Noob Team

[eddie619]

Hi!
i'm a newbie and i've started to play on pokèmon online this august
i daily go on smogon to try to make my (unique) team better, but i continue to lose :D
so i want to know how to make my team stronger...

ps. i want to use only pokèmon from 1st and 2nd generations u.u
pps. i'm italian, so, sorry for my not perfect english!

MACHAMP @ Leftovers | no guard
212 hp 252 Atk 44 Spe | adamant
~ Bulk Up
~ DynamicPunch
~ Stone Edge
~ Ice Punch

I use Machamp as a pure attacker. I use Bulk Up to make the DynamicPunch stronger. I use Machamp expecially against Steel Types, thanks to his DynamicPunch, and against Dragons and Flying Types, thanks to his Ice Punch. I have Stone Edge to complete his moveset, but i rarely use it. Against pokèmon with good speed he's not very good, so i switch him. And there are a few pokèmon that defeat Machamp, so i use it as my first pokèmon (to protect the other pokèmon that are more important).

ESPEON @ Leftovers | magic bounce
4 hp 242 SpA 252 Spe | timid
~ Calm Mind
~ Psychic
~ Baton Pass
~ Toxic

I don't use Espeon neither as an attacker or as a defender, i rarely use Psychic. His Magic Bounce can block the pokèmon with toxic and damage them. With Calm Mind + Baton Pass i can make stronger Zapdos, my special attacker. With Toxic i can damage my enemies. I use psychic only against normal types, if Zapdos is Ko, and if my opponent is immune to Toxic. He have a good speed, so i can attack with Psychic of use Toxic against pokèmon with low speed.

TYRANITAR @ Leftovers | sand stream
252 hp 4 Atk Spe 252 | adamant
~ Stealth Rock
~ Crunch
~ Earthquake
~ Taunt

It's the pokèmon that i like less compared to the other. I've chosen him beacuse with earthquake he can beat pokèmon that the others can't beat. With Stealth Rock i can damage more my enemies. With Taunt i try to stop the moves like Protect and similar. I've completed the set with crunch, so i can beat ghosts and psyco pokèmon. I've preferred him to dugtrio, that i like very much, only because he has taunt and because he has a strong defence (so i've put 252 hp). Wtih Sand Stream, at last, i can damage my enemies also if they make ko my tyranitar :P

ZAPDOS @ Leftovers | lightninggod
4 hp 252 SpA 252 Spe | Timid
~ Thunderbolt
~ Heat Wave
~ Hidden Power Ice
~ Roost

Zapdos is my special attacker. I've chosen a mixed set (seen on the site :P). With this set i can beat very types of pokèmon. Thanks to lightning god i can make my Moves stronger, if a electrotype attacks me. With heat wave i can defeat steel, and grass types. With hidden power ice i can also attack flyings and steel types. I can also beat Rock Types (stronger than the electro) with Hidden Power Ice. I can use Roost to recover and use zapdos against the other pokèmon. it's the most important pokèmon in the team with cloyster. I can also beat ice types (stronger than zapdos because it's a flyer) thanks to heat wave.

DRAGONITE @ Leftovers | multiscale
252 Atk 4 SpD 252 Spe | jolly
~ Dragon Dance
~ Dragon Claw
~ Fire Punch
~ Roar

I've made a strange choice with Roar. But nobody of the other pokèmon can learn it. I use Roar to prevent my enemies' pokèmon to boost, and then attack the others with the dragon dance-dragon claw combination. I've chosen fire punch as the fourth move in the set against the ice types that can beat dragonite. He's the physical attacker in my team (while zapdos is the special attacker):

CLOYSTER @ White Herb | skill link
252 Atk 4 SpA 252 Spe | naive
~ Shell Smash
~ Icicle Spear
~ Ice Shard
~ Razor Shell

I consider Cloyster very important thanks to Icicle Spear. With it i want to beat Pokèmons with Protect and similar that are very boring :D With the Ice moves i can beat Grass, dragons and flying types, while with Razor Shell i can beat fire types. With Shell Smash i can make the icicle spear stronger so i can beat also pokèmons that aren't weaker to Ice Types. I've chosen White Herb to cancel the negative effects of Shell Smash (it's the only pokèmon in my team without leftovers).

 

[LUST]

Locking this for now, feel free to PM me or the other RMT Moderators when you've added sufficient descriptions.

 

[eddie619]

i've added the descriptions, i hope that they're can be useful!

 

[King of Blades]

Alright, when I see this team, I see a team with an identity crisis. It looks like you just threw together a bunch of pokemon with decent synergy and called it a day. The problem with that is that your team has no goal; no purpose. Is it a hyper-offensive team? Is it a balanced team? Is it a semi-stall team? Is sandstorm supposed to be a defining part of your team? Before I can begin to rate your team, you must tell me which type it should be (example: balanced sandstorm offense) and what your goal is. (example: abuse sandstorm sweepers and murder stuff) If I have this info, I can begin to help. If not, I don't know where to start because I don't know what your vision of the team is.

If you tell me, I will update with a full rate.

 

[eddie619]

Alright, when I see this team, I see a team with an identity crisis. It looks like you just threw together a bunch of pokemon with decent synergy and called it a day. The problem with that is that your team has no goal; no purpose. Is it a hyper-offensive team? Is it a balanced team? Is it a semi-stall team? Is sandstorm supposed to be a defining part of your team? Before I can begin to rate your team, you must tell me which type it should be (example: balanced sandstorm offense) and what your goal is. (example: abuse sandstorm sweepers and murder stuff) If I have this info, I can begin to help. If not, I don't know where to start because I don't know what your vision of the team is.

If you tell me, I will update with a full rate.

I see it as a pure offensive team, with pokèmon of different types and moves of different types (see for example the moveset of zapdos) to kill the majority of the pokèmon possible. Sandstorm is not part of my strategy. I created this team, initially, to kill Dragons (and so three of the six pokèmons have ice moves, plus dragonite that is strong against dragons) that are very common in Pokèmon online. But i wanted to make this a balanced team, and to create a decent offensive strategy (i'm not able to do so) so I posted this thread :D

 

[uberhorse753]

Hey! You have a lot of strong pokemon here, but none of them seem to really mesh together. You mentioned wanting an all-out attacking team, correct? Then my big recommendation is to get pokemon that are much faster and can hit really hard, really fast. For example, you may want to use Terrakion instead of Tyranitar. A Jolteon would also prove incredibly helpful with fast, strong hits.

From what I have seen, it's very difficult to run an offensive team with little to no support. it may be a good idea to consider running a good wall that can add dual screen support and help out the faster, weaker pokemon.

Best of luck, sir!