Ubers. Ubers NFE. One of the least used tiers. However, its not all about just power. You can even have an effective ubers team without any ubers at all. You just need to be able to counter them. This guide will show you, and teach you some leads, sweepers, and many other options to your team. Now, lets begin, with the:
TaticsAs all the tiers are.They all have diffrent tatics. Diffrent star pokemon, and of course diffrent sets. To start with, Ubers is more of a Bulky offence metagame. Since most ubers have more defencive stats than in OU NFE. Also, Machoke are very common, as they can take out most ubers easy due to there STAB Dynamic Punch being a very powerful move, and, being Super Effective on almost all Ubers. Anouther good strategy in Ubers is Taunt + Priorty. Pokemon like Sneasel can pull this off well. Taunting Munchlax, Wynaut, Clamperl and some forms of Dusclops, while Scyther, Pikachu and Vigoroth's Speed are cancelled out). This can give your team an easy advantege. Anouther thing is leads take a diffrent fourm is ubers. Most, are anti-leads. From Monferno to Metang, they all can counter each other. Unlike in OU NFE, where more leads set up SR, like Gligar, Graveler, Marshtomp, and Onix. While here, they center more around getting in front first. For many people that spam Ubers you must remember that they can always be countered. ScarfChoke takes a whole new meaning of uber. Also, other sets can be altered to adjust to this metagame. Where new sets roam galore. Lead Monferno takes a more offencive aproach, while Scarf Machoke rises in popularity. Scyther, one of the most threating late game sweepers is everywhere. This is why you need some checks to everything now. This is the dawn of a new metagame. Somthing that not many of you have played before. This will be your guide to making your team. Pokemon you will see, and use in ubers. Now, that I am done with this intro, we can get on the focus. The focus, of what you will see in ubers. Now lets begin.
Pokemon That Can Be Used In UbersThere are many pokemon that are used in ubers, a wide majority of them are OU NFE. Meaning you will still have to counter the same things mainly- and then some:
Gabite:Just like Garchomp in ubers, Gabite can be used in uber too. ScarfBite checks stuff like ScarfTon, other Dragons, and low at health Pokes. It also can take out Larion and Metang if at good HP. Metang however must be lacking Ice Punch and Shuca. It also can take care of MixNair due to it only hitting it with extreme speed. This pokemon can also KO Monferno late game. Only fearing Mach Punch. Which won't come near to a KO. Gabites real job is to pick off weakened things like Machoke, which are a huge threat to any uber team.
Metang:Just like Metagross in OU Metang is very versitile and can be used in many ways. As a lead, Scarfer, band, or a late game sweeper. Metnag is a good check for Gabite locked into Outrage, or anything for that matter. Ice Punch OHKOS Gabite along with Dragonair who are threats in ubers. It also is a solid Sneasel counter, as long as its not a Band. However, most can be KO'd with BP after SR damenge and being worn down. LeadTang can set up SR and is on of the few counters to Lead ferno when carrying Occa Berry. It can counter a large amount of Ubers making Metang very useful.
SneaselStill useful in Ubers, Sneasel is the ultimate counter to ScarfBite or Dragonair that just KO'd you Dragon resist by some crit. Ice Shard KO's Both. Or, gabite for that matter. It also is a sound counter for Golbat later game along with Kadabra and scyther if its not low on HP. Its also a decent counter for a weakend LOBuzz that just KO'd half your team. Now, unlike OU, CBSneasel is more useful. As it outruns and KOs many NFEs. A banded Brick Brake can deal very heavy damenge to a weak Larion, or even a KO! Ice Punch can badly hurt Machoke, even when scarfed as it outruns. While a Metang switching into Faint Attack can get badly hurt. CB Sneasel can pick your whole team off if you don't have the force or resistences to beat it. Making Sneasel very threating.
MonfernoIts counterpart in Standered is much less effective than in NFE since there is no Latias or Salamence to stop it. LeadFerno is very threating. Fake Out + Fire Blast + Mach Punch can tear almost and lead apart. Only Occa Metang can counter it and Golbat if Hypnosis hits. Late game ferno is also dangerous. Mix-ferno is a very threating poke to face in ubers. Any Gabite or Dragonair thats not scarfed is going to be in trouble. As HP Ice OHKOS Gabite and does serious damenge to Dragonair. While Shelgon also takes a very very large amount. Fire Blast is its main attack, as it can KO a large amount of Pokemon with it. Metang gets OHKO'd easy. A common counter to Dragons. This is why Mix-ferno and Sneasel make a great pair. As they can work together. Sneasel can cover Gabite and Kadabra while Monferno can cover Metang and Larion is some cases. Although they can have a hrd time swithcing in.Prediction could help you here however, as hey can destroy a large amount of Pokemon in this Metagame together.
DragonairJust like in OU Dragonair remains a very threating face to see. Even though Sneasel says hi to it most of the time. And a more defencive Metang also says hiif it lacks Fire Blast, it can be something you don't wat to set up. However, all these problums are solved, solved with a new set. Mix-Nair. A very powerful uber. A decent Monferno counter along with Gabite, ES can end Monferno if at low HP. Although Close Combat and Hp Ice do a high number. Getting a powerful hit in can dampen its sweepering abilitys. LO boosts ES's power further. Making sure it will have a better KO chance. Metang also can't beat this set unless it invests more SP.DEF EVS. As Fire Blast can KO easy. Surf can also take out switching in Monferno or Magmar which can be big problums in ubers. Draco Metor is its last attack. KOing other Dragonair and Shelgon that are left to clean up.
ElectabuzzJust like in OU, LO special buzz is very dangerous with a wide movepool to abuse to the fullest. A good counter to Larion, Focus Blast gets rid of it quick. Thunderbolt takes care of any water type in its way. Psychic is thhere for Machoke, who, is very common in ubers. Even ScarfChoke gets beat. Being outsped and KO'd with Psychic. The last move is HP Grass, or Hp Ice. Grass can KO and Marshtomp that can try to end your sweep. Or, something like Rhydon for that matter. While you don't have to risk a miss from Focus Blast. WHile HP Ice, is still SE on Rhydon,(While not a KO) also, covers other Grass types, and Dragons of Uber tier like Shelgon and Dragonair. This makes Eletabuzz a very good team member. ScarfBite can give this set problums though. As it can KO with EQ and switch in on T-Bolt. Also being KO'd by Sneasel commonly.
MagmarThere are many sets for Magmar. LO, Specs, Scarf, all are notable in the uber tier. Specs Fire Blast threatens almost all Pokemon in the uber tier. Doing aprox 62% to a swithcing in Dragonair. While it can only say- "What Happened?". Focus Blast KOs Larios or any rock or steel type threating to switch in. Psychic can take care of Machoke or any other fighting type. The last one is HP Ice or Grass. As stated before, they both hit for diffrent things. Although HP Ice would be more favorable for the uber tier. Scarf Magmar uses either a Psycical or Special set. The Special being more pefered. As it is like Specs, only less power and more speed. LO Magmar is last. Like the specs set, only with less SP.ATK and can switch moves. Magmar may not be the favorite pokemon in ubers, but it sure can leave a dent in your opponents team.
