Well, I have been running this team in shoddy and it has given me some mixed results althought it looked good in paper for me, so I thought I could use some help.
Team in General:
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As the title implies, my main strategy is to set up Rain Dance as fast as possible and start to sweep from there mainly with Kingdra. While battling, I realized I had some issues when handling stall teams, and mainly Abomasnow and Tentacruel, and opposing SD Lucarios, so I would appreciate help in this point.
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Electrode @ Focus Sash
EVs: 252 Atk / 88 SpA / 168 Spe
Ivs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
[Static]
-Rain Dance
-Explosion
-Taunt
-Thunder
My lead. Basically, its job is to set up the rain and explode itself in order that Kingdra comes out and starts sweeping. Taunt prevents me from getting statused by opposing leads and thunder is merely a filler but a pretty good one IMO when combined with Rain Dance. With these spread, electrode has just enough EVs to outspeed Aerodactyl and Crobat who would otherwise screw up my lead.
Being able to scare off Gyara leads and having a 30% chance of paralysing in contact are big pluses too.
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Kingdra @ Life Orb
EVs: 120 HP / 252 SpA / 136 Spe
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
[Swift Swim]
-Rain Dance
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Draco Meteor
My main sweeper with insane power during rain. Just for an exaple, it can even 2HKO most snorlax that think they can have the luxury of not investing EVs in SpD with Hydro Pump. Standard EV spread that allows it to outspeed even scarfed garchomps who think they can revenge kill with Outrage. Just bulky waters and some sp. walls can stand in its way, but there is where my next two pokes come in.
Now that I'm posting this, I'm starting to thing I could use a life orb HP number on Kingdra. I'll edit it later.
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Ludicolo @ Leftovers
EVs: 204 HP / 80 SpA / 120 SpD / 104 Spe
IVs: 31/31/31/31/30/31
Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
[Swift Swim]
-Rain Dance
-Grass Knot
-Ice Beam
-Toxic
Remember when I said bulky waters where a threat to Kingdra's sweep? Well, this guy's here to fix that with his special bulkyness, great typing, STABed Grass Knots, and Toxic-inducing for those calm minding/specially bulky variants. Standard EV spread to get the OHKO with ice beam on specsmence, outspeed scarfed heracross, and hit a leftie number in the way.
It is also a big help when handling Tyranitars, Hippowdons, and Gyarados.
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Heracross @ Choice Band
EVs: 252 Atk / 104 Def / 152 Spe
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
[Guts]
-Close Combat
-Pursuit
-Stone Edge
-Megahorn
Now, my sp.wall counter, alternate sweeper, and status absorber to an extent. This poke's main function is to remove sp.walls in Kingdra's way to victory such as Blissey, Regice, Empoleon, and non-Psychic Cresselias. Just for an example of its coordination with Kingdra, Kingdra's Hydro Pump + Statused Hera's Pursuit is a likely KO on max HP / max Def bold Blissey. This EV spread gives me just enogh speed to outspeed Jolly Tar, but I'm open for suggestions. In my experience, I had found Def EVs on Hera instead of HP ones being actually more useful for me in order to resist, for example, a LO Lucario's Sword Danced Extremespeed (who fear to be outsped by scarfed variants) and minor attacks such as Forretress's Gyro Balls.
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Bronzong @ Damp Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 168 Def / 88 SpDef
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/0
Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
[Levitate]
-Rain Dance
-Gyro Ball
-Earthquake
-Hypnosis
My main Rain Dancer and helpful status inducer. I mainly like the way it easily resist an opposing attack, induce sleep, and gets a free turn to set up an eight-turns rain in the way, and also, that it works great defensively with Kingdra by covering each other's weaknesses. Really useful poke.
I got the EV spread from X-Act's caclulator to get the minimum average damage, but I am ready to accept suggestions.
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Vaporeon @ leftovers
EV: 198 HP / 252 Def / 60 Sp.atk
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
[Torrent]
-Wish
-Protect
-Surf
-Ice Beam
My wish supporter, and garchomp and mixape counter. The EV spread allows me to score the OHKO with Ice Beam to non-Yache Berry Chomps. IMO the most expendable pokemon of the team if it needs replacements. Not much else to say except that somehow it has found its way through almost all of my recent teams.
