Hey guys, this is my first RMT though i've been playing for 4 months. This team has been going fairly well and has got me to #37, which is not too bad for me. The reason I am posting it is because i've started to run into some problems. I'll explain these later, on to the team!
Team Building Process
The Team
Skarmory@Leftovers
Sturdy
252 HP/252 DEF/4 SPE
Impish
Stealth Rock
Spikes
Whirlwind
Roost
Skarmory is my physical wall and my spiker. He is used to switch into threats like Excadrill and Conkledurr, where he can either set up spikes or phaze the opponent's poke. He is important to check DDnite who, once he gets a sub up and a dragon dance under his belt, gives me hell.
I have opted for physically bulky Skarmory because his two weaknesses are mainly special attacks (thunderbolt and flamethrower) and he is definately not staying in for either.
The way I play with Skarmory is usually quite reckless. Unless I see something like Excadrill, Dragonite or Reuniclus in team preview, I usually use him as a suicide spiker. If I do need him to counter some threats, I switch him in on Physical pokemons, and set up layers or roost as they switch, I repeat this until i've got down all my entry hazards, or until it becomes too dangerous to do anymore. Against teams with Excadrill and the other threats he checks, I usually don't let him get below 50% HP. He is definate taunt bait but if I expect taunt I usually just switch.
Synergy: Fire-Heatran/Rotom-W
Electric- Latios
Genesect@Choice Scarf
Download
252 SpAtk/248 Spe/8 Atk
Hasty
U-turn
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Flamethrower
Genesect is my revenge killer, momentum keeper and hard hitter. He switches in on resisted weak attacks and threatens the opponent with Super Effective moves. I usually bring him on any free opportunity, like a predicted toxic or swords dance and take out the threat or u-turn to Latios to finish the job.
The EV's are pretty much standard, max Special Attack to do as much damage as possible seeing as most of his moves are Special, 248 Speed is enough to outspeed Scarf Hydreigon by 1 point who is the only pokemon of note in that speed tier, the rest into Attack to do slightly more damage with U-turn. Hasty so that I am fast enough to, as I said, take out Scarf Hydreigon. Also, Genesect is rarely taking hits, so a -Def nature doesn't harm me at all.
The way I play with Genesect is quite conservative. I usually just U-turn out if I'm unsure. I often need Genesect to clean up late game as well as take out threats like Gyarados, Starmie, and Lati@s. Genesect keeps the opponent in constant fear of a super effective move, creating a lot of switches and racking up entry hazard damage.
Synergy: Fire-Heatran/Latios/Rotom-W
Latios@Soul Dew
Levitate
252 Spatk/252 Spe/4 Def
Timid
Draco Meteor
Hidden Power [Fire]
Surf
Recover
Latios is my premier hard hitter. He switches into things like Earthquake and Thunderbolt and fires of an extremely powerful attack. He is also a great late game cleaner, using Surf and Hidden Power in conjunction with his blistering speed to take out weakened pokes. Once I have all my layers set up and steels weakened, using Draco Meteor nearly guarantees me a KO.
The EV's are to maximise Special Attack and speed, alowing me to take out other Dragons like Haxorus and Salamence if they haven't got their speed boosts. Draco Meteor is for STAB, as well as being a ridiculously high powered attack that dents anything not called Blissey, it even does >50% to Tyranitar, combine this with all my layers I can take out Tyranitar if he switches in to Pursuit me.
I use Genesect and Latios together to weaken the opponent as each one resists the others weaknesses. Between these two there are so many switches it isn't funny and if I can get Genesect in unscathed and U-turn to Latios, the opponent usually loses a Poke. I also switch Latios into weaker special attacks, as with Soul Dew his Special Defence reaches a whopping 385. He is especially useful for taking out opposing Heatran. I U-turn from Genesect to Heatran to take the Flamethrower, switch to Latios to dodge the Earth Power and KO with Surf.
Synergy: Ice-Rotom-W/Heatran/Genesect/
Bug- Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect/Conkledurr
Dragon-Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect
Dark-Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect/Conkledurr
Ghost-Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect
Heatran@Leftovers
Flash Fire
200 Hp/ 108 SpAtk/ 200 SpDef
Calm
Substitute
Flamethrower
Earthpower
Hidden Power [Ice]
Usually my MVP, Heatran is here as a special tank as well as to take Skarmory's Fire weakness. He switches in and nabs the Flash Fire boost, then I set up a Sub and take out as many pokemon as I can. You would be surprised how many people switch in Salamence, Landorus or Latios only to be faced with a newly erected Substitute. Normally if I get a sub up with a Flash Fire boost, the opponent loses I pokemon. He also is a near perfect counter to Genesect and Venusaur not running Earthquake.
