New Platinum RMT(revised and edited)

[Shadowhunt]

Well, after the fiasco that was my first Platinum RMT, I have decided to dedicate more time into creating a better team. Here is what I have come up with:

Swampert & Leftovers(Relaxed)
Torrent
240 HP/200 def/14 SpA/56 SpcD
-EQ
-Surf
-IB
-SR

Swampert is one of my favorite Pokemon, and after seeing the new offensive Metagame, I decided to pull out a bulky water lead right off the bat. After a few test runs, IO realized how efficient Swamp was in putting up SR. He is a major counter to most annoying leads, most notably Heatran and Metagross. Explosion is a threat, of course. Coincidentally, Swamp was able to survive an Azelf explosion at max health. My main physical wall.

Rotom-H & Leftovers(Calm)#Couch
Levitate
252 HP /120 def/138 SpecD
-Discharge
-Overheat
-Will-O-Wisp
-Shadow Ball

Rotom...honestly, I was surprised to see myself using one. With so many immunities and resistances, I just had to try one. When I last played, Rotom was useless garbage, yet now...he functions as my mixed tank and status spreader. He cuts pokes attack in pieces will Will-O, OHKOs Gya with discharge, which has a great paralysis rate. Shadow Ball OHKOs Gengar and friends, and 3HKOs Dusknoir.

#Couch because when I first saw this thing, it looked like a couch with a spike to me.

Metagross & Life Orb(Adamant)#Metagame<-- changed as per joshes advice
Clear Body
252 atk/60 HP/196 spd
-Meteor Mash
-Agility
-EQ
-T-Punch

Agiligross is my favorite form of Metagross. Not only is it sturdy, but after 2 agilities, Meta can outspeed most non-scarfed Pokemon, which is great stuff considering the damage output he can dish out. STAB Meteor Mash as the base attack, Agility to increase my speed, EQ for a powerful land move, and T-Punch to OHKO Gyarados and other things who think they can get in for free.

#Metagame becuase Metagross owns the Metagame.:)

Scizor & Life Orb(Adamant)
Technician
33 HP/252 atk/224 spd
-Bullet Punch
-Swords Dance
-Brick Break
-X-Scissor

Scizor has to be one of the most brutal Pokemon out there. a STAB teched Bullet Punch can OHKO things like Azelf, gengar, Weavile, and Alakazam without SD with impunity. Scizor makes a great late game sweeper, as with 2 SD, he can easily sweep a weakened team, breaking any walls along the way.All in all, he is one of my faves as well.

Latias & Choice Specs(Timid) #GG
6 def/252 spd/ 252 spatk
Levitate
-Draco meteor
-Surf
-Trick
-Dragon Pulse

Latias is pretty much my end all sweeper. STAB Choice Specs Draco Meteor either OHKOs or puts a huge dent in just about anything. Surf for type coverage, Dragon Pulse for a dragon type move that wwll not kill sp spatk, and trick to screw over walls. It is pretty fun to see the opponent struggle on what to switch to on Latias.:P I will probably be replacing Latias with Latios when it is OU. I prefer the extra kick in spatk rather than the boosted spdef.

#GG because if Latias is out at the right time, it is pretty much end game.

Salamence & Choice Scarf(Naughty)
252 atk/176 spd/80 spatk
Intimidate
-EQ
-Outrage
-Fire Blast
-H Pump

Salamence is my revenge killer, and can basically get the surprise shot on nearly any unscarfed Pokemon for the KO. The reason I chose Salamence as my revenge killer is because revenge killers these days are too easily countered. With such a large movepool, I figured a Scarfed Mixmence would be the penultimate in revenge killing. This assumption was correct, as it has never failed me in killing off weakened/overconfident Pokes.

That is my team. Rate away!:)

 

[joshe]

Wow, this is almost exactly like my current team, nice choosing ^_^

Anyways, 60 HP/252 Atk/196 Spd evs spread on metagross to outspeed scarfed neutral natured base 100s, and put life orb on it for the extra power.

Nice team, and hope I helped=)

 

[Shadowhunt]

Wow, this is almost exactly like my current team, nice choosing ^_^

Anyways, 60 HP/252 Atk/196 Spd evs spread on metagross to outspeed scarfed neutral natured base 100s, and put life orb on it for the extra power.

Nice team, and hope I helped=)

Thanks I will do just that.:)

 

[XxBlueCleric.xX]

I see a bit of a Lucario weakness on this team. After an SD, most of the things on this team can be KOd. Close Combat and Crunch take down most of this team. And ScarfMence is too easily worn down by Rocks. Also, Rotom counters a lot of things on this team (Scizor, Lucario, Metagross, Gyarados) but it has no recovery and it's weakness to Pursuit doesn't help this. A RestTalker might be beneficial since it can heal up and survive longer against these Top tier threats.

But I suppose you still could play around these threats. Overall, this is a really nice team. Good job!

 

[Shadowhunt]

I see a bit of a Lucario weakness on this team. After an SD, most of the things on this team can be KOd. Close Combat and Crunch take down most of this team. And ScarfMence is too easily worn down by Rocks. Also, Rotom counters a lot of things on this team (Scizor, Lucario, Metagross, Gyarados) but it has no recovery and it's weakness to Pursuit doesn't help this. A RestTalker might be beneficial since it can heal up and survive longer against these Top tier threats.

But I suppose you still could play around these threats. Overall, this is a really nice team. Good job!

Thank you! Well, I've actually run into said threats on shoddy. Most of the time, I am able to play around them. I'll consider a restalker. What do you recommend?

 

[joshe]

Thank you! Well, I've actually run into said threats on shoddy. Most of the time, I am able to play around them. I'll consider a restalker. What do you recommend?

Make Rotom your rest-talker:
rotom @ lefties
-discharge
-rest
-sleep talk
-shadow ball

 

[Shadowhunt]

Hey, you know what I was thinking? Weezing holds many of the resistances Rotom does, has a phazing move, can use either tbolt or Fire Blast, and most importantly, a recovery move.:O

Perhaps, instead of restalking rotom H, which is horribly standard now(althought not as much as scizor-lati@s), I should invest in a phazing Weezing?