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Let me start off by saying thank you for taking the time to take a look at my team.
So, the team started off with a basic idea Rain, without Politoed. Standard Rain was becoming too common, and so i decided i wanted a completely different approach, Offensive Rain. So where do I start? I wanted to include Gyarados in my team, an absolute beast that can be quite versatile. Gyarados functions well without the rain but can benefit from it too, so i decided lets add Kingdra. It could set up Rain and without Drizzle, Swift Swim would become legal. Kingdra and Gyarados, who next? Hmm... This is going to be an offensive team, lets add Dragonite, he can SDD, and open up his opportunity to sweep, or can run Hurricane Specs, Ill decide later, but for now he complements Gyarados Quite Nicely. Dragonite can abuse his ability Multiscale, by using roost and lose his flying type, but that idea is ruined quickly by Stealth Rock. It looked to be a problem so i needed a rapid spinner who could also set up a rain dance if need be, Starmie just fits. I decided to take a quick look at what i had so far... A Dragon weakness seemed to be an issue so i needed a offensive steel type. Scizor immediately came into my mind (yours as well i bet!). He could revenge kill nicely with CB bullet punches and also manage to take a hit in the rain with fire power being reduced as well as solving a Terrakion problem. Who else could benefit from the rain? Well Celebii would assure longevity with recover. "With its good stats, typing, ability, and access to Recover, Celebi is able to check a lot of threats, namely Keldeo, Thundurus-T, Sheer Force Landorus, Starmie, Rotom-W, Politoed, Calm Mind Jirachi, and Calm Mind Latias. Giga Drain is the standard STAB move that gives Celebi a bit of recovery, and allows it to hit the Water-types it walls for super effective damage."
The basic idea, Bulky Gyarados.
I wanted to add in the rain factor without politoed, and no on else abuses it like kingdra.
Dragonite Can Abuse Rain with hurricane or Multiscale with Roost, a good complement to Gyarados.
Keeping the Offensive theme in mind, i added in Scizor who can take a dragon hit, or revenge kill with Bullet Punch and take a couple psychic types on with u-turn.
Stealth Rock and Multiscale dont work out so, I added starmie to set up ANOTHER rain dance if need be, Rapid spin away, or just use thunder or hydro pump.
Celebii checks alot of threats, (refer to Intro) and can use recover which ensures a bit of longevity.
Let me start off by saying thank you for taking the time to take a look at my team.
So, the team started off with a basic idea Rain, without Politoed. Standard Rain was becoming too common, and so i decided i wanted a completely different approach, Offensive Rain. So where do I start? I wanted to include Gyarados in my team, an absolute beast that can be quite versatile. Gyarados functions well without the rain but can benefit from it too, so i decided lets add Kingdra. It could set up Rain and without Drizzle, Swift Swim would become legal. Kingdra and Gyarados, who next? Hmm... This is going to be an offensive team, lets add Dragonite, he can SDD, and open up his opportunity to sweep, or can run Hurricane Specs, Ill decide later, but for now he complements Gyarados Quite Nicely. Dragonite can abuse his ability Multiscale, by using roost and lose his flying type, but that idea is ruined quickly by Stealth Rock. It looked to be a problem so i needed a rapid spinner who could also set up a rain dance if need be, Starmie just fits. I decided to take a quick look at what i had so far... A Dragon weakness seemed to be an issue so i needed a offensive steel type. Scizor immediately came into my mind (yours as well i bet!). He could revenge kill nicely with CB bullet punches and also manage to take a hit in the rain with fire power being reduced as well as solving a Terrakion problem. Who else could benefit from the rain? Well Celebii would assure longevity with recover. "With its good stats, typing, ability, and access to Recover, Celebi is able to check a lot of threats, namely Keldeo, Thundurus-T, Sheer Force Landorus, Starmie, Rotom-W, Politoed, Calm Mind Jirachi, and Calm Mind Latias. Giga Drain is the standard STAB move that gives Celebi a bit of recovery, and allows it to hit the Water-types it walls for super effective damage."
The basic idea, Bulky Gyarados.
I wanted to add in the rain factor without politoed, and no on else abuses it like kingdra.
Dragonite Can Abuse Rain with hurricane or Multiscale with Roost, a good complement to Gyarados.
Keeping the Offensive theme in mind, i added in Scizor who can take a dragon hit, or revenge kill with Bullet Punch and take a couple psychic types on with u-turn.
Stealth Rock and Multiscale dont work out so, I added starmie to set up ANOTHER rain dance if need be, Rapid spin away, or just use thunder or hydro pump.
Celebii checks alot of threats, (refer to Intro) and can use recover which ensures a bit of longevity.
