Hail Team
Ok well I've done research on about 10 prevous Hail Teams, looking at the different Pokemon and movesets that they used/etc. From what I can conclude, these are among the best options to choose from, the movesets or even Pokemon I have listed don't have to be used, but what I'm trying to find out is what are the best choices to have to make a solid, consistent hail team. Here's the movesets I found or like that I've seen in the past:
Rotom (w) @ Choice Scarf
Timid - Levitate
252 Hit Points - 60 Defense - 196 Speed
Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt
Hydro Pump / Thunderbolt
Reflect / Will-O-Wisp
Trick
Serves as a great suppot pokemon offering Reflect and immunity to ground attacks. Will-O-Wisp is an option over Reflect since it gives a different kind of relief on attacks but not quite as reliable. Trick is to screw over other walls or set up Pokemon so that they become not as efficient or useful. Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt for STAB then Hydro Pump / Thunderbolt for STAB/Power, right now I'd probably go with Hydro Pump and Shadow Ball. Also serves as a great Spin Blocker if the team has Stealth Rock/(Toxic) Spikes.
Weavile @ Focus Sash
Jolly – Pressure
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Fake Out
Taunt
Ice Shard
Counter
IF I used this I'd probably lead with it. Standard lead but it so obvious that the opponent tends to play around it or they're using a suicide lead so it kills it's purpose.
Weavile @ Focus Sash
Jolly – Pressure
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Swords Dance
Night Slash
Ice Shard
Brick Break
The other alternation of Weavile that I like, Switch in on something that is afraid of it and Swords Dance on the switch, having a priority attack to abuse with the +2 Attack you get.
Abomasnow @ Leftovers
Adamant – Snow Warning
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Swords Dance
Ice Shard
Seed Bomb
Earthquake
Extremely similar to the above Weavile set, same concept. This is the 1st of 3 varients of Abomasnow's I like. This one is good for a more offensive appoach physical wise of him, sadly it leaves out his STAB'd 100% Blizzard but meh.
Abomasnow @ Leftovers
Sassy – Snow Warning
252 Hit Points – 20 Special Attack – 160 Special Defense – 76 Speed
Blizzard
Focus Punch
Leech Seed
Substitute
2nd Varient. Bulky SubSeed is a powerful version of his that can do a lot of damage if used correctly.
Abomasnow @ Choice Scarf
Timid – Snow Warning
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Special Defense
Blizzard
Grass Knot
Hidden Power – Ground
Shadow Ball
Finaly version of Abomasnow is Scarf'd Special Sweeper. Having very good coverage, and a respectable 92 Base Special attack, makes this quite a dangerous threat.
Froslass @ Focus Sash
Timid – Snow Cloak
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Spikes
Blizzard
Thunderbolt
Destiny Bond
Has quite a few purposes, 1) Set up Spikes::2) Destiny Bond for an almost guarnteed kill::3) Spin Blocker. Blizzard and Thunderbolt give it BoltBeam coverage if need be. Main draw back is that it's so fragile but has a quite nice base 110 Speed.
Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Jolly – Poison Heal
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Defense
Focus Punch
Spore
Leech Seed
Substitute
Breloom is an option to be a Status Blocker and is resistent to Earthquake, but would only add more fire weakness to a Hail Team.
Uxie @ Choice Scarf
Modest – Levitate
252 Hit Points – 252 Special Attack – 4 Speed
Trick
Stealth Rock
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Uxie support lead. Can Trick a scarf to something that can't use it while being able to set up Stealth Rock.
Charizard @ Choice Specs
Modest – Blaze
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Flamethrower
Hidden Power – Electric
Focus Blast
Air Slash
Charizard is an interesting pokemon who resists both Ground and Fire (both of which are very good resistencs fo a Hail Team, not even Heatran can do that). Although SpecsZard isn't as fast as Scarftran, it hits much harder and is not so "common" so people won't know what set it is. Has pretty good coverage too.
Heracross @ Choice Scarf
Adamant – Guts
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Megahorn
Close Combat
Pursuit
Stone Edge
ScarfCross is always worth mentioning since he's a good pokemon in almost any team.
