Who do you open with? >pic related. if im lucky i can

>>26525197
Galvantula and sticky web. Compound eyes thunder also gets me a nice sweep if i'm lucky

Archeops in AG. Taunt, pebbles, and Endeavor. Aerodactyl is faster but doesn't have Endeavor or Head Smash, so I like using Archeops more.

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>pic related.
if im lucky i can sweep a team with it.

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>pic related.
if im lucky i can sweep a team with it.

>>26525197
How do you plan to sweep a team by leading with with worse Vivillon?

By using Quiver Dance, Bug Buzz, Sleep Powder with Focus Sash?

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>pic related.
if im lucky i can sweep a team with it.

>>26525295
Pretty much, it usually only lasts about 3 of theirs but if they open with a special attack mon then theyre fucked because you can keep using quiver dance and just soak up their attacks.

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>>26525295
Pic related is my go to Butterfly pokemon. Intimidate can help get an extra turn in.

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>pic related.
if im lucky i can sweep a team with it.

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my boi can easily ko all 6 of his pokes with a swords dance and high jump kick

op seems like a qt

and there have been some qt mons posted too c:

>>26525197
Depends. For fun I'll use Umbreon. For douchery I'll use either Klefki or Darkrai.

>>26525406
cute and effective, you can take out op legends with it.

>>26525197
Depends

Gourgeist+Tyrantrum is ideally what I do with my Jurassic Park team trick room+trick or treat+Tyrantrum spamming crunch and rock slide=G fucking G bitch. but most of the time it's too risky to have Tyrantrum out immediately and risk Gourgeist on the first trick room(taunt is annoying as fuck), so I usually lead with Aromatisse and Slowbro/Sylveon, or if I'm feeling like being a memetard, Aromatisse and scarf Cincinno with After You. Cincinno's usually a useless piece of shit though so I don't do that very much. Sableye brings way more to the team.

Choice specs Manectric or weakness policy Golem have been my usual openers in single battles, but I haven't played singles since MegaManectric happened, so there's that.

Machamp

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>>26525197
Can't wait to wall the shit out of your bug with le friendly neighborhood lava toad.

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Don't really have a dedicated lead, but I mostly enter with Magnezone.

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>pic related

I outspeeded and OHK a Mega Rayquaza with it.

>>26525401
Same here.

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I usually lead with my defensive Ninetales. Will-o-wisp the shit out of everything. Also holding a weakness policy ;) Switch out and let Solar Power M-Houndoom take care of the rest.

>>26525401
A riskier strat I do with him is spam Hone Claws until my Sitrus Berry is used and Unburden kicks in, then go to the High Jump Kicks. I guess it's kinda dumb but I'm paranoid about High Jump Kick missing. I wish he got Dynamic Punch so this strategy would be better.

>>26525560
Heatran users are subhuman abominations. Hell isn't real, unless you use Heatran.

>>26525684
I used to do something similar, except with focus sash.
I'd send him out as a revenge killer against something that should OHKO him, then hone claws once and start spamming acrobatics/high jump kick. It was hilarious, but pretty unreliable.

Scarf jynx, even the faggots above 1500+ don't bother switching out their chomp/lando leads because much rocks letting me get an easy kill, stab ice beam a best

Also free scald switch ins

>>26525579
He's an amazing lead, just kinda sucks to meet the oh-so common landorus....

>> i predict my opponent's lead and open with a counter. I'm correct 75% of the time. Not too good with le passerby meta still..

>>26525416
>darkrai
You faggot, is this game that hard for you?

>>26525734
really any legendaries are cheap, of course your mega rayquaza or mega mewtwo is going to out speed and out punch anything i have that isnt a mega rayqyaza or mega mewtwo.

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>pic related
if im lucky i can sweep a team with it.

>>26525769
Just bring lum-berry multiscale lugia against unfair faggots and drink their tears. Bold nature and calm mind saves the day.

>>26525623
>Outspeeded

>>26525794
Quiver dance, hp ice.
Nobody opens with ray meaning u always have a chance.

>>26525765
I said for douchery, as in being a giant dickbag, which is fun on occasion. I detect butthurt, anon.

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A tanky Lapras with leftovers. I actually have sweeped a full team with it, unlike all these memeing redditor faggots. With so many Garchompfags around, I'm glad I have STAB Ice Beam.

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You guys are too predictable for me.
THIS is how you lead the match.

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@ Normal Gem
Technician
>Fake out
>Taunt
>Knock off
>Covet

>>26525818
Lapras early game? The hell you doing against clefable?

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>>26525817
Nah, darkrai gets either pic related or minimize clefable and I drink your delicious cheap tears.

>>26525788
Walling Mega Fug never ends well.

Usually Heracross, or sometimes Krookodile. Take out their lead before they can set up and get Moxie going. Also hopefully take out whatever they would use to counter me when I set up hazards/screens/etc.

>>26525830
Sing

>>26525805
im pretty sure its almost exactly the same as my butterfree, so just throw a focus sash on it and give it sleep powder

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>>26525805

>>26525839
... wide lens lapras?

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>>26525197
>if im lucky i can sweep a team with it

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I lead with my Manectric.

Generally, I mega evolve turn one and use Volt Switch to bring in either Ferrothorn or Sylveon, depending on what I'm facing. Either way, by mega evolving and gaining Intimidate, I can usually bring in either one safely. If it's Ferrothorn, I can get Stealth Rocks up easily and if it's Sylveon, I can set up a Wish and bring in nearly anything else on my team with little problems.

Mega Manectric may be a one trick pony, but it does the job well.

