Hey people of smogon! I've only recently tried competitive battling and battle often on Smogon Showdown. I was impressed at how high on the ladder I became (335th) as I am only 14 :p. as you can tell from the title this is a sun team and has worked out quite well. Plz read my explanation of my movesets before judging as I have weird choices for certain Pokemon. Thanks for read and any help is appreciated :D
Ninetales @ Air Balloon
Trait: Drought
EVs: 96 HP / 252 SAtk / 160 Spd
Modest Nature
- Flamethrower
- SolarBeam
- Will-O-Wisp
- Sunny Day
Now some of these moves may be surprising. Firstly I felt flamethrower over fire blast as the accuracy makes me shaky and flamethrower under sun already does plenty. Solar beam to take out swampert and gastrodon leads and Will-O-Wisp obviously to cripple physical sweepers. Now sunny day is a weird one. Not used often unless I'm against a snow team. Abomnasnow always gets the snow as its slower and then it usually switches out as 4x fire effective. That's my opportunity to set up sun there but as I said its Not used often. I'm thinking of replacing with HP Ice but I don't know.
Venusaur @ Focus Sash
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Sleep Powder
- Growth
- Solar Beam
- Sludge Bomb
Venusaur is my primary sweeper. Focus sash to survive any attack coming towards it and pull off a growth. Solar Beam and sludge bomb are pretty good coverage but I do find I'm always completely walled by heatran and other steel types. That's pretty much all to Venusaur. I'm thinking of making a physical set but am unsure.
Scizor @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- U-Turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Now I know what ur thinking. Scizor in a sun team? Scizor is pretty much there for priority in bullet punch and superpower for tyranitar. I choose Scizor as I felt I needed priority and he was the strongest I could find. Without Scizor many late game sweepers would have survived and wiped my team. The rest is the same as what smogon said to use...
Volcarona @ Life Orb
Trait: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SAtk / 156 Spd / 100 SDef
Modest Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power [Water]
Ahh volcarona. The most powerful non-boosted Pokemon on my team. Under sun Fiery Dance is extremely powerful and can OHKO many large threats. Once I get the quiver dance and fiery dance boosts volcarona is a beast. Bug Buzz is to take out many common threats such as alakazam and powerful dark types. HP water is a weird move. It was used to counter Rock Types with stone edge as they are the primary enemy of volcarona but I find myself using it less and less. EV spread is pretty straight forward SDef to take starmie Hydropump and opponents flamethrower/fire blasts.
Kyurem-Black @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Ice Beam
- Outrage
- Fusion Bolt
- Stone Edge
At this point of making my team I felt that I hadn't covered enough types and I needed a scarfer. Kyrem-B was extremely powerful and had the speed to become a scarfer. Ice beam is my only ice type move on the team for gliscor and other dragon types I outspeed due to the scarf. Outrage hits hard on any Pokemon OHKO many that don't resist it. Fusion bolt is for Politoad and gyrados and recently tentacruel. Stone edge is to take out any volcaronas using my sun to its advantage. Kyurem is my late game sweeper as it can take a hit pretty well when swapped into to wipe everything as it not often seen as a scarfer.
Heatran @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SAtk
Calm Nature
- Dragon Pulse
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Protect
Heatran is my special attacking, physical wall. When a dragon type locks into outrage he easily swaps in and takes it like a boss. Magma storm over overheat/flamethrower/fire blast for the overwhelming power and to trap Pokemon. Under sun magma storm can 2HKO garchomp which I found to be amazing. Dragon pulse for when I swap in on an outrage user and earth power for when I swap in on a fire type to use flash fire and then injure them back. Protect is to scout for earthquake because that really hurts.
This is my team in a nutshell I hope you can help me out! Any advice helps even if its remove one move for another. Don't be afraid to rate anyone can even if ur not as experienced. Sorry I can't include pictures cause I dunno how xD hope u guys can help. love you all :)
Ninetales @ Air Balloon
Trait: Drought
EVs: 96 HP / 252 SAtk / 160 Spd
Modest Nature
- Flamethrower
- SolarBeam
- Will-O-Wisp
- Sunny Day
Now some of these moves may be surprising. Firstly I felt flamethrower over fire blast as the accuracy makes me shaky and flamethrower under sun already does plenty. Solar beam to take out swampert and gastrodon leads and Will-O-Wisp obviously to cripple physical sweepers. Now sunny day is a weird one. Not used often unless I'm against a snow team. Abomnasnow always gets the snow as its slower and then it usually switches out as 4x fire effective. That's my opportunity to set up sun there but as I said its Not used often. I'm thinking of replacing with HP Ice but I don't know.
Venusaur @ Focus Sash
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Sleep Powder
- Growth
- Solar Beam
- Sludge Bomb
Venusaur is my primary sweeper. Focus sash to survive any attack coming towards it and pull off a growth. Solar Beam and sludge bomb are pretty good coverage but I do find I'm always completely walled by heatran and other steel types. That's pretty much all to Venusaur. I'm thinking of making a physical set but am unsure.
Scizor @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- U-Turn
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- Pursuit
Now I know what ur thinking. Scizor in a sun team? Scizor is pretty much there for priority in bullet punch and superpower for tyranitar. I choose Scizor as I felt I needed priority and he was the strongest I could find. Without Scizor many late game sweepers would have survived and wiped my team. The rest is the same as what smogon said to use...
Volcarona @ Life Orb
Trait: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SAtk / 156 Spd / 100 SDef
Modest Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power [Water]
Ahh volcarona. The most powerful non-boosted Pokemon on my team. Under sun Fiery Dance is extremely powerful and can OHKO many large threats. Once I get the quiver dance and fiery dance boosts volcarona is a beast. Bug Buzz is to take out many common threats such as alakazam and powerful dark types. HP water is a weird move. It was used to counter Rock Types with stone edge as they are the primary enemy of volcarona but I find myself using it less and less. EV spread is pretty straight forward SDef to take starmie Hydropump and opponents flamethrower/fire blasts.
Kyurem-Black @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Teravolt
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Ice Beam
- Outrage
- Fusion Bolt
- Stone Edge
At this point of making my team I felt that I hadn't covered enough types and I needed a scarfer. Kyrem-B was extremely powerful and had the speed to become a scarfer. Ice beam is my only ice type move on the team for gliscor and other dragon types I outspeed due to the scarf. Outrage hits hard on any Pokemon OHKO many that don't resist it. Fusion bolt is for Politoad and gyrados and recently tentacruel. Stone edge is to take out any volcaronas using my sun to its advantage. Kyurem is my late game sweeper as it can take a hit pretty well when swapped into to wipe everything as it not often seen as a scarfer.
Heatran @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SAtk
Calm Nature
- Dragon Pulse
- Magma Storm
- Earth Power
- Protect
Heatran is my special attacking, physical wall. When a dragon type locks into outrage he easily swaps in and takes it like a boss. Magma storm over overheat/flamethrower/fire blast for the overwhelming power and to trap Pokemon. Under sun magma storm can 2HKO garchomp which I found to be amazing. Dragon pulse for when I swap in on an outrage user and earth power for when I swap in on a fire type to use flash fire and then injure them back. Protect is to scout for earthquake because that really hurts.
This is my team in a nutshell I hope you can help me out! Any advice helps even if its remove one move for another. Don't be afraid to rate anyone can even if ur not as experienced. Sorry I can't include pictures cause I dunno how xD hope u guys can help. love you all :)