Gengar @ Choice Scarf
Timid – Levitate
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Shadow Ball
Trick
Focus Blast
Hidden Power – Ice
Gengar has Immunity to Ground and can Spin Block. Revenge Kills extremely well with the scarf and still a good special sweeper once it's gone via trick.
Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid – Natural Cure
160 Hit Points - 132 Special Attack - 216 Speed
Blizzard / Thunderbolt
Rapid Spin
Recover
Surf
Option 1 for Rapid Spin Pokemon. Since Ice = Bad vs stealth rock = spinner needed. Blizzard allows it to hit harder than Ice Beam, but with all the Ice moves already on the team thunderbolt is a possible replacement. Surf is to be able to actually kill the Infernape it's meant to counter (and heatran).
Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Naughty – Snow Cloak
252 Attack – 20 Special Attack – 236 Speed
Earthquake
Ice Shard
Blizzard
Stone Edge
Found this set to be pretty interesting, allowing Mamo to hit from Special spectrum thanks to Blizzards big Base Power.
Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Adamant – Snow Cloak
124 Hit Points – 252 Attack – 64 Defense – 68 Special Defense
Curse
Earthquake
Avalanche
Ice Shard
Another set I saw that I liked, Curseswine seems to be extremely dangerous if a team isn't prepared for it.
Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Calm – Liquid Ooze
204 Hit Points – 96 Special Attack – 172 Special Defense – 36 Speed
Toxic Spikes
Surf
Blizzard
Rapid Spin
Spin Option 2. Basicly it's Recover vs Toxic Spikes...leaning more toward Starmie.
Heatran @ Choice Scarf
Hasty – Flash Fire
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Attack
Fire Blast
Hidden Power – Ice
Earth Power
Explosion
And of course heatran. Since Ice is so weak to fire this is the best thing to soak them up, but his ground weakness isn't very great since ice also has that weakness =/
So anyway I put a small description by them, so what do you guys think are the best of these sets? (or if you know better ones please do tell).
Thanks,
-Matt
Ok well I've done research on about 10 prevous Hail Teams, looking at the different Pokemon and movesets that they used/etc. From what I can conclude, these are among the best options to choose from, the movesets or even Pokemon I have listed don't have to be used, but what I'm trying to find out is what are the best choices to have to make a solid, consistent hail team. Here's the movesets I found or like that I've seen in the past:
Rotom (w) @ Choice Scarf
Timid - Levitate
252 Hit Points - 60 Defense - 196 Speed
Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt
Hydro Pump / Thunderbolt
Reflect / Will-O-Wisp
Trick
Serves as a great suppot pokemon offering Reflect and immunity to ground attacks. Will-O-Wisp is an option over Reflect since it gives a different kind of relief on attacks but not quite as reliable. Trick is to screw over other walls or set up Pokemon so that they become not as efficient or useful. Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt for STAB then Hydro Pump / Thunderbolt for STAB/Power, right now I'd probably go with Hydro Pump and Shadow Ball. Also serves as a great Spin Blocker if the team has Stealth Rock/(Toxic) Spikes.
Weavile @ Focus Sash
Jolly – Pressure
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Fake Out
Taunt
Ice Shard
Counter
IF I used this I'd probably lead with it. Standard lead but it so obvious that the opponent tends to play around it or they're using a suicide lead so it kills it's purpose.
Weavile @ Focus Sash
Jolly – Pressure
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Swords Dance
Night Slash
Ice Shard
Brick Break
The other alternation of Weavile that I like, Switch in on something that is afraid of it and Swords Dance on the switch, having a priority attack to abuse with the +2 Attack you get.
Abomasnow @ Leftovers
Adamant – Snow Warning
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Swords Dance
Ice Shard
Seed Bomb
Earthquake
Extremely similar to the above Weavile set, same concept. This is the 1st of 3 varients of Abomasnow's I like. This one is good for a more offensive appoach physical wise of him, sadly it leaves out his STAB'd 100% Blizzard but meh.