>>26525832
Have fun battling like Verlisify you ugly asshole. Looking forward to pro-play you with my kings rock-air slash togekiss.

>>26525849
Just luck, Lapras isn't very fast so I use a Shell Armor to avoid critical damage. Then after sleeping the enemy I can slowly regenerate with leftovers while doing some damage. I'm probably very ignorant since I'm not really into the competitive scene and I avoid strategy guides like the plague, but it's kind of effective most of the time.

>>26525832
>clefable being relevant and not just being put to sleep
>not switching after seeing opener sableye
Okay bub. I don't know what kind of bug you have up your ass, but maybe get it looked at.

>>26525876
Can't do that if I already have a minimize clefable out. And who's verlisify, does he use dark void to 'troll' too?

>>26525762
nice :D

OFF T;
What's your opinion on battling with greninja, aegislash, mega-kanga etc guys?

>>26525234
Came here to say this.
Galvantula lead, clean up with M-Pinsir or AV Volcarona

>>26525912
Don't worry, it has aura sphere and t-wave too.

Verlisify is someone you should look up on youtube, i'm sure you'll love him.

>>26525954
>magic guard
>calm mind
It would probably be a decent matchup.
That kid is wearing a collar, he's the meme that everyone posts.

>>26525967
Magic guard clef is still affected by paralysis darling. Both slows down and leaves you fully paralyzed. I run one in my triple weather team and paralysis a bitch.

>>26525932
>Greninja
Nothing wrong with him. "Overused" is the perfect description for him. He's really not that amazing. I almost always kill him before he does anything useful.
>Aegislash
Pretty damn cancerous. I usually have a way to deal with him, but he's still fucking annoying. He's extremely fun to use though, so I can forgive Aegislash users, unlike subhumans with Heatran or Rotom-Wash.
>Mega-mom
For some reason I've only ever seen like 6 of these ever. I hear she's some kind of invasive turbocancer that finds a way onto every team, but I almost never see her and she usually gets fucking bodied by my team. I keep a Sableye with Will-o-Wisp on almost every team, so I've never been worried about her.

>>26525988
This is all assuming can t-wave after 1-3 minimize.
My whole point was that I use it only when I get matched up with someone using darkrai

>>26525954
>aura sphere
>against a calm mind clefable
Shitloads of special bulk and a fighting resistance are doing you no favors there bro.

Usually i lead with a spike-roar skarmory and paraflinch togekiss
flying types can be OP too

>>26525771
LOL

>>26525939
Great taste anon!

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I have two sweeps with my buddy

>>26525932 i totally agree, yet i feel like a disgrace for even thinking about using anything i find on the smogon übers list.... i'm morally challenged.

I counter all these pokemon with ease, any player with burn and or poison can get rid of them...

but i've never played them before. Tried greninja in a derpmatch ... but it just dies. Even starmie is more stable....

So yeah i just kind of just wanted to hear peoples opinions on them in standard singles.

>>26525197
>infestation
>poison powder
>confusion
>confusion
>confusion

>>26525197
Usually lead with weezing, burn the shit out of whomever they start with
Then go into starmie to clean up hazards and kill Genies
Then whimsicott tailwind into mega heracross to sweep the rest of the team

>>26525932
>Greninja is easy to use and easy to take care of. Can't sweep and usually just revenge kills. (Literally fuck smogon for banning this thing, it didn't deserve it)

>Aegislash is tanky but easy to predict, time a knock-off or shadow ball right and they die instantly

>Megamom dies instantly to any boosted fighting type attack and is easy to counter.

Battle away my friend

A Steelix to set up stealth rocks, poision other walls, and dragon tailing away.

>>26529544
Do you take up your mega slot for it tho?

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I'm im lucky he doesn't die to sandstorm

>>26525197
Safety Goggles Sturdy Aggron.
Either Thunder Waves or sets up suspicious stones, then either Dragon Tails the enemy away to spread SR damage and Paralysis, or Iron Head to ParaFlinch it to death. It can usually take out the enemy lead, and cripple a large part of the enemy team with Paralyze.

Sturdy lets it paralyze and set up stones if the opponant leads with something to oneshot it, If I predict an incoming taunt I open with Dragon Tail.
Safety Goggles are nice because Aggron invites something faster to put it to sleep, and greatly appreciates the free turn. Aggron also doesn't particularly need any other items to do its job.

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back in gen4 my lead was Endeavor Rampardos, usually got a couple of surprise kills

>>26531023
That reminds me of the days when i used to lead with TR banette,
>kill with destiny bond turn 2
>send in Steelix/Bronzong to set up rocks&/screens t3
>t4/5 explosion.

Congratulations, you are now playing 4v4 with all the benefits you could ask for.

Smeargle holding a quick claw and has 252 Speed EV and 31 Speed IV.

Spore => Lock-on => Guillotine usually works. If it's a ghost then you risk an extra turn on Odor Sleuth before it wakes up though

>>26530858
No i use leftovers max hp max def

>>26525664
said by a true <1200 elo player

I lead with an AV Machamp for shits and giggles.

>>26525197
Is yours shiny OP?

>>26534146
Yeah, got it off GTS for a Reshiram i believe or something generally worthless and its been part of my team ever since.

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Celebi used Calm Mind!
-do-doop-

Opponent used fire attack!
It's Super Effective!

Celebi's Attack and Special Attack increase thanks to Weakness Policy!

Then I either Baton Pass it to a better sweeper or, if the stars align, Celebi just sucks them all up with Giga Drain.
She's a surprisingly beastly one.