First Team....

[Rancid]

First Team, Need some Help...

Alright, so this is my first team and its done pretty good on Shoddy, but there is definatly room ​

Lead: Swampert @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 Spd
Nature: Relaxed
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Stealth Rock
- Roar​

Swamperts role is pretty obvious get Stealth Rock off, then ethier kill the opponent or Roar him away for Stealth Rock damage and a chance at killing the new opponent​

Crobat @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: ATK 204, SPD 216, SP.ATK 88
Nature: Naive
- Brave Bird
- Heat Wave
- Roost
- U-Turn​

Crobat is here to deal with Fighting-Types and if Heatran is gone Scizor, Air Slash provides cover against Fighting-Types which the rest of the team can't handle, Heat Wave is there to deal with Steel-Types and more importantly Scizor who has a nasty habit of tearing apart most of my team. Roost is there for HP Recovery, and U-Turn does some damage well Switching out.​

Weavile @ Expert Belt
Ability: Pressure
EVs: HP 30, ATK 252, SPD 226
Nature: Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Ice Shard
- Brick Break
- Night Slash​

Weavile is here to deal with Dragons, Psychics, and Ghost pokemon, though he also is able to handle Steel and Rock types efficently. The idea of Weavile is to find a opportunity to Swords Dance and then sweep, though so far Weavile does do good sweeping without Swords Dance power up, especally with Stealth Rock Support.​

Blissey @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs:4 HP, 252 Def, 252 Spec.Def
Nature: Calm
- Toxic
- Softboiled
- Seismic Toss
- Aromatherapy​

Blissey acts as a Standard Special wall, Toxic is there to increase damage output. Softboiled is for recovery. Seismis Toss is damage. And Aromatherapy is there for team support.​

Gengar @ Wide Lens
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP, 252 SPD, 252 Spec.Atk
Nature: Timid
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Hypnosis​

Gengar acts as a Standard Special Sweeper, dealing with threats and walls alike. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast cover the spectrum, where as T-bolt gets extra Super-Effectives. Hypnosis serves as a way to neutralize certain slower threats. Wide lens is there to make Hypnosis worth using and boost Focus Blast up to be near reliable​

Heatran @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP, 252 SPD, 252 Spec.Atk
Nature: Timid
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Taunt
- Hidden Power Grass​

Heatran serves as my shield against alot of the Meta, taking care of threats like Scizor and Breloom pretty easily. Earth Power is for Steel, Ground, and Fire types. Fire Blast covers a good range of Pokemon. Hidden Power is to take down Water pokemon that would other wise wall him, and Taunt is to prevent subbing and stat boosting moves​

 

[Rancid]

Scizor can completely rip apart my team if Heatran is out of the picture, as my only other counter to him is Crobat with Heat Wave which with enough Passive Damage can be OHKO'd by Bullet Punch

Ludicolo specifically Rain Dance Variations can be a huge pain to deal with if Crobat is down for the count.

Breloom laughs at my team when Heatran and Crobat are gone, using Spore, Sub, Seed Flare, and/or Focus Punch it can rip apart my team.

Salamence can be a pain without Weavile and Swampert, Dragon Dance is particurally painful

Gyarados is hard to handle without Gengar and his ever handy T-bolt, but Stealth Rock does help a bit in this factor as any DD Gyarados can Roared away by Swampert for some helpful damage if he switches back in

Swampert isn't fun to deal with when I lose Heatran and his Hidden Power Grass, though Its not really a threat. More like a large Annoyance

Im sure Ill add more to the list later on...

 

[connoisseur]

On Heatran, the nature should be timid unless you are planning to run explosion, which I do not see on it.

For Blissey, simply put the standard 252Def/232SpD/24HP or even 252Def/252SpD/4HP as the EV spread simply because the points in defense and special defense will increase your walling capabilities much better than increasing your already titanic HP.

Also, I can see SD lucario being very threatening to this team if gengar is killed off by scizor (should be about 50% of the time)

I suggest switching out gengar for a scarf Rotom-H (it is in the smogon dex). It can easily get many free switchins off of the fighting moves aimed at blissey and defeat many of the physical attackers that plague her such as lucario, scizor, and metagross. You should try this change.

However, if you do not want to swap out gengar I suggest making it timid to outrun positive natured base 100s and have a chance at tieing with enemy base 110s such as latias and enemy gengar.

 

[Rancid]

I made the nature change for Heatran,the Ev change for Blissey, And I've started play testing with Rotom-H

 

[Rancid]

Bump

 

[jc104]

Your Crobat has 204 EVs in attack, but it only has U-turn as a physical move. You should either move the EVs to special attack or replace Air Slash with Brave Bird.

 

[Rancid]

Your Crobat has 204 EVs in attack, but it only has U-turn as a physical move. You should either move the EVs to special attack or replace Air Slash with Brave Bird.

Thanks for the fix, I've changed it to Brave Bird.

 

[Rancid]

Bump