Passive-Aggressive Tournament Team

Tenken

Introduction
I entered a tournament with the special condition of a pokemon can only haves all attacking moves or all supporting moves. I've made my first draft, but I would like some help, since it is rough.

I started off wanting it to be stall-based, so that was in my mind as I constructed the team.

The Team

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Infernape @Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 64 Atk/ 252 SpA/ 168 Spe
Naive nature (+Spe, -SpD)
-Fire Blast
-Grass Knot
-Hidden Power [Ice]
-Close Combat

I chose Infernape for my lead because of its coverage and KO potential. I assume that most people will start with a support-type and hopefully Infernape can steal an easy kill. Just saw Grass Knot does not OHKO Hippowdon. I really should do calcs =\.
The spread/set is taken from the site. I had Flamethrower over Fire Blast at first, but on random ladder matches I noticed it wasn't strong enough to OHK lead Jirachi.

I would like to replace Life Orb. I'm not really liking it much. I don't want to be locked in with a choice item. I don't want Focus Sash that breaks easily.

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Latias @Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP/ 200 Def/ 56 SpD
Calm nature (+SpD, -Atk)
-Trick
-Roost
-Roar
-Psycho Shift

This is one of my walls. This is actually one of the main reasons for the team, since I wanted to try a defensive Latias. Trick is to ruin other walls with a Scarf. Roost is typical healing. Roar is for phazing and stacking passive damage. Psycho Shift is iffy. I wanted a status absorber, and I figured I could dish the status back.
The EVs/nature are probably bad. Max Hp seems like a given. I've seen others use Max Speed, but I don't like that at all here. I tried for a semi-balance of Defense and Special Defense, but I opted for more special.

I am not sure on Psycho Shift over Refresh or Aromatherapy. I was also thinking Flame Orb over Choice Scarf. It would give me more Shifting (if I kept it), hurts sweepers, and can burn out stall. EVs would be nice.

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Blissey @Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 202 HP/ 252 Def/ 56 SpD
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)
-Stealth Rock
-Thunderwave
-Softboiled
-Wish

The special defense tank to absorb blows. Stealth Rock is here, because I think it works. I don't have any other pokemon that it can fit on, without bouncing off important moves. Thunderwave is for team support. Softboiled and Wish are basic healing, but Wish is usually passed onto my sweepers to keep them healthy.
The Evs were stolen from JabbatheGriffin. I'm not sure if it hits anything special =\. It is pretty much how much HP I want compared to SpD.

I've thought of Aromatherapy, but Blissey and Latias can absorb right now. I mostly figure a stall team won't care for being statused. Thunderwave is sort of iffy. It is good. But I've come down to a few stall wars where I really don't want it. But it has a lot of pp to burn; however, that is countered by the parahax saving the opponent's pp.

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Skarmory @Leftovers
Ability: Keen Eye
EVs: 252 Hp/ 4 Def/ 252 SpD
Impish nature (+Def, -SpA)
-Spikes
-Roost
-Whirlwind
-Toxic

The final wall. Skarmory was chosen for its physical defence and spikes with phazing. Toxic is to help my team take out bulky guys that my sweepers couldn't handle.
Lol at the EVs. I read this on a RMT earlier and tested it. But really Blissey is going to take most special attacks, so I don't see the point. But I guess I just don't like huge imbalances.

I don't know what the best spread would be. I am considering to out Toxic. I wanted to try Mimic (which is allowed) to hit dragons back, since nothing else hits them too hard. But that seems like more of a gimmick.


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Rotom-H @Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP/ 4 SpA/ 252 Spe
Timid nature (+Spe, -Atk)
-Overheat
-Shadowball
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power Ice

I wanted a ghost on the team. But I didn't need anymore walls, especially one that can't heal itself, bar rest. But I still wanted a bulky pokemon. Overheat to hit steels. Hidden Power Ice hasn't been tested much.
The EVs were stolen from Kevin Garrett. But I'm not too sure. It does add some fighting power, but Rotom still takes quite a punch from things. It also misses a lot of OHKOs, but I haven't done any calcs, so maybe even with max I wouldn't OHKO.

I'm not entirely sure of this. I liked it, since I figured most will expect it to be a wall, and then it will hit them. Plus I always like a scarfer to beat out fast revenge killers. But maybe there are better choices?

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Scizor @Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP/ 252 Atk/ 8Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
-Bullet Punch
-U-turn
-Pursuit
-Superpower

The (hopeful) powerhouse of the team. I haven't used it much, but I've been underwhelmed when I have (probably my own fault). Scizor has a good priority move and good resistances. Ideally it should hit hard and finish off what needs to be finished.
The set is from the analysis. It seems like the spread is fine.

Scizor is sort of in the same boat as Rotom-H. I'm not sure if it is actually doing much. I think there may be a better options, but I can't think of any.


Conclusion
So, you can probably see I need some help. I'm not into all of the making special spreads (I don't expect anyone to do this for me, but if you have one already). I probably didn't think this team through enough, since I made it in like 20-30 minutes. But any help would be great, especially if it is something horribly obvious (probably Skarmory spread).
 
Trick is worth having on Rotom-H, which means you could drop it off Latias for the more offensive Life Orb.

On that subject, Latias is pretty bad. Scarf just for Tricking is pretty much worthless; you need have attacks to make the Scarf worthwhile. I'd scrap that and just run either a Calm Mind set or a Life Orb+Draco Meteor+Surf+Recover+Roar/Psycho Shift.

