Blue Toads & Friends Rain Team

[doomfaller]

Hey guys Doomfaller here with my first RMT or forum thread ever so here it goes!

Blue Toads & Friends Rain Team
-------------AN OVERVIEW-------------

Politoed@Choice Scarf
Nature- Timid
Ability- Drizzle
4 hp 252 spA 252 spe
-Surf
-Hidden Power Grass
-CHANGED TO PSYCHIC
-Ice beam

Ah yes Politoed. A few reasons i use this guy is to well obviously set up rain, and to outspeed many things that could potentially mess things up such as Crobat. Politoed is essentialy my lead Pokemon in near all battles with Ludicolo. This is helpful to my team as a whole due to the fact that it can help Ludicolo activate its absorb bulb and heal up Toxicroak.

Toxicroak@Black Sludge
Nature- Adamant
Ability- Dry Skin
252 hp 252 attack 4 Spe
-Sucker punch
-Drain Punch
-Taunt
-Substitute

Toxicroak is a good backbone for the team in the way that it can pick off weakened opponents and stop Trick Room in its tracks with taunt. Toxicroak also has a reliable stab Drain punch which helps elimanate Ferrothorn while negating Iron Barbs+Rocky Helmet damage.

Ludicolo@Absorb Bulb
Nature- Modest
Ability- Swift Swim
4 hp 252 spA 252 Spe
-Giga Drain
-Fake Out
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam

Ludicolo is the premier offensive pokemon on the team. Ludicolo easily takes care of threats that could do a lot of damage to the team. For example it one shots rotom wash after the absorb bulb is activated with Giga-Drain while nearly OHKOing anything that doesnt resist Hydro Pump.

Kingdra@Haban Berry
Nature- Modest
Ability- Swift Swim
4 hp 252 spA 252 Spe
-Protect
-Surf
-Dragon Pulse
-Ice Beam

Kingdra is more or less one of the most feared pokemon on the team for a few reasons. It has amazing stab coverage over many pokemon in the metagame that would other wise wall the team such as Multiscale Dragonite or Salamence. While holding the haban berry it gets no weaknesses and it guarantees itself a win against faster dragons while rains is off the field.

Thundurus(Incarnate)@Yache Berry
Nature- Timid
Ability- Prankster
4 hp 252 spA 252 Spe
-Thunder
-Hidden Power Flying
-Rain Dance
-CHANGED TO Thunder Wave

Thundurus has a lot of options it can abuse such as Hidden Power Flying and Thunder. These two stab attacks allow it to eliminate Fighting types and opposing sun teams (Namely Chlorophyll Users) while setting up rain. If I am fighting opposing flying types which give my team a run for its money seeing as three of my pokemon get hit super effectively by flying type moves it can OHKO with stab Thunder. Yache Berry has come into use to many times to count. For example this allows thundurus to survive Icicle Crash from Mamoswine with choice band boost.

Virizion@Life Orb (POSSIBLE POKEMON SWITCH? DUE TO FLYING TYPE WEAKNESS THX FOR REMINDING ME tylee61)
Nature- Jolly
Ability- Justified
4 hp 252 Att 252 Spe
-Leaf Blade
-Stone Edge
-Sacred Sword
-Protect

This covers a lot of wholes in my team believe it or not. This counters opposing rain teams and even counters opposing Toxicroak if they do not carry sludge bomb (who does that?) Virizion also counters sandstorm teams because of its Super Effective Stab hits on Hippowdon/Tyranitar. It also counters Terrakion pretty easily as well because it can OHKO with Leaf Blade or Sacred Sword.

Conclusion
Over all i win >95% of my battles with this team but i would like to make it even better so pls give me critisim. I WANT CRITICISM BE AS HARD/CRUEL/MEAN AS POSSIBLE THX!

 

[The Knights of Wario Land]

Hi there. This looks like a fairly standard rain team, and I do like some of the little alterations you have added. Here are my suggestions:

Politoed- Focus Blast sounds good in theory, but its 70% accuracy has always just been unappealing to me at least. Since your team has no Psychic coverage, I would actually suggest Psychic for the third slot.

Toxicroak- For reasons I put below, I think Toxicroak should have Fake Out over Taunt, serving as your main Fake Out user.

Ludicolo- I never liked the idea of Fake Out on Ludicolo, outspeeding other Fake Out users has never really come into conflict with me, as most people will just try and brute force a powerful attack onto Ludicolo (which is why I think Protect is a more valuable option), and as this season drifts on, the need for Fake Out has dropped ever since its beginning.

Kingdra- I'd suggest Draco Meteor over Dragon Pulse, as Dragon Pulse most of the time cannot OHKO the most common dragons or provide good enough neutral damage on normal foes like Draco Meteor can. Although the power loss seems like a setback, the value of being able to take out a threat quicker is worth the risk.

Thundurus- Thunder Wave for the last slot is a must. It cripples Scarfed Pokemon that will cause trouble to your other Pokemon, and gives you a nice opportunity for your opponent to suffer "parahax". Although I would recommend Taunt over Rain Dance, seeing how Rain-dependant your team is, I wouldn't change it. Also, I'd consider trying to run a bulkier set as seen on Aaron Zheng's Thundurus: Calm nature, 196 HP / 60 SAtk / 252 SDef EVs and a Sitrus berry.

The EV spreads on your

 

[doomfaller]

The Knights of Wario Land thx im definately putting in some of your ideas! Another thx is for being the first to reply to my thread! PS Your artwork is amazing!

 

[tlyee61]

Good rain team, but you have 3 Flying-weak Pokemon and only one that resists Flying.
I'd suggest trying to patch that weakness up.

 

[Dinnerblaster]

Hi wade! Did you ever consider Standard Metagross as a replacement to Virizion? It has Earthquake to smash Toxicroak and Bullet Punch/ Meteor Mash to nail Terrakion. It also gives you another much needed flying type resist. It works well under rain to without a fire weakness. It can beat Tar, but probably not Hippowdon. However, I think Tar is the preferred inducer in VGC.