Meza's Hellfire Trigger 1.0

Meza

I am using this team once more, so I will have to remove it from Smogon (18-2 Win/Lose record so far).
 
This has no real walls and as such it gets walked on by powerhouse sweepers somewhat. Personally I would take out at least Azelf and add in a Bronzong for some sturdy battering, and/or take out Starmie and put in a Swampert or Milotic or another bulky water. Starmie serves a purpose but is not that handy at taking hits like the bulkier Swapert or Milotic, who also would work nicely as a status absorber with Rest Sleeptalk.
 
Janenmori said:
This has no real walls and as such it gets walked on by powerhouse sweepers somewhat. Personally I would take out at least Azelf and add in a Bronzong for some sturdy battering, and/or take out Starmie and put in a Swampert or Milotic or another bulky water. Starmie serves a purpose but is not that handy at taking hits like the bulkier Swapert or Milotic, who also would work nicely as a status absorber with Rest Sleeptalk.
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I agree with Janenmori here, you just have 6 sweepers in a team, which is not bad if you can predict but this team needs stabilizing forces like Bronzong and Milotic since the new standard Gyarados with Life Orb outspeeds Starmie with just one Dragon Dance and then proceeds to KO your whole team. Bronzong should replace Azelf and Milotic should replace Starmie. You should have Milotic use HP Electric and Bronzong has a slot or two available since you have Aerodactyl setting up the Stealth Rocks. Rapid Spin shouldn't be needed since most teams set up Stealth Rocks in the very beginning (using their lead) where you can just use Taunt and prevent it.

In short, replace Azelf and Starmie for Milotic and Brozong. The sets I would reccomend you use are the standard sets, but Milotic must have HP Electric and Bronzong has a open spot for another attacking move like Earthquake.
 
Thanks, I was going for an all out sweeper team here. The main point of the team is to hit hard and fast. Yeah, the team does need quite a bit of prediction to work, but when it does, there is really not much the opponent can do, since s/he usually ends up playing defensively.

True, the team has a Gyara weakness (Heh, I think most teams now have a Gyara weakness), which is the reason why Azelf has a Sash and Thunderbolt. I'm still thinking about it, though. And from what I've noticed so far, Rapid Spin has next to no use in most of the battles I've played so far, so I might replace Starmie with something else, I would still like to keep a spinner, though, just in case.

I've actually thought about adding a Gyara of my own (Dragon Dance, Waterfall, Earthquake, Stone Edge) to counter opposing Gyarados.

Thank you, I will keep some of your suggestions in mind.
 
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