My team, yes, i am a newb

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Hi people, and welcome to my first smogon thread! as my title suggests, im a Pokemon newbie, so please dont start pissing yourselves laughing if i put in something really noobish. anyway, heres my team. ive had 3 wins and 1 loss against my equally noobie mate, and i wanna try and make my team better.

Anyway, heres my team at a glance

Salemance
Intimidate
Lonely nature
252 Speed, 108 Sp.Atk, 144 Atk
Item: ?
Flamethrower
Crunch
Dragon Rush
Stone Edge/Earthquake (have used both, currently EQ)



Gengar
Levitate
Timid nature
252 Speed, 252 Sp.Atk, 4 HP
Item: ?
Shadow Ball
Hypnosis
Focus Blast
Energy Ball/Tbolt (have used both, currently E Ball seeing freind has Hippodwan

Skarmory
Sturdy
Impish Nature
252 HP, 96 Atk, 156 Def, 4 Speed
Item: ?
Drill Peck
Roost
Spikes/Stealth Rock (have used both, currently Stealth Rock)
Whirlwind

Alakazam
Synchronize
Timid Nature
252 Sp.Atk, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Item: Focus Sash
Focus Blast
Physic
Energy Ball
Calm Mind

Tyranitar
Sand Stream
Adamant Nature
252 Atk, 252 Def, 4 Spe
Item: ?
Stone Edge
Crunch
Dragon Dance
Earthquake

STOP!
Now, for this set, unless you get rid of Seismec toss, do not suggest egg moves, because S Toss has saved me twice now and i dont have my leaf green anymore

Blissey
Natural Cure
Bold Nature
252 HP, 252 Sp.Def, 4 Speed
Item: Leftovers
Seismec Toss
Toxic
Softboiled
Attract

Thats my team. if anyone can tell me how to get the pictures in this thread, that would be helpful, thanks

 

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[Tase]

http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites.html Go there for pics.

As a rule of thumb I usually only use one full-fledged Special Sweeper in a team. Zam is kind of BL for such an otherwise standard team, and CM Zam isn't great because its defense is so poor that someone will just come in and hit you on that side of the spectrum.

Gengar should have Tbolt, not Eball, because Shadow Ball, Tbolt and Focus Blast provide better coverage together. Timid 252/252 Gengars usually run Life Orb.

If you want a Mixmence, do Rash with 176 Atk, 198 Sp Atk, 136 Spd. This gives you 270 Speed (outspeeding CBHera), 350 Atk (guaranteed 2hko on Blissey with Brick Break), and the rest just goes to Sp Atk. Brick Break, Flamethrower/Fire Blast, Draco Meteor and Roost is what I recommend for the moveset. Roost is so Mence can heal off Life Orb (the item I recommend for it) damage or residual damage from SR or switching in on resisted hits.

If you're only using one spiking move on Skarm, I'd say SR as it can hit everything for damage where Spikes cannot. I usually run Skarm without an attacking move and use both spiking moves, but if you're worried someone's going to catch on and Taunt you, Drill Peck is fine.

Jolly is the preferred nature for DDTar as it means you get more mileage out of DD each time you use it, and you'll outspeed things quicker. there's no need for max Df, do Max spd instead. Rest of the set looks fine.

Attract is a bit gimmicky. I'd say you should have Aromatherapy or maybe Ice Beam; without the latter Blissey can't touch Gengar, and with the former you get to shrug off status on the rest of your team. Very handy, but iirc Aromatherapy is an egg move. Oh and Bliss needs to be Bold with max Df, not Sp Df. Blissey, in conjunction with its ridiculous HP, has plenty of staying power against special hits and needs something to save it from the occasional physical hit.

Overall, you need another wall, one that isn't so extremely Infernape weak. Spiritomb, Dusknoir, and Vaporeon are great Mixape counters, the latter is probably your best bet if you hold onto Gengar.

 

[IronGross]

I agree with the poster above, just to ask-are you surea special-hitting fire attack is a good idea with Draco Meteor? It will be weakened. What about Fire Fang/Thunder Fang?

 

[Tase]

I agree with the poster above, just to ask-are you surea special-hitting fire attack is a good idea with Draco Meteor? It will be weakened. What about Fire Fang/Thunder Fang?

Well, unless Mixmence is going up against a poorly constructed team it won't be staying out a long time anyway because it won't be able to sweep, and will have to switch. Flamethrower offers coverage against steels like Bronzong and Skarmory, and you won't be using Draco Meteor against said steels unless you're outpredicted and they switch in.

Thunder Fang is somewhat viable if your team has Gyarados problems but would really only be useful otherwise for the element of surprise. Fire Fang could work, if it replaces Fire Blast/Flamethrower and Dragon Dance replaces Roost. However, it takes several DDs for Fire Fang to do respectable damage to most steels so you're generally better off hitting with special attacks.

 

[IggyBot]

3. Have some actual words in your post beyond your six Pokemon and their moves. Not following this makes your post quite boring to read and rate. All Pokemon should have a good reason for being in your team anyway, so why not post that reason? If you're having trouble with this one, start by give an explanation for each team member. Why are they there? What role do they serve? How do you get them in? Then, give an explanation of how you would open with the team and how you would go about using it. All of these things help people rate your team and allow us to offer more helpful advice.

I'm locking this, feel free to repost when you've fixed it up a bit. Please read the rules, they can be found here