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I have a suggestion for the next cycle of the project that may help balance the "last pick" issue and also help guide the team creation. I think that we should all discuss and vote on what we "want" Team 1 to be like--the style of team, the objective of the team, etc. Say, an "objective" for...

Yeah, ganj, that's sort of exactly what I said--the fact that it's entirely irrelevant due to being the final pick.

I think you can argue that Hydro Pump/Surf is a weather-based slash, as the damage output sometimes changes the nature of what the "right" choice is under rain. For instance, Ice Beam on Kingdra becomes nearly useless if using Hydro Pump under rain, whereas it's crucial to have if outside of...

Yeah, I like Ferrothorn, the only thing that sort of sucks is that Skarmory can really outright beat it, especially if Team 2 chooses a version that packs Taunt. Since Scarf Kyurem-B was selected (which can't really hurt Skarmory without relying on getting locked into an electric attack), it...

Right now, I think I'm liking Alex's Azelf the most, followed by Balloon Terrakion.

I'll delete my Azelf for stupidly thinking it got Ice Beam, haha. I would have made the change to U-Turn, anyway, which alex just posted.

Truthfully, an Azelf set is still not a bad idea. Something with Stealth Rock / Psychic / Ice Beam / Fire Blast could do some serious damage to Team 2, avoid Earthquake, deter Skarmory, help against Scizor, and either OHKO or 2HKO the whole team. *Deleted Submission* Basically, Azelf can...

The Air Balloon idea is definitely interesting... I'll try to think of a good selection for this round.

The reason I left out Dragon Claw is because it's not hitting anything on Team 2 that it needs to except for Zapdos. Due to Mold Breaker, Earthquake dispatches of Rotom-W just fine without needing to use Outrage. The choice between Dragon Claw and Aqua Tail simply came down to coverage, and I...

Throughout this whole conversation, the only thing that has come up against Scarf Haxorus is Specially Defensive Skarmory. As Team 2 is currently constructed, Haxorus wastes it and serves as a great revenge killer in general. It also gives Team 1 good synergy, switch-in opportunities on Team...

I suppose that's a fair point, STAB goes a long way.

I considered Kyurem-B, but again, the weakness to Stealth Rock as well as vulnerability to priority makes me favor Haxorus ever so slightly. Scizor's Bullet Punch and Breloom's Mach Punch are real threats, and even with Kyurem-B's bulk, it can't really take them very well. It's vulnerable to...

The reason I like Haxorus over other dragons at this point is due to its insanely high attack and Mold Breaker, and the fact that it isn't 4x-weak to anything (Salamence, Dragonite, Garchomp) or weak to fighting or steel priority (Kyurem and Kyurem-B). Hydreigon and the Lati twins also rely on...

While Skarmory may be something that can take the Outrages that something like Haxorus throws around, Outrage still does between 26-31% to specially defensive Skarmory. Admittedly, it's not the best, but it's not like Skarmory can come in and take two hits no problem unless it's healthy. Also...

As Team 1 has the last pick, we can counterpick a Skarmory pick pretty easily, though.