I pulled the EV's out of a place I am probably not allowed to tell you about, and they are brilliant. The max damage from a Download boosted Thunderbolt is 34%, so if I switch into the Thunderbolt, I am brought down to 87.5% by Stealth Rock then to 54% by the attack, I come back up to 60% because of leftovers. Next turn I can either kill Genesect or if I think he is going to switch, which he most likely will, I can use substitute. Even if he stays in and Thunderbolts I am only bought down to 26%, allowing me to substitute and KO Genesect the next turn with Flamethrower. I know it seems like i've gone to a lot of trouble to counter Genesect, but he really screws my team over and I can't rely on a speed tie with my own Genesect because I run 1 less speed than normal. The moves are their because they provide great coverage and let me take out opposing Heatran, Salamence, Haxorus, Dragonite, Scizor and Lati@s once behind a sub.
The way I play with Heatran varies between matches. I use him to provide free switch in's for Latios, Rotom-W and Skarmory by luring Earthquakes, then exploting these switch in's by statusing, spiking or spamming Draco Meteor. I switch him in on Scizor and Ferrothorn and Sub up, allowing me to use a super effective attack on their switch in's, weakening the opponent one by one.
Synergy: Water- Latios/Rotom-W
Ground- Rotom-W/Latios/Skarmory
Fighting- Latios
Conkledurr@Leftovers
Guts
252 HP/252 Atk/4 Def
Adamant
Drain Punch
Mach Punch
Payback
Bulk Up
Conkledurr is my stat upping sweeper, Excadrill counter and win condition. He is also my only priority user. My team finds priority usefull to pick off weakened Pokes and with a few Buk Ups under his belt Conkledurr does this job nicely. He is also a decent status absorber, activating his Guts ability.
The EV's are standard, max HP for bulk and max Attack to hit harder. The extra EV's in defence to take hits slightly better, though it only saves me .2% HP against Excadrills Earthquake. Conkledurr takes a max of 50% from Excadrill's Earthquake, while doing ~75% with Mach Punch. If I can switch him in on either Rock Slide or X-scissor then I can take out Excadrill with Mach Punch if i'm in doubt of surving the earthquake, or can OHKO with Drain Punch. Bulk Up is to attempt a sweep, Drain Punch as my main STAB, Payback for coverage ( I hate Stone Edge) and Mach Punch for Priority.
The way I play with Conkledurr is just switch him in on things he forces out middle to late game, use Bulk Up and damage the switch in as best I can. If I have all my layers up this is quite easy, most mons are easily picked off by +1 Drain Punch. If I predict a Thunderwave Conkledurr is the only poke who can switch in. I usually keep him safe until needed if I am playing an opponent with Excadrill.
Synergy: Psychic- Heatran/Skarmory/Latios
Flying- Heatran/Skarmory/Rotom-W
Rotom-W@Leftovers
Levitate
112 HP/252 SpAtk/144 Spe
Modest
Thunderbolt
Hydro Pump
Will O Wisp
Painsplit
Rotom is needed to maintain synergy and helps to counter things like Metagross, Snorlax, Dragonite, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Breloom and Scizor with Will O Wisp. Rotom-W hits hard with it's dual stabs and can outspeed and Will O Wisp many threats.
252 SpAtk EV's allow me to capitalize on Rotom-W's above average Special Attack, while 144 Spe EV's allow me to outpace all Tyranitar, max speed Adamant Breloom and max speed Adamant Scizor and cripple them with burns. The rest is dumped into HP for added survivability Pain Split lets me recover HP, Will O Wisp cripples threats, Hydro Pump hits hard and is the only Water attack Rotom-W gets, Thunderbolt is STAB and reliable.
I switch Rotom-W into things like Bullet Punch, Earthquake and the likes and try to cripple the attacker with Will O Wisp or just hit them hard with a stab. Rotom-W is probably the weakest link in my team and I definately do not mind replacing him.
Synergy: Grass- Latios/Genesect/Heatran/Skarmory
How I Play with My Team
* I usually lead with Rotom-W, as he can burn Tyranitar, OHKO Hippowdon, OHKO Ninetales, damage Politoed and burn Metagross and Dragonite.
