somalia dpp archive

Welcome to SOMALIA's team compilation. Here you can find teams to help you start your dpp adventure. Be sure to start building your teams once you get a hang of the dpp ou metagame, these teams are just to help one get started.

[TEAM 1]

This team is responsible for the new-found rise of Choice Band Infernape which seen a decline after 2010. One thing to understand is priorities of the team, once you make your own teams you will be able to create those for yourself and play accordingly. However I see that when alot of new players take good teams for known players, they lack the intrict details to play it with success.

For instance, I always ALWAYS hydro lead Zapdos and Machamp as they are huge annoyances to the team. You got banded ape SOMALIA, why all the fuss when it can just demolish them with blitz? Well, hiding your key team members especially your sweepers for as long as possible allows you to put more pressure on the opponent, they will be on the back foot guessing and conserving appropriate answers to the potential "late game sweeper" depending on their interpretation of your team.

Ease of use: 6.5/10
Ladder play: 9/10
Tournament play: 7.75/10

DECADENCE (Empoleon) (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 SpA / 36 SpD / 220 Spe
Mild Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Stealth Rock
- Grass Knot

DISTURBED (Breloom) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Seed Bomb
- Spore
- Superpower
- Stone Edge

IF I SCARE YOU (Rotom-Wash) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 120 HP / 136 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Thunderbolt
- Trick / Hydro Pump
- Shadow Ball

DONT RUN (Infernape) (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mach Punch
- U-turn
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz

MY SOUL (Weavile) (M) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Low Kick
- Pursuit
- Ice Shard
- Night Slash

HOPELESS (Kingdra) (M) @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 144 HP / 160 Atk / 44 SpD / 160 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Outrage
- Rest
---------------------------------

[TEAM 2]

Solid team, works vs many different playstyles, feel free to tweak it to your own liking. Get rocks, pressure with Kingdra and Jirachi and end with Zapdos.

VORG (Heatran) (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 30 HP / 30 SpA
- Stealth Rock
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Grass]

IPPO (Breloom) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 216 HP / 236 Atk / 40 Def / 16 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Spore
- Substitute / Mach Punch
- Focus Punch
- Seed Bomb

TAKAMURA (Zapdos) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 240 HP / 192 SpA / 76 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Agility
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Roost

AOKI (Jirachi) @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Psychic / Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt

KIMARU (Kingdra) (M) @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 128 HP / 128 Atk / 76 SpD / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Outrage
- Rest

SENDO (Lucario) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Extremespeed / Bullet Punch
- Swords Dance

---------------------------------------------------

[TEAM 3]

A balanced standard team. Utilizes the very common fire water grass core. Fairly straightforward to use.
Ease of use: 8/10
Ladder play: 9/10
Tournament play: 8.4/10

EDGE (Metagross) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Clear Body
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Bullet Punch
- Stealth Rock

THE PAIN TRAIN (Infernape) (M) @ Choice Band
Shiny: Yes
Trait: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Mach Punch

NOT A CHANCE (Tyranitar) (M) @ Chople Berry
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Fire Punch
- Pursuit
- Crunch
- Stone Edge

GREED (Celebi) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 220 HP / 148 Def / 96 SAtk / 44 Spd
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 SAtk / 30 Spd
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Thunder Wave / U-Turn
- Recover
- Leaf Storm / Grass Knot

ITS A WIN (Jirachi) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Ice Punch
- U-turn
- Trick
- Iron Head

THE KING SOMALIA (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Taunt
- Bounce

--------------------------------------------------

[TEAM 4]

One of my favourite teams. Struggles with beating offensive Suicune consistently, this can be remedied by only using one choice scarf user and using banded Tyranitar instead of scarf or even Adamant chople ttar instead to deal with Gengar and Scarf Infernape.
Ease of use: 8/10
Ladder play: 7/10 [Peaked no.1 on both showdown and pokemon online simulators]
Tournament play: 9.2/10

VORG (Heatran) (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 8 HP / 252 SAtk / 248 Spd
IVs: 30 HP / 30 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Hidden Power [Grass]

MIYATA (Jirachi) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Iron Head
- Thunder Punch
- U-turn
- Fire Punch / Trick

