One Hit KO

Hi Everyone, this is Pikkdogs here.  I hope your preparations for Cities are going well.  I hope today you might learn something about possibly a deck to play, or a deck that you might play against.  City tournaments start in just a few days, so get ready for your final preparations.

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Okay, now onto the article.   At the end of the battle road season I wrote an article that reported my tournament results.  I played two decks for the BR season, Trainerlock and Steelix.  I posted my Trainerlock decklist, and wrote that I would post my Steelix decklist soon.  Well, I forgot to do that.  So now that Cities are coming up, now seems to be the perfect time to write the article.  It should help people prepare to face the deck, and it should help people who are still looking for a deck to play.

1.  How the Deck Works
I already explained how the deck works in my tourney report, so I won’t go into full detail here.  But, its a simple straightforward mostly auto-pilot like deck.  My deck relies on getting a Sableye start and trying to set up a Steelix for turn 2 or 3.  Once Steelix is out he mostly stays there attacking for a max of 120 per turn.  To make sure he stays there, the player would attach as many special metal energies as possible, and then heal Steelix.  Healing is preformed by Blissey Pt, Seeker, and Poke Healer +. Steelix has two attacks, “Energy Stream” and “Gaia Crush”.   “Energy Stream” does 30 damage for CC and lets you attach a metal energy from the discard pile to Steelix.  “Gaia Crush” does 100 damage for MMCCC and lets you discard the stadium card in play, which is an under-rated means of disruption.

2. The List
My list is fairly basic.  Most decklists that I have seen rely on getting a Skarmory Ud start, mine relies on a Sableye start instead.  Also, make sure to use the Platinum Chansey.  Because his attack “Pulled Punch” can OHKO a Garchomp C, and it can OHKO a Garchomp C X if Chansey is belted.  So Chansey does add some donk potential.  Here is the current list that I am using.

Pokemon- 17

• 3- Onix (either La or Ul)
• 3- Steelix Prime
• 2- Chansey Pt
• 2- Blissey Pt
• 4- Sableye Sf
• 2- Uxie La
• 1- Shaymin Ud

T/S/S-33

• 4- Pokemon Collector
• 3- Bebes Search
• 3- Engineer’s Adjustments
• 3- PONT
• 1- Copy Cat
• 2- Seeker
• 4- Poke Healer +
• 3- Warp Point
• 3- Energy Exchanger
• 1- Luxury Ball
• 3- Expert Belt
• 1- Palmer’s Contribution
• 2- Conductive Quarry

Energy-13

• 4- Special Metal Energies
• 4- DCE
• 5- Basic Metal

As stated, that purpose is simple.  Get a fast Steelix, belt him, and don’t let him die.    You should be doing 120 damage by turn 3-4.  The list has a lot of supporters that will help speed this deck up.  PONT helps with handrefresh, and Engineers Adjustments lets you draw cards and put energies in the discard pile to fuel the “Energy Stream” attack.

3.  The Good Matchups
Steelix has come good matchups versus a lot of meta decks.  It can out tank Dialgachomp, and can run over a basic Luxchomp deck.  It also has good matchups against Trainerlock decks, Machamp builds, and Kingdra decks.  Most decks will be very intimidated against this 140 HP beast.

4.  The Bad Matchups
Well, simply stated anything that can do a lot of damage, or anything fire will be a tough matchup.  This means that Infernape 4, Blaziken FB, Entei/Raikou Legend, and Charizard Ar will be tough matchups.  The one card you will often see is Blaziken FB.  If you get a good start with 2-3 special energies on Steelix, you should have enough to withlast Blaziken FB.  But if the SP player can get a “Jet Shoot” going by turn 2-3, you might as well scoop.

5.  Is it a good play?
The answer to this question depends on your Metagame.  If everyone is playing SP decks with Blaziken, well then I would pass on this deck.  But, if SP players in your area are teching against Gyarados or trainerlock instead, you may want to give this is a play.  Its a very fearsome deck that can deal 120 damage easily.  It is an under-rated deck and should be played more then it is.

Category: Deck Discussion | Tags: Steelix Deck, Steelix Prime