* Once I have dealt with the opponents lead I usually set up Stealth Rock with Skarmory, waiting to see what their Skarmory counter is.
* I play around their counter to get in Latios or Genesect and deal with their counter, or damage the Pokemon they switch in. After this I deal with the next pokemon they have sent in with either Heatran, Rotom-W or Skarmory and weaken them or set up spikes
* Once I have all my layers up I find a way to force switches, either by using Genesect and Latios or switching in pokemon to counter their pokemon, e.g. Heatran on Scizor or Rotom-W on Gyarados.
* I weaken as many pokemon as I can until I can bring in Conkledurr and clean up.
A Final Look
(Rotom-W is just a little bit slow)
btw, sorry Dezza Laa that this team looks similar to a few of yours, i did not mean it to be that way that's just how the team evolved.
Team Building Process
So after building a few teams I decided that I would evaluate all their faults to make a better one. The main problem I had was that all my pokemon lacked significant power or speed without having to set up, and therefore I found it hard to beat things like Bulky Taunt Gyarados. I decided to rectify this by having two extremely powerful pokemon on my team.
These pokes cause a lot of switches, so I decided to add a spiker. I had always liked Skarmory for his bulk, typing and ability to temporarily check Excadrill. So I added him in.
I added in Rotom-W, a poke I had always wanted to use, to cover Skarmory's fire weakness, as well as spreading status. To cover Skarmory's electric weakness I added in Tangrowth, who with his new ability Regeneration, worked as a decent physical wall as well as an annoyer with paralysis and leech seed.
I needed a pokemon that could take out weakened pokemon with ease, and who better to do this than Shadow Tag Chandelure.
The team was going well, though I was wondering why nearly all of my opponents were using Arceus, than I realised that Shadow Tag Chandelure was uber. I tried many replacements, Siglyph, Infernape, Breloom, Conkledurr and Terrakion, I settled on Conkledurr.
Tangrowth was next to useless, so I replaced him with a Specially Defensive Heatran, I tweaked the EV's a bit and I fell in love. This is the best Heatran set I had ever used.
Heracross was just not fast enough, so I tried a Scarf Heracross, still not good enough so I changed to a Scarf Genesect. I discovered that Soul Dew was allowed so I gave that to Latios. And this is the final product of my team.
There are a few problems with this team:
-I struggle against mixed Kingdra on drizzle teams
-Spike stacking teams make me play more offensively than I would like
-Can't break through well built stall teams, though then again, what can?
These pokes cause a lot of switches, so I decided to add a spiker. I had always liked Skarmory for his bulk, typing and ability to temporarily check Excadrill. So I added him in.
I added in Rotom-W, a poke I had always wanted to use, to cover Skarmory's fire weakness, as well as spreading status. To cover Skarmory's electric weakness I added in Tangrowth, who with his new ability Regeneration, worked as a decent physical wall as well as an annoyer with paralysis and leech seed.
I needed a pokemon that could take out weakened pokemon with ease, and who better to do this than Shadow Tag Chandelure.
The team was going well, though I was wondering why nearly all of my opponents were using Arceus, than I realised that Shadow Tag Chandelure was uber. I tried many replacements, Siglyph, Infernape, Breloom, Conkledurr and Terrakion, I settled on Conkledurr.
Tangrowth was next to useless, so I replaced him with a Specially Defensive Heatran, I tweaked the EV's a bit and I fell in love. This is the best Heatran set I had ever used.
Heracross was just not fast enough, so I tried a Scarf Heracross, still not good enough so I changed to a Scarf Genesect. I discovered that Soul Dew was allowed so I gave that to Latios. And this is the final product of my team.
There are a few problems with this team:
-I struggle against mixed Kingdra on drizzle teams
-Spike stacking teams make me play more offensively than I would like
-Can't break through well built stall teams, though then again, what can?
The Team
Skarmory@Leftovers
Sturdy
252 HP/252 DEF/4 SPE
Impish
Stealth Rock
Spikes
Whirlwind
Roost
Skarmory is my physical wall and my spiker. He is used to switch into threats like Excadrill and Conkledurr, where he can either set up spikes or phaze the opponent's poke. He is important to check DDnite who, once he gets a sub up and a dragon dance under his belt, gives me hell.
I have opted for physically bulky Skarmory because his two weaknesses are mainly special attacks (thunderbolt and flamethrower) and he is definately not staying in for either.
