Oi Smogon! I've been lurking for 2 gens now. With the new game, I felt like coming for advice.
I've bred pokés on cartidge. My friends didn't bought the game yet & I wanted to try out my team. I still want to use my game, but breeding is time consuming. That's when I turned to Showdown to test new tricks.
I first bred 6gen mons for wifi season. I'll start with the list below and comment afterwards
11.01 (Klefki) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 SDef
Bold Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Foul Play
- Swagger
- Substitute
Here is my primary lead: Klefki the Annoying. I wanted a fairy type just for the hell of it, and it gave some to opponents! I love him because he pisses people off. Naughty, ain't I? Strategy is to first avoid being taunt. Most of the times I t-wave opposing lead, then goes swagger and foul play. If I know I can get t-waved or burned, I use Sub to protect myself. Relying on luck isn't sufficient & I often get a switch. If I face Espeon, I use Foul Play to protect from Magic Bounce & prepare my switch next turn. Prankster helps to slow down fast leads as genesect, even if Klefki often gets burned back. If I survive, I try to keep klefki for later & hax more 'mons. Anf if I see a potential lead I won't be able to T-wave, I then lead with...
JP Lechemondo (Greninja) @ Life Orb
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- U-turn
Greninja is the 1st I bred in-game. He's stylish & Protean is so tempting to try out. Plus he's a frog & I'm French. Powerful Life Orb set gets rid of many threats which doesn't resist super effective hits. The life consumption is a problem tho. Moreover, he seems long awaited & he's even often revenge killed by priority moves from his starter nemesis: Talonflame. Still, U-turn offers a way out from locked situations
& damages sash users. Also, Greninja is my only Ice user, which annoys me when he gets killed early game & I have to face a SD Sub Gliscor. Greninja is part of a G/F/W core & is well protected by Chesnaught, but he fails to take a hit for Talonflame most of the times. As a Ninja, he's setting traps. I may feint a switch or U-turn to bait a boost & deal damage before I switch next turn.
Let's introduce his protector...
Slow Knick (Chesnaught) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Spiky Shield
- Seed Bomb
- Synthesis
- Hammer Arm
Chesnaught bulk made me bred one. He's here to take Quakes from anything in Kalos. Fight/Grass double typing already made its proof with Breeloom. Despite this, I feel like if he's lacking a good fight stab to deal damages. He's Rotom-w best counter in this team. Bulletproof is priceless for things like Shadowball. Synthesis helps to regain life at a faster rate than the spiky shield/leftovers. Shield helps scouting before a switch. The speed counterpart for hammer arm isn't much a problem, but the 90% hit rate is definitely an issue. Chessy also often gets burned, greatly reducing his firepower (ha!) to zero.
Now to the last member of the core...
CuiCuiChouChou (Talonflame) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Swords Dance
- Brave Bird
- Roost
Have you heard about the Bird? Cause I heard Talonflame is the word this gen. I love him for his aggressiveness. I don't think I could let this amazing weapon out of my team. Priority is the shit, countering even his best enemies. Provoking a switch in most situation, I can easily heal from dangerous Stealth Rock or set SD up. If my life is full, I can throw an attack to damage the switcher & move along the next turn. He's awesome at damaging Charizard Y when he thinks he can set up. I mostly don't switch on an obvious Boost user to heal with roost. His weaknesses are obvious and hits are really easily taken by Ttar and Chesnaught. I see no reason to change him from my team.
Now let's move along to my other favorite 6 gen pokemon
Saint Pol (Aegislash) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SAtk
Quiet Nature
IVs: 20 Spd
- King's Shield
- Shadow Ball
- Shadow Sneak
- Iron Head
What a beast! Try it once & you're in love. I bred him slow for the good reason I want to hit last. His bulk lets him take a shadowball in mirror & kill back. Gengarite-less Gengars will remember Aegislash's name forever. Predicting a switch is easy on this one, and I mostly go on attack mode when it occurs. Greatly damaging the counter & finish him with shadow sneak. He's best opening the fight on defense mode, so I'd rather switch him out after he sweeps. I also scout a lot with King shield, helping for life recovery.
Once again, Aegislash won't leave my team for a while.
Mega? cool I'd like that!
Denver (Tyranitar) (M) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Crunch
Couldn't resist breeding a megastone user. TTar is a beast for long, the slowish dino seems better with his new defenses provided by his digivolving. He's my only residual damage dealer, countering weather changes & decreasing hit rates. Once DD is set up, he outspeeds lots of threats. But even with that, he keeps his many weaknesses & fails to hit Fight pokemons efficiently. He's one shot by many, and need to be used with caution.
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Fight analysis:
Results are not that bad for at my beginner level, I'm currently on W27/L21 ratio.
My style of play is quite offensive. Many victories were due to hax, I like it but it doesn't seem to be a long term strategy.
From some 50-ish games experience with the team, I felt like the team power is quite limited and frustrating sometimes. I suffer from 3 weaknesses to fire, that is a common type. EQ weakness is easily covered, but costs me switches. I'm having a lot of trouble against stall teams. My best enemy is gliscor, which I can't handle most of the time. Stealth rock, poison & burn are another pain crippling around. I tried to switch Klefki for a defensive Togekiss with heal bell / wish / twave / protect without success. I was thinking using Sylveon for the same purposes, but didn't make the move yet.
Any advice is welcome, I feel there is something wrong with the team, so please help to point me the right direction to take! Thanks!
