Im having trouble winning battles with this team, and im wondering if its the team itself or my playing skills...or both.
Azelf @Focus Sash
Naive
4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Psychic
Explosion
Fire blast
Taunt
Azelfs real niche is to deal fast damage and lay down some rocks. Since this lead is ever so common I really dont need to go indepth do I? Decided not to put in SR because taunt sounded more useful, and i really have nothing to block a spinner anyways
Synergy: Azelf is my lead, and if used right can cripple atleast one pokemon. I might replace him with a scarf gar if I cannot get him to be used right. Rocks can do some nice damage and give me a free turn if theyre desperate to spin it out.
Scizor@Life Orb
Adamant
Technician
252 attk 232 hp 20 def 4 spe
Sword dance
Bulltet Punch
Super Power
Pursuit
Scizor has somehow transformed from underdog to superstar. With a sword dance bullet punch is bound to hit some poor soul for massive damage and im counting on him to deal with gliscor. He also has been a fan favorite of mine so im glad he finally has a niche recognizable. Super power is for the number one counter, a heatarn of course
Synergy: Scizor can take any attack azelf is weak too and threaten to either dance or deal massive damage with a pursuit. He can also feel right at home with sandstorms that tend to mess up my zelfs strategy of suicide.
Heatarn@Choice scarf
Timid
4 hp 252 Spe 252 SpAttk
Fire blast
Earth Power
Hidden Power Ice
Explosion
Complete synergy with scizor or almost as good as the dos/vire teamwork.I might consider using Naive to beat skymin, but popular speculations state skymins going straight to Ubers so I might not bother. Chose timid to outspeed other scarf trans
Synergy: Complete synergy with scizor and can deal with threats and do some damage at the same time. Also helps with opposing scizors that can be a handful to take down.
Dugtrio@ Choice Band
Jolly
252 attk 252 spd 4 hp
Earthquake
Stone edge
Sucker Punch
Aerial Ace
Revenge kills so many threats its not even funny. Deals with nape, tyranitar, heracross with no sub, and maybe Heatarn that somehow survives my gengars antilead strategy. My friend says that if you use band night slash is the better choice, but I kinda like priority attacks...is he correct?
Synergy: Basically the trashman who deals with unfinished business. Can deal with many threats and is so friggin awesome becase it looks so harmless.
Vaporeon @Leftovers
bold
232 HP / 252 Def / 68 SpA 24 spa
~Wish
~Surf
~Hp-electric
~Ice beam
To be honest, I hate vaporen but I love wishpassers. My pokes are bulky, but bulky is far from invincible. He can deal with my nape problem so and makes my bulkys last alot longer. Also deals with gyrados suprisingly well which is a nice plus. Id love to replace it with protect to help stall but a gyrados counter is might useful in these troubled times
Synergy: Hes the medic in my little squad. Has suprisingly good Spattk so his attack may make you get more then just a little...damp. Wish has saved me in many battles also.
Salamence @Lifeorb
Adamant
120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 Spe
~Dragon Dance
~Fire Blast
~Outrage
~Earthquake
Basically my very late game sweeper. I dont like to bring him out unless my pokes manage to kill an enemy gliscor or atleast cripple him, but if rocks are down he can still do major damage. Scizor has a tendency to leave a real dent, so I like to think of salamence as a "finisher" of sorts.
Synergy: From Azelf to heatarn there is alot of synergy. One of heatarns massive weakenesses is earthquake, so I thought a pokemon that could be immune to it, plus do major damage, was a must so I replaced lucario with salamence
Is there anything wrong with this team? Any criticism is accepted
Azelf @Focus Sash
Naive
4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Psychic
Explosion
Fire blast
Taunt
Azelfs real niche is to deal fast damage and lay down some rocks. Since this lead is ever so common I really dont need to go indepth do I? Decided not to put in SR because taunt sounded more useful, and i really have nothing to block a spinner anyways
Synergy: Azelf is my lead, and if used right can cripple atleast one pokemon. I might replace him with a scarf gar if I cannot get him to be used right. Rocks can do some nice damage and give me a free turn if theyre desperate to spin it out.
Scizor@Life Orb
Adamant
Technician
252 attk 232 hp 20 def 4 spe
Sword dance
Bulltet Punch
Super Power
Pursuit
Scizor has somehow transformed from underdog to superstar. With a sword dance bullet punch is bound to hit some poor soul for massive damage and im counting on him to deal with gliscor. He also has been a fan favorite of mine so im glad he finally has a niche recognizable. Super power is for the number one counter, a heatarn of course
Synergy: Scizor can take any attack azelf is weak too and threaten to either dance or deal massive damage with a pursuit. He can also feel right at home with sandstorms that tend to mess up my zelfs strategy of suicide.
Heatarn@Choice scarf
Timid
4 hp 252 Spe 252 SpAttk
Fire blast
Earth Power
Hidden Power Ice
Explosion
Complete synergy with scizor or almost as good as the dos/vire teamwork.I might consider using Naive to beat skymin, but popular speculations state skymins going straight to Ubers so I might not bother. Chose timid to outspeed other scarf trans
Synergy: Complete synergy with scizor and can deal with threats and do some damage at the same time. Also helps with opposing scizors that can be a handful to take down.
Dugtrio@ Choice Band
Jolly
252 attk 252 spd 4 hp
Earthquake
Stone edge
Sucker Punch
Aerial Ace
Revenge kills so many threats its not even funny. Deals with nape, tyranitar, heracross with no sub, and maybe Heatarn that somehow survives my gengars antilead strategy. My friend says that if you use band night slash is the better choice, but I kinda like priority attacks...is he correct?
Synergy: Basically the trashman who deals with unfinished business. Can deal with many threats and is so friggin awesome becase it looks so harmless.
Vaporeon @Leftovers
bold
232 HP / 252 Def / 68 SpA 24 spa
~Wish
~Surf
~Hp-electric
~Ice beam
To be honest, I hate vaporen but I love wishpassers. My pokes are bulky, but bulky is far from invincible. He can deal with my nape problem so and makes my bulkys last alot longer. Also deals with gyrados suprisingly well which is a nice plus. Id love to replace it with protect to help stall but a gyrados counter is might useful in these troubled times
Synergy: Hes the medic in my little squad. Has suprisingly good Spattk so his attack may make you get more then just a little...damp. Wish has saved me in many battles also.
Salamence @Lifeorb
Adamant
120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 Spe
~Dragon Dance
~Fire Blast
~Outrage
~Earthquake
Basically my very late game sweeper. I dont like to bring him out unless my pokes manage to kill an enemy gliscor or atleast cripple him, but if rocks are down he can still do major damage. Scizor has a tendency to leave a real dent, so I like to think of salamence as a "finisher" of sorts.
Synergy: From Azelf to heatarn there is alot of synergy. One of heatarns massive weakenesses is earthquake, so I thought a pokemon that could be immune to it, plus do major damage, was a must so I replaced lucario with salamence
Is there anything wrong with this team? Any criticism is accepted
