Hello guys, I wanna build a team and I was wondering if these guys are good. Obviously these 'mons are not in the same team, I must build it yet.
- I was thinking to Sash Destiny Bond Sharpedo, Sharpedo is not the main Pokémon,but I wanna know in which gender of team I can put this guy.
- The second is a troll core lol. Smeargle + M-Slowbro, Smeargle must sleep the opposing pokémon and then it can use geomancy and other moves, for then uses Baton pass. M-Slowbro with Shell Armor can't receiving crits but It's weak against status. So I was thinking to use: Psyshock - Scald (Or another water STAB), Rest and Sleep talk. What do you think about? (I'm already aware that is weak to Taunt users. So, what can i do?)
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- The I was thinking to build around Feraligatr. Is that guy good? Swords Dance or Dragon Dance?
- Same question for Mega Gyarados.
- Last is a standard Charizard-X. But here is my doubt. Is Salamence better or Charizard-x has still a chance? Can you help me with the core for Salamence or Charizard (depending on the answer)
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Skyark this isn't much of a simple question so if you have a query like this again I would recommend asking in the Teambuilding help thread next time! (what's with the massive sprites?)
I do like Sash + D-Bond Sharpedo. I usually use something like this:
Sharpedo @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Crunch
- Protect
- Destiny Bond
- Aqua Jet / Taunt / Ice Fang
Crunch is great one-move coverage with Dark-type spamability. Protect for speed boosts. Obviously D-Bond is there. Then I prefer Aqua Jet since this guy is super weak to priority moves, this at least lets you pick off weakened stuff that can bypass your speed boosts and/or Destiny Bond.. Taunt is good for forcing stuff to attack you so you can D-Bond them, and Ice Fang is good for hurting all those 4x weak guys like Garchomp, Salamence, Landorus etc... I'm not totally sure what makes a good teammate for this (or D-Bond spammers in general) but like I said you need something to beat priority users like Talonflame (unless you have an intact Sash since you can 2HKO it with Aqua Jet, WoW sets beat you though), Conkeldurr, Lucario and Breloom.
I like the idea of GeoSmeargle + M-Slowbro on paper but I can't see it actually working too often. Firstly, for Geomancy you need Power Herb to get it going in one-turn. You definitely cannot rely on an extra turn of sleep to get the boost, but this also means that he can't hold a Focus Sash or Mental Herb meaning he'll either be knocked out before being able to do anything at all, or Taunted and shut down completely. I would actually prefer to run a physically bulky Smeargle with either a Sash or Mental Herb and try to pass Quiver Dance boosts instead, or just go for full Protect+Sub and try to rack up Moody boost to pass:
Smeargle @ Focus Sash
Ability: Moody
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Spore / Dark Void
- Baton Pass
- Substitute
- Protect / Quiver Dance
Spore is preferred for accuracy but Dark Void hits Grass-types. Baton Pass for getting the boosts to something. Sub passing helps anything. Protect so you can alternate between it and Sub to accumulate Moody boosts, or go straight for the Quiver Dance and pass one of those.
I'm not a huge fan of Feraligatr tbh. It looks cool on paper but I've heard it's underwhelming in practice (full disclosure: I've never used it myself). Mega Gyarados would be my choice, especially after the round of The Next Best Thing where we discussed it. He literally has so many options that I won't bother to list them all, but in terms of DDing I would use:
Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate -> Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Ice Fang
- Substitute
Crunch is so good neutrally that you don't really need your Water-STAB, and Ice Fang is there for the usually threats. Can use EQ over Substitute to hit certain things but protection from status is pretty helpful. ethan06 had a nice mixed set that used Fire Blast over Substitute (and EQ over Ice Fang I think), check out the OP of The Next Best Thing for the link coz it had a specific EV spread that I can't remember.
Both Zard-X and Mence are really good, I really can't recommend either of them over the other. Flying STAB on Mence is super spammable, but Zard's dual dancer (Swords Dance + Flame Charge) is becoming really popular lately. Not sure on cores but Zard X + Serperior is pretty good, and Mence + Thick Fat Mamoswine is popular too.
