Posted December 11, 2017. Nature: Timid. since it has probabilities to paralyze and it does not change pokemon . • 6 yr. Toxic stalls non-steel types with Toxic and hit's foes that are steel with Earthquake. Ability: Sand Stream Shiny: Yes EVs: 180 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Spe Adamant Nature - Stone Edge - Crunch - Fire Punch - Stealth Rock . Assuming you don't have a Kyogre (likely as it's only really late game you can get one), then you'll want to get a Politoed with the ability Drizzle (it's its Hidden/Dreamworld Ability, so use a dream stone). g. - Fire Blast. A Sandstorm team is generally built around Pokemon with stats or movesets affected by sand. Tactical-tatertot • 3 yr. ago. Ability: Technician. This thread serves to be a place for successful UU teams intended to help new players get acclimated to the metagame and different playstyles. With access to Sand Rush, decent stats and typing, and an expansive movepool, Sandslash is a versatile offensive and defensive presence and a defining member of PU sand teams. LC; HP. For example: A trainer has a team of 6 Pikachus Levels 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40. Garchomp - “This Match Is Too Fun!”. However, it is important to note that this only affects Ground-type Moves and is recommended to be used by Ground-type Pokemon. Scizor. Chip damage to pokemon that aren't Ground, Steel, or Rock type equal to 1/16 of total HP per turn. 32 votes, 15 comments. His wide Variety of attacks such as Flamethrower, Close Combat, Grass Knot, ect. Activates the abilities Sand Rush, Sand Veil, and Sand Force. So naturally, I felt I needed to follow up with another weather based team. ALL POKEMON HAVE PERFECT IVS. - Rotom-W, Magnezone. Walking Wake is currently being suspect tested in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. HeIIraiser. Shiny: Yes. I don't recommend Steelix. Its Special Attack is already great, sitting at 109, so to get that boosted even further is a big deal. Like Sandstorm, it's also used in stall teams. Sand Balance is a pretty viable team archetype in this tier, and this team has potential. These teams are usually based on momentum and pack a U-turn user or two, and rarely switch. Ferrothorn it's the best option. Item: Smooth Rock. Ability: Sand Force. Scizor can easily come in towards the end of a game and clean up Sand. Catch time. About this group. The thing with sand this gen is that there are literally no mons who actually benefit from it. Online Competitive Ranked Wi-Fi Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet!Team Code: 9AMAD2Jeans Twitter: Stream Nature Careful EVs 252 HP4 Atk252 SpD -Garchomp Outrage Earthquake Dual Chop Fire Blast Item Choice Scarf Ability Sand Veil Nature JollyNaive EVs 4 HP252 Atk252 Spe -Excadrill Swords Dance Earthquake Rock Slide Iron Head Item Life Orb Ability Sand Rush Nature AdamantA little bit ago, we did the Best Rain Team on the channel. Followers 0. So it shouldn’t be too difficult. This can be an alternative to choice items since it does not penalize the user in using only one move. 6 Excadrill. 6: Filler - Again, use this slot to cover the team's weaknesses. PO Sand team. The only other Mega pokemon which can even abuse Sand is. Synergy: - Rotom-W, Magnezone. Ability: Sand Rush. Choice Scarf Snover outspeeds both Sandshrew and Drilbur, removes the Sandstorm that feeds the Sand Rush duo's blazing Speed stats, and OHKOes them with Blizzard. i know how pokemon works my friend, thank you so much for saying that. Careful Nature. that would end your sweep. Pokémon can benefit from Sandstorm in various ways. Pokemon Scarlet Violet Pokemon team builder for Teal Mask VGC 2023 Resultaion Set E. 82. These teams are usually based on momentum and pack a U-turn user or two, and rarely switch. . Storm Drain Gastrodon is amazing on Sand Teams Sand Rush Stoutland has access to some decent coverage moves and hits ridiculous speeds, plus it received a ten point base stat boost to attack this generation. The Role of it on the team is that its a lead. Not Sand! BestDatrix; Nov 1, 2022; Replies 3 Views 2K. – Sand Force increase the power of Ground, Rock and Steel types moves by 30% (like a Life Orb). 