Recent content by Zachary

From personal experience, I tend to favor Protect over Roar on Swampert. I run literally the same Swampert on another team except for that one change. Protect gives you a chance to scout out specific moves as well as pick up a little Leftovers recovery. However, if in your own experience you...

Oh yes, there's definitely room for improvement...namely, this team could use a better trainer behind it who doesn't make stupid mistakes as often as I do. Currently I don't have a bred, IV'd version of this team, as I'm going to try and finalize the team setup first. However, if you want to...

Congrats on joining Smogon! Infernape is a great lead, but watch out for lead Swampert. They could give you hell. If one goes out, immediately switch to Celebi and Grass Knot. Typically, Swampert would Earthquake Infernape over using Ice Beam, so you should be safe there unless they somehow...

Azelf is a great lead, but you run the risk of getting KO'd if your opponent thinks that you're packing Taunt, and not getting rocks up at all. A Focus Sash should do the trick, letting you paralyze on the first team and set up rocks on the next. Unfortunately, this does mean Light Screen and...

Oh, and I'll update you if it changes significantly. I'm playing around with the team right now. Current CRE on TeamUber: 1175. I'd say win : loss ratio averages somewhere around 4 : 5.

I haven't battled much, but my CRE is: 335 on TeamUber, 757 on Gary Oak. I kind of move around because I like to try to take on the new BW Pokémon out on the Gary Oak server. Thanks a lot for your interest! Any other questions are welcome and appreciated.

Ah. See, I was thinking of Sniper. :P Wave Incense it is.

I'm not so hot on Magnezone over Rotom in your team; you're relying upon Stealth Rocks to help you sweep, especially to help Tyranitar get those OHKOs with Rock Slide instead of Stone Edge. A spinblocker would definitely come in handy. Bulky Dragon Dance Gyarados is a definite must. Looking...

First off, I goofed a few times in my original post with EV spreads, and I'm surprised nobody caught it. Claydol should have been converted from a split Special Attack / Attack spread to an all Attack spread when I removed Psychic. I've found that Water Spout is probably Octillery's most...

Snorlaxe! I just wanted to thank you for rating my team so many months back. It's definitely come in handy, and I appreciate all your help. See you around the site!

Something about having Stealth Rock on a team twice doesn't sit well with me, especially if you're already dedicating one of those Pokémon as a counter. I'd get rid of it on Swampert, as it's essentially wasted space; Swampert is only on your team, you say, to take out Flygon, and if they play...

But it can't outspeed: Aerodactyl, Azelf, Celebi, Electivire, Flygon, Gengar, Gliscor, Gyarados, Infernape, Jirachi, Jolteon, Kingdra, Lucario, Ninjask, Roserade, any Rotom, Shaymin, Starmie, Suicune, Tentacruel, Weavile, or Zapdos. In red are things I think would give it particular trouble...

I agree with Rogan, but I wouldn't switch to Jolteon. A STAB Earthquake from Flygon would do the trick quite well, and I wouldn't use Aggron there if I could help it. You run the risk of getting it locked-in on Magnezone, which in most cases wouldn't be harmful, but gives them the opportunity...

Psychic on Claydol was kind of my own idea, but I can easily see where Explosion would come in handy there. Porygon2 tends to be the last Trick Roomer standing, if you will, and Claydol usually gets KO'd in a battle. Exploding may be a plus; I'll try it out. The thing about the Wave Incense is...

I was just about to suggest Hidden Power Ice. A good Dragon-type like Flygon could run through your team without some sort of check, and I didn't see any Ice- or Dragon-type moves, well, anywhere on your team. I'd also consider giving Gyarados Ice Fang over Iron Tail, for much the same reason...