Hi, I just recently started playing with the 5th genereation metagame, tried some new sweepers and the one that I liked the most was Scrafty, so I deceided to build my team around him.
Also, this is my first RMT board, and I did read the rules, but in case somethings missing/wrong just let me know so I can fix it.
EDIT: My original team had heatran and reuniculus, but they didn't worked as expected so I replaced them with Haxorus & Volcarona.
So, my team are:
Roserade@FocusSash
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252Spe 252SpA 4HP
Nature: Timid
- Toxic Spikes
- Sleep Powder
- Leaf Storm
- HP (Ice)
I chose her because I wanted a toxic spiker that could also cause some damage, but her main job now is to put something to sleep so scrafty can come in and start dragon dancing, if the pokemon asleep is not a threat to him.
I mainly use her as my lead, so I decided to use HP ice to prevent a dragon dancer dragonite lead, I can't OHKO him, but at least I can do some damage and then dusclups can take care of the rest
Scrafty@Lum Berry
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252Atk 252Spe 4HP
Nature: Jolly
- Dragon Dance
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
- Crunch
The star of the team. I switch in on a sleeping/burned pokemon, do a dragon dance and with the moxie boost, that's usually enough to sweep their entire team, unless they have a skarmory, he's bulky enough to resist most priority moves and OHKO them back after some boosts, and his really durable thanks to drain punch, he's the only pokemon that I'm not willing to change. I found that a lot of people try to counter him with gengar, and get OHKOed with crunch, ice punch is there for dragons and the always present gliscor that tries to wall me.
(He replaced a specially defensive heatran)
Haxorus@Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252Spe 252Atk 4HP
Nature: Adamant
- Dual Chop (For substitutes)
- Outrage
- Eearthquake
- Brick Break
He's there to finish off anything that's left at the end of the battle, and it's really good at it with it's impresive attack and boosted speed. Like I said, he's used at the end of the battle, and most of the times the things that can wall him (like skarmory) are damaged enough to get OHKOed.
Zapdos@Leftovers
Ability: Lighting Rod
EVs: 192HP 64Def 252 Spe
Nature: Timid
- Substitute
- Roost
- HP Ice
- Thunderbolt
Zapdos, he was my favorite pokemon in DP, he's bulky and, with the addition of Lighting Rod he can turn into a bulky sweeper if I correctly predict an electric attack, HP ice is there for dragons and grass tipes that try to wall me. I think he's a really underrated pokemon.
Dusclops@Eviolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252HP 176Def 80SpD
Nature: Bold
- Will-O-Whisp
- Pain Split
- Night Shade
- Taunt
Dusclops, I usally use him as a lead too, with pokemons like tyranitar, I can burn them and then scrafty can start dragon dancing since they can't do much damage to him, pain split is a great move against walls like blissey, and it makes him more durable, since his attack isn't any good he uses night shade to attack, and taunt prevents entry hazards or pokemons trying to set up on him. This is also my DDancers counter/revenge killer, because most of my team can do some damage to the DDancer before it dies, and usually he can finish them off with a night shade, or burn them.
Volcarona@Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252HP 252Def 4HP
Nature: Bold
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Morning Sun
Volcarona, after two or even one single quiver dance is a beast. Even without a rapid spinner in my team and with SR on the field I usually can send him when the opposite team is using a pokemon that can't do more than 50% damage, then I use Morning Sun, start quiver dancing and sweep them. Like I said, sometimes even one single quiver dance is enough, since Fiery Dance has a chance to boost your SpA
So, yeah, I'm open to suggestions and if you think there's a pokemon that can replace any member of my team and do its job better let me know!
Also, this is my first RMT board, and I did read the rules, but in case somethings missing/wrong just let me know so I can fix it.
EDIT: My original team had heatran and reuniculus, but they didn't worked as expected so I replaced them with Haxorus & Volcarona.
So, my team are:
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252Spe 252SpA 4HP
Nature: Timid
- Toxic Spikes
- Sleep Powder
- Leaf Storm
- HP (Ice)
I chose her because I wanted a toxic spiker that could also cause some damage, but her main job now is to put something to sleep so scrafty can come in and start dragon dancing, if the pokemon asleep is not a threat to him.
I mainly use her as my lead, so I decided to use HP ice to prevent a dragon dancer dragonite lead, I can't OHKO him, but at least I can do some damage and then dusclups can take care of the rest
Scrafty@Lum Berry
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252Atk 252Spe 4HP
Nature: Jolly
- Dragon Dance
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
- Crunch
The star of the team. I switch in on a sleeping/burned pokemon, do a dragon dance and with the moxie boost, that's usually enough to sweep their entire team, unless they have a skarmory, he's bulky enough to resist most priority moves and OHKO them back after some boosts, and his really durable thanks to drain punch, he's the only pokemon that I'm not willing to change. I found that a lot of people try to counter him with gengar, and get OHKOed with crunch, ice punch is there for dragons and the always present gliscor that tries to wall me.
Haxorus@Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252Spe 252Atk 4HP
Nature: Adamant
- Dual Chop (For substitutes)
- Outrage
- Eearthquake
- Brick Break
He's there to finish off anything that's left at the end of the battle, and it's really good at it with it's impresive attack and boosted speed. Like I said, he's used at the end of the battle, and most of the times the things that can wall him (like skarmory) are damaged enough to get OHKOed.
Zapdos@Leftovers
Ability: Lighting Rod
EVs: 192HP 64Def 252 Spe
Nature: Timid
- Substitute
- Roost
- HP Ice
- Thunderbolt
Zapdos, he was my favorite pokemon in DP, he's bulky and, with the addition of Lighting Rod he can turn into a bulky sweeper if I correctly predict an electric attack, HP ice is there for dragons and grass tipes that try to wall me. I think he's a really underrated pokemon.
Dusclops@Eviolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252HP 176Def 80SpD
Nature: Bold
- Will-O-Whisp
- Pain Split
- Night Shade
- Taunt
Dusclops, I usally use him as a lead too, with pokemons like tyranitar, I can burn them and then scrafty can start dragon dancing since they can't do much damage to him, pain split is a great move against walls like blissey, and it makes him more durable, since his attack isn't any good he uses night shade to attack, and taunt prevents entry hazards or pokemons trying to set up on him. This is also my DDancers counter/revenge killer, because most of my team can do some damage to the DDancer before it dies, and usually he can finish them off with a night shade, or burn them.
Volcarona@Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252HP 252Def 4HP
Nature: Bold
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Morning Sun
Volcarona, after two or even one single quiver dance is a beast. Even without a rapid spinner in my team and with SR on the field I usually can send him when the opposite team is using a pokemon that can't do more than 50% damage, then I use Morning Sun, start quiver dancing and sweep them. Like I said, sometimes even one single quiver dance is enough, since Fiery Dance has a chance to boost your SpA
So, yeah, I'm open to suggestions and if you think there's a pokemon that can replace any member of my team and do its job better let me know!
