Hopefully this is the correct forum for this team, couldnt find one that seemed to fit this team better :/
Going for 5 stars on my trainer card on platinum, and for my fourth star I am attempting to get 100 wins in battle tower, and trying my best not to use a cookie cutter team I find and trying not to use legendaries. After a lot of trial and error I have made it to the second Palmer battle only once and lost, seriously had the worst luck in that battle I have ever had... -___- So now I want to tweak my team and looking for advice before I do so.
Lead:
Mismagius @ Choice Scarf/Flame Orb
Nature: Timid/Calm
Moves: Trick
Wil-O-Wisp/Thunder Wave
Taunt
Memento
Evs: Spe-252/HP-252
HP-252/SDef-252
Def- 4/Def-4
I used an offensive trick Mismagius to make it to 49 but sometimes she had trouble allowing my sweeper to set up. I thought about using a Spiritomb instead because of its lack of any weaknesses but am very unfamiliar with it and do not really know how bulky it is. However, my offensive Mismagius rarely got ohko'd, and when it did it was usually from a physical dark attack. Saying that, the point of this Mismagius would be to either trick an enemy into either holding a choice scarf or flame orb, unsure about the choice scarf because I do not like giving the opponent speed. The flame orb will then burn the opponent, crippling its attack. If i decide not to do that it will have access to thunder wave to slow it down. Taunt to protect my pokes from status ailments, and memento to weaken the opponents physical attack further or simply weaken the special attack to help my sweeper out. Definitely up for suggestions here and anybody wanna weigh in on using Spiritomb instead I would greatly appreciate it.
Sweepers:
Scizor @ Focus Sash
Nuture: Adamant
Moves: Swords Dance
U-Turn
Super Power
Bullet Punch
Evs: Hp-252
Atk-252
SDef-4
Focus sash to protect it from its 4x fire weakness. Swords dance to up its attack, bullet punch as a main attack and super power as an attack to any poke that i feel I shouldn't Bullet Punch. U-Turn for a safe switch in to my other sweeper if needed. However, I was thinking about making a new Scizor and having its ev spread a little more standard, taking a few evs off of Hp and putting them somewhere else, maybe a different nature too, a def/sdef boosting one, seeing as if I get a 6x boost in attack with swords dance like I often do, its nature may be irrelevant.
Dragonite @Lum Berry
Nature: Adament
Moves: Dragon Dance
Outrage
Waterfall
Aerial Ace
Evs: Atk-252
Spe-252
Def-4
Not many people can survive a DD boosted outrage, and I have lum berry to make sure its confusion is eliminated or it doesnt get a status ailment from an opponent when using dragon dance. He is naturally bulky enough to take most hits and does outspeed Palmers dragonite, however, he always gets outsped by a salamence and garchomp, who in turn ohkos him, if he hasnt got off a DD yet. Waterfall to cover Scizor if confronted by a fire pokemon and aerial ace basically to hit Shedinja if one appears. I am trying not to use salamence like everyone else and I do realize that i have 2 physical sweepers and nothing special on here, so i was thinking about replacing dragonite with something like a Expert belt starmie or a calm mind/ice beam blissey. Any thoughts please share.
Thank you in advanced for any help i receive!! :)
Going for 5 stars on my trainer card on platinum, and for my fourth star I am attempting to get 100 wins in battle tower, and trying my best not to use a cookie cutter team I find and trying not to use legendaries. After a lot of trial and error I have made it to the second Palmer battle only once and lost, seriously had the worst luck in that battle I have ever had... -___- So now I want to tweak my team and looking for advice before I do so.
Lead:
Mismagius @ Choice Scarf/Flame Orb
Nature: Timid/Calm
Moves: Trick
Wil-O-Wisp/Thunder Wave
Taunt
Memento
Evs: Spe-252/HP-252
HP-252/SDef-252
Def- 4/Def-4
I used an offensive trick Mismagius to make it to 49 but sometimes she had trouble allowing my sweeper to set up. I thought about using a Spiritomb instead because of its lack of any weaknesses but am very unfamiliar with it and do not really know how bulky it is. However, my offensive Mismagius rarely got ohko'd, and when it did it was usually from a physical dark attack. Saying that, the point of this Mismagius would be to either trick an enemy into either holding a choice scarf or flame orb, unsure about the choice scarf because I do not like giving the opponent speed. The flame orb will then burn the opponent, crippling its attack. If i decide not to do that it will have access to thunder wave to slow it down. Taunt to protect my pokes from status ailments, and memento to weaken the opponents physical attack further or simply weaken the special attack to help my sweeper out. Definitely up for suggestions here and anybody wanna weigh in on using Spiritomb instead I would greatly appreciate it.
Sweepers:
Scizor @ Focus Sash
Nuture: Adamant
Moves: Swords Dance
U-Turn
Super Power
Bullet Punch
Evs: Hp-252
Atk-252
SDef-4
Focus sash to protect it from its 4x fire weakness. Swords dance to up its attack, bullet punch as a main attack and super power as an attack to any poke that i feel I shouldn't Bullet Punch. U-Turn for a safe switch in to my other sweeper if needed. However, I was thinking about making a new Scizor and having its ev spread a little more standard, taking a few evs off of Hp and putting them somewhere else, maybe a different nature too, a def/sdef boosting one, seeing as if I get a 6x boost in attack with swords dance like I often do, its nature may be irrelevant.
Dragonite @Lum Berry
Nature: Adament
Moves: Dragon Dance
Outrage
Waterfall
Aerial Ace
Evs: Atk-252
Spe-252
Def-4
Not many people can survive a DD boosted outrage, and I have lum berry to make sure its confusion is eliminated or it doesnt get a status ailment from an opponent when using dragon dance. He is naturally bulky enough to take most hits and does outspeed Palmers dragonite, however, he always gets outsped by a salamence and garchomp, who in turn ohkos him, if he hasnt got off a DD yet. Waterfall to cover Scizor if confronted by a fire pokemon and aerial ace basically to hit Shedinja if one appears. I am trying not to use salamence like everyone else and I do realize that i have 2 physical sweepers and nothing special on here, so i was thinking about replacing dragonite with something like a Expert belt starmie or a calm mind/ice beam blissey. Any thoughts please share.
Thank you in advanced for any help i receive!! :)