For Blissey, I think you need an attack. Once they see you've got nothing to hurt, you're easy easy setup bait. Seismic Toss means you can't hit Rotom or Gengar, but it's a popular choice at the moment. The problem is really Stealth Rock; it really doesn't fit on a WishPassing set, you don't have the room; I'd move Stealth Rock to Infernape, (it's best on a lead anyway) and replace it with either an attack (assuming you keep Softboiled AND Wish) or Protect (assuming you drop Softboiled for an attack).


Basically, you're saying you want a "Stall" team, but you're missing a lot of the important Stall aspects (Toxic Spikes, Rapid Spin, weather damage; just for instance), and you've made the mistake of thinking that having no attacks makes your team 'stall-based' (it doesn't, it just makes it weak).
 
Yeah, I would at least get one move for your Latias; otherwise, Infernape might give you a quite a bit of trouble during the mid / late game.

Or, maybe get a Tentacruel for your team; it can rapid spin as well as set up Toxic Spikes.
 
Sorry maybe my intro wasn't clear enough.

This team is for a tournament.
The tournament has a special rule.
If a pokemon has one attacking move, all of its moves must be attacking.
If a pokemon has one support move, all of its moves must be support.

So I can't do those suggestions. Also I could do a team of six sweepers to try to break through slow set-ups. Not sure.
 
I think you should keep Psycho Shift but change the item for Latias to Flame Orb. Tricking a Flame Orb would be detrimental to a physical attacker, and you can always Psycho Shift the status.
 
You probably want Taunt over Toxic on Skarmory, and with more speed investment. Taunters seem like they would kick butt in this tournament.
 
I would have gone Taunt but it isn't allowed. I was thinking of mentioning it, but I didn't. Sucker Punch is also banned, don't remember any others.
 
ok try this:

this is your lead:
Azelf@Life Orb
4 Atk/252 SpA/252 Spe, Naive
Grass Knot
Flamethrower
Hidden Power Ice
Thunderbolt/U-turn

accomplishes pretty much the same thing, except with life orb has ~50% chance to OHKO hippowdon

If you want an all-support skarmory try this:

Skarmory@Leftovers
248 HP/ 4 Def / 252 SpD (or you can put all into defense your choice)
Substitute
Whirlwind
Spikes
Roost

Many things cannot actually break skarms subs, and toxic+whirlwind seems counter-intuitive. roost when you need to, sub on switches, and spike spike spike.

This is another great all support pokemon:
Roserade@Leftovers
4 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Substitute
Leech Seed
Toxic Spikes
Synthesis

another sub+entry hazards that also forces switches with leech seed, if you want a stall based team they go great together, but seal up that fire weakness

Or a belly passing smeargle?


just some ideas, i might come back later
 
Your Infernape i can see has very good type coverage, but if you want to replace life orb i suggest you give it an expert belt if anything just to boost its supereffective hits. That would probably boost ur OHKO potential for hippowdon and jirachi.

For your latias, it would probably be a good idea to go for a Bold Nature since you want even defensive stats. That way It would be easier for you to focus on Special D. For instance you can put in less defence and more special defence evs. In my opinion though, Umbreon is a better mixed wall because it has better defenses and hp. The only difference is that you can just absorb paralysis in order to fulfill that status absorbing role since his speed is nothing to die for. Umbreon would also make for a better wish passer than blissey due to baton pass, so you will be able to heal other creatures without them getting hurt because of his low speed. That way you can get rid of wish on blissey and replace it with toxic so it isn't completely attackless. Umbreon can also use torment which will hurt choice item users.

Speaking of Blissey, the evs for her are okay, but i think you can go for less hp and more spD. Maybe you can do about 174 hp and 78 SpD since blissey has enormous hp anyway. Also, whether you took my umbreon advice or not i suggest you take away one healing move. If you find another wishpasser, i suggest you get rid of wish and only use softboiled due to the fact that instant healing for blissey is probably better, especially if you replace wish with toxic.

For Skarmory, I suggest you go put in more Defense Evs even if you want to have high special defence because for Skarmory to fullfil its role itll need to brush off those physical attacks as if they were nothing. I suggest the 174 D and the 78 SpD evs. If your up to it you can put even more in Defense. If you don't like toxic, you can replace it with torment since most physical attackers are using choice items.

If you wanted a bulky rotom, you cant just put ur evs in hp and speed. Rotom has pitiful hp so you'll need to take some evs from speed and mix them into Def and/or SpD. If you decide to go a more attackative route (probly not a word), i suggest doing about 252 Hp 112 SpA 72 Def 72 SpD. Rotom-H already has relatively high speed so there's no need for additional investment if you want it bulky.

The Evs for scizor are pretty good. And I suggest you give it a life orb instead of choice band because it is probably a late game sweeper if I'm correct in you description. My only concern is that you don't seem to have any moves to cover that gaping 4X weakness that scizor has to fire type moves. maybe you can replace something with a bulky water type of say maybe Swampert. because your team seems to have a very large weakness in fire types.

It might be a good idea to have an Electivire with Fire punch, Ice punch, thunder punch, and Cross Chop because it has excellent type coverage. You can give it an expert belt or a life orb. You can lure electric type attacks to it by using you skarmory as bait since the main counter for skarmory is electricity. If you're going to go that route i suggest giving skarmory a shed shell just in case of that occasional magnezone appearance.

have fun...
 
Tested the Azelf, because I liked it. But I think the Infernape works better. Hippowdon isn't too big a problem, since it can attack me back (assuming they will all be support), and killing it won't stop the sand.

I did enjoy Sub on Skarmory.

I will try some of those EV spreads out thanks.
Most fire attacks are special, which Latias and Blissey can absorb with relative ease. But I'm thinking of swapping Scizor out for a faster sweeper, or maybe the Rotom, undecided.

Thanks.
 
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