So I am pretty new to online battling, I have loved pokemon for years now and competitive battling has really drawn me even closer to Pokemon.
So I wanted to base a team around an opening Ambipom with fake out, just cause. This is the Ambipom..
Ambipom @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Pursuit
- Double Hit
- U-turn
First of all i love the idea of fake out and its flinch mechanic, due to the wellknowness (words?) of the fake out ambipom i attached pursuit for those people with aegislash or other ghost types that would be immune to fake out. This is also a double edged sword.. Pursuit also is supper effective against aegis lash. However a concern of mine is ambipoms weakness to fighting type moves, moves that an aegis lash or other mon might have. For this reason I wanted to add a Chandulure, my special attacking BEAST. This is it..
Chandelure Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 8 SDef / 248 Spd
Modest Nature
- Energy Ball
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute
First of all I also added chandelier to the team as i knew in advance i was wanting to put in a ferrothorn (who also is weak to fighting types) but also is super vulnerable to fire type moves. I plan to use chandulure to counter the fire type moves followed by either a substitute for a free attack next turn, or a free switch into something more suitable. Energy ball seemed like a good choice for if i subbed into a water type energy ball could potentially do some good damage before switching out. Still not 100% on this build however.. On to Ferrothorn I guess..
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Leech Seed
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip
So Ferrothorn is my defensive wall, who can setup stealth rocks for those peaks flying type (For which I do not really have another answer for as of yet.. Help.) and basically having rocks up is never a bad idea. I also like the idea of getting a leech seed in just for some extra sustainability and even to scare out some of my opponents pokemon if needed. Gyro ball doesn't really appeal to me, but most other ferrothorns seem to have it so I went with it, And power whip seems to come in handy every now and again.. Would absolutely love some advice on how to adjust my ferrothorn. My next Pokemon came from the fact i needed a special defensive wall. After Advice from the people below I decided to go for a Sylveon.
Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Protect
So now I have my new Fairy type special defensive wall/Support poekmon. I love the swap from florges and the wish protect combo, or wish switch combo is pretty great late game. And the hyper voice seems to throw some people off guard, Although I am at a pretty low Elo :3. I then needed a strong physical sweeper that was resistant to ground types.. A flying physical beast.. Gyarados!
Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Substitute
Yes I understand gyarados loses its flying type after mega evolving, however i see this as an opportunity to switch him in on ground type moves, Sub then DD waterfall a team, However the mega evolution kinda causes me to struggle against ground types especially when my SAtk sweeper is weak to them, so Suggestions would be highly appreciated. So i take sub for the obvious switches, I take DD for the free boost behind the sub and waterfall is obvious. After advice given I decided to go with EQ to deal with electric types and overall give me a better spread.. And due to having a gyarados needing a switch in sub setup, i needed a spinner. Couldn't really find anything that great, but a hitmontop with intimidate seemed like a good choice.
Hitmontop (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Careful Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Close Combat
- Sucker Punch
- Bullet Punch
Obviously went for rapid spin as my spinner. Only problem is that he is really slow. Was maybe thinking of putting a focus sash on to guarantee a spin. I went sucker punch both for a priority attack if need but more importntily ghost spin blockers! I seem to focus a bit of time on ghost types as to me they seem reeeeeal strong, Trevenant being a pretty scary ghost wall. After some advice I switched into assault vest, and added in close combat and bullet punch for another priority move.
Thank you! sorry for not adding pictures of the pokemon or anything its just that its like 1.40am and i just got home from work where i was thinking about this team all night and just had to express my thoughts and put them into words. All feedback is appreciated even if it is switching pokemon out for new ones or even slight EV changes anything helps :) Love the community on here also everyone seems pretty cool and am keen to be apart of it, Goodnight I'll check in, in the morning and see if anyone has replied :)
So I wanted to base a team around an opening Ambipom with fake out, just cause. This is the Ambipom..
Ambipom @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Pursuit
- Double Hit
- U-turn
First of all i love the idea of fake out and its flinch mechanic, due to the wellknowness (words?) of the fake out ambipom i attached pursuit for those people with aegislash or other ghost types that would be immune to fake out. This is also a double edged sword.. Pursuit also is supper effective against aegis lash. However a concern of mine is ambipoms weakness to fighting type moves, moves that an aegis lash or other mon might have. For this reason I wanted to add a Chandulure, my special attacking BEAST. This is it..
Chandelure Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 8 SDef / 248 Spd
Modest Nature
- Energy Ball
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute
First of all I also added chandelier to the team as i knew in advance i was wanting to put in a ferrothorn (who also is weak to fighting types) but also is super vulnerable to fire type moves. I plan to use chandulure to counter the fire type moves followed by either a substitute for a free attack next turn, or a free switch into something more suitable. Energy ball seemed like a good choice for if i subbed into a water type energy ball could potentially do some good damage before switching out. Still not 100% on this build however.. On to Ferrothorn I guess..
Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Leech Seed
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip
So Ferrothorn is my defensive wall, who can setup stealth rocks for those peaks flying type (For which I do not really have another answer for as of yet.. Help.) and basically having rocks up is never a bad idea. I also like the idea of getting a leech seed in just for some extra sustainability and even to scare out some of my opponents pokemon if needed. Gyro ball doesn't really appeal to me, but most other ferrothorns seem to have it so I went with it, And power whip seems to come in handy every now and again.. Would absolutely love some advice on how to adjust my ferrothorn. My next Pokemon came from the fact i needed a special defensive wall. After Advice from the people below I decided to go for a Sylveon.
Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Protect
So now I have my new Fairy type special defensive wall/Support poekmon. I love the swap from florges and the wish protect combo, or wish switch combo is pretty great late game. And the hyper voice seems to throw some people off guard, Although I am at a pretty low Elo :3. I then needed a strong physical sweeper that was resistant to ground types.. A flying physical beast.. Gyarados!
Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Substitute
Yes I understand gyarados loses its flying type after mega evolving, however i see this as an opportunity to switch him in on ground type moves, Sub then DD waterfall a team, However the mega evolution kinda causes me to struggle against ground types especially when my SAtk sweeper is weak to them, so Suggestions would be highly appreciated. So i take sub for the obvious switches, I take DD for the free boost behind the sub and waterfall is obvious. After advice given I decided to go with EQ to deal with electric types and overall give me a better spread.. And due to having a gyarados needing a switch in sub setup, i needed a spinner. Couldn't really find anything that great, but a hitmontop with intimidate seemed like a good choice.
Hitmontop (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Careful Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Close Combat
- Sucker Punch
- Bullet Punch
Obviously went for rapid spin as my spinner. Only problem is that he is really slow. Was maybe thinking of putting a focus sash on to guarantee a spin. I went sucker punch both for a priority attack if need but more importntily ghost spin blockers! I seem to focus a bit of time on ghost types as to me they seem reeeeeal strong, Trevenant being a pretty scary ghost wall. After some advice I switched into assault vest, and added in close combat and bullet punch for another priority move.
Thank you! sorry for not adding pictures of the pokemon or anything its just that its like 1.40am and i just got home from work where i was thinking about this team all night and just had to express my thoughts and put them into words. All feedback is appreciated even if it is switching pokemon out for new ones or even slight EV changes anything helps :) Love the community on here also everyone seems pretty cool and am keen to be apart of it, Goodnight I'll check in, in the morning and see if anyone has replied :)
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