My Team

[Dragonite_FTW]

This has been the team I have been evolving for all of my short binge, I would love to get it checked by someone before I get rid of it for Gen 5.

This team as i said came to be kinda randomly. when it started only metagross, Scizor, and Dragonite were still there. Now onto the analysis.

Item: Focus Sash
Nature: jolly
EV's: 252 ATT/252 Speed/ 4 HP

Stealth Rock: Duh, this entire metagame is based around stealth rock, my team is no exception.

Earthquake: Earthquake is a pretty reliable move that has good coverage and if I get tricked a scarf, then i can use scarfed earthquake to great effect.

Bullet punch:To take care of other sash users. simple enough also gets STAB.

Explosion: go out with a bang, yay! If im lucky, I can destroy their lead and explode the next pokemon.

Facing other leads:

Metagross: Most Metagrosses run adamant, I'm faster, haha.

Azelf: this is the only one I have problems with, I try to SR, if it taunts explode.

Jirachi: no problem, weak to earthquake.

Swampert: I can set up SR since i'm faster, but it will kill me due to a hard hitting EQ. I usually explode.

Aerodactyl: Bullet punch 2KOs it. If im lucky, it SR's then I can SR and explode their next pokemon. If it taunts i can still explode their next pokemon. Metagross walks all over Aero.

Infernape: I admit infernape forces meta to switch, I usually switch into Dragonite as it resists it's STAB's

Hippowdon: This I simply tie with, we both SR. and then I explode.

Bronzong: I haven't seen a bronzong lead yet, but i'd prob SR and explode.

Ninjask: bulletpunch the substitute, and SR the protect. wait for it to baton pass while Bullet punching. After explode the the receiving pokemon.

Tyranitar: EQ finishes Tyranitar

Machamp: I don't like Machap, I usually explode right off the bat, instead of face the 50% chance not to get killed.

Mamoswine: Bullet Punch hits it fairly hard.

Gliscor: SR and explode, simple.

Skarmory: I hate Skarmory, SR and explode and then hope for the best.

Heatran: EQ OHKO

Emploeon: Eat EQ

Smeargle: bullet punch and sleep. leaves smeargle easy to revenge kill

Item: Choice Band
Nature: Jolly
EV's: 252 Att/ 252 Speed/ 4 Hp

Bullet punch: I see no reason not to use this, it hits hard, it hits first.

Superpower: main counter to Snorlax and Blissey

Aerial Ace: Hits any fighting type for good damage

Bug Bite: It's a 135 power (after STAB and technician) I've had several people rage quit after Ive killed things like Gengar or Cresselia.

Item: Life Orb
Nature: Naive
Ev's: 252 Att/ 252 Speed/ 4 SpA

Dragon Claw: Allows me to abuse life orb, by not locking myself into a move. Dragon Claw also hits pretty damn hard.

Fire Blast: Skarmory, Bronzong, any steel types not named Heatran.

Earthquake: Powerful STAB with great coverage. OKO's heatran.

Stone Edge: Hits zapdos and Gyarados, two pokemon people think they can casually use to walk in on Flygon.

Item: Life Orb
Nature: Timid
EV: 252 SpA/ 252 Speed/ 4 Hp

Surf: strong powerful STAB kills Heatran and basically anything weak to water.

Thunderbolt: Hits other water types, particularly Suicune.

Grass Knot: Swampert counter, before I put this on, I had major problems with Swampert

Ice Beam: Dragon types and Gliscor.

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Impish
EV: 252 HP/ 128 Att/ 128 Def

Return: basic STAB not much else

Crunch: makes Snorlax a great Gengar counter also hits Dusknoir and Cresselia.

Brick Break: Hits normal types and tyranitar who doesn't expect itself to get OHKO'd by Snorlax

Ice Punch: You have know Idea how many Dragonites, Flygons, and Gliscor's i have killed with this.

Item: Leftovers
Nature:Impish
EV: 252 HP/ 128 Att/ 128 Def

Dragon Claw: Same reasons as Flygon, Dragionite's Dragon Claw actually hits harder than Flygon's but Flygon is much faster.

Roost: Recovery completely necessary in order to be a bulky dragon, can actually out stall togekiss with this move.

Earthquake: Earthquake has good pairing with Dragon Claw.

Dragon Dance: allows for some pretty hard hits. after one Dragon Dance outspeeds a lot of unscarfed pokemon.

believe it or not, this team actually has some great synergy with each other. the only problems I have are with Skarmory and Breloom. Don't tell me to replace Flygon with salamence. First, I hate Salamence. Second, I tried that once. lack of thunderbolt immunity annoyed me.

 

[ShinyAzelf]

Hey there,

Nice team, but there are some changes that could be made.

