Hey there, This is my Second RMT of my Pokecareer and Im bringing this to you guys because collectivly 1000 Minds think better than 1... usually. :) My first RMT was called " Rise of anubis" a Team based off of no weather and Lucario sweeping, wich worked out nice, Had alot of success and ideas from you guys so im here again dumping this off on you. :) Thanks
A quick look at the team:
Each member of this rain team holds his or her own, and are capable of sweeping and supporting each other, in order to do so.
Building Process.
Thinking process...
Well for those of you who are into watching professional sports ( yes i realize how unrelated this is) as much as I watch the NHL, i tried to look at this team as if i were drafting players and forming a well built offensive team. The draft started with Politoed and from there it took off in the direction its gone in. Each member was selected and cut for various reasons helping me achieve what i have thus far. It's important to note that all the members i have previously used aren't necessarily impossible to be brought back, i would just need a very valid reason over what i have experienced from testing.
The team at last;
Politoed(M) @choice scarf.
Modest-252spe/252spatk/6hp
(drizzle)
Virizion (neutral)@ Leftovers
Jolly-252spe/252atk/6hp
(justified)
Volcarona (F)@Leftovers
Modest- 252spatk/252spe/6
(Flame Body)
This thing hax's everyone to death, Sorry but its true. Jirachi was a nice fighting resist, and a great pokemon to synergize with Dragonite. He offers alot of potential in the rain and even without the rain can still tank alot of hits for me before going down.Calm Mind is to boost his lacking spdef and also raise his spatk to abuse thunder and water pulse to the fullest. sub is to avoid status and not let ferrothorn wall me. waterpulse is for rain abuse plus confusion thanks to serene grace. Thunder never misses in rain and with serene grace has i believe 60% chance to para? i might be wrong, but regardless many many times its paralyzed a counter or threat to a team mate, and helped win the match. Hes swept nearly as much as Volcarona...I'd say in the ranks he has the second most KO's wich is impressive considering his company. Overall i Love him alot.
Conclusion:
Overall I have no Hazards wich is annoying but at least i carry rapid spin. Im always able to apply the pressure offensivley. The team synergizes well and i'm sure outside of testing or using this team there may be alot of weaknesses on paper. But nothing i can't play around, or predict. Any suggestions are welcome:) I haven't tried laddering yet, as i only have been playing unrated and through a few friends who helped me test this out. I did take this team on an ALT to the PO server wich sucks but i wanted to test it out against some randoms regardless of skill or outcome.
Thanks.
A quick look at the team:
Each member of this rain team holds his or her own, and are capable of sweeping and supporting each other, in order to do so.
Building Process.
Thinking process...
Well for those of you who are into watching professional sports ( yes i realize how unrelated this is) as much as I watch the NHL, i tried to look at this team as if i were drafting players and forming a well built offensive team. The draft started with Politoed and from there it took off in the direction its gone in. Each member was selected and cut for various reasons helping me achieve what i have thus far. It's important to note that all the members i have previously used aren't necessarily impossible to be brought back, i would just need a very valid reason over what i have experienced from testing.
The team at last;
Politoed(M) @choice scarf.
Modest-252spe/252spatk/6hp
(drizzle)
- Hydro pump
- Ice beam
- Hidden power [grass]
- Perish song
Virizion (neutral)@ Leftovers
Jolly-252spe/252atk/6hp
(justified)
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Close Combat
- Stone edge
Virizion was originally a Latias. Then a Latios, all in desperate attempts to wall Rotom-W from running a muk (haha) on my team.
But in the efforts while they were good at what they did, they left a huge weakness to not only blissey who would otherwise wall a huge portion of my team, not to mention ferrothorn perhaps...but it left me incredibly weak to Tyranitar and sand. The same can be said of Celebi wich is why Virizion is in this spot. I opted for SD over CM because i lack any real physical sweeper, aside from Dnite and leaving all of that to him is a ton of pressure to keep him healthy. Virizion answered my prayers with its physical SD set not only removing Blissey and TTar from sight but also scoring some notable KOs on Gyarados and especially Gastrodon and ferrothorn, all the while walling Rotom and KOing them aswell. Leaf Blade is my stab of choice, CC serves as my blissey and ttar remover, among others...And Stone edge was really just for coverage, as having HP ice might be a bit redundant seeing as i pack icebeam on 2 otehr pokemon. Swords dance is to boost my atk to sky high levels and
help sweep.
