Hey guys, this is my first competition for which I'm building a team for :]
I really like these kind of weirds metagames, so I just like to have fun playing with this. I've been battling on showdown for a while. I'm not going too well, even though my wins are surely above 70%, so I'd like to ask you guys what I should improve in my team. Here it is:
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Pikachu (M) @ Light Ball
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Encore
I have it just so we will all get that special Pikachu lol
252 in atk because fake out does more damage, protect so that the opponent can waste one move. Knock off to deal some damage when I can, but I used it very rarely.
Electivire @ Focus Sash
Ability: Motor Drive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 30 Spe
- Earthquake
- Return/Double-Edge
- Ice Punch
- Protect
The physical sweeper in team. Earthquake is a must have, ice punch for stunfisk/emolga, return or double-edge for strong hits. Double-Edge breaks the sash...
Eelektross @ Earth Plate
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
- Acid Spray
- Protect
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power [Ground]
Just random. Acid spray can help, hidden power ground does help with the plate. Giga Drain for stunfisk and wash-rotom. I should probably change it...
Rotom-Mow @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 68 Def / 188 SpD
Calm Nature
- Psych Up
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
- Leaf Storm
Rotom is needed here. This defensive rotom does its job pretty well when it can use psych up on my ampharos. Maybe I should change it with a different rotom form. Any suggestions?
Ampharos @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Plus
EVs: 232 HP / 184 Atk / 24 Def / 68 SpD
Impish Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Power-Up Punch
- Magnetic Flux
The star of the team. I won lots of 1 vs 3-4 with this, especially when my team sucked more than the one I have now. Shuca Berry is needed when I face electivire without a magnetic flux on.
Maybe I should change the EVs
Lanturn @ Air Balloon
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Soak
- Thunderbolt
- Protect
- Ice Beam
A random poke. Ice beam can help, but soak not so much. Air Balloon doesn't make it die too quickly, but it's still a pokemon I don't like using. Should I change it?
That's it! If you can guys can help me out with it I'd really appreciate it! I haven't been battling seriously since D/P ( platinum wasn't even out).
Why do you only have three Pokemon? You do know it's a bring 6, pick 4 doubles comp right? edit: the HTML box decided to work properly and let me scroll down and see the rest, lol.
Offensive Pikachu doesn't really make sense if he's just for Fake Out / Encore support then why not go for a bulkier set? Max HP with Eviolite would he what I would run, but that set is super outclassed by Raichu... Unless you
really want an Endeavor Pikachu I wouldn't use him...
Sash Electivire is an interesting option, something I haven't considered myself so I'm not sure whether it's good or bad. Personally I wouldn't bother with it but maybe it's better than I think.. Your Normal-type move should be changed to Facade, it let's you still do something if you cop a Burn. I don't understand the random 30 speed IV, is that a mistake?
Specially offensive Eelektross doesn't seem like the best set available for him, there are so many things he can do... He can do an effective boosting set with either Coil and Drain Punch or Assault Vest and Power-Up Punch. He also has great supportive moves, and I used a dedicated support set myself with Gastro Acid, Super Fang and Knock Off. There's been a bunch of posts about how people are using him so just have a lurk of this thread.
Pretty interesting Rotom you've got there. Not really sure which boosters you're looking for copy with Psych Up, the most common is Eelektross but copying his attack boosts is worthless. Only other thing is copying Magnetic Flux strats... Does Psych Up remove Leaf Storm's SpA drop? If it does then that's kinda cool I guess. Pain Split looks cool, but maybe consider running HP Ground just so you don't have to rely on Leaf Storm
This Ampharos set is really weird to me. The biggest attribute for Amph in this meta is being a mega and having access to the best STAB move in the meta with Dragon Pulse. He also has a bunch of other cool moves like Agility, Cotton Spore, Cotton Guard (sharply boosts Def, so can be used on a mega set instead of Magnetic Flux). I dunno, it looks really gimmicky, but you say it's been successful so I dunno, lol.
If you wanna make use of Soak Lanturn then it should primarily be used with a Scarf and either a Discharge user (to also heal Lanturn) or Mega Amph so it can hit stuff with abilities that block Electric moves. If you aren't gonna use Scarf Soak then you should probably drop it and use an Icy Wind set. Scald / other Water STAB is another great reason to use Lanturn which you're not doing, so consider those options.