As much as this is a RMT this is also an opportunity for me to improve my team which has notable holes in it. I think of myself as a good in-game battler but a horrible team builder because of this I often take teams I find on RMT.
My school club is having a school pokemon tournament and instead of using someone else's team I wanted to build my own.
My school club is having a school pokemon tournament and instead of using someone else's team I wanted to build my own.
TEAM BUILDING PROCESS
To begin I wanted to use an original defensive core, I decided to use the heatran and chesnaught core which has worked great but mega-pinsir rips the core another one.
Heatran is a great rocker and lava plume is always a great STAB move, toxic is a pain and is great at catching pokemon on the switch like greninja(life orb and toxic= bad news ninja). either roar or taunt work for the last spot but with spikes on chesnaught the residual damage is nice with roar. Roar is what I currently use and it is probably going to stay that way. Toxic is great for more residual damage. The speed EVS allow me to outspeed kreeping mega scizors.
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 192 SpD / 68 Spe
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
Chesnaught serves as the spike user and completes the core with heatran. Max def and max HP because I don't see a need for any other spread of EVs and with being inherently slow, speed creeping isnt an option. Rocky helmet has great synergy with the spike and rocks, wearing down whatever wants to test chestnaughts bulk. Leech seed is almost a must on all grass walls. I used spiky shield for awhile but then realized that rocky helmet does more damage anyways and any physical attacks that come in are not going to do much. Wood hammer is the best stab move in my opinion. Hammer arm is the other options but with superpower in azumarill it isn't necessary
Chesnaught @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Leech Seed
- Synthesis
- Spikes
- Wood Hammer
As mentioned before hand mega-pinsir is a complete pain and a return against chesnaught does not really work well for me...
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
As much as I hate rotom-wash, it's hard to ignore how versatile he is, he stops huge threats like greninja and scarf keldeo. Pinsir is also checked and is forced to switch out with will-o-wisp. Also as just an added bonus the ability to volt switch out and keep up offensive momentum. With spikes and rocks both being present the residual damage from my opponent becomes a huge problem for them. Pain split was chosen over rest and chesto because of how important of an asset rotom is to this team, he is the glue which holds the team together. If chesto gets knocked off I don't have a cleric to wake him up and the time needed to wake him up is too precious. Pretty standard set.
Bisharp @ Black Glasses
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Iron Head
Now for the offense, Bisharp on a spikes team is amazing, spikes weakens any pokemon that wants to come in and defiant makes defogging such a risky option, Along with this the steel typing is always an added bonus. I chose not to use pursuit on bisharp because the lati twins aren't that big of a problem against my team, Adament over jolly because the added attack is nice and their is not a threat I need to outspeed. Life orb is a possibility but I haven't tested it too much. Might be nice since clefable is annoying.
Azumarill @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Superpower
Here is where my novice teambuilding comes into play Azumarill... because why not this was all I could come up with. This is where I could use some help. Anyways... the fairy typing is nice and the added steel-fairy core is great. I chose the simple AV azumarill set for personal preference really, I might change it to a sitrus berry belly drum set in the future if I keep azumarill which is not likely. The AV helps deal with keldeo and greninja if I weaken my rotom.
Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Why latios you may ask because... I am scrub. I feel like everyteam I use has atleast 1 lati on it. Latios was chosen because the added bulk wasnt needed and the power from HP fire is great against threats like ferrothorn and skarmory. It might make more sense to use magnezone because the defog is very counterproductive and HP fire is a fairly easy read when looking at the rest of my team. There isnt much to say about latios as he is quite lackluster on my team as expected...
Overall the defensive core is great and it is really what wins me the games however the offense, Most notable latios and azumarill suck and they don't really add anything to the team. I was thinking of sand offense maybe but excadrill would eliminate bisharp as a member and the added defiant boost is nice.
Thanks for reading
To begin I wanted to use an original defensive core, I decided to use the heatran and chesnaught core which has worked great but mega-pinsir rips the core another one.
Heatran is a great rocker and lava plume is always a great STAB move, toxic is a pain and is great at catching pokemon on the switch like greninja(life orb and toxic= bad news ninja). either roar or taunt work for the last spot but with spikes on chesnaught the residual damage is nice with roar. Roar is what I currently use and it is probably going to stay that way. Toxic is great for more residual damage. The speed EVS allow me to outspeed kreeping mega scizors.
Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 192 SpD / 68 Spe
Calm Nature
- Lava Plume
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
Chesnaught serves as the spike user and completes the core with heatran. Max def and max HP because I don't see a need for any other spread of EVs and with being inherently slow, speed creeping isnt an option. Rocky helmet has great synergy with the spike and rocks, wearing down whatever wants to test chestnaughts bulk. Leech seed is almost a must on all grass walls. I used spiky shield for awhile but then realized that rocky helmet does more damage anyways and any physical attacks that come in are not going to do much. Wood hammer is the best stab move in my opinion. Hammer arm is the other options but with superpower in azumarill it isn't necessary
Chesnaught @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Leech Seed
- Synthesis
- Spikes
- Wood Hammer
As mentioned before hand mega-pinsir is a complete pain and a return against chesnaught does not really work well for me...
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
As much as I hate rotom-wash, it's hard to ignore how versatile he is, he stops huge threats like greninja and scarf keldeo. Pinsir is also checked and is forced to switch out with will-o-wisp. Also as just an added bonus the ability to volt switch out and keep up offensive momentum. With spikes and rocks both being present the residual damage from my opponent becomes a huge problem for them. Pain split was chosen over rest and chesto because of how important of an asset rotom is to this team, he is the glue which holds the team together. If chesto gets knocked off I don't have a cleric to wake him up and the time needed to wake him up is too precious. Pretty standard set.
Bisharp @ Black Glasses
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Iron Head
Now for the offense, Bisharp on a spikes team is amazing, spikes weakens any pokemon that wants to come in and defiant makes defogging such a risky option, Along with this the steel typing is always an added bonus. I chose not to use pursuit on bisharp because the lati twins aren't that big of a problem against my team, Adament over jolly because the added attack is nice and their is not a threat I need to outspeed. Life orb is a possibility but I haven't tested it too much. Might be nice since clefable is annoying.
Azumarill @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Superpower
Here is where my novice teambuilding comes into play Azumarill... because why not this was all I could come up with. This is where I could use some help. Anyways... the fairy typing is nice and the added steel-fairy core is great. I chose the simple AV azumarill set for personal preference really, I might change it to a sitrus berry belly drum set in the future if I keep azumarill which is not likely. The AV helps deal with keldeo and greninja if I weaken my rotom.
Latios (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Why latios you may ask because... I am scrub. I feel like everyteam I use has atleast 1 lati on it. Latios was chosen because the added bulk wasnt needed and the power from HP fire is great against threats like ferrothorn and skarmory. It might make more sense to use magnezone because the defog is very counterproductive and HP fire is a fairly easy read when looking at the rest of my team. There isnt much to say about latios as he is quite lackluster on my team as expected...
Overall the defensive core is great and it is really what wins me the games however the offense, Most notable latios and azumarill suck and they don't really add anything to the team. I was thinking of sand offense maybe but excadrill would eliminate bisharp as a member and the added defiant boost is nice.
Thanks for reading
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