Recent content by Anthrix

Interesting team - however, only having one Sunny Day user could be a bit of a problem for Venusaur and Charizard. You could opt to give Charizard Sunny Day, or run Sunny Day Venusaur instead. I think both are a bit slow and weak otherwise. The other option is to not rely on Sunny Day at all...

If you go with Impish, add a mention of more Speed to outrun Skarmory - they've got the same base Speed, and you need at least 24 to begin Speed creeping him. This way you have the chance to Sleep Talk Circle Throw before he sets up Spikes, and always phaze him first if they use Whirlwind.

Wouldn't Gastly be a better Pokémon to use? He's got an immunity to Toxic and two immunities to switch into (as you're going with Sturdy not Levitate), which would make him a better Sturdy Seeder than Budew, no? It would also be a check to Pure Power Slaking (as long as hazards aren't on the...

Why would you be more open to Dragons? Dragon / Flying and Kingdra types won't like STAB Thunder, and Haxorus doesn't like taking Electric attacks full stop. That leaves Flygon, Hydreigon and the Lati twins - the latter two are the problem. I second Black Rain's suggestion and it allows you to...

Body Slam is compatiable with Superpower: - In 3rd Gen you can Move Tutor Body Slam onto Crawdaunt OR - In either Gen you can get Body Slam from breeding with Poliwag - Move Tutor Superpower in Platinum. http://www.psypokes.com/dex/psydex/342/all http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-dp/342.shtml...

Like CBShuckle, I've been testing things out on the Gen 5 ladder, however, I believe this to be more effective than the current set on the Smogon analyses. Special Defensive Metagross Metagross @ Iron Ball / Choice Band / Leftovers Trait: Clear Body EVs: 252 HP / 4 Att / 252 SpD Careful Nature...

That won't really help to be honest - Dragon only hits other Dragons for SE and most of Latios' power comes from spamming Draco Meteor. At best I can bluff a Choice Scarf, but I need the power to break through Steels. Expert Belt would work better on other Dragons that have other powerful moves...

Ok I've had a major overhaul of most of the team and so far its going ok - any useful comments will be appreciated.

@ Kuja - thanks. I'll give Ferrothorn ago - it won't be able to take status like Shaymin but it would help wear down bulky Waters with Spikes. Should I change Rotom-W to Jellicent w/Taunt to help Spin block? If thats the case, I might get away with replacing Aggron with something a bit faster...

Thanks anyway? I might try U-turn - it would be more useful mid game and it can lure in Latias and Starmie. However, Overheat is staying because it means I can just nuke something and either sacrifice or switch out. I'll try give U-turn a go - thanks for the comments. EDIT - Like last gen, I...

One and only bump. I've currently trying out Rest over Leech Seed on and seeing if that adds to bulk or becomes a bigger problem. I'd also like to try swapping Aggron for something else to keep the Lati twins in check, but I like Aggrons power. Escavalier might work, but that gives me even more...

Its been ages since I've really been into Pokémon, but I've had a lot of spare time on my hands and its really filled the void. I'm mostly posting this team because I've sort of hit 50/50 win loss, and I struggle to get past 1200 points on Smogon. The team is fairly good but its got some...

OK Question - I'm trying to find a lead which pairs up with that Heatran. I had Crobat, which even without Taunt stopped all set ups, but didn't do much for the rest of the game. So i'm trying to find something that: - is offensive - pairs up with Heatran so he can switch in and SR. The idea...

Scarf TTar is necessary for a lot of things - bulk, speed, a check to a lot of things (Lucario, Gengar, Latias) which it can only do as Scarfed. Flygon can't do any of those, so that explains those choices. Besides, Flygon does what I need it to - U-turn or hit hard, an imo nothing else can do...

Yeah sorry, didn't fully explain the idea. I'm considering taking a load off of Skarmory by putting Stealth Rock on something else, as this will help take the weight off her as I tend to over rely on her at the moment. Most of my losses have stemmed from me switching into something which she can...