Hello. This is my first rate my team, and I've had only some competitive battle experience. I've gone through about ten battles with three different teams of mine, and this does the best. I would like to see some suggestions to my team that would help keep the same playstyle. Also, I'm am sorry in advance for no visuals. So let's get to it.
Toxicroak@Choice Scarf
Dry Skin
Adamant 6hp/252attk/252s
Attacks:
Brick Break
Poison Jab
Ice Punch
Pursuit
Toxicroak is there as more of an anti-lead than an actual lead. The reason for have toxicroak out first over politoed is that poli might die from an anti-lead itself. With the scarf on toxicroak his speed reaches 404, an absolute speed demon. Brick Break for a stab move against T-tar, and to get barriers destroyed. Poison jab because of the nice stab bonus and a chance for poison. Also poison hits at regularly effective damage against most types. Ice Punch to take care of dragon types, such as Latias, Latios, and Draginite. Pursuit is for the Phychic types that come in on this, or to trap a ghost type. I was thinking of changing pursuit to suckerpunch, but I don't want to be stuck on sucker punch.
Scizor@Steel Gem
Technician
Adamant 28hp/252attk/128def/96sdef
Attacks:
Bullet Punch
Swords Dance
U-turn
Aerial Ace
Scizor comes in on this team having only one weakness:Fire. The rain halves the power of fire moves, thus making scizor more of a priority troll than ever. The moves are pretty self-explainable. Bullet Punch for the Stab, Technician boosted priotity move. I further improved this by placing a Steel Gem as his item, making his first bullet punch almost always a 1HKO with the proper set-up. Swords Dance for the increase in attack, U-turn in case there is a powerful fire type like victini or heatran. Substitute on switches to make scizor that troll.
Kingler@Choice Scarf
Sheer Force(Is this released?)
Adamant 6hp/252attk/252s
Attacks:
CrabHammer
X-scissor
Chip Away
Rock Slide
Kingler is a pokemon I don't see used a lot, and I have no clue why it's in NU. With a 130 base attack, and a stab and rained boosted Crabhammer, I don't see how its not used. The speed is low for a sweeper, with 75 base, but with the choice scarf, your speed becomes a whooping 372. His attack in this set reaches 394, and can be doubled by my baton passer. He also has a solid defense, with 110 defense. Ok, now that the rant is done, let's get on with the moves. Crabhammer, I already explained, being an amazing physical water move. Chip Away I actually find useful against baton basing teams or CM Latias. X-scissor for the coverage, and Rock Slide for more coverage, but with a Sheer Force boost. The only thing that I wonder about on this set is if Crabhammer gets the Sheer Force boost with its high critical-hit ratio.
Kingdra@Life Orb
Sniper
Modest 80hp/252sattk/176s
Attacks:
Agility
Ice Beam
Scald
Draco Meteor
Kingdra swift swim is banned on a team with someone with drizzle, but I liked Kingdra's movepool, and how he gave me another dragon counter. His set is simple. Switch him in on something he has an advantage on, like Heatran. Use agility once as they switch and proceed to sweep as best you can with your movepool. Use Draco Meteor only if you can't take the pokemon out with the other two attacks with one hit. Then after the Draco Meteor, switch.
Politoed@Leftovers
Drizzle
Calm 252hp/252sdef
Attacks:
Hypnosis
Encore
Hydro Pump
Toxic
The one you've all been waiting for....Politoed. Politoed has a strange movepool to me, and I mixed and matched some of the moves untill I got a perfect complement to my Gliscor. Hypnosis and Encore forces switches, and if the hypnosis or encore doesn't force the switch, then I have hydro pump to take them out. Toxic is there to take care of other special walls, which I have nothing for. Even though this set has been working, I need some suggestions for this set. I like the switch it forces, and I can switch to Gliscor to help it set-up for my physical sweepers.
Gliscor@ Leftovers
Hyper Cutter
Impish 128hp/128 Attk/ 252 def
Attacks:
Roost
Baton Pass
Swords Dance
Earthquake
This is a different Gliscor set then most peoples', but it falls in as a good Ying to my Politoad's Yang. As politoed forces a switch, most people switch into a physical sweeper, giving Gliscor a turn to set up, as they double switch. This doesn't always happen as I plan, but at least once per match I can get any of my physical sweepers a SD boost. Earthquake is a good stab move against Pokemon like Heatran. Roost of some of the damage before baton passing and your ready for another. Also, Gliscor takes the Electric attacks that my team is very weak to. His one of two weakness is covered by politoed, taking both at half damage. The core seems good, but any suggestions are welcome. I like the roost on gliscor though, I prefer it over Poison Heal, as going second is good while baton passing if I'm paralyzed, and I don't give a crap about burn.
I don't really know any big threats versus my team, except that water types give it some trouble. I'm thinking about Toxicroak with thunderpunch over ice punch, but ice punch has killed so many Dragons that usually laugh at rain teams. Your suggestions will be put to use.
