Babies n' the Sand (lc rmt)

[irkkk]

This is my 1st LC rate my team. I do very good against my friends but when i joined CAP i lost a lot. SO here is the team.

TEAM AT A GLANCE (i'm a dude :D)

BUILDING PROCESS

Well is a sand storm team and the only one sand starter in LC so...
ENTER: HIPPOPOTAS

I then needed some sandstorm abuses who could function as sweepers and i came across this trio.
ENTER: Gligar, Cacnea, and Diglett

I then looked for a good wall that could get a boost from sand storm. ENTER: Lileep

Then I realized i had a HUGE weakness to ice so i had to find a great steel that had great defense
ENTER: BRONZOR

IN DEPTH LOOK:

THE BRINGER OF ENDLESS PAIN

Hippopotas @ focus sash (Hungry hippo)
ability: Sand Stream
ev's: 212 hp 212 def 20 atk 20 s.def 20 spe
impish
Moves:
~stealth rock
~earthquake
~roar/yawn
~protect

Hippopotas is the only sans storm starter in LC so its a must on my team. His job is simple; come in and start a sand storm and set up stealth rock. If he is left with one hp left i can save him for later if someone comes in and changes the weather. Stealth rocks is obvious, earthquake is for stab, roar is to switch out levitaters and to stack up rock damage while protect saves my sash on fake out leads like meowth.

THE BAT IN THE SAND

Gligar @ bright powder (Bat Man)
ability: sand veil
ev's: 236 atl 236 spe 36 hp
jolly
Moves:
~substitute
~earthquake
~stone edge/aqua tail
~swords dance

Gligar is my 1st sandstorm abuser and sweep. With sand stream + bright powder increases his evasion to around 30% which is beast. In little cup power is very important. Lets say a staryu comes in and uses hydro pump. Hydro pump will have around 50% accuracy. ABusing this, i can set up a sub and sweep.

THE SMILE IN THE STORM

Cacnea @ bright powder (Orange Juice makes me (: )
ability: sand veil
ev's 236 atk 236 spe 36 s.def
moves:
~substitute
~swords dance
~sucker punch
~focus punch

OR

ability: sand veil
236 s.atk 236 spe 36 s.def
modest
moves:
~nasty plot
~substitute
~energy ball
~dark pulse

Cacnea is another sandstorm abuser. Both sets can set up and sweep but the np one has no priority. I tried the np one and it worked ok. My team lacked a special sweeper so i tried this. I like the sd one better for more power but if this is better for the team i'll use the NP set.

THE LOST MOLE

diglett @ bright powder (Wacka-mole)
ability: sand veil
ev's 236 atk 236 spe 36 s.def
jolly
moves-
~earthquake
~substitute
~rock slide
~hp ice/sucker punch

This guy MAY be my favorite abuser of the sand. I love him. He is fricken fast. EQ + rockslide create a weaker stonequake combo (or was it earth edge -.-) Sucker punch for priority or hp ice for gligars. He is usually made as a trapper but i hink he functions well as a sand abuser. Diglett is already VERY frail and if a poke like scarf houndour comes in and tries to sucker punchthinking this guys scarfed i can sub and then KO with EQ even though thats VERY unlikely.

THE BLAST FROM THE PAST

Lillep @ oran berry (Mirage)
ability: suction cups
ev's: 236 hp 236 s.def 36 atk
sassy
moves:
~curse
~recover/rest
~seed bomb/ rest talk
~rock slide

This set is the curse lileep set. Lillep is AMAZING in sand storm. its 19 s.def is increase by 1.5 is sand storm which makes lilleep special sponge. She even has a reliable healing move but the one thing she hates in status which is why i added the option of making her a sleep talk curser. curse raises attack and def so she can make a great mixed wall.

THE ICE RESISTING PENNY

Bronzor @ oran berry/ light clay (The Penny who Could)
ability: levitate
ev's: 220 hp 4 s.atk 68 def 148 s.def
relaxed
moves:
~hp ice
~flash cannon/gyro ball
~reflect
~light screen/ earthquake

Bronzor is my all important ice counter. He's very important because the rest of my team is weak against ice. He can also set up screens which my lileep will enjoy a lot. hp ice is also used to counter dratini and gligar. Flash cannon/ gyro ball are used for stab and to kill ice types that threaten the rest of my team.


THINGS THAT TROUBLE MY TEAM
~rain dance teams- they end my sandstorm!
~Ice types
~water types
~bronzor- its typing is so ANNOYING

RATE AWAY!
- Kenny
PS- my cap server name is irkkk but im usually not on




NOTE-
I will be making things more specific later but im sleepyso bye! PLEAS RATE

 

[Nails]

Didn't know you were running brightpowder on some of your pokes though, that's my first tip; new item for some of the mons.

For a rate, run Arena Trap over sand veil on diggy. I actually do check to see if I can switch when I see Diglett switch in on my tbolting scarfchou.

For lileep, I'd actually run rest talk, due to wisp being so common. You lose coverage but after a couple curses seed bomb will hit through anything (seed bomb > rock slide, higher power/accuracy. You won't be outspeeding anything so the flinch chance doesn't matter).

Gligar can't really get perfect coverage with only two attacks. If you run stone edge, bronzor walls you. Aqua tail and you can't hit mantyke, and snover walks all over you. If bronzor is a bigger issue than snover + mantyke, run aqua tail, and vice versa for stone edge. For the item, Oran is way more consistant than brightpowder, it might help you survive an extra turn when you do get hit.

Sub sd double punch cacnea is a really good set, sucker punch + focus punch has great synergy (though sub gastly walks all over it). Generally though, it's better than nasty plot.

I'm not too familiar with Hippo's movepool, but roar isn't really that valuable in LC. Running a move that hits bronzor is probably a good idea for that slot, as it gives your team issues.

Overall, it's a solid team, and really difficult to face. Good luck playing little cup, it's always a fun game against you.

 

[irkkk]

thnx for the comments, im sure i will be making the changes, Do u recommend gible? Hes soooo cute but hes so slow. :\ WAIT arent u peaked at #1 on LC?

 

[Bloo]

Your previous RMT hasn't even been dead for 2 days. If you read the rules, you'll take notice of rule 13.

13. You are only permitted to have one active RMT thread open at any given time. Don't post a new team every 2 weeks, wait some time before posting another RMT.

You can't have two active threads open at a given time. You must also wait around two weeks before making another RMT. Due to this, I'll have to lock your thread for the time being. PM me in two weeks and I'll unlock this.