Okay, fist thread ever. Since i'm a noob, I decided to use generic pokemon when i started with shoddy, shortly after a team of my favorite pokemon were annihilated over and over again, so here we go. Changes are in Bold. Changes to changes are Bold and underlined.
TEAM AT A GLANCE:
TEAM IN DEPTH
Seriously, ITS STILL FASTER THAN YOU,
KwikrThanU(NINJASK)@ Leftovers
Nature:Jolly Ability:Speed Boost
252 HP/252 SPE/6 ATK
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
-X-Scissor
I didnt go with the exact set from smogon because hes not going to be surviving one hit so i just decided to use him and switch him back in when someone is fainted.Hes done okay so far, but Im possibly switching him but im not sure who. Adviceplz?
The little Magikarp that could (annihilate),
ZOMG!GYARA (Gyarados)@leftovers
Nature:Adamant Ability:Intimidate
156HP/108ATK/100DEF/144SPE
-Earthquake
-Waterfall
-Stone edge
-Taunt
Classic BulkyGyara with EQ instead of DD since i can never get a turn of setup. He likes speed boosts from Ninjask. He also deals nicely with tyranitar with waterfall and zapdos with stone edge.(who he is faster than with the boosts from ninjask or DDs, but he wont be able to switch straight into them from ninjask).
We all hate him,
URlyH8Me (Scizor)@Life Orb
Nature:Adamant Ability:Technician
248HP/252ATK/10SPE
-Bullet Punch
-SuperPower
-Pursuit
-U-Turn
Honestly, i have no idea. I took off CB and added LO because i simply hate choice items and this way he cant get locked into bullet punch and get trapped by magnezone, and simply escape with U-Turn (i think...).
Im thinking of switching all the HP EVs to speed because he doesnt survive much anyway and i dont need him relying on ninjask to bail him out of his slowness against things that are resistant to steel.
What happened to all the skarmorys in OU? Oh yeah, i killed them all,
BZZZT!(Magnezone)@Leftovers
Nature: Modest Ability:Magnet Pull172HP/84SPE/252SPA
-ThunderBolt
-Substitute
-Magnet rise
-HP fire
Again, i betrayed smogon by adding HP fire instead of grass/ice. He kills steels but had almost no way of 1HKOing them other than skarmory. With HP fire he OHKOs Scizor insteadof 2HKOing him. But literally, skarmorys popularity seems to be decreasing because of this pokemon. I havent seen one on shoddy.Ever.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SCIZOR IS DOMINATING OU?,
ORLY?(Salamence)@Life Orb
Nature:Modest Ability:Intimidate
252SPE/252SPA/6HP
-Draco Meteor
-Dragon Pulse
-Flamethrower
-Hydro Pump
Hes always had the ability to kill scizor, but the red ant seems to have forgotten that. Anyway, Fire/Dragon is only resisted by heatran who is annihalated by hydro pump. He doesnt have specs although this is the specs set for the same reason why scizor isnt holding CB. Good for both early and late game sweeping.
OHKOd again? Darn...,
Gengar@Life Orb
Nature: Timid Ability: Levitate252SPE/252SPA/6DEF
-Shadow Ball
-ThunderBolt
-Focus Blast
-Explosion
Okay, the WEAK link of my team. Why does he suck? IDK. Ive seen him in competitive play but when i decide to use a standard GGar set he sucks, always OHKOed by neutral attacks. Can i please get suggestions on a switch of pokemon?PLEASE. or at least tell me what im doing wrong....
Note: the gengar replacement DEFINITELY has to have access to an BoltBeam (or BoltHPice/HPelectricBeam)
Threat List:
Green are pokemon easily handled by a couple of my pokemon
Orange (since its impossible to see yellow) are pokemon that can be a challenge.
Red are pokemon that completely ANNIHILATE ME, and i need help on destroying it.
OFFENSIVE
Aerodactyl:Gyarados and Magnezone can take it out.
Alakazam: He can be a problem because gangar cant take him out due to the 1HKO from gengar, but he cant threaten everybody with a 1HKO that some others can. Scizor can SORT OF kill him if he expects an X-Scissor and gets pursuited.
Azelf: Look up there^^^, but harder due to nasty plot.
Breloom: Easy. Salamence pwns him, but spore can be a problem.
