Salamence-Mega @ Salamencite
Ability: Aerilate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Roost
Hydreigon @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Roost
Heatran @ Chople Berry
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Toxic
Boo Gumdrop (Terrakion) @ Choice Band
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Rock Slide
- Quick Attack
Cresselia (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Toxic
- Moonlight
Hey, put together these five mons from VGC stuff I had from '15 on cart. New to Battle Spot so I'm not too sure on optimal sets + EV spreads yet and I'm looking for a sixth member, atm I seem a bit weak to Suicune and TTar + Excadrill (if that's any common, tar annoys me anyways if they have a way to deal with Rak). Any help would be appreciated, tyvm!
Hi! The first thing I notice with your team is your Hydreigon is running an excessive amount of Spe unless you feel you absolutely HAVE to Spe tie other max Hydra.
The most Spe I'd recommend is enuff for max Spe base 90s. I can't think of any base common base 95s that are gonna run max Spe, and the only other thing you lose out on is Max Spe Lando-T, which is very uncommon and you Speed tie it anyways with just enuff for max 90s.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/battle-spot-resources-mega-thread.3529016/ This is where I find the Spe tiers for BSS(you are Singles right? I mean since nothing has Protect or anything,) it's a really great resource. Keep in mind that most Hydra are Modest instead of Timid, and the majority are also Specs. Hydra actually has very good bulk, but it's power is even greater so you typically wanna capitalize on that.
Heatran looks kinda bizarre. I can't actually be sure it's bad, but I kno Chople Berry at least isn't that good. I mean it has its uses I suppose for luring Blaziken...like I said idk lol. Anyways, I am mostly certain offensive Tran shouldn't bother with Toxic. Toxic belongs on Tran with Lefties and Protect. I run a Calm nature on those, tho Timid is ok too. Especially wen you lack any way to paralyze opponents.
Terrakion is interesting. Again you should look at that thread and scroll down to the Spe tiers part. Max Spe 108s really aren't common, and you Ofc only be tying them anyways since you are one. Below that you got max Liepar, but that's Prankster and outspeeding it will do little good-it's also pretty rare. So the lowest you can prolly invest for is high Spe Mence.
Quick Attack is a pretty neat attack. Not common but justifiable. But why Stone Edge AND Rock Slide? One of them should be replaced for EQ I think.
Now Cress. I think for item you want a Rocky Helmet. They're really good and super common on Cress. That said Lefties are great too on something liable to hang around for a bit so you should weigh the benefits of each. For moves I really like
Lunar Dance, and wouldn't use a defensive Cress(CM with either Rest or sub are pretty good) without it. I'd get rid of Psychic. Since this is a Toxic Cress instead of t-wave, I think
Icy Wind can be an option over Ice Beam. It's a bit weaker, but Cress isn't that strong so the power difference isn't too great, and you get to lower the foe's Spe which is always nice. Cress can run 60 Spe to outspeed Max Chomp after an IW.
So I hope that helps. I'm better at giving suggestions for changes to stuff already on teams than ideas for new mons. If you make any changes those may also affect the decision of what to add.
