Team SP33D (3 > e)

[D3FAULT]

It's currently 6-2 on Shoddy, but that's there's actually a reason for it not being at least 7-1. I had forgotten to put any EVs on Dragonite, as well as any items OR nature, and I didn't notice until afterward. Damn that sucked. :P (I also forgot some speed EVs on Deoxys-E, but those didn't make a difference in the outcome.) If I didn't dislike Shoddy so much, I'd try to take this team higher. Anyway, to the team:

At a glance:

Now, I'll admit that this team looks a bit like that RMT that was posted a while back that made it to #1 on Shoddy. But it's actually a bit different, even if only a little bit. My team has NO stat-up moves. Each Pokemon is supposed to attack, that's it. (Excluding Aerodactyl, who has SR.) They're all fast and powerful, and they all have a common goal: Out speed, and out power the opponent. Walls are for pussies. :P

The team in-depth:

Aerodactyl (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 6 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Fire Fang
- Ice Fang

Yeah, it looks a little familiar, huh? Well, what can I say? It's a good lead to get Stealth Rock out there, as well as some damage, normally. Once SR is up though, I don't care what happens to him honestly. He does sometimes cause the opponent some pain. :P

Garchomp (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 6 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Outrage
- Fire Fang
- Crunch
- Earthquake

ScarfChomp. He uses Outrage almost exclusively. The other moves are basically filler. He comes in when I feel the opponent's counters are all extremely weak, or dead.

Dragonite (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 6 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Outrage
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge

Yes, I have two Scarfed Outragers on this team. I don't think anyone really predicts me having two of them, and it's worked great so far.

Deoxys-e @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 160 Atk/96 Spd/252 SAtk
Hasty nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Psychic
- Superpower
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball

The very essence of "speed". It fits the team very nicely as one of the special sweepers. This thing can almost take out whole teams by itself.

Gengar (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 6 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Destiny Bond
- Focus Blast

The other special sweeper of the team. He too, can almost threaten an entire team by himself. When I feel his use has run out, I Destiny Bond.

Weavile (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Night Slash
- Ice Punch
- Ice Shard
- Brick Break

The only physical sweeper who doesn't have outrage. :P I have both Ice Punch and Ice Shard, since I don't use any stat-up moves as I said earlier, so I use them in place of Swords Dance. Having both has come in handy, and each have their own uses in different situations.

Problems so far:
-Priority moves (especially Ice Shard) have cause me some problems.
-Bronzong has caused some problems.

 

[Taylor]

I thought one of Aerodactyl's main assets when leading the pack when setting up its own Stealth Rock, was to use Taunt to effectively terminate any opposing Stealth Rock that was initially planned by the opponent. I emphasize the need for Taunt because I daresay your team suffers from Stealth Rock. You have three Pokemon weak to Stealth Rock, although Aerodactyl (as you previously mentioned) is usually never switched out, thus unable to recieve any Stealth Rock damage. However, both Weavile and Dragonite as a matter of fact recieve an unfortunate 25% of damage. In conclusion, I strongly recommend that you opt for Taunt over Fire Fang on Aerodactyl. The way I see it, though, is that a Bronzong of your very own would be far superior to Aerodactyl when influencing the team with Stealth Rock and Hypnosis support. Additionally, Mamoswine will not find a way through your team so long as you have Bronzong at a reasonable ammount of health. As too opposing Deoxys won't be able to OHKO your team with Bronzong assistance at your control. Bronzong would bring a far more significant contribution to the team than an Aerodactyl, especially when that Aerodactyl does not have Taunt.

My last concern is Deoxys' Speed stat at this very moment in time. With Shadow Ball, you must understand that outspeeding opposing Deoxys is far more essential and important for a successful one-on-one. This maximizing Deoxys' Speed has increasingly risen throughout the past few weeks all across the OU environment, which was arguably influenced the most when husk's team was released to the public. Let's not overlook the fact that your team struggles with Deoxys opposition - your entire team is OHKOed by it (with the exeption of Deoxys should opposing Deoxys not have Shadow Ball, which is arguably rare these days). All the more reason to use Bronzong, heh? Summarizing, remove those investments from Attack in order to maximize your Speed on Deoxys.

 

[D3FAULT]

Hm, good point on the Taunt thing. I'll probably add that later. I'd hate to add a Bronzong, however. He's the complete opposite of what this team is about. :P And I'll consider maxing out Deoxys' Speed as well. I hadn't run into any problems with opposing Deoxys' before, but that doesn't mean I won't in the future.

 

[boltscore]

You certainly seem to have a problem with Ice-type attacks. Two 4x weaks, a 2x weak and a single resist doesn't work so well.

It is one of the most commonly used attacking types in the metagame, and, of course, the reason being Garchomp.

