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[Chaos[ZR]]

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A Closer Look:

Jirachi @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
108 HP | 200 Atk | 200 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Iron Head
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Trick

Jirachi is a great anti-lead. 429 speed lets it outrun Areodactyl, non-Scarfed Azelfs, and can prevent them from setting up Rocks 60% of the time. It also does around 70% to Tyranitar which means I KO it 60% of the time without taking damage. Fire Punch is for scizor and other steels while Ice Punch if for dragons. The EVs let me do around 95% to scizor which means after LO damage I KO so I can revenge kill Scizor if needed. I switched out wish with Trick and it has been working really well. I've won 2 or 3 games because of some well times Tricks.

Machamp @ Choice Band
Ability: Guts
128 HP | 252 Atk | 128 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
- Payback
- Close Combat
- Thunderpunch
- Bullet Punch

I completely changed Machamp around. Now I'm running a choice band set. With Choice Band +Max Attack I'm running at 591 Atk. Add this to a STAB Close Combat and I can really cripple anything that tries to switch in on me. What makes this set even better is it's ability to absorb status. If I switch in on a T-wave / Toxic etc, my Atk gets pumped up to 886 which is pretty epic. Payback lets me hit ghosts that try to switch in on me while Thunder Punch lets me hit gyara and skarm. Bullet Punch is nice because it lets me get the revenge kill on weakened foes.

Swampert @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
240 HP | 216 Def | 52 SpA
Relaxed nature (+Def, -Spe)
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Ice Beam
- Earthquake

I really do love Gastrodon but there is a reason why Gastrodon is UU and Swampert is OU. I was originally using Gastrodon because he had a recovery move but Swampert doesn't really need a recovery move since I have wish support already. Pert lets me set up rocks and gives me a phazer which I really like having. Swampert is my main counter for Salamence and other dragons. He can switch in on all of Mence's attacks and then get the KO with Ice Beam. Earthquake is for coverage and STAB and lets me hit steels and electrics.

Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
188 HP | 252 Def | 68 SpA
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Surf
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Wish
- Protect

I changed vappy from my specs user to the more standard Wish passer and so far it's helped my team greatly. Not only does it counter mixape, which really ran through my team before, but he can also switch in on Gyara and Suicune. The fun doesn't stop there though, Vaporeon can also keep my pokemon healthy with Wish and stall out pokemon after Blissey has poisoned them.

Rotom-h @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
44 HP | 212 Spd | 252 SpA
Timid nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Trick

Yay another new team member! At first I was a little reluctant to try one of the new Rotom forms because I can't use them on wifi but in my testing this guy has been great. He counters scizor really well and can dent things with Overheat on the switch. The speed EVs let me outspeed Adamant Lucario so I can counter him as well. Trick let's me cripple in coming walls like blissey which has really been helpful. I will need a replacement for Rotom-h for my wifi team but I'm not sure what I can use. Any suggestions?

Blissey @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
40 HP | 252 De | 216 SpD
Calm nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Flamethrower
- Softboiled
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic

Out of all of pokemon blissey changed the least. I switched Aromatherapy for Flamethrower. With Spiritomb gone, I need something to counter Gengar and with my old set I couldn't touch Gengar. Flamethrower also lets me really hurt scizor who like to switch in on blissey and swords dance on the "switch" only to get hit hard by a Flamethrower. Other then that nothing changed.

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1. Scizor - Rotom-h counters Scizor easily, Jirachi can get the revenge kill and blissey can get a suprise on the switch.

2. Heatran - Vaporeon can switch in on heatran pretty well and dent it with surf and so can Swampert. Machamp can easily take it down with Close Combat

3. Salamence - Swampert counters Mence really well. He can switch in on Mence's attacks and then get the KO with Ice Beam.

4. Tyranitar - Tyranitar is easily taken down by swampert who can get a KO with Earthquake while shrugging off hits from T-tar. Jirachi can get the revenge kill with Iron Head and Machamp can take it down with Close Combat or Bullet Punch.

5. Zapdos - Blissey walls zapdos to no end. Toxic it and then hit with S-toss and recover any damage taken with softboiled.

6. Blissey - Blissey is machamps best friend. He enjoys switching in on any status moves that blissey may be packing and then threatens with Close Combat.

7. Gyarados - Gyarados is easily countered by Vaporeon. Vappy's ability makes Gyara's stab move useless while Vappy takes down Gyara with HP electric.