MachokeA very very noteworthy Pokemon in ubers. Being able to take out nearly any uber aside from Scyther and Wynaut. STAB Dynamic Punch can OHKO Magnaton, Munchlax, Vigoroth, ect. Having good bulk is also amazing bonus. As it can take many attacks that ubers throw at him. Surviving each. Offence Tank, Scarf, RestTalk can put a dent in many uber teams. KOing Larion is also good. If it has Ice Punch it can KO Dragonair when using Scarf. Overall Machoke is very useful in the ubers metagame. Striking down most of them with Dynamic Punch. This makes it an effiecent sweeper in the ubers metagame.
HaunterStill a force to be recconed with in Ubers, Hauntr has a few things it needs to say. First of all, it can KO Scyther with Shadow Ball if low enough on health. Being imune to QA is a big bonus. Energy Ball also KOs any Ground type in ubes. Most notably Rhydon who is quite a threat in ubers. Haunter can also use HP Ice to take out Dragons like ScarfBite, Dragonair, or Shelgon who are annoying in ubers. Explousion can be used, but its not reccoemended. Sludge Bomb can be used along with Hypnosis. Or Thunderbolt if you want anouther attacking option. Haunter can pick off quite a few weakened Pokes like Machoke, Buzz, Magmar, Rhydon, and many others. Just like Gengar in OU, Haunter can pack quite a punch if used right.
RhydonBeing a big threat in ubers, it can put a dent in your team easy. RP Rhydon can damenge many ubers. After RP it can damenge and KO many ubers along with outspeed after RP. Stone Edge can KO Scyther or anything else weak to rock, while EQ can damenge many uber threats like Magnaton and Electabuzz. Fire Punch can also be used. As a more accurate KO option. Rhydon can also KO Larion with EQ. Its good Bulk can be used at full adavantege. CBDon can give anything a huge amount of damenge. However, Scarf Haunter can Energy Ball KO Rhydon after Rock Polish, so. When you can get your speed up, you do. Rhydon can be used as a Sword Dancer as well. Boosting his already huge attack stat even higher.
KadabraJust like in OU, Kadabra can be a very threating Poke if you can't handle it. It can outspeed and KO Machoke with Psychic. Enegy Ball KOS Ground types like Rhydon or Marshtomp. HP Ice can be used to KO Dragons that come in. HP Fire can also be used and is partly more favorable. If you want you could use HP over Energy Ball. Which is left for Singal Beam which is the best move it has VS Bronzor. If it has no Heatproof then Singal Beam Can deal more damenge. Shadow ball is last. Used VS other Kadabra or Psychics. Kadabra has a good movepool to abuse, so use it to its fullest.
PiloswineAnouther good uber canidate. Its like Sneasel, only slower, with more attacking power and more bulk. LO or C-band can be used. Being able to Ko Gabite, Shelgon, and Dragonair easier due to its better power. EQ can of course take out any switch in that it feels coming, and can give it a solid hard hit. Stone Edge can also KO quite a few NFEs. Such as Togetic. While not an OHKO, Piloswine can do quite a number with Avalanche, and Stone Edge. With C-band, Togetic is in alot of danger. Anouther thing is, a Cb set can OHKO a 252 Hp/ 0 DEF Gligar with Ice Shard. Somehting LO can't do. However, the CB set must have better snyergy than LO. Since it is stuck on 1 attack. However, with Cb boosting it attack to monster levels, it can become one of the most threating Pokemon out there. Superpower is the last move. More of a filler, it can hurt Bronzor that come in and wall Piloswine. However, Superpower will do a large number on them along with Porygon2, Munchlax, and Chansey which are common in the uber tier.
GolbatProbubly the best counter to Monferno. Resisting Mach Punch and outspeeding it. Lead Fero gets KO'd unless Hypnosis misses. NP Golbat can KO any Mix-Ferno with Air Slash. As it hopelessly struggles to damenge it. ScarfFerno is the only set that can handle Golbat. Golbat can also counter any stray Bayleaf or Grotle that stumble upon the uber tier. HP Water or taunt can be used. HP Water Can be used to KO things like Rhydon that can cause your problums. Golbat can also do alot of damenge on Machoke with Air Slash. As it resists fighting and isn't threatened by anything really besides Stone Edge and Ice Punch. Overall Golbat is a decent Pokemon in the uber tier. Handeling alot of strong threats.
TogeticAlthough rare, Togetic is very good wall when used right. Taking some of the most threating attacks around. From support, to Specs, to NP Sweeper. Togetic has many ways of being used. Along with a good movepool to go with it. Support can cripple many teams by Thunder Wave, and Seismic Toss. Since most NFEs have no recovery, this could mean the ending for many teams if they can't counter it. Wish can also be used to heal your team after it took a beating. Or, you could use Roost over Wish if you want to. Lastly, Heal Bell or Encore could be used. Making Togetic a superior Wynaut. Choice Specs is anouther set, more of a sweeper. Tri-Attack is used as the main STAB attack which does a good amount on almost anything. HP Water or Water Pulse can be used for and Fire Type that comes in. Fire Blast KOS most Grass types that you could encounter in Ubers. Lastly, Wish, Shadow Ball, or HP Flying can be used. The last set is NP. NP is of course used. Along with HP Flying, Water Pulse/ Shdow Ball, and Roost or Fire Blast. Togetic has amazing bulk, and sweeper abilities. Making it one of the most durable sweepers.
LarionJust like in OU, Larion continues to reck teams with its extreme power, and bulk. In ubers more Bulk is pefered so it can switch in on things like Dragonairs Draco Meteor and live. Also being able to do a number on many ubers and set up SR and weather whiles hes at it isn't to bad. Offence versions can be from Band, Scarf, or just plain LO. With Head Smash it can decimate things like DD Dragonair while it lives Waterfall. Anouther thing is the fact that some sets can even live a Mix-Dragonairs Surf. While hes sets up weather or whatever hes suppouse to do. EQ can KO Magnazone. Head Smash can take out Scyther(Unless Scyther has Brick Brake. Although not an OHKO unless weakened.)
Larion has enough bulk to survive quite a few hits. But still, it gets KO'd easy by Rhydons EQ, and Machokes Dynamic Punch. Overall though, Larion can be quite a handful in ubers if used right.
PoliwhirlAlthough not very worthy of being in ubers, it is great when used in rain with Scarf. Absorbing Aqua Jets, taking Bullet Punches like nothing along with Ice Shard, Scarf Poiliwhirl under rain is very threating. With a boosted STAB Waterfall slamming you in the face you know your in trouble. KOing Sneasel this poke can realy only serve for a few purpouses. Ice Punch to KO weakened Dragons. Or come in on Surf from MixNair. Taking out Sneasel with a 4X effective Brick Brake, or hitting Metang with a rain boosted Waterfall, Poliwhirl can be devastating. Great for a team that needs a Water resist. Although most aren't in RD teams, some should be, as it can't do very much outside KOing Sneasel and doing decent amount to Dragons. Waterfall can still help if you need to defend yourself VS a Monferno or Magmar. Poliwhirl can help VS Monferno, although not very commonly seen. If in rain, it can be used to its fullest. But still, make sure you use it right.
