Thanks! I tried bright powder and scope lens in the earlier stages for Starmie, but it never really came into play often. Starmie either faints or gets walled, so getting it down to 25% for lansat would be rare. I decided I rather have the consistent effect of boosted surfs, but maybe you want the potential miss or potential crit. It's definitely your own preference. I actually lost twice before reaching 83, both around 40 ish, to Electabuzz and registeel with t-bolt and ice punch, so I wasn't completely lucky. But I definitely agree that the timing of when you face threats like electabuzz/zam/gengar plays a huge part in potential losses. I found that if you don't run into something with elemental coverage (ice/electric/fire), it's sweep city with this team. Had a couple close calls against Snorlax too with the curse set and the double team set. If I had heracross in that slot instead of Scizor like most people, I probably lose those, because by the time Scizor comes out, Lax has a couple of evasion or defense boosts. Thankfully, Scizor can SD up and deal enough damage to win by decision or a timely crit.Nice one, bro. I am surprised how well you did with Scizor because like you said mixed punches and fast special sweepers can be deadly. I run Starmie/Salamence and I have been getting real unlucky but the two work wonders together so I know I will get Gold symbol with these alone. Have you tried Scope Lens/Lansat Berry Starmie? I have because Salac/Petaya berry are out of reach and was wondering if you found crucial critical hits Starmie can score OHKOs with useful. Brightpowder is fine and like Scope Lens gives you that extra chance to hit for more damage you would expect. I have made up for time with Mysticwater myself but I feel after 50 battles or so it's probably not as effective as a hax item would be.
Arena is about team selection and order and I run a Latias in my third slot because Ice-type moves that do knock Salamence out are set up bait for Calm Mind sweepers. This is what I am trying and bar unreal luck, I am well on my way. My record is 53 right now so I wasn't far off but there's always that chance you get that Electabuzz or Alakazam leads that can take out Starmie, Salamence and even your Scizor but you managed to avoid such, where as myself I get these leads and have to set up with Latias after they take out two/thirds of my team.
I congratulate you on your gold symbol and avoiding elemental punches :)
Just recently, I lost to some Brightpowder, Electric-type, which evaded all my attacks from turn 1 with Double Team, and win judges decisions taking my run back to 0.
I actually lost my 84th match ALL TO DECISIONS. A little salty about that, but I'll upload it. It's my fault for forgetting to change the order for that battle. I also changed my scizor from wing attack to hp ground, which left me walled by gengar. I probably could have had steel wing/wing attack in the last slot, because agility wasn't all that useful anyway. I also debated between running two dragons as well, but I decided that I didn't want 2 dragon/ice weaknesses.
I don't love set up in this format, mainly because of the decision format and potential hax. Three turns isn't long enough for multiple set ups and I find Latias lacks the oomph before multiple boosts. I prefer Latios for this reason.
If I were to try again, I would experiment with Gengar lead with explosion/d-bond. With a combo of Latios/Salamence+ Metagross/Scizor/Heracross. I also love the idea of Regice with rest/t-bolt/icebeam/-twave with chesto berry, but don't know how to fit it. Maybe as the lead instead of Gengar.
Congratuations to you too! Good luck.
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- Greta 84 loss
Looking back, I still had a chance had my Salamence not hit itself before Umbreon used rest. It would have koed the gengar and Breloom. Wow. Confusion, hypnosis landing with 2 turn sleep. Robbed.
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