dangerous.
Typhozzz - for pretty much making most of the team and making me have fun with monotype again. The funniest user I've met on PS and actually a pretty good friend despite her memeyness. Also now my number one mono team supplier. You're only first on the list cuz of this team idiot
Day 1 Arbiter League - league i rep and have been loyal to for a while, my other friends may rack on u sometimes but i love u guys ArkenCiel - for being a cool dude to talk to and share manga with and most importantly, inspiring me to want to get better at this tier. Monotype be sleeping on this man. He's a don. Crashy - a fun dude and friend and not a rock legend, THE rock legend. After seeing u whoop thimo with shiftry dark, I grew to respect you as a player. whats a bit? Adalind - my wife need i say more? just a great girl to talk to and helped introduce me to monotype sorta? id add more but you wont read this anyways meanie Jahkem - despite that initial conflict between us regarding my joy of tripping toddlers, I always thought you were a great guy and a good friend. Rep Ghost. Hazey - The 3rd member of the arbiter manga coalition, you're a super nice friend and always fun to talk to. Rep Ghost. Devinp0 - An old old friend, we've known each other for a while and you've put up with my bullshit this long. Great fairy user. Jiggle - You hated me at first but now I think you don't? LOL you have to sing for me one day or me for you? idk. Nefertum - My favorite memer in this league for sure. Our memes go together very well sometimes and I always end up laughing out loud. A fun guy and a good friend. DrizzleKyo - You're not on much so we don't talk as much but you're definitely a chill guy to talk to. Argus2Spooky - Like I said, some of my other friends might not like you but I think you're actually hilarious and fun to talk to. Hope kammi's sister grows cat ears and you get to marry her someday. Rep Ghost. Izaya - I was ticked at you for a bit for posting that psychic team we made without crediting me at all but whatevs. You're actually a really good and loyal friend and very dedicated to monotype. Zenji - I may bash on you a lot but I don't hate you LOL. I'm just an asshole. Hope you get with your senpai one day buddy.
Non Day 1 Arbiter but yall cool too Arbiter Ferno - A lot of ups and downs with this girl but currently she's cool and fun to talk to. SafariSam - nice guy, cute ass voice (no homo), a little quiet but worth getting to know LiscenlessRider - a newer guy, made my avatar, random bats don (after me), very chill and nice waszap - A great battler and a chill and fun guy to talk to. Recently got to befriend him zicarus - Don't know you as well but I think we did some skype calls before? You seem like a good dude and hoping you'll be loyal ubergamer - A good battler from what I've seen and hangs out in discord a lot. havent talked to u much but you seem chill and nice crazyasent - havent talked to you much but you seem like a nice guy that our league would like to have around
WDFF GANG LETS GET IT Geotal - A great friend, very eccentric but fun guy, my first league champion, helped me meet a lot of new people and will always be greatful. also he smells bad Luna Bae - The actual first person I met on PS that I talked to. Got me into monotype essentially. Hilarious and nice, great girl to talk to. also viper's #1 fan North - A great battler and awesome friend. Top 2 monotype player behind yours truly. Also top 2 tagpro player behind me again. Ridley - Just recently got to know you but you're actually a really nice guy despite first impressions CalaXZ - Make me teams Cala senpai. Fun guy to talk to and a good friend. Vidar - A memer and a fun guy to talk to. Kamui - OML. thoughts on being a koreaboo? You're a good friend after i've known you for a while despite you being a memer nonstop. Chakra - like kevin, youre such a memer but actually a super nice guy and friend. Thoughts on blink ra? partys - met through me being a white knight, grew closer as friends tho, nice guy blarghlflarghl - a cool dude, good at battling, im better tho mayliz - Kpop buddy, met her through Super, very nice girl and fun to talk to wyn - "wyns a robot" - geotal. You don't say much but you're a chill guy and great battler, also not as nice as he seems oml. redwoods - Funny as hell and recognizes my greatness 1orange1 - A chill guy to talk to Alliance Ana - fun girl, stop recruiting ppl to alliance u idiot, stop spreading that endal pic you idiot, nice girl tho.
OTHER GOOD FRIENDS Hammy - My day 1 nigga, he aint snake me after all these years hooo boy. One of my few friends that likes to play every tier with me and try and get better. Also a nba fan like me and a memer. He helped me pretty much stay on PS. ma nigga ma nigga Zyo - you now go by seo again you piece of filth Kammi - KAMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, you already got that letter on your birthday so you know how much i cherish you as a friend despite you being super busy and us not talking as much anymore Viktria - My blood related sister. We were seperated at birth with me growing up in egypt and her growing up in Australia. LOL. You're actually like an older sister figure to me and I will always cherish our friendship. Clearly - we've actually just recently started chilling a lot but you're a pretty fun dude and a wandering lonely memer ;w; oml. Imp Spunky - great friend, i think he lives in a jail cell? Neptunia - my little sister pretty much, mess with her and ill set your house on fire Hys - my little brother pretty much, i also taught him everything he knows Si02 - old friend, fun guy and fellow biker huzzah Cojo - my #1 basketball buddy, oml dame tho oml luke walton tho AB Mascott - had our ups and downs but youre a nice guy and good friend, you've also mellowed out recently which is good Alliance Naga - senpai Maskun529 - fellow korean and memer, recently got to know u and youre a good friend Kip McKean - nice guy, funny dude, keep doing you Deleta - LOL actually a fun girl to talk to, acts very cutesy o_O hi. Calucha - LOL forgot to add him in cuz im tired its 4 am, oml. Anywayssss very nice guy, super fun fire user (trick room fire oml) and old friend from legacy
Other cool people Laxuy iGlack Ramyz AFD Balto 6ti SaNeski Eien Attribute GODCHEF - for being my hero Apples - nice guy despite first impressions Sazh Katzroy - nice guy as well Imp Barida Alliance Dyla - chillest alliance dude out there AB Snow ishtaria combo breaker - dad im lee xd kant katy kat - oml trump magiswag - oml oregon state cookies amei - rip XVZ kevinelf + other past arbiter members and friends that quit and ppl i shouldnt mention cuz they hate me now
Sorry if i forgot anyone LOOOL oml. 99% of these ppl dont give a shit about me too LOL
Vs Water 65 - 35 dont play dumb and u should win Vs Grass 65 - 35 flamethrower nido makes this much easier Vs Fire 40 - 60 winnable needs some outplaying Vs Flying 55 - 45 you should win most of the time with outplaying Vs Ground 30 - 70 difficult but winnable with heavy outplaying Vs Psychic 65 - 35 scarf gar and drap make this a bit easier, depending on the team as psychic is super versatile it can be harder or easier Vs Dark Vs Fighting 60 - 40 for any non hawlucha variants , 40 - 60 for hawlucha variants (Mega medi with psychic stab can also be scary) Vs Poison Vs Fairy 55 - 45 if youre flamethrower nidoking its probably 40 - 60 Vs Steel Vs Normal 60 - 40 should win if you play smart Vs Dragon 10 - 90 unless theyre dogshit you cant win Vs Ice 50 - 50 can go either way Vs Ghost 70 - 30 no hazard removal + tspikes yum Vs Rock Vs Bug 10 - 90 again 3 threats that are almost uncheckable, should lose if youre opp is good