GrovyleAn unpredictable Pokemon. Mix? SD? Special? Grovyle can be very dangerous if used right. Turning the tables is its game. MixVyle can slam you with Energy Ball, Dig, X-Scissor, and HP Ice, Grovyle is great for countering weakened Pokes. HP Ice for Weakened Dragons or non-Scarf Gabites. Energy Ball for any Ground or Water type. X-Scissor for other Grass types or slow Psychic types. While Dig, can take care of Fire types who tend to come in on him. While he outruns, and can land a Super Effective hit on them. SD Grovyle uses SD (of course), Leaf Blade, Thunder Punch, and Dig. After SD, Grovyle is something to be afraid of. With LO helping its already boosted attacks, it is soemthing that can tear your team apart. Leaf Blade is for as usual, Water or Ground Types and Rock types. Thunder Punch can be replaced by Rock Slide for the chance of Flinch. While dig takes care of Fire types. The last set that useful in ubers is Special sweeper. Leaf Storm does the obvious. Dragon Breath for dragons with a chance to Paralyze it. HP Fire KO'd Snover or Sneasel switchins or anything else weak to it. While Swift is a filler for anything else that gets in the way. LO or Specs can be used. Overall Grovyle is something that is known as the "Mix-Ape Of NFE" due to its good stats all around. Making it a suitible sweeper.
BronzorOne of the best walls in NFE. Bronzor can still be used even though Dusclops has better defences. First of all, Bronzor only has one weakness, Ground Or Fire depending on ability. Second, it can set up weather effects. Making it ideal for any weather team. Third, it can set up screens making yoru team untouchable while you sweep. And fourth, it has the move Trick, which is why it can always Trick Its Scarf to you to screw you over. Anouther fantastic ability is that it can beat Scyther. Resisting Aerial Ace it becomes a hard problum to get rid of. Gyro Ball does a large amount on Scyther. Using Psychic over Gyro ball is also an option. 2HKOing Machoke in some cases can be very helpful. Although it suffers confusion, and can be beat fats this way. Scarfers and Pokes like Sneasel also fear Bronzor. As it can Gyro Ball and KO them, while they, are struggling to get you down to half HP. If it carries Levitate then Piloswine becomes a weak canidate to fight. Using Levitate and RD Bronzor make it untouchable. As Fire moves a half powered. Meaning Bronzor cantake even more hits. Setting up SR is also good. As it can be used as a fantastic utility Pokemon. When done, depending on set and moves, it can explode and kill you. Opening chance for a sweeper to come in. All these abilitys make Bronzor extremely valuble on a weather team. Fast Pokemon and Scarfers are easily KO'd by Gyro Ball. Overall Bronzor is a fantastic Pokemon in ubers. Its extremely usefu lin so many ways.
GligarGligar is very useful. Just like in OU, it can pose a threat to quite a few Pokes. SD Gligar can badly damenge teams if you let it set up. Night Slash helps KO Psychic types Like Kadabra. EQ for stuff like Rhydon or the rare Graveler. Stone Edge takes care of things like Togetic and Golbat who are decently common in Ubers. While it also can cover the rare Murkrow and Sealeo. Gligar serves well as a Bulky Psycical attacker. However, it can also server well as a lead. Being able to set up SR under most circumstances due to its good Bulk. Lastley, a counter tank set abuses Gligars good defences and acess to Counter. Being able to KO many Pokes with using it. It uses Roost for healing so it dosen't die so easily. While Stone Edge and EQ are left to KO whats left. Like Electabuzz and Togetic who can be quite annoying.
ShelgonBeing one of the Dragons used in Ubers, Shelgon has good stats like its other counterparts. Only, this one, with higher defence and a bit lower speed. However, when coupled with DD it can turn into a terryfing sight. The all out offence DD set can damenge many Pokemon after DD. Brick Brake can do heavy damenge to Larion. Dragon Claw OHKOs any Dragon after DD. While its last move, Double Edge, is complimented by its ability Rock Head, Which prevents it from taking recoil damenge. Coupled with LO it can reck anybodys team that dosen't have a counter to it. Anouther set is the Bulky Dancer. Which focuses more on defence than offence. Still though, after +1 all of its moves will still be very powerful. Overall Shelgon is a very strong Pokemon even in ubers. Its defences are good enough so that it can handle some of the strong Psycical Pokemon of the Uber Tier. Making it a very solid Pokemon.
CroconawOne of the Bulky users of DD who isn't weak to Dragon or Ice, infact it resists Ice. Crocanaws good helpers include somebody who sets up screens so it gets up a very large amount of DDs so it can sweep. Waterfall is for a nice STAB move that can harm a large part of the NFE Metagame. Ice Punch is for Grass or Dragons types it encounters. As it KOs Dragonair after DD. Superpower is for stuff like Porygon2 which can be taken out when using a less defencive set and has 1 or 2 DDS up. As, after DD and using 220 SPEED EVS and Jolly nature it outruns max speed Kadabra and Elecrabuzz. So, the conclusion is, if used with the right support it can set up quite easy, then, it can get a sweep going. If it gets +2 it outruns Sneasel and ScarfBite, so, remember, let it set up whenever it can. Just so it won't get killed by something like CB Sneasel's Faint Attack. So, remember, never underestimate a little extra support for your team.
TangelaMainly used for Sunny Day in ubers instead of some other sets in OU. For any Sunny Day team though Tangela is a worthy canidate. As with the standered set it reaches 396 speed whch is quite alot. As it can tear teams apart with its STAB 120 base power Solar Beam which can damenge a large bit of NFE. Coupled with HP Fire and the Fire move boost from sun it becomes even more devastating, along with LO tagging along. Metang and Magnaton take a huge amount when sun is up. While Shock Wave is for any Water type that crosses it's path. Ancient Power covers Magmar or Charmeleon that try to threaten it. So, Tangela makes a fantastic canidate to any Sunny Day team. Devastating a huge amount of the NFE metagame with its decent movepool. It's fantastic SP.ATK and ability is pretty much enough to respct this pokemon in ubers. Along with its good defence.
CranidosWith its massive attack Cranidos can very well be the most hard hitting Pokemon in NFE on the Psycical side. RPDos reaches 430 SPED after 1 RP which outspeeds Sneasel, a strong threat, although Ice Shard still does a number. It also can use EQ, which damenges things like Metang or Rhydon, or anything resistant to Stone Edge. Fire Punch is it's last move. It handles Grass or Steel Types. It's biggest downside though is it's defences which are very low. So, you must have something to help you with it's low defence. Put aside that, and you have an amazing Pokemon on your team.
MarshtompMarshtomp can be used in many ways. In OU, it's a fantastic lead and sweeper. In ubers, a sweeper is it's main set. CBTomp is very threating with a STAB 100 base power EQ being thrown at you. If Torrent is activated, then Waterfall will devistate even some of the most powerful defencive Pokemon in ubers. Ice Punch is for Dragons who it encounters, as it KOs most of them for the exception of Shelgon due to it's high defence. It's last move, Stone Edge, is for Togetic and Golbat mainly. Which both take a huge beating. A Curse set is also viable. Although CB has instant power, Haunter and Kadabra are always lurking around the corner, ready to KO you with Energy Ball. Which in CB, they are afraid of switching into all of there attacks, bar Haunter and EQ. This doesn't mean Curse can't be used, it's just not the most favorable. So, give Marshtomp a little support and watch your opponent get torn appart with terror.
PrimplupThe only UU NFE in Ubers. Although, it may seem stupid, it can sweep teams if it sets up. The move that makes this all work is agility. Raising my speed up to extreme levels. Then, I sub until Petaya and Torrent activate. Giving me a special attack and a surf a big bonus power. Then,you Surf and Ice Beam the team away. Only being walled by other water types, and sometimes Chansey. Poliwhirl and other Primplup counter this guy easily. Somake sure you have an Electric type paired with you to take these guys out. Otherwise, once it sets up to worldis gonna come down.
