Just any other "My first team"

2Baka


Salutations i just start competitively battling and now schools over (though i have summer school), i can invest my time in battling(dont let the join date fool you i started 4 days ago july1st).

So to begin with, my goal of this team is straight up sweep with entry hazards and no stalling with one minor exception and any suggestions will be taken to count.
Team
227_skarmory_front_norm.png

Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 240 SDef / 16 Spd
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)

- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Roost
Aahhh skamory such a great thing so sacrifice with. Skarms role is generally to take attacks roost of the dmg, then use stealthrocks. I chose sr over spikes so i can still dmg those levitators and flyers. i orginally thought double hazards would be good but many pokemon liked to set up infront of skarm so i chose whirlwind. The ev's may look funny with the nature but allows me to take both sides pretty well.
121.png

Starmie @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 24 HP / 252 SAtk / 232 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
Starmie a pokemon thats been in ou since it was first introduced in rbg. This was tentacruel, but he lacked coverage, so in came starmie who can fulfill tentacruels main role (spining) and yet be an offenseive threat at the same time. Recover is there to allow starmie to live longer. My final attacks is the boltbeam combo thats gives great coverage for my team. also the reason why i put 232spd is to out speed the genies who think they can run loose.
Spr_4d_485.png

Heatran (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 84 HP / 252 SAtk / 172 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Overheat
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power [Grass]
heatrans back~ because victini's ability became useless once i figured out it only works for doubles and trips. Heatran is another revenger on my team but on the special side of things. i chose to run overheat over fireblast because it has more accuracy and power, besides heatran wont be staying inside long. Earth power is there to hit many pokemon with pretty good coverage with overheat. dragon pulse is there for dragons and hits many things neutral. hp grass is there to hit ground types which i dont like very much. though im still abit question if i should use a different hp. The 172spd evs are there to specifically outspeed weavile who could brick break heatran.
463.png

Hero(Lickilicky) @ Leftovers
Trait: Cloud Nine EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
Rest
Sleep Talk
Curse
Dragon Tail
My only pokemon that diserves a nickname. This set does not go boom, or whip my fears away. It functions similarly like restalk gyarados set. I've swept entire teams cleanly and it turns the tides. I had a uglymoth that had +1 qc the guy thinked that 1 fireblast will settle it but Hero survived by 40% left and pwnt it with dragon tail. Hero also functions as a physical wall and laughs at gliscor I absolutely refuse to change the set and its my true weather counter.
534.png

Conkeldurr@Flame Orb
Trait: Guts EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
Mach Punch
Drain Punch
Facade
Payback

How much people hate fighting types now... this is no bulk up set i try not to rely on stat boosting by moves so flame orb guts gives me the boost. Facade is the my primary options as its my strongest move. when i need to heal off burn dmg i use drain punch. Payback is there so ghosts dont stop me in my tracks. Lastly mach punch is the move i dont really use often but its there for cleaning up foes quickly.
612-shiny-frame1.png

Haxorus@Choice Scarf
Trait: Rivalry EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
Outrage
Dual Chomp
Earthquake
Rock Slide

Haxorus too? how many beasts do you need?! yes another atter but this guy cleans up the mess from others. Outrage as you know brings most pokemon to the brink of death. Dual chomp is really needed there so i can break subs, specifically passers and offensive users like toxicroak. lastly the edgequake combo is there to give me coverage though rock slide is so weak against any skarmory.

Well thats my team, id appreciate suggestions and i also know that im heavily relying physical atters to do damge to teams and im probably keeping lickilicky because its gives the unique/ surprise factor. Struggling agaisnt rain teams and genies
​
 
Use a Scarf on victini, it's just too slow. try a different poke instead of lickylicky, he's not that good, and the uy that got swept by it was obviously using a troll team. try a bulky Rotom-w
On conk, use a brave nature to make sure you go last (most of the time)
 
Victory Star only boosts other pokemon's accuracy in doubles, so Tentacruel won't get the boost if you're playing singles, which it looks like you are. Therefore you shouldn't be running Blizzard, and generally Tentacruel gets far better utility out of Scald.

That said, if you're trying to go for an offensive team, Skarmory and Tentacruel don't really make much sense. As far as offensive spikers go, you would probably be better off with something like Accelgor or even Ferrothorn (though Ferrothorn is decidedly defensive like Skarm). As for Tentacruel, Toxic Spikes tend to help more if you're playing a longer, more drawn out, stallish game where the residual damage can rack up, and Tentacruel itself is really most useful on pure stall teams where it can form defensive synergy with other members of the team to make up for its sometimes lackluster defenses (though 120 SpD is nothing to scoff at, its shine has been taken away a bit by this generation's heavy hitters). Again, you would probably be better off with a more offensive water type spinner, namely Starmie, which has great offensive capabilities, nice speed, not the worst typing ever, and awesome type coverage.

