My NU Team

SCDL

Introduction
I have made some major adjustments to my team so I have decided to post my team here.

Electrode (Boom!)
I chose this pokemon because I wanted a fast lead that could taunt on the first turn and could explode. I also wanted a lead that was a pure type and was NU. Electrode is the fastest pokemon in NU so I decided to use it as my lead.


Electrode
Ability:Soundproof
Nature:Timid
EV's:252 Speed 252 Special Attack 4 Defense
Item:Focus Sash


Moveset
-Taunt To not allow my enemy to set up on me.
-Thunderbolt To gain STAB and to paralyze the enemy.
-Thunder Wave To paralyze the enemy.
-Explosion To take down my enemy along with myself.

Arbok (KOBRA)
I chose this pokemon because I wanted a pure poison type. I also wanted a NU poke with a powerful STAB move. On top of that Arbok has pretty decent Speed and Attack stats.

Arbok
Ability:Intimidate
Nature:Jolly
EV's:252 Speed 252 Attack 4 HP
Item:Choice Scarf

Moveset
-Earthquake To cover Fire and Electric types.
-Gunk Shot To gain STAB and to poison the enemy.
-Seed Bomb To cover Ground and Water types.
-Switcheroo To switch a Choice Scarf onto my enemy's Wall or Tank.

Plusle (PLUS)
I chose this pokemon because I wanted a pure electric type that had pretty good speed. I also chose this poke because it has a great Protect Wish combo going for it. It also has a decent Special Attack stat.

Plusle
Ability:Plus
Nature:Timid
EV's:252 Speed 252 Special Attack 4 Defense
Item:Focus Sash

Moveset
-Protect To scout my enemy's move.
-Thunderbolt To gain STAB and to paralyze my enemy.
-Grass Knot To cover for Ground type pokemon.
-Wish To heal my HP back.

Minun (MINUS)
I chose this pokemon because I wanted a pokemon that was only electric type. I also chose this pokemon because it was cute and blue. It also goes great together with Plusle even in single battle.

Minun
Ability:Minus
Nature:Timid
EV's:252 Speed 252 Special Attack 4 Defense
Item:Focus Sash

Moveset
-Protect To scout my enemy's move.
-Thunderbolt To gain STAB and to paralyze my enemy.
-Grass Knot To cover for Ground type pokemon.
-Wish To heal my HP back.

Pachirisu (PATCHY)
I chose this pokemon because I wanted a electric type pokemon with the ability pickup. I also chose this pokemon because it has pretty good Speed and Defense stats. It also has the great move Super Fang.

Pachirisu
Ability:Pickup
Nature:Timid
EV's:252 Speed 252 Special Attack 4 Defense
Item:Focus Sash

Moveset
-Protect To scout my enemy's move.
-Thunderbolt To gain STAB and to paralyze my enemy.
-Grass Knot To cover for Ground type pokemon.
-Super Fang To do half of the enemy's HP to any pokemon.

Kricketune (CRICKET)
I chose this pokemon because I wanted a pure bug pokemon. I also chose this pokemon because when the ability Swarm kicks in it is able to sweep some NU teams. It also has a pretty good Attack stat.

Kricketune
Ability:Swarm
Nature:Jolly
EV's:252 Speed 252 Attack 4 HP
Item:Life Orb

Moveset
-Swords Dance To raise my Attack stat so I can sweep
-Ariel Ace To cover Bug and Grass types.
-Brick Break To cover Steel and to hit Fire types harder.
-X-Scissor To gain STAB and to cover Dark types.

Conclusion
I made some major adjustments and am wondering if my team is better than before or worse. Rates and Comments are greatly appreciated!
 
Although I understand this is NU, you're taking from the bottom of the barrel...

Firstly, I suggest you switch Kricketune for Pinsir, who is a stronger sweeper with a better movepool (bar the gimmicky sing). Just use the SD set on the analysis:

Jolly Pinsir @ Life Orb
252 Sp.A / 4 Sp.D / 252 Speed
-Swords Dance
-X-Scissor
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge

In all honesty, plusle, minun, and pachirisu do exactly the same job; pachirisu just has super fang over wish. In addition, Raichu does everything they do but better. Thus, I suggest getting rid of Plusle, Minun, and Pachirisu altogether and simply using the NP raichu on its analysis:

Timid Raichu @ Life Orb
252 Sp.A / 4 Sp.D / 252 Speed
-Nasty Plot
-Thunderbolt
-HP Ice
-Focus Blast/Encore

Arbok looks okay (just run seed bomb over glare), same with Electrode (consider thunder wave over light screen).