DusclopsBeing the best wall in NFE with very high defences on both sides, the acess to moves like Pain Split, and WoW it can become very dangerous if used right. Cuttinng Scyther, Vigoroth, Machoke, and even stuff like Sneasels attack in half. While it can regain health with Pain Split. Focus Punch can be used over WoW if you want it for something like Chansey which can't exactly hurt it. Rock Slide can be used solely for Scyther, Dusclops number one counter. Night Shade is your last attack. Doing 100 damenge constantly, it can be very annoying if you have no recovery. Dusclops is fantastic at weaking other Pokes. With its massive defence backing it up.
ChanseyLook out for Chansey. A very troublesome pokemon. By that I mean, walling any Special sweeper to death and Toxic killing your Dusclops. This IS the reason for Machoke in Ubers. So it can KO Chansey. Chansey is a very annoying Pokemon. From toxic stalling, Wish support, and also reliable recovery. However, Chansey isn't invinsible. Machoke and CB Sneasel can spell the end for it. Infact, most psycical attackers can take chansey. Mix-Ferno can Close Combat it for the KO. While Scyther can SD up and do a very heavy amount with Aerial Ace or KO with Brick Brake if it has it. As you can see, there are many counters to Chansey in Ubers, however, it can still be a pain if used with the right counterparts. This is why Machoke is one your ubers team. Not just to stop pesky Porygon2, to stop the strongest special wall in NFE. With huge HP and SP.DEF to back it up.
ScytherBow down in fear of the most threating sweeper in NFE. Even though Sneasel can KO it, it still earns a good title. With SD in its movepool, once it sets up your in trouble. Although varients of Metang can help you, nobody wants to switch into a +2 LO boosted Night Slash or Brick Brake. Aerial Ace KO'd nearly every Grass type in ubers. If they are even seen. It can be used as a good STAB attack VS Magmar who can cause decent trouble. While Monferno fears this set as well, not being able to outspeed, or KO. It can only watch as it gets KO'd by Aerial Ace. Dusclops, although with alot of Bulk can be KO'd by Night Slash after SD. If SR is up or any further weaking, your done. This makes Scyther one of the most powerful sweepers in NFE. If your Scyther counter is gone there is no way of survival. However, being 4X weak to SR puts a huge dent in it. Making it less efficent. Scyther as a lead is also effective. Being able to confront some leads. Although, its not a full fledged sweeper. Overall Scyther is a good Pokemon in NFE. If you can get SR blown away, then your in for a terrible time.
PikachuMainly used as a Special Sweeper, Pikachu is devastating when used right. First off T-Bolt KOs nearly and Water type in NFE. Along with doing a number to non-resisted Pokemon. Second, Surf KOS Rhydon which overwise is very threating. It also is the best move VS Monferno. HP Ice is for Dragons like Shelgon that it confronts. Lastly, Singal Beam is for Grass Types it encounters, although this move is more of a filler than a "needed" move. Life Orb MUST be used or Choice Specs as it dosen't have very much power attacking wise. Anouther movest it can use is Light Ball Volt Tackle. Having Surf on that movest is 100% needed. As it can't do very much to Rhydon otherwise. Pikachu isn't one of the best Pokes out there. But it still can prove to be useful.
Porygon2Porygon2 makes a great offence/defence Pokemon. As it has a good movepool, and good Base Stats. You can make it a Psycical wall, Special Wall, Mixed wall, or even a sweeper. With a decent SP.ATK stat Ice Beam can be used to its full power. Being able to survive ScarfBites Outrage and then KO back with Ice Beam. Being mostly the same with the other Dragons. Gligar is also badly threatened. Also having a reliable recovery move means even more trouble. Psychic is an option on the sweeper set just to counter Machoke. Thunderbolt can be used over Psychic to hit things like Water Types or Flying Types. Tri-Attack is its main STAB attack. Charge beam is also an option on a Charge Beam set. After +1 Tri Attack becomes a very threating move to any thing. Ice Beam can also be used, although Tri Attack does a number on all Dragons. So, Psychic is a a possible better option to KO Machoke. Lastly, the more defencive sets have mostly HP and DEF or Sp.DEF EVS depending on which set. Overall Porygon2 makes a efficent sweeper or wall in NFE. Being able to handle some of the most threating Pokes out there. This may be the reason ScarfChoke is the most common Uber varient. To outrun it sets and KO it without to much trouble.
ClamperlBeing one of the most threating Pokemon to switch into, it can turn the tables on the switch. The DeepSeaTooth doubles SP.ATK. When coupled with HP Fighting anything on the switch will take a hefty amount of damenge. Surf or Muddy Water depends on accurecy loss and less accurecy of its own, or 100% accurecy and no accurecy loss. Ice Beam can KO any swithcing in Dragons. If Sub is up it can KO most Pokemon it is facing. Anouther set is DeepSeaScale which boost SP.DEF. Getting it to 320. With that, it can become a decent special wall. Although its horrible HP can't back it up. Aqua Ring can help healwhile Body Slam can Para your opponent while you get to attack first and get extra healing if possible. Clamperl can be quite useful if used right.
MagnatonMagnaton is a very powerful Poke. Just like Magnazone in OU it can work very good. First of all, the Scarf set can be quite a treat. Still reaching 339 SP.ATK with Timid it can really put a dent in your team. HP Ice can KO most Dragons, while HP Grass KOs Grass types liek Marshtomp and Rhydon. HP Grass is a bit moe favored. However, not by to much. Anouther version is the Bulkier Charge Beam set. After Charge Beam this Poke can destroy teams. Mainly under sub. As even strong walls like Chansey could go down after being set upon after multiple Charge Beams. Thunderbolt/Charge Beam/Substitute/Hidden Power Grass can work quite well. Something that can get rid of the Dragons is a good counterpart. One there gone this Magnaton can run rampant. This is a very useful pokemon incase of once its threats are gone.
WynautLike its evolved counterpart in standered Ubers, Wynaut can still prove useful. It can turn set up pokemon to set up bait. While its good HP can somewhat cover it. Adding defence EVs is helpful for it to survive and +1 Pokemon like +1 Dragonair. Other weaker Psycical attacks can be countered while it takes a huge amount. Encore can fix pokemon into one move. Mainly if its setting up. Shadow Tag prevent it from ecaping. Making a switch out easier. You can set up your own move and then proceed to sweep. Overall Wynaut can be quite annoying to a team that isn't able to land a strong super effective move on it. A CB Sneasel can KO with Faint Attack. While Pokes that have set up already have a higher KO chance if Wynaut already to a beating. Overall Wynaut is a good canidate to something that needs to get rid of many certein threats that can cause trouble.
MunchlaxA very good Uber Special wall with all the poweful Sp.attackers running rampant. Having fantastic HP and 295 SP.DEF max Sp.def, and coupled with Curse to boost defences, it can handle quite a few threats. With Fire Punch and Body Slam it can do quite alot after Curse. Although things like Machoke and Monferno and some strong Focus Blasts can 2-1HKO Munchlax even after Curse. Meaning have soemthing that can KO these important. A Golbat can be a decent teamate being able to KO Monferno and Machoke afetr NP. Unless Machoke is scarf, which not all are. Once Munchlaxes threats are gone it can be free to sweep. Fire Punch for Magnazone and Scyther along with anything Body Slam can't hit. With its monster defences, and fantastic HP. After it egts a few Curses up there isn't much that can't stop it. Things like Electabuzz and Magmar can cause Munchlax problums with Focus Blast, which, if hits, can deal a serious amount. Mainly Magmars. To remedy this, you have to have a counter to these threats. The closest overall counter is a possible ScarfBite which can KO Electabuzz and Magmar with EQ. While Machoke who are weakened can be taken out by Outrage. Monferno can only hit with Mach Punch which can't KO. Although, you will really only have to counter 1 or 2 at once. Which, some of your other pokes can also aid in.
