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This is the third team I've posted, and although it's a bit strange at first glance, It's really quite good.

Arthur (Slowking) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Trick Room
- Trick
- Nasty Plot
- Psychic
This Slowking is an impressive tank. You have a lot of options, as long as you're not facing a dark type:
-Use Trick to switch items and force them to use one move over and over
- Use trick room to make Slowking move first
-Nasty Plot/Physic to attack

No, It's not Named (Crobat) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Hasty Nature
- Air Slash
- U-turn
- Taunt
- Whirlwind
Crobat is almost always my starter. Using taunt to prevent entry hazards is a useful strategy. Whirlwind takes care of a Substitute-and-buff strategy, and air slash and x-scissor are great for quickly taking out grass or physic types. Personally, I think Crobat should be OU. It's underrated. Wonderful pokemon if you like annoying our foes and ruining their strategies.

Backwater (Scrafty) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
Scrafty has a very diverse movepool, and therefore makes a great sweeper. Dragon dance is good for spamming while an opponent sets up, and then crush them with STAB moves. Outrage comes in handy against dragons. Moxie increases your momentum while sweeping. Lum berry takes away confusion after "Raging," and also helps with people who try to burn/poison you.

Bugalo (Heracross) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 8 Hp
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Substitute
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
I wanted to have a Guts/Toxic Orb pokemon, and Herracross was always my favorite pokemon when I was little. The basic strategy is to swords dance on first turn, get your attack up to x2.3%, and attack until you faint. A very stable strategy, as Bugalo's moves leave no type uncovered. I do feel kind of bad sacrificing it. But, on the other hand, It can knock out three pokemon in a row.

I Don't Even Know (Porygon-Z) @ Full Incense
Trait: Analytic
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Trick
Porygon is a cool pokemon, and it would be even if it had a Pidgey's stats and a Metapod's movepool. But it can also be very useful. The full incense/analytic combo powers up its moves, and you can always use trick if you want to move first. Nasty plot will power it up even more. It could use something to cover fighting types, though. Maybe Hidden power, I don't know.

I heard you like (Swampert) @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Gentle Nature
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
Okay, I know the names unoriginal, but still. It's the same Swampert as I had in my Sapphire version, and it served me well. Sleep talk and rest are good ways to annoy. Strong STAB moves are good for wiping out fire types, ground types, and steel types. A great balanced pokemon, hindered only by it's lack of a good ability. The meme somehow helps it be strong. It seems a bit out of place on this team, however, and it might need to be replaced.

Thanks for reading and rating!
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Interesting team, got some stuff I haven't seen before. Here are some things I think may help make it better:

1. Slowking: I think your Slowbro has the problem of trying to be too versatile. Not only is it trying to be a Trick Room & Nasty Plot sweeper, its trying to be a stand-alone sweeper with Specs and Psychic. The main problem this causes is that it limits Slowbro severely, and making that move Psychic is just asking for Dark types to Pursuit Slowbro, as most Dark types do. I really think that you should either focus on one or the other of Slowbro's sweep types. I think Nasty Room would be better/more interesting than Specs, so here's a set I think that would be better:

Arthur (Slowking) @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Surf/Scald
- Psychic
- Nasty Plot/Fire Blast
- Trick Room
Your Slowbro will need Leftovers to be able to set up fully, it will definitely take damage during the set up. Surf and Psychic also grant pretty nice neutral coverage, them both only being resisted (as far as I can tell) by Empoleon. Fire Blast could be used over Nasty Plot to give great coverage.

2. Scrafty: In general your Scrafty set looks good, but I honestly think running Outrage is a poor idea. Outrage should really just stay with Dragons, a STAB Crunch actually would do the exact same amount of damage as an Outrage if theyre both neutral. Ice Punch would be a much better option, letting you hit Flying types like Gligar and Crobat. I think that Shed Skin is a better option than Moxie, as it basically does the job of the Lum Berry multiple times with a bit of luck depending on when it activates. This is really up to you though, its not that big of a deal.

Backwater (Scrafty) @ Lum Berry/Leftovers/Life Orb
Trait: Moxie/Shed Skin
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Ice Punch

3. Heracross: Poison and Substitute do not go together in any way. I understand your want for some immediate power but really when it gets down to it Heracross is extremely hindered by the Toxic Orb. Leftovers would be much more beneficial. With Leftovers Guts can be there just as a means to combat statuses people will want to get on Heracross.

