Corviknight

The build started with the goal of creating a "unbreakable" defensive backbone using the and Unaware core, ensuring that no amount of stat-boosting could easily sweep the team. and were added to provide the standard physical/special defensive walls and hazard control. To give the team a proactive way to win rather than just waiting for the opponent to struggle, was chosen as a win condition that benefits from the team's ability to weaken checks over time. Finally, was integrated to provide a status sponge and a consistent way to remove hazards while maintaining momentum through item removal with Knock Off.

I'll start the RMT with a proper introduction as to who I am. Hello everyone, my name is YaVR_1 on smogon however I'm known as Blue on PS! The main reason I built this team was to see how well could a breaker like perform in the current National Dex meta where offense and bo have been thriving whereas most balance teams have been struggling due to the sheer number of wall breakers as well as z moves plaguing the meta and I must admit, performed admirably well on this specific balance team meant to have a positive mu into offense. Now I began building the team around as the teams main breaker. Thunderclap provided it with valuable priority, enabling it to rkill pokemon faster then it such as or . However, I noticed that it struggled vs , & , hence I decided to add . Not only did pursuit trap & , making it easy for to break through stall, but vs bo, it was able to break past via knock off and cripple by removing leftovers. Since the core lacked longevity, I decided to run since it's one of the only pokemon capable of defogging on gholdengo, enabling this team to beat those hazard stack teams. Sd + sub also has a good mu vs this team and helps with that mu asw. + form the complete defensive core of the team, with alleviating the mu into sun & rain teams. acts as the teams speed control, rkilling many offensive powerhouses such as &