I made a team for Gen 9 doubles OU. I am hovering around 1400 elo with it. Can you guys give some feedback?
I made a team for Gen 9 doubles OU. I am hovering around 1400 elo with it. Can you guys give some feedback?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9doublesou-2606434528
[https://pokepast.es/498fea0e0f01d2d1\](https://pokepast.es/498fea0e0f01d2d1)
Whimsicott @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
\- Dazzling Gleam
\- Protect
\- Tailwind
\- Encore
Chi-Yu @ Choice Specs
Ability: Beads of Ruin
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
\- Heat Wave
\- Dark Pulse
\- Tera Blast
\- Overheat
Primarina @ Life Orb
Ability: Liquid Voice
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 180 HP / 36 Def / 160 SpA / 132 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
\- Calm Mind
\- Dazzling Gleam
\- Energy Ball
\- Hyper Voice
Gholdengo @ Assault Vest
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
\- Focus Blast
\- Make It Rain
\- Shadow Ball
\- Thunder
Glimmora @ Focus Sash
Ability: Toxic Debris
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 152 HP / 104 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
\- Power Gem
\- Sludge Bomb
\- Spiky Shield
\- Mortal Spin
Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
\- Lunar Blessing
\- Trick Room
\- Psychic
\- Icy Wind
Now, for the explanations. My team seemed to be very weak to Trick Room teams, so I ran Trick Room on Creselia to un-Trick Room in cases where I cannot encore with Whimsicott to reset the field, or I fail to do so. Psychic on Cresselia is specifically for Sneasler. Icy wind is another form of speed control.
For whimsicott, i chose dazzling gealm as the damage move becasue fairy seems strong and I wanted more of it. And, the rest is for support and survivability. I am using a defensive tera like in most other mons in the team. Encore is my goat.
Chi-yu is really good. Tera blast is there for water coverage and I do not seem to be using overheat very much so I might need to look at a different move to maximise the potential. Tera water for defence.
Primarina is a coverage offensive type for all the things that Gholdengo and Chiyu do not seem to handle well. Energy ball is there for coverage against water mons. I do not seem to be using calm mind very often. Suggestions accepted.
Glimmora is a really nice mon. Sometimes, Poison Stall is amazing so mortal spin. I was thinking of running corrosion instead of toxic debris, but I read soemwhere that mortal spin will still not work on steel types and toxic seems like a waste of a slot and an ability just to poison steel types for which I have chiyu. Power gem and sludge bomb are for damage although I was using stealth rocks instead of sludge bomb until recently. Then, I got convinced that entry hazards are not as effective in doubles, and if need be toxic debris was there. The sludge bomb also helps deal damage. I don't think that I have tera'd this mon yet so a good type suggestion would be useful.
Gholdengo seems to be the least reliable of the bunch. It always has survivability issues and make it rain lowering SpA leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Shadow ball and Make it rain are STAB, focusblast is kingambit coverage, and thunder was chosen because I was using this team agaisnt a Kyogre in customs. I just kept it becasue thunder is useful against rain teams. I know that my EV spread for Gholdengo is not the best. So, I wanted some suggestions for that.
Overall, I want some feedback on the teams. I am not too sure about the Tera types for the mons and the held items, especially for Gholdengo, Primarina, Whimsicott. Assault vest, Life orb and Rocky helmet seem to be nothing but unexpected sets on these mons. And, I am debating between sitrus and leftovers foe cresselia too. Also, some suggestions for IVs would be good.
If anyone read the entire post, thanks. And, thank you for your suggestion. : )