My Rain Dance Team

DarkUmbreon

Please rate my team and point out any flaws or major changes that need to be fixed.

Bronzong @ Damp Rock
Bold
Levitate
252 HP, 60 Def, 196 Sp. Def
Hypnosis
Rain Dance
Stealth Rock
Grass Knot or Explosion
- The starter for the team, priority is to get rain dance in first, then trick the enemy by using Hypnosis. Allows to easily switch to Light Ball Pika and let it set up agility. Grass Knot handles Swamperts and other water types in case Pikachu fails to sweep later on, or once Bronzong has done what he set out to do, a nice explosion to say goodbye.

Pikachu @ Light Ball
Modest
Static
252 Sp. Atk/ 252 Speed/ 6 HP
Substitute
Agility
Thunder
Grass Knot
- I believe that this can be a godly sweeper if Pikachu can get in an Agility and live. Bronzong's Hypnosis helps this, but if it fails, Pikachu can be sent on a stat bulker and set up sub/agl. Thunder is predictable on Pikachu, even though with Light Ball boost + STAB with Rain Dance and most people will switch in to a Swampert or something that resist thunder, Grass Knot fixes that problem.

Kabutops @ Choice Band
Jolly
Swift Swim
40 HP/ 252 ATK/ 216 SPEED
Stone Edge
Waterfall
Brick Break
X Scissor
- I like to consider Kabutops as the Weavile of Rain Dance teams, the rain doubles his speed and as if his attack wasn't enough of a threat already. He has a nice choice of physical attacks to use and two with STAB.

Ludicolo @ Damp Rock
Calm
Rain Dish
252 HP/ 180 DEF/ 76 DEF
Rain Dance
Leech Seed
Protect
Toxic
- I heard from many that a Ludicolo glows in Rain Dance teams, so here it is. Leftovers really isn't necessary because of Rain Dish which allows me to have Damp Rock just in case Rain Dance runs out and Bronzong is dead. The set is then used to stall pokemon to their death with Leech Seed and Toxic, then evade an attack or two with Protect.

Kingdra @ Life Orb
Modest
Swift Swim
120 HP/ 252 SPA/ 136 SPEED
Rain Dance
Surf
Ice Beam
Hidden Power Electric
- Another backup special sweeper and a bonus, it's only weak to dragon types, but Kingdra has the advantage in the rain due to Swift Swim. Ice Beam handles dragons, surf destroys water and ground types, HP Electric gets rid of Gyarados, and Life Orb for additional damage.

Quilfish @ Life Orb
Adamant
Swift Swim
252 Attack, 252 Speed, 6 HP
Rain Dance
Poison Jab
Waterfall
Explosion

Another physical sweeper with added Rain Dance/Explosion support. It also packs two stab moves.


So what do you think, and helpful comments are appriciated
 
Teach earthquake to kabutops instead of X scissor or brick break as you are weak to electricity and thunder has 100 accuracy
 
Pikachu really is an awesome sweeper, but bear in mind that its really hard to use him. Pikachu is the Deoxys-A in UU, and packs a punch in OU. But don't count on being able to use that strategy all the time, its really hard to execute. I would like to suggest a baton passer, but none of the other pokes in your team really need an additional increase in speed, and a substitute isn't immensly useful enough to take out a sweeper.
 
MM_Zero said:
Pikachu really is an awesome sweeper, but bear in mind that its really hard to use him. Pikachu is the Deoxys-A in UU, and packs a punch in OU. But don't count on being able to use that strategy all the time, its really hard to execute. I would like to suggest a baton passer, but none of the other pokes in your team really need an additional increase in speed, and a substitute isn't immensly useful enough to take out a sweeper.
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...How does that help at all? And, DarkUmbreon, I wouldn't recommend using Pikachu, try either SpecsJolt or Emojolt with Thunder instead.
 
I knew Pikachu would be hard to pull off, and i am thinking about jolteon as a replacement just in case i never get any luck with pika.
 
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