First RMT! (OU)

[Kakimori]

First of all, let me say that this is really a wi-fi team, so I can't use things like Hidden Power with any sort of reliability. Secondly, Gengar and Scizor have always been on my teams for as long as I can remember and are therefore non-negotiable.

The basic strategy of this team is to wear down the opponent with Stealth Rock and bulky pokemon to make way for an Electivire sweep. Generally speaking, any of the team members except for Celebi have the capability of sweeping if the opponent is slowed down with Thunder Wave, but I like to hold Electivire back till the end (unless an obvious Thunderbolt is coming towards my Gyarados) and then surprise people with him. Even unboosted, he's fairly fast.

Here we go.

Gyarados @ Leftovers
Intimidate
Adamant, 4 hp, 252 attack, 252 speed

-Dragon Dance
-Taunt
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge

My starter. Taunt is to shut down Stealth Rock and other sneaky moves, while Dragon Dance is to give him the capability for a sweep. I use him because it's great to have Intimidate on the team, and there are a number of things that only he can deal with. He's not Bulky, but I use Leftovers over Choice Band or Life Orb because I like him to stay around for a while; the more Intimidates I can use him for, the better. I'm not sure whether Stone Edge or Waterfall is better in the final slot.

Gengar @ Black Sludge
Levitate
Timid, 4 hp, 252 special attack, 252 speed

-Substitute
-Hypnosis
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

Gengar is Gengar is Gengar. Back in Advance, I had special Ice Punch on him as my super secret tech against dragons, but alas, those days are gone. He requires very careful handling because of his fragility, but he can wreak a great deal of havoc if he isn't countered properly. On the advice of others, I have given him Substitute to try to stretch out Black Sludge and alleviate his weakness.

Scizor @ Life Orb
Technician
Adamant, 88 hp, 252 attack, 170 defence

-U-turn
-Pursuit
-Bullet Punch
-Brick Break

Ah, how I love my Scizor. A few explanations are in order: the EVs are for bulkiness rather than speed, and I prefer to use Life Orb over Choice Band because it gives me more options when staying in. I use Brick Break over Superpower for two reasons: 1) Superpower often negates even the possibility of a sweep, and 2) I fear Light Screen and Reflect. That being said, I don't use my Scizor as much of a sweeper, but more as a mid-game hatchet-man and general crippler of psychics. Nothing walks away from him unhurt.

Empoleon @ Leftovers
Torrent
Calm, 252 hp, 160 defence, 96 special defence

-Stealth Rock
-Surf
-Grass Knot
-Ice Beam

Empoleon has great defensive typing and a good special attack stat. He's easy to switch in, and he can take quite a beating once in. Because there are times when I know an opponent must run or die, Stealth Rock is on there to help wear down my opponent's pokemon for Electivire. If something looks to hit it with a Fighting or Ground attack, I can switch to Gyarados, and if it seems that an Electric attack is headed my way, I can bring in Electivire for the speed bost. This guy hits hard and is bulky as hell.

Celebi @ Leftovers
Natural Cure
Bold, 252 hp, 220 defence, 36 speed

-Thunder Wave
-Leech Seed
-Recover
-Grass Knot

I feel slightly bad about using such a cheap pokemon, but Leech Seed and Thunder Wave work wonders to weaken the opposition. With Grass Knot on this guy and Empoleon, I have little to fear from Swampert, and Leech Seed forces painful switches if I have SR up. Very durable, though he and Gengar must both worry about Pursuit (Gengar more than him). With Thunder Wave down, Empoleon, Scizor, and Electivire start outrunning the opposition, and that's a bad place to be in.

Electivire @ Expert Belt
Motor Drive
Adamant, 36 hp, 252 attack, 220 speed

-Earthquake
-Cross Chop
-Ice Punch
-ThunderPunch

He Beats Things Down. I can switch him in whenever people try to take advantage of Gyarados' or Empoleon's electric weakness, but I prefer to save him till the end and surprise a weakened, Thunder-waved team that isn't prepared for him. I decided to make him purely physical. Pretty standard, really, but people don't expect him.



So that's my team. I'd like to say I'm Heatran weak, and it's true that few things can switch into him safely, but Gyarados, Gengar, and Electivire can all lay some beats on him if they're in first. I'm a little shaky on Gyarados, but he covers a lot of things that my team is weak against and I do love Intimidate. I had been wanting to try the Weavile anti-lead with Fake Out, Taunt, Brick Break, and Ice Punch, but that would just have made my team even weaker to fire.

Prior to Empoleon, I used Rest-Talk Milotic, and while she was very nearly unkillable, her lack of power bothered me, so I changed to Empoleon for his great typing, strong power, and ability to SR. If it doesn't work out, I may switch back.

Please let me know if you spot any weaknesses or have any suggestions for me!

Edit: Gave Gengar Substitute and Hypnosis.
Edit: Replaced Electivire's Thunderbolt with ThunderPunch.
Edit: Changed Empoleon's Hydro Pump to Surf.
Edit: Made Empoleon Defensive.

 

[Enkidu]

Ok! I always use Gengar and Scizor too. :D They really wreck havoc on unprepared teams.

