RBY OU Isa's Standard RBY Team

[Isa]

This is the team that I've had as my "main" team since pre-PO days, I'd estimate its first appearance being August-September 2011. It is nothing special, just a bog-standard team that I feel very comfortable using.

Alakazam
- Psychic
- Recover
- Seismic Toss
- Thunder Wave
You know what every mon on here does, but here goes nothing. Zam is the anti-lead, spreading paralysis onto fragile mons or 25%+paralysis onto Exeggutor (Eggy leads are uncommon and not really that good either way) in the worst case scenario. Has good chances to wake up versus paralyzed Chansey.

Exeggutor
- Explosion
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
- Mega Drain
Sole sleeper on the team, but as long as you don't use it as a lead Exeggutor is enough. Mega Drain was originally to recover enough HP to live another Chansey Ice Beam, now it's not very frequently used but is still solid for recovery tricks. It increases in usefulness as you learn damage rolls - can the extra HP help me survive this Hyper Beam/Blizzard/Ice Beam? Double-Edge isn't as needed on a team where everything threatens Chansey and the other Recover users somehow (even if only through booming in the case of Eggy vs Zam/Chansey) except my own Chansey versus their Chansey or Zam. Also helpful versus the Slowbros.

Snorlax
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Hyper Beam
- Selfdestruct
Standard Lax. Has a tendency to cause damage to Exeggutor which is a great thing with a Rhydon on the team.

Tauros
- Blizzard
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Hyper Beam
Standard Tauros. You know what it does...

Chansey
- Ice Beam
- Softboiled
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
Standard Chansey. The easiest mon to replace recently, as I play offensive and don't wanna throw away momentum. However, without this, I get bodied by Lapras. It's necessary team glue that can provide clutch paralysis in late game scenarios.

Rhydon
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Substitute
Walls Zapdos. 2HKOs Chansey, 3HKOs Snorlax (by the way, I never switch in Rhydon on Snorlax. Body Slam paralysis kills any potential Chansey fun) and actually deals damage versus Eggy unlike Golem. Synergy with Zam lead is very solid - Zam tends to give Eggs paralysis and 25/50% damage. If I get lucky and hit twice with SToss, Eggy cannot switch in safely as even EQ+Rock Slide has ~35% chance of KOing, with Body Slam+RSlide it is almost guaranteed. With Exeggutor gone Rhydon becomes a beast and the best switch-in is now Starmie who you can hit with Body Slam on the switch and cause superb paralysis.


Overall, I try to spread paralysis through Body Slamming everything and damage Exeggutor heavily so that Rhydon has a field day. This team tends to smother the tri-recover trio as they get very little peace of mind. The biggest annoyance is probably Lapras.

Team import:

Spoiler

Alakazam
- Psychic
- Recover
- Reflect
- Thunder Wave

Exeggutor
- Explosion
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
- Stun Spore

Snorlax
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Hyper Beam
- Self-Destruct

Tauros
- Blizzard
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Hyper Beam

Chansey
- Ice Beam
- Soft-Boiled
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt

Rhydon
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Substitute

 

[Lutra]

Thank you for posting Added to the team index.

 

[magic9mushroom]

Yup. This is the standard alright. And it's standard for a reason - it's a well-rounded and very fluid team. It acceptably covers all the bases defensively - Zam (Zam + Chansey + Egg), Slowbro (Thunderbolt Chansey + multiple Exploders), Starmie (Thunderbolt+Thunder Wave Chansey and Seismic Toss Zam), Zapdos (Rhydon), and Rock/Grounds (Exeggutor and in a pinch Blizzard Tauros) - and most of the Pokemon have either Explosion or an instant recovery move to keep momentum. The most canonical version is probably the one with Golem (for even more fluidity with a third Explosion) and Stun Spore Exeggutor (to cover one more defensive base - Dragonite - by giving every single Pokemon a paralysis move) but that's splitting hairs.

The reason this team has been so solid for so many years is basically because you can't counterdesign it. You can certainly outplay a user of it (or get lucky), but a team that will reliably "beat" the standard team simply doesn't exist.

 

[marcoasd]

The team is obviously OK. You explained why you picked Rhydon over Golem and Thunderbolt over Reflect for Chansey.
In order to replace Chansey,the most safe way is throwing in a Starmie (maybe as a lead) and then Zam in Chansey's place. If you like to dare, use an electric, or a Lapras of your own (but then Starmie might be difficult, relying mostly on Snorlax).

 

[Jorgen]

Lapras over Chansey can work if you're feeling dangerous. You lose out on defense (especially against opposing Lapras) but gain the ability to easily force Exeggutor out while also tacking on another Snorlax check to keep Rhydon safe from Bslams.