This Team Has No Discernable Theme
Overview:
Although this may make it a little hard to rate, this team has no discernable theme. Before you exit this page I do have some logic behind this. I have always felt trapped making one particular type of team (like rain or stall) as other types of teams may have an advantage. To fix this issue I have made a team that can adapt to my opponent’s team and playstyle in order to counter it. It has gone from 5000 to 900 in 3 hours of playing or so and I love the team and the pokemon in it.
The Team:
I have some interesting members on my team but all work out good if not great. I have an assortment of bulky members that can still deal significant damage with resistances, priority and speed sprinkled in between. This is my first gen 5 team so.... be honest!
Team Building Process:
1. I love anti-leads. Entry hazard leads always seemed like a waste to me if the opponent brought rapid spin support. So, I wanted something that could kill the common leads, something with bulk, nice resistances, and usability later in the game. Dragonite fit the bill perfectly.
2. I'd like some more priority and when I saw how water weak common pokemon were, I knew I had to use Azumarill and its super powerful aqua jet
3. I wanted a fire and grass type for a fire, water, grass core. Grass/poison and fire/steel make a really nice combo and I wanted something to toxic things so I chose Heatran and Amoongus. Heatran can even set up stealth rocks.
4. A psychic type would be nice to complement Heatran and Amoongus and regeneration worked so well on Amoongus I decided to try it out on Slowbro
5. After viewing tons of RMTs I've noticed how anti-metagame the flying type was and knew that I had to use a flying pokemon. When I saw that Staraptor got reckless I immediately put it on my team.
6. I didn't like setting up stealth rocks with Heatran so I decided to switch from Slowbro to Bronzong. He's bulky, can set up stealth rocks and screens, can deal with dragons and can do decent damage with gyro ball. He can basically do everything Slowbro did and more.
7. Heatran seemed very redundant with Bronzong when I could be using a faster fire type with will-o-wisp. I decided to use Victini. He is reasonably fast, reasonably strong, very bulky and can use will-o-wisp.
8.Thanks to the awesomeness of Jupiter Djinn my eyes were opened to defensive mew. I forgoed my fire, water, grass for instant recovery and less stealth rock weaknesses and has been working out good although I do miss the stab fire move.
In-Depth Look
(Changes are in red)
In-depth Look:
Dragonite @ leftovers
Trait: Multiscale
Mild Nature
EVs: 56 Atk/ 252 Sp. Atk/ 200 Spe
Draco Meteor
Fire Blast
Earthquake
Extremespeed
Such an amazing lead. He can take out 2-3 pokemon and come back later with priority. Thanks to multiscale, he can survive a Thundurus’s HP Ice and KO it with a Draco Meteor + Extremespeed or a Genesects Ice beam and KO with fire blast. I didn’t use his resistances as much as I thought I would but that’s not to say he isn’t bulky. I have considered running gale over earthquake but earthquake provides too much coverage and is even useable after draco meteor. I am currently running earthquake over superpower not just because it is legal but I find it the better coverage move. The EV spread is copied from somewhere and has been working out well but am open to change on it. I’m not going to replace him or too much of his moveset just because its been working out so well.
Azumarill @ Choice Band
Trait: Huge Power
Adamant Nature
EVs: 234 HP/ 252 Atk/ 12 Def/ 12 Sp. Def
Aqua Jet
Waterfall
Ice punch
Superpower
Don’t mess with the aqua rabbit. This is a very self-explanatory set. Superpower killing Ferrothorn is the only real thing to note about the moves. Azumarill is bulky enough to take a Garchomp’s earthquake and 2HKO with aqua jet or 1HKO with ice punch. The EV spread is because according to Rawrchomp you should put 12 points into each defense for optimum bulk (I havent noticed that much of a difference) There’s nothing else to say other than that Azumarill can take out Excadrill, Volcarona and friends. Priority is great this gen and Azumarill can attest to that.