VigorothA uber that is neglected, it is very threating in the rigth hands. CBRoth starts it out. Ice Punch KOS nearly every Dragon bar some Shelgon. Night Slash can help vs Dusclops, although not a KO, its more leaned VS taking out weakened Pokes. Return for STAB move. While EQ can be used as a Larion counter. This set has great power, when coupled with 306 SPED it can be ver threating. Now, although this set seems completly outclassed by Sneasel, it has some Bonuses. With Sucker Punch being avalible as a sub for Night Slash, it can priorty many threats like Scarf Haunter, Kadabra, and weakened Electabuzz and Magmar. Along with anything else that is weakened. A Bulk up set can also be used. After +1 Return turns into a extremely powerful move. Night Slash deals a large amount to Dusclops as well. However, it won't KO. It will have to be weakened to KO. EQ is its last move. KOing Larion, and doing a large number on Rhydon, it can deal a huge amount to any poke. If used right it can sweep teams efficently.
Wrap UpThese Pokemon are not the only Pokemon that can be used in ubers. Other Pokemon like Diglett are viable in ubers as it can KO Kadabra and Haunter with Sucker Punch. However, its not a very "notable" Pokemon in ubers as its low attack stat can suffer. Its fragile defences and bad HP make it worse. Although it has good speed, and a Choice Band set many seem quite useful, it can always be countered. Being KO'd by most moves its switches into besides Electric. Other Pokes Like Screen Bayleaf and Grotle are outclassed by Bronzor due to superior resistence. Being able to use Trick, Screens, SR, and Gyro Ball all in one is something that can outclass Bayleaf. While Bronzor has only 1 weakness, Bayleaf has quite a few. Bronzor can also explode when the job is done. Badly damenging anything that isn't resistant to it. Its simply about what fits better in the tier. Bronzor resists normal making it a decent Banded Vigroth counter. Setting up Screens to soften its attacks. This guide hopefully explained what are some useful tatics and Pokes to use in ubers. Remember, spaming a team with ubers dosen't make it good. What makes it good is Snynergy, counters to common threats, and of course a balance of offence to destroy your threats. This just got you started. Now, you can learn about Leads, Sweepers, walls, and many other tatics that will help you in ubers play. First though, lets start with the most important thing of a team. What gives you a head start, the:
LeadsJolly
252 ATK/ 252 SPED/ 6 HP
@Focus Sash
Aerial Ace
Quick Attack
Night Slash
U-turn/Sword Dance
Ahhhhhh. One of the most common Anti-Leads. With greak speed, it can devistate certein standered ones that people expect will still work in Ubers. With Techniton boosting AA to a fantastic amount of power, it can become a large threat. If you choose SD, and get to set up with it, you can turn into a complete full fledged sweeper easy. U-turn gives the merit of switching out from leads Like metang which wall otherwise. It takes a big chunk out of its health, while safely ecaping. LO would be more favored If using U-turn. As you will be swithcing more if so. While with SD you would stay and set up. While surviving. Making it a good sweep starter.
Adamant
252 HP/252 ATK/6 HP
@Shuca Berry/Occa Berry
Meteor Mash
Earthquake
Ice Punch/Stealth Rock
Bullet Punch
Anouther good anti-lead. It counters Scyther quite nice.It can take every move with ease besides Night Slash and U-turn, which won't OHKO. Shuca is for other Metang. Ice Punch can take care of dragons. However, you can give him SR if you want to get it up earlier. As it is very capable of doing that. It also counters Sneaseland Kadabra leads which can always be a pain to take on. A possible threat to this set is Gligar. Who, if you don't use Ice Punch,will be able to setup SR. While you MM it, not being a 2HKO. Thisis where Shuca comes in, It can take EQ with more health. Damenge it again. And,if it has it low enough BP it. Or,save metang for later. Occa Berry IS optional. for being able to counter a Monferno lead. One of the most threating. Being KO'd with EQ + BP. Apart from this Metang makes a very solid offencive and defencive lead. Turning the tables is what it does.
Jolly
252 ATK/252 SPED/6 HP
@Focus Sash
Ice Shard
Ice Punch
Pursuit
Brick Brake/Taunt
While being completly countered by Metang leads, it can KO Kadabra and Scyther easy. With higher speed it can simple Ice Punch + Ice Shard them both. Pursuit is if anyone decides to ecape. Such as Kadabra for later game. Taunt can be used over Brick Brake if you are going to let Sneasel die earlier. To prevent them from setting up SR. All these moves are standered, and result in the same thing on a normal basis. It can be saved for later, to reck havik late game, when a ScarfBite is after you. Or, it can be used to attempt to take out the Lead, and stop them from using SR. Its a pretty easy set to use. As it has a quick job of attacking, then it can go. Making it a fragile suicide lead. However,a more effective one at most.
Timid
252 SP.ATK/252 SPED/6 SP.DEF
@Focus Sash
Psychic
Taunt
Protect
Energy Ball
Something which is underrated. Scyther, Metang, and Sneasel all counter it. However, it can counter an annoying threat, Monferno. Being able to counter most leads (besides Scyther). Fire Blast/Mach Punch is very threating.Kadabra can shut this down, partly. With inner focus it can't flinch. While it gets it down to 1 HP they are left with either Set up SR, or Fire Blast + Mach Punch and win. Now, most can predict this however, it can still be a decent lead. Meaning Kadabra as a lead is much more useful than in OU. It also 2HKOs Gligar with Psychic. A good bonus. Energy Ball KOs any Marshtomp or Graverler leads that are stray here. Making Kadabra, a good counter to begginers who still use Marshtomp in the uber tier.
Naive
252 SPED/ 176 SP.ATK/ 82 ATK
@Focus Sash
Fire Blast
Mach Punch
Stealth Rock/Hidden Power[Grass]
Fake Out
The ultimate uber lead counter. It can be made a offencive anti-lead. Or, use SR and set it up quick and KO. Scyther gets Fake Out in the face then KO'd with Fire Blast. Metang gets Fake Out and KO'd with Fire Blast. Sneasel gets Fake Out and Mach Punched to death. Even Kadabra can't win. Protect + Psychic can't win VS Fire Blast + Mach Punch. However, it will get it down to its sash. HP Grass KO's Marshtomp and Gravaler leads whitch are stray. While Fire Blast KOs almost any other common lead. For EVS, you can change them as much as you want. For diffrent attacking power. However, with these EVS KO the leads listed above. Using 224 SP.ATK is optional. Or 200 in SP.ATK. Making sure it is a KO. Occa Berry Metang is one of the few counters. Surving Fire Blast and Mach Punch. While EQ + BP KOS. Making it a decent counter. Otherwise, this is quite a threating lead. Something which can tear your team apart. Unless Golbat is your lead. Which can beat Monferno. Along with some Kadabra that can get luck on there side or predict. Unless Hypnosis missed or they KO Kadabra first.