TAKAURA (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Ice Fang

MASHIBA (Flygon) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 64 Atk / 192 SAtk / 252 Spd
Rash Nature (+SAtk, -SDef)
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Roost

IPPO (Breloom) (F) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 236 HP / 200 Atk / 64 Def / 8 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Spore
- Seed Bomb
- Focus Punch
- Substitute

SENDO (Tyranitar) (M) @ Chople Berry
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 160 Atk / 96 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Stone Edge
- Crunch

---------------------------------------------------

[TEAM 5]

A team based on trapping with both Dugtrio (Heatran, Tyranitar, Blissey etc) and Tyranitar (Gengar, Rotom-A, Starmie, Celebi) via Infernape and Zapdos's U-turns. Jirachi is to disrupt bulky sand based teams which usually comprise of Hippowdon / Quagsire or Bold Starmie / Gliscor or a Dragonite etc.

Ease of use: 8/10
Ladder play: 7/10
Tournament play: 7/10

Zapdos @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Heat Wave
- U-turn
- Hidden Power [Flying]

Dugtrio (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Reversal
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge

Jirachi @ Expert Belt
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 56 Atk / 200 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Iron Head
- Grass Knot
- Icy Wind

Gyarados (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Taunt
- Bounce

Infernape (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz
- Mach Punch

Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Crunch
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Pursuit

-----------------------------------------------------

[TEAM 6]

A mono fighting team. Fun. Try it sometime. Abuse the wonderful offensive synergy this team has and taunt your opponent constantly once you win them with this team.

Ease of use: 5/10
Ladder play: 5/10
Tournament play: 5/10

KAORU HANAYAMA (Machamp) (M) @ Focus Sash
Shiny: Yes
Trait: No Guard
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dynamic Punch
- Bullet Punch
- Stone Edge
- Ice Punch

HANMA BAKI (Lucario) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Steadfast
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Agility
- Ice Punch

RETSU KAIOH (Breloom) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 Atk / 8 SDef / 248 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Spore
- Seed Bomb
- Superpower
- Stone Edge

DOPPO OROCHI (Toxicroak) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stone Edge
- Sucker Punch
- Cross Chop
- Swords Dance

GAIA (Infernape) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Flare Blitz
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Mach Punch

HANMA YUJIRO (Heracross) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Guts
EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 228 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Pursuit
- Megahorn
- Sleep Talk

-----------------------------------------------------------------

[TEAM 7]

A trick room team revolving around luring in common checks to both Executtor and Tyranitar, beating them with resist berries which then opens up the path for Bronzong and co. to sweep. Infernape acts as a phenomenal wall breaker, crushing typical Skarm / Bliss or Clef / Hippo cores.

MokuBunshinNoJutsu (Empoleon) (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Aqua Jet
- Stealth Rock

Mokujin no Jutsu (Infernape) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 72 Atk / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Def
- Close Combat
- Fire Blast
- U-turn / Mach Punch / Hidden Power Ice
- Grass Knot

Mokuton: Mokujōheki (Bronzong) @ Macho Brace
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Gyro Ball
- Earthquake
- Explosion

Mizu no Tatsumaki (Dragonite) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpA
Naughty Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake

Mokuton: Mokuryu no Jutsu (Tyranitar) (M) @ Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Fire Blast

Kokuangyo no Jutsu (Exeggutor) (M) @ Occa Berry
Ability: Chlorophyll
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Grass Knot / Leaf Storm
- Psychic
- Explosion

------------------------------------------

[TEAM 8]

Ease of use: 7/10
Ladder play: 8/10
Tournament play: 9.2/10 [perfect record as the dpp gym leader 8-0, perfect record in the French premier league and responsible for no.1 on ladder]

