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@gaburu: Serebii says a lot of things learn Magic Coat that don't actually. Just one of many errors on that site. Thanks for your input, though.

@Teandal: I'll run Chomp for a while, but I liked Krookodile for the fact that it had Moxie to aid with sweeping. @gaburu: I like that idea. My only concern with that is, should I run something else over Mach Punch for the sake of dealing damage?

Bump? For help? Possibly? Or not?

So, this is my first competitive team in Gen V. This is not to say I'm new, as I only got into the competitive field in Gen IV, and even then I didn't get much experience besides getting past the stage of complete and total newbie. I've been pretty hit-and-miss with this team, winning about half...

Assigned to Philip7086 Shoddy Battle Nick: BlakAdder Age: 17 Time Zone: American Central Online Time: 5-7, 10-11 on weekdays, practically all day on weekends. I can be fairly flexible if I need to, though. Tiers I need help in: OU, UU Experience level: I am fairly new to the competitive...

-Really wanna stick with Butterfree, simply because of Compoundeyes. I can screw up quite a few of my enemies without bringing Butterfree in endgame unless I'm facing a fast Taunt lead, and I hate going with a low-relibabiilty sleep move. But I'll test with Roserade and see how it goes. -Kinda...

@Haunter: I considered giving Gliscor one of those moves. I'm leaning on giving it Taunt, but I'm kinda wary about limiting it to only one attacking move when there are so many popular Pokemon that are immune to it. Wouldn't it be better to give it something like Stone Edge? @mc2094: Yes...

Okay, applied the changes, but went with Starmie over Vaporeon. Also serves as an effective Gyarados counter, allows me to absorb status a bit better, and gives me the Rapid Spinner I was looking for. Any other advice from anyone? All comments (read: not flaming/trolling) are appreciated.

Well, they do try that, and if Tran does get KO'd, I can always switch into Togekiss (who will finish Ape of if it isn't packing HP Ice) or Rotom.

By some odd chance, I haven't run into Lucario yet. For Infernapes, I switch Heatran in if I predict Fire Blast, or Rotom if I predict Close Combat. Most Apes I've encountered have attempted to stay in against these two, and they'll either get whittled down by Rotom's T-bolts, or KO'd by Tran's...

I've been having a lot of mixed luck with this team. It got me up to 1530 on the standard ladder for a little while, and since I'm very new to competitive battling in general, I'd like some help figuring out why the team's so hit-and-miss and what I can do to improve it. Adopted changes will be...