[TheMexican]

Originally Posted by Fat Molk

i will say, this is a really good team, and i love the use of flareon to take out threatening pokemon such as moltres and magmortar while also supporting your team with wish and heal bell. that battle was really fun as well, in hindsight i could have won by sleep powdering sandslash instead of using leaf storm, but i honestly dont know if leaf storm would KO that thing, so yeah. Im also going to test out my own version of the team using Calm Mind Spiritomb!

So basically, other than that match that you showed, we played each other a bunch of other times, and i was able to pull a win i think once, and that was because of 1) you overpredicting with flareon, and 2) sandslash dying before it could rapid spin. All your pokemon take full hazards damage upon switching in so just play more conservatively with sandslash, dont let it die when your opponent has a threatening sweeper and there are multiple layers of hazards on the field. Also, if you decide to keep using this team on PS! ferroseed can now have rocks+spikes+seed which could free up a moveslot on your sandslash.

Good luck with future teams and i hope you keep playing RU!

Thanks alot ^^. I will play sandslash more carefully now, thanks for your rate.

Originally Posted by Fat alexwolf

Nice team The Mexican, nice to see someone using Bulky SD Gallade to great success.

You mentioned that Night Slash is used to hit Slowking and Cofagrigus and i have to say this... Zen Headbutt also 2hkoes any Cofa after SR (TR Cofa doesn't need SR) and since you have Lum Berry you are not afraid of the burn and can easily survive 1 hit from any Cofa. Night Slash only 2hkoes defensive Cofa, as does Zen Headbutt, and without Spikes, it only 2hkoes offensive Cofa too, as does Zen Headbutt. So yeah Zen Headbutt >>> Night Slash. Not to mention that with Zen Headbutt you can ohko Qwilfish at +1 (Intimidate), meaning that you no longer have to eliminate him in order to sweep! Finally with Zen Headbutt you are no longer stopped by defensive Poliwrath.

Now for the last slot... If you want to ohko Slowking at +2 you can use Leaf Blade, which also ohkoes defensive Rhydon at +2 after SR + Spikes, which is a bit problematic as you said. Also you can ohko Sandslash at +2 after SR + Spikes with Leaf Blade, so this is nice too! You can still stick with Shadow Sneak though, as most of the times it 2hkoes at +2 after SR, and you have Lum Berry for the status move or the Scald burn... Oh and Leaf Blade also ohkoes defensive Quagsire after SR + Spikes, which is a bit troubling for your team especially the Curse set, which walls everything in your team, and can eventually sweep you.

Also seconding Double's suggestion! Bulky SD Drapion is amazing in combination with Bulky SD Gallade since each of them can handle some of the other's checks/counters. And T-Spikes are not so good in general in RU, as Drapion and Roselia are everywhere... I am using this combo myself and it has been amazing so far, putting really great pressure to the opponent!

I hope i helped and good luck!

I'll try Zen Headbutt then. It sounds like it'll be very usefull. As for leaf blade, even though it sounds cool, shadow sneak is abit more necesarry if I need to hit rotom and some other fast ghosts. I'll give it a try alongside with SD drapion!
Thanks alot guys.