Please rate my first team

Toasty_Wolf

Toasty_Wolf

Hey this is my first post on the forums. Ive been brainstorming my team and simply wanted your opinions. Again, I want to address how new to this I am lol


Delphox

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Ability: Blaze

EVs: 252 Spec. Attk / 252 Speed / 4 HP

Nature: Modest

Moves:
-Flamethrower
-Psychic
-Light Screen
-Future Sight


-I am a bit biased here because Delphox is one of my favorite pokemon. The main reason I wanted to use him is because of his fire and psychic type coverage. I figured I would put EVs into his speed and special attack to play to his strengths. I chose to use flamethrower and psychic as they are in my opinion the best overall fire and psychic type moves. Due to his lower defense, I figured light screen would also be a good move to have on hand. I wasn't sure on the final move so i decided to go with future sight.

Swampert
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Ability: Torrent

EVs: 252 Def/ 252 Attk/ 4 HP

Nature: Impish

Moves:
-Waterfall
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
-Hammer Arm


-I chose to use Swampert due to the fact that he only has one weakness (grass). Since I don't have alot of defensive pokemon in my party, I decided that I would boost about half of his IVs into defence while also giving a majority to attack to strengthen moves such as earthquake and waterfall.
I decided to give him Ice punch to cover his weakness to grass types. Due to the fact that I am also using Tyranitar, I am not sure whether I should continue using Swampert or not or whether I should change him to being Special Attack focused.

Tyranitar

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Ability: Sand Stream

EVs: 252 Attk/ 200 Def/ 28 Spec. Def/ 28 HP

Nature: Adamant

Moves:
-Earthquake
-Crunch
-Rock Slide
-Stone Edge


-This is where I am very torn. I don't know if it is too redundant having both Swampert and Tyranitar given their types and movesets. I mainly chose him due to my need for a dark type. Having read up on all the different dark types available, it came across to me that he had some of the best overall stats. Like Swampert, I have decided to put a majority of his EVs into his physical attack as well as his defence. Since I want him to be a defensive wall, I also put EVs into his special defence and hp. But again, because I already have a ground pokemon, I was wondering whether or not i should even use tyranitar. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.


Salamence
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Ability: Intimidate

EVs: 252 Attk/ 252 Speed/ 4 HP

Nature: Adamant

Moves:
-Dragon Claw
-Fly
-Fire Fang
-Crunch


-Again, similar to Delphox, Salamence is one of my favorite pokemon. Ive mainly chosen him due to his incredible attack power. By putting EVs into his speed, he will hopefully be faster than most of the competition and will be able to strike first with his godly attack power. Dragon claw is probably the most reliable physical dragon attack available so that was an easy choice. I also wanted a pokemon to have a fire type move and a dark type move as a backup for when Delphox and Tyranitar faint.

Magnezone

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Ability: Sturdy

EVs: 252 Spec. Attk/ 252 Speed/ 4 HP

Nature: Modest

Moves:
-Thunderbolt
-Thunder
-Flash Cannon
-Barrier


-Ive chosen Magnezone due to its coverage of Electric and Steel. Like Delphox, I plan on making Magnezone a fast, special attack focused pokemon. I wanted to give it a safe, reliable electric type move in thunderbolt as well as the more risky yet powerful thunder. Flash cannon was an easy choice given its power and accuracy. Im not too sure whether it should have barrier or not but figured it could use the extra defence.

Mienshao

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Ability: Regenerator

EVs: 252 Attk/ 252 Speed/ 4 HP

Nature: Adamant

Moves:
-High Jump Kick
-U-Turn
-Fake Out
-Stone Edge


-I really am not sure whether I should have chosen a tankier fighting type or not but from what I have heard and read, Mienshao is one of the greatest fighting types available so I figured I would use it. I was greatly impressed by its regenerator ability coupled with the move U-turn. I figured I would give it fake out as a way to inflict extra damage while still having a turn afterwards. I gave it stone edge as a way to defend itself from flying types. Overall, im not sure whether I should have yet another fast, attack focused pokemon or a more tanky, defensive based fighter.



Again, this is my first time constructing a competitive team so dont be too hard on me lol.
 
Have you watched some battling before or are you heading into competitive pokemon without knowing much? I don't want to be harsh, just saying that your team isn't really viable in my opinion.

First, you forgot to put the items on each Pokémon. Which really changes the role of a Pokémon.
Second, Stealth Rocks are almost a must on every team because competitive Pokémon is based on switching out often, therefore hurting the foe as much as possible.
Third, in my opinion Delphox isn't really viable in OU and there is much better fire types in the tier.

I'm new on the forum and if you'd want some help on battling I'd be happy to share :)
 
Heey, for which tier is this team? it looks like its OU and therefore you should post it in the OU RMT

Futhermore you forgot the items on every Pokémon as well some moves are quite interesting... It might be me but im really really annoyed by the fact you use Spec. Def, Spec. Attk, Attk, Speed and such. But then again it might be just me x3

Delphox: On Delphox you have Light screen which seems kinda random on a special attacker with who you want to get kills. Therefore i suggest a different set overall. Fire Blast is for the higher burst but if you dont want to miss you can take Flamethrower instead. Psyshock > Psychic because Psyshock damage is reduced by the opponents Defense so it can hit special walls pretty hard. Light screen has to go instead you can take Calm Mind if you arent choice'd. I have seen people using Future Sight but im not a fan of it so i suggest Shadow Ball for the coverage.

Swampert: You have 252 Atk as well as 252 Def. Whatever you do with Swampert, it seems good to always invest in HP due to his high base HP. You have no real defensive Pokémon so i suggest using Swampert as a Defensive wall. With 240 HP / 16 Atk / 252 Def. As well as having Stealth Rock > Hammer Arm.

I'm not gonna touch Ttar, Salamance and Magnezone as they can only be used in OU.

Mienshao: Personally i like Mienshao's scarf set:

Mienshao @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Knock Off
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
 
Mystical fire is a viable option on delphox because of the constant special attack drops on pokemon and as mentioned above make sure to put items on the pokemon as we can get a better understanding of the roles they play on your team :)
 
Don't worry it comes with time, I managed to get some knowledge of the metagame watching Pyrotoz and NotBlameTruth on Youtube. It helped a lot to get started with comp.
 
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