When Keldeo and friends wish upon double stars!
Hello, and welcome to my first ever RMT! I am eager to put my team out there and get constructive opinions from the smogon community, which was recommonded to my by one of my friends as a way to get help and become better at Pokemon! Without Further Ado, here is the team:
Chancey Donphan Keldeo Jirachi Starmie Dragonite
This team took several hours for me to come up with, and so in order for me to kind of show you my train of thought, i am going to put the pokemon in the order i thought to add them to my team. I have tested this team a bit on Pokemon Showdown and it hasnt lost yet (though i havent played an extensive amount of games with it.
Treds
@leftovers
Impish
~Sturdy
Max Hp/Def 4Spd
-Stealth Rocks
-Rapid Spin
-Ice Shard
-Earthquake
Donphan came first due to the fact that every other time i had tried to make a team that day, i always felt that if i had a donphan my team would do much better. Donphan is first and physical part of my defencive core. He can play a few roles on the team. He sets up stealth rocks, spins away other hazards, and to put the icing on the cake, he gets a priority move allowing him to become a revenge killer to pokemon with low health. During testing Donphan has done his job and put down stealthrocks and spins away hazards, though he usually faints before doing to much damage to the opponents team.
Stall-Mart
@evolite
Bold
~Natural Cure
Max Hp/Def 4Sd
-Wish
-Protect
-Toxic
-Seismic Toss
Chancey was my first thought for the special defence of my core. I had originally tried out heal bell instead of seismic toss so that i may have a cleric for my main attacker, but after seeing how little stalling chancey can do to toxic immune teams without seismic toss, i changed the set back. The choice between Chancey and her big sis Blissey was a matter of personal opinion. I feel that the extra bulk will help me in the end, and i have wish to heal me. I havent had a problem with Chancey without leftovers. Chancey's main role is to pass HUGE health to keep my team alive and running.
Stab Face
@leftovers
Timid
~Justified
Max Spd/SpA 4Sd
-Calm Mind
-Hydro Pump
-Secret Sword
-Hidden Power [Electric]
When looking for the main point and focus of my team, i made sure that Keldeo didnt clash with my defencive core. Donphan takes any electric moves while Chancey takes the special moves like psychic. I didnt choose the choice sets because i didnt like the idea of having my point stuck on a move and being forced to switch out, whereas the calm mind set also adds special bulk which is an added bonus. Keldeo also had an advantage that other canadids did not. Weather runs rampid in OU (a certain frog comes to mind), and Keldeo has the means to deal with it. It gets boosted in rain, while it has type coverage that naturally deals with the type of pokemon in the other three weathers. Overall Keldeo has been a solid choice and shines on the team.
Edit 1: With suggestions from Articblast and Electrolyte, i'm changing Keldeo's Hidden Power from Ice to Electric. This allows Keldeo to deal with the threat of water types better, such as Jelicent. Although this leaves Keldeo more suspectable to grass, i have other pokemon that can deal with grass types such as Dragonite.
Edit 1: With suggestions from Articblast and Electrolyte, i'm changing Keldeo's Hidden Power from Ice to Electric. This allows Keldeo to deal with the threat of water types better, such as Jelicent. Although this leaves Keldeo more suspectable to grass, i have other pokemon that can deal with grass types such as Dragonite.
Rachi
@choice scarf
Jolly
~Serene Grace
Max Spd/Atk 4Hp
-Iron Head
-Ice Punch
-Fire Punch
-U-turn
I had decided that since i did not want my Keldeo to be scarfed, i felt that i needed a pokemon to fill the role in order to be able to outspeed and revenge kill. I tend to use Jirachi more as a lead because i can use my coverage to hit supereffective and force their lead out, or i have the ability to u-turn out into a more appropriate counter for what's out on the field, or even Donphan to set up with it's safe. Jirachi then comes into play later in the game and manages to deal damage. Jirachi has saved my from plenty of situations and has not let me down in testing.
Twinkler
@lifeorb
Timid
~Natural Cure
Max Spd/SpA 4Hp
-Surf
-Thunderbolt
-Icebeam
-Recover
This was the hardest role to fill in my opinion. As i looked into Keldeo's counters, i realised i needed to be able to handle Latios and Starmie. As i thought, it occured to me, why not use one of my own? Originally i had wanted to use a bulky Starmie without rapid spin, but a friend advised me to go full offensive to more appropriately deal with the counters. At first I was worried about redundency of having two special attack water types, but Starmie has proved worthy of this slot during testing. An advantage to using starmie is access to the BoltBeam combo.
Mesea
@lumberry
Adament
~Multiscale
Max Spd/Atk 4Hp
-Dragon Dance
-Outrage
-Extremespeed
-Fire Punch
Dragonite was the last, and probibly the most hasty choice i made on this team. I was discussing my team with a friend for a few minutes and he suggested the use of Dragonite. I had been fealing that my team was starting to become to special orientated, and so i welcomed the option of having a physical tank such as Dragonite. With multiscale he doesn't go down easy, and through +2 priority of extremespeed, his speed isnt neglected. Plus if Donphan can keep Stealth Rocks off the field, Chancey can continuously feed Dragonite health and keep his Multiscale up. Dragonite has proven to be effective in testing.
Edit 1: I changed Dragonite from a choice band set to a Dragon Dance set on the recommendation of Electrolyte. As he pointed out, being able to switch in between fire punch and outrage allows Dragonite to beat through defencive cores more easy. The set also gives Dragonite more speed, which helps against sun teams. Testing Options:
-During the creation of my team, i had concidered using Kyurem Black instead of Dragonite. I had tested this and found that i had equal success. Kyurem gives up priority and coverage in favor of mind blowing power, especially if he can get a freeze shock off.
-Electrolyte suggested that I use a sashed Alakasam in place of Starmie, and so i will test this to see if he pulls the role off better.
-During the creation of my team, i had concidered using Kyurem Black instead of Dragonite. I had tested this and found that i had equal success. Kyurem gives up priority and coverage in favor of mind blowing power, especially if he can get a freeze shock off.
-Electrolyte suggested that I use a sashed Alakasam in place of Starmie, and so i will test this to see if he pulls the role off better.
Thoughts on the team: During testing, Kyurem Black had given me a scare as it troubled my team a bit, but i was able to contain him eventually. Starmie still seems redundent, and so i would like a replacement for him. I was thinking along the likes of a rotom wash or something (though that would ruin the title i gave my team, but oh well).
Changes to the Team:
-3/21/13 Changed Keldeo's Hidden Power to Electric, Changing Dragonite from a choice band set to a dragon dance set.
Changes to the Team:
-3/21/13 Changed Keldeo's Hidden Power to Electric, Changing Dragonite from a choice band set to a dragon dance set.
If you read my first RMT to this point, I thank you for taking the time to do so, and if you reply with constructive feedback i give even more thanks! Have a good day and may the hax gods ever be in your favor!
