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Archangel0408

here is my first pokemon team. I've only battled with it against a few of my friends. they don't do any breeding though so winning isn't very satisfying or informational.


Dragonite - Lonely - Inner Focus - Life Orb
EVs: 252 Atk / 126 Sp Def / 126 Def

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Dragon Dance
Superpower
Dragon Claw
Extreme Speed

I lead with Dragonite, Bulky Defenses, Huge attack, and Extreme Speed allow him to bust through a ton of common lead pokemon. First turn i DD or switch out if i see a ice or dragon attack coming. after that Dragonite can attempt to sweep until dead or put into a clear switch out (aka: ice shard). The Evs are setup to make Dragonite as durable as possible while still maxing out his attack stat. i didnt think much of putting any into speed due to his already fairly pedestrian speed stat as well as the fact that he dragon dances and has extreme speed.

Umbreon - Careful - Synchronize - Leftovers
252 Hp / 92 Spec Def / 164 Speed

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Meanlook
Wish
Baton Pass
Taunt

This set should let me trap things and then baton pass to something that can either kill it or set up on it, then kill it. also he gives wish support. Umbreon also balances the weaknesses of my team out as Probopass's 2 x4 weaknesses proved to be his downfall.

Starmie - Modest - Natural Cure - Expert Belt
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Sp Atk / 252 Speed

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Surf
Psychic
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt

Revenge killer / Special Sweeper. Starmie has good speed, spec. attack, and type coverage which makes him pretty good at revenge killing. i gave him a set that lets me be super effective against as many things as possible (9 of the 17 types) getting the most out of the expert belt and giving neutral damage against every type.


Jolteon
4 Def / 252 Spec Atk / 252 Speed

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Charge Beam
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
Hidden Power (Grass)

Boost Sweeper. Jolteon will often find its way out by switching into electric type attacks aimed at starmie. his role is to grab boosts with charge beam and sweep. a pretty basic concept. Hidden power grass is to counter ground types, especially swampert. Evs are set up to make him as fast and brutal as possible.


Lucario - Adamant - inner Focus - Life Orb
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Speed
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Swords Dance
Extreme Speed
Close Combat
Ice Punch

Late game physical sweeper. i plan on holding onto Lucario until near the end of the battle when most of his counters should have been defeated already. Bring him in after a death to trigger a switch and then use the free turn to swords dance or if i need to i could switch him into an attack that he resists. either way he does the same thing though, swords dance then sweep.

Gengar - Timid - Levitate - Big Root
4 Hp / 252 Spec Atk / 252 Speed

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Giga Drain
Protect
Focus Blast
Shadow Ball

I really like this set for gengar, it lets him counter ground types that he switches into when they attempt to counter jolteon and get a healthy health boost from giga drain + big root. he also can switch in on fighting attacks that lucario might have to deal with. protect allows him to scout potential pursuit users which would otherwise be pretty detrimental to him




As i said before, this is my first competitive team, suggestions appreciated. Thanks :)
 
I don't mean to be a spoil sport here, but there isn't enough information to rate your team that well. Larger descriptions as well as the EV's for the listed Pokemon are necessary.

In general, though, Ninjask seems a little useless. Passing attack to Lucario is almost pointless because he has swords dance of his own. Aerodactyl is the only logical recipient if Dragonite is dead and he can be taken out pretty quickly with a stray bullet punch. I always encourage the use of odd Pokemon like Probopass just because every once and a while something cool gets discovered. There very well might be something better than Probopass for you, but I don't want to stomp on the uniqueness of him and the fact that he is a favorite of yours I see. Also, half of your team takes a beating from Ice type attacks. Ninjask, Aerodactyl, and Dragonite are all hit hard by ice beam/punch.

Good luck and don't forget to update this with better descriptions!
 
Dragonite: Although Roost is very nice, you need a fighting type move to hit steels that resist claw and speed.
Probopass: Milotic is a very good replacement. I would choose a rest talker to take advantage of Marvel Scale.
Starmie: If you're using and Expert Belt, run Psychic over recover. You won't need all that extra HP because you won't be taking Life Orb damage. Rapid Spin only if you're really worried about hazards. Since Gengar can absorb Toxic Spikes and the only one maimed by rocks is your lead, Ice Beam is a better candidate and gives a good punch against dragons.
Jolteon: I've actually bred for one of these in game (bar HP Grass). I find it very nice, but I never get much use of charge beam. I'm pretty sure it fits your team very well. I like it.
Lucario: Excellent late game sweeper. This set has beaten me many times. You might want to run Crunch depending on your experiences with Ghost Pokemon walling you. I think Ice Punch would cover them enough though.
Gengar: Love the Pokemon, hate the moves. If you find that Giga Drain really helps, by all means use it, but I like to run MYSTICgar. It deals the pain while keeping the longevity by avoiding its counters like Tyranitar and Scizor. The difference would be dropping Giga Drain for HP Fire and changing the Big Root to Life Orb.

Synergy: Currently, your biggest weakness is ground. Although Dark and Ghost will be annoying, Ground can hit half your team super effectively. If you switch Probopass to Milotic, this drops the ground weakness a bit but in turn removes resistances to Dark and Psychic which eat Starmie and Gengar. This also makes Jolteon that much more important with Volt Absorb shrugging off some of the two electric weaknesses. If you want to see the charts, plug your team into this. It really helps. http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/team_builder/
 
Thanks for the advice goldensun! What if i were to not use milotic and instead go with umbreon. gives me something to switch starmie out for when i run into a ghost. it dumps a ground weakness without putting extra pressure on jolteon.
 
I like that idea. Although it doubles up the fighting weakness with Lucario, Dragonite and Starmie resist fighting while Gengar is immune to it. Bug moves aren't used enough to be all that worried about. The one thing that Umbreon fears in this circumstance is a taunter like Gliscor or a bulky Gyarados. These can shut it down very quickly, but the mean look passing is rather nice for any of your three set up sweepers or if Gengar needs some fast healing. Baton Pass doesn't work for many teams, but it works nicely here. This team has come a long way since the first post.
 
No problem! You really learn a lot from experience, so don't get discouraged if you loose a lot. Try out other RMT teams and try and find Pokemon you like! :)
 
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