At a Glance:
Intro:
My goal was to make a team centered around three pokemon, two dragons, and one pokemon who i enjoyed playing as. Those three pokemon would serve as the offensive core of my team, with my lead and the other remaining pokemon supporting those 3 offensively and defensively.
I wanted to try something to counter weather teams and their sweepers, and to also be able to form a team with good flow and synergy. I realized that in order to counter weather teams i would have to either run an anti-metagame team, or manage to run a bulky offensive team in order to take the hits of the major sweepers, and hit back with powerful attacks.
I compiled a list of my favorite/bulky-ish pokemon and compiled this team:
Team Building:
So I wanted to get my 3 pokemon core set-up first. I looked immediatly at Dragonite and wanted to have him in a team with salamence in order to show his worth, but that went wrong. Next i tried Overconfidence-Scarf-Salamence with Scarf/Specs Latias but Salamence had too many exploitable weaknesses, especially with doryuuzu around (ice shard priority). I then tried Scarf Latias and Scarf Garchomp, who worked very well together. I tried looking for the last pokemon of my core, and i immediatly thought of Azelf. I chose a Expert Belt physical set for him.
Next i started looking at different RMT's until i saw this one :
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84396
The set for tyranitar and Scizor intrigued me, and i applied them to my team, Scizor can easily set up from many pokemon that think it could wall Scizor (Nattorei for example) and i just set up on them, and KO them with a well placed Bullet punch, often times sweeping 3-4 poke's before dying. Tyranitar seemed like a suitable lead even though i was hesitant to using a weather team.
Next i wanted a bulky pokemon who could dish out damage, and absorb some damage too. Being at a loss of pokemon i just chose blissey with counter.
Due To Rates my team has changed to:
Team:
Deoxys - S @ Life Orb
Pressure
252 HP / 252 ATK / 4 Spd
Sassy
- Fire Punch
- Super Power
- Spikes
- Stealth rock
A suggestion from Judas DN:
"You may wonder, why run maximum HP with Life orb? Well seeing as people rarely use Deoxys-S as a lead anymore 252 HP is a much more usefull investment in nearly every situation. The goal of this set is to set up entry hazards first using it's above average bulkiness, destroying any Tyranitar/Scizor/Nattorei that dears to switch in. Later in the game this set can function as a reliable revenge killer with it's excellent speed stat. "
That basically sums up Deoxys, I have thought of replacing Spikes for Extreeme Speed, or another attacking move. Extreeme Speed would be there for priority (too much priority can't be a problem right?) or i would run Ice Punch, to take out lead dragons (Dragonite, SD Chomp etc.)
Latios @ Choice Scarf
Levitate
6 hp / 252 satk / 252 spd
Timid
-Surf
-Draco Meteor
-Grass Knot
-Hp Fire
Suggested by Judas DN and V0x, My Latias set was outclassed by Latios.
I run max speed + A choice scarf in order to use Lati as a scout. He manages to come in multiple times in a game, and out speeds multiple threats like Scarf Chomp. Surf, DM, and HP Fire provide perfect type coverage, giving Latios a move to use in almost every situation. DM hits like a truck on steroids and is mostly used as my near end-game sweeping move due to the SpAtk drop. Grass Knot does more damage to Tyranitar, a common switch in, and other Bulky ground / water ? Rock types. Hp Fire of course is for Nattorei, who would otherwise wall Lati.
Azelf @ Expert Belt
Levitate
4 hp/ 252 SAtk / 252 spd
timid
-U-turn
-Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt
-Psychic
Godly type coverage. Azelf is the secondary scout of my team mostly due to how frail it is, and the fact that it normally cant stay out very long. I tried to base my team around the sweep of this pokemon so i've tried my best to give it teamates that support it. The main problem would be that its one STAB move has almost know application unless im fighting a pokemon that resists Tbolt + Flamethrowe. The elemental beams provide great coverage, hitting nattorei, pringles, skarmory, etc. for super effective damage that is further boosted by Expert Belt. U-turn is mostly for enemy tyranitars, it doesn't get the KO but weakens them enough for chomp or lati to finish him off. I went for timid mostly due to the fact that i dont know what pokemon to outrun and i figured it might as well outrun all that it can.
Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Sand Veil
4 hp / 252 atk / 252 spd
jolly
-Outrage
-Dragon Claw
-Earth Quake
-Brick Break
Nothing new here standard EV spread, once again used Jolly because i don't know what it should outrun. I ran both Outrage and Dragon Claw so that it could weaken enemies early in the game, then sweep with outrage. EQ and BB were fillers, with earthquake being used to hurt steels and brick break for baloon steels.
Scizor @ Life Orb
Technician
240 hp / 16 Atk / 252 SDef
Adamant
- Swords Dance
- Bug Bite
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
Quite a godly Scizor if you ask me ( of course this was copied ). Surprisingly specially bulky, allowing it to roost stall moderatly strong special sweepers without a fire attack. It easily grabs multiple swords dances in a game, and sweeps with bullet punch and bug bite. 1 vs. 1 Scizor can take on Dory (at least the variants i've played) and survive an earthquake in order to bug bite, and then BP for the win. My only problem with him is that i feel like he tends to be lackluster in the beginning of a match, but that just might be me playing him wierdly.
Birijion @ Life orb
Natural Cure
4 hp / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid
-Giga Drain
-Calm Mind
-Focus Blast
-HP Ice
Suggested by Judas DN and Haunter. Judas recommended i replace Blissey with Birijion because Blissey was dead weight, and Haunter said that i have a lucario weakness that would be remedied by taking Judas's advice.
Judas DN - "Performs very well against both rain and Sandstorm teams which emphases your goal to make this an anti-weather team and provides some special bulk to your team that can hit hard as well. Also it gives you a reliable check against Doryuuzu a pokemon you claim to have a lot of trouble against."
I compare Birijion to Bulk Up Roobushin a lot, being able to boost SAtk and SDef is great, and lets me use her as a Blissey who can actually hit people. She (He/It ?) wrecks stuff up with 1 CM, and checks Doryuuzu with HP Ice. Focus Blast hasn't been unreliable yet, but i am hesitant in keeping it. Giga Drain works similar to Roobushin's Drain punch, healing her and allowing her to continue her sweep.
Threat List
will post them as i find threats and how to deal with them.
Obviously bad people in Red, Easy People in Green, Threats which can be a bit troublesome are black.
Iconics THread here : http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84396
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so thats my team. Thanks for the rate!






