Hey guys, this is my first pokemon game and I recently got really into it. So I looked up some good sites to learn found this place. That pokemon strategies section...Holy Crap, that must have taken forever but it's been an amazing help. I have a friend at school who plays too but I dominate him every time, thanks to this site and Serebii.
But beating my noob friend does not make me even remotely good, so I was looking for help on building a team. I know not all pokemon were made equal but I have a soft spot for a couple and don't want to replace them, (namely Poliwrath and Cradily). But any advice on ev's or items or attacks you think would help would be great :) and any help on who I should lead with, I really have no idea. If it's absolutely necessary tell me, but i don't do iv's. I like pokemon but not that much, so hp is out.
So here they are in no particular order:
Dragonite
Item: Life Orb/Choice Band/Choice Scarf
60HP/250ATK/190SPD Adamant/Jolly
Outrage
Earthquake
Fire Punch
Thunder Punch
I'm not really very good at predicting a lot of switches so that kind of turned me off to Choice Band, but I have Outrage, so since I'm locked in to that might as well have that extra boost. Or possibly even a Choice Scarf, since Dragonite's speed isn't all that high, I would change the evs if I did choose Choice Scarf, though I don't have any idea how exactly I would change them. Outrage and Earthquake isn't resisted by anything except Skarmory so thats why I have Thunderpunch. I don't know why I have Fire Punch, I guess it's just a cool attack.
Lucario
Item: Life Orb/Choice Specs/Choice Scarf
250SPA/250SPD Modest/Timid
Aura Sphere
Dark Pulse
Vacuum Wave
Dragon Pulse
Aura Sphere is my STAB and Dark Pulse hits the psychic and ghost types. Vacuum Wave is cool to have for pokemon that it kills in one hit, which is really only Weavile, but that's a pretty nice pokemon to have a one hit priority move for. Once again, I really don't know why I have dragon pulse, I guess it hits a lot of pokemon for neutral damage, so that's cool, but Aura Sphere and Dark Pulse probably hit the same on most pokemon. Also I'm not sure for item either. I have vacuum wave, so I wasn't sure if I needed a Choice Scarf, even though his speed is only 90. And I like to be able to switch attacks, so I that's why I like Life Orb.
Hippowdon
Item: Leftovers
252HP/252DEF Impish
Earthquake
Ice Fang
Roar
Slack Off
This guy is straight from the smogon guides thing. I wanted to have Cradily and it said have sandstorm going. I don't like Tyranitar so I picked this guy, he seems to be a pretty good physical wall so he complements Cradily too. I gave him Roar because I gave Cradily Stealth Rock. Ice Fang is for fliers who dodge the Earthquake. I took the evs and stuff from the guide so I think those are good, unless any of you guys have a suggestion.
Cradily
Item: Leftovers
250HP/100DEF/150SDEF Careful
Toxic
Recover
Earthquake
Stealth Rock
This is one of my favorite pokemon. I have toxic because Cradily isn't really a very good attacker. Recover is nice to have since Cradily has suction cups and nice defenses so health recovery good. Earthquake is there since steels and poisons are immune to toxic. I think I would just switch if skarmory or weezing came in anyways so even though I can't hurt them it's not a big deal. And stealth rock supports this nice synergy I have with Hippowdon. Unfortunately for Cradily, he has an Ice weakness, and that's not good for a special tank, so that's why I got this next guy.
Empoleon
Item: Leftovers
250HP/250SDEF Calm
Surf
Ice Beam/Grass Knot
Rest
Sleep Talk
Empoleon has a 4x ice resistance so he and Cradily block special attackers pretty well. Empoleon is weak to electric, but that's okay because Cradily resists electric, all is well haha. Rest and Sleep Talk is a cool little combo, that I'm surprised I never thought of, thanks again to the smogon guide for giving me the idea. Surf and Ice Beam are 2 nice attacks together. Water types stop me, which is kind of annoying since I'm using Empleon to block Ice Beam on Cradily, and pretty much all water pokemon have Ice Beam, so maybe Grass Knot is my best bet.
Poliwrath
Item: Leftovers/Muscle Band/ ???
250HP/250ATK Adamant
Focus Punch
Substitute
Hypnosis
Waterfall/Rock Slide/Ice Punch
I have always loved Poliwrath and was wondering how best to use him for a while. Luckily I stumbled upon a youtube video of a guy named mtgxerxes, maybe some of you guys have heard of him, he does nice little commentary on his battle videos, so you can learn from his battles whcih is nice. He has a Breloom that is really cool, it knows Focus Punch, Sub, Hypnosis, and Seed Bomb, and I loved how he sets up with it and sweeps, looks like a fun set. I looked in Poliwrath's moveset and found Hypnosis and I almost peed my pants in excitement (dramatization). So here's my set. The ev's are something random I made, I don't know what gave me the idea he didn't need any speed...it's pretty low. Waterfall gets STAB, but Rock Slide and Ice Punch help since flying types resist focus punch, now that I think about it, mabye xerxes' breloom could use one of those attacks haha.
