Open to all suggestions, thought in team, ect.

Thats what all team raters want right? Maybe I am too selfish. Time to think about you guys for a change. sorry usually my comments on the pokemon are long but ... i feel like its hard to explain them this time. at least i put in that threat list ;)

After being decimated by Zapdos and Lucario I got thinking. I started testing all sorts of teams and finally have incorperated them both in my team. I hope I know what I am doing but thankfully I have the members of Smogon to help me out. I put some thought into this team so don't give me any half-ass responses ... even if that is the american way ...

Here we go:

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Yanmega (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 44 HP/252 Spd/212 SAtk
Modest nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Air Slash
- Hypnosis
- Protect
- Bug Buzz

Just decimates leads. Protect, hypnosis, sweep. He sweeps teams like nobodys business.

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Infernape (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 24 Atk/252 Spd/232 SAtk
Naive nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Close Combat
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Flamethrower
- Grass Knot

wall breaker. beats dragons, swampy, gliscor, hippo, tar, skarm, forry, bliss. really nice pokemon that can really hurt opposing pokes. when his hp goes down blaze goes up meaning i can get more kills woot.

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Hariyama (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 76 HP/180 Atk/252 Def
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Knock Off
- Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- Whirlwind

beats garchomp and cbhariyama. a nice defensive pokemon and hurts a ton of things. really beats a lot of pokemon

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Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 240 HP/188 Def/80 Spd
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Recover
- Leech Seed
- Grass Knot

sets up the SR, and is a good counter for gyarados.

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Zapdos @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP/220 Def/36 Spd
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Roost
- Roar
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]

someone used this on me and it was amazing. his durability is great and he is a good unsuspecting phazer. stalls forever, just roosting and roaring and passing SR.


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Lucario (M) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 20 Def/236 Spd/252 SAtk
Modest nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Aura Sphere
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Vacuum Wave

specsluke is just fuckin incredible. VW hurts things faster then me, and aura sphere just maims anything. blissey is 2hkoed ... blissey. dark pulse for ghosts and psychics and is better then shadow ball since it can hit normals. HP ice for dragon switch ins and gliscor.
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Threat List

Tyranitar: Yanmega takes it easily when it leads and late game hariyama switches in on any of its attacks with ease. He also is able to deal with Boah. Tar has trouble switching in as Lucario, Infernape, Yanmega, Hariyama, and Celebi can dent it hard.

Gyarados: Celebi and Zapdos

Infernape: Hariyama hurts it bad, Yanmega can resist grass knot and CC so he can some in, speed up and kill with air slash. of course he hates coming in on flamethrowers as they kill him

Azelf: Zapdos does hurt it and Yanmega can kill leads or switch ins. Hes tough but not unbeatable

Electivire: >.> Hariyama and if he is weak, Lucario can revenge kill although he hates switching in, plus yanmega can come in to kill it, only being in harm of thunderpunch as it resists 2 of his moves and ice punch does not ko

Heracross: zapdos

Salamence: zapdos

Togekiss: lucario can come in on an air slash to speed up although it does hurt and attack with aura sphere. Zapdos takes it though easily

Gengar: zapdos

Garchomp: zapdos and hariyama. nape beats switch ins with hp ice, and yanmega can actually handle it pretty well

Lucario: zapdos and yanmega

Starmie: zapdos

Weavile: hariyama and infernape

Dugtrio: uh zapdos i guess. usually u just try to revenge kill duggy

Porygon-Z: infernape can switch in right away, on scarf versions tri attack hurts so i cant really switch in. but lucario could there.

Machamp: yanmega takes fight attacks, lucario likes stone edges

Snorlax: lucario and infernape

Zapdos: my own zapdos and infernape

Suicune: zapdos

Breloom: yanmega, celebi, zapdos, nape. one has to take a sleep though ._.

Ninjask: zapdos

Metagross: nape and lucario beat up on him

Heatran: zapdos i guess. hariyama actually with tf takes him pretty good

Celebi: nape

Jirachi: nape

Dragonite: nape and hariyama, plus zapdos

Mamoswine: hariyama

Gallade: yanmega

Yanmega: zapdos, but something might have to take a sleep

Kingdra: zapdos

Roserade: nape and yanmega but something may have to take a sleep

Scizor: nape and zapdos

Thank you, and please RMT
 
well, the only real way to revenge kill is by using lucario's vacuum wave, which kinda blows. in this speed based metagame, that's kinda bad.
 
^lol, that's true, but that's not the point. the point is that he doesn't really have a very reliable way to revenge kill.
 
Looks really solid, I'd suggest a spiker or Tspiker to help your Zapdos' pseudohazing, but I don't see the room for it.

You have Zapdos listed as your Heracross counter. How well does this work? I can't picture it without a flying attack, especially if it Stone Edges.
 
Only a CBcross could OHKO with 220 def bold Zapdos is my guess. He could just PP stall with Roost and Pressure, then kill or phaze.
 
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