Intro:
My goal was to make a team centered around three pokemon, two dragons, and one pokemon who i enjoyed playing as. Those three pokemon would serve as the offensive core of my team, with my lead and the other remaining pokemon supporting those 3 offensively and defensively.
I wanted to try something to counter weather teams and their sweepers, and to also be able to form a team with good flow and synergy. I realized that in order to counter weather teams i would have to either run an anti-metagame team, or manage to run a bulky offensive team in order to take the hits of the major sweepers, and hit back with powerful attacks.
I compiled a list of my favorite/bulky-ish pokemon and compiled this team:
Team Building:
So I wanted to get my 3 pokemon core set-up first. I looked immediatly at Dragonite and wanted to have him in a team with salamence in order to show his worth, but that went wrong. Next i tried Overconfidence-Scarf-Salamence with Scarf/Specs Latias but Salamence had too many exploitable weaknesses, especially with doryuuzu around (ice shard priority). I then tried Scarf Latias and Scarf Garchomp, who worked very well together. I tried looking for the last pokemon of my core, and i immediatly thought of Azelf. I chose a Expert Belt physical set for him.



Next i started looking at different RMT's until i saw this one :
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84396
The set for tyranitar and Scizor intrigued me, and i applied them to my team, Scizor can easily set up from many pokemon that think it could wall Scizor (Nattorei for example) and i just set up on them, and KO them with a well placed Bullet punch, often times sweeping 3-4 poke's before dying. Tyranitar seemed like a suitable lead even though i was hesitant to using a weather team.





Next i wanted a bulky pokemon who could dish out damage, and absorb some damage too. Being at a loss of pokemon i just chose blissey with counter.






Due To Rates my team has changed to:






Team:

Deoxys - S @ Life Orb
Pressure
252 HP / 252 ATK / 4 Spd
Sassy
- Fire Punch
- Super Power
- Spikes
- Stealth rock
A suggestion from Judas DN:
"You may wonder, why run maximum HP with Life orb? Well seeing as people rarely use Deoxys-S as a lead anymore 252 HP is a much more usefull investment in nearly every situation. The goal of this set is to set up entry hazards first using it's above average bulkiness, destroying any Tyranitar/Scizor/Nattorei that dears to switch in. Later in the game this set can function as a reliable revenge killer with it's excellent speed stat. "
That basically sums up Deoxys, I have thought of replacing Spikes for Extreeme Speed, or another attacking move. Extreeme Speed would be there for priority (too much priority can't be a problem right?) or i would run Ice Punch, to take out lead dragons (Dragonite, SD Chomp etc.)

Latios @ Choice Scarf
Levitate
6 hp / 252 satk / 252 spd
Timid
-Surf
-Draco Meteor
-Grass Knot
-Hp Fire
Suggested by Judas DN and V0x, My Latias set was outclassed by Latios.
I run max speed + A choice scarf in order to use Lati as a scout. He manages to come in multiple times in a game, and out speeds multiple threats like Scarf Chomp. Surf, DM, and HP Fire provide perfect type coverage, giving Latios a move to use in almost every situation. DM hits like a truck on steroids and is mostly used as my near end-game sweeping move due to the SpAtk drop. Grass Knot does more damage to Tyranitar, a common switch in, and other Bulky ground / water ? Rock types. Hp Fire of course is for Nattorei, who would otherwise wall Lati.

