Lost theme

[LeeroyJ]

So... I need some tweeking with my team im "fairly" new to online competitive battling and could really use some input :)

Lead
Starmie@Choice Scarf
Nickname: Desmond(great character in lost, very unique and powerful)
Modest 252SPA 252SPE 4HP

Trick
Surf
T bolt
Rapid spin


Great opener, either starts sweeping or tricks a stealth rocker into a switch. This is my favorite pokemon. Azelf and Aerodactal being the most common leads i feel confident bringing this guy to the plate.



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Stealth rocker
Gliscor@yache berry
Nickname: Sawyer(The shady trickster who leads the losties during dharma time)
Jolly 252HP 40Def 214SPE

Stealth rock
U-turn
Earthquake
Taunt

Great having a fast taunter. Sets up rocks. I had roost on the set for a long time but I so rarely used it that i went with this set and im happy with it :) Good synergy with my 2 water pokes being able to switch into electric moves and ground moves for infernape and such.


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Physical based mix sweep

Infernape@life orb
Nickname: Ben Linus(since you never know what hes up to)
Naive 216SPE 252ATK 40SPA

Close Combat
U-turn
Mach Punch
Overheat

This guy is a threat to many. Kind of a revengish killer of sorts. I need fire on the team for steels and fighting for tyrans and whatnot. Hes a good monkey.


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Healer
Vaporeon@Leftovers
Nickname: Jacob(the holy healer and all powerful Jacob)
Bold 252DEF 68SPE 188 HP

Wish
Protect
Surf
Ice Beam

This guy is a champ, i had rest calm mind suicune here for a while but i love protect vs explosions and being able to heal my other pokes :)


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Revenge
Scizor@Life Orb
Nickname: Sayid(the killer in the show)
Adamant 252ATK 12SPE 244HP

Bullet Punch
Pursuit
Roost
U-turn

Yea... im playing scizor... i wasnt for a while but hes just too good... hes part of what makes your teams need fire moves. Eitherwho hes a good scout takes out ghosts and psycics. I dont feel much need to explain as so many teams use scizor. I considered and still do the Choice band version but i was unconfortable with 3 choice pokes on the team. thoughts?


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Revenge Killer for dragons secondary scout
Flygon@Choice scarf
Nickname: SmokeMnstr(the unholy evil smoke monster of doom that wreaks havoc)
Jolly 252SPE 252ATK 4HP

Outrage
U-turn
Earthquake
Fire Blast

Feels like he brings the team together, i used to use garchomp all the time in D/P and tho hes no scarfchomp he gives me good feelings. And as i refuse to use salamence for some reason... (i hate that thing) this becomes my dragon of choice

I think i may need some sort of stat buffing on my team such as DD gyra or a sword dancer or a calm minder should a nice opportunity arrise.
Im open to a lot of replacement Pokes/moves/ev spreads though i LOVE my starmie.

Thanks for your time :)

 

[McLuvdisc]

Hey, nice team. I worry that you'll have a big weakness to Swampert though, particularly if Starmie has been KO'd. Putting Toxic on Vaporeon in place of Ice Beam would help a lot with this, since Swampert can't really do much to Vappy and will eventually be forced out. Another option might be to run a more specially based Infernape with Grass Knot.

Dragon Dance Gyarados is also likely to sweep your team if Starmie's gone, since you have no other Electric or Rock moves. You could consider replacing Gliscor with a Rotom form, but then you have no one to set up rocks. Maybe you could use a Scarfed Jirachi as a lead and run Rotom-C to counter Gyarados and Swampert.

Finally, your Scizor needs some work. You have Wish Support from Vaporeon already, so I don't get the point of Roost, especially since you haven't EV'd Scizor very defensively...in fact, if I'm not mistaken, you've given him the EVs of the Choice Band set. If you're going to run the Life Orb set, replace Roost with Sword Dance for extra power, replace Pursuit with Superpower or Brick Break (otherwise you'll be walled by Steels), and put all of those HP EVs into Speed. Personally though, I would go with the Choice Band set and replace Roost with Superpower. You really don't need to worry about having three Choiced Pokes if you learn how to predict well. Just look at Atticus' Team StrongBOTs...it went 7-2 in the Frontier with 4 Choiced members! Just take a look:

http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59985

Also, here's the link to Scizor's SmogonDex page so you can sort that whole mess out:

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/scizor

Lastly, you're going to want to put more into your descriptions or Haunter is going to close this thread. Try making an actual threat list as well...it's hard to make suggestions when you don't tell us what you're having trouble with.

 

[Bloo]

3. Have some actual words in your post beyond your six Pokemon and their moves. Not following this makes your post quite boring to read and rate. All Pokemon should have a good reason for being in your team anyway, so why not post that reason? If you are having trouble with this one, start by giving an explanation for each team member. Why are they there? What role do they serve? How do you get them in? Then, give an explanation of how you would open with the team and how you would go about using it. All of these things help people rate your team and allow us to offer more helpful advice.

This does not mean add one sentence saying "Standard x" or "all-around awesome" after each Pokemon. If you put thought into making the team, you can put thought into posting it.

This thread was posted a while ago and was rated just now by the above user, but nonetheless, it's violating rule #3. You need to improve on your descriptions, they're currently too short. Have a look at some of the teams in the RMT archive to see what is expected. Explain why you chose your Pokemon, how they contribute to the success of the team, etc. If you want to have this thread opened, fix your descriptions and send them to me via PM. If they are sufficient enough, I'll unlock your thread with the edited descriptions.