85. So then I took all the members that actually did something and made it a semi-sand team. 10 Whimsicott. It also boasts good defensive stats with 108 HP / 118 Def / 72 Sp. A Pokémon with this Ability will take no damage from the sandstorm if it otherwise would. Common Sand Abusers. Hail is the least used weather mechanic and dedicated Hail Teams are quite rare outside of a few niche teams. He Mega Evolves his Cacturne with a Mega Mixtape. The hidden ability availability is different. Physical wall. After time of not publishing anything, today I will show an sand team for Gen 8 OU. Sand Force. It isn't because of fighting type, but it could work for garchomp or one of the fysical tanks. I'm using 252/252/4 spreads on every Pokemon to ease EV training. BestDatrix. Effect. - Play Rough. . Garganacl, or Garg as I will be referring to it, is an incredibly bulky pokemon that has the ability to apply heavy offensive pressure in order to force switches. Please ensure your post includes the format, e. Swords Dance is the preferred move to boost Breloom's Attack to insane levels and to immediately threaten Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Reuniclus. Competition Alley. After adding the first 3 pokemon and seeing they are all weak to fighting, and knowing that sand teams are often weak to rain, I decided to go with a slightly unorthodox choice of slowbro. Overall though, there’s very few downsides to attempting a Sandstorm team as long as you make good decisions. ago. Sand is not a bad playstyle, but you might want to use mons like sand rush Dracozolt or the aforementioned Excadrill to overwhelm the opponent as fast as possible, instead of giving them practically free turns Personally, my sun team pressures to KO a pokemon every turn, since choice band Rillaboom solar blade is extremely powerful. This guide is meant to help beginner's to gym rerunning build a team they can use to start accumulating wealth in game. Opelucid and Dewford are doable but have a learning curve for this team. Sand Rush 252 Atk, 252 Spd, 4 Def ~Earthquake ~Rock Slide ~Swords Dance ~Rapid Spin Holy crap is this a great Pokemon. Sandstorm is arguably the most popular form of weather in OU and for good reason. Ability: Sand Rush. The premise is simple: you have houndstone, ttar to set up sand and a supporting cast of pokemon which are tasked with making it easier to sweep with houndstone, but the cool thing is that you don't have to sweep with houndstone, because you have other smaller. Hippowdon @ Leftovers. Excadrill is the main sand sweeper on this team with sand rush and swords dance being able to easily go through a lot of pokemon and also is the hazard removal method for this team. (Inadequate description? Let us know in this forum. Piece of Advice Sandstorm. The Pokemon Go group for Victoria BC! This group is to team up with others nearby, as well as to help others find rarer Pokemon. Tyranitar - Possibly rain teams' biggest nemesis, the ubiquitous Tyranitar should be at the forefront of your thoughts when considering support Pokemon for your team. Sand Attack すなかけ Power Points: Base Power: Accuracy: 15 0 100 Battle Effect: Sand is hurled in the target's face, reducing the target's accuracy. I thought it would be superior to Cyclizar in this team because of it's steel typing. Note: this chart is for games from 2013 onwards - Pokémon X/Y, OR/AS, Pokémon GO and Sun/Moon. Sand Pokemon Team - Tyranitar , Gigalith , Hippopotas , HippowdonSubscribe to PIMPNITE for more videos! CHECK OUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA!. Pokemon to Consider for Sand teams. This Pokemon's Ground/Rock/Steel attacks do 1. The moves Morning Sun, Moonlight, and Synthesis reduce to. Gliscor's amazing defensive typing, good natural bulk, and excellent recovery through Poison Heal and. Ability: Sand Stream. Setting sand, great bulk and attack power, and the Assault Vest + EV spread mean that Ttar is excellent at surviving special attacks that don't hit its weaknesses. Garchomp's higher speed and boosts from the sandstorm leave him a functional backup that's helped the team, and packs more than enough of a punch to hit hard even when. Tyranitar is one of the most definitive Pokemon in BW OU thanks to it setting sand and keeping dangerous Psychic-types like Latios, Reuniclus, and Alakazam in check by Pursuit trapping them. Rock Slide. Excadrill is the best choice for physical attacker in this team thanks to its Sand Rush Ability doubling its speed during Sandstorm. Other Options & Team Ideas-Sand Veil can be considered on sand teams if you are not using the Water Shuriken trick. - Bolt Beak. Pokémon that can have the Sand Rush ability: No. Nov 1, 2022. