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[mrtnrsmssn]

I've tried to compose a balanced team to be used for competitive play, please let me know what you think of it!

Smeargle @ Focus Sash
Timid @ 80HP /96Def /80SpD /252 Spe

-Shell Smash
-Baton Pass
-Spore
-Magic Coat

Smeargle is leading the team, and his moveset is pretty straight forward, if the opponent leads with something that can 1HKO him, i'll just set up a shell smash while hanging on to my Focus Sash, and then Baton Pass out to one of the more offensive pokemon. If i run into something that might be carrying Taunt, I'll throw up magic coat before setting up, and I've also brought in Spore because a 100% hit Sleep move is a pretty good utility to have on a team, even if it's on a fragile lead such as Smeargle.

Scizor @ Choice Band
Adamant @ 248HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef

-U-Turn
-Bullet Punch
-Brick Break
-Pursuit

This is the guy that is going to clean up after Smeargle has passed the baton. U-turn does loads of damage on a CB Scizor, and Bullet Punch is a priority move which is good to have for revenge killing or 1HKOing fragile sweepers. Brick Break is on there for type coverage and for the massive damage it does, with the added utility of knocking down barriers set up by my opponent. Lastly there's Pursuit to damage pokemon switching out.

Gengar @ Black Sludge
Timid @ 252 SpA / 252Spd / 4HP

-Disable
-Substitute
-Sludge Bomb
-Shadow Ball

Gengar will deal with those Pokemon that Scizor can't, which will often be those who have higher Defenses and Special Defenses. The offensive moves are Shadow Ball, which is sort of self explanatory, and Sludge Bomb which both has a poison chance, and is also super effective against Fairies, which is a coverage i was lacking.

Volcarona @ Lum Berry
Modest @ 252SpA 4SpD 252Spd

-Quiver Dance
-Bug Buzz
-Fiery Dance
-Hidden Power Ice/Dragon

The last Sweeper on my team is Volcarona, I mainly chose it because i needed some Fire coverage to deal with the massively popular steel types. Quiver Dance is a great stat booster, and Bug Buzz is good to deal with mons like Mega Gengar, who is extremely hard to deal with. The last move was reserved for Hidden Power Ice for dragon coverage, but the only HP i could get on it was Dragon, which is not too bad anyway.

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Impish @ 244Hp 252 Def 12 Spe

-Taunt
-Fling
-Acrobatics
-Earthquake

Gliscor acts as an offensive wall on the team, he has Taunt for the utility it brings dealing with pokemon trying to set up, and also it has the useful ability Poison Heal which will heal it when it's poisoned. For offensive moves I chose to go with Fling over Toxic, both because it damages the target, and also for the 100% accuracy. Acrobatics becomes a really powerful flying type move once the opponent has been poisoned, and Earthquake is devastating to a lot of fragile Sweepers.


Rotom-W @ Leftovers
Calm @ 248HP/18SpA /232 SpD

-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split

For my special wall I chose Rotom-W because i didn't have anything on the team that could properly deal with water/fire pokemon, and Rotom does both. Hydro Pump will decimate any fire type, and I've chosen Volt Switch over the other electric moves because it does decent damage if the opponent is weak to it, and also lets me keep some momentum on the team. Will-o-Wisp is great for wall breaking, and Pain Split is just there for recovery.

Any tips or ideas are welcome!

 

[mrtnrsmssn]

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[Hopkinc1]

It's good to see someone who is new (or at least has a new account) and is actually posting in this correctly! It's also nice to see a team without a mega pokemon for once. Anyway, a lot of the sets look good to me, but just a few things (and keep in mind I'm going off wifi battling for this, not PokeBank Tier on PS):

You should probably show abilities that the Pokemon have. That would be helpful. As for individual Pokemon
1. Smeargles set should be 252 HP / 252 Speed / 4 Defense. I don't know much about playing at level 50 but normally that is the way to go. If your spread adds some longevity to him that is viable at level 50 by all means go for it. I'd also (for this team) go with a Hazard Setter. There is nothing wrong with your move choices, but you're lacking hazards. Here is the set I would use:

Smeargle @ Focus Sash | Own Tempo
Timid Nature | 252 HP / 252 Spd / 4 Def
Spore | Stealth Rock | Sticky Web | Magic Guard
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You're already using a bunch of very powerful Pokemon, so smash passing, while nice, doesn't sit well with me thanks to the drop in Defense and Special Defense. Also when has having hazards on a team NOT been a good idea?

2. 8 points into special defense on scizor is not gonna change the fact that a x4 SE fire move is going to kill him. Put it into speed or 252 EV's into HP and 4 EV's into speed. Also, until we get or Gen V pokemon, I'd run a different move rather than Brick Break. I can't think of anything else, but I'd run something else to break Ferrothorn. Or try roost and a Life Orb / Scizorite. I know I just said it was nice to have a Pokemon that isn't Mega, but hey, could be good to have! If you want more Power I'd run a Life orb, if you want bulk, Mega Evolve. Alternatively, if you want to keep Smash Passing Smeargle, run a white Herb and get your defenses back.

3. Not sure if Sub Disable Gengar is legal yet; if it is, though, then go for it. I'd switch Sludge Bomb to Focus Miss, however. You already have Fairy Coverage in Scizor and no dragons anyway.

4. I HP Ice is the better way to go for Volcarona; in fact, HP Dragon should never be a thing. Once we get our Pokemon from Gen V though, go with Giga Drain. I'd also run Timid on him; since a lot of Pokemon are bulkier this Generation usually you would run Adamant/Modest, but a Quiver Dance boosts Sp. Atk so much I'd (personally) rather run speed on him.

