Im new to Smogon

furretfreak

Hey guys, im new to Smogon. I have been in other poke forums, and I have been battling competitively for about 3 months. please help me out as this is going to be my standard team for Platinum. I don't want to mess this up.

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Alakazam Choice Specs
Timid
Synchronize
4 Hp 252 SpAtk 252 Spd
Psychic
Signal Beam
Focus Blast
Trick

Alakazam is one of the best Special Sweepers in the game. With maxed speed, he can out run almost everything. Moveset has great coverage. He Tricks the Specs on leads like Zong.

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Scizor Choice Band
Adamant
Technician
92 HP 252 Atk 164 Spd
Bullet Punch
U-Turn
SuperPower
Pursuit
I've always wanted to use this, ever since I first learned about it. Super powerful, OHKO's almost everything.

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Infernape Life Orb
Naive
Blaze
44 Atk 212 SpAtk 252 Spd
Flamethrower
Close Combat
Grass Knot
HP Electric

I'm using HP Electric instead of HP Ice so that I can hit both Gyara and Mence (plus Chomp is gone). Since I'm using HP Electric I don't Know what EVs to use. I wan't to OHKO Blissey with Close Combat, Swampert with Grass Knot, and Gyara with HP Electric. Maybe even 2HKO Salamence (DDmence, probably) with HP Electric.

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Tentacruel Leftovers
Calm
Liquid Ooze
204 HP 52 Def 252 S.Def
Rapid Spin
Toxic Spikes
Surf
Ice Beam
Rapid Spins and sets up Toxic Spikes. Special Wall with some attacking power, he forms a dynamic duo with Magnezone because together they resist all types, except Ground.

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Magnezone Leftovers
Bold
Magnet Pull
252 Hp 128 SpAtk 128 Def
HP Fire
ThunderWave
Thunderbolt
Flash Cannon

Second Part of reistant/dynamic duo. Something I made up for myself, he is a Physical Wall. I want to make him as defensive as possible, I'm considering a Reflect-Magnet Rise-HP Grass-Thunderbolt.

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Togekiss Leftovers
Serene Grace
Timid
252 Hp 160 Def 96 SpDef
Wish
Protect
Air Slash
Body Slam

To heal myself I can Wish then Protect and get extra Lefties HP too. No speed because I'm not running Encore. With Serene Grace Air Slash= flinch 60% and Body Slam= Paralyze 60% too. Heals my team nicely.
 
Sneavile said:
Maybe try Magnet Rise/ HP Ice/ Discharge/ and Flash Cannon for Magnezone. That set always worked 4 me.
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Pardon me for mini modding, but these kinds of posts will get you infracted around here. If you're going to suggest a set for someone to use, you need much more evidence other than "it works 4 me."

But I agree your Magnezone is kinda funky. If you want an all out attacker, try this:

Magnezone@ life orb
88 HP / 88 Atk / 248 SpA / 84 Spe
Magnet pull
Mild Nature

-Thunderbolt
-HP Fire
-Flash Cannon
-Explosion

This is great for killing opposing steel types, as HP fire takes care of anything that Thunderbolt doesn't really. Flash Cannon is a great secondary STAB, but could freely be switched for Magnet Rise or something similar. Explosion is great for that final hit on Blissey or Cress if they attempt to wall you. Charge Beam takes too long to get powerful and is a bit too luck reliant to be considered reliable imo.
 
Jumping on the Magnezone Band Wagon lol. I ran offensive Magnezone for ages and it worked beautifully. Blissey just dont expect the Explosion, but the set I ran was (iirc):

Magnezone @ Life Orb
Magnet Pull / Naive Nature
Evs: 252 Atk / 252 Speed / 4 HP
~ Thunderbolt
~ HP Grass
~ Magnet Rise
~ Explosion

Now that Garchomp is gone, HP Grass is a much more reliable option on lots of pokemon such as Zapdos and Magnezone. Magnet Rise allows you to evade Swampy, as HP Grass doesnt 2HKO. The number of times I trapped a Skarmory and killed it only to have Blissey / Swampert come out after and be killed was incredible. Timid allows you to outspeed Adamant Scizor. Here are some damage calculations vs. Scizor:

Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Adamant Scizor: 71-84% not an OHKO but after LO damage + SR its starting to rack up
Thunderbolt vs. 32 HP / 0 SpD SpD Adamant Scizor: 84-99.5% 80% chance to KO after SR

As you can see HP fire may not be nessecary and allows you to use HP Grass more which I think makes him much less wallable, especially when you add explosion in there too.

As for Infernape here is a preferable EV spread with the nessecary calculations:

44 Atk EVs Close Combat vs. 252 Def / 0 HP Calm Bliss will definately OHKO with SR
196 Atk EVs Close Combat vs. 252 Def / 0 HP Calm Bliss will definately OHKO without SR

0 SpA EVs HP Electric vs. 0 SpD / 4 HP Adamant Gyara will definately OHKO after SR
216 SpA EVs HP Electric vs. 0 SpD / 4 HP Adamant Gyara will definately OHKO without SR

0 SpA EVs Grass Knot will definately OHKO 252 HP / 0 SpD Relaxed Swampert no matter what.

Even with Max SpA you have no chance of 2HKOing Salam,ence even after SR, you will do a MAX of 34% damage, which give you a 9% chance of 3HKOing without SR, don't even try it. So the EV Spread as I would suggest it would look like:

EVs: 44 Atk / 212 SpA / 252 Speed

You don't have SR so I went with those calcs and got this EV Spread I took one off Sp. Attack as there was 1 EV too many, but if you take my next piece of Advice and put in Yawn / SR / Trick / U-Turn Uxie @ Choice Scarf in as your lead you will almost always get SR up meaning that the SpA EVS will allow you to KO even Bulky Gyara after SR :D

So fix up Magnezone if you want it to be more aggressive, Add that EV spread to Infernape and change your lead to one that can actually set up SRE and you'll be flying. I hope some of this helped :D
 
Actually, I'm pretty sure he wants a Defensive Magnezone. If you want it to last a long time, there are 2 ways to go: Rest and Sleep Talk for "reliable" recovery, or Magnet Rise and Light Screen to improve his chances of survival. Thunderbolt is pretty much a must for STAB, and the last move can be anything your team needs. Maybe HP Ice for coverage, Explosion as a suicide move, or Reflect for more team support.
 
Why is your Togekiss Timid nature? Timid boosts speed, and as your EV spread and description shows, your not going for speed.
 
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