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My all-improved team for shoddy (BL/OU)
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this team has pretty good type synergy I suppose, but other than that, it just doesn't feel like it does too much damage. you only guy that can set up is in the lead, which puts him in the face of sleep, explosions, and other debilitating stuff. I'd just change suicune to crocune, as he won't live for too long without resttalk. I don't like how this team can't really break through stall. any old combination of gliscor+blissey manages to wall your whole team without too much trouble. a switch to crocune would give you another set up sweeper, an effective way to pp stall, a sleep absorber, and a great way to punish teams that aren't built to smash things hard enough.
I'd also switch spiritomb to a leading suckerpunch+pursuit version, to kep dragonite in the wings, and to deal with gengar and azelf off the bat, as they could give this teams trouble.
now on to blissey. I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to pull with focus blast + shadow ball. change it to ice beam + seismic toss. as far as aromatherapy goes, I'm not entirely sure you need a cleric as much as you need stealth rock, so I'd use that instead.
this is more of a minor nitpick than anything, but I also think that mamo should get life orb over choice band and dragonite should get yache berry over life orb. but that's mostly preference.
I'd also switch spiritomb to a leading suckerpunch+pursuit version, to kep dragonite in the wings, and to deal with gengar and azelf off the bat, as they could give this teams trouble.
now on to blissey. I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to pull with focus blast + shadow ball. change it to ice beam + seismic toss. as far as aromatherapy goes, I'm not entirely sure you need a cleric as much as you need stealth rock, so I'd use that instead.
this is more of a minor nitpick than anything, but I also think that mamo should get life orb over choice band and dragonite should get yache berry over life orb. but that's mostly preference.
Run Yache Berry on Dragonite. Without immunity to sandstream, and a weakness to Stealth Rock, there is no reason to run it. Even if you are looking for the power, Yache Berry allows you to DD one more time on average, therefor the more powerful option is actually Yache Berry.
Without Rest Suicune is absolute fail. The reason it is good is the ability to use Calm Mind and then Rest off the damage, possibly using Sleep Talk to hurt Phazers like Skarmory or Weezing with Surf, or just wasting their PP with Pressure. That Suicune can't do anything, besides maybe get a surprise KO due to Mirror Coat, which isn't reliable as after a CM they will be hitting your lower defense stat, which BTW is low without Rest as Garchomp 2HKOs, SpecsMence 2HKOs, Rhyperior 2HKOs, Lucario 2HKOs, Dragonite 2HKOs, Tyranitar 2HKOs, etc.
EDIT: Oh yeah, Milotic is the most beautiful pokemon in the game, and Suicune is quite ugly.
Without Rest Suicune is absolute fail. The reason it is good is the ability to use Calm Mind and then Rest off the damage, possibly using Sleep Talk to hurt Phazers like Skarmory or Weezing with Surf, or just wasting their PP with Pressure. That Suicune can't do anything, besides maybe get a surprise KO due to Mirror Coat, which isn't reliable as after a CM they will be hitting your lower defense stat, which BTW is low without Rest as Garchomp 2HKOs, SpecsMence 2HKOs, Rhyperior 2HKOs, Lucario 2HKOs, Dragonite 2HKOs, Tyranitar 2HKOs, etc.
EDIT: Oh yeah, Milotic is the most beautiful pokemon in the game, and Suicune is quite ugly.
Milotic should have HP electric or Hypnosis instead of Dragon Pulse. Even Kingra's Draco Meteor wont be able to Hurt milotic much, you can just recover it off. Kindra doesn't have anything to hurt Milotic with, so you can stall it and wear it down while it cant do anything back at you, so dragon pulse isn't a good choice imo.
Milotics a sturdy choice, its just that dragon pulse is worthless on it.
EDIT-HP Electric also helps deal with other waters, especially Gyarados, who is usually cocky enough to try and stay in on it. (mostly bulkygyara, as they're not afraid of hypnosis due to taunt)
EDIT-HP Electric also helps deal with other waters, especially Gyarados, who is usually cocky enough to try and stay in on it. (mostly bulkygyara, as they're not afraid of hypnosis due to taunt)
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