The Beetle and the Parasite, Just a Mega Pinsir and Nihilego team Spoiler: Proof Oi amiguinhos. Okay, I played the low ladder with another team, but the decisive games to reach the Top 10 were with this team. A friend asked me to build something around Mega Pinsir, Magnezone and Excadrill, so I made a try and the result was not so bad at all. Pinsir (M) @ Pinsirite Shiny: Yes Ability: Hyper Cutter EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Return - Swords Dance - Quick Attack - Earthquake Mega Pinsir has brute strength and enjoys that several teams lack Flying resistances. Jolly because of the speed tier, and the last move was initially Knock Off, to remove Shed Shell from Skarmory and enable Magnezone to capture it, but Earthquake is better out of the stall atmosphere. Magnezone @ Assault Vest Ability: Magnet Pull EVs: 168 HP / 252 SAtk / 88 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Volt Switch - Thunderbolt - Flash Cannon - Hidden Power [Fire] Magnezone has a good synergy with Mega Pinsir, except for Fire, Assault Vest to better resist Tapu Koko, Greninja and Magearna. Excadrill (M) @ Focus Sash Ability: Mold Breaker EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Stealth Rock - Toxic - Earthquake - Rapid Spin Hazard control is very weak in the metagame, Excadrill lead has a good matchup against several balanced in general, Immunity to Electric is also appreciated. Tapu Fini @ Leftovers Ability: Misty Surge EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 100 SDef / 144 Spd IVs: 0 Atk Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Taunt - Defog - Moonblast - Nature's Madness With 3 Fire weaknesses the next member needs to help in this aspect, Tapu Fini provides Immunity to status and a secondary control of hazards as we are dealing with Mega Pinsir. Evs in speed to be faster than Adamant Bisharp. Landorus-Therian (M) @ Yache Berry Ability: Intimidate EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spd Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk) - U-turn - Knock Off - Hidden Power [Ice] - Earthquake Defensive Landorus-T to help with Zygarde (Thousand Arrows is cancer), Knock Off + U-Turn helps Magnezone with skarmory. Yache Berry to better handle Tapu Koko and Mega Medicham. Nihilego @ Choice Scarf Shiny: Yes Ability: Beast Boost EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd IVs: 0 Atk Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Power Gem - Sludge Wave - Thunderbolt - Grass Knot Finally, a speed control and offensive response against both Charizard was needed, in addition to another Fire resistance, Scarf Nihilego works very well, Grass Knot surprises some Ground-Type and Rock-Type, Nihilego does not do a magic late game sweep as we would like, but is a good Pokémon. Threats: Rain Offense destroys the team without much effort. Zapdos Stall is very tough, Stone Edge Pinsir may be an option, but only if you are sure that a Zapdos will be on the opponent's team. Tornadus-T is still uncommon, but it is very uncomfortable, Nihilego is not a counter, as they lose Choice Scarf when receiving Knock Off and after that always lose momentum with U-Turn. Greninja, Magnezone comes in once or twice, depending on the variant of Greninja, but this frog is unpredictable. Spoiler: ~Enjoy Pinsir (M) @ Pinsirite Shiny: Yes Ability: Hyper Cutter EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Return - Swords Dance - Quick Attack - Earthquake Magnezone @ Assault Vest Ability: Magnet Pull EVs: 168 HP / 252 SAtk / 88 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Volt Switch - Thunderbolt - Flash Cannon - Hidden Power [Fire] Excadrill (M) @ Focus Sash Ability: Mold Breaker EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Stealth Rock - Toxic - Earthquake - Rapid Spin Tapu Fini @ Leftovers Ability: Misty Surge EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 100 SDef / 144 Spd IVs: 0 Atk Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Taunt - Defog - Moonblast - Nature's Madness Landorus-Therian (M) @ Yache Berry Ability: Intimidate EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spd Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk) - U-turn - Knock Off - Hidden Power [Ice] - Earthquake Nihilego @ Choice Scarf Shiny: Yes Ability: Beast Boost EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd IVs: 0 Atk Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Power Gem - Sludge Wave - Thunderbolt - Grass Knot *About this nickname and image, Dicas Dollynho is relative to popular memes in Brazil.
Spoiler Reusing the team after Rain stops being the 'new toy', and retrieving the ladder inactive. Changing Tapu Fini to a faster version with Timid Nature. If you do not want to sacrifice bulk, follow the speed needed to outpass some threats: Timid 248 HP / 8 Def or SpDef / 252 Speed. Tie Speed Max Speed Tapu Fini and Suicune. Timid 248 HP / 28 Def or SpDef / 232 Speed. Pass Adamant Zygarde. Timid 248 HP / 68 Def or SpDef / 192 Speed. Pass Heatran Timid. Timid 248 HP / 84 Def or SpDef / 176 Speed. Pass Smeargle Max Speed.
