Help me out, RMT

[Giard]

Hey, I've been doing some battles with friends that know the metagame, nothing too serious, although I did participate in some competitive tourneys and did well. My first RMT, and note this is for WiFi, so IVs aren't perfect and I did all the breeding myself. This is the team I've been using:

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Ambipom @ Life Orb
Jolly, Technician
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Fake Out
- U-Turn
- Return
- Shadow Claw

My lead. He has been pretty effective so far, Fake Out + STAB + Technician + Life Orb does surprisingly high damage. Technician also boosts U-Turn, which can dent TTar pretty well and I can use to switch to a counter of the opposing pokemon. Shadow Claw is there for Gengar and other Ghost leads. Return for a normal STAB attack.

Medicham @ Choice Scarf
Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Brick Break
- Ice Punch
- ThunderPunch
- Psycho Cut

Physical sweeper. Glass Cannon #1. Scarf with Medicham is to be reckoned with. I could put Hi Jump Kick, but I'm usually pretty unlucky with attacks (and that is why I removed Double Hit from Ambipom). Although Smogon suggests Jolly, I don't want to lose power for speed, considering this already outspeeds lots of threats.

Porygon-Z @ Choice Scarf
Modest, Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Tri Attack
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Dark Pulse

Special sweeper. Glass Cannon #2. I guess I could say pretty much the same things I said about Medicham. Dark Pulse because I vaguely remember his HP to suck. Adaptability for a super damaging Tri Attack. If a Pokemon is weak against whatever he's gonna use, he's pretty much dead.

Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Taunt

Your standard DDTar. Not much to say about this fellow that hasn't already been said by tons of other people.

Gliscor @ Leftovers
Impish, Sand Veil
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 Spe
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Stealth Rock
- Roost

At first, I was using Knock Off and Aerial Ace on him, but I found myself using those rarely. Ice Fang for type coverage, Stealth Rock because it "rocks" (zomg i am so funny). It gets a boost from TTar's sandstorm, and overall is a great physical wall.

Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold
EVs: 212 HP, 164 Def, 132 SpA
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Sleep Talking Milotic. I guess you could call it a mixed wall because of Marvel Scale and Rest, but he takes the place of a special wall on my team. Gives more special damage to my team, and a needed water attack.

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So that's it. The team's layout is extremely simple, maybe too much, but keep in mind this is mostly for friends that know the metagame, not purely competitive battles. There are 2 major weaknesses I think, the first being the fighting weakness a lot of my pokemon have, although Gliscor is there for that. The second one, I have no fire moves. At all.

If anyone wants to help me out, thanks in advance.

 

[azntrumpet]

Hey, I've been doing some battles with friends that know the metagame, nothing too serious, although I did participate in some competitive tourneys and did well. My first RMT, and note this is for WiFi, so IVs aren't perfect and I did all the breeding myself. This is the team I've been using:

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Ambipom @ Life Orb
Jolly, Technician
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Fake Out
- U-Turn
- Return
- Shadow Claw

My lead. He has been pretty effective so far, Fake Out + STAB + Technician + Life Orb does surprisingly high damage. Technician also boosts U-Turn, which can dent TTar pretty well and I can use to switch to a counter of the opposing pokemon. Shadow Claw is there for Gengar and other Ghost leads. Return for a normal STAB attack. Never been a fan of Ambipom, but hey, whatever works for you. BTW U-Turn is not boosted by Technician

Medicham @ Choice Scarf
Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Brick Break
- Ice Punch
- ThunderPunch
- Psycho Cut

Physical sweeper. Glass Cannon #1. Scarf with Medicham is to be reckoned with. I could put Hi Jump Kick, but I'm usually pretty unlucky with attacks (and that is why I removed Double Hit from Ambipom). Although Smogon suggests Jolly, I don't want to lose power for speed, considering this already outspeeds lots of threats. I recommend Hi-Jump Kick, but that's your preference.