Jolly
252 ATK/ 212 SPED/ 44 DEF
@Leftovers
Hypnosis
Brave Bird
U-Turn
Roost
Golbat. One of the few counters to lead Monferno, Goltbat can also defeat over common leads. Metang can counter however, by not taking very much from Brave Bird. However, it can be beat by Brave Bird spam. Then roosting up. It can damenge many leads. Outspeeding them all. Thankfully, to Hypnosises low accurecy, it won't always hit. Sneasel is a good counter. It can use Ice Punch or taunt to prevent it from Hypnosis, then Ice Punch while it U-turn away. Making Sneasel a decent counter. Kadabra can KO Golbat wiht Psychic. Making Golbat a smaller threat. Being erased early game. Overall Golbat is a good lead in general. As long as you can cover its weaknesses, it should be a good Pokemon to use.
Lead Wrap UpThese may not be all the leads. However, they are the most common. Being able to keep each other in balance. The uber tier is full of anti-leads. Meaning the more defencive leads of the OU tier become less effective. Although some leads can still be used, they are less common, resulting in you setting SR up later. There are many other leads out there besides these. So, you can always come up with your own. Now that we finished with our leads, lets begin with the more defencive side of uber NFE. Although not many, they can prove there own in a very powerful offencive metagame. They are the center of stall teams. We all know them well. They are the:
WallsImpish
252 HP/ 216 DEF/ 40 SP.DEF
@Leftovers
Pain Split
Night Shade
Will-o-Wisp
Rock Slide
Dusclops is a fantastic Pokemon in Uber NFE. Outclassing Misdreveus by defences by quite a bit (although it can still be used due to screens and Perish Song ability). Since there are a large amount of Psycical sweepers in NFE WoW earns a welcomed spot. As it can cripple Sneasel, DD Dragonair, ScarfBite, SD Gligar, and its largest threat Scyther along with many more. Doing 100 damenge with Night Shade can pose large problums for a large amount of NFES. Anouther thing that makes Dusclops favorable is that it can stop Machoke in its tracks. As Payback won't be doing a very large amount due to most Machokes outspeeding Dusclops. WoW can completly cripple it. Making it useless. Its last move Rock Slide is for its biggest threat, Scyther. As SD + Night Slash can deal a large amount. The best way to KO Dusclops is by wearing it down, as it has no recovery. Making a Scyther a perfect counter to weakened ones. Trick also can screw Dusclops over by a unsuspected Bronzor. Overall Dusclops can cripple a large amount of NFES by with just a little support.
Calm
252 HP/ 16 DEF/ 240 SP.DEF
@Leftovers
Thunder Wave
Heal Bell / Encore
Seismic Toss / Tri Attack
Roost / Wish
Although it seems outclassed by Dusclops by weakness, and defences, it can prove to still be useful. Being able to cripple scarfers like Magmar and Haunter is quite useful. Even better it has a reliable recovery move. Wish, or Roost. It can be used for Wish passing, or by self healing faster. It can also be used to turn some Pokemon into set up bait. Or, you can use Heal Bell to help get rid of your teams status. S-Toss delivers quite a dent to many NFEs not named ghost types, Chansey, or Munchlax. Although it can Encore to back it up. Togetic can counter Pokemon like Monferno as it can be worn down by S-Toss + Life Orb combo. Magmar can be T-waved then Wish/Roost + S-tossed on. Although, you can use Tri Attack over S-toss due to Serence Grace giving a chance to burn, freeze, or paralyze, S-toss is a bit more pefered as it can tend to do more damenge. Probubly the best counter to Togetic is Specs Electabuzz or Charge Beam Magnaton. As Togetic can't completly keep up with conseccutive special boosts. Although it can live longer if it uses Roost dropping its Electric weakness it can still be quite weakened. Overall Togetic is a fantastic Pokemon in Uber NFE. Walling a majority of special attackers.
Bold
252 HP/ 224 DEF/34 SP.ATK
@Leftovers
Ice Beam
Tri Attack
Thunder Wave
Recover
The Psycical defencive set of Porygon2 is very useful, as it can cripple quite a few threats, meaning it is one of the most useful Pokemon out there. First of all, Ice Beam KOs Gabite while they can only do 38% max with outrage with a Jolly Nature. Shelgon and Dragonair face the same fate. Even though Mix-Dragonair can do a good amount with Draco Meteor, Porygon can recover it off while Ice Beam can finish it while it hopelessly tries to KO it. Sneasels Brick Brake also can't do more than 49%, even when banded! Meaning Porygon can mostly shake it off with T-wave + Recover. Although if SR is up it can 2HKO it, SR won't always get up. Ice Beam can also KO Gligar. Tri Attack is the best move it has VS Sneasel. Althought it will 2HKO with SR up it will be left with fewer HP. Porygon2 however has some decently common counters such as Specs Magmar with Focus Blast as it can decimate it. However, the chance that Focus Blast will miss is pretty high. Even though Porygon has high defence, a STAB Machokes Dynamic Punch can 2HKO. As Porygon2 can't compeat with that. Overall Psycical defencive Porygon is a fantastic Pokemon for a team who has trouble with threats like ScarfBite.
Calm
252 DEF/ 200 SP.DEF/ 58 HP
@Leftovers
Seismic Toss
Toxic
Softboiled
Ice Beam
Chansey is the supreme special wall of NFE. With having fantastic HP and SP.DEF it can take almost any special attack in the game. It can wall Specs Electabuzz and Magmar as Focus Blast can be walled out or just plain missing. Toxic can stall out Dusclops or Togetic as they can fall easy unless they carry Heal Bell. Porygon2 is also in trouble with Toxic as it goes down after awhile. Infact, most walls go down after they been stausted. Chansey however falls to most strong psycical attacks. Machoke, MixFerno, Metang, or many others can take Chansey out. Although Metang dosen't always prevail, it can still do a very large chunck to Chansey. CB Sneasel can also KO Chansey as it will fall after awhile. Anouther bonus of Chansey is that it can wall Kadabra and Haunter, two very strong threats in NFE. Overall Chansey is a good Pokemon. Walling most special threats, it is very handy. Although it's defence is low its teamates can help with that one.
Impish
252 HP/ 252 DEF/ 6 SP.DEF
@Leftovers/Shed Shell
Light Screen
Reflect
Meteor Mash
Earthquake
Althoug many of you may think Bronzor may be more effective for this role of screens, your wrong. Metang is helpful for 2 reasons on stall teams, it has useful resistences, and can fight incase DD Shelgon comes in. Taking a large percentege every turn from LO and MM. EQ is for Nosepass, Magnaton, Larion, and other Metang. This Metang pairs well with stall teams and support as it can set up under screens while it heals with wish. In ubers it can help even further. As it can help its teamates figh the ever more common CBSneasel. Or Mix-ferno. It can also support Chansey even farther making it a psycical and special wall. Metang is a very trustworthy teamate in ubers as well. With Light Screen up it can switch into a LO Dragonairs Draco Meteor and finish it with MM. Overall Metang is useful as a wall in ubers. Constantly supporting its teamates with Screens, all it requires is a little help.
