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ScaredyLuigi

I know I'm a complete noob at this and some of this was copypasted from the Strategic Pokedex, but I actually use this team with the exception of Crobat (who seems like he'd help a bunch)

Also, this team lacks a Boltbeamer, a Rock Blocker, and a reliable wall, can someone help with that?

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The Expected/Never Used Lead
Ninjask @Focus Sash
EVs: 252 HP / 60 SDef / 198 Spe
Adamant Nature
Speed Boost
-Swords Dance
-X-Scissor
-Protect
-Baton Pass

Why?
Most leads can OHKO Ninjask, we all know this. But Focus Sash Ninjask can do what most Pokes can't do safely: Pass 2 Attack and 3 Speed boosts using Protect, SD, Protect, BP. This gives him versatility on this team as everyone other than Togekiss is Physical on my team and Togekiss REALLY needs the Speed boost.

The Speedy Sweeper
Weavile
Focus Sash/Life Orb
252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Night Slash
-Ice Punch
-Brick Break
-Swords Dance

Why?
Weavile's just the average Physical sweeper except he can out-speed almost every Poke, plus if he uses the Focus Sash, he can SD, survive, and wipe the floor against almost everything except Fighting or heavy Steels.

The Special One
Togekiss
King's Rock/Leftovers
EVs: 252 HP / 172 SAtk / 84 Spe
Modest Nature
Ability: Serene Grace
-Air Slash
-Thunder Wave
-Aura Sphere
-Roost

Why?
Togekiss is the primary Ninjask BP recipient unless a Ground or Special wall is in play. Togekiss can decimate teams with luck, because if the +3 Speed boost does get him over the opponent's Speed (which it probably will), he can repeatedly use Air Slash and flinch them for 60% + possible King's Rock bonus (dunno what it is). If he's still slower, he can use TWave and flinch for 70+%. Togekiss is fairly sturdy so it can Roost off the damage if he manages to get hit. (It also stops Boltbeamers in their tracks as long as they're taking off less than 1/2 of Togekiss's HP). Also, he's a good switch-in for Weavile as his #1 weakness is Fighting.
Shroom Intoxication
Breloom
Toxic Orb
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
Ability: Poison Heal
-Spore
-Focus Punch
-Stone Edge
-Facade

Why?
Obvious set is obvious, we all know what Sporepunch does, but it isn't OHKOing non-normal Flying types such as Yanmega (.25x effective) and it's missing Ghosts completely. For that, there's Stone Edge. Anything that has a resistance against Fighting or Rock can be at least neutrally hit by Normal, and Facade's power doubles with Toxic Orb, which additionally heals Breloom.

Rock&Role
Gliscor
Leftovers/Yache Berry
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 216 Spe
Impish Nature
Ability: Sand Veil
-Earthquake
-Swords Dance
-Baton Pass
-Stealth Rock

Why?
He's the resident lightning rod plus he's not weak to much, as Yache Berry's presence indicates. He's also the only Stealth Rocker and an alternate Baton Passer, and he may even do both jobs at once because of his durability and speed.

EDIT:
LOStarmie
Starmie @ Life orb
Timid nature
EV: 4 HP 252 Sp.Atk 252 Spe

Surf
Rapid spin
Ice beam
Thunderbolt

Why?
Thunderbolt and Ice Beam are at least neutral against everything except Lanturn and Magnezone, the former isn't often seen in OU play and the latter is taken care of by Life Orb STAB Surf. Timid 252 Speed EV Starmie is only outsped by ~15 Pokemon, and the majority of them are Ubers. Rapid Spin is there because the rest of my team is susceptible to Stealth Rock and Starmie is the fastest Spinner in the game.
 
Your team has a major Stealth Rock weakness, with no spin blocker. You lack a Fire resist with three weaknesses and you have 5 Ice Weaknesses. You must address these weaknesses before battling competitively.
 
bluewooper said:
Your team has a major Stealth Rock weakness, with no spin blocker. You lack a Fire resist with three weaknesses and you have 5 Ice Weaknesses. You must address these weaknesses before battling competitively.
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^True^

You say you want a BoltBeamer, and you need to cut down the weakness to ice, and you need a Rapid spinner. LOStarmie is the first thing that poops up in my mind:

LOStarmie @ Life orb
Timid nature
EV: 4 HP 252 Sp.Atk 252 Spe

Surf
Rapid spin
Ice beam
Thunderbolt

He can switch in on alot of ice attacks and problamy answer back as he has almost perfect coverage. Some calcs from Surf:

On CB Scizor with 248 HP: 58.9%-69.4%
On ScarfRachi with 80 HP Evs: 46.8%-55.1%
On SDLuke without any Defensive EVs: 80.4%-95
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Those stats shows that this Starmie set 2OHKOs most things that it hits neutral against, however on alot of big threats like:

Heatran
Gyarados
Salamence

it OHKOs.
 
since togekiss's flinch rate with airslash is already high, king's rock is useless so go with the leftovers. Despite crobats speed, whirlwind will always move last because of its speed priority is -6. Trust me i tryied myself and it doesn't work. If weavy needs to hit heavy steels, then switch brick break to low kick. Crobat seems to be the weakest link and only contributes to your massive ice weakness. I second the LOstarmie. Use this team builder so you have a clearer understanding on your team's overall weaknesses. http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/team_builder/

hope this helps!
 