8. Lucario - Lucario is easily countered by Rotom-h.

9. Infernape - Vaporeon is the definition of an Infernape counter.

10. Gengar - Blissey walls Gengar to no end.
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[Darkmalice]

You have no Stealth Rock user on your team. Stealth Rock is a must for every team; free damage on every opposing switch is invaluable. I would say for Gastrodon to use it, but it can't learn it. This, along with better defence, are the two main reasons why Swampert > Gastrodon. So sadly, replace Gastrodon with Swampert, with Stealth Rock over Recover, and 240 HP / 216 Def / 52 SpA. Wish will help keep it healthy.

Specs Vaporeon doesn't work well. It lacks the speed needed to sweep, and it doesn't have enough SAtt to make the Specs worthwhile. It also diminishes its role as a great Gyarados and Infernape counter. It needs a reliable healing move. Wish alone is not one, but Wish + Protect is. Make it a standard Wish Passer Have Protect over Ice Beam. Swampert and Jirachi already deal with the dragons fine. (I will suggest a Specs replacement later in this post).

You mention that Blissey has Aromtherapy in your threat list, but she doesn't in your description of her. I'm guessing this is over Protect.

Vaporeon already provides your team Wish Support. Jirachi doesn't need it; Vaporeon is a better Wish user than a Scarferm, especially with Protect. It should have Trick. It screws up walls like Blissey and Cresselia, and enables Jirachi to remove its Scarf should it need to do so.

Rest Talk Spiritomb is largely set up bait. Substitute and a burn immunity screws it up completely. It is an enormous Heatran, Infernape and Tyraniboah lure, amongst other pokes. If you want another Specs user, Spiritomb would make better use of that. Blissey, Jirachi and even Heatran deal with all the psychics well. However, there is probably a better fighting counter than Spiritomb who functions similarly, and who is a better Specs user - Rotom-H. Here's my set:

Choice Specs - Timid
Thunderbolt
Overheat
Shadow Ball
Trick
44 HP / 252 SAtt / 212 Speed

Enough speed to outrun Adamant Lucario and OHKO with Overheat before it uses Crunch. Jolly Lucario generally have Ice Punch; they rarely have Crunch, so Rotom is a very strong Lucario counter. Trick can mess up Machamp, especially the most common set, the Rest Sleep Talk No Guard Machamp. It is also one of the best Scizor counters. It has more Speed and SpAtt than Spiritomb and a more diverse movepool.

 

[Darkartisan]

The reason to not run specsVappy over Specsjolt is that specsjolt gets a much larger, stronger movepool. Vappy is pointless imo with specs because she just doesnt posses enough power, and like I stated, the movepool is too shallow.
Darkness, I don't really think he needs Stealth rock, I think that a Cursepert would be much better here. Gives him a stat up sweeper and if he wants, he can use the ReSTalk CursePert and also get a sleep absorber. This can benefit your team because not only does it add alot of pressure, but it's very easy to get a couple curses in at any time, I prefer late game, but it all depends on counters.

You have a strong team, but you don't utilize it enough to its potential imo. I see what Darkness is saying about SR, you can utilize it well with Machamp flinging Dynamicpunch around, although may I suggest switching him to a Choice Bander? Machamp with a band peaks him at 591 attack, and with a guts boost, the opponent is royally..well y'know. He can cover Scizor anyways, and it really just gives you something to fall back on when needed. The Dynamicpuncher is good, but he usually can't stand up to the fast paced PT metagame, and may only get in one attack while he's in, might as well be a guts boosted Choice banded attack at 886.5 attack. Yes, that's how much it deals. Iirc, guts is a 1.5 attack boost.

 

[reyscarface]

I can see a Mixape countering your team since your Spiritomb only has Dark Pulse as an attack, Mixape can come in, set NP and sweep away.

Vaporeon is a Mixape counter but, after 3 NPs nothin will wall Mixape and sadly your vaporeon is not a wall so that makes Mixape work easier.

And yes, Gastrodon is outclassed by Swampy so use Swampy.

Idk why to use wish on a scarfed pokemon without Trick, it would be better to have a Zen Headbutt to hit Mixape since your others attack are NVE against him.

 

[Chaos[ZR]]

Wow, thanks for all the great advice guys. I've made some changes that you guys suggested and it's been working really well. Thanks again.

 

[Olimarman]

Be very careful with TP on machamp. That is just begging a duggy switch. If you're worried about gyara, switch it for stone edge. CC puts a nice dent in skarm anyway.