First Post, First RMT, 3-0. PLEASE HELP!

Imran

Imran

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First off Starting with Zapdos, I feel that HeatWave isnt needed too much as you have Heatran to revenge kill as well, Forretress will also stop Scizor dead up to an extent so the coverage there isnt too bad. If I was you I would be more worried about Swampert and so chucking HP Grass onto your Zappy may well be a very good Idea. Tyranitar deals with Celebi fine and so I wouldn't worry too much about losing coverage there.

I do worry about your team and Skarm Blisse, sure if TTar gets a couple of DDs in its not such a bad thing, but Ttar can be whirlwinded away and then Skarm can roost. It might be worth changing Stone Edge to Flamethrower on DDTar, it will Lure out that very same Skarmory who will wall the rest of your team that isn't named Heatran. that will allow you to get rid of that threat and allow your team to do its job.

This team seems like it will have a lot of potential as a "bulky ofensive" team. To be honest Forretress isn't really doing much so I going to suggest that you change it to either a Swards Dance or a Choice Band Scizor that can keep the offensive pressure on the opponant. So I am going to reccomned that you change your lead to Tyranitar, you can get a free DD off against Suicide Leads, he will draw in opposing Skarmory to KO and start the offensive pressure right off the bat. If you meet all those Hippowdon that are flying around you can easily go out to Zapdos. Heres a summary so far:

  • Give Tyranitar Flamethrowr
  • Keep Zapdos, but don't lead with it, lead with TTar instead
  • Change Forretress to Scizor, it maintains the same resistances but has a more offensive presence
Moving on now, I am going to look at Hariyama, we want to change it something that will also have a large offensive presence, but will also allow you to set up Stealth Rocks and provide some nice resistances for the rest of your team. Rhyperior seems perfect to do this job, something like CB Rhyperior will be excellent for you it has the ability to hit hard, provides you with a much needed Electric and Rock resist and can also set up SR, so bring it in on an Electric / rock attack, SR to scout first time to see how your opponant plans to deal with it and then next time you bring it in you will have a more informed descision as to which choice to make.

So the set would be:

Rhyperior @ Choice Band
Adamant Nature / Solid Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD
~ Earthquake
~ Stone Edge
~ Aqua Tail / Megahorn / Fire Punch
~ Stealth Rock

Aqua Tail does best against thingsd like Gliscor and Hippowdon, Fire Punch will hit things such as Bronzong and Skarmory hard, and Megahorn will hit Celebi hard, so hopefully if you implement these changes you will have a more accomplished team that has a little more purpose, can work weel enough off resistances and keep pressure on the opponant. Hope some of this helped :D
 
Adding to that, I noticed you have Gyarados, but nothing to really take electric attacks. Maybe a Mix or CB Swampert could fit in over Forry. Next, I like the idea of Rhyperior over Haryiama, but I would recommend this spread:

252 HP / 12 Atk / 16 Def / 230 SpD , with Adamant Nature. Thanks to sandstorm, this is very bulky and can take a few hits while dishing them out.

Good luck, and I hope I helped ^_^
 
im gonna agree with goldfan and say ditch forry. one thing is that IF you replace him with scizor your team will not have stealth rock, which is a major issue in my opinion. also, without forry, LO DD gyara tears your team to shreads, ESPECIALLY without SR.

and im tired and cant think of a pokemon who can stop gyara and lay SR who fits into your team
 
After a DD any gyarados without Stone Edge still won't KO Zapdos. So thats OK, Celebi does a good job of countering Zapdos you could run Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave / Grass Knot / Filler. Just look at the Celebi Analysis to see the possible fillers you could use. HP Fire seems to be the most common at the moment and for good reason. So if you get rid of forretress and add in Celebi you will have that particularr threat dealt with. if you manage to put leech seed on there a well you will be able to do well against Bulky Waters that come in to deal with Rhyperior and Gyarados. No need to worry about Ice Beams, Leech Seed + Recoer will do fine. Zapdos does a fine job vs Bulky Waters anyway so Leech Seed isn't a must, just a sort of "thismay be useful" suggestion. Apart from that just keep testing the suggested changs and come back if you are having any more problems.
 
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