Guys please note that this is a Wi-fi team so unfortunately I won't be able to have any Rotom forms because I have missed the event :(
The reason for starting my team.
Well, I am a new member to smogon and competitive battling. I have been waiting for a Battle 101 round to begin so I can learn from the best about Competitive Battling. I thought instead of reading other peoples teams and comments Why don't I learn from the mistakes that I have made in building my team instead of sitting doing nothing and waiting for a Battle 101 round to begin.
The Overview of the team
The reason for choosing each poke
Well my lead pokemon, I didn't want to start it off with my usual Aerodactyl but I still needed a fast and sometimes surprising poke - This is when Gliscor came into mind.
So now that I have got a Gliscor I needed to cover the obvious threat of the ice moves. But this pokemon had to also withstand water moves. A Starmie came into mind.
So I now will have a Rapid spin Starmie and a lead Gliscor. Now what do I do with the electric, grass, ghost and dark moves that will be targeted at starmie? None other than a Magnezone
So now I have a poke that will handle with practically all my above weaknesses.
For Fire: I have a Kindra with 4x resistance to fire. My Kingdra is the main attacker on my team. Kingdra has great synergy with Scizor
At the moment my team is very frail so i needed a bulky pokemon that can hit a lot of types for super effective damage. This pokemon also needed to stop any spin blockers/ghost. A Tyranitar was my best option.
Well with my dual dragon's I need to cover my rather large Dragon weakness for this I would use my Scizor.Scizor's weakness is covered by Kingdra
An in-depth view of my team
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sandveil
EVs: 204 HP / 52 Atk / 252 Speed
Jolly Nature (+Speed and -Sp.Atk)
Moves;
Stealth Rock
Earthquake
Taunt
U-Turn
Set analysis
Well, I needed a good SR user besides an Aerodactyl I chose this Gliscor set to be a lead.
He will set up SR and taunt any other leads that speed stat is less than 317.
Earthquake is used to as his STAB attack.
U-Turn allows me to do damge and sub out to another pokemon :) Most pokemon that trouble my Gliscor don't bother the rest of the team. I will often send in Kingdra from the U-Turn and set up a DDance because the opponent usually withdraws their pokemon :)
EVs
Well I needed a Gliscor that can outspeed, take a few hits and still be a threat to other pokes so I decided to use 216 EV's in speed to get to 308 speed stat which is rather quick, 88 Atk EV's to get to 248 atk so it can be a threat to a surprised trainer. Well in order to take hits i feel his HP must be increased by 204 EV's thus his HP will be 342.
Starmie @ Life Orb
Ablity: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed
Timid Nature (+Speed, - Atk)
Moves:
Rapid Spin
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Set analysis
My previous set of Starmie was allowing pokemon to have a safe switch in or free set up moves. I Would like to thank Scimjara for pointing this out to me.
Thanks to Life Orb My Starmie is able to revenge kill Shaymin and Zapdos whilst still inflicting damage to Suicuine with thunderbolt.
Hydro pump is my Starmie's STAB attack and will quickly put a stop to the Tyranitar pursuit switch ins.
EVs
Well I need to be able to out speed most the OU Metagame to sweep and Rspin with my Starmie so the 252 Speed EV's are necessary. In-order for my starmie to sweep and to counter my counter's I need to max out my special Attack so the 252 SpA is a must. The 4 HP EV's is for the extra health point :)
Magnezone @ Leftovers
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40 Atk / 216 Speed / 252 Sp.Atk
Naive Nature (+Speed, - Sp.Def)
Moves:
Explosion
Substitute
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power (Grass)
Set analysis
Thunderbolt is my Magnezone’s STAB attack that can inflict damage to everything except ground types who I would just sub out to my Starmie or Kingdra
Hidden Power grass allows me to hit ground types.
Substitute is there for my Magnezone to be able to take an EQ from a pokemon
Explosion provides my Magnezon with the ability to take out other threats that could threaten my team (With Sala recently been promoted to uber's i predict a SD Flygon will occur more explosion can stop flygon from setting up on me or Dragonite using DDance to set up on my slower Magnezone)
EVs
The reason that I have put 40 EV’s into my Atk stat is to provide my explosion with a bit more power.