Volcarona (F)@Leftovers
Modest- 252spatk/252spe/6
(Flame Body)
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Bug buzz
- Hurricane
Well this is the teams MVP. Many people might not be able to fathom the idea of Volcarona out of sunlight, but the truth is she functions just fine in the rain. Infact better than fine. Hurricane is a great move and it hits terrakions who think of revenging me on the switch. Quiver Dance gets the ball rolling, Fiery dance although weaker than Fire Blast especially in rain still gets the job done against the likes of scizor and ferrothorn, while still nabbing me SPATK boosts for free wich are always welcome. Bug buzz is stab and coverage for psychics and whoever else i can hit. All in all Volcarona gets the job done, and acts as a great answer to sun teams Along side Dragonite. Love this pokemon, won't switch it out for anything.
Starmie (Neutral) @Lifeorb
Timid-252spe/252spatk/6hp
(Natural Cure) - Recover
- Icebeam / Psychic
- Scald
- Rapid spin
So Starmie serves as my rapid spinner, CRUCIAL job for this team wich heavily relies on starmie to do so, wich is why Recover is firmly placed in its moveset. Rapid spin helps Dragonite and Volcarona do their jobs. Psychic is usually used over icebeam for gengar however ice beam has its own niche on the set aswel for nailing dragons and gliscors. Scald over hydro pump, for accuracy and Burns are always welcome. Recover allows starmie to spin more than once if need be.
Amazing spinner and does the job better than donphan regardless of being thunder weak, and adding another weakness to Rotom, its well worth it in the end
Dragonite (M) @Leftovers/ Lum berry - Adamant- 112hp/146atk/252spe/
(Multiscale) - Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Outrage
Dragonite is the physical force of the team abusing rain with waterfall and having great coverage with Earthquake and outrage. Dragonite has earned his reputation of being a monster this generation with the addition of Multiscale. Setting up has never been so easy and once he does look out. I opted for waterfall over Espeed and firepunch simply to abuse the rain. Its a good move in general and hasn't let me down yet. Eartquake helps when dealing with steel types, Outrage is to get mad and wreck shit. Gotta love Dnite for that. The evs are for some added Bulk and work nicely with the flow of this team.
Jirachi (Neutral)@Leftovers
Bold-252def/176hp/82spe
(Serene Grace) - Calm Mind
- Substitute
- Thunder
- Waterpulse
This thing hax's everyone to death, Sorry but its true. Jirachi was a nice fighting resist, and a great pokemon to synergize with Dragonite. He offers alot of potential in the rain and even without the rain can still tank alot of hits for me before going down.Calm Mind is to boost his lacking spdef and also raise his spatk to abuse thunder and water pulse to the fullest. sub is to avoid status and not let ferrothorn wall me. waterpulse is for rain abuse plus confusion thanks to serene grace. Thunder never misses in rain and with serene grace has i believe 60% chance to para? i might be wrong, but regardless many many times its paralyzed a counter or threat to a team mate, and helped win the match. Hes swept nearly as much as Volcarona...I'd say in the ranks he has the second most KO's wich is impressive considering his company. Overall i Love him alot.
Conclusion:
Overall I have no Hazards wich is annoying but at least i carry rapid spin. Im always able to apply the pressure offensivley. The team synergizes well and i'm sure outside of testing or using this team there may be alot of weaknesses on paper. But nothing i can't play around, or predict. Any suggestions are welcome:) I haven't tried laddering yet, as i only have been playing unrated and through a few friends who helped me test this out. I did take this team on an ALT to the PO server wich sucks but i wanted to test it out against some randoms regardless of skill or outcome.
Thanks.