This team is a stall team which revolves around the solid core of Celebi / Gyarados / Heatran. The team was made over a year ago however works well to this day by tweaking a few sets. Hippowdon while lacking a phasing attack wards of the popular mixed Dragonite and handles Gengar to a certain degree. It can live 2 Fire Blasts from scarf heatran which helps in the long run. Combine this with Rotom-W as a spinblocker to prevent losing precious hazards + acting as a revenge killer + stall crippler with trick, it is very hard to break this team especially when played more offensively. Ensure that stealth rocks are got up as soon as possible, bait out any trappers the opponent may have in the early stages of game, as this makes playing around them later alot easier. Never ever bring rotom-w into the first rapid spin attempt* (assuming starmie comes in on hippowdon as it gets rocks, don't go to rotom, instead go to celebi). Lategame sweepers include Lucario, Metagross, Empoleon, Zapdos, Infernape, Flygon, Dragonite and Tyranitar to name a few thus keeping Hippowdon and Gyarados in good shape is vital. The most expendable member of the team is Celebi especially once the opposing water-type is gone. Heatran helps scout choiced users which avoid having to predict and making a messy situation. Forretress should be played not as conservative as Hippowdon; it is important to know when to play offensively and force hazards down to force the opponent to switch-in their own spinner. Doing so not only weakens it due to sandstorm + hazard damage but eventaully your opponent wil most likely just end up spinning in exchange for you killing with celebi or another Pokemon (very common for them to spin on Hippo and me ending them with an eq, this not only makes it easier for me now as I can move Gyarados and Hippowdon more freely, but I currently brought out the Pokemon which can get rocks up again thus forcing them to bring a Grass type or a Ghost-type, allowing Heatran to come in and take advantage. All the Pokemon in the team lure something that benefits other members so it is crucial to take advantage of this). Rotom-W is to be played with care, avoid bringing it on life orb starmie predicting a spin if you only have stealth rock or one layer of spikes down as it isnt worth it.

DEEP SWAMP (Hippowdon) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 236 HP / 20 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Ice Fang
- Slack Off

REMOVER (Celebi) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Def / 28 SpA / 148 SpD / 36 Spe
Calm Nature
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Recover
- Leaf Storm
- U-turn

CLEANER (Rotom-Wash) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 120 HP / 136 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Hydro Pump
- Trick

THE CRADLE (Forretress) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Atk / 184 Def / 56 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Toxic Spikes / Explosion
- Spikes
- Gyro Ball / Payback
- Rapid Spin

THE REAPER (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 240 HP / 12 Atk / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Roar
- Waterfall
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

DEATH TRAIN (Heatran) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 244 HP / 36 SpA / 12 SpD / 216 Spe
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Protect
- Roar
- Earth Power

-------------------------------------our

This team revolves around lead mix ttar which generally works well to lure out Steel types and Gliscor / Flygon. You aim for a situation for Raikou to clean lategame with Thunderbolt.

[TEAM 8]

HATEBREEDER (Tyranitar) (M) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 SAtk / 48 SDef / 208 Spd
Mild Nature (+SAtk, -Def)
- Fire Blast
- Superpower
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam

BEDOFRAZORS (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 220 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Bite

NO COMMANDS (Scizor) (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 180 HP / 200 Atk / 16 Def / 96 SDef / 16 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Pursuit

THE CHILDREN (Raikou) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Def
Rash Nature (+SAtk, -SDef)
- Thunderbolt
- Aura Sphere
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Sleep Talk

BLACK WIDOW (Heatran) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 228 HP / 28 SAtk / 188 SDef / 64 Spd
IVs: 4 HP / 28 SAtk / 28 SDef / 0 Spd
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Lava Plume
- Stealth Rock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Earth Power

WARHEART (Breloom) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Superpower
- Spore
- Facade
- Seed Bomb

------------------------------------------------------

[TEAM 9]

Accept (Empoleon) (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 36 Atk / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Rash Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Aqua Jet
- Stealth Rock
- Ice Beam

Lord Of The Jungle (Infernape) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 104 Atk / 152 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Def
- Close Combat
- Fire Blast
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- U-turn

Setting the Stage (Kingdra) (M) @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 104 HP / 172 Atk / 36 SpD / 196 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Outrage
- Rest

Screams in the night (Dragonite) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
- Fire Blast
- Draco Meteor
- Extreme Speed
- Earthquake

Teutonic Terror (Heatran) (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Def
- Explosion
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power

Six String Sabers (Tangrowth) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 12 Atk / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Mild Nature
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Earthquake