Intense Sandstorm Team

Jaroku

I have been using this sandstorm team for a while but havent really been playing shoddy too much lately. This is a pretty good team and has done better than most of the other teams I have made but I know it can improve. Help will definitly be appreciated. Thanks.

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Bronzong @ Lum Berry
Relaxed
252 Hp/68 Atk./10 Def./180 sp. Def.
-Gyro Ball
-Hypnosis
-Stealth Rock
-Explosion

Your standard Bronzong. Have lum berry for random status. My main sleep inducer and also my stealth rock setter. Gyro Ball can help me beat realy fast pokemon and explosion can help kill or dent something as a last ditch effort. Made my lead over ScarfGar.

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Gengar @ Choice Scarf
Timid
6 Hp/252 Sp. Atk./252 Spe.
-Shadow Ball
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Focus Blast
-Hypnosis

Scarfgar is definitly one of the best pokemon out there. It can outspeed jsut about anything. Shadow ball for STAB, HP Ice for outspeeding and OHKOing Scarfchomp and other dragons, Focus blast for Tyranitar and Weavile (also outsped) and hypnosis for everything else. Made timid with maxed speed now.

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Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Quiet
252 Hp/180 Sp. Atk./78 Spe.
-Substitute
-Focus Punch
-Ice Beam
-Dark Pulse

TyraniBOAH, almost always kills something and definitly is gonna hurt something when I get it in on Blissey. 101 subs means she can't do anything to me while I prepare a focus punch to her face. Ice Beam can help against dragons and ground types while dark pulse is there for STAB and anything weak to it.

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Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Adamant
6 Hp/252 Atk/252 Spe.
-Earthquake
-Dragon Claw
-Outrage
-Fire Blast

ScarfChomp another fast sweeper for the team. Not sure if I really need two scarfed pokemon though. Anyways a STAB EQ or Outrage can really put the hurt on a lot of things. Also have dragon claw so I dont have to be locked into Outrage. Fire Blast is for Forretress, Skarmory, and Scizor but I havent got much use out of it. My team has a pretty big problem with taking out Bronzong. Made adamant for that extra bit of power.

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Jirachi @ Leftovers
Impish
242 Hp/56 Atk./76 Def./136 Spe.
-Zen Headbutt
-Wish
-U-Turn
-Body Slam/Reflect

Here to replace Weezing. Provides my team with useful wish support but not quite sure if that 60 percent paralysis chance on body slam or reflect will help the team more.

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Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid
162 Hp/132 Sp. Atk./216 Spe.
-Surf
-Thunderbolt
-Recover
-Rapid Spin/Ice Beam

Decided to go with what everyone said and change specs star to this spread. Still not sure if I really need rapid spin though and that third attacking move seems like it could help out.



Alright so theres me team. I realize there are some problem such as having three choiced pokemon but hopefully this team can be helped. I know it can be improved. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Well as you said 3 choice pokemon isn't exactly needed. Also ScarfGar is kind of an outdated lead now. I would lead with Bronzong instead. It counters other Gengars and gets stealth rocks out fast.

Well Gliscor would do better than Weezing on this team. You can still counter Fighting types (better), while having a better support move and better defense against Garchomp (most teams need atleast 2 things to deal with it). I suggest you use a standard Rapid Spinning Starmie instead to cover Gyarados. You lose power, but it seems like you have alot of offense anyways. Pretty solid team besides that, but Bulky waters and bulky special sweepers could give you problems. Maybe you could try a bulkier CBtar or put Toxic on Gliscor.

All ScarfGars are Timid btw, so max your Gengar out. Even Scarfchomps are jolly.
 
Ryo pretty much hit everything on the head although I question Jolly Chomp. It does beat every other scarfer like modest gengar and Deoxys. However when going with jolly your outrage will now fail to ohko stuff like starmie, ludicolo, some gengars, ect. So I would change that to Adamant especially if you are using timid scarfgar anyway...

He pretty much got everything right though in what he said. Also this team has a lot of trouble against nasty plot infernape who will outspeed modest starmie. For that reason I say make Starmie the Rapid Spinner like Ryo said.

The problem with choicing your attackers is that they can be walled now allowing you to die from indirect damage. So again Spin Star is the much better choice if you didnt believe ryo for some reason.

To be honest I think a good special wall like Milotic would fit better over weezing or even better zen headbutt wish jirachi. Still beats heracross but allows the team to heal up which is pretty helpful.

Looks solid though.
 
Ok I guess that that makes sense I'm going to make comp adamant. And I suppose making starmie into the rapid spinner is a good idea but I'm a bit reluctant. Would counter star work better? And also what moveset for Jirachi?
 
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Impish Nature
EVS: 240 HP / 136 Spe (rest in attack and def)
~ Wish
~ Zen Headbutt
~ U-Turn
~ Body Slam / Reflect

The 136 speed evs will always beat adamant heracross. The defense and HP will let you survive a close combat from switching in. I use Body Slam in the last slot because it has 60% chance of paralyzing with serene grace and then Zen headbutt will have a 20% chance or so of flinching so they will have a tough time actually getting an attack in and if they do you can easily wish it off.
 
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