Crobat @ Choice Band
Jolly, 252atk / 252speed / 4hp
~ Brave Bird
~ U-Turn
~ X-Scissor
~ Pursuit
Best Breloom counter (if he can stick around a while). Brave Bird is for all-purpose destroying things, U-Turn for scouting. I put X-Scissor in because I've found myself needing to kill with a bug move but without the unfortunate side effect u-turn has when it KOs (which is the reverse effect and allows the opponent to see what I switch in). Pursuit I almost never use and when I had Cross Poison there I never used it either, so I'm open to other options.
Gyarados @ Leftovers
Jolly, 252atk / 168speed / 68def / 20hp
~ Dragon Dance
~ Waterfall
~ Stone Edge
~ Earthquake
It's only wall is Breloom, but it still does decently against it. I'd rather not waste time and a moveslot taunting especially since it's so old. 1 DD can outspeed any base 130 and it'll reach 523 attack. Sooo I can't find anything wrong with him. A scarf'd Starmie caught me off guard one time, but how often does that happen?
Machamp @ Choice Band
Adamant, 252hp / 132atk / 124speed
[ No Guard ]
~ Dynamic Punch
~ Stone Edge
~ Earthquake
~ Ice Punch
The speed EVs will enable him to outspeed min speed Skarmory and win the D-punch vs Drill Peck battle. Even with the somewhat low attack EVs, he'll still reach 541, and that's plenty. Makes a decent scarf chomp outrage counter, but not a good switch-in on an outrage.
Azelf @ Life Orb
Timid, 252speed / 252spatk / 4hp
~ Nasty Plot
~ Psychic
~ Shadow Ball
~ Hidden Power [Fighting]
I'm not big on special sweepers since Blissey makes all physical tanks look subpar, but I figure I need at least one. It's never walled, all his moves get 100acc and it can boost itself plus the speed is very decent. I replace him with a Deoxys-E on Official Server for the better speed and Superpower gets around Blissies.
Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Impish, 172hp / 252def / 84atk
~ Stealth Rock
~ Roar
~ Slack Off
~ Earthquake
Well, if it's down to him and a levitater or flying time it's curtains for me, but that's never happened to me yet so far. 400 hp is enough and I get to max out defense and give him a little attack power. Best counter for those BP Ninjasks and Electivires who get their ability activated. I like having the sandstorm ruining focus sashes and the 6% hp loss really isn't a huge deal, but it is somewhat odd that my Hippo is the only one who doesn't take damage.
Blissey @ Leftovers
Bold, 252def / 212hp / 44spatk
[ Serene Grace ]
~ Softboiled
~ Aromatherapy
~ Charge Beam
~ Ice Beam
I like Blissey to hold sleep, so I mostly use serene grace for that. The freezing is nice though. Charge Beam is to make Suicune and Gyarados unable to get a good set up. And with aromatherapy, the status ailment thing isn't so terrible.
Threats
- Gyarados
- Azelf
- Deoxys-E (on Official)
- Cresselia
- Scarfchomp / Haxchomp
I don't have any steel types, so the Outraging can take a toll. I usually have to sacrifice someone and then try to have Machamp or Gyarados try to sort it out. Azelf carries a lot of moves my team is weak to and I can't even counter it with Blissey because there's the possibility it has explosion. I have to hope my Crobat is alive to X-Scissor it. Same Problem with Deoxys-E, only my Crobat can't even outspeed it. Gyarados can ruin my tank duo even though Blissey carries charge beam. Cresselias, well, I never know what to do about them. Machamp dies to psychic, Blissey loses the stall war, Azelf can never OHKO with shadow ball and really just lets her set up, especially if she carries thunderwave, Crobat and Hippo die and Gyarados would take a lot of DDs to start doing decent damage.