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Smooth Rock boosts the Sandstorm, and the EV spread lets him live a couple hits to set up Sandstorm and Stealth Rock. Learn what Pokemon can learn Sand Attack, as well as its Power, Accuracy, PP, and Effect. Secondary Effect: Effect Rate: Lowers opponent's Accuracy one stage. +2 to Critical Chance and Speed. Due to its flexibility, Gliscor finds itself on many archetypes in OU, ranging from bulky offense to stall. Hey guys, after I finished pve content I wanted to go a bit deeper into pvp content. Posted May 19, 2020. Also can change cradily for gastrodon, but the team will be weaker for plant, and cradily has more sp defense with the sandstorm. 2x. Gastrodon is the classic Storm Drain user in the midst of Pokemon weak against Water (well, Ttar and Iron Moth in this case, but still). Grass; Sand Veil. Mostly to be used in sand teams as this set gives Tyranitar the most possible switch ins. ago Mesprizero A sand team in Scarlet/Violet OU! (Thought process in the comments) Team Building Nelly (Hippowdon) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Sand Stream Tera. I've been playing Gen 5 for a decent while now and sand is my favorite style. Teaming up Excadrill with Pokemon that has Sand Stream takes advanatge of Sand Rush, where Excadrill's Speed is doubled during Sandstorm. While its stats have nothing to stand out, Sandaconda possesses one of the most unique abilities in Gen 8: Sand Spit. I think Sandstorm teams are not as. Here is my team: Tyranitar @ Smooth Rock Ability: Sand Stream EVs: 248 HP / 80 Def / 180 SpD Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Dragon Dance - Thunder Wave - Crunch . The full type chart here displays the strengths and weaknesses of each type. I am toying around with a new rain dance team and need help critiquing my starting 6. Earthquake is good STAB and beats most frail. First, its ability Sand Stream alone tremendously shapes the strategies and team choices in the metagame. Gliscor is a versatile Pokemon that can fulfill several roles: it can be a Swords Dance breaker, a Stealth Rock setter, or a Defog user. Palossand - Sandstorm. . Weather Ball shifts to a water-type attack and base power increases to 100. grass check and spikes setter. -Flutter Mane: This beast, with 135 on spa, spe and spd, was made to. Also boosts the team’s Attack through Flag Bearer. ago. This build works best as a Lead, using Dynamax to boost Tyranitar's natural bulk even further and fire off powerful Max Moves that support the team and weaken the opposition. Steelium Z is for when Excadrill just needs a little mor oomph from its moves like if I'm dealing with a flying type or levitate mon. Garchomp @ Life Orb / Yache Berry Ability: Sand Veil EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Dragon Claw - Earthquake - Rock Slide - Protect Everyone's favourite Pokemon. I'm currently using Flygon with Choice Band,. 3. Weather Ball turn Rock type and base power turn 100 base power. - Draco Meteor. Weather Team Counter. Otherwise, your post will be removed. Excadrill makes excellent use of the. Pokémon that can have the Sand Force ability:I have always been a huge fan of Sandstorm teams, tyranitar, and sand rush pokemon. Hail Team: Nature: Modest (+ Sp Attack, - Attack); Timid (+ Speed, - Attack) The rest of the team can be filled with Snow Cloak Sweepers of your choice. So I tried to create a sand team but it didn't really work out. Crunch faints most azelfs in 2 hits while ice fang faints most aerodactyls in two hits as well. Sets Sand for the first time, allowing Garchomp to max its own Critical Chance and bring its Speed to +4. Teams are built by adding Pokemon to complement each other, until the 6 Pokemon limit is reached. Tyranitar é, sem dúvidas, a chave do time. best alolatales team ever created, i used this team on ladder when mewnium z was legal, but made some adjustments for current meta (mega swampert over mega sharpedo and latias over mew). -Torkoal: Used because of drought, I like it physical just for all the moves it gets. Adamant Nature. The Special Defense of the Rock-type Pokemon will be increased by. After adding the first 3 pokemon and seeing they are all weak to fighting, and knowing that sand teams are often weak to rain, I decided to go with a slightly unorthodox choice of slowbro. No Sandstorm team would be complete without a way to summon the Sand, and the best way to do this is through the ability Sand Stream. commented Jun 28, 2022 by vy. Welcome to 2v2 Doubles! In this metagame, you play in the doubles format, but you battle with only 2 pokemon, and once those 2 pokemon faint the battle is over. Like sandstorm, hail takes away 6. Yeah I think Rough Skin. cus everyone has different ideas of 5th and 6th