Unfortunately, I only got one battle done. We will go into how that battle went, but here is the team I used:
Quaxo (Politoed) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 148 SpA / 12 SpD / 20 Spe
Modest Nature
- Protect
- Encore
- Scald
- Ice Beam
Surge (Raichu) @ Life Orb
Ability: Lightningrod
Level: 50
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Fake Out
- Thunder
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Ropapa (Ludicolo) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Swift Swim
Level: 50
EVs: 76 HP / 148 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 28 Spe
Modest Nature
- Fake Out
- Hydro Pump
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
Sazandora (Hydreigon) @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Levitate
Level: 50
EVs: 12 HP / 60 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 172 Spe
Timid Nature
- Protect
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
- Flamethrower
Mistigrix (Meowstic) @ Mental Herb
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 244 HP / 140 Def / 124 SpD
Calm Nature
- Safeguard
- Quick Guard
- Rain Dance
- Helping Hand
Mystibule (Mawile) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 52 Atk / 4 Def / 180 SpD / 20 Spe
Careful Nature
- Protect
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
Pretty much a standard rain team, which is why I didn't do so well. I don't know what came over me, but I should have used Trick Room. It's clearly my best style haha. Maybe it was the hype from Nationals, where everyone seemed to be scared of rain. Maybe I brought rain because it was power and I thought I'd need power to get though. Oh well. I still had a grand old time.
My first, and last, battle was against Yuichi Sasaki. No idea who that is, but that's who I battled. Unfortunately for me, he brought Sun. His team was: Zapdos/Charizard/Gardevoir/Mawile/Garchomp/Aerodactyl.
Looking at his team, I thought a lead of Raichu and Ludicolo would be beneficial. Double Fake Out support and the option to switch into Politoed to clear Mega Charizard was my thought process and strategy. He started out with Zapdos and Garchomp, leaving me very happy. I decided to use Hidden Power Ice versus his Garchomp while using Fake Out from Raichu on the Zapdos. My opponent then decided to switch Garchomp out for Charizard, to take the HP Ice. It actually did a decent amount of damage, so I was somewhat please with that round. Here, however, is where I lost the game. I made a massive error thinking that Charizard's mega evolution would happen before I switched in my Politoed. My plan was to switch in Politoed, get the Rain up and then KO the Charizard with Thunder. Unfortunately, that isn't how it works and I ended up losing from there. I don't remember every play, but it ended with a 3-0, my opponent's favor.
In the second battle, I knew he would want to start with Charizard for the sun, since it does hamper my team quite a bit. Seeing this, I decided to start with Meowstic and Hydreigon. I made the mistake of not taking notes for this battle, however, I'll recollect as best as I can. If I remember correctly, he started with Charizard and Garchomp. Now, my Hydreigon is EV trained to survived a Dragon Claw from Garchomp. Charizard decided to opt out of Mega Evolving and went for a Protect. Garchomp, on the other hand, decided to use Dragon Claw on my Hydreigon. I expected this, though, and stayed in for Dragon Pulse. To my surprise, Garchomp OHKOs my Hydreigon, immediately telling me he was holding Choice Band. I believe with that in mind, I brought in Mawile to deal with it. Unfortunately, I foolishly thought the Charizard still wouldn't Mega Evolve, so I went for Safeguard. SAFEGUARD! Nothing on my opponent's side carried status, with the exception of potential Will-o-Wisp in Charizard. He ended up Mega Evolving and OHKOing my Mawile and doing enough damage with Chomp to KO my Meowstic. Left with only a Ludicolo, I lost that very quickly.
All in all, I believe I played completely crappily. I made some rookie mistakes. On the bright side, I had a lot of fun and now have more than enough reasons to qualify for worlds next year!
~Ryan
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