Please Rate My Newest Team

pokefreakman

Please help me make my team the best it can be


Skarmory: Shed Shell:Impish
252 HP,96 Attack,156 defense,4 speed
Brave Bird
Spikes
Whirlwind
Roost

He is my starter and defensive wall and spiker. Brave Bird does great damage to the pokes he is trying to stall. A good member to my team indeed.If you feel I need something else on my team, this is the poke to subsitute it with.

Snorlax:Leftovers
Careful "Curselax"
Fire Punch
Body Slam
Selfdestrut
Curse

Main wall. After Curse this guy is amazing. Selfdestruct when he is about to go down.

Suicune: Chesto Berry:Timid
252 Speed,252 Special Attack,4 HP
Calm Mind
Sleep Talk
Surf
Rest

My stratgety with Suicune is, Calm Mind until he is low on health, then Rest. Then sweep. Its that simple: Please Change into special sweeper!!! I can't think of one that will fit my team!!!


Gallade: Expert Belt:Adamant
252 Attack,252 Speed,4 HP
Close Combat
Psycho Cut
Night Slash
Leaf Blade

Main physical sweeper. Many people think he has choice band, which gives me a huge advantage. Speed lets it down, but that is were the next guy comes in.

Electivire: Expert Belt:Adamant
252 Attack,252 Speed,4 HP
Thunderpunch
Icepunch
Earthquake
Cross Chop

Gallade back-up. He is my 2nd phyiscal sweeper. Great type coverage and Motor Drive is great in some instances.

Azelf:Petaya Berry:Timid
252 Speed,252 Special Attack,4 HP
Nasty Plot
Psychic
Grass Knot
Flamethrower

My all-out best sweeper. Nasty Plot then sweep a whole team. Defenses are low, but the high speed means most of the time he'll get the first hit. :Starter

P.S. Make any changes you would like, I need all the help i can get with this team, but I would like to keep Gallade.
 
Leading with Skarmory is a terrible idea. SpecsMence, Gengar, Infernape, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Bronzong, just disgusting how poor it is as a lead. I am not a fan of SkarmBliss and I think Snorlax would suit this team better. IMO Sleep Talk>Ice Beam and Leftovers>Chesto Berry on Suicune.
 
Its pretty much a given now every team has 3-4 ways to beat skarmbliss. And yes, I do think the no Def EV's on blissey is a bad idea, they do that in ubers.
 
I like skarmory at leftovers, if you aren't playing by IC that is. If you don't mind the recoil damage, I think Brave Bird is ok. The idea by starting him increases a potential motor drive boost - so that can work also.

I think Bold Cune would work better with that moveset, assuming you can find one.

I also think gallade would love some kind of supporting move. Actually not too many people are going to fall for a CB'd Gallade with that so-so speed and average defenses, and vire isn't THAT fast as some people make him out to be. In the long run, I think something like WoW or TW will benefit him more.
 
If you switch Blissey for snorlax, then you leave yourself massively open to the likes of gengar and alakazam who can 2HKO snorlax with focus blast. I would swap either skarmory or suicuine, or possibly even both for something different. Something like Skarmory/Hippowdon/Blissey would work quite well, as would Bronzong/Suicune/Blissey. If you go for the latter, use the old ADV set for suicune instead (calm mind/surf/rest/roar) as you currently have no phazer on your team. Possibly consider explosion on azelf for blissey but It's your call.
 
You're pretty Swords Dance Lucario and BandHera weak, seeing as it can OHKO or at least 2HKO everything on your team. Something you should also be aware of is MixMamo, which is becoming a lot more popular as it isn't walled by physical walls.

I suggest making Suicune bulkier, with the spread of 252 HP, 252 Def and Bold so it can soak up physical attacks. While that solves that Mamoweakness, it still doesn't really solve that SD Luke problem though.

What you need is something along the lines of Gliscor over Skarmory, as they do a number of similar things, acts as a physical wall and can set some spikes/rocks. The only thing you're losing is the ability to phaze, but Gliscor's typing makes it a better physical wall and has the ability to deal with Lucario and heracross. If you do change this, however, good luck with getting a Motor Drive boost for Electivire.

One last thing is how do you deal against Garchomp? Your only pokemon that has an Ice attack is Electivire, which is outspeed and gets OHKO'd by Earthquake. Gliscor with Ice Fang alone isn't enough to deal with such a monster..

You need some sort of fast Ice Beamer/Ice Puncher. Scarfing your Gallade and giving it Ice Punch over Leaf Blade or Psycho Cut is definitely an option for this team without changing it too much.