The way I play with Skarmory is usually quite reckless. Unless I see something like Excadrill, Dragonite or Reuniclus in team preview, I usually use him as a suicide spiker. If I do need him to counter some threats, I switch him in on Physical pokemons, and set up layers or roost as they switch, I repeat this until i've got down all my entry hazards, or until it becomes too dangerous to do anymore. Against teams with Excadrill and the other threats he checks, I usually don't let him get below 50% HP. He is definate taunt bait but if I expect taunt I usually just switch.
Synergy: Fire-Heatran/Rotom-W
Electric- Latios
Genesect@Choice Scarf
Download
252 SpAtk/248 Spe/8 Atk
Hasty
U-turn
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Flamethrower
Genesect is my revenge killer, momentum keeper and hard hitter. He switches in on resisted weak attacks and threatens the opponent with Super Effective moves. I usually bring him on any free opportunity, like a predicted toxic or swords dance and take out the threat or u-turn to Latios to finish the job.
The EV's are pretty much standard, max Special Attack to do as much damage as possible seeing as most of his moves are Special, 248 Speed is enough to outspeed Scarf Hydreigon by 1 point who is the only pokemon of note in that speed tier, the rest into Attack to do slightly more damage with U-turn. Hasty so that I am fast enough to, as I said, take out Scarf Hydreigon. Also, Genesect is rarely taking hits, so a -Def nature doesn't harm me at all.
The way I play with Genesect is quite conservative. I usually just U-turn out if I'm unsure. I often need Genesect to clean up late game as well as take out threats like Gyarados, Starmie, and Lati@s. Genesect keeps the opponent in constant fear of a super effective move, creating a lot of switches and racking up entry hazard damage.
Synergy: Fire-Heatran/Latios/Rotom-W
Latios@Soul Dew
Levitate
252 Spatk/252 Spe/4 Def
Timid
Draco Meteor
Hidden Power [Fire]
Surf
Recover
Latios is my premier hard hitter. He switches into things like Earthquake and Thunderbolt and fires of an extremely powerful attack. He is also a great late game cleaner, using Surf and Hidden Power in conjunction with his blistering speed to take out weakened pokes. Once I have all my layers set up and steels weakened, using Draco Meteor nearly guarantees me a KO.
The EV's are to maximise Special Attack and speed, alowing me to take out other Dragons like Haxorus and Salamence if they haven't got their speed boosts. Draco Meteor is for STAB, as well as being a ridiculously high powered attack that dents anything not called Blissey, it even does >50% to Tyranitar, combine this with all my layers I can take out Tyranitar if he switches in to Pursuit me.
I use Genesect and Latios together to weaken the opponent as each one resists the others weaknesses. Between these two there are so many switches it isn't funny and if I can get Genesect in unscathed and U-turn to Latios, the opponent usually loses a Poke. I also switch Latios into weaker special attacks, as with Soul Dew his Special Defence reaches a whopping 385. He is especially useful for taking out opposing Heatran. I U-turn from Genesect to Heatran to take the Flamethrower, switch to Latios to dodge the Earth Power and KO with Surf.
Synergy: Ice-Rotom-W/Heatran/Genesect/
Bug- Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect/Conkledurr
Dragon-Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect
Dark-Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect/Conkledurr
Ghost-Skarmory/Heatran/Genesect
Heatran@Leftovers
Flash Fire
200 Hp/ 108 SpAtk/ 200 SpDef
Calm
Substitute
Flamethrower
Earthpower
Hidden Power [Ice]
Usually my MVP, Heatran is here as a special tank as well as to take Skarmory's Fire weakness. He switches in and nabs the Flash Fire boost, then I set up a Sub and take out as many pokemon as I can. You would be surprised how many people switch in Salamence, Landorus or Latios only to be faced with a newly erected Substitute. Normally if I get a sub up with a Flash Fire boost, the opponent loses I pokemon. He also is a near perfect counter to Genesect and Venusaur not running Earthquake.
I pulled the EV's out of a place I am probably not allowed to tell you about, and they are brilliant. The max damage from a Download boosted Thunderbolt is 34%, so if I switch into the Thunderbolt, I am brought down to 87.5% by Stealth Rock then to 54% by the attack, I come back up to 60% because of leftovers. Next turn I can either kill Genesect or if I think he is going to switch, which he most likely will, I can use substitute. Even if he stays in and Thunderbolts I am only bought down to 26%, allowing me to substitute and KO Genesect the next turn with Flamethrower. I know it seems like i've gone to a lot of trouble to counter Genesect, but he really screws my team over and I can't rely on a speed tie with my own Genesect because I run 1 less speed than normal. The moves are their because they provide great coverage and let me take out opposing Heatran, Salamence, Haxorus, Dragonite, Scizor and Lati@s once behind a sub.
