Fire Emblem OU Team

Jedgi

I welcome all suggestions! Please and thanks!

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Now for more in depth...

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Jaffar! (Azelf) @ Choice Band Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn
- Explosion
- Fire Punch


What an outstanding lead, I thank the person who recommended this to me. This one shots all Machamp, and explosion OHKOs most Heatran, Metagross, and even Ttar. I am completely satisfied with this lead because the only pokemon it doesn't really live up to against (that i've noticed) is aerodactyl. I mean, it beats Aerodactyl with two zen headbutts, but they get their rocks up easily.


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Amelia! (Skarmory) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Atk / 176 Def / 16 Spd
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Spikes
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Taunt


Does its job as a physical wall and spiker pretty well, I'm considering switching taunt for whirlwind, but I enjoy stallbreaking so I don't know if that would be a good selection.


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Karel! (Infernape) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 192 Spd / 64 SAtk
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Close Combat
- Overheat
- Stone Edge
- Mach Punch


Pretty generic physical mixape except for the mach punch, which would normally seem useless but it finishes up scarfed or life orb'd pokemon that outspeed infernape normally such as Flygon or scarf Ttar. I'd consider replacements for this mixape, but it has been fairly useful to me thus far, maybe thunderpunch of stone edge for those pesky gyarados' that enjoy switching in.


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Lyndis! (Roserade) (F) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Leech Seed
- Sludge Bomb
- Substitute
- Protect


An absolute beast, it wears down Blissey's one on one and has great synergy with Skarmory (besides both being weak to fire). A little prediction goes a long way with this Roserade. I used to have Shaymin with the same set except Seed Flare and that did really well, but Roserade has the nice bonus of being able to take down most grass types with a stab super effective attack! Works great with spikes as leech seed causes a plethora of switches.


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Eliwood! (Dragonite) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 52 Atk / 204 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Roost
- Earthquake


A pretty standard DDnite, I'm thinking of switching this up for Extremespeed instead of roost and making it more offensive as this dragonite doesn't pack enough of a punch and I rarely make use of roost.


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Nino! (Empoleon) (F) @ Petaya Berry
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 24 Def / 232 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Agility
- Substitute
- Surf
- Grass Knot

This spot used to be a calm mind Raikou which was awesome, but I replaced it with Empoleon because of its great typing, and I can't say I'm completely satisfied with the switch. Raikou's natural speed and calm mind swept unsuspecting teams, but Empoleon is easily revenge killed by scarf flygon or priority moves, this is the pokemon I'm looking most to replace.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your suggestions!

One quick question, do you think it might be worthwhile making Dragonite a mixnite, putting in Raikou over Infernape and making Empoleon more defensive?
 
Time for a full rate:

This team honestly looks like a bunch of random pokemon thrown together. Starting with your Azelf lead, here we go.

Your Azelf may seem nice, but it is lacking in several catigories. For one, You ultimatly lose to the top three OU leads. Against other Azelf, they'll use Taunt turn one as you attack, then Stealth Rock on the Speed tie. Against Machamp, You KO with Zen Headbutt, but since Psychic is resisted by so much, Practically anything can can come in like Metagross or Jirachi or Celebi and several others and easily set up on you as you switch and Agiligross easily sweeps through your entire team once it has an Agility down with Meteor Mash / Earthquake. Against Aero, they Taunt as you bring them down to their Sash, then it sets up Rocks as you kill it. Since Azelf and Aero are Suicide Leads, they get their job done and Machamp makes your Azelf set-up fodder. So as you can see, one, Suicide leads live with Sash and do what they need to, and everything is Set-Up fodder for Zen Headbutt. Over your current Azelf, I recommend Colbur Berry Azelf, as it consistantly takes down almost every other lead. It also gives you Stealth Rock, which an offensive team like yours NEEDS to weaken things like Gyara, and Dragonite. Try a Azelf set like this:

Azelf @ Colbur Berry
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Levitate
Ev's 8 HP / 144 SpD / 216 Spe / 140 Atk

-Stealth Rock
-Taunt
-U-Turn
-Explosion

This set helps you not get set up on, while not acually changing Azelf. With the Ev's, Machamps Payback / Bullet Punch will not kill you, so you can set up Rocks, then explode in the face of it. you can U-Turn on Aero and Azelf to break their Sashes, and switch to which ever 'Mon to kill them. 144 SpD Ev's assure that Roserade's Leaf Storm never OHKO's, So you can Taunt, Stealth Rock, and die. You can also take Timid Heatran's Fire Blast, which is nice. This means that you can survive almost any special attack in OU and live to Steath Rock and maybe explode.