Dragonite:Can be a problem, but im pretty sure 'mence is faster and if hes scarfed ill send in a steel type to pwn.
Dugtrio:He revenge kills magnezone like 100% chance but Gyarados pwns him with waterfall.
Electivire:Can be a problem but his frailness is his downfall.
Empoleon: Gyara EQs him.
Flygon: Salamence can take him well enough.
Gengar:Would you believe that he can be semi-hard for me? Scarfed GGars are the main problem, but they're frail anyway.
Gyarados: Magnezone destroys it, and it can even sneak past an EQ with a Ninjask boost.
Heatran: Gyara comes in and kills.
Heracross: Salamence with flamethrower hurts it bad.
Infernape: Frail little monkey is pwned by a waterfall.
Jirachi: one word: MAG-NE-ZONE.
Jolteon: He cant switch into gyarados and is frail overall.
Kingdra: Stupid rain dancers pwn me. Other than that, salamence is faster than him.
Latias: God, countering dragons is so hard. Again, salamence is usually faster unless he DDs.
Lucario: one of the few steels Magnezone cant kill due to CC, but gyara can fix that with EQ.
Machamp: Gengar is 1HKOd by stone edge, meaning evry1 on my team is ripped apart in a max 2 turns by the DynamicPunch&Stone edge combo on the No Gaurd users. If hes using a guts set its a bit easier if hes using weaker moves with the RestTalk set. Luckily, his popularity seems to be decreasing.
Magnezone: lol, actually, magnezone can kill him with HP fire if he doesnt have his own. Otherwise, salamence can pwn him with Flamethrower if hes not carrying HP ice. Its kind of an either-way-ur-dead situation.
Mamoswine: Gyara and Salamence come in for the KO.
Metagross: Salamence if he doesnt have ice punch, but if he does he can be a big problem.
Porygon-z:Scizor superpower.
Rhyperior: Gyara Waterfall. of course hes faster!
Salamence: PAIN IN THE BUTT. Flamethrower kills magnezone, so i just have to hope its a physical version.
Scizor: Magnezone OHKOS. Nuff said. He just cant switch into superpower.
Suicune:Considering i really need my gengar replacement to have boltbeam, theyll be able to KO him. I just realized that magnezone has tbolt but i still need the boltbeamer gengar replacement.
Starmie: Pwned by magnezone t-bolt.
Togekiss: Gyara stone edge. The paraflinch versions are annoying..
Tyranitar. Scizors longtime rival is now obliterated by the evil red ant.
Weavile: Scizor can superpower him.
Hes probably going to be taking a couple pokemon out due my lack of something that counters it efficiently.
*Something that can BoltBeam/T-punch+IcePunch/HpElecBeam/BoltHpIce/any variation of that...
*a possible grass type move for the even-more-popular-by-the-second swampert.
other criteria may arise.
Well thats my team. Just because the GGar replace is the top priority doesnt mean i dont want rating, move replacements, EV help, etc. Thx for reading and plz RMT!
First thread on smogon ever!
TEAM AT A GLANCE:
TEAM IN DEPTH
Seriously, ITS STILL FASTER THAN YOU,
KwikrThanU(NINJASK)@ Leftovers
Nature:Jolly Ability:Speed Boost
252 HP/252 SPE/6 ATK
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
-X-Scissor
I didnt go with the exact set from smogon because hes not going to be surviving one hit so i just decided to use him and switch him back in when someone is fainted.Hes done okay so far, but Im possibly switching him but im not sure who. Adviceplz?
The little Magikarp that could (annihilate),
ZOMG!GYARA (Gyarados)@leftovers
Nature:Adamant Ability:Intimidate
156HP/108ATK/100DEF/144SPE
-Earthquake
-Waterfall
-Stone edge
-Taunt
Classic BulkyGyara with EQ instead of DD since i can never get a turn of setup. He likes speed boosts from Ninjask. He also deals nicely with tyranitar with waterfall and zapdos with stone edge.(who he is faster than with the boosts from ninjask or DDs, but he wont be able to switch straight into them from ninjask).
We all hate him,
URlyH8Me (Scizor)@Life Orb
Nature:Adamant Ability:Technician
248HP/252ATK/10SPE
-Bullet Punch
-SuperPower
-Pursuit
-U-Turn
Honestly, i have no idea. I took off CB and added LO because i simply hate choice items and this way he cant get locked into bullet punch and get trapped by magnezone, and simply escape with U-Turn (i think...).
