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My D/P/Pt Team

Shynobi10

Brief Introduction
I started off choosing a decent tank/sweeper to start off with; Scizor. With a natural bulk in defence, I worked my second member towards it's major weakness; fire types. A great addition to the quad resistance OU tier to fire is Kingdra. With stats all around, I decided to make it a bulky chestoRest Kingdra. To accomadate it's only weakness to Dragon types, I paired in a CalmMind Jirachi and a reliable revenge killer; Flygon. With a great advantage in speed and attack, Flygon will be my mid-game switch and scouter. Jirachi covers some of my weaknesses such as Gyarados.

Team Members

Aerodactyl (Lead)
Jolly/Pressure/Focus Sash 252Spe/252Atk/4Hp
-Stealth Rock
-Taunt
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake

A lead with both taunt and stealth rock proves useful later in game. One of the most overused sets for Aerodactyl, I use him mostly as a death fodder. Rock Slide and EQ are used to get some damage off before dying.

Scizor (Swords Dance)
Adamant/Technician/Leftovers 56Spe/252Atk/200Hp
-Swords Dance
-Bullet Punch
-Bugbite
-Roost/Brick Break/Superpower

Yes, Scizor is one of the strongest OU priority sweepers in 4th gen, but I chose him for one more reason; his resistance to most of my team's weakness. With a natural bulk in defence, I can easily switch into something that does not carry fire-moves, SD it up, and sweep. Still need to decide on my 4th move.

Gengar (SubSplit)
Timid/Levitate/Life Orb 252Spe/252SpA/4Hp
-Substitute
-Pain Split
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

According to Smogon, SubSplit Gengar possibly became one of the most useful moveset for Gengar. As briefly explained in the introduction, Gengar helps out with walls such as Blissey. Gengar also acts as one of my Special Sweepers.

Flygon (Choice Scarf)
Jolly/Levitate/Choice Scarf 252Atk/252Spe/4SpD
-Earthquake
-Outrage
-U-Turn
-Fire Blast
Someone suggested a reliable revenge killer for my team (Thanks Zeph!), so I opted for Choice Scarf Flygon. I chose Fire Blast in particular to handle Scizors and Forretresses; a big pain to my team. Outrage is just there as his 'trump card'; quoted from Smogon. The rest is self-explanatory.

Kingdra (ChestoRest)
Adamant/Swift Swim/Chesto Berry 144Hp/160Atk/40SpD/164Spe
-Rest
-Dragon Dance
-Waterfall
-Outrage

With a natural bulk and a few DDances up, Kingdra could possibly sweep a whole team of 6, without a scratch thanks to ChestoRest. Two priority moves never hurt, plus the side effect of confusion from Outrage can be easily healed with Rest when need be. Kindra acts as a synergy to my Scizor and his 4x weakness to fire.

Jirachi (CalmMind)
Timid/Serene Grace/Leftovers 252SpA/252Spe/4Hp
-Calm Mind
-Grass Knot
-Thunderbolt
-Psychic
-Hidden Power Ground (Need to swap a move out)

A bit of a mixup, I chose to go for an all out Special Sweeper Jirachi. With it's amazing movepool and Calm Mind, Jirachi is possibly one of the best pokes to cover weaknesses. A natural sp.def and defence bulk never hurts. Some users mention I should include HP ground in Jirachi's moveset. Need more opinions on this.

Please criticize my team (but constructive) in any way that can improve it. Thanks! :)
 
I like your team its pretty well made but there are a few changes you could make

First off umbreon is totally screwed without at least one attacking move so I would put payback on its set instead of taunt since aerodactyl can taunt as well. If you really want a second taunt poke tho you should put it on gengar instead of blissey and replace substitute with will-o-wisp to get the easier KO on blissey. I like Kingdra tho nice job
 
Unbreon really isn't so good; you get set up on by just about everything in the top ten and don't contribute much to the team. Even with its "stronger" sets. This team is also a quite a bit stall weak (even with subsplit). Scizor is also a menace to this team. I would try replacing Umbreon with a Taunt + LO tran with HP electric. If you can eliminate scarftar, this basically 5-0s common stall because Blissey is 3HKOd and shut down by taunt. Against offense, just bring it in on Scizor and HP electric to KO the endless starmies/vappy/suicune switches! (1, 2, an 2HKOd) Such a predictable metagame...

