also, bumping
If you're using Gourgeist, you're going to be wanting to run Speed, so either Timid or Jolly depending on whether or not you're running an attacking move or not. This allowing Gourgiest to set up fast Substitutes on the opponent and stall with Leech Seed / Will-O-Wisp, similar to how Gliscor Toxic stalls. The set I run is 252 HP / 36 Def / 224 Spe @ Jolly with Sub/Will-O/Leech Seed/Phantom Force. Allows you to outspeed base 95's. Also this is all for Gourgiest-S, which is the only viable Gourgeist form anyways.
How is Calm Latias not worth using? Or Gourgeist H to tank hits better? A bit confused as to why you say that.
Calm Latias is not worth using because the only viable set ATM is Offensive LO, which requires a Timid nature to be of any use.
Ah I see. Also, isn't Latios the better offensive Timid option?
There's a thread on cores. That may be what you're looking for
Well, both Latios and Latias do those things bar Healing Wish. Calm Mind Latias is bad atm, and dual Screen is outclassed by Latios due to its access to Memento. Defog and Healing Wish are the two things Latias does well, and it wants to be as fast as possible to pull these off. Also, Latios is not necessarily the better Timid option due to its lack of Healing Wish and worse bulk.
Another question on synergy. I can either run Cresselia as Bold Mixed wall with moonlight and lunar dance to recover my D-NIte, and run Assault vest Conk to cover her dark weakness/ provide priority stab mach punch, or runSnorlax@Assault Vest with 252 HP, and spread the other 252+remaining between attack and sp def, since he already gets a boosts to sp def with assault vest.
Well, a core is a pair of two or three Pokemon who have great offensive or defensive synergy, they cover each others weaknesses and beat each others counters. One infamous core is the FWG core, which consists of a blend of one Fire-, Water-, and Grass-Pokemon, which have great synergy together. An example of a popular Defensive core is Heatran (F) / Quagsire (W) / Mega Venusaur (G). You can read more about this here, which goes in-depth to explain this core. Many popular cores include Gothitelle + Set-up sweeper, and Keldeo + Landorus + Tyranitar. Read the thread I linked too for in-depth guides to many different cores! Hope this helps :)!
Adamant is usually preferred, as it's already quite fast after a DD, though Jolly is nice for Speed tying with base 100s if max Speed is used. Bulky Dragon Dance uses a spread of 248 HP / 152 Atk / 108 Spd to outpace Greninja at +1 while also retaining good bulk, while Offensive Dragon Dance uses a much more standard spread of 4 Def / 252 Atk / 252 Spe for the most power and Speed possible.
Gliscor is worse than Landorus-T in every set other than SubToxic thanks to Intimidate, much higher power, and better coverage options, among other things. Definitely go with Landorus-T. Also, Jolteon is absolutely terrible in OU, so I would strongly advise against using it. It's good in RU though!
Firstly, don't use Jolteon, as it's heavily outclassed by Raikou, Mega Manectric, Mega Ampharos, and even Magnezone as a Volt Switch user. This is due to Jolteon's frailty and poor movepool compared to other Pokemon. It's also not very strong, at only 110 base Special Attack, which isn't very good in general. Just by getting a feel for your team, I feel as though Rotom-W may be helpful for its additional bulk, Water-typing, and access to Will-O-Wisp. Though as you've said, with walls such as AV Snorlax and Landorus-T, I don't think you need a defensive variant. I'd consider Choice Scarf, as with Trick it can cripple unsuspecting walls and still function effectively.
Aah very good points. Charizard Y is my main team focus, so I may have mispoken when I said making a VoltTurn team, I mean I want to add VoltTurn to my team. Heres the draft im thinking about running.
If you are planning on building around Charizard Y, then I'd highly recommend you check out this guide; it's written by a skilled player and was archived for its great in depth explanation on how to build around Charizard Y.
Haha youre exactly right, thats why I have Defog on my Scizor. To clear rocks for char and preserve dnites multiscale. About to check out that guide. So is Rotom-W a solid choice for a volt switcher on my team? Still cant decide between slow powerful specs, weak fast scarf, or bulky leftovers
Defog on Choice Band Scizor really is not optimal. You're going to want to be using U-Turn 95% of the time early to mid game, and being Choice locked into Defog absolutely kills your momentum by doing this. Really, Conkeldurr is close to unnecessary on this team, and should be switched out for a more reliable Rapid Spin / Defog user.
Good call on Landorus-T, another defog/ rapid spinner would be dead weight on a team like this I agree, choice band scizor isnt the best option for defog, but I need it somewhere and scizor provides aenough switch outs that I could easily pull off a defog. Also with my choice band and ev spread he doesnt like to stay in for more than one turn at a time. Like the speed of scarf buut definately need bulk considering Landorus cant take all the water/ fire attacks aimed at scizor that bulky rotom would.
Hi. I think the RMT (Rate My Team) Forum is another good place for advice on a team :)
Thanks i tried it out but no one commented on it. Is there a thread for team building? I dont exactly have a full team that can be rated yet. Just 4 pokemon and looking for 2 more
If you know what roles you're looking for, here's a good thread on teambuilding: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ou-teambuilding.3499606/Mustakrakish36 said:
Excadrill and Latios/Latias don't seem like they'd necessarily be dead weight for your team. Choice Band Scizor with Defog is a very bad idea because after you use Defog the first time, the next time you use it, the opposing team will likely predict you and switch in a Bisharp or Thundurus, receiving a +2 boost to their attack for free. After that, the rest of your team has to not only deal with a +2 Knock Off or Wild Charge because you have to switch out, but also either a Bisharp with super-strong priority or an extremely powerful fast Thundurus. Since you're team is taking a more balanced approach (meaning that Latios/Latias/Excadrill won't be quite as effective) Zapdos or Mandibuzz might be better choices.
