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Alt. Format XY-On Machamp EX / Ariados

TheKreisChild

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Pokemon: 13
  • 3 Machamp EX AOR
  • 3 Ariados AOR
  • 3 Spinark AOR
  • 2 Landorus FUF
  • 1 Hawlucha FUF
  • 1 Regirock XY49
Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums: 37
  • 2 Professor Sycamore
  • 3 Professor Birch's Observations
  • 2 Ace Trainer
  • 2 Korrina
  • 1 Hex Maniac
  • 1 Lysandre
  • 4 VS Seeker
  • 2 Ultra Ball
  • 2 Level Ball
  • 1 Battle Compressor
  • 3 Trainers' Mail
  • 2 Switch
  • 1 Escape Rope
  • 1 Revive
  • 2 Paint Roller
  • 4 Muscle Band
  • 2 Fighting Stadium
  • 1 Scorched Earth
  • 1 Faded City
Energy: 10
  • 4 Strong Energy
  • 6 Fighting Energy
Strategy:

The whole point of this deck is to get Machamp EX out and Ariados then poisining machamp letting it continually hit for big OHKO'S. This deck usually hits for 200 damage easily knocking out all EX's (not wailord ex but ill talk about that later). Machamp EX alone does 160 when poisioned but since it is a fighting pokemon it can take advantage of the fighting support which includes strong energy, fighting stadium and muscle band (not just for fighting). That means if Machamp EX is poisioned (160) with a muscle band (180) all 4 strong energy (260) and a fighting stadium (280) and the posion damage (290-320) it can hit massive numbers of course you only need one of those to ko 180 hp exs (170 grass type since ariados doesnt posion grass pokemon). Also to address the wailord issue which may become popular until the roation the Regirock promo (xy49) has the omega barrier so you can stack all of the strong energy on it without fear of enhanced hammer or team flare grunt. It can't ohko wailord but if you keep doing over 100 damage each turn they will burn through rescources quickly so you can take advantage of it when they run out. I've played 4 games with this deck using proxies for AOR cards and I've won all 4 games with regirock being the star of all of them. If you never see wailord then you can swap it out with a landorus or a focus sash since it doesn't do anything other than counter wailord (toad too if you wanted). The one downfall of this deck is like most fighting decks it's pretty slow. But you can throw a Landorus in the active while you charge up machamp because once you do pretty much every attack will be a knock out. So you can afford to lose a landorus or two (then you can use ace trainer too).

My Records With This Deck:
Virizion Geneset: 5-1
Raichu Bats: 7-1
Wailord Suicune: 4-0
Gararina Ex Vileplume: 9-0 (the Giratina deck isn't bad it just struggles with ohko decks)
Seismitoad Bats: 5-2
Overall: 30-2

My Scans:
Ariados
Machamp-EX
All Translated Scans
 
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Could you please include the English scans / text for cards that have yet to be released from the next set? Thanks!
 
I think I'd play a higher count of Hawlucha. In theory, it seems like it could be nice to push a Hawlucha active after a KO, activate Ariados' ability, then retreat into a Landorus to start powering up another Machamp. Silent Lab seems good too so you can get quick and easy KOs with Hawlucha on Fighting weak Pokemon (Tyranitar, Ampharos, Manectric, etc) negating some of the slowness that this deck inherently has.
 
I think I'd play a higher count of Hawlucha. In theory, it seems like it could be nice to push a Hawlucha active after a KO, activate Ariados' ability, then retreat into a Landorus to start powering up another Machamp. Silent Lab seems good too so you can get quick and easy KOs with Hawlucha on Fighting weak Pokemon (Tyranitar, Ampharos, Manectric, etc) negating some of the slowness that this deck inherently has.
Hmm I like this I'll see what I can do and test it out thanks!
 
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