216 Speed EV’s are there just to up my Magnezone’s speed stat so it can outspeed other ‘slower’ pokmeon. The 252 Sp.Atk EV’s are there to allow my Thunderbolt to have more zap in it and because Magnezones Sp.Atk stat is higher than his atk stat.
Kingra @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 144 HP / 160 Atk / 164 Speed / 40 SDef
Adament Nature (+Atk, -Sp,Atk)
Moves:
Rest
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Outrage
Set Analysis
Thanks to Scimjara for pointing out the Chesto + Rest set is far better than the old Sub set. Unlike the previous set I was running on my Kingdra, Kingdra can come in immediately and start to D Dance and when need be I can rest to restore his Health :)
Some Calculations showing the advantage of managing 1 DDance
Waterfall: power of 80 because it is a water move Kingdra receives a STAB
80 * 1.5 = 120
So with a DDance up Waterfall now has:
1.5 * 120 = 180 power
Damage that Kingdra can do is
180 * 317 (His Atk Stat) = 57 060
However this 57 060 must be divided by the target foe’s [defence stat * (2 if not very effective or 4 if extremely not very effective)]
Outrage: Power of 120 it receives a STAB bonus and a DDance power up
120 * 1.5 * 1.5 = 270 power
270 * 317 = 85 590
However this 85 590 must be divided by the target foe’s [defence stat * (2 if not very effective or 4 if extremely not very effective)]
EVs
Well since my Kingdra was going to Dragon Dance it would be only viable to max out his attack and speed stats the rest I put into his HP.
Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 44 HP / 252 Attack / 212 Speed
Adamant Nature (+Attack, -Sp.Attack)
Moves:
Crunch
Aqua Tail
Pursuit
Stone Edge
Set Analysis
My old T-tar was a bulky water bait and this was pointed out by Scimjara (thanks:) ) This CB Tar allows me to OHKO/2HKO many common switch ins. Souch as Scizor, Skarmory, Forretress. Thanks to CB My Tyranitar's attack is at a monstrous 604.5. Crunch is for any Ghost/ Psychic pokemon. Pursuit is for an extra Pursuit trapper and is STABbed unlike Scizor's. Aqua tail hurts any other t-tar's or rock pokemon.
EVs
Max attack is a must on this set to fully utilize it's ability to PWN :) 44 HP is there to survive an extra hit or two :) the rest go into speed to help assist T-tar in it's sweeping capability.
Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EV's: 252 Atk; 248 HP ; 8 Speed
Adament Nature (+Atk, - Sp.Atk)
Moves:
Pursuit
Bullet Punch
Superpower
U-Turn
Set Analysis
I decided that Scizor would be the next best physical attacker to put into my team and because it works well to cover Kingdra’s threat and for Kingdra to resist any fire moves aimed at Scizor.
This set is mainly designed to really put in the late game sweep because many of the opposing teams pokes will have taken damage by my poke’s or SR damage.
With my Scizor holding CB it is really a force to be reckoned with.
Here are reason’s why:
1.) Bullet Punch has a Power of 40 but with the STAB, Technician and CB boost it will have a power of 40* 1.5 * 1.5 * 1.5 = 135 power. This will be a total damage (without taking the other pokemon’s defence into account) of 135 * 394 = 53190
2.) U-turn which allows my scizor to sub out on my first turn to my kingdra and have inflicted a decent amount of damage. U-turn power of 70 * CB * STAB * 394 = 62 055
3.) Superpower is there to handle any other Scizor’s or dark types that could threaten my Starmie.
4.) Pursuit allows me to hit fleeing enemies for double damage and have CB increase and a technician boost.
a. 40 Base power *1.5 *1.5 * 394 * 2 = 70 920 without the opponents pokemons defence into account
EVs
Well since this is a physical moveset I would need to max my Scizors attack. I put nearly all the remainding EVs in HP for longetivity and put 8 Speed EV’s to outspeed any other Scizors that havn’t increased their speed stat at all.
