Mxy's Grass Team CC#33

@Whimsicott @ Heat Rock
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Stun Spore
- Sunny Day
- Nature Power / Taunt

Victreebel @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Sludge Bomb
- Energy Ball
- Weather Ball
- Knock Off / Sleep Powder / Growth

Breloom @ Focus Sash
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Tomb
- Spore

Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Rest

Cradily @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Toxic / Mirror Coat / Curse
- Recover

Shaymin @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Seed Flare / Energy Ball
- Psychic
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Dazzling Gleam / Air Slash


Hello there! I'm Mxyzptlk (Mxy for friends) and this is my #33CoreChallenge Grass team. I'll be honest to you guys: i probably got the worst elo and gxe i've ever had in my life with this team. This CC was very, very hard to make it viable (at least, viable enough to get over 1400 xD), and it was funny and frustrating at the same time to use.

Whimsicott: The co-protagonist of this CC. This set is a mix of offensive and support role in the team. Moonblast can hit very hard Dragon, Dark and Fighting pokemon, while Nature Power serves as a decent offensive priority (thanks Thimo). However, there are opponents that are not really scared of its offensive ability, such as Steel and Poison, making him useful to be a sacrifice sun setter. Stun Spore can be useful in many situations, but 75% accuracy makes it pretty risky to use. Pay attention to opponent's fire moves before setting the sun!

Victreebel: Here's the real protagonist of this CC. Victreebel is just like a weaker version of Venusaur, because, c'mon, everything Victreebel can do, Venusaur can do better. However, as you can see, i prefer not to use Venusaur in this team, because it would have been too much repetitive, and since i can't replace Victreebel with it, i decided not using it at all. However, Victreebel in sun can be a real dangerous foes for every team, it has a great potential for sweeps with is good coverage moves (but at least, its movepool sucks a lot). 8 turns of sun makes Weather Ball better than Hidden Power Fire, and Knock Off can help a lot against Ghost and Psychic. Pay attention of 350 speed scarfed Pokemons (Latios, Latias, Gengar), cuz they outspeed chlorophyill Victreebel in sun (for one point).

Breloom: This is a very common set. It helps a lot with Mach Punch (for steel especially), and Spore is always useful.

Ferrothorn: The physical wall of this team. It tanks a lot of supereffective moves with a 2HKO, and Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet do a lot of damage in return. That makes it also good to set up entry hazards like Stealth Rocks and Spikes. I personally like Rest as a good option for this set, cuz it gives Ferrothorn the potential to stall the opponent. Gyro Ball is a good STAB move for this set, and hits very hard a lot of Pokemon.

Cradily: The special wall. Cradily can deal with ease against most of grass common weaknesess, especially Bug and Fire. Stone Edge do some serious damage to these pokemon, while earthquake is a good coverage move against Steel, since it badly hits Heatran.

Shaymin: I prefer Shaymin over Celebi, but at least there are few differences between these pokemon. I prefer Shaymin due to his neutrality to Dark and Ghost moves. Also, Seed Flare is a very underrated move: it can be really strong, but if you prefer accuracy over power, energy ball is a good option as well. Psychic hits Poison and Heracross, while Earth Power and HP Fire can be used as good coverage moves.

Major Threats for Type (legend: !=bad matchup, ?=neutral matchup, $=good matchup)
Normal (?): Mega-Pidgeot and Staraptor
Fire (!): Almost everything
Fighting (?): Infernape, Hawlucha, Conkeldurr, Mega-Medicham and Mega-Gallade
Water ($): Cloyster
Flying (!): Mega-Charizard Y, Skarmory, Tornadus
Grass (?): Mega-Venusaur
Poison (!): Mega-Venusaur, Gengar, Nidoking, Dragalge
Electric ($): Magnezone
Ground ($): Gliscor, Mamoswine
Psychic (!): Mega-Gardevoir, Victini, Latios
Rock (?): Tyranitar, Mega-Aerodactyl, Mega-Aggron
Ice ($): Cloyster, Mamoswine, Kyurem-B
Bug (?): Heracross, Mega-Pinsir, Volcarona, Yanmega, Scizor
Dragon (!): Kyurem-B, Latias, Latios, Dragonite
Ghost (!): Aegislash, Chandelure, Gourgeist, Gengar
Dark (?): Weavile
Steel (!): Heatran, Skarmory, Scizor
Fairy (?): Togekiss, Mega-Gardevoir