Hello there, so this is in fact the first XY team I've ever built, seeing as I haven't played for a long long time. In fact, I stopped playing near the end op the DPPt era, hence the title. Anyway, I've built this team without much knowledge of the metagame, so I focused on overall type coverage and a very basic strategy with Skarmory as my spikestacker.
Onto the members then:
Gengar @ Black Sludge
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
Gengar is a pretty recent addition to the team, but has proven to be quite good at what it does, namely causing switches and blocking spin. Due to its many resistances, immunitites and offensive prowess, I can often get a Sub in and proceed to spam Shadow Ball and WoW, with taunt blocking any kind of set up.
Excadrill @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Excadrill is my main revengekiller and due to its ability, it can sometimes clean up lategame when the opposing EQ immunities have been removed. Also, it's the mon I lead with most of the time so I can get SR out early on. The moves are pretty self-explanatory, although SR on a scarfer is always somewhat risky. Generally, this helps against a lot of fast offensive stuff which would otherwise demolish my team.
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
Rotom is mostly on here because of it's typing which makes it a good switch-in to many many things, again causing opposing switches due to its good STAB moves and acces to status. Still, I feel it doesn't do too much in many matches and that is why it seems to be replaceable, but that would open up certain weaknesses, mostly to firemons like Heatran.
Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Roost
Latios is great because it applies heavy offensive pressure whilst still maintining solid bulk and sufficient longevity due to Roost. It's also my secondary fireresistance and main check to fightmons. Latios often manages to rip big holes into the opposing team and has also cleaned up lategame occasionally.
Bisharp @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
- Iron Head
This is the main beast of the team. Once Bisharp gets an SD under its belt, it's pretty much unstoppable. This thing hits like a truck and probably has had more kills than the rest of the team combined. Also, Sucker Punch lets me revenge some faster opponents in dire times, although that is a pretty unreliable strategy. Defiant is an awesome ability as the attack boost is great trade-off when switching into Defog.
Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Spikes
Skarmory is extremely efficient at what it does, using its great typing and good stats to get out as many layers of Spikes as possible. I play pretty suicidally with this, in order to get the hazards out as fast as possible. The specially defensive spread helps with this seeing as I can set-up on more things. Also, Whirlwind is great to shuffle the opposing team and get some early damage in.
So that is it, any suggestions and/or comments are much appreciated.
Importable version:
Onto the members then:
Gengar @ Black Sludge
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
Gengar is a pretty recent addition to the team, but has proven to be quite good at what it does, namely causing switches and blocking spin. Due to its many resistances, immunitites and offensive prowess, I can often get a Sub in and proceed to spam Shadow Ball and WoW, with taunt blocking any kind of set up.
Excadrill @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Excadrill is my main revengekiller and due to its ability, it can sometimes clean up lategame when the opposing EQ immunities have been removed. Also, it's the mon I lead with most of the time so I can get SR out early on. The moves are pretty self-explanatory, although SR on a scarfer is always somewhat risky. Generally, this helps against a lot of fast offensive stuff which would otherwise demolish my team.
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
Rotom is mostly on here because of it's typing which makes it a good switch-in to many many things, again causing opposing switches due to its good STAB moves and acces to status. Still, I feel it doesn't do too much in many matches and that is why it seems to be replaceable, but that would open up certain weaknesses, mostly to firemons like Heatran.
Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Roost
Latios is great because it applies heavy offensive pressure whilst still maintining solid bulk and sufficient longevity due to Roost. It's also my secondary fireresistance and main check to fightmons. Latios often manages to rip big holes into the opposing team and has also cleaned up lategame occasionally.
Bisharp @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
- Iron Head
This is the main beast of the team. Once Bisharp gets an SD under its belt, it's pretty much unstoppable. This thing hits like a truck and probably has had more kills than the rest of the team combined. Also, Sucker Punch lets me revenge some faster opponents in dire times, although that is a pretty unreliable strategy. Defiant is an awesome ability as the attack boost is great trade-off when switching into Defog.
Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Spikes
Skarmory is extremely efficient at what it does, using its great typing and good stats to get out as many layers of Spikes as possible. I play pretty suicidally with this, in order to get the hazards out as fast as possible. The specially defensive spread helps with this seeing as I can set-up on more things. Also, Whirlwind is great to shuffle the opposing team and get some early damage in.
So that is it, any suggestions and/or comments are much appreciated.
Importable version:
sprites courtesy of http://pldh.net/Gengar @ Black Sludge
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
Excadrill @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Roost
Bisharp @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
- Iron Head
Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Keen Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Spikes
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