Beware of Celetran as a walling combination. Those two working together can really annoy this team greatly. Seeing how once Skarm is gone (assuming you will replace it), Electivire's ability to sweep would be greatly reduced, I suggest using Yache Berry Garchomp as it can take down both Celebi and Heatran, the first one after a Swords Dance.

Good luck with your team. Hope I helped.
 
What's the point of having Chesto Berry AND Rest on Suicune? Change it to standard Cromcune, which runs Leftovers > Chesto Berry. What's the point of running Max SpAtk and Speed? Suicune needs to survive as long as possible, so run Bold 252 HP / 252 Def. Gliscor needs to be put over Skarmory; use Impish @ Leftovers EQ / Ice Fang / Roost / Stealth Rock. To further Junior's post about CeleTran, CeleTran with Zapdos completely walls this team. Something that can beat that combination easily is CB Heracross. Put it over Gallade. Scrape Electvire; put in Calm Zapdos instead, you counter Heracross and Garchomp better. If you do face them, only switch in on incoming Close Combat and Megahorn for Heracross, and only EQ, Fire Fang, Surf, and Fire Blast for Garchomp. Since Azelf is your lead, put a Sash on it to beat other common leads; namely Gyarados and Gengar. Use something like U-Turn/Psychic/Thudnerbolt/Flamethrower. I suggest you changing Snorlax to a RestTalk/CB version as a back up to lots of threats.
 
pokefreakman said:
Please help me make my team the best it can be


Skarmory: Shed Shell:Impish
252 HP,96 Attack,156 defense,4 speed
Brave Bird
Spikes
Whirlwind
Roost

He is my starter and defensive wall and spiker. Brave Bird does great damage to the pokes he is trying to stall. A good member to my team indeed.If you feel I need something else on my team, this is the poke to subsitute it with.


Meh, you don't really need a phazer, but if you feel you absolutely need Skarmory, then keep it. Otherwise, replace it with something WORTHWHILE.

Snorlax:Leftovers
Careful "Curselax"
Fire Punch
Body Slam
Selfdestrut
Curse

Main wall. After Curse this guy is amazing. Selfdestruct when he is about to go down.

EV spread? I don't see any. Besides, I'm too lazy to look it up anyway. o.O Don't typo. D:< Jk. I would replace Fire Punch with Ice Punch, but it depends on who you want to get rid of most. Garchomp/Salamence or Skarmory/Bronzong. In the end, it gets down to preference.

Suicune: Chesto Berry:Timid
252 Speed,252 Special Attack,4 HP
Calm Mind
Sleep Talk
Surf
Rest

My stratgety with Suicune is, Calm Mind until he is low on health, then Rest. Then sweep. Its that simple: Please Change into special sweeper!!! I can't think of one that will fit my team!!!

Porygon-Z is a pretty good special sweeper, but that's just my opinion. I agree with Wayff, don't run Max SpAtk and Max Spd, it needs to survive. By the way, your EV spread only adds up to 508. Loser. (JK)


Gallade: Expert Belt:Adamant
252 Attack,252 Speed,4 HP
Close Combat
Psycho Cut
Night Slash
Leaf Blade

Main physical sweeper. Many people think he has choice band, which gives me a huge advantage. Speed lets it down, but that is were the next guy comes in.

I like it, only because most people are fooled into thinking that it's choice banded. Leaf Blade can be replaced with Ice Punch, but that's your choice. Again, it gets down to preference: Which do you want to gte rid of more? Swampert or Garchomp/Salamence?

Electivire: Expert Belt:Adamant
252 Attack,252 Speed,4 HP
Thunderpunch
Icepunch
Earthquake
Cross Chop

Gallade back-up. He is my 2nd phyiscal sweeper. Great type coverage and Motor Drive is great in some instances.

Motor Drive is good, but it doesn't work some of the time. Electivire has somewhat mediocre speed, and you have expert Belt on two of your Pokemon. I would consider replacing Gallade's, and using Life Orb instead.

Azelf:Petaya Berry:Timid
252 Speed,252 Special Attack,4 HP
Nasty Plot
Psychic
Grass Knot
Flamethrower

My all-out best sweeper. Nasty Plot then sweep a whole team. Defenses are low, but the high speed means most of the time he'll get the first hit. :Starter

Pretty good, but Blissey totally walls this, even after a Nasty Plot. Consider changing one of the moves with Thunderbolt. That's just my opinion.

P.S. Make any changes you would like, I need all the help i can get with this team, but I would like to keep Gallade.
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Meh, pretty good overall, I guess... Jk. Pretty good. Just think about the changes, and learn how to count to 510, and you'll be in good shape. See ya round!

~Himckyafi08

*When Love And Death Embrace*
 
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