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Dr Ciel · Oct 13th, 2012, 5:15:14 PM

Hey there, I got your VM to rate this team, and that is why I am here, posting in this topic to rate your team. You're using a great strategy, with four dragons and a Magnezone to trap and kill steel types. While this team is very well built, I have quite a few suggestions to help this team improve, so I hope you will use them to your advantage. Anyways, enough chit-chat, we're here for rating teams, not listening to me ramble on about nothing, so let's get to it! Okay, I shall kick off this rate by saying that I can see a Kyurem sweeping this team clean with a combo of Ice Beam and Focus Blast, hitting everything on your team for super effective or neutral damage. In addition to this, you have three Pokemon that have a weakness to Stealth Rock, espically Moltres, who takes 50% damage each time it switches in. A solution to your Kyurem problems, I suggest that you use a Banded Scizor in place of your Moltres. With scizor in your team, you can now take on Kyurem easily and revenge kill it with a STAB Bullet Punch. Scizor also provides natural resistances to both of Kyurems STAB attacks, which is very beneficial. Moving along, another nusiance to your team could be Calm Mind Keldeo-R with Hidden Power Ice. Keldeo-R can come in on a resisted hit, such as Dragonites Fire Punch or even Salamences Fire Blast, and proceed to set up Calm Minds almost at will and can easily sweep your team. To help with this Keldeo problem, I suggest that you use a Special Defensive Jellicent in place of your Dragonite. Now, while it may seem odd to have Jellicent in your team, it provides some very useful resistances and it can check, if not, counter most Keldeo-R, so you should give it a shot. Also, with Jellicent in your team, if you have added Scizor, you now only have one Pokemon that is weak to Stealth Rock. Well, that's all I have to say for this. It took me a long time to write this up, so I hope that my advice helped you just a whole lot. Have fun and good luck with the team!

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~Dr Ciel~ (The doctor is OUT)

Oct 13th, 2012, 5:15:14 PM	#10
Dr Ciel When I walk these streets, A loaded six string on my back, I play for keeps, 'Cause I might not make it back Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 643 Brooklyn, New York	Hey there, I got your VM to rate this team, and that is why I am here, posting in this topic to rate your team. You're using a great strategy, with four dragons and a Magnezone to trap and kill steel types. While this team is very well built, I have quite a few suggestions to help this team improve, so I hope you will use them to your advantage. Anyways, enough chit-chat, we're here for rating teams, not listening to me ramble on about nothing, so let's get to it! Okay, I shall kick off this rate by saying that I can see a Kyurem sweeping this team clean with a combo of Ice Beam and Focus Blast, hitting everything on your team for super effective or neutral damage. In addition to this, you have three Pokemon that have a weakness to Stealth Rock, espically Moltres, who takes 50% damage each time it switches in. A solution to your Kyurem problems, I suggest that you use a Banded Scizor in place of your Moltres. With scizor in your team, you can now take on Kyurem easily and revenge kill it with a STAB Bullet Punch. Scizor also provides natural resistances to both of Kyurems STAB attacks, which is very beneficial. Moving along, another nusiance to your team could be Calm Mind Keldeo-R with Hidden Power Ice. Keldeo-R can come in on a resisted hit, such as Dragonites Fire Punch or even Salamences Fire Blast, and proceed to set up Calm Minds almost at will and can easily sweep your team. To help with this Keldeo problem, I suggest that you use a Special Defensive Jellicent in place of your Dragonite. Now, while it may seem odd to have Jellicent in your team, it provides some very useful resistances and it can check, if not, counter most Keldeo-R, so you should give it a shot. Also, with Jellicent in your team, if you have added Scizor, you now only have one Pokemon that is weak to Stealth Rock. Well, that's all I have to say for this. It took me a long time to write this up, so I hope that my advice helped you just a whole lot. Have fun and good luck with the team! Sets Scizor @ Choice Band Lv. 100 -- Technician Nature: Adamant - EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spd - Pursuit - Superpower - U-turn - Bullet Punch Jellicent @ Leftovers Lv. 100 -- Water Absorb Nature: Calm - EVs: 252 HP / 36 Def / 220 SDef - Toxic - Recover - Shadow Ball - Scald ~Dr Ciel~ (The doctor is OUT) __________________ PM or VM me for an OU rate!