This leaves you somewhat weak to fighting types. You can try a sturdier scarf rotom over gengar as a reliable luke check (trick can still hurt some stall teams) and you can 2HKO tyranitar on the switch with hydro pump. Kingdra can also be changed to vaporeon for wish support, taunt gyarados for sweeping/infernape checking, or suicune. If you don't have kingdra or vaporeon, try running around 80 or so SpDefense EVs on jirachi to beat starmie that Kingdra would have checked easily.

Also I recommend sprites and maybe a little more description. Hope this helps.
 
Hi, interesting team you have there. I think a few changes are in order:

I think you should change the scizor from Swords dance to Choice Band:
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Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
- U-turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit

I know Swords Dance is supposedly the centre of this team, but i think you can benefit more from a Choice Band Scizor. Even with its huge attack, Swords Dance Scizor is easily stopped by most teams carrying a Rotom or Zapdos. With this Scizor, you have access to a huge Attack boost straight away without having to set up. Also, this set also has uturn, which is very helpful. You can now scout your opponents team, which is useful for kingdra because Scizor will lure in Fire pokemon like Heatran, which Kingdra sets up on. By changing Scizor to Choice Band, the team is now more centralized around Kingdra.

I dont think Umbreon is a great choice, but I cant really reccomend a replacement right now.

Superachi is one of my favourite sweepers. its got great resistances, and it's dangerous even after 1 Calm Mind. Good choice. But i think you should put Hidden Power Ground in over Grass Knot. The reason being is because Heatran is the biggest switch in to Jirachi, and this will prevent you from being useless when that happens, and instead, giving you a free kill and momentum.

That is my advice, hope i helped. Good luck with the team :)
 
Shynobi10 said:
Brief Introduction
I started off choosing a decent tank/sweeper to start off with; Scizor. With a natural bulk in defence, I worked my second member towards it's major weakness; fire types. A great addition to the quad resistance OU tier to fire is Kingdra. With stats all around, I decided to make it a bulky chestoRest Kingdra. To accomadate it's only weakness to Dragon types, I paired in a CalmMind Jirachi and an underused OU tank; Umbreon. This provides 2 options to switch out of if either one faints in battle. To finish up the team, I opted for a PainSplit Gengar, partially because my team falls within walls such as Blissey, and a lead to taunt out the opponent; Aerodactyl.

Team Members

Aerodactyl (Lead)
Jolly/Pressure/Focus Sash 252Spe/252Atk/4Hp
-Stealth Rock
-Taunt
-Rock Slide/Stone Edge
-Earthquake

A lead with both taunt and stealth rock proves useful later in game. One of the most overused sets for Aerodactyl, I use him mostly as a death fodder. Rock Slide and EQ are used to get some damage off before dying.

Stone edge is arguably better do to the fact that leads dont last long so pp shouldnt be an issue, but you can keep RS if you want.

 Scizor (Swords Dance)
Adamant/Technician/Leftovers 252Spe/252Atk/4Hp
-Swords Dance
-Bullet Punch
-Brick Break/Bug bite/Superpower
-Roost

Yes, Scizor is one of the strongest OU priority sweepers in 4th gen, but I chose him for one more reason; his resistance to most of my team's weakness. With a natural bulk in defence, I can easily switch into something that does not carry fire-moves, SD it up, and sweep.

Brick break doesnt really hit anything BP doesnt, and bug bite in general is much more useful.

Gengar (SubSplit)
Timid/Levitate/Life Orb 252Spe/252SpA/4Hp
-Substitute
-Pain Split
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

According to Smogon, SubSplit Gengar possibly became one of the most useful moveset for Gengar. As briefly explained in the introduction, Gengar helps out with walls such as Blissey. Gengar also acts as one of my Special Sweepers.

This is okay.

Flygon@ Choice Scarf EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- ThunderPunch

I don't know why you think Having chople berry on Umbreon makes it okay too switch in to things like Mixape, but it doesnt.
Besides for umbreon not really being that good, you lack a reliable revenge killer, or pokemon with speed in general once Aero is down. So here is my suggested one, feel free to opt for a different.

