Greetings, my name is Jordy, and I know myself as an weak strategist. Unfortunately it truly shows in how I play pokemon and more specifically, team building. Oddly enough i like to make teams that are more defensive even though i see myself as an impatient person. Eventually i got bored of staying near the 1100 ranking mark and i saw no way of breaking through it.
Skip ahead a couple terrible attempts at making a pokemon team, i come up with this team. I peaked at about 1270 ranking, and as i learn to use the team more i will get better.
Froslass (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Snow Cloak
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Hp
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Ice Beam- STAB ice beam can wear down a Pokemon if need be. It just allows me not to be taunt bait as well as threaten gligar which, in all honesty are crazy bulky.
- Taunt- Allows Ms Froslass to stop any sort of entry hazards early game. Also helpful against some togekiss' because they tend to try thunder wave.
- Spikes- the reason why froslass is used in uu. It can either set up two layers or one layer and use destiny bond to create the double down.
- Destiny Bond The source of the mind games. With good players i can normally set up more layers because they switch out on predicted D bonds and gives me another free layer.
Conclusion- almost always my lead, struggles against leading blastoise but that is mainly it. I love froslass because from the get go it puts the opponent in a tough spot. Gives me free layers, and possibly take down one of their pokes.
Hitmonlee (M) @ Normal Gem
Trait: Unburden
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Fake Out- Gives lee the great unburden boost that doubles his speed.
- Close Combat - STAB close combat is a very powerful attack. It can put a nice dent into any pokemon that does not resist it.
- Earthquake- Earthquake + Stone Edge are there for coverage reasons.
- Stone Edge- Earthquake + Stone Edge are there for coverage reasons.
Conclusion- Lee is a great pokemon for late game sweeps. If i can tell that lee can sweep late game, i can normally wear down the opponents team to the point where the remaining pokes will be finished off by CC. If i dont see a late game sweep happening Lee can still revenge kill and wear down the Opponent for another poke to sweep.
Yanmega (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Speed Boost
EVs: 255 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Air Slash- Powerful STAB with flinch potential. It has saved me from a loss before and it will again.
- Bug Buzz Other STAB, powerful as well. Good for taking out the psychic pokemon if i see a hitmonlee sweep in the near future (yee)
- Protect - For obvious reasons...
- Hidden Power [Ground]- nice coverage, can hurt many pokemon that resist Yanmega's Stab moves.
Conclusion- Normally does not do the late game sweeping. Occasionally i will see an opportunity to sweep, but mainly it will threaten and dent the pokemon that would otherwise stop a sweep.
Roserade (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Toxic Spikes - Helps me wear down bulkier pokemon that are able to live some of my attacks. It limits defensive pokemon that can normally wall me.
- Sludge Bomb- Strong STAB attack that can do a nice chunk to most pokemon.
- Leaf Storm - Heavy hitting STAB for bulky water types that can take alot of hits from my team.
- Sleep Powder- good for slower pokes or an expected switch, it allows me to set up with PZ aswell.
Conclusion: Roserade is a great poke. It can accomplish three important tasks. 1: do a lot of damage. 2: Wear down pokes with Tspikes. 3: Put pokes to sleep. Very versatile and is a great poke on my team.
Porygon-Z @ Life Orb
Trait: Download
EVs: 76 HP / 252 SAtk / 180 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Tri Attack- STAB move. Can be very powerful if i get the SpA boost. It wrecks shop.
- Dark Pulse- Good coverage. Takes out the ghost types that are immuner to tri attack.
- Ice Beam- Good for taking out roderades. I am contemplating using ice beam or thunderbolt but for the moment, it is ice beam.
- Agility- What allows this powerhouse to clean up.
Conclusion: Nothing much can take more than two hts from this beast aside from a few pokes such as, registeel, empoleon, and snorlax. It is another poke that works as a late game sweeper or a poke that can soften of the team enough for another poke to sweep through.
Darmanitan (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Flare Blitz- FULL POWER.. nuff said.
- Earthquake- Edgequake
- Stone Edge- Edgequake
- U-turn- Nice for momentum reasons. Great move all around paired with Darmanitans high attack.... :D.
As pokemon, not many are huge threats. It's the combination of pokemon that seem to spell my defeat. The main problem of my team is the LaxBro core. It can, with a good player, annihilate my team. Sometime paired with a gligar and it will be near impossible to break through.
