Hey guys!
I'm having a DPP tournament with friends, and was hoping to get some help and advice choosing my final team/setup! We'll be playing in Pokemon Battle Revolution, Lvl 50 single battles.
For our tournament in particular, we split up the entire list of Pokemon into different groups to choose from. You can choose one pokemon from each individual "tier", with the strongest being "tier 1" and he weakest being "tier 6". The list has led to some really interesting Pokemon team choices, and I've been trying my best to come up with a competitive team. They were largely based on Smogon's tiers initially, but my buddy decided to switch it up this time and they're a bit more blended together.
However, As this is my first time really playing any gen 4 game competitively, I've struggled determining my final member. I chose an existing recommended team from Smogon that had a decent bit of "tier spread", but sadly couldn't choose all the pokemon in the set. However, I settled on a Sandstorm team and figured that would be cool. I'm basing a lot of my team composition on the team found here: https://pokepast.es/6c92e54414b04c32
Below is the team that I've decided on, followed by the remaining potential team options that I have been debating between. I appreciate suggestions outside of the four I listed, however there's a good chance that other choices would be outside the "tier", so I'd appreciate sticking to the ones listed. Additionally, we have a tournament rule that you can only use one item on one pokemon, therefore you can't simply give each Pokemon leftovers and call it a day. If anyone has any suggestions on changes/decisions (such as items) on current team members, feel free to share! I could use any help I could get!
Tyranitar
Item - Choice Scarf
Ability - Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Nature - Jolly
Moves:
Crunch
Earthquake/Thunder Wave
Stealth Rock
Pursuit
Skarmory
Item - Shed Shell
Ability - Keen Eye
EVs:248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Nature - Impish
Moves:
Brave Bird/Drill Peck
Roost, Spikes
Whirlwind
Clefable
Item - Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SpD
Calm Nature
Moves:
Seismic Toss / Knock Off
Thunder Wave
Soft-Boiled
Ice Beam / Knock Off
Quagsire
Item - ?
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 100 Def / 156 SpD
Impish Nature
Moves:
Earthquake
Encore
Recover
Toxic
Sudowoodo
Item - Focus Sash
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
Moves: Wood Hammer
Stone Edge
Explosion
Low Kick/Earthquake
Final Slot Options:
Mismagius
Item - ?
Ability - Levitate
Nature - Timid
Moves:
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
Pain Split
Destiny Bond/Nasty Plot/Will-O-Wisp
Taunt/Substitute
Donphan
Item - ?
Ability - Sturdy
Moves:
Earthquake
Rapid Spin
Ice Shard
Knock Off / Assurance
Magneton
Claydol
Thanks again for reading! It's been such a fun time revisiting these old games and getting together in person to play them with friends. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
I'm having a DPP tournament with friends, and was hoping to get some help and advice choosing my final team/setup! We'll be playing in Pokemon Battle Revolution, Lvl 50 single battles.
For our tournament in particular, we split up the entire list of Pokemon into different groups to choose from. You can choose one pokemon from each individual "tier", with the strongest being "tier 1" and he weakest being "tier 6". The list has led to some really interesting Pokemon team choices, and I've been trying my best to come up with a competitive team. They were largely based on Smogon's tiers initially, but my buddy decided to switch it up this time and they're a bit more blended together.
However, As this is my first time really playing any gen 4 game competitively, I've struggled determining my final member. I chose an existing recommended team from Smogon that had a decent bit of "tier spread", but sadly couldn't choose all the pokemon in the set. However, I settled on a Sandstorm team and figured that would be cool. I'm basing a lot of my team composition on the team found here: https://pokepast.es/6c92e54414b04c32
Below is the team that I've decided on, followed by the remaining potential team options that I have been debating between. I appreciate suggestions outside of the four I listed, however there's a good chance that other choices would be outside the "tier", so I'd appreciate sticking to the ones listed. Additionally, we have a tournament rule that you can only use one item on one pokemon, therefore you can't simply give each Pokemon leftovers and call it a day. If anyone has any suggestions on changes/decisions (such as items) on current team members, feel free to share! I could use any help I could get!
Tyranitar
Item - Choice Scarf
Ability - Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Nature - Jolly
Moves:
Crunch
Earthquake/Thunder Wave
Stealth Rock
Pursuit
Skarmory
Item - Shed Shell
Ability - Keen Eye
EVs:248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Nature - Impish
Moves:
Brave Bird/Drill Peck
Roost, Spikes
Whirlwind
Clefable
Item - Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SpD
Calm Nature
Moves:
Seismic Toss / Knock Off
Thunder Wave
Soft-Boiled
Ice Beam / Knock Off
Quagsire
Item - ?
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 100 Def / 156 SpD
Impish Nature
Moves:
Earthquake
Encore
Recover
Toxic
Sudowoodo
Item - Focus Sash
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
Moves: Wood Hammer
Stone Edge
Explosion
Low Kick/Earthquake
Final Slot Options:
Mismagius
Item - ?
Ability - Levitate
Nature - Timid
Moves:
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
Pain Split
Destiny Bond/Nasty Plot/Will-O-Wisp
Taunt/Substitute
Donphan
Item - ?
Ability - Sturdy
Moves:
Earthquake
Rapid Spin
Ice Shard
Knock Off / Assurance
Magneton
Claydol
Thanks again for reading! It's been such a fun time revisiting these old games and getting together in person to play them with friends. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
