A Trick-Based Team

[Lakers]

This team, if you couldnt guess, relies alot on trick. Its deadly if it can set up properly through surprise, but its very ineffective if it cant. Here it is.

Bronzong @ Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP/56 Atk/200 Def
Relaxed nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Earthquake
- Trick

This is probably one of the most common leads around. Most people expect stealth rock, so I usually open with that, to keep them off the trail of trick. Explosion is missed in this moveset, but EQ/gyro ball hit hard with CB.

Gyarados (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 72 HP/252 Atk/184 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Taunt
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge

Standard Gyrados set. Mainly for sweeping ability, and covers the threat of CB heracross. Stealth rock is a problem, however, since this team is not packing a rapid spinner.

Cresselia (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 108 HP/150 Def/252 SAtk
Modest nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Trick
- Charge Beam
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fighting]

This is a pleasantly surprising set. Its ability to Trick specs, and also dish back pain before it does, is key. Charge beam is for after i trick specs, it can raise its special attack and dish back some hurt.

Scizor (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 200 HP/130 Atk/180 SDef
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Pursuit
- Superpower

Pretty good CB scizor set. It hits hard enough, although zapdos is a very effective switch in to this set.

Rotom-w @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP/128 Spd/128 SDef
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Trick
- Will-o-wisp
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball

Pretty good rotom set. After tricking scarf, it can effectively cripple sweepers with WOW, and dish back power with tbolt/shadow ball.

Snorlax (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 170 HP/120 Def/220 SDef
Careful nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Curse
- Rest
- Body Slam
- Earthquake

This lax is the anchor of my team. The problem with lax is that it is forced to switch out on such poke as heracross/lucario. Once those poke go down, it is very effective at taking down opposing poke, with curse to bulk it up, and good HP/sp. D to cover the rest

Update to team so far: Gengar replaces rotom

Gengar (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 38 HP/252 Spd/220 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Will-o-wisp

 

[locopoke]

I suggest maybe Fire Punch on Snorlax, seeing as it's currently walled by Skarmory.

Also I know it's a team based off of using Trick, but 4 Pokemon holding choice items is a little much. It could really disable your team if you don't get lucky. I suggest making Cresselia a standard wall, not a Tricker

 

[Imran]

I have no issue with the four pokemon holding choice Items, if thats they way he feels comfortable playing it probably works for him. For Example, I go through Choice vs Set-Up Phases all the time. Anyway onto the real meat of the RMT. IMO if you are going to trick, do it once. There are many things that can do just as well with a choice scarfd such as Lucario, Metagross etc... These pokemon although may be slightly hindered by the choice they are not going to be extremely hampered by it. And with more than one tricker you run the risk of tricking the item back onto yourself or wasting turns shuffling items around uselessly, NOW. I really think that because of that you need to re-think the main strategy of your team. Yes you may rape a stall team, but you still have no hope against sweeper teams. This team is just too unpredictable to be running ATM. Maybe focus on the one tricker to take out a threat such as blissey or snorlax and then build around that. For Example once you have a Blissey Scarfed that will allow your special sweepers a freer reign and then once Bliss is in you can use the fact she is locked into a move to set up a physical Sweeper such as DDTar or SD Lucario or something of that nature. You already have Scizor but its not setting up, maybe change scizor to SD Scizor or whatever works for you. Just try to do something with the trick rather than trying to own your opponant with trick. It will not work perfectly. Mark my words. Good Luck :D

 

[Lakers]

Hmm, im thinking of putting in sub-WOW gar in place of rotom, but im not too sure about the ev's on it