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Electrode @ Focus Sash
EVs: 252 Atk / 88 SpA / 168 Spe
Ivs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
[Static]
-Rain Dance
-Explosion
-Taunt
-Thunder
My lead. Basically, its job is to set up the rain and explode itself in order that Kingdra comes out and starts sweeping. Taunt prevents me from getting statused by opposing leads and thunder is merely a filler but a pretty good one IMO when combined with Rain Dance. With these spread, electrode has just enough EVs to outspeed Aerodactyl and Crobat who would otherwise screw up my lead.
Being able to scare off Gyara leads and having a 30% chance of paralysing in contact are big pluses too.
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Kingdra @ Life Orb
EVs: 120 HP / 252 SpA / 136 Spe
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
[Swift Swim]
-Rain Dance
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Draco Meteor
My main sweeper with insane power during rain. Just for an exaple, it can even 2HKO most snorlax that think they can have the luxury of not investing EVs in SpD with Hydro Pump. Standard EV spread that allows it to outspeed even scarfed garchomps who think they can revenge kill with Outrage. Just bulky waters and some sp. walls can stand in its way, but there is where my next two pokes come in.
Now that I'm posting this, I'm starting to thing I could use a life orb HP number on Kingdra. I'll edit it later.
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Ludicolo @ Leftovers
EVs: 204 HP / 80 SpA / 120 SpD / 104 Spe
IVs: 31/31/31/31/30/31
Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
[Swift Swim]
-Rain Dance
-Grass Knot
-Ice Beam
-Toxic
Remember when I said bulky waters where a threat to Kingdra's sweep? Well, this guy's here to fix that with his special bulkyness, great typing, STABed Grass Knots, and Toxic-inducing for those calm minding/specially bulky variants. Standard EV spread to get the OHKO with ice beam on specsmence, outspeed scarfed heracross, and hit a leftie number in the way.
It is also a big help when handling Tyranitars, Hippowdons, and Gyarados.
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Heracross @ Choice Band
EVs: 252 Atk / 104 Def / 152 Spe
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
[Guts]
-Close Combat
-Pursuit
-Stone Edge
-Megahorn
Now, my sp.wall counter, alternate sweeper, and status absorber to an extent. This poke's main function is to remove sp.walls in Kingdra's way to victory such as Blissey, Regice, Empoleon, and non-Psychic Cresselias. Just for an example of its coordination with Kingdra, Kingdra's Hydro Pump + Statused Hera's Pursuit is a likely KO on max HP / max Def bold Blissey. This EV spread gives me just enogh speed to outspeed Jolly Tar, but I'm open for suggestions. In my experience, I had found Def EVs on Hera instead of HP ones being actually more useful for me in order to resist, for example, a LO Lucario's Sword Danced Extremespeed (who fear to be outsped by scarfed variants) and minor attacks such as Forretress's Gyro Balls.
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Bronzong @ Damp Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 168 Def / 88 SpDef
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/0
Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
[Levitate]
-Rain Dance
-Gyro Ball
-Earthquake
-Hypnosis
My main Rain Dancer and helpful status inducer. I mainly like the way it easily resist an opposing attack, induce sleep, and gets a free turn to set up an eight-turns rain in the way, and also, that it works great defensively with Kingdra by covering each other's weaknesses. Really useful poke.
I got the EV spread from X-Act's caclulator to get the minimum average damage, but I am ready to accept suggestions.
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Vaporeon @ leftovers
EV: 198 HP / 252 Def / 60 Sp.atk
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
[Torrent]
-Wish
-Protect
-Surf
-Ice Beam
My wish supporter, and garchomp and mixape counter. The EV spread allows me to score the OHKO with Ice Beam to non-Yache Berry Chomps. IMO the most expendable pokemon of the team if it needs replacements. Not much else to say except that somehow it has found its way through almost all of my recent teams.
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