GSC OU I like Marowak

Bored again, let's post a team.

I always liked the idea of Marowak, just rarely had the balls to actually use it. There's also a lot of other neat stuff on this team I also never really could bring myself to use before, but Marowak is kind of the central motivator for this team.


Zapdos @ Leftovers
-Thunder
-Hidden Power Ice
-Rest
-Reflect

Never had the balls to use non-ST Zapdos outside of full gimmick tbh. Is this team full gimmick? I'd like to think not, but if I were still playing tournaments I probably wouldn't use it. Anyway Reflect is cool because it lets you stay in safely for hard-hitting Thunders and Hidden Powers against all the stuff that can normally hit you hard (Lax, Ttar, Grounds). Raikou is annoying, but Thunder can paralyze it, and Marowak loves double-switching on Raikous. Not having ST for Exeggutors is a bit of a bummer, though.


Snorlax @ Leftovers
-Double-Edge
-Curse
-Rest
-Sleep Talk

Safelax. I run it because Marowak as your Ground isn't terribly safe against Electrics, plus I'd be pretty boned vs. Nidoking without ST on this bad boy. In fact, any sleeper would be awfully annoying for that matter.


Marowak @ Thick Club
-Earthquake
-Swords Dance
-Rock Slide
-Hidden Power Bug

Pretty standard Wak that nonetheless I never could bring myself to really use. HP Bug is best because OHKOs on Egg are cool, who even runs Heracross anyway, and when am I going to Rest unless I force myself to run a Beller? Marowak is cool because he can mow things down and punish Rests pretty hard, whereas most other attackers in GSC actually struggle to punish Rest from their counters particularly hard. You kind of need gonads to use him effectively, though.


Exeggutor @ (No Item)
-Psychic
-Thief
-Sleep Powder
-Explosion

Thief Egg helps Marowak out by maybe catching Zapdos. Or Skarm. Okay, explicitly helping Marowak with Thief Egg is a stretch, it's much more self-serving than that. Thief is really nice for crippling a STer (Zapdos is 3HKOed by Psychic without Lefties), then having free rein to sleep whatever you want. Ttar is a son of a bitch, but hey, Marowak likes doubling on that guy too, and it's not like Egg can't cripple it with Thief/Sleep Powder to give Lax an easier time.


Cloyster @ Leftovers
-Surf
-Toxic
-Spikes
-Rapid Spin

Spin Cloy instead of boom because I think Marowak prefers a Spikes-free field over taking out Starmie. In fact, you might use Marowak to take out Starmie for Cloyster, so yeah. Other than that, it's just plain jane Cloyster, zzzz.


Tyranitar @ Leftovers
-Crunch
-Pursuit
-Thunderbolt
-Roar

All-Special Ttar set. Dunno who invented it, don't care, I know Tiba used it a lot but outside of that I don't know who else did. Anyway, this set admits that Rock Slide is used mostly as a token STAB move and doesn't help with Pursuiting at all. Ttar's Pursuit is pretty nice for this team, as with Crunch it can catch Egg for Marowak (having to predict HP Bug is a pain in the ass), Ghosts for Lax, and perhaps even Starmie or Miltank. Meanwhile Tbolt is nice for making short work of Cloysters, and might also do unexpectedly high damage to Suicune, thereby giving Marowak more leeway. The main reason I used Tbolt, however, was much simpler-minded: I did it so this team would have at least 3 attackers capable of breaking a Curse Skarm (the other 2 are Cloy and Zapdos).