Massachusetts Regional Team

Hi everyone! I recently won the Regional Championships in Massachusetts, putting at over 600 CP. This is the team I used to achieve this amazing accomplishment as well as my attempt to remember what I played/ who I played.

Let's start off with an explanation for the team. I really wanted to try something else out that was not a Big 6 variant. However, nothing was working for me. I decided to just use Cresselia over Talonflame because it is bulkier and can set up Trick Room and support Groudon to help win games.

The Team

 Xerneas @ Power Herb
Ability: Fairy Aura
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Geomancy
- Moonblast
- Dazzling Gleam
- Protect


Groudon @ Red Orb
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fire Punch
- Precipice Blades
- Rock Slide
- Protect



Cresselia (F) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Levitate
Level: 50
EVs: 244 HP / 72 Def / 192 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Ice Beam
- Skill Swap
- Gravity


Salamence-Mega @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hyper Voice
- Double-Edge
- Protect


Kangaskhan-Mega @ Kangaskhanite
Ability: Scrappy
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Return
- Low Kick
- Sucker Punch


Smeargle @ Focus Sash
Ability: Own Tempo
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 6 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Void
- Spiky Shield
- Follow Me
- Wide Guard

Pretty much everything is the same as it was in VA, except Groudon is slower and is meant to take Earth Powers and Cresselia is there to Trick Room rather than Talonflame with Tailwind.

The Event

I was still pretty nervous going into this event. In order to get anything notable, I needed to get top 16 and I felt like people would just destroy me with Dual Primals. Here is who I played and what they used.

Round 1- Aaron Traylor (W 2-1)

Round 2- Trista Medine (W 2-0)

Round 3-  Martin Gajdosz (W 2-1)

 

Round 4- Jeudy Azzarelli (W 2-0)

 

Round 5- Kazi Rahman (L 0-2)

Round 6- Stephen Brown III (W 2-1)

Round 7- Anthony Kissoon (W 2-0)

 

Round 8- Zach Carlson  (W 2-0)

End Result before Cut: 7-1 (14-5) 4th Seed

Top 8- James Baek (W 2-0)

 Top 4- Ashton Cox (W 2-1) 

Finals- Enosh Shachar (W 2-0)

 

Final Result: 10-1 (20-6) 1st Place

Conclusion

I'm really glad I did so well at this event, putting me at over 600 CP and even closer to a day 2 invite. Hopefully, I can keep this up and do well at Nationals and even worlds! I will try and use a different team for Nationals that is not Xerneas and Groudon because I am tired of it. It was a fun weekend, see you all whenever I make another one these!