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Rotom-W only stays in for 1-2 turns to eat a special attack, maybe burn a switch-in, and then volt switch out. Why would I want Rest/Chesto Berry on it?
"don't use machamp" what's wrong with it? it's a good pokemon… I'm really not sure what to take of those suggestions...
For the Scizor, I really just wanted to find something to do with Weakness Policy, and I figured putting it on a guy with swords and a priority attack would be best.
I just started playing on Pokemon Showdown and haven't laddered enough to face really good people yet, so it's actually worked out...
So this is my first attempt at making a serious competitive battling singles team. I've watched a lot of youtube videos to get an idea of how the last B&W metagame works, but I haven't actually played pokemon since 3rd gen, so I may have missed some glaring holse here. Currently this team has...