The way I play with Heatran varies between matches. I use him to provide free switch in's for Latios, Rotom-W and Skarmory by luring Earthquakes, then exploting these switch in's by statusing, spiking or spamming Draco Meteor. I switch him in on Scizor and Ferrothorn and Sub up, allowing me to use a super effective attack on their switch in's, weakening the opponent one by one.
Synergy: Water- Latios/Rotom-W
Ground- Rotom-W/Latios/Skarmory
Fighting- Latios
Conkledurr@Leftovers
Guts
252 HP/252 Atk/4 Def
Adamant
Drain Punch
Mach Punch
Payback
Bulk Up
Conkledurr is my stat upping sweeper, Excadrill counter and win condition. He is also my only priority user. My team finds priority usefull to pick off weakened Pokes and with a few Buk Ups under his belt Conkledurr does this job nicely. He is also a decent status absorber, activating his Guts ability.
The EV's are standard, max HP for bulk and max Attack to hit harder. The extra EV's in defence to take hits slightly better, though it only saves me .2% HP against Excadrills Earthquake. Conkledurr takes a max of 50% from Excadrill's Earthquake, while doing ~75% with Mach Punch. If I can switch him in on either Rock Slide or X-scissor then I can take out Excadrill with Mach Punch if i'm in doubt of surving the earthquake, or can OHKO with Drain Punch. Bulk Up is to attempt a sweep, Drain Punch as my main STAB, Payback for coverage ( I hate Stone Edge) and Mach Punch for Priority.
The way I play with Conkledurr is just switch him in on things he forces out middle to late game, use Bulk Up and damage the switch in as best I can. If I have all my layers up this is quite easy, most mons are easily picked off by +1 Drain Punch. If I predict a Thunderwave Conkledurr is the only poke who can switch in. I usually keep him safe until needed if I am playing an opponent with Excadrill.
Synergy: Psychic- Heatran/Skarmory/Latios
Flying- Heatran/Skarmory/Rotom-W
Rotom-W@Leftovers
Levitate
112 HP/252 SpAtk/144 Spe
Modest
Thunderbolt
Hydro Pump
Will O Wisp
Painsplit
Rotom is needed to maintain synergy and helps to counter things like Metagross, Snorlax, Dragonite, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Breloom and Scizor with Will O Wisp. Rotom-W hits hard with it's dual stabs and can outspeed and Will O Wisp many threats.
252 SpAtk EV's allow me to capitalize on Rotom-W's above average Special Attack, while 144 Spe EV's allow me to outpace all Tyranitar, max speed Adamant Breloom and max speed Adamant Scizor and cripple them with burns. The rest is dumped into HP for added survivability Pain Split lets me recover HP, Will O Wisp cripples threats, Hydro Pump hits hard and is the only Water attack Rotom-W gets, Thunderbolt is STAB and reliable.
I switch Rotom-W into things like Bullet Punch, Earthquake and the likes and try to cripple the attacker with Will O Wisp or just hit them hard with a stab. Rotom-W is probably the weakest link in my team and I definately do not mind replacing him.
Synergy: Grass- Latios/Genesect/Heatran/Skarmory
How I Play with My Team
* I usually lead with Rotom-W, as he can burn Tyranitar, OHKO Hippowdon, OHKO Ninetales, damage Politoed and burn Metagross and Dragonite.
* Once I have dealt with the opponents lead I usually set up Stealth Rock with Skarmory, waiting to see what their Skarmory counter is.
* I play around their counter to get in Latios or Genesect and deal with their counter, or damage the Pokemon they switch in. After this I deal with the next pokemon they have sent in with either Heatran, Rotom-W or Skarmory and weaken them or set up spikes
* Once I have all my layers up I find a way to force switches, either by using Genesect and Latios or switching in pokemon to counter their pokemon, e.g. Heatran on Scizor or Rotom-W on Gyarados.
* I weaken as many pokemon as I can until I can bring in Conkledurr and clean up.
A Final Look
(Rotom-W is just a little bit slow)
btw, sorry Dezza Laa that this team looks similar to a few of yours, i did not mean it to be that way that's just how the team evolved.