Pokemon in what you call a "beginner" team, and I like the diversity. Tyranitar's Rock type gives a damage bonus with most Rock moves, a 50% increase to special defense during a Sandstorm, and immunity to Sandstorm damage. Example: [TAG] Name. 23 comments. Even Smogon eventually conceded to the fact that Tyranitar was the BEST pokemon in the ADV OU metagame. Yeah I know, use smooth rock instead, I prefer cradily because it's. You will have to find all those pokemon who can help you in making the best team. I'm playing on mobile and you can't see battle box button if. can really help a team out. Garchomp @ Soft Sand/Life Orb/Muscle Band 6. Choice Scarf Nature: Jolly EVs: 252 Atk 252 Speed 4 HP Item: Choice Scarf Rock Slide Crunch Superpower RicardoSilva7631. Steelix. Ability: Technician. Loading. Having a ghost type will be a safe switch in, similarly with a flying type if you can predict them using a fighting type move or a ground type move. Posted July 19, 2020. Help with this sand team gen 7. When its Nature is Adamant, its Atk up to 432! Plus it with Dragon Dance, it can beat almost all Pokemon which is not Steel type. Clay's Excadrill is revealed to have Sand Rush as its Ability. Sand Stream. Monsters like Yanma, Murkrow, Gligar, and Piloswine can brag about being part of a fully defined evolutionary line. Nature: Adamant. - No mention of Excadrill or Mega Garchomp who are the best Sand Sweepers. EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe. IndependenceNorth165. Purpose. Having. SmokieMcBudz. Thank you @Xigbar and @Limbow for documenting. November 17, 2018 ·. Thunder and Hurricane become 100% accurate. Role: Scares pokemon and is a sweeper. How to Build a Team with Lycanroc (Midday Form) Lycanroc is an excellent choice to be a Sand team's Sand abuser. Ability: Sand Stream Tera-type: Rock EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature Stealth Rock Stone Edge Earthquake Thunder Wave Star of the team, sandstorm set up with stealth rocks, pretty specially defensive bulk spread. With Sand Rush and Life Orb there weren’t a lot of. The most common and regarded as best sandstorm teams involve Hippopotus, Drilbur and Lileep/Ferroseed. Hippowdon gets easily worn down by Spikes, so Pokemon that can provide entry hazard removal for it such as Tentacruel, Starmie, Mega Blastoise, and Hydreigon are appreciated as partners. Gen 7 OU and has all six Pokemon with completed sets or your post will probably be removed. Ability: Mold Breaker. I have noticed that many inexperienced players think that experienced teambuilders immediately come up with the exact six Pokemon that make the perfect team. This is probably one of the most important parts when building the Sunny Day team, because this is the Pokémon that will lead the team and attempt to set up Sunny Day. Crunch. Moveset: Pursuit / Dragon Dance , Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Crunch. Hippowdon is the chosen sand setter of the team. There's moves, mechanics, buffs, items, and abilities from up to gen 8 included in pokemmo (notably weather isn't permanent). Reserve pokemon will be Gallade and will switch back and forth with Lokix. Especially if you add Tyranitar because you'll have to tank a lot of fighting type moves. However, that's not the only reason why it tops this list. Boosts the Special Defense of Rock type Pokemon by 50%. Pokemon like Encore Politoed and 3 attacks Thundurus-Therian are. Hippowdon is the best sand setter by far and it’s not very close either, Tyranitar simply isn’t that good anymore and Hippowdon provides more defensive utility. . Good sand teams don't have every single mon be immune to sand damage and the OP specifically mentioned building the team like this, sacrificing other good members simply because they weren't immune to sand. – Sand Force increase the power of Ground, Rock and Steel types moves by 30% (like a Life Orb). On combining all of them, you will be ready for the competitive ranked battle. Bulky water types like Rotom-Wash are especially very popular on sand teams, as they offer some resistance to rain teams. My lead. Gliscor and Volcarona seem good in you team. 85. By Draconid, March 7, 2020 in Competitive Assistance. Please ensure your post includes the format, e. There are two primary advantages to a hail team. There is also the indirect benefit of sand: it cancels other active weather. - Fire Fang. This Ability sets up Sand for 5 turns, or 8 if the Pokemon is equipped with the Smooth Rock; or until the Weather is altered through either Weather Abilities like Drizzle