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IwinAtLosing

IwinAtLosing

<p>Hello, I'm SUPER new to competitive battling and I would love someone to rate my new team!
*Note* I do not use PokeSav, so all EV training is in game. Please take this into consideration. Lets go shall we??? </p>

<P> Not sure of my lead, but I'm probably gonna go with my Swampert: </p>

Swampert (Curses...?)
252 HP, 252 Def, 4 Sp. Def
Sassy Nature (more special bulk)
@Leftovers?
-Stealth Rocks
-Roar
-Ice Beam
-Earthquake
Stealth Rocks Lead
<p> So, start w/ SR and Roar to start racking up dmg. He's also used as a defensive wall, if needed and works fairly well with my puff ball you'll see later. Switched Scald for Ice Beam seeing as there are so many dragons now. EQ for coverage and STAB. </P>


<p> Now for the sweepers. 2 physical attackers, 1 special attacker. </p>

Galvantula (BUGGER!)
252 speed, 252 Sp. Att, 4 Hp
Timid Nature
@Choice Specs
Compoundeyes
-Thunder
-Bug Buzz
-Volt Switch
-HP [Ice]
Choice Specs Sweeper
<p> Basic Specs set. Thunder + Compoundeyes for awesome STAB. Bug Buzz for more STAB. Volt Switch for scouting/ revenge killing and switching out fast. HP ice for more coverage (Grass, ground, dragons)I don't think I'll switch him though... </p>


Scrafty (V8)
252 Att, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Jolly Nature
@Life orb
Moxie
-Dragon Dance
-Crunch
-Drain Punch
-Ice Punch
Dragon Dance Sweeper
<p> Ahh... Scrafty... My favorite new gen V poke. So this is asimple DD set. Set up DD and I out-speed ALOT. Once I can kill one of my enemies pokes and I absolutely SWEEP. After 1 kill, I'm at +2 Att and +1 Speed. Crunch + Drain Punch for STAB and Dark + Fight get everything bar Heracross and Toxicroak. Yeah, like those are running everywhere... Drain Punch to regain health from setting up/ LO. Ice Punch for dragons, obviously. Life orb is for some more power and I can heal it off with Drain Punch.
I WILL NOT be switching this beast out for the likes of Conkeldurr. </p>


Arcanine (RK-9)
252 Att, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Adamant Nature
@Choice Scarf
Flash Fire
-Flare Blitz
-Extremespeed
-Close Combat
-Wild Charge
Scrafed Revenge Killer
<p> The main idea is to pretty much kill any weak poke w/ Flare Blitz, Wild Charge and Close Combat. Extremespeed for anything that out-speeds me, but that's hardly anything. Or, I could even try my luck and attack with any of my moves, seeing as he is pretty bulky, so he can take an unboosted move that isn't Super-effective most of the time. Choice Scarf to out-speed pretty much everything and hit with STAB Flare Blitz.



<p> Now the walls. One is pretty common, one is nice for the surprise factor. </p>


Jellicent (dillPickle)
252 HP, 252 Sp. Def, 4 Def
Bold Nature (for a little physical bulk)
@Lefties
Water Absorb
-Will-O-Wisp
-Hex
-Recover
-Surf/Toxic???
Special Wall
<p> WoW for burn, so Physical moves don't do crap to me. Hex for STAB 100BP move is target is burned. Recover for obvious reasons. Not sure for the last move. Toxic for other walls, but I only have Hex as damage. I'm leaning more over to Toxic, because I really want the poison hax, since he's the only one that will use it. I would love some input on this. </P>


<p> Here is the surprise. =D </p>

Whimsicott (DerpPuff)
252 Def, 252 HP, 4 Speed
Bold Nature
@Rocky Helmet
Prankster
-COTTON GUARD (<-- The key to the set)
-Substitute
-Leech Seed
-Giga Drain/ Light Screen
The Defensive Wall
<p> Switch on a switch, or on a predicted not very-effective
move. Set up Cotton Guard (+3 Def). If I can set up again, go for it. If I suspect a switch on a special sweeper, set up Light Screen. Then, Sub and Leech Seed everything I can. Nice synergy with Swampert. Grass move on Swampy, switch, Fire poke comes in, switch to Swampy or RK-9 to absorb it easily. </p>



<p> So... that's it!
Here's a little help.
- I have helpful immunities to Fighting, Fire, Electric, Water and Psychic. Normal too, but that's not that important.
- My team resist most of the other party members' weaknesses.
- Have a balanced amount of special attacks and physical attacks. </P>



<p> Please tell me what you think, I would appreciate it so much! Also, I'm not sure if this is proper formatting because I just started, so please advised me if anything needs to be changed. Also, please keep the language clean, kids visit the site too, I'm one of 'em. Constructive criticism is accepted, but no "U suk!!1!!" please. </p>

Thanks =D
 
Welcome to Smogon, apparently!

Do you have </p> tags at the end of your paragraphs?

Also, what makes this a non-OU team? If it's meant for the OU metagame, then ask a mod to move this thread to the OU subforum, where it will get a lot more views and (probably) rates.

I'm not that good at rating teams, so feel free not to listen, but I would replace Scald with Ice Beam on Swampert. There are so many Dragons this Gen that have a 4x Ice weakness for Swampert to punish.

If your Arcanine is a revenge killer, then it would undoubtedly want a Choice Scarf because Arcanine without a Scarf isn't fast enough to revenge kill much even with full Speed investment.

I'm not sure how effective that Whimsicott set it. Without Taunt or Encore you'll get phazed (Roared or Whirlwinded) easily and the boosts will go to waste. I would recommend the standard Whimsicott set over yours found in the COntributions and Corrections forum
 
Thanks!!! I think I will switch Ice Beam on Swampy. But trust me, Whimsicott is for the suprise factor. If I go wé the usual set, it throws the purpose away.

I'm not sure if this team is meant for the OU metagame. That's why I put it in other. I may change it if I need to.
 
I quite like ur scrafty set might steal it :D i would pick surf over toxic personal choice though. consider swapping specs on galavantula for life orb. u dont have a spinner so any hazards they set up with stay so galavantula wont be able to switch much. whimsicott should have taunt and encore. I also dislike using arcanine as a revenge killer but that's also a personal choice
 
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