I'mma start out by saying that I recently got back into the competitive scene for Pokemon and only have a vague clue of what threats are common from playing an hour or two on PS. Bear with me.
Typhlosion @ Choice Scarf
Blaze
Modest
252 SpA 252 Spe 4 HP
Eruption
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
HP Grass
My lead for every situation. While not the greatest thing on the face of the planet, I very much enjoy what he does. Scarf means that he'll be outspeeding pretty much anything that isn't a scarfed Jolteon, and Eruption will be doing a large chunk of damage to anything that doesn't resist it. Flamethrower's for STAB at lower HP and FB's for type coverage. From what I've seen, HP Grass will be doing about 45% to bulky Politoed, so that's the biggest counter to this. Otherwise, I've seen a lot of good things with this setup.
Donphan @ Lefties
Sturdy
Impish
252 HP 252 Def 4 Atk
Earthquake
Rapid Spin
Stealth Rock
Toxic
Standard SR/Spin Donphan. Toxic's there for punishing switchins and setups.
Scizor @ Chocie Band
Technician
Adamant
252 Atk 252 HP 4 SpD
Bullet Punch
Superpower
U-turn
Pursuit
Basically here to be my revenge killer with BP. I'm debating if I wanna roll with the HP EVs, but I'm gonna trust that bulky Scizor's better than sinking Speed EVs into his 166 Speed, lol.
Vaporeon @ Lefties
Water Absorb
Impish
252 Def 248 HP 8 SpA
Scald
Ice Beam
Wish
Substitute
Obligatory bulky water. Vap's here to avoid letting Salamence/Hydreigon/etc. from pooping all over my team. Also useful for being a switch-in on waters, which otherwise would give my team more trouble than they already do.
Salamence @ Life Orb
Moxie
Hasty
252 Atk 252 Spe 4 SpA
Dragon Claw
Earthquake
Aqua Tail
Draco Meteor
AT's here for Gliscor and for coverage. Might be willing to knock it down to FB/FT or something if I get yelled at enough for it.
Lucario @ Lefties
Justified
Adamant
252 HP 40 Atk 96 Def 96 SpD 24 Spe
Close Combat
Crunch
Extremespeed
Swords Dance
Bulky SD Lucario. I'm basically expecting to get yelled at here for the unorthodox EVs. 96 Def and SpD give Lucario 200 Def and SpD respectively, letting him take any hit that isn't Banded/Speced and super effective. This setup's designed to take a hit, use SD to get 2x Attack, and then either poop on everything. I've been playing a bit of PS, and like Leadphlosion, a lot of people don't see it coming or understand how deadly it can be.
I'd say the biggest issue with this team is that something like Genesect as a late-game sweeper gives me a gigantic headache. There are probably some other common threats that would give me trouble too. I'm making this thread for suggestions on how to handle said threats, since I'm still relatively green to the Gen 5 metagame. I'm willing to hear out any suggestions on switching out Pokemon as well. TIA, sorry if the formatting was funky.
Typhlosion @ Choice Scarf
Blaze
Modest
252 SpA 252 Spe 4 HP
Eruption
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
HP Grass
My lead for every situation. While not the greatest thing on the face of the planet, I very much enjoy what he does. Scarf means that he'll be outspeeding pretty much anything that isn't a scarfed Jolteon, and Eruption will be doing a large chunk of damage to anything that doesn't resist it. Flamethrower's for STAB at lower HP and FB's for type coverage. From what I've seen, HP Grass will be doing about 45% to bulky Politoed, so that's the biggest counter to this. Otherwise, I've seen a lot of good things with this setup.
Donphan @ Lefties
Sturdy
Impish
252 HP 252 Def 4 Atk
Earthquake
Rapid Spin
Stealth Rock
Toxic
Standard SR/Spin Donphan. Toxic's there for punishing switchins and setups.
Scizor @ Chocie Band
Technician
Adamant
252 Atk 252 HP 4 SpD
Bullet Punch
Superpower
U-turn
Pursuit
Basically here to be my revenge killer with BP. I'm debating if I wanna roll with the HP EVs, but I'm gonna trust that bulky Scizor's better than sinking Speed EVs into his 166 Speed, lol.
Vaporeon @ Lefties
Water Absorb
Impish
252 Def 248 HP 8 SpA
Scald
Ice Beam
Wish
Substitute
Obligatory bulky water. Vap's here to avoid letting Salamence/Hydreigon/etc. from pooping all over my team. Also useful for being a switch-in on waters, which otherwise would give my team more trouble than they already do.
Salamence @ Life Orb
Moxie
Hasty
252 Atk 252 Spe 4 SpA
Dragon Claw
Earthquake
Aqua Tail
Draco Meteor
AT's here for Gliscor and for coverage. Might be willing to knock it down to FB/FT or something if I get yelled at enough for it.
Lucario @ Lefties
Justified
Adamant
252 HP 40 Atk 96 Def 96 SpD 24 Spe
Close Combat
Crunch
Extremespeed
Swords Dance
Bulky SD Lucario. I'm basically expecting to get yelled at here for the unorthodox EVs. 96 Def and SpD give Lucario 200 Def and SpD respectively, letting him take any hit that isn't Banded/Speced and super effective. This setup's designed to take a hit, use SD to get 2x Attack, and then either poop on everything. I've been playing a bit of PS, and like Leadphlosion, a lot of people don't see it coming or understand how deadly it can be.
I'd say the biggest issue with this team is that something like Genesect as a late-game sweeper gives me a gigantic headache. There are probably some other common threats that would give me trouble too. I'm making this thread for suggestions on how to handle said threats, since I'm still relatively green to the Gen 5 metagame. I'm willing to hear out any suggestions on switching out Pokemon as well. TIA, sorry if the formatting was funky.
