Team BigBlue
BTW, I know I suck at names so don't bother posting a change to the name >_<
Ok so I re-started competitive battling by finding a team that works (on smogon) and using it to get a better grasp on today's metagame. I then decided to try and make my own team... Needless to say my first teams failed miserably. I decided I needed a game plan (should've done this before IMO). What game plan? Hmmm... Well I had many run through my head, but I really like a kindra who sweeps, so I said "Hey! Let's make a kingdra based team!" So I started making my team. In the beginning I had trouble with status for kingdra and the flinch Jirachi that was running around, so I switched Gyarados to my last slot over Weavile (Good move IMO). This then gave me 3 water types and only one semi-frail ground type so I switch my wish support vappy for a support/flinch/para Jirachi. This turned out good. However I'm still getting mixed results, so I post it before you humbly, knowing that this was my first salvagable team.
Kingdra is my main sweeper, while all the other teamates support it in one way or another.
Changes in This Color
At a Glance:
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Marriland Team Review:
The Inner Workings:
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 252 HP/216 Spd/40 Def
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Knock Off
- Taunt
- Roost
- Earthquake
Thanks Tab for giving me this awesome Gliscor.
Gliscor, Gliscor, Gliscor... Very useful lead. With the ever helpful taunt, I can simple stop most Baton Pass leads, and slow stealth Rock leads. The rest get a knock off to keep their team off balance. After that it's just the simple take hits/give hits/roost Gliscor that we all know and love/hate.
I added knock off over stealth Rock due to help from KD24 :D. Thank you for your help.
Kingdra Support: Hit Taker/Taunter
Kingdra (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk/16 Spd/240 SAtk
Lonely nature (+Atk, -Def)
- Rain Dance
- Waterfall
- Hydro Pump
- Draco Meteor
Ah Kingdra. The star of my team (except for Jirachi...). This is "Kingdra's most deadly set" taken directly from the analysis. I'm serious, this thing rips through walls like there's no tomorrow. My largest issue usually is getting a wish passed to it, but by the time it dies, it normally does it's duty. With this as is, in rain, it out-speeds Latias and OHKO's with Draco Meteor so don't ask me to switch to it... Because I won't. Because most of us are too lazy to look at the smogon analysis, here are the damage statistics that are used in the analysis:
This thing does it's job well...
I kept the mixed Kingdra over DDKingdra since this keeps the main focus of the team on a late sweep from kingdra to finish off their team on Kingdra. With the DDKingdra it pulls alot of focus off of Kingdra and makes him just a simple sweeper. Plus I find that this set works better with my play style.
Kingdra Support: Er... All?
Magnezone @ Leftovers
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40 HP/216 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Magnet Rise
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Ah yes... Good ol' Maggie. Went out of style when people stopped commonly using true walls that often, but it's back and fills a crucial gap on this team. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO COUNTER METAGROSS AND SCIZOR. And certain Jirachi too. No really it does, I mean, HP Fire does it's job every time. For metagross, just Magnet Rise and sub, then HP Fire to your heart's content. Same as that for Jirachi and Scizor (only minus the magnet rise). The 216 Speed EV's allow it to outspeed Adamant Max Speed Scizor and the Gross' Meteor Mash still fails to break the sub. It is simply my steel counter for my Kindra. Please note that this does not deal with the flinch Jirachi that is so evil I placed one on my team ^_^. Cheers.
Kingdra Support: Kingdra's Counter's Counter/Steel Killer
Flygon (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
Thanks tab for giving me this awesome Flygon idea.
Ok Flygon... Simple version: revenge killer. Non-simple version: I use this beast to come in after a death with scarf for a KO. It has awesome coverage and with todays speedy metagame, this is what is needed to keep up with it. It comes in on an unexpecting target, but if it's obvious they're goona switch, a simple U-turn puts me out of harm's way. I find much usefullness for this pokemon.
Stone Edge > Thunderpunch was pointed out to me by FalconPunch.
Kingdra Support: Kingdra's Counter's Counter/Sweep/Immunities
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 240 HP/160 Def/32 Spd/76 SDef
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Wish
- Stealth Rock
- Body Slam
- Iron Head
The other star of this team! (Bad pun intended). Wish support for Kingdra to heal it from LO Damage. Not much to say... Just a simple haxRachi that gave me so much trouble on ver. 1.0. Used to be Vaporeon until I put Gyrados down below and had 3 water types.
I added Stealth Rock due to input from KD24, allowing Gliscor to work stronger.
Kingdra Support: I explained in the above, but (*sigh*) Wish support and overall bulkiness.
Rotom-h (N) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP/120 Def/136 SDef
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
This is a beast... It rarely dies and owns when it needs too. I've found that thanks to KD24, this team rarely loses when played right. It rounds off this team nicely with a really bulky attacker. And most people expect the standard set/specs set, giving this pokemon even more usefulness.
Kingdra Support: Status-Taker.
Problems:
~ I'd like to have a scarfed pokemon... Solved
~ I still occasionally have problems with scarfed Jirachi Solved
~ Frail ground type means I might need a better one Solved
~ My battling skills Un-solved D:
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I'd appreciate it if you'd help me out making my first team, a good oneit'snotthatcorny.