Azelf @ Expert Belt
Levitate
4 hp/ 252 SAtk / 252 spd
timid
-U-turn
-Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt
-Psychic
Godly type coverage. Azelf is the secondary scout of my team mostly due to how frail it is, and the fact that it normally cant stay out very long. I tried to base my team around the sweep of this pokemon so i've tried my best to give it teamates that support it. The main problem would be that its one STAB move has almost know application unless im fighting a pokemon that resists Tbolt + Flamethrowe. The elemental beams provide great coverage, hitting nattorei, pringles, skarmory, etc. for super effective damage that is further boosted by Expert Belt. U-turn is mostly for enemy tyranitars, it doesn't get the KO but weakens them enough for chomp or lati to finish him off. I went for timid mostly due to the fact that i dont know what pokemon to outrun and i figured it might as well outrun all that it can.

Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Sand Veil
4 hp / 252 atk / 252 spd
jolly
-Outrage
-Dragon Claw
-Earth Quake
-Brick Break
Nothing new here standard EV spread, once again used Jolly because i don't know what it should outrun. I ran both Outrage and Dragon Claw so that it could weaken enemies early in the game, then sweep with outrage. EQ and BB were fillers, with earthquake being used to hurt steels and brick break for baloon steels.

Scizor @ Life Orb
Technician
240 hp / 16 Atk / 252 SDef
Adamant
- Swords Dance
- Bug Bite
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
Quite a godly Scizor if you ask me ( of course this was copied ). Surprisingly specially bulky, allowing it to roost stall moderatly strong special sweepers without a fire attack. It easily grabs multiple swords dances in a game, and sweeps with bullet punch and bug bite. 1 vs. 1 Scizor can take on Dory (at least the variants i've played) and survive an earthquake in order to bug bite, and then BP for the win. My only problem with him is that i feel like he tends to be lackluster in the beginning of a match, but that just might be me playing him wierdly.

Birijion @ Life orb
Natural Cure
4 hp / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid
-Giga Drain
-Calm Mind
-Focus Blast
-HP Ice
Suggested by Judas DN and Haunter. Judas recommended i replace Blissey with Birijion because Blissey was dead weight, and Haunter said that i have a lucario weakness that would be remedied by taking Judas's advice.
Judas DN - "Performs very well against both rain and Sandstorm teams which emphases your goal to make this an anti-weather team and provides some special bulk to your team that can hit hard as well. Also it gives you a reliable check against Doryuuzu a pokemon you claim to have a lot of trouble against."
I compare Birijion to Bulk Up Roobushin a lot, being able to boost SAtk and SDef is great, and lets me use her as a Blissey who can actually hit people. She (He/It ?) wrecks stuff up with 1 CM, and checks Doryuuzu with HP Ice. Focus Blast hasn't been unreliable yet, but i am hesitant in keeping it. Giga Drain works similar to Roobushin's Drain punch, healing her and allowing her to continue her sweep.
Threat List
will post them as i find threats and how to deal with them.
Obviously bad people in Red, Easy People in Green, Threats which can be a bit troublesome are black.
Arcanine -![]()
Birijion -![]()
Blaziken -![]()
Blissey -![]()
Borutorosu -![]()
Breloom -![]()
Bronzong -![]()
Burungeru -![]()
Darkrai -![]()
Deoxys -![]()
Deoxys-A -![]()
Deoxys-D -![]()
Deoxys-S -![]()
Doryuuzu -![]()
Erufuun -![]()
Espeon -![]()
Forretress -![]()
Garchomp -![]()
Gliscor -![]()
Gyarados -![]()
Heatran -![]()
Hihidaruma -![]()
Hippowdon -![]()
Infernape -![]()
Jirachi -![]()
Jolteon -![]()
Kabutops -![]()
Kingdra -![]()
Kojondo -![]()
Kyuremu -![]()
Latias -![]()
Latios -![]()
Lucario -![]()
Ludicolo -![]()
Machamp -![]()
Magnezone -![]()
Metagross -![]()
Nattorei -![]()
Ninetales -![]()
Octillery -![]()
Onokusu -![]()
Politoed -![]()
Porygon2 -![]()
Randorusu -![]()
Rankurusu -![]()
Roobushin -![]()
Rotom-W -![]()
Salamence -![]()
Sazandora -![]()
Scizor -![]()
Shandera -![]()
Shaymin-S -![]()
Skarmory -![]()
Starmie -![]()
Tentacruel -![]()
Terakion -![]()
Tyranitar -![]()
Urugamosu -![]()
Vaporeon -![]()
Venusaur -![]()
Zapdos -![]()
Zoroaak -![]()
Zuruzukin -![]()
Iconics THread here : http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84396
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so thats my team. Thanks for the rate!