Face of OU Sept. 08

[Deleted member]

rate it


Bronzong @ Leftovers
Levitate, Sassy
252 HP / 86 Att / 80 Def / 92 SpD
-Spe IV 0
Gyro Ball
Stealth Rock
Explosion
Hypnosis

Heatran @ Choice Scarf
Flash Fire, Modest
4 Att / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Earth Power
Explosion
Fire Blast
HP Ice

Gengar @ Choice Scarf
Levitate, Timid
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Thunderbolt
Hypnosis

Salamence @ Life Orb
Intimidate, Adamant
80 Att / 176 SpA / 252 Spe
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Dragon Claw
Draco Meteor

Gyarados @ Life Orb
Intimidate, Adamant
156 HP / 108 Att / 100 Def / 144 Spe
Waterfall
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Ice Fang

Blissey @ Leftovers
Natural Cure, Bold
188 HP / 252 Def / 60 SpD / 8 Spd
Softboiled
Seismic Toss
Ice Beam
Thunderwave

 

[supermarth64]

People used to carry HP Ice on their Heatrans?

 

[Wave⁂]

I think it was before people started using Dragon Pulse.

 

[Circa]

The current metagame makes that LeadZong cry.

 

[Pink Reaper]

I thought Gengar held the #1 lead position in Sept 08.

Edit: Nope, but this team is still wrong. It should be:

Gengar
Heatran
Blissey
Salamence
Metagross
Gyarados

Top 6 pokemon of Sep 08 with the number 3 lead as your lead.

 

[supermarth64]

Well, he did the '09 version with an Azelf lead, and Azelf is somewhere in the teens in usage but #1 in usage.

 

[Deleted member]

personally, I'm glad hypnosis leads are dead.

 

[Circa]

And now, exactly a year later, after we have had quite a dry spell from these hypnosis leads, we have Spore and Sleep Powder leads that are suddenly making quite a rise in the metagame. Kinda funny how history seemingly repeats itself, isn't it?

 

[Wave⁂]

Scarfed Sleep leads are just annoying. Scarf Breloom and Roserade (and Butterfree!), to be exact.