Other PU - Creepy Clowns and Trees

[PokemonLionKing]

Hey guys. This is my PU RMT. Although it hasn't gotten anything on the ladder yet, it still is very successful. Also, the name of the team is a little weird, I know, just ignore it. I really couldn't think of anything else.

Fire Kitty (Flareon) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Heal Bell
- Wish
- Protect
- Lava Plume

Specially defensive Flareon is a really good Pokemon. It's able to tank hits that my other Pokemon most likely wouldn't be able to. Lava Plume is here instead of Flare Blitz because of the burn chance. If a physical attacker switches in, I can hope to score a burn. This is also my Wish passer, as well as my Cleric. He's done his job really well and has impressed me so much

Tree? (Torterra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Leech Seed
- Synthesis
- Earthquake

My defensive wall and my Stealth Rocker. He's able to take hits very well and even manages to take hits you wouldn't expect him to take. I have Earthquake to hit Electric types, and Synthesis+leech seed to stall. She usually stalls out a few Pokemon. The only problem is that it gets walled by Grass types, but that's what Fire Kitty's for. Even so, he is still a really good Pokemon and deserved his spot on the team

Zecora (Zebstrika) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Overheat
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch

Choice Specs Zebstrika hits really hard with it sattacks. With a Choice Scarf, usually Thunderbolt 2HKOs, but with Choice Specs, it sometimes even OHKOs. HP Grass is for Water/Ground types, Volt Switch can scout on. Thunderbolt for Stab and Overheat for grass types. He has plenty of speed to usually outspeed without the scarf. So Zebstrika is able to serve her purpose well

I Got a Rock (Gigalith) @ Normal Gem
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Stone Edge
- Explosion

This Pokemon is mainly used to explode on threats that aren't ghost types. There isn't much to say about it but it has been able to do masive damage to pretty much anything

Barnacles! (Barbaracle) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Cross Chop
- Stone Edge
- X-Scissor
- Razor Shell

Choice Scarf Barbaracle works really well in this tier, because of his good attack and decent speed. As well as his good movepool. Razor Shell is the best physical water move Barbaracle can learn, Stone Edge is his Rock type STAB, X-Scissor is for grass types and Cross Chop is for anything that can't be hit by any of his other attacks. He hits a lot of different types of Pokemon super effectively and is a great team member

Creepy Clown (Mr. Mime) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Dazzling Gleam
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic

Usually my lead, as I set up Nasty Plot and then hit as many things as I can until he faints. He sweeps a few Pokemon before my other Pokemon can del with other Pokemon. Psychic and Dazzling Gleam are for Stabs and thunderbolt can hit Flying types and Water types, so that Flareon and Gigalith don't have to worry too much, as Torterra doesn't have a grass move. Anyway, Mr. Mime has worked really well

So that's the team! Critique as much as you'd like

 

[Gemdiet]

You are supposed to put in sprites of the pokémon from x and y. Not just random gifs ;)

 

[PokemonLionKing]

fixed

 

[Lord Alphose]

You are supposed to put in sprites of the pokémon from x and y. Not just random gifs ;)

Don't let the man keep you down.

Anyways, here's a rate and some advice and stuff for you.

So, after playing with your team for a little while. Almost immediately, I felt two things that I didn't like. Gigalith wasn't doing it for me. Aside from blowing up on a random Pokemon, it really didn't do much. On top of that, I noticed that your team didn't really like Ground-type attacks. Like, Zebstrika, Gigalith, Barbaracle, and Flareon all get hit super effectively. So, I made the change of Gigalith ---> Mantine. It can help keep the field clear of hazards and spread some Toxic joy to your opponents. here's the set I ran:

Mantine @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic
- Defog
- Air Slash

As you can see, it's a physically defensive Mantine and it works well with Flareon and Torterra to form a solid defensive core. You could easily run it EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD with a Calm nature, but I found that this worked much better for the team and the Pokemon that I went up against.

Next, I noticed that you're running Technician on Mr. Mime...even though nothing benefits off of it. I figured that since Bastiodon, Avalugg, Piloswine, and the like often carry Roar and you really don't want your Nasty Plots being wasted, the best change here would be Technician ---> Soundproof. It worked out well and even helped me out in a couple of my battles. I also changed a couple of moves on some of the Pokemon. On Barbaracle, I changed Cross Chop ---> Earthquake. You lose coverage against Normal-types, which doesn't really negativley affect you in anyway, because Razor Shell is generally more than strong enough to hit them hard. But with Earthquake you have better accuracy, and you can now hit some Poison- and Electric-types much harder. Altogether, I found that it worked much better on a Pokemon that's choice-locked and is struggling to find a move that's hitting more Pokemon without resist, something that Fighting-type moves struggle to do.

Well, I hope you try some of these out and find them to your liking. Have fun with Pokemanz and good luck in the future :)

~~LA

Edit: Also, I voted for Flareon. Flareon's my bae.

 

[BadPandaPancham]

I actually run Choice Scarf Barbaracle, but I see you aren't running one of the few reasons to use Scarf Barbaracle over Shell Smash: Switcheroo. I would replace X-Scissor with Switcheroo so you can instantly cripple defensive mons. If you decide not to use it/replace a different move (I don't know why) then run Aerial Ace instead of X-Scissor. Gets more coverage. I would continue to run Cross Chop (Barbaracle is getting Superpower via ORAS move tutor :) instead of Earthquake since Stone Edge/Razor Shell OHKOs any viable Electric type in PU after SR. If you don't add Mantine as suggested over Gigalith, I would run Golem instead since it's the same thing but better. I like your non-standard team btw :]