And that's my team, please do criticize it, call me a noob, etc... That's why I'm here. But please be constructive as you comment on my inexperience :)
But beating my noob friend does not make me even remotely good, so I was looking for help on building a team. I know not all pokemon were made equal but I have a soft spot for a couple and don't want to replace them, (namely Poliwrath and Cradily). But any advice on ev's or items or attacks you think would help would be great :) and any help on who I should lead with, I really have no idea. If it's absolutely necessary tell me, but i don't do iv's. I like pokemon but not that much, so hp is out.
So here they are in no particular order:
Dragonite
Item: Life Orb/Choice Band/Choice Scarf
60HP/250ATK/190SPD Adamant/Jolly
Outrage
Earthquake
Fire Punch
Thunder Punch
I'm not really very good at predicting a lot of switches so that kind of turned me off to Choice Band, but I have Outrage, so since I'm locked in to that might as well have that extra boost. Or possibly even a Choice Scarf, since Dragonite's speed isn't all that high, I would change the evs if I did choose Choice Scarf, though I don't have any idea how exactly I would change them. Outrage and Earthquake isn't resisted by anything except Skarmory so thats why I have Thunderpunch. I don't know why I have Fire Punch, I guess it's just a cool attack.
Lucario
Item: Life Orb/Choice Specs/Choice Scarf
250SPA/250SPD Modest/Timid
Aura Sphere
Dark Pulse
Vacuum Wave
Dragon Pulse
Aura Sphere is my STAB and Dark Pulse hits the psychic and ghost types. Vacuum Wave is cool to have for pokemon that it kills in one hit, which is really only Weavile, but that's a pretty nice pokemon to have a one hit priority move for. Once again, I really don't know why I have dragon pulse, I guess it hits a lot of pokemon for neutral damage, so that's cool, but Aura Sphere and Dark Pulse probably hit the same on most pokemon. Also I'm not sure for item either. I have vacuum wave, so I wasn't sure if I needed a Choice Scarf, even though his speed is only 90. And I like to be able to switch attacks, so I that's why I like Life Orb.
Hippowdon
Item: Leftovers
252HP/252DEF Impish
Earthquake
Ice Fang
Roar
Slack Off
This guy is straight from the smogon guides thing. I wanted to have Cradily and it said have sandstorm going. I don't like Tyranitar so I picked this guy, he seems to be a pretty good physical wall so he complements Cradily too. I gave him Roar because I gave Cradily Stealth Rock. Ice Fang is for fliers who dodge the Earthquake. I took the evs and stuff from the guide so I think those are good, unless any of you guys have a suggestion.
Cradily
Item: Leftovers
250HP/100DEF/150SDEF Careful
Toxic
Recover
Earthquake
Stealth Rock
This is one of my favorite pokemon. I have toxic because Cradily isn't really a very good attacker. Recover is nice to have since Cradily has suction cups and nice defenses so health recovery good. Earthquake is there since steels and poisons are immune to toxic. I think I would just switch if skarmory or weezing came in anyways so even though I can't hurt them it's not a big deal. And stealth rock supports this nice synergy I have with Hippowdon. Unfortunately for Cradily, he has an Ice weakness, and that's not good for a special tank, so that's why I got this next guy.
Empoleon
Item: Leftovers
250HP/250SDEF Calm
Surf
Ice Beam/Grass Knot
Rest
Sleep Talk
Empoleon has a 4x ice resistance so he and Cradily block special attackers pretty well. Empoleon is weak to electric, but that's okay because Cradily resists electric, all is well haha. Rest and Sleep Talk is a cool little combo, that I'm surprised I never thought of, thanks again to the smogon guide for giving me the idea. Surf and Ice Beam are 2 nice attacks together. Water types stop me, which is kind of annoying since I'm using Empleon to block Ice Beam on Cradily, and pretty much all water pokemon have Ice Beam, so maybe Grass Knot is my best bet.
Poliwrath
Item: Leftovers/Muscle Band/ ???
250HP/250ATK Adamant
Focus Punch
Substitute
Hypnosis
Waterfall/Rock Slide/Ice Punch
I have always loved Poliwrath and was wondering how best to use him for a while. Luckily I stumbled upon a youtube video of a guy named mtgxerxes, maybe some of you guys have heard of him, he does nice little commentary on his battle videos, so you can learn from his battles whcih is nice. He has a Breloom that is really cool, it knows Focus Punch, Sub, Hypnosis, and Seed Bomb, and I loved how he sets up with it and sweeps, looks like a fun set. I looked in Poliwrath's moveset and found Hypnosis and I almost peed my pants in excitement (dramatization). So here's my set. The ev's are something random I made, I don't know what gave me the idea he didn't need any speed...it's pretty low. Waterfall gets STAB, but Rock Slide and Ice Punch help since flying types resist focus punch, now that I think about it, mabye xerxes' breloom could use one of those attacks haha.
And that's my team, please do criticize it, call me a noob, etc... That's why I'm here. But please be constructive as you comment on my inexperience :)