First, I definitely suggest an EV Spread of 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe with an Adamant nature on Metagross, because bulk is definitely more important than Speed. You don't outspeed much even with max speed.

I suggest this set:

Metagross @ Lum Berry / Occa Berry
Adamant Nature
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
-Meteor Mash
-Bullet Punch
-Stealth Rock
-Explosion / Earthquake

Metagross can easily set up Stealth Rock thanks to its bulk, as well as being able to take out suicide leads such as Azelf and Aerodactyl with a combination of Meteor Mash and Bullet Punch. Explosion is a good move to take out bulkier Pokemon, while Earthquake provides more coverage. Earthquake goes well with Shuca Berry, allowing you to take a Fire attack from Heatran, and knock it out with Earthquake.

Your Dragonite's EV Spread should be changed to 252 HP / 52 Atk / 204 Spe with an Adamant nature. This spread would give you more bulk, while having some good Speed too.

Also, why do you have 5 Pokemon only? Every team needs 6.

Good luck.

 

[G NuBz]

Nice team. Seems pretty standard. First off, I want to say that I agree with Shiny Azelf, and should use that Metagross set. Its much more useful than the one you have now. Also, I noticed this has two dragon sweepers. I recommend changing your Flygon to Revenge Killer Flygon. This will help to deal with other dragons, other Scarfed Flygons in particular since it outruns most of your team. It can also cover for the Pokemon that Scizor is unable to take out with Bullet Punch.

On another note, I noticed that you have a weakness to bulky Water types, Suicune in particular. Suicune could rip through this team effortlessly. I recommend replacing Snorlax with Blissey Wish Support. Blissey counters Suicune easily, since Suicune has no attacks that would be useful against it. This would force a switch and you could then later kill it with a physical attacker, most likely Dragonite (ONLY) after +1. I also see that you find Ice Punch very useful; but Starmie's Ice Beam should be more than enough to kill them.

Just one last thing for the guy above me: He does have 6 Pokemon :S

Good Luck.

 

[AlphaJolt]

Not a bad team. You have great synergy, and lots of threats are covered. There are several things that could be improved though

A few of how you deal with other leads is wrong. First of all, Metagross can never KO a lead Empoleon with EQ + Bullet Punch unless the Empoleon sacrifices bulk for speed. Empoleon will KO back with Hydro Pump + Aqua Jet (provided HP hits). Gliscor is faster, and you need to choose between SR and killing it. It will either Taunt your SR, or attack right away. If it Taunts, you lost your SR, if it attacked, you can't kill it. EQ doesn't OHKO lead Heatran because it almost always carries a Shuca Berry, and it will hit back with Fire Blast. I support the Metagross set that ShinyAzelf suggested, you need the bulk, not speed. If you want speed, move 40 Atk EVs into speed, but bulk is very important. Focus Sash doesn't help him, almost every lead outspeeds him anyway.

This is more of a nitpick, but on Scizor, Bug Bite is 120 BP after Technician and STAB, not 135. Aerial Ace only adds coverage for Machamp. Breloom is OHKOd by Bullet Punch, and Infernape takes over 50%, and he outspeeds you so you could only use AA when he switches it. Use Pursuit or Quick Attack instead. Pursuit is nice to revenge kill Ghosts, but Quick Attack is just another priority move to hit pokemon that resist Bullet Punch.

I don't think Flygon adds much to this team. If you change him to a revenge killer set, it's redundant with Sizor. Dragonite already outclasses him as the sweeper of this team. If you have problems with both Skarmory and Breloom, then Zapdos is a great pokemon to have. It can also handle Swampert is Starmie is dead.

Zapdos @ Life Orb
Timid
4 Def / 252 Sp Atk / 252 Speed
Thunderbolt
Heat Wave
Hidden Power Grass
Roost

Starmie is good. Dragonite doesn't need any EVs in defense. Use the spread ShinyAzelf suggested (252 HP, 52 Atk, 204 Speed).

Snorlax helps your team out quite a bit. Earthquake will give you better coverage than Brick Break, and will always 2HKO TTar, even a chance for an OHKO after he takes SR damage. It will also let you hit Metagross and Jirachi harder. Ice Punch is ok. Flygon can't take Returns very well, and is normalyl OHKOd anyway. Dragonite is always 2HKOd by Return, and so is Gliscor. I suggest using Self-Destruct. Also, change your spread to 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Sp Def. You will take special hits better (which is what Snorlax does best), and dish out more damage.

This is a very solid team to begin with. It has great synergy, and can handle most threats that come up. I do not see the bulky water weakness that G Nubz was talking about. Suicune can't touch Snorlax, and Starmie uses Tbolt on the rest (GK on Swampert). I hope that this helped you out.

 

[Dragonite_FTW]

The new team with zapdos incredible thank you so much everyone.