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card games · Dec 24, 2009

You will eligable for free itims if you give me your bank account,phone number of your girlfriend or mom,social security number, and smogon password (joking aside). Please rate, comment, and suggest my team.

~MY TEAM AT A GLANCE~

Roserade @ Focus Sash

Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 6 HP/252 Spa/252 Spe
Nature: Modest

Leaf Storm

Sleep Powder

Spikes

Hidden Power/ Fire
Roserade is my lead pokemon, I have come to like it very much. I chose Roserade as my lead for its decent special defense and speed, it also has a beastly special attack of 125. Its EV Spread is too strike other slower leads like Metagross, Swampert, Bronzong, and Tyranitar. Since Roserade is fragile in HP and Defense I thought it would be a good choice if I put a focus sash on it to be protected by a couple of fast lead pokemon like azelf and aerodactyl. Grass knot is to take down bulky water type monsters like gyarados, and swampert. Hidden Power Fire is also for taking down Ice types that can crimple roserade.

Infernape @ Life Orb

Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Spa/ 4 Atk/ 252 Spe
Nature: Hasty

Fire Blast

Close Combat

Grass Knot

Hidden Power/ Electric
Its job in the team as a mixed attacker,and Infernape does a vey good job at it. It is a powerhouse with very good attack,special attack, and speed.Infernape has a wide array of moves to cover up its weaknesses like watet,ice and flying type pokemon. Life Orb is an item to up its move power. Hasty nature provides a slight speed boost, just able to out run the speediest of pokemon.

Gliscor @ Leftovers

Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 208 HP/140 Atak/ 225 Spe
Nature: Jolly

U- Turn

Taunt

Roost

Stealth Rock
I love Gliscor as my supporter because it is able to give a lot of bulk, and decent speed Taunt helps is a very good move for breaking stallers like blissey and walrein. U-turnwhich is a great move to use after Taunting something into helplessness...They'll switch, and you'll attack the incoming Pokemon with U-turn before being able to choose a counter to switch to.Roost is a must move for quick recovery. Stealth Rock is a good move to go on top of the poison spikes creating a more painfull sting.

Gyarados @ Leftovers

Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 6 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Nature: Adamant

Waterfall

Ice Fang

Eartquake

Dragon Dance
My Physical Sweeper Although hell be more abusing intimidate. Usually i Dragon Dance on the first turn To see there Gyara Counter. Adamant over jolly as with me switching out hitting harder is more important that going first (for this pokemon). EVS are again, basic. Waterfall for Stab. Ice fang for latias.

Porgygon-Z @ Choice Scarf

Ability: Adaptibility
EVs: 4 Spd/ 252 Spa/252 Spe
Nature: Timid

Tri Attack

Ice Beam

Thunderbolt

Dark Pulse
Holy $@!*, its a digital duck from the future. Adaptibility and Choice Scarf is what makes Porgygon such a machine. Its stab is at double power. Choice Scarf makes up for its okay speed to be a awsome sweeper able to take down a load of pokemon withs its type coverage that is the probally the best in all of pokemon.

Electrivire @ Expert Belt

Ability: Motor Drive
EVs:252 Atk/152 Spe/ 104 Spd
Nature: Adamant

Thunder punch

Hidden Power/ Ice

Flamethrower

Brick Break
So expert belt is the easy item of choice able to hit a wide array of pokemon. Its almost a clone of infernape in electric form. I love this pokemon for its move Brick Break for taking screeners like Bronzong and Cresselia. Hp ice is for getting rid of dragons.

Alex Practice · Dec 24, 2009

I'd suggest giving Roserade Leaf Storm over Grass Knot for that extra boost in power. Considering the fact that it isn't meant to stay in very long, the SpA drop isn't too problematic. Hidden Power Ice has been good for me, OHKO-ing Gliscor leads as they Taunt. Hidden Power Fire has never seen too much play on my Roserade.
Finally, drop Leech Seed for Sleep Powder. It's invaluable for disabling other leads, allowing you to set up a free layer of Toxic Spikes.

For Infernape, Hidden Power Rock really isn't needed. You've got Fire to deal with Ice Types already, and Hidden Power Electric will cover flying types as well as Water types.

Because your Gliscor isn't a baton passer, it doesn't really need to worry about stat drops. It's supposed to play defensively, so giving it Sand Veil (+20% evasion boost during Sandstorm, which is popular) can help it survive. Aerial Ace is a pretty weak move. I'd recommend replacing it with Earthquake or U-Turn, which is a great move to use after Taunting something into helplessness...They'll switch, and you'll attack the incoming Pokemon with U-turn before being able to choose a counter to switch to.

For your Electivire, you might want to consider going with a Mixed set with Thunderbolt and HP Ice - This will allow Electivire to take out things like Salamence and Gyarados, whereas a physical-only set would fail to deal significant damage after Intimidate.

I hope that helped :)

card games · Dec 24, 2009

That helped a lot.

JarardoMartino · Dec 24, 2009

I'm curious about gliscor's evs as well. Sp Def isn't going to help him against ice beams so put those in speed. Earthquake is a much better STAB move for Gliscor, trust me. If you want a flying type move, consider Bounce on Gyarados. It gives it an extra turn of leftovers recovery.
Why no sleep powder on Roserade? I think you should just consider an actual special wall instead of just making Electivire slower to take special hits. And i think you ment to say ice punch hits latias and other DRAGONS because ice isn't super effective against psychics :P.

Hope this helps!

card games · Dec 24, 2009

Is my team okay now.

iShedinja · Dec 24, 2009

I would HIGHLY SUGGEST CHANGING INFERNAPE'S CURRENT SET.
I would like you to use the current mixape set.

Infernape @ Life orb
Naive | 64 atk / 252 satk / 192 spe
Grass knot / Close combat / HP ice / Fire Blast

Isn't spikes and sleep powder illegal on roserade..?
-iShedinja

Lady Shinki · Dec 25, 2009

I'd second everything that's been suggested above, and add one minor thing. Since poryz is a scarfer, Download would probably work better since a +1 spatk boost will make your attacks more powerful than an Adaptibility-boosted tri attack. Stone Edge on gyara is also a good idea, and you probably want to consider HP Ice on infernape instead of electric.

Also, your team as it is now is really weak to setup sweepers that boost their speed (Dragon Dance, Baton Passed Agility, etc.). DDMence in particular can't be countered, as even your scarfed porygon-z is outsped after a boost, so I'd suggest replacing electivire with a scarfed Latias (252 spatk/252 spe, thunderbolt/surf/draco meteor/trick) to be able to stop DDMence and cripple walls that switch in.

card games · Jan 9, 2010

Kenshiro said:
Also, your team as it is now is really weak to setup sweepers that boost their speed (Dragon Dance, Baton Passed Agility, etc.). DDMence in particular can't be countered, as even your scarfed porygon-z is outsped after a boost, so I'd suggest replacing electivire with a scarfed Latias (252 spatk/252 spe, thunderbolt/surf/draco meteor/trick) to be able to stop DDMence and cripple walls that switch in.

Thats the smartest thing I have ever heard in smart things history.