Before I mention anything else, this team has a huge weakness to Gyarados. Offensive Gyarados can set up on pretty much anything on your team, and proceed to sweep everything with Earthquake / Stone Edge / Waterfall. I recommend Choice Scarf Jirachi over your current Skarmory, as Skarmory doesn't fit in on your current offensive team. Choice Scarf Jirachi fits in very well and has good synergy with the rest of the team. Plus who doesn't love a little flinch hax here and there? A Choice Scarf Jirachi with Fire Punch / Ice Punch / Thunderpunch / Iron head would benifit you greatly. Fire punch takes out Steels like Scizor that wall your team pretty badly, Ice punch takes out +1 Dragonite, who also sweeps your team deciantly. Thunderpunch is for Gyarados, who easily takes out your entire team as I mentioned earlier. Thunderpunch only OHKO's Gyara with Stealth Rocks in play, another reason why they are so helpful. Overall this gives you a huge, reliable, thing to takes out DD'rs, Metagross, and Scizor.

Your Fire / Water / Grass core is all weak to EQ. Your Infernape looks nice, maybe tweaking the set a little will help that, but it's good. Roserade is honestly a horrible choice for a SubSeeder. I recommened you go back to Shaymin, as it has very good overall stats and with 252 HP, Blissey's Seismic Toss can't break it's Sub's and it gives you a Earth resist and lots of power in the form of Seed Flare.

I agree with your last statment, make Dragonite a Mixnite. It would help against Blissey, and kinda just packs more of a punch. there's not much else to say about that.

on your final pokemon, Empoleon, I recommened you switch Empoleon for Gyarados. this would give you another Ground resist and would give you a nice bulky set up sweeper. Just try it out

Thanks for giving me the time to rate your RMT I guess. lol good luck with the team and try to try some of the things I posted out

P.S - I'm kinda an expert on leads, but not much else, so thats why that section is so long.
 
Dr. John said:
Time for a full rate:

This team honestly looks like a bunch of random pokemon thrown together. Starting with your Azelf lead, here we go.

Your Azelf may seem nice, but it is lacking in several catigories. For one, You ultimatly lose to the top three OU leads. Against other Azelf, they'll use Taunt turn one as you attack, then Stealth Rock on the Speed tie. Against Machamp, You KO with Zen Headbutt, but since Psychic is resisted by so much, Practically anything can can come in like Metagross or Jirachi or Celebi and several others and easily set up on you as you switch and Agiligross easily sweeps through your entire team once it has an Agility down with Meteor Mash / Earthquake. Against Aero, they Taunt as you bring them down to their Sash, then it sets up Rocks as you kill it. Since Azelf and Aero are Suicide Leads, they get their job done and Machamp makes your Azelf set-up fodder. So as you can see, one, Suicide leads live with Sash and do what they need to, and everything is Set-Up fodder for Zen Headbutt. Over your current Azelf, I recommend Colbur Berry Azelf, as it consistantly takes down almost every other lead. It also gives you Stealth Rock, which an offensive team like yours NEEDS to weaken things like Gyara, and Dragonite. Try a Azelf set like this:

Azelf @ Colbur Berry
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Levitate
Ev's 8 HP / 144 SpD / 216 Spe / 140 Atk

-Stealth Rock
-Taunt
-U-Turn
-Explosion

This set helps you not get set up on, while not acually changing Azelf. With the Ev's, Machamps Payback / Bullet Punch will not kill you, so you can set up Rocks, then explode in the face of it. you can U-Turn on Aero and Azelf to break their Sashes, and switch to which ever 'Mon to kill them. 144 SpD Ev's assure that Roserade's Leaf Storm never OHKO's, So you can Taunt, Stealth Rock, and die. You can also take Timid Heatran's Fire Blast, which is nice. This means that you can survive almost any special attack in OU and live to Steath Rock and maybe explode. I think he could use a Uxie with Dual Screens, Taunt, and Explosion/U-turn. Lets him help with a sweep and it has the wallbreaking ability he likes and it's not set-up fooder. But can Uxie get dual screens? I'm not sure...

