hihats Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 So i saw this old BW article on smogon about volt/turn. Is there something like this in our current meta? https://www.smogon.com/bw/articles/bw_volt_turn We do seem to have only about half the pokes available though. We have scizor, hydreigon, mienshao, magnezone, darmanitan, jolteon, pelipper We don`t have rotom-w or landorus/tornadus, celebi, etc.. which seem to be key pokes. Sample team from the article Spoiler Landorus (M) @ LeftoversTrait: Sand ForceEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpdNaive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)- U-turn- Hidden Power [Ice]- Earthquake- Stone EdgeScizor (M) @ Choice BandTrait: TechnicianEVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpdAdamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)- U-turn- Superpower- Bullet Punch- PursuitRotom-W @ LeftoversTrait: LevitateEVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 40 SAtkBold Nature (+Def, -Atk)- Volt Switch- Hydro Pump- Will-O-Wisp- Pain SplitCelebi @ Choice ScarfTrait: Natural CureEVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 SpdNaive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)- U-turn- Leaf Storm- Hidden Power [Ice]- Earth PowerMienshao (M) @ Life OrbTrait: RegeneratorEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 SpdJolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)- Hi Jump Kick- U-turn- Fake Out- Stone EdgeXatu (M) @ LeftoversTrait: Magic BounceEVs: 248 HP / 188 Def / 72 SDefBold Nature (+Def, -Atk)- Psychic- Reflect- Roost- U-turn 1. Would a volt turn team be viable in our current meta? 2. if so, which pokes would you use? Link to comment
Acarus Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) 3/6 in that sample r not in the game and U-turn only work in PVP so im not sure it is viable or not and most ppl use Mienzhao Crobat for U-turn i think Edited March 8, 2018 by Acarus Link to comment
suigin Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I've been having quite a bit of success with U-Turn. The Volt part of it doesn't seem good in my opinion since there's far too many strong ground types that aren't scared of coverage from Electric types and it's a huge momentum sink to have that interrupted. Link to comment
hihats Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 7 hours ago, Acarus said: 3/6 in that sample r not in the game and U-turn only work in PVP so im not sure it is viable or not and most ppl use Mienzhao Crobat for U-turn i think good idea, I had not thought about crobat. 6 hours ago, suigin said: I've been having quite a bit of success with U-Turn. The Volt part of it doesn't seem good in my opinion since there's far too many strong ground types that aren't scared of coverage from Electric types and it's a huge momentum sink to have that interrupted. When you say success with U-turn, do you mean as a team focused on it, or just one or two pokes such as scizor slapped into a regular team? Rotom-W seems to really address the ground resist with stab hydro-pump to the face, however he's not available, although I swear I saw him in Gym rematches or the E4. Link to comment
razimove Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I was/am having quite a lot of fun using a volt turn rain team with scizor/jolteon, but sadly I don't believe its as strong as it sounds, MM is crap anyway to test how viable something is. Link to comment
suigin Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, hihats said: When you say success with U-turn, do you mean as a team focused on it, or just one or two pokes such as scizor slapped into a regular team? Rotom-W seems to really address the ground resist with stab hydro-pump to the face, however he's not available, although I swear I saw him in Gym rematches or the E4. If you expect a 6 mon U-turn team then no, it's not that. Volt-Turn is usually a core not an entire team, you need certain support for it. Link to comment
Spaintakula Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Just use lanturn, it's basically the same as rotom, trust me suigin and razimove 2 Link to comment
hihats Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 2 hours ago, redspawn said: I was/am having quite a lot of fun using a volt turn rain team with scizor/jolteon, but sadly I don't believe its as strong as it sounds, MM is crap anyway to test how viable something is. Would you mind sharing your team? 1 hour ago, suigin said: If you expect a 6 mon U-turn team then no, it's not that. Volt-Turn is usually a core not an entire team, you need certain support for it. Nah, was not expecting 6 u-turn volt mons, more like 3-4 ish, with some walls thrown in. Would something like scizor, jolteon, pelipper, hydreigon, blissey, ferrothorn work? im guessing would need a spinner or defogger too. maybe gliscor/starmie Link to comment
razimove Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 3 hours ago, hihats said: Would you mind sharing your team? Nah, was not expecting 6 u-turn volt mons, more like 3-4 ish, with some walls thrown in. Would something like scizor, jolteon, pelipper, hydreigon, blissey, ferrothorn work? im guessing would need a spinner or defogger too. maybe gliscor/starmie Pelipper wall/modest specs / ferrothorn / scizor / jolteon /reuniclus / kabutops Link to comment
hihats Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Spaintakula said: Just use lanturn, it's basically the same as rotom, trust me What spreads and moveset would you run on it? 3 hours ago, redspawn said: Pelipper wall/modest specs / ferrothorn / scizor / jolteon /reuniclus / kabutops I'll give that a try! thanks for the input Link to comment
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