The Team
Lead/Sweeper: Toxicroak
Defensive Core: Gliscor and Politoad
Sweepers:Kingler, Kingdra, and Scizor
In Depth
Toxicroak@Choice Scarf
Dry Skin
Adamant 6hp/252attk/252s
Attacks:
Brick Break
Poison Jab
Ice Punch
Pursuit
Toxicroak is there as more of an anti-lead than an actual lead. The reason for have toxicroak out first over politoed is that poli might die from an anti-lead itself. With the scarf on toxicroak his speed reaches 404, an absolute speed demon. Brick Break for a stab move against T-tar, and to get barriers destroyed. Poison jab because of the nice stab bonus and a chance for poison. Also poison hits at regularly effective damage against most types. Ice Punch to take care of dragon types, such as Latias, Latios, and Draginite. Pursuit is for the Phychic types that come in on this, or to trap a ghost type. I was thinking of changing pursuit to suckerpunch, but I don't want to be stuck on sucker punch.
Scizor@Steel Gem
Technician
Adamant 28hp/252attk/128def/96sdef
Attacks:
Bullet Punch
Swords Dance
U-turn
Aerial Ace
Scizor comes in on this team having only one weakness:Fire. The rain halves the power of fire moves, thus making scizor more of a priority troll than ever. The moves are pretty self-explainable. Bullet Punch for the Stab, Technician boosted priotity move. I further improved this by placing a Steel Gem as his item, making his first bullet punch almost always a 1HKO with the proper set-up. Swords Dance for the increase in attack, U-turn in case there is a powerful fire type like victini or heatran. Substitute on switches to make scizor that troll.
Kingler@Choice Scarf
Sheer Force(Is this released?)
Adamant 6hp/252attk/252s
Attacks:
CrabHammer
X-scissor
Chip Away
Rock Slide
Kingler is a pokemon I don't see used a lot, and I have no clue why it's in NU. With a 130 base attack, and a stab and rained boosted Crabhammer, I don't see how its not used. The speed is low for a sweeper, with 75 base, but with the choice scarf, your speed becomes a whooping 372. His attack in this set reaches 394, and can be doubled by my baton passer. He also has a solid defense, with 110 defense. Ok, now that the rant is done, let's get on with the moves. Crabhammer, I already explained, being an amazing physical water move. Chip Away I actually find useful against baton basing teams or CM Latias. X-scissor for the coverage, and Rock Slide for more coverage, but with a Sheer Force boost. The only thing that I wonder about on this set is if Crabhammer gets the Sheer Force boost with its high critical-hit ratio.
Kingdra@Life Orb
Sniper
Modest 80hp/252sattk/176s
Attacks:
Agility
Ice Beam
Scald
Draco Meteor
Kingdra swift swim is banned on a team with someone with drizzle, but I liked Kingdra's movepool, and how he gave me another dragon counter. His set is simple. Switch him in on something he has an advantage on, like Heatran. Use agility once as they switch and proceed to sweep as best you can with your movepool. Use Draco Meteor only if you can't take the pokemon out with the other two attacks with one hit. Then after the Draco Meteor, switch.
Politoed@Leftovers
Drizzle
Calm 252hp/252sdef
Attacks:
Hypnosis
Encore
Hydro Pump
Toxic
The one you've all been waiting for....Politoed. Politoed has a strange movepool to me, and I mixed and matched some of the moves untill I got a perfect complement to my Gliscor. Hypnosis and Encore forces switches, and if the hypnosis or encore doesn't force the switch, then I have hydro pump to take them out. Toxic is there to take care of other special walls, which I have nothing for. Even though this set has been working, I need some suggestions for this set. I like the switch it forces, and I can switch to Gliscor to help it set-up for my physical sweepers.
Gliscor@ Leftovers
Hyper Cutter
Impish 128hp/128 Attk/ 252 def
Attacks:
Roost
Baton Pass
Swords Dance
Earthquake
This is a different Gliscor set then most peoples', but it falls in as a good Ying to my Politoad's Yang. As politoed forces a switch, most people switch into a physical sweeper, giving Gliscor a turn to set up, as they double switch. This doesn't always happen as I plan, but at least once per match I can get any of my physical sweepers a SD boost. Earthquake is a good stab move against Pokemon like Heatran. Roost of some of the damage before baton passing and your ready for another. Also, Gliscor takes the Electric attacks that my team is very weak to. His one of two weakness is covered by politoed, taking both at half damage. The core seems good, but any suggestions are welcome. I like the roost on gliscor though, I prefer it over Poison Heal, as going second is good while baton passing if I'm paralyzed, and I don't give a crap about burn.
I don't really know any big threats versus my team, except that water types give it some trouble. I'm thinking about Toxicroak with thunderpunch over ice punch, but ice punch has killed so many Dragons that usually laugh at rain teams. Your suggestions will be put to use.
