Intro
Hello everyone, I'm Mannosuke and am pretty new to the world of Smogon, I've tested this team out against my friends but only once on wifi so results from battles are skewed.
Sub-Intro
I guess that I'll talk about my team. The team (as suspected) is based around having rain up for thunder, gust/hurricane, rain dish and for boosting the power of scald. My team has a lot of OU pokes but has some uu and even nu (from what I understand) but Quagsire fits in really well in my opinion. I'm pretty new to the pokemon meta game and such so I've come to smogon to get training! It's sad that I missed signing up for a tutor though >_>
Team
Jirachi @ Leftovers
Nick: ウィシュ
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP, 32 Speed 224 SpD
Nature: Bold
- Thunder
- Stealth Rock
- Iron Head
- Wish
Jirachi in the rain is a beast, especially since it gets serene grace boosted thunder paralysis Hax and can pull off paraflinching really well. Being one of my entry hazard setters and wish support I made sure that she was bulky, (which my team revolves around.) I set my jirachi with 64 speed EVs so that it can out-speed many threats, as I understand, in the game (for its flinching iron head). Along with bulky HP EVs and being able to pass as either a physical tank or spec, I set it up as a Spec due to the other members lacking in spec bulk. Finally, being the steel type that it is, it can take dragon moves and other moves that my team couldn't normally take.
Quagsire @ Leftovers
Nick: Oblivious
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SpD
Nature: Relaxed
-Scald
-Recover
-Earthquake
-Toxic
Being a bulky/stall team we have our main physical tank with status spreading. Quagsire is a great addition to the team due to his nullification of electric moves, which normally would be a huge pain to me. Along with the type coverage gained from the EQ I can switch Quag into a lot of situations.
My EVs should be pretty self explanatory, but the 4 points in Spec D are for that little bit more survive-ability that I wouldn't have with speed investments (it's saved me before >_>). Scald is for crippling physical sweepers and poison/steel types that resist the toxic (along with being stab, rain boosted, damage)
Politoed @ Leftovers
Nick: つなみ
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP, 176 Def, 16 Speed, 64 SpA
Nature: Bold
-Scald
-Toxic
-Protect
-Perish Song
This team's bread and butter, I have a habit of leading with her every game, giving me predictability... So, EV-wise, as another bulky status spreader, Politoed comes in with heavy health investments and medium defense investments. I run 40 speed to out speed many other bulky leads who come in to set up rocks and such (not enough to out speed many tyranitars though (to set up rain over their sand)) also running 64 Spec Attack EVs so that my rain, stab boosted scald will pack a nice punch and take out many un-suspecting gilscors. Protect is for scouting and poison racking. Perish Song is just in case I need to force a switch against a set-up sweeper or something.
Dragonite @ Leftovers
Nick: シェンロング
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP, 100 SpA, 156 SpD
Nature: Calm
-Hurricane
-Thunder
-Dragontail
-Roost
Wow, rain Dragonite is pretty beastly, having access to both of the rain-accuracy boosted moves and getting stab on one of them >_> This kid is bulky as heck with multiscale and has pretty good base stats to boast. My EV placements complements Dragonite as a Tanky DPS, being able to take all sorts of hits from specially oriented pokes like Latias and being able to dish it out with 100 points into Special Attack. Getting stab accurate Hurricane hits on enemy pokes won't be something most people will like :D. Also, to have some Pseudo-Hazing, I've thrown in dragon tail, in case I need to send someone from whence they came. Roost is for stalling and for temporary removal of flying (in the case I'd need it) also, this guy can take auraspheres and focus blasts really nicely, especially with the multiscale.
Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Nick: イカむすめ
Ability: Rain Dish
EVs: 252HP, 212 Def, 44 Spd
Nature: Bold
-Toxic Spikes
-Rapid Spin
-Protect
-Scald
This thing heals like a toxic orb breloom >_<. Tentacruel is my spinner and my main source of entry hazards. I desperately needed a spinner due to my multi scale dragonite getting eaten due to rocks taking his scales away and so I thought to myself, no better one for this bulk stall team than tentacruel! packing a wall of hp and defense EVs, this kid can take a lot of punishing before retreating behind protect to gain back 12.5% of it's health per turn. I gave it scald (like everyone else, I know) so that it could cripple those silly sweepers that think they can set up on poor little tentacruel, also for the coverage lacking due to steel and poison not taking no sass from toxic and toxic spikes. Toxic spikes imo are a great choice for entry hazards on this team since it is oriented at toxic stalling with some bulky pokes. Finally, he's here to sponge fighting and bug type attacks.
Tornadus @ Lifeorb
Nick: Tornadus
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 Sp. Atk, 252 Speed 4 Attack
Nature: Timid
-Hurricane
-Rain Dance
-Focus Blast
-U-Turn
So here is my sweeper, the god tornadus, packing around a SpA stat that isn't any laughing matter, stab rain accuracy boosted Hurricane with those EVs will leave many teams in shambles along with the timid boosted speed that will out do many special beasts like chandelure (along with many others.) Rain dance does get priority and is here in the case that my Politoed gets KOed and I need some rain support. U-Turn, I felt, is a filler move here to get me out of the fight while doing some damage and getting some damage off on grass types (who give me trouble). Focus blast is for type coverage and works really nicely on this team.
Possible Pokemon For The Team
Ｆｅｒｒｏｔｈｏｒｎ ＠ Ｒｏｃｋｙｈｅｌｍｅｔ
Ｎｉｃｋ： そのいしゃ
Ａｂｉｌｉｔｙ： Ｉｒｏｎ Ｂａｒｂｓ
ＥＶｓ： 252 ＨＰ 108 Ｄｅｆ 148 ＳＤｅｆ
Ｎａｔｕｒｅ： Ｒｅｌａｘｅｄ
- Ｐｒｏｔｅｃｔ
- Ｌｅｅｃｈ Ｓｅｅｄ
- Ｇｙｒｏｂａｌｌ
- Ｐｏｗｅｒ Ｗｈｉｐ
Ｎｉｃｋ： そのいしゃ
Ａｂｉｌｉｔｙ： Ｉｒｏｎ Ｂａｒｂｓ
ＥＶｓ： 252 ＨＰ 108 Ｄｅｆ 148 ＳＤｅｆ
Ｎａｔｕｒｅ： Ｒｅｌａｘｅｄ
- Ｐｒｏｔｅｃｔ
- Ｌｅｅｃｈ Ｓｅｅｄ
- Ｇｙｒｏｂａｌｌ
- Ｐｏｗｅｒ Ｗｈｉｐ
Conclusion
Well, here is my first RMT, give me your opinions and ask all your questions.
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