The reason for starting my team.
Well, I am a new member to smogon and competitive battling. I have been waiting for a Battle 101 round to begin so I can learn from the best about Competitive Battling. I thought instead of reading other peoples teams and comments Why don't I learn from the mistakes that I have made in building my team instead of sitting doing nothing and waiting for a Battle 101 round to begin.
The Overview of the team
The reason for choosing each poke
Well my lead pokemon, I didn't want to start it off with my usual Aerodactyl but I still needed a fast and sometimes surprising poke - This is when Gliscor came into mind.
So now that I have got a Gliscor I needed to cover the obvious threat of the ice moves. But this pokemon had to also withstand water moves. A Starmie came into mind.
So I now will have a Rapid spin Starmie and a lead Gliscor. Now what do I do with the electric, grass, ghost and dark moves that will be targeted at starmie? None other than a Magnezone
So now I have a poke that will handle with practically all my above weaknesses.
For Fire: I have a Kindra with 4x resistance to fire. My Kingdra is the main attacker on my team. Kingdra has great synergy with Scizor
At the moment my team is very frail so i needed a bulky pokemon that can hit a lot of types for super effective damage. This pokemon also needed to stop any spin blockers/ghost. A Tyranitar was my best option.
Well with my dual dragon's I need to cover my rather large Dragon weakness for this I would use my Scizor.Scizor's weakness is covered by Kingdra
An in-depth view of my team
Gliscor (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sandveil
EVs: 204 HP / 52 Atk / 252 Speed
Jolly Nature (+Speed and -Sp.Atk)
Moves;
Stealth Rock
Earthquake
Taunt
U-Turn
Set analysis
Well, I needed a good SR user besides an Aerodactyl I chose this Gliscor set to be a lead.
He will set up SR and taunt any other leads that speed stat is less than 317.
Earthquake is used to as his STAB attack.
U-Turn allows me to do damge and sub out to another pokemon :) Most pokemon that trouble my Gliscor don't bother the rest of the team. I will often send in Kingdra from the U-Turn and set up a DDance because the opponent usually withdraws their pokemon :)
EVs
Well I needed a Gliscor that can outspeed, take a few hits and still be a threat to other pokes so I decided to use 216 EV's in speed to get to 308 speed stat which is rather quick, 88 Atk EV's to get to 248 atk so it can be a threat to a surprised trainer. Well in order to take hits i feel his HP must be increased by 204 EV's thus his HP will be 342.
Starmie @ Life Orb
Ablity: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed
Timid Nature (+Speed, - Atk)
Moves:
Rapid Spin
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Set analysis
My previous set of Starmie was allowing pokemon to have a safe switch in or free set up moves. I Would like to thank Scimjara for pointing this out to me.
Thanks to Life Orb My Starmie is able to revenge kill Shaymin and Zapdos whilst still inflicting damage to Suicuine with thunderbolt.
Hydro pump is my Starmie's STAB attack and will quickly put a stop to the Tyranitar pursuit switch ins.
EVs
Well I need to be able to out speed most the OU Metagame to sweep and Rspin with my Starmie so the 252 Speed EV's are necessary. In-order for my starmie to sweep and to counter my counter's I need to max out my special Attack so the 252 SpA is a must. The 4 HP EV's is for the extra health point :)
Magnezone @ Leftovers
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40 Atk / 216 Speed / 252 Sp.Atk
Naive Nature (+Speed, - Sp.Def)
Moves:
Explosion
Substitute
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power (Grass)
Set analysis
Thunderbolt is my Magnezone’s STAB attack that can inflict damage to everything except ground types who I would just sub out to my Starmie or Kingdra
Hidden Power grass allows me to hit ground types.
Substitute is there for my Magnezone to be able to take an EQ from a pokemon
Explosion provides my Magnezon with the ability to take out other threats that could threaten my team (With Sala recently been promoted to uber's i predict a SD Flygon will occur more explosion can stop flygon from setting up on me or Dragonite using DDance to set up on my slower Magnezone)
EVs
The reason that I have put 40 EV’s into my Atk stat is to provide my explosion with a bit more power.
