Shoddy RMT, Kinda New, Assistance is Appreciated

[DCJ713]

Hello, would you like to RMT?

The Crew.

-----

Basically, my each member of the team tries to assist each other on their weaknesses and some of them have unexpected tricks of their own. It's doing well yet I'd like some help on certain points and I want my winning average to be a bit higher. :P Now, without anymore waiting, let's go. Also, before we start,THANKS to Aragornbird and Strikesocom for helping my team.

-----

@ Life Orb
Blazape the Infernape
Hasty / Blaze
EVs:26 Atk, 232 Spd, 252 SpAtk

Mix Sweeper #1

-Close Combat
-Flamethrower
-Grass Knot
-U Turn

This guy is very solid starter. Very fast, and very powerful with coverage towards most. Basically self explanitory. Close Combat and Flamethrower for STAB, Grass Knot for large Ground types like Hippowdon, U Turn if opponent resists.

-----

@ Leftovers
Mudfinn the Swampert
Relaxed / Torrent
EVs: 240 HP, 216 Def, 52 SpAtk

Mix Sweeper #2

-Earthquake
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Stealth Rock
​

EQ and Surf for STAB. Ice Beam covers against Grass types if no other option is available and Stealth Rock to add to my opponents struggle. Not much explaining for this guy.

-----

@ Expert Belt
Shockvire the Electivire
Adamant / Motor Drive
EVs: 6 HP, 252 Atk, 252 Spd

-Cross Chop
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
-Thunder Punch

Physical Sweeper #0

This guy is a great for me as he has an advantage over most with his wide ranging move set. His moves are Super Effective towards most so Expert Belt seemed like a good choice.

-----

@ Choice Scarf
Bouquet the Roserade
Modest / Natural Cure
EVs: 6 HP, 252 Spd, 252 SpAtk

Special Sweeper #1

-Leaf Storm
-Sludge Bomb
-Hidden Power (Fire)
-Shadow Ball

I chose Roserade for my team because she covers a lot of pokemon. Choice Scarf gives her some speed, which helps when trying to sleep deadly threats. Leaf Storm and Sludge Bomb destroys most, even pokemon with neutral resistances. Hidden Power Fire to bring down Steel types (and it works I can 2HKO Steelixes, 1HKO if I nail a critical). Shadow Ball gives my team some coverage against Ghost types.

-----

@ Leftovers
Sweekiss the Togekiss
Modest / Serene Grace
EVs: 66 HP, 192 Spd, 252 SpAtk

Special Sweeper #2

-Air Slash
-Aura Sphere
-Thunder Wave
-Roost

Also known as the Wobb Counter. :P Air Slash and Serene Grace is practically hacking the flinch probability, lol. Paralysis isn't great my opponents either. :) Aura Sphere nails threats. Roost is for obvious reasons.

-----

@ Lum Berry
Brawnbell the Bronzong
Bold / Levitate
EVs: 252 HP, 128 Def, 128 SpDef, 2 SpAtk

Mix Wall #0

-Earthquake
-Hypnosis
-Toxic
-Rest

Not much to say about this giant bell. Earthquake to eliminate most (Fire types) Hypnosis and Toxic severely annoy my opponent. Rest + Lum Berry to prolong walling time.

-----
​

Need a Review?
​

​

 

[Arkeis]

Wow, this team has a ton of problems. Let's see...

Electivire is not a good lead. Slower than Salamence, can't do much to Bronzong or Hippowdon, gets screwed over by status. Even Gyarados screws it over since it Intimidates you and then switches out.

Besides, you don't want your opponent to know you're using Electivire. You want to save it as a surprise for when your opponent uses an Electric attack.

Why does Swampert have Speed Evs? It's not going to be outrunning a lot of major threats, so those Evs are really going to waste when you could invest them in somewhere more important *hintHPhint*

Why are you using ROOST on a CHOICE BAND Dragonite? Don't you know that Choice items limit you to only one attack until you switch out again? And why is Focus Blast there when you're using a physical set and you already have Earthquake? Furthermore, CB Dragonite is too slow to use Outrage. You want DDNite for that job.
Fix your Dragonite please. Right now, it's the worst set on your team.

Your Bronzong's EVs are terrible. 247/129/129? None of those numbers are divisible by 4 and you're wasting about 2 entire stat points there.