Finally, you're not using all your EVs on most of your team members. Remember that there are still 6 EVs left over after a 252/252 split, which allows for 4 to be allotted to one more stat. It may not seem like much, but every bit counts, and you should use every resource you can. Also, it would help other raters to try to expand some of your analyses, because you don't say very much about Skarmory, Conkeldurr, or Haxorus, so we may have trouble figuring out how you want to use them and therefore how we can rate. Hope this can help a little!
 
Aeromence
Victini does share a speed thats very common but im going to possibly change it since it's abiltiy doesnt work to my benifits as much, perhaps scarftran. Im still not sure about rotom-w and how will it aid me to fight weather? and you need to back up your reasons im kinda lost..

maxbarnyard
thanks alot you helped alot, to begin with i completely for got about the last 4 evs i had them on my pokemon but forgot to type them up because i was rushing. Weird Conks thing didnt save. Accelgor and starmie use to also be on my team but i changed them for the two. Accelgor i traded him in for skarm because i didnt have a way to shuffle teams gurenteed if i was at a bad match up. for starmie i chose tentacrue because sucker punch kept getting me, so im proably going for a trick starmie.

eh no mention option?
 
maxbarnyard said:
Victory Star only boosts other pokemon's accuracy in doubles, so Tentacruel won't get the boost if you're playing singles, which it looks like you are. Therefore you shouldn't be running Blizzard, and generally Tentacruel gets far better utility out of Scald.

That said, if you're trying to go for an offensive team, Skarmory and Tentacruel don't really make much sense. As far as offensive spikers go, you would probably be better off with something like Accelgor or even Ferrothorn (though Ferrothorn is decidedly defensive like Skarm). As for Tentacruel, Toxic Spikes tend to help more if you're playing a longer, more drawn out, stallish game where the residual damage can rack up, and Tentacruel itself is really most useful on pure stall teams where it can form defensive synergy with other members of the team to make up for its sometimes lackluster defenses (though 120 SpD is nothing to scoff at, its shine has been taken away a bit by this generation's heavy hitters). Again, you would probably be better off with a more offensive water type spinner, namely Starmie, which has great offensive capabilities, nice speed, not the worst typing ever, and awesome type coverage.

Finally, you're not using all your EVs on most of your team members. Remember that there are still 6 EVs left over after a 252/252 split, which allows for 4 to be allotted to one more stat. It may not seem like much, but every bit counts, and you should use every resource you can. Also, it would help other raters to try to expand some of your analyses, because you don't say very much about Skarmory, Conkeldurr, or Haxorus, so we may have trouble figuring out how you want to use them and therefore how we can rate. Hope this can help a little!
Click to expand...
He has toxic spikes up, so surf is better for added power.
Instead of lickily use blissey, if you're running tspikes, it can act as a cleric staller, and same typing too!
Why in hell do you have timid nature on victini if all your attacks are physical?
 
use scald over hydro pump and acid spray over blizzard on tentacruel, that's it's best set right now.
y r u using timid on a physical victini? use jolly, and use fusion bolt over wild charge, because of the lack of recoil. if ur actually serious on using a CB victini, its outclassed by so much, and is too slow to do anything, and it's ton of weaknesses are a problem.
Rotom-w is the best anti-weather poke in the game, it fights sun with hp fire, and rain with Hydro pump, and sandstorm by checking popular ss pokes like gliscor and excadrill, and can do lots even without weather. it's clearly the better option, and look at the usage stats. lickylicky isnt even in the top 50, while rotom-w is sitting at #7. that's just proof how good it is
 
Two the both Hehe sorry copy error on po i was testing specs set. and on the po there is no fusion bolt sadly.. so i have to bare with wild charge if you read victini's description

eh blissey im not a huge fan of it ill try later

rotom-w... shares grass weakness but i dont see alot of hp and grassknots alot going to try it..

Edit: i also peaked 3000ish with this team on po
 
2Baka said:
Two the both Hehe sorry copy error on po i was testing specs set. and on the po there is no fusion bolt sadly.. so i have to bare with wild charge if you read victini's description

eh blissey im not a huge fan of it ill try later

rotom-w... shares grass weakness but i dont see alot of hp and grassknots alot going to try it..
Click to expand...
Rotom doesn't share a grass weakness with anything. He's fine.
 
Replace Brave Bird for Stealth Rock on Skarmory. With just T-Spikes and Spikes, Levitators and Flying types will have it useless.

And maybe you should use Snorlax over Licilicky? He has better bulk and such.
 
starmie is a death fodder if im using the term right i sacrifice it and it rarely atts or has a chance to spin...

Levitators and flyings are no problem to me
levi's are solved by chomp most of the time
Flying glisgor,mence,gyra,
the genies i ahve a prob with but i just hole dual chomp will bring them to 40%

*discovered roserade
 
u need 2 download a new client to get fusion bolt. and omg, replace lickylicky, he's nothing compared to rotom-w, the godly weather check
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top