Im thinking of switching all the HP EVs to speed because he doesnt survive much anyway and i dont need him relying on ninjask to bail him out of his slowness against things that are resistant to steel.
What happened to all the skarmorys in OU? Oh yeah, i killed them all,
BZZZT!(Magnezone)@Leftovers
Nature: Modest Ability:Magnet Pull172HP/84SPE/252SPA
-ThunderBolt
-Substitute
-Magnet rise
-HP fire
Again, i betrayed smogon by adding HP fire instead of grass/ice. He kills steels but had almost no way of 1HKOing them other than skarmory. With HP fire he OHKOs Scizor insteadof 2HKOing him. But literally, skarmorys popularity seems to be decreasing because of this pokemon. I havent seen one on shoddy.Ever.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SCIZOR IS DOMINATING OU?,
ORLY?(Salamence)@Life Orb
Nature:Modest Ability:Intimidate
252SPE/252SPA/6HP
-Draco Meteor
-Dragon Pulse
-Flamethrower
-Hydro Pump
Hes always had the ability to kill scizor, but the red ant seems to have forgotten that. Anyway, Fire/Dragon is only resisted by heatran who is annihalated by hydro pump. He doesnt have specs although this is the specs set for the same reason why scizor isnt holding CB. Good for both early and late game sweeping.
OHKOd again? Darn...,
Gengar@Life Orb
Nature: Timid Ability: Levitate252SPE/252SPA/6DEF
-Shadow Ball
-ThunderBolt
-Focus Blast
-Explosion
Okay, the WEAK link of my team. Why does he suck? IDK. Ive seen him in competitive play but when i decide to use a standard GGar set he sucks, always OHKOed by neutral attacks. Can i please get suggestions on a switch of pokemon?PLEASE. or at least tell me what im doing wrong....
Note: the gengar replacement DEFINITELY has to have access to an BoltBeam (or BoltHPice/HPelectricBeam)
Threat List:
Green are pokemon easily handled by a couple of my pokemon
Orange (since its impossible to see yellow) are pokemon that can be a challenge.
Red are pokemon that completely ANNIHILATE ME, and i need help on destroying it.
OFFENSIVE
DEFENSIVE:
Blissey: Basically any of my physical sweepers....I feel blisseys popularity is dropping due to scizor with superpower and the large number of pokemon that get CloseCombat in DPP.
Bronzong:Magnezone can destroy it.
Celebi: Scizor can hurt it if it switches into U-turn, but salamence does better.
Cresselia: Scizor comes in for the kill.
Donphan: If it has stone edge its a pain. The rapid spinners do NOTHING because my team doesnt use field hazards.
Forretress: MAG-NE-ZONE.
Gliscor: idk. the boltbeam gengar replace will be able to take it down but salamence with hydro pump does just as well.
Gyarados: Magnezone if it doesnt have EQ, otherwise a tbolt from a GGar replacement.
Hippowdon: Salamence hydro pump or gyara waterfall, but waterfall will do a lot less damage to him. Slack off can be a pain however....
Latias: Defensive latias is a little less hard to taake down with salamence since it doesnt put as many speed EVs.
Skarmory:Magnezone!!! Have you noticed that the popularity of this pokemon is rapidly decreasing?
Snorlax: Scizor superpower. :P
Suicune: Same as offensive but easier. Magnezone or the boltbeamer
Swampert: Hard because i dont have any way to effectively counter it.
Tentacruel:Gyara with EQ takes it down and my steel types absorb toxic spikes.
Vaporeon: Magnezone &GGar replace t-bolt
Zapdos: same as offensive but easier.
Well judging through this entire thread, Ive found the exact criteria for the ggar replace (i didnt add GGar on the because hes be
Well judging through this entire thread, Ive found the exact criteria for the ggar replace (i didnt add GGar on the because hes be
*Something that can BoltBeam/T-punch+IcePunch/HpElecBeam/BoltHpIce/any variation of that...
*a possible grass type move for the even-more-popular-by-the-second swampert.
other criteria may arise.
Well thats my team. Just because the GGar replace is the top priority doesnt mean i dont want rating, move replacements, EV help, etc. Thx for reading and plz RMT!
First thread on smogon ever!