Porygon-Z @ Choice Scarf
Modest, Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Tri Attack
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Dark Pulse

Special sweeper. Glass Cannon #2. I guess I could say pretty much the same things I said about Medicham. Dark Pulse because I vaguely remember his HP to suck. Adaptability for a super damaging Tri Attack. If a Pokemon is weak against whatever he's gonna use, he's pretty much dead. Not really sure you need two Scarfers, anyways, use Download.

Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Taunt

Your standard DDTar. Not much to say about this fellow that hasn't already been said by tons of other people. Consider Ice Beam>Taunt as Gliscor is becoming more and more popular, and Skarmory is becoming less popular.

Gliscor @ Leftovers
Impish, Sand Veil
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 Spe
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Stealth Rock
- Roost

At first, I was using Knock Off and Aerial Ace on him, but I found myself using those rarely. Ice Fang for type coverage, Stealth Rock because it "rocks" (zomg i am so funny). It gets a boost from TTar's sandstorm, and overall is a great physical wall. Fine, Standard.

Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold
EVs: 212 HP, 164 Def, 132 SpA
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Sleep Talking Milotic. I guess you could call it a mixed wall because of Marvel Scale and Rest, but he takes the place of a special wall on my team. Gives more special damage to my team, and a needed water attack.

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So that's it. The team's layout is extremely simple, maybe too much, but keep in mind this is mostly for friends that know the metagame, not purely competitive battles. There are 2 major weaknesses I think, the first being the fighting weakness a lot of my pokemon have, although Gliscor is there for that. The second one, I have no fire moves. At all.

If anyone wants to help me out, thanks in advance.

Yeah, so pretty much what you said about fighting attacks, huge SD HP Ice/Specs Lucario weak, huge SD Scizor weak, everything is OHKO'd by Specs Seed Flare from Shaymin, nothing takes SpecsMence well, DDGyrados is dangerous as well.

I'd say replace Milotic and Ambipom and lead with a Scarfer. Zapdos+Vaporeon w/ HP Electric seems to cover all of those weaks decently. You can use a Sleep Talker over one of your Scarfers too.

Edit: oops this is for WiFi so HP Electric might be hard too get.

 

[Wayff]

First of all, put Ice Beam over Taunt on Tyranitar. Gliscor is everywhere now and will always try to switch into you. Also, put Jolly on Tyranitar. You could try some kind of MixTar with Dragon Dance/Fire Blast/Ice Beam/Crunch to screw up most of Tyranitar's switchins. First of all, scrap Medicham and Ambipom, they aren't extremely useful in this metagametime for not being able to doing enough damage. Also, say Ambipom is in on a Garchomp, it Outrages, and something will have to take serious damage. Put CB/SD Heracross over Medicham. Heracross does much more damage and it can help with Cresselia and Uxie/Mespirit. You could try Yawn Uxie / SR and U-Turn Mespit for Stealth Rock. It also helps with your Heracross problem. Give it 266 SpAtk, enough speed to outspeed Adamant Lucario(280), and rest in Defences and HP. Try HP Electric on Milotic for your Gyarados problem. I'd put Dugtrio over Porygon-Z just to cover some extra threats, but eh, it's up to you. I usually don't go to WiFi, but I think you should be able to find a HP Electric Milotic.

 

[Giard]

Thanks for the advice, both of you.

Ice Beam on Tyranitar will be strong enough to kill Gliscor without any EVs put in SpA? In that case I'll guess I'll replace Taunt.

I was also wondering why Fire Blast is so popular, when stuff like Blizzard is frowned upon. Why is Flamethrower not regarded as highly as Thunderbolt and Ice Beam? I'm reluctant to replace Earthquake with a fire move though.

I'm not sure why I should change Medicham for a Heracross...I agree that there might be one too many scarfer, but isn't Scarf Medicham faster and stronger than an unboosted SD Heracross and faster than a CB Heracross? And I always inflict lots of damage with him, why do you say that he's not strong enough?

Doesn't Porygon-Z coutner Gyarados with a fast Thunderbolt? I'll check for the HP on my Milotic, but I'm pretty sure it'll be weak and not electric.