Changes are in RED
Thanks for reading.
Skip ahead a couple terrible attempts at making a pokemon team, i come up with this team. I peaked at about 1270 ranking, and as i learn to use the team more i will get better.
Froslass (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Snow Cloak
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Hp
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Ice Beam- STAB ice beam can wear down a Pokemon if need be. It just allows me not to be taunt bait as well as threaten gligar which, in all honesty are crazy bulky.
- Taunt- Allows Ms Froslass to stop any sort of entry hazards early game. Also helpful against some togekiss' because they tend to try thunder wave.
- Spikes- the reason why froslass is used in uu. It can either set up two layers or one layer and use destiny bond to create the double down.
- Destiny Bond The source of the mind games. With good players i can normally set up more layers because they switch out on predicted D bonds and gives me another free layer.
Conclusion- almost always my lead, struggles against leading blastoise but that is mainly it. I love froslass because from the get go it puts the opponent in a tough spot. Gives me free layers, and possibly take down one of their pokes.
Hitmonlee (M) @ Normal Gem
Trait: Unburden
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Fake Out- Gives lee the great unburden boost that doubles his speed.
- Close Combat - STAB close combat is a very powerful attack. It can put a nice dent into any pokemon that does not resist it.
- Earthquake- Earthquake + Stone Edge are there for coverage reasons.
- Stone Edge- Earthquake + Stone Edge are there for coverage reasons.
Conclusion- Lee is a great pokemon for late game sweeps. If i can tell that lee can sweep late game, i can normally wear down the opponents team to the point where the remaining pokes will be finished off by CC. If i dont see a late game sweep happening Lee can still revenge kill and wear down the Opponent for another poke to sweep.
Yanmega (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Speed Boost
EVs: 255 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Air Slash- Powerful STAB with flinch potential. It has saved me from a loss before and it will again.
- Bug Buzz Other STAB, powerful as well. Good for taking out the psychic pokemon if i see a hitmonlee sweep in the near future (yee)
- Protect - For obvious reasons...
- Hidden Power [Ground]- nice coverage, can hurt many pokemon that resist Yanmega's Stab moves.
Conclusion- Normally does not do the late game sweeping. Occasionally i will see an opportunity to sweep, but mainly it will threaten and dent the pokemon that would otherwise stop a sweep.
Roserade (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Toxic Spikes - Helps me wear down bulkier pokemon that are able to live some of my attacks. It limits defensive pokemon that can normally wall me.
- Sludge Bomb- Strong STAB attack that can do a nice chunk to most pokemon.
- Leaf Storm - Heavy hitting STAB for bulky water types that can take alot of hits from my team.
- Sleep Powder- good for slower pokes or an expected switch, it allows me to set up with PZ aswell.
Conclusion: Roserade is a great poke. It can accomplish three important tasks. 1: do a lot of damage. 2: Wear down pokes with Tspikes. 3: Put pokes to sleep. Very versatile and is a great poke on my team.
Porygon-Z @ Life Orb
Trait: Download
EVs: 76 HP / 252 SAtk / 180 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Tri Attack- STAB move. Can be very powerful if i get the SpA boost. It wrecks shop.
- Dark Pulse- Good coverage. Takes out the ghost types that are immuner to tri attack.
- Ice Beam- Good for taking out roderades. I am contemplating using ice beam or thunderbolt but for the moment, it is ice beam.
- Agility- What allows this powerhouse to clean up.
Conclusion: Nothing much can take more than two hts from this beast aside from a few pokes such as, registeel, empoleon, and snorlax. It is another poke that works as a late game sweeper or a poke that can soften of the team enough for another poke to sweep through.
Darmanitan (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Flare Blitz- FULL POWER.. nuff said.
- Earthquake- Edgequake
- Stone Edge- Edgequake
- U-turn- Nice for momentum reasons. Great move all around paired with Darmanitans high attack.... :D.
As pokemon, not many are huge threats. It's the combination of pokemon that seem to spell my defeat. The main problem of my team is the LaxBro core. It can, with a good player, annihilate my team. Sometime paired with a gligar and it will be near impossible to break through.
Changes are in RED
Thanks for reading.