If you get rid of the electric types and switch in NP raichu, you have two empty slots. Since everything bar pinsir is ground weak (though electrode doesn't really count since it's a suicide lead), I suggest a pokemon resistant to ground. Articuno seems to fit the bill (no pun intended) and can work as bait for magmortar, so run HP ground and a CS to outspeed it and kill.

Timid Articuno @ Choice Scarf
16 HP / 252 Sp. A / 240 Speed
-Ice Beam
-HP Ground
-Extrasensory/Roost
-U-Turn

If you want, you can choose to run a simpler 4/252/252 spread to tie with scarfed jolly pinsir... but that's the only significant thing that you outspeed with 252 speed

Since you have two rock weak pokemon, a Spinner helps to alleviate problems with entry hazards... Sandslash works here. It can also set up rocks if you don't want pinsir to do it.

Impish Sandslash @ Leftovers
252 HP / 6 Atk / 252 Def
-Earthquake
-Rapid Spin
-Stone Edge/Night Slash
-Stealth Rock

I can't help much otherwise really; my knowledge of NU is poor...

Oh and expand the descriptions, or this will be swiftly locked by a moderator (don't mean to minimod)
 
Other than kricketune, your team can be swept by eq spam. Medicham is a MUCH better scarfer, but unfortunately (for your team) it is not pure poison. Using plusle and minun on the same team is hurting me, as it just doesn't work out well. A flying type or levitator could help out your team a lot. Haunter could help out here, it works like gengar, except it can't have focus blast, its poison type, and it levitates. Pachirsu is not very good either, for the sake of having a varied team, you could use a focus punch kanghskan, or for that matter just about any poke. If you MUST have pachirisu use a support set. You don't have stealth rock either so that sandslash set is really apealing. If you want to keep plusle, a nasty plot set is MUCH better. It can also be used as a baton passer. In a nutshell, your team needs a major overhall.
 
Hey, lemme just say that you may wanna re-format this, its kinda confusing to read.

First off, having three weak electric types as attackers wont do. Electrode is okay, but all of the pika rip-offs must go.
Although you can replace one of them with an electric sweeper, you musnt have plusle and minun on the same team (you used the same exact move set on them!). Pikachu would probably be a better choice with a light orb to double attack and special attack.

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Pikachu @ Light Ball
Naive
Evs: 128 ATK/ 130 SP.A/ 252 SPE
Static
~Volt Tackle/Thunderbolt
~Grass Knot/Brick Break
~HP: Ice
~Substitute

With this set you can sweep mixed with an unstoppable power. Thunderbolt can be chosen if you need more special power instead of physical. So that and HP: Ice together make it a special set, meaning you choose an ev spread like this: 4 HP/ 252 SP.A/ 252 SPE. But with Brick break you can muscle through steels easier and not become set-up fodder. Either way, much power is there. Substitute is a must have due to pikachu's frailness, so use it whenever you have the chance.

Never use pokemon because you wanted a "pure *** type". Only if your team has great synergy with it, you won't specifically need it. So you need to use pokemon more on actions instead of a random mono typing or cuteness. Because a single Tauros could beat this team by itself if used properly. Try using and effective tank in place of an electric attacker. Quagsire is a good example. Well, I'm pretty tired so sorry I couldn't finish the rate.
Good luck!
 
You bumped without taking in consideration with the above posters?

Use that Raichu. It's faster than Pikachu and your current electric types ... suck.
 
Yeah I'd go with raichu/ At least test this stuff before you bump, or at least respond. Picking pokemon because of typing(because you like it) or cuteness isn't going to win matches. You really need to put some thought into this.
 
I mean like major changes, not small nitpicks. The point of posting an rmt, is to make your team better, and I hate to be blunt, but on a scale from 1 to 10, your team gets a 1.5. You might want to change what pokemon your using. If you won't whats the point of posting the rmt? As someone said, your whole team could be swept by a tauros.
 
Hey, you should probably lurk around the nu environment. This team can't do much. What you should try is checking out the strategy dex and look in NU. Read descriptions to the pokemon, and read the opinions also because all but one of your pokes isn't said to be terrible. And that one poke dosen't accomplish much to your team. Also, try shoddy battle. The CAP server has NU. Try watching battles, then play. Not to be harsh, but if you beat your friends most the time, then your friends must be....awful.

Whooopee! 100 post!
 
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