Uxie would be a much better pokemon to use in that situation, its bulkier and you can use Memento over Healing Wish which would be better for a lead because it forces the opponent out after you momentum. You can also run dual screens over SR with Trick Room if you wanted.
Max HP, Max Def, Bold nature
Some speed might be good, but generally you dont want to invest any special attack because the whole point of the set is to set up and be incredibly bulky. You should be setting up late game and try to get up 2-3 calm minds before even attacking.
Late reply, but if your team is TR, shouldn't your Carbink have Trick Room? It shouldn't have any room for Screens, and if u really want to help your Clamperl (possibly) set up then Memento Uxie can support it in just one moveslot.
Delibird @ Focus Sash
here was my optimized spread from a while back, not too sure how applicable it is anymore but i'm still fond of it
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Considering Carbink's stat spread (low speed and offensive stats, lots of bulk) and movepool it is quite obvious that it is more suited to setting entry hazards and field supporting moves like Stealth Rock and Dual Screens and i would never use Wealness Policy on a serious team (and seriously it is still weak after the boost and has no way of hitting Steel Types). The only offensive set I would run is a mono attacking Calm Mind set.
Actually I wouldn't even try SR + Dual Screens since Uxie exists. Carbink does make a bitchin' Trick Room lead tho.
probably dragonair, shelgon is a lot slower and dragonair has access to extremespeed.
Definitely Dragonair. Shelgon is more like a filler wall. It can't do a whole lot outside of taking physical hits. There was a Rest Sleep Talk Dragonair set in Gen 5, and that worked kind of well. Rest, Sleep Talk, Dragon Dance, Outrage I think it was. If you get rid of Fairies, that set puts in work. And like xzern pointed out, Dragonair has access to Extremespeed, which is an amazing priority move to finish off weakened teams. So yeah, Dragonair.
when using HO, you always want to make sure that your team has good type balance (aka synergy). you also want some good balance between setup sweepers, bulky attackers, basic fast attackers, offensive pivots, etc.
since every pokemon can learn rain dance, it mostly just depends on the rest of your team. uxie and liepard are considered some of the best weather setters though. for rain dance, rain sweepers like ludicolo are also used since it can just start killing things off the bat. maybe even seismitoad, since it is sometimes used as a rain sweeper.
Usually when building a rain team (this also applies to sun) you want a bulky mon that can setup rocks and then setup the weather. So pokemon like Uxie and Seismitoad can both do this and are common choices. Then you want another setter for later on in the match, preferably with prankster. Prankster ensures you will setup the weather late game, you can use another bulky setter but it isn't as good.
