My First OU RMT

Dexlym

Hey smogon, i'm new to playing Pokemon more competitive and I made a team for you guys to help me improve or give advice on.

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Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs:252 HP, 84 Atk, 80 Def, Sdef 92
Nature: Sassy
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden power Ice
- Earthquake

I use Bronzong because I think he is pretty bulky and can take a few hits. I use him mainly to set up rocks and maybe do some damage before i switch out to another Pokemon.

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Absol @ Life orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs:252 Atk, 252 Speed, 4 Sdef
Nature: Adamant
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Super Power
- Psycho Cut

Absol is one of my favorite Pokemon, so I thought I should throw him in my team somewhere. I use him to sweep some of the slower Pokemon and get alot of damage done fast.

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Latios @ Expert Belt
Ability: Levitate
EVs:252 SpAtk, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Nature: Timid
- Draco Meteor
- Surf
- Hidden Power Fire
- Psyshock

I kept getting sweeped by Latios, so if you can't beat them, join em? Latios is my main Special Attacker who can deal that damage out fast to those Physical walls.

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Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs:248 HP, 252 Def, 8 Sdef
Nature: Bold
- Wish
- Protect
- Scald
- Roar

Vaporeon is one of my favorite walls to just sit and stall with. I troll my friends all the time with this Pokemon using Wish and Protect then burning them with Scald. I have Roar in there just so i get rid of those annoying Pokemon who can do alot of damage.

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Salamence @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
EVs:252 Atk, 252 Speed, 4 SAtk
Nature: Naive
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast

This Pokemon has helped me alot before on getting rid of Pokemon like Dragonite before. I use Salamence to sweep when I can get 2 Dragon Dances up. I think his moves could use a tiny adjustment but I don't know what they could be swapped for.

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Miltank @ Leftovers
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs:240 HP, 84 Def, 184 Speed
Nature: Jolly
- Heal Bell
- Milk Drink
- Body Slam
- Rock Slide

Miltank is last on my team. I use Miltank for a semi-wall, semi-attacker. He has Heal Bell and Milk Drink to keep himself and the team nice and healthy while he has Body Slam and Rock Slide to do some damage for him.


Well I hope this will help you guys on rating my team.

Please feel free to leave some changes or suggestions on my team to help me become better at competitive battles !

~Thanks so much.
 
Welcome to Smogon, Dexlym! I'm gonna go quick in order to beat New World Order and his awesome.
-Salamence should run Outrage for what it is attempting to do. Easy change and should be done.
-Miltank is a bad choice for a wall. I would like to suggest Heatran or Skarmory.
-Sand Teams will utterly destroy you. You need to replace absol, I know it is your favorite pokemon, but still. I would recommend a Revenge Killer to help. Good ones are plentiful, with Terrakion, Gallade, Haxorus, to name a few.
Other then what I said, there doesn't seem to be many issues. New World will probably give a better review than me, though...
7/10
 
Okay, Thanks for the advice. I'm changing Miltank or Heatran and removing Absol for Gallade. Thanks again for the help :D
 
Hello and welcome to Smogon.

As King John stated. Outrage>Dragon Claw.

Your team is gonna have problems against the newest fad: Substitute DD Gyarados. Just run HP Electric over Roar and you should be good.

Reuniclus is gonna be an absolute nightmare for this team. Absol can technically hit it with a Sucker Punch, but Reuniclus can just stall out the PP with Calm Mind. I suggest dropping Absol for a Choice Band Scizor. Who can take it out with U-Turn. With Technician boosted Bullet Punches, you can also make short work of dangerous opponents like DD Salamence and Double Dance Terrakion.

Scizor @ Choice Band
Technician
Adamant
248 Hp/ 252 Atk/ 8 SpD
Bullet Punch
U-Turn
Superpower
Pursuit

Finally, Thundurus can absolutely wreak havoc against your team. Miltank really isn't doing anything for your team, it really doesn't have any competitive value either. I suggest using an Unaware Quagsire instead. With Unaware, Quagsire is a complete beast. It easily takes care of Thundurus since it can just laugh at Thundurus' attempt to stat up and status it. With Stockpile, Quaggy becomes an impenetrable wall (bar grass moves) since nobody can boost their stats against him. Between Toxic and Scald, you can status every pokemon in the game except Heatran, who wont enjoy taking Scalds anyways. Quaggy also helps deal with some other dangerous pokemon like Lucario and Volcorona.

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Quagsire @ Leftovers
Unaware
Calm
252 Hp/ 252 SpD/ 4 Def
Scald
Toxic
Stockpile
Recover

EDIT: Darn you KorKonT, if it weren't for me trying to find an awesome Quagsire pic, I would've beaten you to the rate :P As well, this team carries Bronzong, who is the best sand check in the game not named Gliscor, so there's really no need for Terrakion and co. Don't worry, after a couple months and you'll be much better with rates.
 
Use Moxie over Intimdate on Salamence, After 1 DD you can just Ohko pokemon that dont resist your attacks and get Attack Boosts
 
Majestic said:
Use Moxie over Intimdate on Salamence, After 1 DD you can just Ohko pokemon that dont resist your attacks and get Attack Boosts
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+2 Dragon Claw is actually weaker than +1 Outrage. He's better off with Intimidate since Moxie and Outrage are incompatible. Not to mention Intimidate on Salamence is his best way of dealing with SD Lucario.
 
The latios should have carry choice specs. And salamence should have adamant. A outrage combined with Stealth rocks can kill even 1hko a +1 defense dragonite with multiscale. Gliscor@ toxic orb& poison heal should replace miltank. he can be your "status tanker". Also completely walls scizor and conkeldurr. Your team is pretty balanced, but absol should be replaced, perhaps with another physical attacker. Its mediocre stats punish it. Good luck!
 
Thanks for the suggestions ! I've already won a few matches with some adjustments to my team. Any ideas for Latios and what items or moves should he change?
 
Dexlym said:
Thanks for the suggestions ! I've already won a few matches with some adjustments to my team. Any ideas for Latios and what items or moves should he change?
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tbh, Latios is fine. use like Surf or something to finish off a threat. Your opponent sees no LO recoil and assumes you're choiced. They send in their Scizor. Now you HP Fire them. 2 kills without your opponent being able to accomplish anything. Now your opponent has no dragon resist. Fire off a Draco Meteor. 3 kills. Mission: accomplished.
 
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