and Drought, or certain Max Moves. OU Team Building. I guess the format would be a no legendary ou tier. Players will need to keep an eye out. Went for maximum possible coverage here as well as quite a bit of bulk. Whimsicott can have. The 6 Pokemon that I have chosen are : 1 ) Typhlosion @ Charcoal Ability: Blaze EVs: 252 SpA / 6 Hp / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 3 x 31 Hp, Sp Atk and Spe - Eruption - Solar Beam - Extrasensory - Flamethrower. - Stone Edge. EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def /. - Stone Edge. An issue as such shouldn't arise. Water Absorb. Thinking about the type chart when teambuilding. This weird plant has a the role of supporting my team while summoning the Sand. Rain or Sun teams. Cerricola • 3 yr. ago. 10. Its purpose is to set up sandstorm if needed, give paralysis to any Pokemon that needs to be slowed and taken out, and Power Whip and Iron Head for attack power. 56. Protect lets Breloom scout moves, activate Toxic Orb,. You can learn more about sandstorm teams using the sandstorm guide at Smogon. Instead of Swords Dance, Stealth Rock is an option to compress multiple roles, often giving Excadrill the edge in the overall entry hazard game. I created this little team for fun. If there’s one Earthquake user that’s seen more play than Landorus these last 10 years, it’s Excadrill. It deals 1/16th passive damage every turn to all non-ground/rock/steel types while granting rock types a 150% boost to their special defense. Some OU sand teams run Sand Rush Dracozolt with really specific EVs to deal with threats despite it being affected by sandstorm. It would give you a very false impression of how your team would perform and what pokemon you need to look out for. Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk) - Earthquake. This ability powers up Earthquake in a sandstorm, making Landorus an Earthquake wielding staple on all sand teams. Hello r/VGC , This team of mine as you can see is a Sand/Trick room based team consisting of two major cores:a sand core that uses Houndstone and Tyranitarand a Trick Room core that uses Hatterene and Indeedee or AmoongussNow. 2007 - 2022 Rate My Team SS OU Teams. Gastrodon. So far i have managed to make them all the right nature and also 4x31 IV Gliscor (F) @ Toxic Orb Trait: Poison Heal. Although not perma like originally would be because it's Gen 5, these teams along with Ferrothorn and Scizor, dominated the Metagame. The only good Mega Pokemon built around sand is Mega Garchomp right now. Drillbur is an exceptionally strong Pokémon who has access to both Sand Force & Sand Rush. Hello All. It's great, it has the defense to withstand a Focus blast or a. Related Links. Swords Dance in tandem with Sand Rush allows Excadrill to sweep through offensive teams and break through weakened bulky teams. Sand Stream. EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe. No team can walk up without a plan for this thing to appear at some point. Sandslash @ Life Orb Ability: Sand Rush EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant. JRoxas. Immune to OHKO. Guide Key for icons at the Top Left Corner of Gym Leader Teams: = Works well with Sun Team. please fix this bug. The thing with Garchomp is that while it loses speed, it's stupidly fucking powerful. However, Sandstorm teams that use lots of Steel have to be weary of Fire-type Pokemon, and opposing Water-types are also a problem as they knock down Ground and Rock-types somewhat easily. This is a Sandstorm/Gravity Gym running team that can Consistently clear 27 of the 30 gyms, allowing you to pick and choose which gyms you want to run. It was a brutal battle of sun vs rain vs sand, with hail teams not having much of an impact. Sand Stream Pokemon Một team sand tốt cần thỏa mãn một yêu cầu là phải có pokemon có ability sand streams. Building a perfect IV sand team for competitive myself. I kind of have trouble taking powerful water moves with this team. すなかき. Excadrill - When Hippo goes down then Exca can come in and rape the entire team. Rex here is my Sand Streamer. - Fire Blast. Sandstorm team: Hisuian Arcanine, Toadscruel, Sand Shocks, Tyranitar, Garganacl, Orthworm. Interesting, thankyou for your detailed reply, in terms of a pure team your team definitely looks very good!Team. So, I've never played any content of Competitive Pokemon, but. For example, Sand Rush Excadrill is very common in Sand teams because it gives Excadrill great Sweeping opportunities with Swords Dance. What do you think of the new tools Sandstorm got going into