Amoongus @ Black Sludge
Trait: Regeneration
Calm Nature
EVs: 252 HP/ 252 Sp. Def/ 4 Def
Clear Smog
Toxic
Spore
Giga Drain
The shroom needs some lovin too. He is much better than I expected him to be; he can shrug of special hits with no problem, he has basically instant recovery with regeneration and giga drain and is the perfect counter to Serperior and Keldeo as he barely takes a quarter from +2 HP ice/fire and can eliminate the boosts with clear smog. As good as he is, I often have thought about trying evo-stone roselia, celebi or another bulky grass type in his spot but miss the toxic on my team. I have dual-status on here because I love to toxic things that expect to be slept and sleeping that expect to be toxiced. Black sludge is actually there purposely instead of leftovers as any trick users that try to give another member black sludge will be punished with a cripplind status condition or strong move. The EV spread gives me tons of special bulk but does give me the lowest defense on my team. Even with such low defense he can still take physical hits reasonably well thanks to his HP and recover it back with a surprisingly strong giga drain.
Mew @ Leftovers
Trait: Synchronize
Bold Nature
EVs: 252 HP / 224 Def / 32 Spe
Softboiled
Will-O-Wisp
Taunt
Seismic Toss
Isnt he just sooo cute :3. Oh yeah! The RMT. Ooopsy just so lost in how amazing mew is. He has a much bulkier spread than Victini
allowing him to take so many hits like a boss. Mew still lures in many foes (like tyranitar) and cripples them will-o-wisp but now he can stall the opponent out with softboiled. Ive had some trouble with the last two moveslots; deciding between a combination of psychic/flamethrower/taunt/seismic toss. I decided that flamethrower and psychic werent strong enough with my bulky EV spread and that even if I do less damage with seismic toss I can still recover and have another turn to deal damage out again. This is just a great set and really shows the bulk of the pixies; Im really suprised this set isnt used very often.
Bronzong @ leftovers
Trait: Levitate
Sassy Nature
EVs: 252 HP/ 128 Def/ 128 Sp. Def
IVs: 2 Spe IVs
Gyro Ball
Stealth Rock
HP Ice
Reflect
The average, run-of-the-mill Bronzong. I love him though! I just wanna take a nap in him! But, I digress. Bronzong primarily sets up stealth rocks and screens for me. Hp ice allows me to counter dragons that can take gyro balls and set up on me. The EVs give me a very defensively balanced Bronzong. Gyro ball is suprisingly powerful especially with my speed decreasing nature and IVs. He normally walls dragons for me while setting up, killing them and acting as death fodder once his job is done; there isn’t much more to say about him, very self-explanatory, very effective.
Staraptor @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Reckless
Adamant Nature
EVs: 252 Atk/ 4 Def/ 252 Spe
Brave Bird
Return
Close Combat
U-turn
Staraptor easily gets MVP. With reckless he quickly decimates tons of pokemon and for those of you that think the recoil percentage is increased with reckless; It’s not! The damage you do is increased therefore the recoil is increased. He often gets 2-3 kills per match against teams with few flying resistances. Unfortunately, He can only kill 3 full health pokemon with brave bird; that’s where return and close combat come in as they are recoil free. Staraptors job is to kill anything my team cant handle so I was thinking about putting quick attack on over u-turn in case my priority users are dead and its against a fast scarfer or an opposing priority user. I don’t use u-turn very often anyway as it racks up stealth rock damage anyway. The EVs and nature are very self-explanatory although I have been thinking about running jolly to outspeed max speed scarf Garchomp but as long as I have Bronzong, Azumarill or even Dragonite I should be okay.
Team Stats:
Highest HP: 432 Amoongus
Average HP: 368
Lowest HP: 311 (Staraptor)
Physical Attackers Highest Attack: 654 (Azumarill + Choice Band and Huge Power)
Physical Attackers Average Attack (With Items): 448
Physical Attackers Lowest Attack: 318 (Dragonite not counting Bronzong)
Special Attackers Highest Special Attack: 328 (Dragonite)
Special Attackers Average Special Attack: 328
Special Attackers Lowest Special Attack: 328 (Dragonite not counting Amoongus)
Highest Defense: 321 (Mew not counting marvel scale Dragonite)
Average Defense: 229 (not counting marvel scale)
Lowest Defense: 177 (Staraptor and Amoongus)
Highest Special Defense: 330 (Bronzong not counting marvel scale)
Average Special Defense: 236 (not counting marvel scale)
Lowest Special Defense: 136 (Staraptor)
Highest Speed: 448 (Staraptor + Choice Scarf)
Average Speed: 205
Lowest Speed: 65 (Bronzong)
Offensive Threats:
Aerodactyl - Bronzong, Azumarill, Amoongus in a pinch
Archeops -Bronzong, Azumarill, Amoongus in a pinch
(copy and paste FTW)
Azelf - Staraptor outspeeds, Azumarill, Dragonite
has priority
Bisharp - Dragonite has EQ + Fire blast,Staraptor has
CC and lives +0 Sucker punch, Bronzong walls it,
Breloom - Amoongus, Mew and Dragonite only fear
sleep
Chandelure - Azumarill! Staraptor outspeeds and KO's
Cobalion - Dragonite has a couple SE moves,Azumarill
hits it with Superpower, Staraptor has CC
Conkeldurr -Mew can take a +1 payback no problem,
Staraptor survives mach punch.