BTW, I know I suck at names so don't bother posting a change to the name >_<
Ok so I re-started competitive battling by finding a team that works (on smogon) and using it to get a better grasp on today's metagame. I then decided to try and make my own team... Needless to say my first teams failed miserably. I decided I needed a game plan (should've done this before IMO). What game plan? Hmmm... Well I had many run through my head, but I really like a kindra who sweeps, so I said "Hey! Let's make a kingdra based team!" So I started making my team. In the beginning I had trouble with status for kingdra and the flinch Jirachi that was running around, so I switched Gyarados to my last slot over Weavile (Good move IMO). This then gave me 3 water types and only one semi-frail ground type so I switch my wish support vappy for a support/flinch/para Jirachi. This turned out good. However I'm still getting mixed results, so I post it before you humbly, knowing that this was my first salvagable team.
Kingdra is my main sweeper, while all the other teamates support it in one way or another.
Changes in This Color
At a Glance:
Marriland Team Review:
The Inner Workings:
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 252 HP/216 Spd/40 Def
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Knock Off
- Taunt
- Roost
- Earthquake
Thanks Tab for giving me this awesome Gliscor.
Gliscor, Gliscor, Gliscor... Very useful lead. With the ever helpful taunt, I can simple stop most Baton Pass leads, and slow stealth Rock leads. The rest get a knock off to keep their team off balance. After that it's just the simple take hits/give hits/roost Gliscor that we all know and love/hate.
I added knock off over stealth Rock due to help from KD24 :D. Thank you for your help.
Kingdra Support: Hit Taker/Taunter
Kingdra (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk/16 Spd/240 SAtk
Lonely nature (+Atk, -Def)
- Rain Dance
- Waterfall
- Hydro Pump
- Draco Meteor
Ah Kingdra. The star of my team (except for Jirachi...). This is "Kingdra's most deadly set" taken directly from the analysis. I'm serious, this thing rips through walls like there's no tomorrow. My largest issue usually is getting a wish passed to it, but by the time it dies, it normally does it's duty. With this as is, in rain, it out-speeds Latias and OHKO's with Draco Meteor so don't ask me to switch to it... Because I won't. Because most of us are too lazy to look at the smogon analysis, here are the damage statistics that are used in the analysis:
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[B][SIZE=1]Damage Calculations[/SIZE][/B]
[SIZE=1][SIZE=2]Waterfall vs. Max HP Bronzong: 54-64%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP / 98 SpD: Bronzong 72-85%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP Celebi: 38-45%
Draco Meteor vs. Max HP Celebi: 59-69%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP / Max SpD + Forretress: 85-100%
Draco Meteor vs. 216 HP Gyarados: 62-73%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP Jirachi: 76-89%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP Metagross: 91-100%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP Skarmory: 100%
Waterfall vs. 160 HP / 136 Def Snorlax: 60-71%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP Suicune: 34-39%
Draco Meteor vs. Max HP Suicune: 52-62%
Hydro Pump vs. 240 HP Swampert: 82-98%
Hydro Pump vs. Max HP Scizor: 100%[/SIZE]
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I kept the mixed Kingdra over DDKingdra since this keeps the main focus of the team on a late sweep from kingdra to finish off their team on Kingdra. With the DDKingdra it pulls alot of focus off of Kingdra and makes him just a simple sweeper. Plus I find that this set works better with my play style.
Kingdra Support: Er... All?
Magnezone @ Leftovers
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40 HP/216 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Magnet Rise
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Ah yes... Good ol' Maggie. Went out of style when people stopped commonly using true walls that often, but it's back and fills a crucial gap on this team. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO COUNTER METAGROSS AND SCIZOR. And certain Jirachi too. No really it does, I mean, HP Fire does it's job every time. For metagross, just Magnet Rise and sub, then HP Fire to your heart's content. Same as that for Jirachi and Scizor (only minus the magnet rise). The 216 Speed EV's allow it to outspeed Adamant Max Speed Scizor and the Gross' Meteor Mash still fails to break the sub. It is simply my steel counter for my Kindra. Please note that this does not deal with the flinch Jirachi that is so evil I placed one on my team ^_^. Cheers.
Kingdra Support: Kingdra's Counter's Counter/Steel Killer
Flygon (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
Thanks tab for giving me this awesome Flygon idea.
Ok Flygon... Simple version: revenge killer. Non-simple version: I use this beast to come in after a death with scarf for a KO. It has awesome coverage and with todays speedy metagame, this is what is needed to keep up with it. It comes in on an unexpecting target, but if it's obvious they're goona switch, a simple U-turn puts me out of harm's way. I find much usefullness for this pokemon.
Stone Edge > Thunderpunch was pointed out to me by FalconPunch.
Kingdra Support: Kingdra's Counter's Counter/Sweep/Immunities
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 240 HP/160 Def/32 Spd/76 SDef
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Wish
- Stealth Rock
- Body Slam
- Iron Head
The other star of this team! (Bad pun intended). Wish support for Kingdra to heal it from LO Damage. Not much to say... Just a simple haxRachi that gave me so much trouble on ver. 1.0. Used to be Vaporeon until I put Gyrados down below and had 3 water types.
I added Stealth Rock due to input from KD24, allowing Gliscor to work stronger.
Kingdra Support: I explained in the above, but (*sigh*) Wish support and overall bulkiness.
Rotom-h (N) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP/120 Def/136 SDef
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
This is a beast... It rarely dies and owns when it needs too. I've found that thanks to KD24, this team rarely loses when played right. It rounds off this team nicely with a really bulky attacker. And most people expect the standard set/specs set, giving this pokemon even more usefulness.
Kingdra Support: Status-Taker.
Problems:
~ I'd like to have a scarfed pokemon... Solved
~ I still occasionally have problems with scarfed Jirachi Solved
~ Frail ground type means I might need a better one Solved
~ My battling skills Un-solved D:
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I'd appreciate it if you'd help me out making my first team, a good oneit'snotthatcorny.