help with my first competitive OU team!
Yeah so recently started competitive battling and dont really have the gist of it. So i need help with improvement on my team. it worked fairly well against my friends team but dunno if really suitable for real competitive battling. (after u se this.. yeah im a noob XD) so plz give me advice on strategies and wht to take out change etx :] thankyou for your time!
major flaws of my team:
fire (haha man most of tema will be destroyed by that)
ground
nothing to deal with stealth rocks
no real strategy in general X_X
Lead: Celebi
Item: Focus Sash
Nature: Modest
76 HP / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
Stealth Rock
U Turn
Earthpower
Leafstorm
so basically i would either use celibi to stealth rock due to its decent speed. If im outspeeded then u turn will get me out of the situation for a better support. (most likely scizor if its possible to spam u turn ). Pretty muchy i use delibi to deal with the common leads out tehere like swampert, T-tar, Azel, aerodactyl. Attack like earthpower can deal with T- Tar and leafstorm can usually 2 hit Aerodactyl and do some heavy damage on Swampert. Uturn to Scizor to break an Azels sash with priority moves.
Bulky Dragonite
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
224 HP / 84 Atk / 200 Spe
Moveset:
Dragon Dance
Dragon Claw
Earthquake
Roost
After I pull out one dragon dance I chose dragon claw rather then outrage so i can use roost freely when needed while dragonite sweeps. Earthquake is to deal with steel types like Metagross. If bulky waters like milotic or vaporeon (basically any thing with icebeam) or T-tar with stone edge appear i will switch out with metacross. vaporeon will support him if a salamance appears.
Phy. Sweeper/Scout: Scizor
Item: Life orb
Nature: Adamant
32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Moveset:
Sword Dance
Bullet Punch
Super Power
Roost/ U turn
so yeah im gonna duke it out with sword dance and sweep. bullet punch to deal with pokemons who are fast like weavile and super power to finish off most other pokemon week to this hoep fully even if its neutral because of lifeorb. Roost and Uturn im not sure between the choices. I want to use scizor to scout out other teams pokemon and deal some nice damage while switching out if a heatran comes out (well not really nice but damage is damage) but its role will definitely be to support celibi as mentioned earlier if its not being used as a sweeper.
Supporter/ Spec. wall??: Vaporeon
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
188 HP / 252 Def / 68 Spe
Moveset:
Wish
Protect
Surf
Icebeam
wish supporter :D since my celibi doesnt have leech seed and what not hoping that wish will be a nice way to heal my team. I wanted to use him to deal with dragon types like salamance so i have icebeam. Protect to scout out other moves but probaly notgonna use against something with sword dance or what not. but other then healing and dragon not sure what to do with it... can it be a suitable special wall?
Metagross: (not sure what this is good for in my team)
Item: Choice Band
Nature: Adamant
252 HP / 236 Atk / 12 Def / 8 Spe
Moveset:
Thunderpunch
Earthquake
Explosion
meteor mash
decided to use metagross as a support for my dragonite. It will help cover its major weekness of rock and ice with thunderpunch and earthquake. Explosion is to handel any pesky fire types or anything my team cant deal with.
Special Sweeper: Lucario
Item: Choice Spec
Nature: Timid
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
Aura Sphere
Dragon Pulse
Dark Pulse
Psychic/ Vacuum wave?
yeah i dont really consider my lucario as that great. I just thought it would surprise the opponent if they saw a special sweeping lucario XD Its moveset has ability to deal with most situations my team would get stuck in. IF Dragonite falls to a salamance or what not Salamance will have a nasty surprise fom dragon pulse. IT can handle study walls fairly well like a duscnoir who might attempt to willowisp it and cut down his attack ;D (man my thoughts are ridiculous XD_ )
yeah so basically gonna battle at tournament at school and wondering what i should change out XP i feel as if i have too much weakness to fire and ground and lack walls... yeah advice plz im not good at all especially when it comes to strategizing in pokemon. so once again plz give my critique cause i have no rael idea what im doing but this is what i have so far.