Bugalo (Heracross) @ Leftovers
Trait: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 Hp
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Substitute
- Megahorn
- Close Combat

4. Porygon-Z: I find this the oddest thing on your team. Porygon-Z has a good base speed, but not so good defenses. Guarenteeing it to move last is just asking for it to get smashed by things, even walls. Like Slowbro I think you're making Porygon do too many things; be an Analytic sweeper, a Full Incense Tricker, and a Nasty Plot Sweeper. Of those 3 Nasty Plot is by far the most (and IMO only) good option. Here is a set that should work much better.

I Don't Even Know (Porygon-Z) @ Life Orb
Trait: Download/Adaptablility
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
Modest Nature
- Nasty Plot/Agility
- Tri-Attack
- Dark Pulse
- HP Fighting
This set will actually let Porygon-Z sweep, as it has much better coverage and is fast.

5. Swampert: This set is a little strange too. Im willing to bet a Hydro Pump would do less than a Waterfall when both attack stats are univested, Swampert's base attack is a whole 25 points higher than its special attack. Also having to not only rely on Sleep Talk choosing Hydro Pump but to also have to rely on Hydro Pump hitting is just unnecessary. Your team lacks Stealth Rocks, which is a huge oversight. A stealth rocker is a necessity on any team. Giving Swampert Stealth Rocks is the easiest way to fix this problem, unless you want to start replacing things. Here is a set that will serve you much better in general:

I heard you like (Swampert) @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Gentle Nature
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
Though this is much more standard for Swampert, its standard for a reason. It gets the job done and does it well.


Alright thats all i got, hope this was helpful!
 
Hi there. This looks like you have tried to create some new sets, however there are a few weaknesses.

Firstly, Chandelure looks like quite a big issue. It can come in after a kill on Slowking or pz or weakened Swampert, and Scarf can also revenge kill Heracross.

Therefore, I recommend using Snorlax over Slowking. Snorlax is easily the best counter to Chandelure, and also helps out against a huge amount of other special attackers, such as Nidoking and Nidoqueen. Slowking isn't doing all that much for you at all, except deal with Kingdra which you don't let set-up anyway.

Now for the moveset changes. Scrafty should be using Ice Punch in the last slot, to hit Gligar for heavy damage. It also hits Flygon harder than Outrage and doesn't lock you into a non STAB move. Also you should be using a Jolly nature, as otherwise you miss out on Zapdos, Cobalion and Mienshao at +1.

Porygon-Z should be using Choice Specs(for this team), as that allows it to punch holes fast. Lax Insence is a stupid idea, as pz has ridiculously terrible defenses and therefore won't get the opportunity to attack being that slow.

On Crobat, you should be using the standard spread on site. This allows it to outspeed Azelf, and have good enough bulk to withstand attacks from Heracross and Mienshao and Scrafty. The current set is awful at beating them, and can be easily worn down due to its lack of roost.

You could also run Choice Scarf Heracross over the present set. ATM, you lack a solid scarfer, and Hera is easily one of the best out there. Thanks to Moxie, and Snorlax and Scrafty weakening all of its counters, Heracross can have an easy time sweeping late game. It can also revenge kill dangerous threats such as CB Flygon.

Finally, you should be running Stealth Rock / Scald / EQ / Roar | Toxic on Swampert, with a much more physically bulky spread. ATM, you're set can't handle the multiple fire types in the tier, and you also have no Stealth Rock, which every team needs so that you don't get wrecked by Yanmega and the fire types.

Here are the sets and a summary of changes:

Slowking--->Snorlax
Change of sets to everything(I can't be bothered to write them all out)

Snorlax @ Choice Band
Trait: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Return
- Earthquake
- Pursuit
- Fire Punch

Heracross @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake

Scrafty @ Lum Berry
Trait: Shed Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Drain Punch
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Ice Punch

Porygon-Z @ Choice Specs
Trait: Adaptability
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Tri Attack
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Trick

Crobat @ Black Sludge
Trait: Inner Focus
EVs: 176 HP / 4 SDef / 192 Atk / 136 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- U-turn
- Roost
- Taunt

Swampert @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Scald
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
GL with the team and I hope I helped.
 
I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to lock this thread. You can only post 1 RMT every two weeks, and you posted your last one a few days ago. PM me in two weeks and I'll unlock this thread.
 
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