I'm new to this

TrueSoprano

TrueSoprano

I'm pretty new to competitive battling, and this is my first team. There are obviously some flaws here, and some help would be awesome.

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Forretress
Relaxed, sturdy, 252hp/4d/252spd, Shed shell
Toxic Spikes
Rapid Spin
Gyro Ball
Earthquake

Not much to explain here. This is my lead. Should I keep both attacks, or should I add spikes? I might remove earthquake, since it's so slow and it can't take a fire attack.

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Vaporeon
Bold, water absorb, 248hp/252d/8spe, leftovers
Wish
Protect
Scald
Roar

Good at stalling, especially with double toxic spikes. Roar works well if I manage to set up entry hazards. Wish + Protect + Leftovers is great for healing, and scald has a decent chance of burning.

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Heatran
Modest, Flash Fire, 252spa/4spd/252spe, air balloon
Flamethrower
Earth Power
Hidden Power Ice
Stealth Rock

Heatran works well with Vaporeon because it resists grass attacks, and Vaporeon can also switch in on water types attacking it.

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Machamp
Adamant, no guard, 128hp/252a/128spd, leftovers
Substitute
DynamicPunch
Payback
Stone Edge

I chose Machamp because of No Guard + Dynamic Punch. Stone Edge is also 100% accuracy.

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Gengar
Timid, levitate, 4hp/252spa/252spd, leftovers
Substitute
Disable
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast

Gengar has an awesome SpA and SpE.

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Dragonite
Adamant, inner focus, 60hp/252a/196spd, choice band
Outrage
ExtremeSpeed
Fire Punch
Earthquake

And finally, a choice band Dragonite, another physical attacker.
 
Can you give more reasons for why you chose those Pokémon, along with the reasons for their moves, EV spreads, and such?

Also, your Vaporeon should definitely be Bold and Dragonite should always use Multiscale
 
Hey TrueSoprano, nice team. After reading your team's description, I noticed a few possible changes that you could make, however. As mentioned, it does need a wider description for other viewers to be able to effectively help, ate your team, and suggest changes. Having said that, here are the following changes I have noted for your team.

You seem to be open the attacks from alot of threats in the OU tier. Scizor would have alot of fun crippling your team with a powerful U-turn and priority, boosted Bullet Punch'es. You're also suseptable to powerful attacks from Alakazam, who can take down Gengar, Heatran, Vaporeon and Machamp fairly easily while taking little damage.

*I'd suggest a Careful nature for Machamp, as it allows it to be all around bulky when paired with BulkUp. You could possibly replace Substitute with BulkUp. You could, too, remove Gengar's Leftovers and replace it with BlackSludge, just for Trick users. Dragonite should have Multiscale, as it allows it to not die so quickly and easily; not as easily as it would with InnerFocus.

Also, have you considered PoisonHeal Breloom? As it seems, your team could use Breloom very well when paired with Heatran and Vaporeon. Breloom is also a threat to your team, as it can easily come in after your second layer of Toxic Spikes is set and be benefited from its affect. Not only that, but if it is packing Stone Edge, Spore, FocusPunch, & Substitute. It would have no problem putting Forretress to sleep, or any other Pokemon you try and switch in to for that matter. Then, after setting up a Sub, it would proceed to sweeping your team entirely.
 
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