Yeah so recently started competitive battling and dont really have the gist of it. So i need help with improvement on my team. it worked fairly well against my friends team but dunno if really suitable for real competitive battling. (after u se this.. yeah im a noob XD) so plz give me advice on strategies and wht to take out change etx :] thankyou for your time!
major flaws of my team:
fire (haha man most of tema will be destroyed by that)
ground
nothing to deal with stealth rocks
no real strategy in general X_X
Lead: Celebi
Item: Focus Sash
Nature: Modest
76 HP / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
Stealth Rock
U Turn
Earthpower
Leafstorm
so basically i would either use celibi to stealth rock due to its decent speed. If im outspeeded then u turn will get me out of the situation for a better support. (most likely scizor if its possible to spam u turn ). Pretty muchy i use delibi to deal with the common leads out tehere like swampert, T-tar, Azel, aerodactyl. Attack like earthpower can deal with T- Tar and leafstorm can usually 2 hit Aerodactyl and do some heavy damage on Swampert. Uturn to Scizor to break an Azels sash with priority moves.
Bulky Dragonite
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
224 HP / 84 Atk / 200 Spe
Moveset:
Dragon Dance
Dragon Claw
Earthquake
Roost
After I pull out one dragon dance I chose dragon claw rather then outrage so i can use roost freely when needed while dragonite sweeps. Earthquake is to deal with steel types like Metagross. If bulky waters like milotic or vaporeon (basically any thing with icebeam) or T-tar with stone edge appear i will switch out with metacross. vaporeon will support him if a salamance appears.
Phy. Sweeper/Scout: Scizor
Item: Life orb
Nature: Adamant
32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Moveset:
Sword Dance
Bullet Punch
Super Power
Roost/ U turn
so yeah im gonna duke it out with sword dance and sweep. bullet punch to deal with pokemons who are fast like weavile and super power to finish off most other pokemon week to this hoep fully even if its neutral because of lifeorb. Roost and Uturn im not sure between the choices. I want to use scizor to scout out other teams pokemon and deal some nice damage while switching out if a heatran comes out (well not really nice but damage is damage) but its role will definitely be to support celibi as mentioned earlier if its not being used as a sweeper.
Supporter/ Spec. wall??: Vaporeon
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
188 HP / 252 Def / 68 Spe
Moveset:
Wish
Protect
Surf
Icebeam
wish supporter :D since my celibi doesnt have leech seed and what not hoping that wish will be a nice way to heal my team. I wanted to use him to deal with dragon types like salamance so i have icebeam. Protect to scout out other moves but probaly notgonna use against something with sword dance or what not. but other then healing and dragon not sure what to do with it... can it be a suitable special wall?
Metagross: (not sure what this is good for in my team)
Item: Choice Band
Nature: Adamant
252 HP / 236 Atk / 12 Def / 8 Spe
Moveset:
Thunderpunch
Earthquake
Explosion
meteor mash
decided to use metagross as a support for my dragonite. It will help cover its major weekness of rock and ice with thunderpunch and earthquake. Explosion is to handel any pesky fire types or anything my team cant deal with.
Special Sweeper: Lucario
Item: Choice Spec
Nature: Timid
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
Aura Sphere
Dragon Pulse
Dark Pulse
Psychic/ Vacuum wave?
yeah i dont really consider my lucario as that great. I just thought it would surprise the opponent if they saw a special sweeping lucario XD Its moveset has ability to deal with most situations my team would get stuck in. IF Dragonite falls to a salamance or what not Salamance will have a nasty surprise fom dragon pulse. IT can handle study walls fairly well like a duscnoir who might attempt to willowisp it and cut down his attack ;D (man my thoughts are ridiculous XD_ )
yeah so basically gonna battle at tournament at school and wondering what i should change out XP i feel as if i have too much weakness to fire and ground and lack walls... yeah advice plz im not good at all especially when it comes to strategizing in pokemon. so once again plz give my critique cause i have no rael idea what im doing but this is what i have so far.