I could replace Ambipom, but legendaries like Uxie are pretty much out of the question..it's too late for me to be SR'ing. Zapdos is pretty much impossible to find, especially a good one, and it's not like I have anything good to offer for it. What could take its place instead, as a good lead?

Sorry for the newbie questions, thanks again.

 

[Giard]

Can anyone answer the questions? It would be really appreciated, and I'll update the team afterwards. Thanks.

 

[animenagai]

i'll try to answer the questions:

Thanks for the advice, both of you.

Ice Beam on Tyranitar will be strong enough to kill Gliscor without any EVs put in SpA? In that case I'll guess I'll replace Taunt.

I was also wondering why Fire Blast is so popular, when stuff like Blizzard is frowned upon. Why is Flamethrower not regarded as highly as Thunderbolt and Ice Beam? I'm reluctant to replace Earthquake with a fire move though.

fire blast is popular because skarm and forry's popular. the standard trick is to slap fire blast on a physical threat such as garchomp or t-tar and OHKO forry thinking he can take your hits. fire blast is also 15% more accurate than blizzard.

I'm not sure why I should change Medicham for a Heracross...I agree that there might be one too many scarfer, but isn't Scarf Medicham faster and stronger than an unboosted SD Heracross and faster than a CB Heracross? And I always inflict lots of damage with him, why do you say that he's not strong enough?

probably brick break. damage = poke's attack power x attack's base power (i think) and another 1.5x for stab. brick break has bas 75 attack, close combat has 120. HUGE difference. medicham doesn't get close combat. therefore scarfcross close combat will do more than medicham's brick break despite medicham having a higher stat.

Doesn't Porygon-Z coutner Gyarados with a fast Thunderbolt? I'll check for the HP on my Milotic, but I'm pretty sure it'll be weak and not electric.

gyara don't necessarily DD on the first turn. porygon Z's frail so it's not the safest switch into gyara. it can revenge kill alright but multiple switch ins could kill it.

I could replace Ambipom, but legendaries like Uxie are pretty much out of the question..it's too late for me to be SR'ing. Zapdos is pretty much impossible to find, especially a good one, and it's not like I have anything good to offer for it. What could take its place instead, as a good lead?

you can always try bronzong, it's pretty standard and effective.

Sorry for the newbie questions, thanks again.

 

[beefdreams]

Thanks for the advice, both of you.

Ice Beam on Tyranitar will be strong enough to kill Gliscor without any EVs put in SpA? In that case I'll guess I'll replace Taunt.
It has a small chance to OHKO 252hp/252def Gliscor
I was also wondering why Fire Blast is so popular, when stuff like Blizzard is frowned upon. Why is Flamethrower not regarded as highly as Thunderbolt and Ice Beam? I'm reluctant to replace Earthquake with a fire move though.
Fire Blast is more accurate as the others. Flamethrower is good, Its just that Fire Blast is still fairly accurate and more powerful. People still use it, its just like the decision between Hydropump and Surf.
I'm not sure why I should change Medicham for a Heracross...I agree that there might be one too many scarfer, but isn't Scarf Medicham faster and stronger than an unboosted SD Heracross and faster than a CB Heracross? And I always inflict lots of damage with him, why do you say that he's not strong enough?
Heracross does everything better. It is stronger depending on the move as CC will outdamage Brick Break, it is not as frail, and It has more powerful STAB moves.
Doesn't Porygon-Z coutner Gyarados with a fast Thunderbolt? I'll check for the HP on my Milotic, but I'm pretty sure it'll be weak and not electric.
Not a counter unless it can switch into Gyara. It will kill it with Tbolt, but most people will switch out before that.
I could replace Ambipom, but legendaries like Uxie are pretty much out of the question..it's too late for me to be SR'ing. Zapdos is pretty much impossible to find, especially a good one, and it's not like I have anything good to offer for it. What could take its place instead, as a good lead?

Sorry for the newbie questions, thanks again.

I answered what I could but have a horribly newbie question. How do I get the pictures to work in my RMT?