Abomasnow @ Leftovers
Sassy – Snow Warning
252 Hit Points – 20 Special Attack – 160 Special Defense – 76 Speed
Blizzard
Focus Punch
Leech Seed
Substitute
2nd Varient. Bulky SubSeed is a powerful version of his that can do a lot of damage if used correctly.
Abomasnow @ Choice Scarf
Timid – Snow Warning
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Special Defense
Blizzard
Grass Knot
Hidden Power – Ground
Shadow Ball
Finaly version of Abomasnow is Scarf'd Special Sweeper. Having very good coverage, and a respectable 92 Base Special attack, makes this quite a dangerous threat.
Froslass @ Focus Sash
Timid – Snow Cloak
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Spikes
Blizzard
Thunderbolt
Destiny Bond
Has quite a few purposes, 1) Set up Spikes::2) Destiny Bond for an almost guarnteed kill::3) Spin Blocker. Blizzard and Thunderbolt give it BoltBeam coverage if need be. Main draw back is that it's so fragile but has a quite nice base 110 Speed.
Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Jolly – Poison Heal
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Defense
Focus Punch
Spore
Leech Seed
Substitute
Breloom is an option to be a Status Blocker and is resistent to Earthquake, but would only add more fire weakness to a Hail Team.
Uxie @ Choice Scarf
Modest – Levitate
252 Hit Points – 252 Special Attack – 4 Speed
Trick
Stealth Rock
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Uxie support lead. Can Trick a scarf to something that can't use it while being able to set up Stealth Rock.
Charizard @ Choice Specs
Modest – Blaze
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Flamethrower
Hidden Power – Electric
Focus Blast
Air Slash
Charizard is an interesting pokemon who resists both Ground and Fire (both of which are very good resistencs fo a Hail Team, not even Heatran can do that). Although SpecsZard isn't as fast as Scarftran, it hits much harder and is not so "common" so people won't know what set it is. Has pretty good coverage too.
Heracross @ Choice Scarf
Adamant – Guts
252 Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Megahorn
Close Combat
Pursuit
Stone Edge
ScarfCross is always worth mentioning since he's a good pokemon in almost any team.
Gengar @ Choice Scarf
Timid – Levitate
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Hit Points
Shadow Ball
Trick
Focus Blast
Hidden Power – Ice
Gengar has Immunity to Ground and can Spin Block. Revenge Kills extremely well with the scarf and still a good special sweeper once it's gone via trick.
Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid – Natural Cure
160 Hit Points - 132 Special Attack - 216 Speed
Blizzard / Thunderbolt
Rapid Spin
Recover
Surf
Option 1 for Rapid Spin Pokemon. Since Ice = Bad vs stealth rock = spinner needed. Blizzard allows it to hit harder than Ice Beam, but with all the Ice moves already on the team thunderbolt is a possible replacement. Surf is to be able to actually kill the Infernape it's meant to counter (and heatran).
Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Naughty – Snow Cloak
252 Attack – 20 Special Attack – 236 Speed
Earthquake
Ice Shard
Blizzard
Stone Edge
Found this set to be pretty interesting, allowing Mamo to hit from Special spectrum thanks to Blizzards big Base Power.
Mamoswine @ Life Orb
Adamant – Snow Cloak
124 Hit Points – 252 Attack – 64 Defense – 68 Special Defense
Curse
Earthquake
Avalanche
Ice Shard
Another set I saw that I liked, Curseswine seems to be extremely dangerous if a team isn't prepared for it.
Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Calm – Liquid Ooze
204 Hit Points – 96 Special Attack – 172 Special Defense – 36 Speed
Toxic Spikes
Surf
Blizzard
Rapid Spin
Spin Option 2. Basicly it's Recover vs Toxic Spikes...leaning more toward Starmie.
Heatran @ Choice Scarf
Hasty – Flash Fire
252 Special Attack – 252 Speed – 4 Attack
Fire Blast
Hidden Power – Ice
Earth Power
Explosion
And of course heatran. Since Ice is so weak to fire this is the best thing to soak them up, but his ground weakness isn't very great since ice also has that weakness =/
So anyway I put a small description by them, so what do you guys think are the best of these sets? (or if you know better ones please do tell).
Thanks,
-Matt