5: Same deal with Volcarona on Gliscor; for now fling works, but once we get our Gen V Pokemon, this set would work well:

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb | Poison Heal
Impish Nature | 252 HP / 224 Def / 32 Spd
Toxic | Protect | Stealth Rock / EQ / Sub | Ice Fang / EQ
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That set is a standard set from Gen V, but it would still work pretty damn good on this guy. Putting the bolded moves actually makes him legal in Gen VI also!

6: Honestly nothing I would change with this. Perfect.
Hope that helps man!

 

[mrtnrsmssn]

It's good to see someone who is new (or at least has a new account) and is actually posting in this correctly! It's also nice to see a team without a mega pokemon for once. Anyway, a lot of the sets look good to me, but just a few things (and keep in mind I'm going off wifi battling for this, not PokeBank Tier on PS):

You should probably show abilities that the Pokemon have. That would be helpful. As for individual Pokemon
1. Smeargles set should be 252 HP / 252 Speed / 4 Defense. I don't know much about playing at level 50 but normally that is the way to go. If your spread adds some longevity to him that is viable at level 50 by all means go for it. I'd also (for this team) go with a Hazard Setter. There is nothing wrong with your move choices, but you're lacking hazards. Here is the set I would use:

Smeargle @ Focus Sash | Own Tempo
Timid Nature | 252 HP / 252 Spd / 4 Def
Spore | Stealth Rock | Sticky Web | Magic Guard
​

You're already using a bunch of very powerful Pokemon, so smash passing, while nice, doesn't sit well with me thanks to the drop in Defense and Special Defense. Also when has having hazards on a team NOT been a good idea?

2. 8 points into special defense on scizor is not gonna change the fact that a x4 SE fire move is going to kill him. Put it into speed or 252 EV's into HP and 4 EV's into speed. Also, until we get or Gen V pokemon, I'd run a different move rather than Brick Break. I can't think of anything else, but I'd run something else to break Ferrothorn. Or try roost and a Life Orb / Scizorite. I know I just said it was nice to have a Pokemon that isn't Mega, but hey, could be good to have! If you want more Power I'd run a Life orb, if you want bulk, Mega Evolve. Alternatively, if you want to keep Smash Passing Smeargle, run a white Herb and get your defenses back.

3. Not sure if Sub Disable Gengar is legal yet; if it is, though, then go for it. I'd switch Sludge Bomb to Focus Miss, however. You already have Fairy Coverage in Scizor and no dragons anyway.

4. I HP Ice is the better way to go for Volcarona; in fact, HP Dragon should never be a thing. Once we get our Pokemon from Gen V though, go with Giga Drain. I'd also run Timid on him; since a lot of Pokemon are bulkier this Generation usually you would run Adamant/Modest, but a Quiver Dance boosts Sp. Atk so much I'd (personally) rather run speed on him.

5: Same deal with Volcarona on Gliscor; for now fling works, but once we get our Gen V Pokemon, this set would work well:

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb | Poison Heal
Impish Nature | 252 HP / 224 Def / 32 Spd
Toxic | Protect | Stealth Rock / EQ / Sub | Ice Fang / EQ
​

That set is a standard set from Gen V, but it would still work pretty damn good on this guy. Putting the bolded moves actually makes him legal in Gen VI also!

6: Honestly nothing I would change with this. Perfect.
Hope that helps man!

Thanks a billion for all the constructive feedback! I've been playing around with the team a bit on Showdown, and have actually gotten some nice results. Might aswell respond in the same matter that you did.

1:I see where you're going with the Hazard Smeargle, but the problem for me is that, wouldn't it just be better to switch him for something bulkier with SR and Spikes like Ferro if that's the set you're going for? Since Smeargles movepool is so vast, people have a hard time predicting it, and mostly they go with obvious taunt-counters which magic coat messes up. You do have a point about the ShellPass though, because often people predict which pokemon I'm going to pass to, which leaves me pretty screwed. I honestly doubt he'll be able to take a hit without the Focus Sash, so I might consider changing him all together instead, perhaps for a ferro which I've run with before. I've also had good experiences with Klefle running a TWave, Spikes, Foul Play set

2: I've been playing around a bit with Scizor and Mega Scizor, and I've found that the CB at least isn't working for me as well, it means that i have to keep switching out once I'm locked to a move and the opponent realizes I'm CB'd. This gives them a lot of free setup opportunities which end up hurting me, so Mega Scizor is definitely an opportunity. The spread was something i found somewhere on Smogon i think, figured someone had done some sort of calculations (but you're completely right) so I'll be sure to switch it. When it comes to Brick Break, since Mega Scizor is bulkier, I could swap it for Swords Dance on the off chance that I'll get an opportunity to use it. I haven't had much use for roost on him because I'd rather sweep the fire hits with Rotom.

3: Pretty sure Sub / Disable Gengar is legal? Not sure if the Mega version is though, because that one is completely OP with Shadow Tag on it. You're probably right about Focus Blast, didn't realize my need for Fairy coverage was not that important without a single dragon haha.

4: For Volcarona I know that HP Ice is a lot better, but i needed a dragon counter move, and my luck was horrible with the IV's though, and Dragon was all i was getting. If i get one with HP Ice, I'll definitely use that instead.

5: For Gliscor i sort of liked the idea of getting poisoned by the orb, and then throwing it away to get 110powered Acrobatics, it's been working out pretty well, but that set also looks nice, I have been considering protect aswell for the added survivability.

Thanks a lot, it's not everyone who would spend time typing all that out! Definitely going to test out some of the things you suggested!