Walls Wrap UpThese are the most common walls in OU NFE. Using there abilites to the fullest. They fit there way on teams that need help with a certein threat, or need soem healing support. Or Reflect and Light Screen to help Stat uppers like DD Shelgon sweep easier, they have it all. Hopefully you can use them to there fullest to. As they have alot of pros to abuse. There large defences, good move pool, ablity at crippling foes, or just plain helping take down something like Machoke whos very common in ubers. Now that we have finished covering the walls, lets move on to the more offencive side of Ubers. Most having a wide movepool they can take advantege of there attacking ability. Yes, you guessed it. There the start of of offencive teams, they are the:
SweepersJolly
252 ATK/ 252 SPED/ 4 DEF
@Life Orb/Choice Band
Ice Shard
Ice Punch
Pursuit/Faint Attack
Brick Brake
Being the most common poke in OU NFE it stays one of the most common. However, CBSneasel is slightly more common due to its newly needed power to help take out Machoke as its become a more common sight than before. It also helps to always insure KOs on other pokes. Such as Larion. More defencive versions of Larion can't always be OHKO'd by Brick Brake. While C-band always KOS. Unless Impish Larion is used which can survive banded Brick Brake, however, not many people do use Impish Larion. CBSneasel can also KO Careful 4 DEF Munchlax most of the time with SR, something LO Sneasel can't muster. Sneasel can also KO Togetic with Banded Ice Punch. Even if it uses Bold. Something LO, again can't do. Sneasels biggest counter is Metang. Anouther thing is Faint Attack is more pefered on CBSneasel due to just power. However pursuit can be used. Both however put a large dent in Dusclops. Something that can prove to be hard to get rid of. Overall Sneasel can cause serious problums for teams due to its strong power and good attack and speed.
Timid
252 SP.ATK/ 252 SPED/ 6 DEF
@Life Orb
Psychic
Energy Ball
Singal Beam
Shadow Ball
One of the best special sweepers of uber NFE it can sweep entire teams if your not perpared for it. Psychic can OHKO Machoke while Enegy Ball for Rhydon or any other Ground and Water type out there. Singal Beam is for Grass Types or the rare Tangela on a Sunny Day Team. Shodow Ball covers LO Haunter and other Kadabra. However, with the rise of Chansey Kadabra can be in trouble from this. As it can be walled unlike in OU NFE much easier. Metang can also threaten Kadabra alot just like in OU. Sneasel is anouther threat, however, it always was. Scarfers do cause this poke problums to as well. ScarfBite and ScarfHaunter can end this pokemons sweep. So, having a Sneasel as a teamate could quite work. If used right this pokemon can sweep entire teams. However, new found counters like Magnaton are very dangerous. So, you should be able to help cover these with partner pokemon.
Naive
252 SPED/ 56 SP.ATK/ 200 ATK
@Life Orb
Fire Blast
Hidden Power[Ice]
Close Combat
Thunder Punch
Standered Mix-Ferno. It can do severe damenge to teams once they are weakened a bit. Fire Blast can OHKO Metang, while Close Combat can KO Chansey and 2HKOing Porygon2. Thunder Punch is for Water types or weaker Flying types. With LO boosting its attacks it becomes twice as effective. Monferno can badly damenge teams is used right. Although it has a few counters. Scarf Poliwhirl can check Monferno wirh Waterfall, ScarfBite can also KO with Earthquake. Bulky water types alos are problums. Overall Monferno isn't bad though. As it can be used very well when supported. Monferno is a good edition to any team if they need a slightly slower sweeper.
Jolly
252 ATK/ 252 SPED/ 6 HP
@Choice Scarf
Outrage
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Shadow Claw
Gabite can take out some of the most threating pokemon in Ubers. The first being Magnaton and Monferno. As they can harn a handful of NFES. Gabite can also KO Shelgon as well, there DD is completly wasted as it is OHKO'd. However, Gabite has his own problums. 1 being Sneasel. Which can OHKO it with Ice Shard. Anouther threat is a Metang swithcing into an Outrage set off to KO some Shelgon who tried to threaten you. This makes a Metang a great partner countering some of its threats like Sneasel. Stone Edge is for Togetic which can cause this set problums although it won't KO, after SR the Togetic is pretty much finished. While Shadow Claw can help vs Dusclops and Wynaut. Overall Gabite is a fantastic sweeper that can sweep entire teams that are unprepared.
Jolly
252 ATK/ 252 SPED/ 6 HP
@Choice Scarf
Dynamic Punch
Ice Punch
Earthquake
Bullet Punch
Machoke is a very strong Pokemon in ubers. As a large amount of Ubers are weak to fighting. It also can KO Larion and Dragonair due to its new gained speed. However, it can still be countered by Electabuzz, Magmar, and Kadabra as it can not outspeed them still. A Pokemon like Gabite could help as they can be handled by EQ for all 3. Machoke can also be used as a Sleep Talk set which is more Bulky. All sets can work however, so you can try and see which one fits your team. If you want a decently Bulky sweeper in ubers Machoke is right for you. As its strong STAB Dyanamic Punch can hit anything in its way. Although, Golbat can get in its way by 4X resisting it. Confusion will still leave a mark though. So, Sneasel could also be used with Machoke, or even Haunter to an exstent. All and all Machoke is a very good sweeper in Ubers. Being able to deal hits with great power. This is one of the reasons CBSneasel becane so popular.
Rash
140 ATK/ 196 SP.ATK/ 172 SPED
@Life Orb
Draco Meteor
Extreme Speed
Fire Blast
Surf
MixNair is very useful in ubers. Although DD works to, this set can help VS Metang who is a large threat to DD Dragonair. Draco Meteor can KO Shelgon who are quite annoying. It can also be used as a finishing move for something like RestTalk Machoke. Fire Blast is used for Grass Types or or Metang which can wall Metang normally. Surf is for Fire Types or Larion who also pose a threat to DD version. While Extreme speed can be used for a finish attack for a scarfer like Gabite or Machoke. DD Dragonairs threats are ScarfBite and Sneasel by nature, along with ScarfChoke as long as it can't be killed with Extreme Speed. ShucaTang can work well as it can survive EQ from Gabites EQ and KO with Ice Punch. While MM can KO Sneasel. If used with the right partners it can be very threating to a large amount of pokemon in this metagame.
Timid
252 SPED/ 252 SP.ATK/ 6 HP
@Life Orb
Thunderbolt
Focus Blast
Psychic
Hidden Power[Ice]
Quite a succesful sweeper in Ubers, it can KO a large amount of Pokemon. Focus Blast can OHKO Larion. While Psychic can KO Machoke after SR most of the time. Thunderbolt KOS any water type in its way. Making it a feirce opponent. HP Ice is for Dragons or Grass types that stray in the tier. Electabuzz faces problums of faster sweepers, or speed ties. Sneasel can come in on slightly weakened Buzz and KO wiht Ice Punch. While if Kadabra wins the speed tie, it KOs with Psychic also. A Metang partner may be useful as long as Kadabra lacks HP Fire or Sneasel has a C-banded Faint Attack which can do quite a bit to Metang even with its good defences (Although Psycical metang can best it easy due to defences). Electabuzz is quite easy to use in ubers with its wide movepool, as long as its weaknesses are covered.
