A Beginner's team

[991992]

I am a beginner in the metagame so I only select pokemon I am familiar with.

I am not good at using defensive strategies, like protect, roost and rest

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Arcanine (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- ExtremeSpeed
- Wild Charge
- Flare Blitz
- Close Combat


This dog is used to tackle tyranitar with close combat, though not effective with blissey

Fire moves are for ferrothorn or scizor which is usually switched for gyarados or jellicent, so I need to switch it away

hidden power (ice) is used for countering dragons but replaced with wild charge after boosting its attach evs

It is not useful in front of chandulure


Lapras (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 196 Def / 216 SAtk / 96 SDef
Hardy Nature
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Toxic
- Thunderbolt


If it is in full health, it can be used to remove dragons with ice beam, though opponent can switch in ferrothorn

It is also useful in dealing with cloyster, gyarados and starmie
For vapareon, tentacruel and jellicent, multiple moves are required. This may lead to the risk of being poisoned and burnt

Sing is initially used but its accuracy is very low

For donphan and hippowdown, however, lapras can only remove them with 2 hits so the opponent can successfully apply stealth rock


Metagross @ Leftovers Trait: Clear Body
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Zen Headbutt
- Explosion
- ThunderPunch

It is used for fighting, especially conk before bulking up and drain punch

It can also used for taking toxic after knowing

Explosion is to destroy dangerous pokemon which will be revealed in the bottom

Earthquake is originally included but replaced with stealth rock


Garchomp (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Veil
EVs:
Hardy Nature
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Stone Edge

It is prone to ice punch, ice beam
but I think it is safe to include a dragon

Earthquake is sometimes in vain for floating pokemon

I am not so sure with fire blast as attack is boosted

The accuracy of stone edge is low


Heracross (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Earthquake
- Night Slash

Its powerful moves can be used for grass, rock, steal, , dark, ice and finally psychic, though risky if it is slower

But it can only 2HKO Blissey, reuniclus, porygon 2 and ferrothorn which may cause it poisoned or paralyzed

It is also used for 2HKO fighting type

Switched out when gliscor and confrigigous



Jolteon (M) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Shadow Ball


It can 2HKO most 1X opponent with choice specs

Volt switch lose its effect when there is a ground pokemon
Therefore it can only come out when ground type is knocked out
Garchomp can OHKO it with earthquake

The side impact of choice specs is very obvious when Jolteon is the last pokemon


Greatest threat

Reuniclus after heracross is dead
Floating heatran

All forms of Rotom as there is no type advantage

Nidoking as it has favourble type advanatge

Kami trio with their very high speed and no type advantage

Water/Ground due to lack of grass moves

Faster Garchomp when lapras is affected by stealth rock

Floating Excadrill which can OHKO Jolteon

I also want to know ways to deal with stealth rock and toxic spikes.

 

[Erectivier]

lapras is only used with hydration tn the rain, because otherwise it sucks. try swapping it with jellicent:
Jellicent @Leftovers
252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spe
Bold // Water Absorb
~Shadow Ball
~Taunt
~Recover
~Will-O-Wisp
does the same job, but better

 

[wraiders11]

you need better descriptions, and garchomp is banned on smogon servers so maybe say where you are battling to help raters out. Also try to add more pictures, it makes it easier on raters

 

[GreasyPanda]

I agree with wraiders11 on all points. But why are using a hardy nature on garchomp. I would go with timid if you are still planning to use him so he could outspeed all the other timid dragons running around.

 

[fatsnorlax]

As stated earlier, Chomp is banned on Smogon. Assuming you are playing on Poke Battle Center (where chomp is still allowed), run Jolly or Naive (seeing as you use Fire Blast) on Garchomp over Hardy. Also, slap a Choice Scarf on Garchomp, which will allow it to kill most Latios, which destroy your team. For chomp's EVs, run 4hp/252atk/252spd. GL

 

[Evire]

I recommend swapping Metagross for Gliscor, as this could help stop Excadrill in sand sweeping your team, which from my perspective seems quite easy. Gliscor also carries taunt which can stop Conkeldurr from setting up and it takes Drain Punch very well and the same with payback. It also absorbs toxic.

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Toxic Heal
EVs: 252 Hp / 176 Def / 80 Spe
Nature: Impish ( +Def -SpAtk )
-Ice Fang
-Earthquake
-Taunt / Protect
-Swords Dance

Hope I helped :]

 

[kmuffinman]

If you have troubles with Chandelure give Arcanine a Crunch, maybe you could replace extremespeed? If you are worried about not getting the first move in, you could run a Choice Scarf set.
Give Metagross Meteor Mash. You could replace Thunderpunch with it.
Since you have problems with OHKO Walls, run a Choice Band set on Heracross.

 

[haunter]

Your descriptions are lacking and Garchomp is banned in standard OU. Also you lack the EV spread for it. Please send me an edited version of this thread so I can unlock it.