L33t 1337 said:
^True^

You say you want a BoltBeamer, and you need to cut down the weakness to ice, and you need a Rapid spinner. LOStarmie is the first thing that poops up in my mind:

LOStarmie @ Life orb
Timid nature
EV: 4 HP 252 Sp.Atk 252 Spe

Surf
Rapid spin
Ice beam
Thunderbolt

He can switch in on alot of ice attacks and problamy answer back as he has almost perfect coverage. Some calcs from Surf:

Those stats shows that this Starmie set 2OHKOs most things that it hits neutral against, however on alot of big threats like:

Heatran
Gyarados
Salamence

it OHKOs.
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Thanks, I was thinking of a Boltbeam Starmie but overlooked Rapid Spin and didn't know who to replace him with

I also didn't know about the -6 Whirlwind priority as Crobat is the only Pokemon I didn't use in this set (Used a Staraptor instead)

Edited main post.
 
Off the top of my head some changes you need to make are changing Gliscor's ability to Hyper Cutter to not get intimidated. Also, change Weavile's nature to jolly since with adamant you are getting outrun by Base Spe 110 which include important threats.

To finish up I don't see the use of focus punch on breloom without substitute since the only sure time it won't be foiled is right after the spore. I suggest changing it to superpower since it will give you almost the same power right off the bat. Hope that helps and good luck!
 
Hi,

One problem I can see with the team is it lacks a good physical sweeper that can really take advantage of the boosts Ninjask will give. For that reason, I suggest switching out either Weavile or Breloom for Metagross:

Metagross @ Lum Berry
40 HP/252 Atk/216 Spe
Adamant nature
- Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake
- Thunderpunch
- Ice Punch

This set offers the best type coverage to deal with almost any threat; gives you a "boltbeamer", and has Lum Berry in case you get slept, ruining the sweep. It also resists Ice and shares no common weaknesses with the rest of the team.

I also agree, you have way too many Ice weaknesses, so I suggest you follow that Starmie suggestion.

Also, I'm not sure how Togekiss is your "primary" recipient of Ninjask, it gets nothing from Swords Dance. Also, I think you should switch Gliscor to something that can pass special attacks, or your special sweepers will be left out.

Other than that, nice team, gl
 
To be precise, King's Rock ups the flinch rate to 64%.
Also, why would you baton pass a Swords Dance to Togekiss? NO Physical Attacks.
-Bocy Slam, with a now-60% (I think) Paralysis rate AND able to do damage, migh work well instead of Thunder Wave.
Seing as you seem to have swapped Crobat out, I recommend updating the picture showing Crobat to make it show Starmie. Also, Hydro Pump is a bit risky, but it has a good payoff to using it over Surf. Either one works.
 
frogbandit said:
Hi,

One problem I can see with the team is it lacks a good physical sweeper that can really take advantage of the boosts Ninjask will give. For that reason, I suggest switching out either Weavile or Breloom for Metagross:

Metagross @ Lum Berry
40 HP/252 Atk/216 Spe
Adamant nature
- Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake
- Thunderpunch
- Ice Punch

This set offers the best type coverage to deal with almost any threat; gives you a "boltbeamer", and has Lum Berry in case you get slept, ruining the sweep. It also resists Ice and shares no common weaknesses with the rest of the team.

I also agree, you have way too many Ice weaknesses, so I suggest you follow that Starmie suggestion.

Also, I'm not sure how Togekiss is your "primary" recipient of Ninjask, it gets nothing from Swords Dance. Also, I think you should switch Gliscor to something that can pass special attacks, or your special sweepers will be left out.

Other than that, nice team, gl
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Thanks, I'll add Meta in once I decide who to switch out.

Also, Togekiss isn't meant to receive the SDs, he needs the Speeds for flinch, which Ninjask will pass 3 of. The SD is there to pass to all my other Pokemon (Physical) in case Blissey or another Special wall is out, and to reset the Protect counter (so I can get 3 Speeds) unless an Alakazam is out.
 
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