216 Speed EV’s are there just to up my Magnezone’s speed stat so it can outspeed other ‘slower’ pokmeon. The 252 Sp.Atk EV’s are there to allow my Thunderbolt to have more zap in it and because Magnezones Sp.Atk stat is higher than his atk stat.
Kingra @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 144 HP / 160 Atk / 164 Speed / 40 SDef
Adament Nature (+Atk, -Sp,Atk)
Moves:
Rest
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Outrage
Set Analysis
Thanks to Scimjara for pointing out the Chesto + Rest set is far better than the old Sub set. Unlike the previous set I was running on my Kingdra, Kingdra can come in immediately and start to D Dance and when need be I can rest to restore his Health :)
Some Calculations showing the advantage of managing 1 DDance
Waterfall: power of 80 because it is a water move Kingdra receives a STAB
80 * 1.5 = 120
So with a DDance up Waterfall now has:
1.5 * 120 = 180 power
Damage that Kingdra can do is
180 * 317 (His Atk Stat) = 57 060
However this 57 060 must be divided by the target foe’s [defence stat * (2 if not very effective or 4 if extremely not very effective)]
Outrage: Power of 120 it receives a STAB bonus and a DDance power up
120 * 1.5 * 1.5 = 270 power
270 * 317 = 85 590
However this 85 590 must be divided by the target foe’s [defence stat * (2 if not very effective or 4 if extremely not very effective)]
EVs
Well since my Kingdra was going to Dragon Dance it would be only viable to max out his attack and speed stats the rest I put into his HP.
Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 44 HP / 252 Attack / 212 Speed
Adamant Nature (+Attack, -Sp.Attack)
Moves:
Crunch
Aqua Tail
Pursuit
Stone Edge
Set Analysis
My old T-tar was a bulky water bait and this was pointed out by Scimjara (thanks:) ) This CB Tar allows me to OHKO/2HKO many common switch ins. Souch as Scizor, Skarmory, Forretress. Thanks to CB My Tyranitar's attack is at a monstrous 604.5. Crunch is for any Ghost/ Psychic pokemon. Pursuit is for an extra Pursuit trapper and is STABbed unlike Scizor's. Aqua tail hurts any other t-tar's or rock pokemon.
EVs
Max attack is a must on this set to fully utilize it's ability to PWN :) 44 HP is there to survive an extra hit or two :) the rest go into speed to help assist T-tar in it's sweeping capability.
Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EV's: 252 Atk; 248 HP ; 8 Speed
Adament Nature (+Atk, - Sp.Atk)
Moves:
Pursuit
Bullet Punch
Superpower
U-Turn
Set Analysis
I decided that Scizor would be the next best physical attacker to put into my team and because it works well to cover Kingdra’s threat and for Kingdra to resist any fire moves aimed at Scizor.
This set is mainly designed to really put in the late game sweep because many of the opposing teams pokes will have taken damage by my poke’s or SR damage.
With my Scizor holding CB it is really a force to be reckoned with.
Here are reason’s why:
1.) Bullet Punch has a Power of 40 but with the STAB, Technician and CB boost it will have a power of 40* 1.5 * 1.5 * 1.5 = 135 power. This will be a total damage (without taking the other pokemon’s defence into account) of 135 * 394 = 53190
2.) U-turn which allows my scizor to sub out on my first turn to my kingdra and have inflicted a decent amount of damage. U-turn power of 70 * CB * STAB * 394 = 62 055
3.) Superpower is there to handle any other Scizor’s or dark types that could threaten my Starmie.
4.) Pursuit allows me to hit fleeing enemies for double damage and have CB increase and a technician boost.
a. 40 Base power *1.5 *1.5 * 394 * 2 = 70 920 without the opponents pokemons defence into account
EVs
Well since this is a physical moveset I would need to max my Scizors attack. I put nearly all the remainding EVs in HP for longetivity and put 8 Speed EV’s to outspeed any other Scizors that havn’t increased their speed stat at all.