Darmanitan - Azumarill, Dragonite,
Staraptor
Deoxys-S - Azumarill, Dragonite
Dragonite - Dragonite, Bronzong, Amoongus can toxic
Staraptor
Druddigon - Dragonite, Bronzong, Amoongus can toxic
Eelektross - Amoongus can toxic it and wall even the
flamehtrowers
Electivire - Bronzong walls it, Staraptor kills it
Emboar -Azumarill, Mew, Staraptor
Empoleon - Amoongus sleeps it and takes ice beams.
Staraptor kills it.
Espeon - Staraptor, Azumarill
Escavalier -Dragonite has FB, Mew cripples it and can
aometimes survive megahorn depending on the set
Excadrill - Azumarill, Amoongus can take a couple
hits
Garchomp - Azumarill, Staraptor, Bronzong
Genesect - Dragonite lives ice beams and blasts it
with fire, Staraptor
Gengar -Staraptor, Azumarill
Golurk - Azumarill, Amoongus, Bronzong, Staraptor
Gyarados - Amoongus clear smogs away boosts and
toxics it, Bronzong,
Haxorus - Bronzong, Staraptor
Heatran - Azumarill, Dragonite, Staraptor
Heracross - Bronzong, Staraptor, Dragonite
Hydreigon - Azumarill takes a hit and kills with
superpower, if its choiced then Bronzong
Infernape - Azumarill, Mew, Dragonite
Jirachi - Mew stalls it out, Dragonite
Jolteon - Staraptor, Bronzong, Amoongus
Keldeo - Amoongus! Staraptor
Kingdra -Staraptor, Amooongus can take ice beam and
spore.
Krookodile - Staraptor, Azumarill, Amoongus
Kyurem - Staraptor vs. non-scarfers. Azumarill,
Bronzong,
Landorus - Azumarill, Staraptor, Bronzong walls it
Latios - Bronzong, Staraptor
Lilligant - Amoongus, Staraptor
Lucario - Mew can take crunchs, Staraptor, Dragonite
Machamp - Staraptor, Mew
Magnezone - Dragonite, Staraptor
Mamoswine - Bronzong, Azumarill
Meloetta-S - Azumarill, Staraptor,
Meloetta-V - Azumarill, Staraptor, Mew
Metagross - Dragonite, Bronzong walls it, Mew
Mienshao - Staraptor,Mew , Bronzong, Amoongus
Reuniclus - Staraptor, Azumarill, Mew has Taunt
Roserade - Staraptor, Dragonite
Salamence - Bronzong, Staraptor
Sawsbuck - Amoongus can take a megahorn and spore,
Staraptor can kill it if asleep, Bronzong,
Dragonite can live with marvel scale
Scizor - Mew, Dragonite
Scrafty- Staraptor, Azumarill
Seismitoad -Amoongus, Staraptor, Azumarill, Bronzong
walls it.
Serperior - Amoongus, Staraptor Dragonite
(if no HP ice)
Shaymin - Amoongus, Staraptor, Dragonite (if no HP ice)
Sigilyph - Staraptor, Azumarill,
Smeargle - Dragonite, Azumarill, Staraptor
Starmie -Staraptor, Bronzong
Terakion - Bronzong, Azumarill
Thundurus - Bronzong, Dragonite, Amoongus, Staraptor
Togekiss - Staraptor, Azumarill, Bronzong,
Tornadus - Staraptor, Azumarill
Tyranitar -Azumarill, Staraptor, Bronzong, Amoongus
Venusaur - Amoongus, Staraptor if not in sun, Bronzong
Mew, Dragonite
Victini - Azumarill, Dragonite,Staraptor,
Virizion - Staraptor, Amoongus, Mew, Dragonite
Volcarona -Dragonite, Azumarill, Staraptor
Weavile - Bronzong, Mew can take night slashes
Zoroark - Azumarill, Staraptor, Dragonite