Scarlet and Violet? Leave a comment below and let me know what Pokemon you are most excited to us. Invite all your friends, and let's play some. Sand Stream. As a pure Rock type it lacks the quadruple weakness to Fight Tyranitar has and lacks a weakness to Fairy and Bug. EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe. ago. Hippowdon is a great weather setter and lead for Sand-based teams, using a combination of Stealth Rock and Yawn to help its team net KOs by phazing and accruing damage. The way this team works is very simple, set up sand with AV Tyranitar or Smooth rock. New to building teams and I made a Rain team and now building a Sand team. Using a sand team because too much sun is going on right now but also sand is badass. - Crunch. As for two specific Pokemon that come to mine, a Starmie is really great to have in Kanto due to its typing and availability of moves. To top it off, it can reliably set up sandstorm for defensively-oriented sandstorm teams. ) Pokemon. Other Good Sand Pokemon. Hippo's role on the team is to start the sandstorm and faint the opposing lead. T-Tar is my Sand Setter which i picked over Hippowdon because it has more move variety. This is my main sweeper. This variety has led to a balanced metagame in which many different team styles can work. Welcome to a competitive Pokemon Sun and Moon team builder video where I will be team building around Excadrill sand on Pokemon Showdown for Smogon OU. Ability: Sand Veil EVs: 12 HP / 244 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature Substitute Swords Dance Earthquake Dragon Claw Garchomp is another abuser of sandstorm with Sand Veil which improves its evasion. Ice beam . With a high attack and high speed, it can fit your needs as a sweeper or hard hitter depending on which ability you give it. +2 to Critical Chance and Speed. Sandstorm. Seismtoad. Its. In my view Hippowdon is a better weather inducer because 1. Keep in mind its only goal is providing good teams so new users can understand quicker how this fascinating metagame works. You kinda need a whole sandstorm team around it if you hope to get any use out of it. . Palossand - Sandstorm. After getting Trick Room set up, you now have to decide which of the strong Uber. Drilbur hits 19 Attack, which it can further boost with Swords Dance, and will outspeed every Pokemon due to its Sand. For a sand team I need a sand setter and I chose Hippowdon for is incredibly bulk and generally is my lead for the set is Stealth Rock for azard EQ for main stab Toxic for break some wallbreaker and Slack Off is recovery EV is max HP and max Def for maximize is bulk. Interesting, thankyou for your detailed reply, in terms of a pure team your team definitely looks very good! Team. Sandshrew blending in with its surroundings. All are very bulky Pokémon, except for Jirachi who is a Steel-type that resists the common Dragon-type attacks that are used often in Ubers. Mandibuzz is a staller. EVs: 128 HP / 128 Sp. It damages all pokémon that aren't Ground-, Rock- or Steel-type without protective abilities, dimishes Solar Beam's power and raises the Special Defense of Rock-type pokémon. Another potential offensive Sand abuser is Mega-Garchomp, which can fire off extremely powerful Sand Force-boosted attacks and rip through teams, though. 2 yr Neuzzz changed the title to Gym Rebattle Setup for all Regions (Updated 17/05/2021)Sandstorm teams are the most popular weather teams in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Reason I am going with sandstorm is because I wanted some kind of base to. Hippowdon (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Sand Stream EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef Careful Nature - Slack. Two of the sets here are Scarfed, and this isn't great as a team's only offensive force, but most people have more than one offensive Pokemon on a team. Doubles - Competition Archive - PokeMMO. Rain strengthens Water-type moves by 50% while weakening Fire-type moves by 50%. Flygon. Tyranitar has two types, Rock and Dark. The most basic Tyranitar set, a good one if bulk is your priority. One of the most underrated stalling Pokemon. – Sand Ruch doubles the speed of the user. This Ability sets up Sand for 5 turns, or 8 if the Pokemon is equipped with the Smooth Rock; or until the Weather is altered through either Weather Abilities like Drizzle and Drought, or certain Max Moves. I will have to use Flygon UU he is not bad. 3. Tyranitar is the OG sand setter, there's no way to avoid using it because of the sheer utility it provides.