My First Team

[Doorhandle]

Hey all, this is my first "competitive" team in XY, and I wanted to get some input on it. So here goes:

Venusaur - Venusaurite (Thick Fat)
252 HP / 252 SpAtk / 4 Speed (Modest)
Sleep Powder
Synthesis
Energy Ball
Sludge Bomb

This thing is a tank. I use it against teams that have a lot of counters to the majority of my pokemon. Even if an opponent uses a super effective pokemon against it, thick fat reduces that damage and with a sleep powder I get plenty of time to heal up and slowly take it out.

Goodra - Choice Specs (Sap Sipper)
248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD (Modest)
Thunderbolt
Fire Blast
Draco Meteor
Focus Blast

My all out offense. There is almost nothing I can't take out with it. I use is mainly against special heavy teams to make use of Goodra's superb special defence. It's also great at switching in and out just to get 1 attack off due to its bulk.

Azumarill - Splash Plate (Huge Power)
168 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 84 Speed (Adamant)
Aqua Jet
Waterfall
Superpower
Play Rough

All around great offense with decent bulk. I use azumarill as a lead quite often, and also use it against opposing fairy types. I have 1 hit KO'd fairy arceus before, I love this pokemon. It also has decent coverage. I use splash plate mainly to boost my priority move against super effective pokemon that I know would outspeed me.

Gardevoir - Leftovers (Trace)
252 SAtk / 76 HP / 4 SDef / 176 Speed (Modest)
Calm Mind
Moonblast
Focus Blast
Shadow Ball

I love this pokemon. Great coverage and amazing against special heavy teams. I almost always start with a calm mind and sometimes go for 2 or 3 if the opponent does almost nothing to it. I have had great success with it, and am even considering switching to this as my mega.

Scolipede - Focus Sash (Speed Boost)
34 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Speed (Jolly)
Megahorn
Swords Dance
Protect
Baton Pass

My physical setup pokemon, I use it in combination with dragonite and azumarill. Weak to priority attackers and status inducers, but other than that is almost unstoppable. Even left at 1 health I can bring it back in for a protect + baton pass just to boost the speed of my next pokemon.

Dragonite - Weakness Policy (Multiscale)
252 Atk / 252 Speed / 4 HP (Adamant)
Dragon Dance
Fire Punch
Extremespeed
Earthquake

Love this guy. Great bait against dragon/fairy heavy teams, and gets MASSIVE when set up by scolipede. Just all around great for me. Good coverage, good bulk, amazing sweeper capability. So happy that I stumbled on this guy when searching for pokemon to fill up my team.

So that's my team...Scolipede is a fairly new addition and Im loving it. Very few people know how to answer him by leading with someone who has a priority move, so I get a lot of free wins just by setting up and baton passing to either dragonite or azumarill.

Suggestions and feedback would be greatly appreciated! I am open to changing anything. Thanks!

 

[CassiusYT]

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[BlackyXD]

Ok first thing I see is it would be way better for azumaril to run a choice baned set as it hits harder and you are not limited to just the extra attack on water moves. Also scolipedes Ev's don't really work as it's supposed to be more bulky so it survives more hits so it gets more boosts from it ability. I would recommend changing it to 248 HP / 208 SpD / 52 Spe, this allows scolipede to take more hits before it baton passes to allow it to weave in more swords dances/speed boosts to pass. Also get rid of the focus sash something like black sludge would work better since it is less frail with it's new IV's. Also I personally do not like focus blast as I find it extremely unreliable, so I personally would change it but I know that it can be very effective and that some people dont miss with it as much as I do.