That one Ice resist you do have is also terribly frail; switching it in on an Ice attack wouldn't help much.

I believe that Deoxys-S and Gengar are truly the only things preventing your team from being incredibly Mamoswine-weak, and yet Deoxys-S can not even OHKO with Superpower. However, Mamoswine can easily OHKO it with EQ. Gengar's Focus Blast will most certainly OHKO, but that 70% accuracy can be shaky. Therefore, you have to make the decision whether to sacrifice Gengar to take down Mamoswine with Destiny Bond, the only really "safe" move.

Mamoswine's Ice Shard only 2HKOs, but if Focus Blast misses, it means nothing. Stone Edge OHKOs, while going second. Once again, having Focus Blast miss would be disastrous.

Therefore, you use Destiny Bond. In the case of Ice Shard, it will either switch or sacrifice Mamoswine, while Stone Edge results in both immediately fainting.

I would almost consider Technitop to solve that massive Ice weakness, although it doesn't do much to bulky waters carrying Ice Beam. Lucario could work, too, but Lucario's stat-upping magic kind of takes away from your theme.

I would agree on giving Aerodactyl Taunt over Fire Fang.

So, out of all of that, I think the best changes to make would be:

1. Give Aerodactyl Taunt over Fire Fang.

2. Change Dragonite to a Technitop. If you truly do not want to change either of your Dragons, I guess Weavile would have to go.

 

[D3FAULT]

I put Taunt on Aerodactyl and it has helped TONS. As far as Technitop, I tried him and he pretty much failed. XD The team is now 9-2 however (and SHOULD be 10-1 >_>). I think this team has some serious potential, I just don't like battling on shoddy enough to prove it. :P

 

[Stathakis]

I see HUGE deoxys-s issues if he's one of those ones that runs shadow ball and max speed, which have been all I've been seeing. he easily KO's your whole team. honestly, I'd max speed on deoxys just toe even have a change at getting a speed tie with him. and honestly, two scarfers and deoxys all on the same team seems like overboard. sure, you do well against those fast frail teams, but what about stall? for this reason, I'd change garchomp to the sdyache variant that we all hate so much. it also gives you a way to deal with those max speed deoxys's if you don't like relying on a speed tie.

edit: not only does yachechomp give you a last-ditch effort against deoxys, but it also gives you a way to break stall, which this team won't be doing any time soon.

 

[D3FAULT]

I see HUGE deoxys-s issues if he's one of those ones that runs shadow ball and max speed, which have been all I've been seeing. he easily KO's your whole team. honestly, I'd max speed on deoxys just toe even have a change at getting a speed tie with him. and honestly, two scarfers and deoxys all on the same team seems like overboard. sure, you do well against those fast frail teams, but what about stall? for this reason, I'd change garchomp to the sdyache variant that we all hate so much. it also gives you a way to deal with those max speed deoxys's if you don't like relying on a speed tie.

I've faced several Deoxys-Es and had no problem with them so far. 0_o And I did end up max speeding my Deoxys.. I forgot to mention that. :P

Also, the team's record is now 12-3.

EDIT: Now it's 16-7. I went on a damn losing streak. >_<

 

[GB_Packers_Ftw]

Im gonna recomend a Heatran. Nicely takes away ice moves that will harm alot of your team. Fire immunity is always nice as alot of things carry it for steels. Also just because your team is called sp33d doesnt mean that your going to break the theme by throwing in 1 support pokemon. I think one simple wall could help this team alot. It could help with things like trick room as well, as if someone sets that up on you your owned brother lol. Also dragonite and chomp basicly serve the same roll, i think taking 1 off is going to help you out as far as spreading our team out goes. I mean they basicly have the same attacks.

 

[D3FAULT]

Im gonna recomend a Heatran. Nicely takes away ice moves that will harm alot of your team. Fire immunity is always nice as alot of things carry it for steels. Also just because your team is called sp33d doesnt mean that your going to break the theme by throwing in 1 support pokemon. I think one simple wall could help this team alot. It could help with things like trick room as well, as if someone sets that up on you your owned brother lol. Also dragonite and chomp basicly serve the same roll, i think taking 1 off is going to help you out as far as spreading our team out goes. I mean they basicly have the same attacks.

I'm willing to replace Dragonite if someone can give me a truly good Pokemon to replace it with. >_> So far no one really has.

As far as Heatran, I'm not a fan of him. He's slow, and yes, he breaks my theme. :P However, if we're looking for a fire type to take away some of my Ice weakness, I'll look at MixApe. He is by FAR my favorite wall breaker in the game. (He wrecks Skarmory/Forretress/Blissey/Bronzong and others.) Not to mention he is pretty fast.