Before I mention anything else, this team has a huge weakness to Gyarados. Most teams are... Offensive Gyarados can set up on pretty much anything on your team, and proceed to sweep everything with Earthquake / Stone Edge / Waterfall. I recommend Choice Scarf Jirachi over your current Skarmory, as Skarmory doesn't fit in on your current offensive team. Or a Rotom. Choice Scarf Jirachi fits in very well and has good synergy with the rest of the team. Plus who doesn't love a little flinch hax here and there? A Choice Scarf Jirachi with Fire Punch / Ice Punch / Thunderpunch / Iron head would benifit you greatly. I use that Rachi has a lead with U-Turn >> T-Punch. Works out better as it functions more as a scout but still is a pain in the ass to Azelf and the likes. Fire punch takes out Steels like Scizor that wall your team pretty badly, Ice punch takes out +1 Dragonite, who also sweeps your team deciantly. Thunderpunch is for Gyarados, who easily takes out your entire team as I mentioned earlier. Thunderpunch only OHKO's Gyara with Stealth Rocks in play, another reason why they are so helpful. Overall this gives you a huge, reliable, thing to takes out DD'rs, Metagross, and Scizor. Fire Punch V Metagross does 33.4% - 39.5%. Not a lot. Metagross EQ's you and you take 93.8% - 110.9%. LOL. Lose. Nice suggestion! (Sarcasm... Sarcasm...)

Your Fire / Water / Grass core is all weak to EQ. He has 3 resists, 2 is a better number, Azelf dies right off. But still, not good. Your Infernape looks nice, maybe tweaking the set a little will help that, but it's good. Roserade is honestly a horrible choice for a SubSeeder. Or you can just not use a SubSeeder and a SubPuncher like Breloom. O.o I recommened you go back to Shaymin, as it has very good overall stats and with 252 HP, Blissey's Seismic Toss can't break it's Sub's and it gives you a Earth resist and lots of power in the form of Seed Flare.

I agree with your last statment, make Dragonite a Mixnite. It would help against Blissey, and kinda just packs more of a punch. there's not much else to say about that.

on your final pokemon, Empoleon, I recommened you switch Empoleon for Gyarados. This would give you another Ground resist and would give you a nice bulky set up sweeper. Just try it out. On my last RMT I had a SDPenguin and someone suggested Gyara, I didn't like it as I relied on Empoleons large resistences and defences to accomplish victory, plus he has perfect synergy with my other primary resists, Flygon and Jirachi. They destroy teams on their own. What I'm saying is, it depends on the teammates you have weither Gyara is better >> Empoleon. Mine was favored at Empoleon, maybe his is Gyara. He has to test it out first.

Thanks for giving me the time to rate your RMT I guess. lol good luck with the team and try to try some of the things I posted out

P.S - I'm kinda an expert on leads, but not much else, so thats why that section is so long. Being good at leads is important as it makes sure you have the advantage from the start which is always good.
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i believe your Azelf is trying to become a Machamp with that set. its good, as long as you don't face any Aerodactyls or anything that can outspeed Azelf... i don't think there are many who can.

keep skarmory, but add stealth rock and get rid of Brave Bird, it doesn't do that much damage, and keep taunt.

i don't see any problems with infernape, so you should keep him.

roserade... i suggest kicking him out and put breloom in his place. the spore puncher sounds nice for sweeping.

take out nite and put a bulky DD gyara in his place. this has worked wonders for me. if you want, you could also put jolteon in roserade's place, as he and gyara have awesome synergy between them.

as for empoleon... its a good idea that you're using him, but you might want to use ice beam in favor of grass knot, as it takes care of... i was going to say mence but i remembered that bitch is Uber. just try ice beam for a while and see if it works with you.

@Lucien Lachance: yes, Uxie can set up DS.
 
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