I really also suggest putting 224 speed EV's on your scizor. On the Choice band set it's not needed however without CB Scizor's Bullet punch fails to OHKO standard TTAR so you will need a faster brick break to get it done with the swords dance set. It also makes you faster than vaporeon/suicune/Skarmory and marowak which is a plus.

Someone else can follow up :D

 

[Indragon]

OK, for Gyarados, use a combo of Waterfall/Stone Edge or Waterfall/EQ, I'd go for Stone Edge. You might even consider Bounce, since its quite useful for Celebi.
run Brick Break on Scizor as long as its LO, but use Superpower if you decide to go for CB. Like Enkidu said, a bit more speed would be handy and you could consider SD even though you don't want Scizor to play as a pure sweeper.

I would use Surf on Empoleon, Hydro Pump's accuracy is way too unreliable but whatever works for you. As it seems, your's isn't a full sweeper, so the reduction in damage wouldn't matter. Else, you should go for the Sub-Petaya-agility set seeing that Empoleon badly needs speed for sweeping.
Change the nature of Electivire to Lonely/Naughty so that your Thunderbolt's damage isn't affected and why not put the extra EVs into SpA, those 56 HP EVs aren't going to change the fact that he's frail. You might want to go with Life Orb as it's a bit better but Expert Belt is OK as well

 

[wildfire393]

A couple of concerns:

1) Gengar is not nearly sturdy enough to abuse Will-o-Wisp or Black Sludge. If you want a ghost that is, run Rotom-A. If you do want to run a Gengar with Black Sludge, look into Sub-Punch Gengar. At least that has the ability to hurt its primary counter (blissey) and actually make use of Black Sludge.

2) Electivire is seriously not good enough. I've tried running a set with Meditate and Life Orb, and he still doesn't get the kind of power needed to take on pretty much anything bulky. I strongly suggest replacing him with another Electric Absorber like Mamoswine or Flygon, one that is capable of dealing serious damage. That or replace him with some kind of mixed attacker so you don't just lose to Stall every time.

 

[Kakimori]

Electivire has much higher attack than Flygon...why do you say he is incapable of dealing serious damage? I use Expert Belt over Life Orb because he basically hits everything for super effective anyway (that is to say, there's not a huge difference between the two), and he'll last longer without the LO recoil.

I'm open to suggestions on Gengar, as none of the Smogon-suggested sets really tickle my fancy, but I want to use him. Focus Sash might be good on something as fragile as him, but it quickly becomes useless if they get a Stealth Rock down, while Choice Specs cripples his versatility...would Life Orb be best as his item?

 

[mtr]

The thing with Electivire is that you have to be very careful that he isn't a worse form of Lucario, who has access to Swords Dance. Your moveset is solid, and takes good advantage of Electivire's strengths, but now you have to ask yourself: does he really belong on this team? I would say...yes. And I like a mixed form better, because I can foresee some problems against stall.

The main problem I see is that you have no revenge. If your opponent gets up on Scizor and begins a set-up w/ a Gyarados, you have nothing that can stop it. You can come in and Intimidate, but odds are the other Gyarados will have Stone Edge because people are realizing what crap Ice Fang really is.

And DDmence can come in on Electivire (not switch in, but come in after a death). Since you are Adamant, he is going to outspeed you, and again, you have little to stop it. Don't say that Scizor will check the threat for you. You need a Choice Band to get 65-70% damage MAX (min is around 58%). With a Life Orb, you fall short, and you won't have the LO recoil to kill him either, so you've just lost Scizor and a +1/+1 Salamence has one more attack to tear a chunk out of whatever enters next (BTW, I assumed Mence came in around 75% from rocks. If you don't get up your rocks, then it's pretty much good game).

Gyarados can't check the threats for you alone, especially because everyone and their dog has a Celebi/Cresselia/Scarfgar/SpecsJolt/revenger to kill off the serpent.

And Latias...is a bitch to any team, and Empoleon won't be doing crap to it without any EV investment. It can outspeed and KO Electivire easily, and after 2 Calm Minds, even Gengar can't do anything to it. Even after one, it will beat Gengar. Base 130 SpD is nothing to laugh at, especially when it is multiplied by 1.5. And Gengar isn't sturdy by any stretch of the imagination.

The main problem I see: you rely too much on Electivire getting a Motor Drive boost. While it is indeed scary when that happens to me, I can tell you that I have defeated it many times through pivoting and scarfed revengers. Scarfed Flygon outspeeds it even after its boost, comes in on en Electric/Fire attack, and Earthquake is an easy KO.

What I would do: replace Celebi with a CB Weavile (from smogon page) to deal with both Salamence and Latias. Ice Shard for DDMence. Night Slash from a Choice Band will OHKO any Latias that doesn't invest a crapload in defense...and to this day, I have only seen one that did.

I play on shoddy, but from what I've heard, most players on wifi prefer offense, mainly because 25 minutes on shoddy is over an hour and a half on wifi.

So basically: get a Choice Band on Scizor. Mix Electivire or use someone else (Infernape says hi). Weavile over Celebi.