 Kingdra (ChestoRest)
Adamant/Swift Swim/Chesto Berry 144Hp/160Atk/40SpD/164Spe
-Rest
-Dragon Dance
-Waterfall
-Outrage

With a natural bulk and a few DDances up, Kingdra could possibly sweep a whole team of 6, without a scratch thanks to ChestoRest. Two priority moves never hurt, plus the side effect of confusion from Outrage can be easily healed with Rest when need be. Kindra acts as a synergy to my Scizor and his 4x weakness to fire.

This is okay.

 Jirachi (CalmMind)
Timid/Serene Grace/Leftovers 252SpA/252Spe/4Hp
-Calm Mind
-Grass Knot
-Thunderbolt
-Psychic

A bit of a mixup, I chose to go for an all out Special Sweeper Jirachi. With it's amazing movepool and Calm Mind, Jirachi is possibly one of the best pokes to cover weaknesses. A natural sp.def and defence bulk never hurts.

Please criticize my team (but constructive) in any way that can improve it. Thanks! :)

This seems okay as well
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Changed and suggestions done in Bold.

Few comments being I can already tell you're gonna have trouble with stall whether you have gengar or not. Without a revenge killer(I added Flygon for you though) Your team is mercilessly swept by a number of things after even a single free turn.
 
Zeph said:
Changed and suggestions done in Bold.

Few comments being I can already tell you're gonna have trouble with stall whether you have gengar or not. Without a revenge killer(I added Flygon for you though) Your team is mercilessly swept by a number of things after even a single free turn.
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Thanks, I probably swap out Umbreon with Flygon; though I was wondering if I should reconsider a wish supporter?
 
This seems like a pretty cool team. I am going to suggest a few changes that will hopefully allow it to run smoother.

Firstly, I am just going to fix up a couple of spreads. Scizor only really needs 56 Spe, to outrun Lead Metagross and the rest can be thrown into HP. This would mean your new spread is 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spe. You can also consider Life Orb and Superpower if you want a bit more power behind your attacks.

Jirachi wants Hidden Power [Ground]. Hidden Power [Ground] not only enhances its sweeping potential but also works incredibly well with Scizor. Scizor's #1 threat is Heatran and with Hidden Power [Ground] you are able to dispose of Heatran and set up a potential Scizor sweep.

Lastly, Umbreon has to go. Currently you have weaknesses to Metagross, Tyranitar, Gyarados and opposing Kingdra. I think a Scarf Flygon will fit perfectly as not only does it check those Pokemon but it works well with Scizor and Jirachi giving them both set-up opportunities.

Flygon @ Choice Scarf
Jolly | Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Outrage / Earthquake / Thunderpunch / U-turn

Good luck!
 
Nice team. Immediately, i see this team having large problems with dragon dance Gyarados, dragon dance Tyranitar, as well as mixed Dragonite and offensive, bulky steel types like physical Jirachi and Metagross as all of them can cause a lot of damage to your team's core if given the chance to set up. Dragon dance Gyarados and Tyranitar are threats that I want to address particularly as if the set up, and given they have the needed moveset (both Gyarados and Tyranitar need earthquake in their movesets), they'll be able to decimate your team if it is in a weakened state.

Recommended Changes
  • Minor Moveset Changes
  • Choice Scarf Flygon
  • Substitute 3-Attacks Gengar
To help remedy these problems, I have a couple of changes in mind (shown above). First of all, I would like to second Heist's suggestions of Scizor's EV spread being changed to 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spe and Jirachi having hidden power ground in its moveset. Also, I'm going to second Heist's recommendation of removing Umbreon, arguably the weakest link on your team with a choice scarf Flygon which will help your team better deal with the threats I had mentioned before. Lastly (deviating from the points brought up by Heist), I think replacing your subsplit Gengar with the substitute three-attacks variant would be better for your team as stall doesn't seem to be a large problem seeing as you have both bulk Gyarados and chesto-rest Kingdra on your team, which are both great stall-breakers.
 
I have changed the ev spreads on Scizor and inputted Flygon onto my team. I need more opinions on Jirachi's moveset and whether if I should swap a move out for HP ground.
 
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