I've bred pokés on cartidge. My friends didn't bought the game yet & I wanted to try out my team. I still want to use my game, but breeding is time consuming. That's when I turned to Showdown to test new tricks.
I first bred 6gen mons for wifi season. I'll start with the list below and comment afterwards
11.01 (Klefki) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 SDef
Bold Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Foul Play
- Swagger
- Substitute
Here is my primary lead: Klefki the Annoying. I wanted a fairy type just for the hell of it, and it gave some to opponents! I love him because he pisses people off. Naughty, ain't I? Strategy is to first avoid being taunt. Most of the times I t-wave opposing lead, then goes swagger and foul play. If I know I can get t-waved or burned, I use Sub to protect myself. Relying on luck isn't sufficient & I often get a switch. If I face Espeon, I use Foul Play to protect from Magic Bounce & prepare my switch next turn. Prankster helps to slow down fast leads as genesect, even if Klefki often gets burned back. If I survive, I try to keep klefki for later & hax more 'mons. Anf if I see a potential lead I won't be able to T-wave, I then lead with...
JP Lechemondo (Greninja) @ Life Orb
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- U-turn
Greninja is the 1st I bred in-game. He's stylish & Protean is so tempting to try out. Plus he's a frog & I'm French. Powerful Life Orb set gets rid of many threats which doesn't resist super effective hits. The life consumption is a problem tho. Moreover, he seems long awaited & he's even often revenge killed by priority moves from his starter nemesis: Talonflame. Still, U-turn offers a way out from locked situations
& damages sash users. Also, Greninja is my only Ice user, which annoys me when he gets killed early game & I have to face a SD Sub Gliscor. Greninja is part of a G/F/W core & is well protected by Chesnaught, but he fails to take a hit for Talonflame most of the times. As a Ninja, he's setting traps. I may feint a switch or U-turn to bait a boost & deal damage before I switch next turn.
Let's introduce his protector...
Slow Knick (Chesnaught) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Spiky Shield
- Seed Bomb
- Synthesis
- Hammer Arm
Chesnaught bulk made me bred one. He's here to take Quakes from anything in Kalos. Fight/Grass double typing already made its proof with Breeloom. Despite this, I feel like if he's lacking a good fight stab to deal damages. He's Rotom-w best counter in this team. Bulletproof is priceless for things like Shadowball. Synthesis helps to regain life at a faster rate than the spiky shield/leftovers. Shield helps scouting before a switch. The speed counterpart for hammer arm isn't much a problem, but the 90% hit rate is definitely an issue. Chessy also often gets burned, greatly reducing his firepower (ha!) to zero.
Now to the last member of the core...
CuiCuiChouChou (Talonflame) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Swords Dance
- Brave Bird
- Roost
Have you heard about the Bird? Cause I heard Talonflame is the word this gen. I love him for his aggressiveness. I don't think I could let this amazing weapon out of my team. Priority is the shit, countering even his best enemies. Provoking a switch in most situation, I can easily heal from dangerous Stealth Rock or set SD up. If my life is full, I can throw an attack to damage the switcher & move along the next turn. He's awesome at damaging Charizard Y when he thinks he can set up. I mostly don't switch on an obvious Boost user to heal with roost. His weaknesses are obvious and hits are really easily taken by Ttar and Chesnaught. I see no reason to change him from my team.
Now let's move along to my other favorite 6 gen pokemon
Saint Pol (Aegislash) (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SAtk
Quiet Nature
IVs: 20 Spd
- King's Shield
- Shadow Ball
- Shadow Sneak
- Iron Head
What a beast! Try it once & you're in love. I bred him slow for the good reason I want to hit last. His bulk lets him take a shadowball in mirror & kill back. Gengarite-less Gengars will remember Aegislash's name forever. Predicting a switch is easy on this one, and I mostly go on attack mode when it occurs. Greatly damaging the counter & finish him with shadow sneak. He's best opening the fight on defense mode, so I'd rather switch him out after he sweeps. I also scout a lot with King shield, helping for life recovery.
Once again, Aegislash won't leave my team for a while.
Mega? cool I'd like that!
Denver (Tyranitar) (M) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Crunch
Couldn't resist breeding a megastone user. TTar is a beast for long, the slowish dino seems better with his new defenses provided by his digivolving. He's my only residual damage dealer, countering weather changes & decreasing hit rates. Once DD is set up, he outspeeds lots of threats. But even with that, he keeps his many weaknesses & fails to hit Fight pokemons efficiently. He's one shot by many, and need to be used with caution.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fight analysis:
Results are not that bad for at my beginner level, I'm currently on W27/L21 ratio.
My style of play is quite offensive. Many victories were due to hax, I like it but it doesn't seem to be a long term strategy.
From some 50-ish games experience with the team, I felt like the team power is quite limited and frustrating sometimes. I suffer from 3 weaknesses to fire, that is a common type. EQ weakness is easily covered, but costs me switches. I'm having a lot of trouble against stall teams. My best enemy is gliscor, which I can't handle most of the time. Stealth rock, poison & burn are another pain crippling around. I tried to switch Klefki for a defensive Togekiss with heal bell / wish / twave / protect without success. I was thinking using Sylveon for the same purposes, but didn't make the move yet.
Any advice is welcome, I feel there is something wrong with the team, so please help to point me the right direction to take! Thanks!
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