ORAS OU First time building a team - new player

[HoshiSam]

Hi,

I am quite new to competitive (was a casual player since the first gen but never really tried competitive), and is my first time trying to build a team

I wanted to use Mega Scizor (the bullet punch priority is really good) and it has quite high defence.

Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bug Bite
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- Bullet Punch

Scizor is easily walled by fire types and I decide to have a water type as my second pokemon.

Crawdaunt @ Focus Sash
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Aqua Jet
- Dragon Dance
- Crabhammer

The adaptability boosted knock off OKHO almost all non-bulky pyschic and ghost type such as Gengar, Espeson, Starmie and Alakazam. It does chunk of damage to most eviolite pokemon. Crab hammer also 2HKO many non-physical wall pokemon. The water type STAB is quite helpful in removing fire types and ground types such as excadrill and heatran. Focus sash and aquajet combo comes in handy as Crawdaunt is quite frail.

Was originally relying on sharpedo for countering fire types but sharpedo doesn't get the adaptability boost and knock off bonus that crawdaunt get so he was scraped.

There is still pesky will-o-wisp so I decide that I would need a healer. Hence...

Florges @ Leftovers
Ability: Flower Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy

Bulky healer with quite high SpA. The coverage for dragon and fighting type is quite useful. I would switch in to Scizor when I predict that my opponent would use sludge bomb or something. Can 2-3HKO many pokemon with uninvested SpDef.

At this point of time I realised that steel type is quite the problem so i decide to put in a pokemon with flamethrower as a coverage move.

Goodra @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpA
Bold Nature
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Muddy Water
- Dragon Pulse

Goodra has decent SpA and is also quite bulky (I am quite in love with bulky pokemon actually). Thunderbolt, flamethrower and Muddy Water are good for coverage. Dragon pulse over draco meteor as I prefer to have higher accuracy. I have seen ice beam and HP-ice doing only like 20% damage to Goodra. Sap sipper ability is useful for me to switch to Goodra when the opponent throws a grass pokemon at Crawdaunt.

I realise I have too many special walls so I decide to have a wil-o-wisp setter on my team to cripple physical wall.

Spiritomb @ Black Glasses
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Foul Play
- Sucker Punch
- Pain Split
- Will-O-Wisp

Will-o-wisp annoys opposing physical attacker a lot. Foul play and sucker punch has good synergy, and is good for finishing off opponents, allowing it to revenge kill sometimes.

I couldn't decide on my last pokemon but I thought that having another pokemon with good coverage is a good idea.

Magmortar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Vital Spirit
EVs: 64 HP / 252 SpA / 192 Spe
Modest Nature
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Earthquake
- Mach Punch

HP Ice on magmortar surprises most people. It actually killed a few surprised gliscor. garchomp and landorus-T. It can also KO heatran with earthquake. However, the timing to use HP-Ice needs to be watched as these pokemon usually attack back with earthquake and they usually outspeed magmortar. (I usually use it after the opponent is inflicted with burn).Mach punch works wonder in finishing weakened foes that outspeed it. (Not many opportunities though plus mine is a modest magmortar) This is not a standard move but I like it for the surprise and priority.

Strategy: The main star is scizor so the other pokemons are usally just there to help to clear scizor checks. Once checks are gone, scizor can sword dance and wreck the other team completely with bullet punch. Sometimes scizor doesn't even need to debut as crawdaunt and florges can prune the team completely.

Weaknesses:
Rotom-W annoys my team with it's pesky will-o-wisp. I usually use spirtiomb to wil-o-wisp it back and see if I could kill it before it bothers my team too much. 50% success rate so far.

Entry hazards - Usually entry hazards setters cant last more than two rounds (ferrothorn/skarmory) but once it has been set and the battle drags it gets really irritating as I have no spinner.

So far the win rate with this team is about 50% not too bad for a first timer but I really want to improve it. Would appreciate feedbacks.

Thank you^^

P.S. I would really appreciate it if someone can teach me how to post using pokemon sprites like how some other threads have.

 

[Sobi]

Hey there! Nice team here, but I have some recommendations that I think would help your team.

Scizor: I think it would be better changing the EV spread to 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe. Now, the reason for this is because you are running a fairly offensive set, alongside Adamant nature, so it would make sense if the EVs were distributed in Attack + Speed, to make sure Scizor is able to outspeed and take out other Pokemon. On that note, I'm not a very big fan of having Roost on Scizor, as it just prolongs the match, and the opponent can easily predict, and set up, which is why I'd use Superpower or Knock Off. Superpower usually takes out bulky walls, but the stat decrease can prove to be fatal. Knock Off, whilst weaker than the aforementioned move, can help against Jirachi, knocking off the Choice Scarf it usually carries.

Crawdaunt: I don't really use Crawdaunt very often, but the times I have used it, it has proven to be quite useful as a wallbreaker, which can be very helpful against Heatran and Rocky Helmet / Leftovers Lando-T. Your set is fine, but I'd suggest using Life Orb instead of Focus Sash. The latter can keep Crawdaunt in, which is good, but Life Orb ensures Crawdaunt can take out physically defensive mons, at the cost of ~10% of its HP. Now that Focus Sash is lost, Crawdaunt is susceptible to faster mons, and without Aqua Jet, won't be able to outspeed them, especially if they carry a Choice Scarf. That's why I suggest changing the nature from Adamant to Jolly. The boost in Attack is incredibly useful, but Life Orb can compensate for that! Jolly ensures that Crawdaunt can outspeed Sableye, before it is able to set up. Crawdaunt's poor Speed requires a boost, which is another reason Jolly is preferred over Adamant. However, if your main focus is to attack no matter what, then, by all means, keep Adamant n_n

Goodra: A very standard set here, so good job on that! My only nitpick would be to use Modest instead of Bold. Assault Vest already gives you the Defense / Special Defense boost, so there's no need to overdo it, since it's quite gratuitous. Furthermore, the Special Attack boost from Modest can guarantee straight OHKOs / 2HKOs.

Spiritomb: Now then, Spiritomb isn't a Pokemon that I come across very often on the OU ladder, and, as you mentioned, is a good WoW / Foul Play / Pain Split user. However, there are bulkier Pokemon in the metagame that are more viable, and can perform the role better, thanks to their stats. I was going to suggest using Sableye-Mega, but I feel that changing Scizor to its normal form would disrupt the balance between your team, so a thought of mine would be to try Cofagrigus instead. It operates (rof, sounds like a robot) both as a physical and special wall, and can pretty much absorb a few attacks. You might want to consider running Toxic Spikes , to cripple opposing Pokemon, as well as WoW / Hex as they both work together. WoW affects sweepers a lot, and the boosted damage from Hex can help a lot. If you want, you can run Pain Split in the last slot. The key to using Cofagrigus is prediction. You want to switch in on physical attackers, and using Pain Split on a switch-in can increase its longevity. Just a little thought of mine!

Magmortar: I've never really used this Pokemon in OU, but it seems quite interesting. I won't suggest a replacement for it, but I would personally use Earthquake over Mach Punch to deal with Lanturn and other Fire-types.

I really hope I helped with the team. Good luck!
Oh, and you can get the sprites from here.