You have a 3x weakness to Ice which is really one of the worst things you can be weak to.

Your team is so slow. Your fastest Pokemon only has 95 base speed and you're not even using a stall team. So not only don't you have any speed, but you barely have any defense either and you only have one wall on your team.

Have you read Smogon's Pokemon analysis and some of the guides in the Contributions forum? Your team probably wouldn't have this many problems if you did.

 

[DCJ713]

Whoa. I didn't realize how stupid and thoughtless I was. Thanks for all of that Aragornbird. I did most of what you told me and edited the post, but I'm still working on the major faults (I'm thinking of moving Electivire out of the lead position, and finding a replacement for Dragonite). I'm now trying to educate myself as much as possible regarding OU Metagame. Expect a major update on this team, thanks again Aragorn.

EDIT: Moved Electivire out of the lead position, swapped out Dragonite for Infernape and had Infernape get into lead position. Like?

 

[DCJ713]

24 Hour Bump.

 

[strikesocom]

I think you should stick with the standard "252 SpcAttack, 232 Speed, 26 Attack" spread for MixApe. If you are looking to OHKO Hippowdon, a 128 SpcAttack variant won't (75.95% - 89.29%). 252 Speed is just a waste, since Infernape can't tie with anything other than itself due to it's unique base speed.

For Roserade you may want to consider a choice scarf, since it seems all but your lead doesn't break greater than 100 BSpeed. I also strongly recommend using Sleep Powder over Shadow Ball, since you have no status'er at all, among other reasons.

The Nature on Brozong is strange, since your not focusing one SpcOffense. Bold/Impish would be more beneficial to it's tanking capabilities.

If your going to put Ice Beam on Swampert, go Brave, and use 80 SpcAttack, 252 Attack, 178 HP. 178 HP EVs give it 384 HP for optimal leftover recovery, and 80 SpcAttack EVs score and OHKO on a 6 HP 'mence a good amount of the time (96.39% - 113.25%).

 

[DCJ713]

I think you should stick with the standard "252 SpcAttack, 232 Speed, 26 Attack" spread for MixApe. If you are looking to OHKO Hippowdon, a 128 SpcAttack variant won't (75.95% - 89.29%). 252 Speed is just a waste, since Infernape can't tie with anything other than itself due to it's unique base speed.

For Roserade you may want to consider a choice scarf, since it seems all but your lead doesn't break greater than 100 BSpeed. I also strongly recommend using Sleep Powder over Shadow Ball, since you have no status'er at all, among other reasons.

The Nature on Brozong is strange, since your not focusing one SpcOffense. Bold/Impish would be more beneficial to it's tanking capabilities.

If your going to put Ice Beam on Swampert, go Brave, and use 80 SpcAttack, 252 Attack, 178 HP. 178 HP EVs give it 384 HP for optimal leftover recovery, and 80 SpcAttack EVs score and OHKO on a 6 HP 'mence a good amount of the time (96.39% - 113.25%).

Thanks for the input. :) I did taking it all in and it seems quite sturdy. I didn't think Choice Scarf and Sleep Powder would work out though, so I kept Shadow Ball on Roserade, but put Hypnosis on Bronzong so I can still induce sleep. I also swapped out Flare Blitz for Flamethrower on Infernape so I can take advantage of the max SpAtk EVs. Again thanks for all of the helpful info.

 

[Arkeis]

Choice Band? With all special attacks? :\
Also Leaf Storm > Grass Knot.

Life Orb > Expert Belt on Infernape.

Your Swampert is too offensive. Swampert works much better as a bulky water, because as it stands, its your only possible counter to Tyranitar. Use the standard Mixpert set.

There's no reason for max speed on Togekiss. There are no OU threats that it can outspeed until Jolly Tyranitar's level, who has 243 Speed. So all you need is to be 1 point faster. Any more is a waste.
I don't see why it doesn't have Aura Sphere. Aura Sphere is like Fire Blast and HP Ground combined. Not only does it hit Ice types, but it's supereffective against Steels as well. This opens up room for a support move like Thunder Wave or Nasty Plot.

 

[the pugilist]

Choice scarf is the item you want with Roserade, not CB. CB increases attack.

 

[DCJ713]

Whoops, typo on the Choice Scarf. Sorry Guys.

I'll rework Swampert and Togekiss, and tweak the items and a few moves again. Your help is really working well for me guys, thanks. :)