Jolly
252 ATK/ 200 SPED/ 58 SP.DEF
@Musle Band
Earthquake
Stone Edge/Rock Slide
Fire Punch
Rock Polish
Rhydon is one of the most threating sweepers in NFE. It threatens a large amount of ubers with QuakeEdge combo being unresisted. 200 speed EVS outrun max speed Kadabra and Electabuzz, however, even more speed EVS are needed. Fire Punch is for any Grass types that switch in on Rhydon. The biggest counters to Rhydon include Scarf Haunter, Scarf Poliwhirl, or anything that has the set up advantege beforehand. These threats are harder to counter together. Although they almost never are. Haunter can be countered by Sneasel. While Poliwhirl can be countered by a bulky grass type like Bayleaf or Grotle although not common in ubers. If its weaknesses are covered up beforehand then it can sweep entire teams.
Adamant
252 ATK/ 252 SPED/ 6 DEF
@Life Orb
Dragon Claw
Brick Brake
Dragon Dance
Fire Fang
One of very most threating pokemon in OU regains it's title once again here. Dragon Claw OHKOs any Dragon that it encounters, even Bulky Shelgon faces trouble. Brick Brake is for Larion and Rhydon which can confront it although not a KO on Rhydon however. Lastly, Fire Fang is is for Grass Types or steel. Metang can completly wall this set. So, Fire Fang is the best move against it. Shelgons biggest counters are Sneasel or ScarfBite. As Banded Ice Punch can OHKO. The best counters are among Metang. The reason is it can wall Sneasel besides banded Faint Attack and ScarfBites EQ. You should have a counter for each of these. Metang + your Own Sneasel can work. As Sneasel can KO Gabite with Ice Shard, while Metang can handle your opponents. However, these two pokemon are hard to counter. Unless Gabite locks into Outrage and Metang can Ice Punch it to death. Put aside its weaknesses and you have one feirce Pokemon.
Adamant
252 HP/ 252 ATK/ 6 DEF
@Shuca Berry
Ice Punch/Explousion
Earthquake
Meteor Mash
Bullet Punch
Metang as a pure offencive beast is amzing. Although, it may not appear to be. MM is for something like Sneasel that lives through BP or Kadabra with a good amount of health. BP is a finsihed move for soemthing that could KO you if you don't have priorty. EQ is for Larion, as it lives its EQ with Shuca Berry and KOs back. Ice Punch is used for Dragons like DD Dragonair, Shelgon lacking Fire Fang or Gabite locked in Outrage. However, Metang still has som common weaknesses. First, Monferno can KO with Fire Blast along with Magmar. While Metang can't defend itself against them. Thats where Poliwhirl comes in. It resists Fire and can come in and OHKO both of them. And since later game Monfero dosen't have Mach Punch, Poliwhirl can safely come in and KO them. Then, Poliwhirl is safe to sweep. Making these to a strong combo.
Adamant
132 HP/ 252 ATK/ 124 SP.DEF
@Life Orb/Choice Band
Ice Shard
Avalanche
Earthquake
Stone Edge/Superpower
Being able to KO quite a few NFES, Piloswine can take its Bulk and attack to the fullest. Ice Sharda KOS every Dragon out there beesides Shelgon with LO. With CB it can damenge everything in NFE severly. EQ does large amounts to Rhydon, Superpower KOS Munchlax and Chansey, while also doing a very large amount to P2. Stone Edge is used mainly for Togetic which is a very large threat for many special attackers. Taking advantege of its lower defence makes it fantastic for this job. Although there are some threats to this set. 1 being Scarfed Larion, although not common in ubers, it can take Ice Shard and KO back with Iron Tail, EQ, or even Head Smash if it has lower HP. This makes something like Gabite or ShucaTang a decent counter. Although both suffer very large amounts from Head Smash even though they resist it, they are worth it. Anouther threat is Monferno and Bronzor. As Bronzor can survive Superpower and set up screens. While Monferno resists Ice Shard and can KO with Fire Blast. Poliwhirl can beat Monferno while something like Specs Magmar or ScarfBite can beat Bronzor. The only problum is if it has levitate or heatproof. All and all Piloswine can damenge most ubers for a hard hit. Hitting Scyther with Ice Shard that deals a very large amount. Making Piloswine a perfect counter to some common NFE threats.
Adamant/Jolly
252 ATK/ 252 SPED/ 4 HP
@Life Orb
Rock Polish
Iron Tail
Head Smash
Earthquake
RP Larion is very threating due to its good attack and defences. First of, a Jolly Nature with 196 SPED outruns max speed Sneasel after a single Rock Polish. Making this slightly more suitable if you don't have a reliable counter that can always work. Larion also works as a great Outrage fodder. As 316 DEF can shurg that off while it can RP and KO. Iron tail may not have good accuerecy, but its the best move it has against Rhydon, Graveler, Nosepass, and Machoke. Althought Adamant must be used to take these Pokes down. So, make sure you get enough RPS up when you get the chance. Head Smash completly kills Togetic, Chansey, and Munchlax(2HKOs Munchlax) when using Adamant. Larions biggest threats are without RP. Like Magmar as it can KO with Focus Blast, same as Electabuzz. MixNair can do a hefty amount with Surf, or KOing it, while ScarfBite proves a problum RP or not as it can outrun it after RP. EQ still KOS. ShucaTang also proves problums. This is why it has to have the right team members. Some good teammates are ScarfBite and Sneasel. Outrage KOS Dragonair while EQ for Metang. Although Shuca is annoying. Sneasel can KO Dragonair and Electabuzz although they don't like switching in. Anouther option is NP Togetic, although T-bolt from Electabuzz can hurt, it can take quite a bit of a beating. Specs Togetic may also work. Although, its not the worlds best counter. So, you simply must find hat fits your team. As not all of them will be on one team. If these Pokemon are erased Larion can have an quite easy time to sweep.
Timid
252 SP.ATK/ 252 SPED/ 4 HP
@Choice Scarf
Shadow Ball
Energy Ball
Hidden Power[Fighting]/Hidden Power[Ice]
Sludge Bomb/Psychic
A fantastic scarfer and partner with Larion due to meing immune to Fighting and Ground. Having good SP.ATK is fantastic bonus coupled with good speed. Now being able to KO Kadabrainstead of them KOing you. Sludge Bomb is more of a filler. Although it helps against stray grass types that are encountered once and awhile. Energy Ball helps VS things like Rhydon and sometimes Marshtomp or Poliwhirl. While the decision between HP Ice or Fighting depends on your other coveredge. HP Fighting helps vs Larion while HP Ice helps VS Gabite, Shelgon, and Dragonair. Shadow Ball is for obvious reasons. This Pokemons threats are pretty common, so you should have a counter to them anyway. Sneasel is the main one. As Pursuit takes out haunter easily. So, something like Metang to counter Sneasel in adavnce is helpful. Second, Togetic can counter due to its massive SP.DEF and the part that Haunter can't hit it with a strong SE effective move. NP Togetic turns Haunter into set up bait. A good teamate is RP Larion. If it gets RP up on a poke that can't hurt it Sneasel is finsihed, however Jolly 196 speed EVS must be used to outspeed Sneasel. Although they aren't to commonly seen together, meaing using Metang could solve this. As Sneasel can't harm Metang outside of CB Faint Attack. So, the key to using Haunter is covering up its weaknesses to make it effective. This is the most vital key to any team, along with its rate of success. The fact is though, not every Sneasel has Pursuit. Some chose Faint Attack. So, its may not always be what you think. This is anouther reason HP Figthing can be useful. If you think Sneasel is coming, blast it off. Just remember, cover up its weaknesses to make it as effective as it always was in OU. Thats the key.