My first Team

warburp

hey this is my first attempt at a serious team i have made it in game but tested it out with the pokemon online battle simulator just to get a feel for it before actualy taking the time to train it and had a bit of success noticed obviously i have a lack of special attack and would like some input so here it goes

Full Team
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Individual set ups

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Skarmory
Ability-Sturdy
252 HP / 232 Def / 24 Spe
Impish nature, Flying gem
-Roost
-Spikes
-Whirlwind
-Brave Bird

Used primarily to throw out some hazard spikes to make OHKO a bit easier and to pummel anything that isnt resistant with brave bird


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Cloister
Ability-Skill Link
48 HP / 252 Atk / 208 Spe
Adamant, Focus sash

-Icicle Spear
-Rock Blast
-Shell Smash
-Toxic Spikes

i think its fairly obvious what im going for here with the cloister focus sash to ensure i can survive a shell smash and pummel things with icicle spear and rock blast and if all hope is lost at the end use toxic spikes to make it a bit easier for blissey to do kill things

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Scizor
Ability-Technician
248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
adamant, LIfe Orb

-Roost
-Bullet Punch
-Swords Dance
-Bug Buss

quite simply going for priority and STAB abuse swords dance one to two times and bullet punch most everything down or if resistant to bullet punch and weak to bug buss use bug buss accordingly

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Blissey
Ability-Natural Cure
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold, Leftovers

-Wish
-Seismic toss
-Thunder Wave
-Protect

Blissey is here to paralyze and wish/protect stall killing with seismic toss the standard nuisance

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Electevire
Ability-Motor Drive
4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant, Expert Bent

-Earthquake
-Cross Chop
-ThunderPunch
-IcePunch

Electevire is here to be a physical sweeper being super effective against nearly everthing i run into

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Haxorus
Ability-Mold Breaker
36 HP / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Adamant, Choice Band

-Outrage
-Dragon claw
-Earthquake
-Brick Break

I quite often end up pulling haxorus out for a revenge kill and try to take as much out as i can then more often then not end up using outrage 2-3 turns later switching out to another poke


Current ideas for improvement

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Gengar
Ability-Levitate
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid, Wise Glasses

-substitute
-Thunderbolt
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

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Thundorous
Ability-Prankster
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid, Lum Berry

-Nasty Plot
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Focus Blast


well thanks for viewing i look forward to any input you guys can give me on improving my team
 
Hey.
Electivire seems to be a weak link to me. Being super effective to a lot of stuff is helpful, but Electivire doesn't have the Attack to do much damage. Since you need a special pokemon on this team, I would suggest trying Thundurus or whatever other special Electric type works well for this team. If you don't want to remove Electivire, at least switch ThunderPunch for Wild Charge. The extra damage helps Electivire a lot.
Also, either use bug bite or uturn on Scizor, bug buzz is next to useless.
 
ok thanks for the help and derp yea i feel kinda stupid now that you mention it having bug buzz on scizor lol
 
warburp said:
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Electevire
Ability-Motor Drive
4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant, Expert Bent

-Earthquake
-Cross Chop
-ThunderPunch
-IcePunch

Electevire is here to be a physical sweeper being super effective against nearly everthing i run into
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Aww... no... not an Electivire. Use just about anything instead of this.

Anyways welcome to Smogon. Your team currently has problems with rain teams, and Electivire is useless. I suggest running a Gastrodon instead. Gastrodon can absorb electric moves. It can also absorb water moves to boot. Being able to take the two most common move types on a rain team is always great. Gastrodon functions as a check to Thundurus, Rotom-W, Starmie, Jirachi and other rain abusers.

Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Storm Drain
Sassy
252 Hp/ 252 SpD/ 4 SpA
Scald
Toxic
Earthquake
Recover

I also suggest using a more defensive EV spread on your Scizor. This allows it to better take Focus Blasts from Reuniclus, Gengar and crew. Coupled with Roost, and you may get multiple boosts in, meanign you'll have higher damage output than the offensive Swords Dancer anyways. As already pointed out, Bug Buzz is a pretty gay move on Scizor, Bug Bite instead,

Scizor @ Leftovers
Technician
Adamant
248 Hp/ 44 Atk/ 216 SpD
Swords Dance
Bullet Punch
Bug Bite
Roost

On Skarmory, run Leftovers. Flying Gem is next to useless. You want that extra healing every turn. On Cloyster, run Razor Shell instead of Toxic Spikes. One of the biggest reasons you keep getting situations where "all is lost" is because you lack that third coverage move.

Last but not least. Your team despises sun teams. I suggest using a DD Salamence in place of Blissey, who really isn't contributing much to your team. DD Mence can clean up after Haxorus has pounded the physical walls. It also gets a nice double STAB in the sun, which along with Intimidate, make it an ideal sun check.

Salamence @ Life Orb
Intimidate
Naive
252 Atk/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpA
Dragon Dance
Outrage
Fire Blast
Earthquake
 
Hi there, welcome to Smogon! For Cloyster, unless you are leading with it, should not have a Focus Sash, and I'd also suggest Ice Shard > Toxic Spikes. Otherwise, a White Herb should do fine. Good luck.
 
mk thx for the help again everyone smogon community is rather friendly compared to others ive asked for help
 
hey would anyone out there mind battling me in a minute so i can try these suggestions out cause i do happen to have a salamence and gengar
 
i already have pokemon online ty i previously mentioned it :) i was just asking since i had your attention here was all sorry ill do so in the proper thread
 
expand your descriptions a bit! Rule #3 if you have questions.
 
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