Monotype psychic team

[St Dionysius]

This mono team has been one of my more usable ones and has a pretty simplistic strategy behind it (The main idea being just to stat up behind screens).


Discuss, improve, rip on, whatever.


Metagross @ Lum Berry
Nature: Naughty
252 Atk/124 SpAtk/132 Speed
-Bullet Punch
-Earthquake
-Grass Knot
-ThunderPunch


Latias @ Leftovers
Nature: Timid
4 HP/252 SpAtk/252 Speed
-Calm Mind
-Dragon Pulse
-Thunderbolt
-HP [Fire]


Slowbro @ Leftovers
Nature: Bold
Ability: Own Tempo
252 HP/252 Def/4 SpDef
-Thunder Wave
-Slack Off
-Surf
-Psychic


Jirachi @ Light Clay
Nature: Careful
252 HP/100 Def/156 SpDef
-Thunder Wave
-Iron Head
-Reflect
-Light Screen


Gallade @ Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
4 HP/252 Def/252 Speed
-Swords Dance
-Close Combat
-Psycho Cut
-Stone Edge


Starmie @ Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Ability: Natural Cure
4 HP/252 SpAtk/252 Speed
-Hydro Pump
-Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam
-Psychic

Side Notes
Yet again, Scizor becomes a problem for this team. U-Turn is a fear a lot of my team can't get past. This is also why I've given Latias HP [Fire] instead of recover.
I could probably also switch Metagross' ThunderPunch for HP [Fire], but then I lose my best means to take out opposing lead Gyrados or Crobat. Also, I don't think my Metagross is faster than most Scizor anyway (Is it? I don't know)
The lack of physical attackers makes it pretty easy for special walls to come in and possibly set up. Yeah, I have Matagross and Gallade, but the former is simply to set a pace as a lead while the latter is slow as shit.
Though I do try to remedy Gallade's piss poor speed with support from Thunder Wave.
I'm thinking of running a Calm Mind Slowbro. All that defense coupled with boosted Special Defense and recovery access? Slowbro could be a beast to take down. The only problem with this is that I'd lose very useful Paralysis support.

 

[haunter]

Please read the rules before posting again as this thread is clearly breaking rule 3:

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.