Rate my Rain Dance Team

[Neblim]

Noctuna-crobat
jolly@damp rock
innerfocous
110hp 74def 252spe 74spd

rain dance
taunt
toxic/U-turn
hypnosis

Sets the rain up. Outspeeds jolly aerodactyl with a cointoss. sets up status and stops setting up. makes a nice lead because he has some lovely resistance incase i need him again later




Neptune God of the Seas-Kingdra
Adamant@lumberry
Swift swim
180hp 252att 76spe

rain dance
dragon dance
Waterfall
Outrage

The most reliable sweeper ive ever used. Brings in the rain if its gone, dragon dances and sweeps the opposing team. its resistances make it easy to swich in and set up, after two DDs almost nothing can stand upto an outrage if im locked into it. DD + Rain = Raid!



DuckBrick-ludicolo
Modest@damprock
Swift swim
204hp 110spa 196spd

Rain dance
leech seed
ice beam/energyball
surf

My special wall, he also doubles as a special attacker if need be, hence swift swim. sets the rain back up and leech seed causes switches or boosts my hp



Reaper-Kabutops
Adamant@salac berry
swift swim
40hp 252att 216spe

Swords dance
Aqua jet/ X-sissors
Rockslide/stone edge
Waterfall

My physical attacker, hard to counter in standard play, I prefer having xsissors but aqua jet is incase worst comes to worst that the salac berry doesnt activate or rain is inactive and i cant activate the berry, rain boost hard and lets him KO plenty without SD



Daemon-Feraligator
Adamant@salac Berry
Torrent
252att 252spe 4hp

DragonDance
Subsitute
waterfall
flail

My switch in if something comes up that the others are unable to, such as take a hit, sub, and be boosted by both torrent and the salac berry to overthrow the oppanatant, In standard play it really sweeps and can OHKO zapdos after afromentioned sub and torrent. one on one i hopefuly get a boost from dragondance first, to be noted, scisor wont KO it at 25% with BP but other priorities can.



and my two options


Mace-Qwilfish
Adamant@focus sash
Swift swim
4hp 252att 252spe

Swords dance
Waterfall
Poison jab
explosion

My third physical attacker, can sweep full teams after a sworddance but shares feraligators weakness of prioity, but on the other hand it will OHKO almost everything that gets in its way, walled by empoleon but thankfully its usage is declining as of late. Explosion is to finish the job that kills everything else resisted by its prevous attacks



Omastar
Modest@lifeorb
Swift swim
4def 252spe 252spa

Surf
Ice beam
earth power
Hidden power grass

Ive only tested him as of late because my only offense barring ludicolo was physical, he doesnt have qwilfishes raw boosted power but wrecks everything with coverge barr blissy. Im very taken with him as he only really falls to mach punch or vacum wave, without EVs he is bulky enough to chase a few switches and break the new pokémn with a 2HKO



Ill leave the choice to your remarks but this truly deals with most of the metagame threats and makes short work of the. the only thin to realy fear is a scarfed electric attack but thankfuly between kingdra and ludicolo its nutraled.
alright to deal with electric and grass threats ive decided on three should none of my others be able to handle them,
Zapdos
Swampert
Magnezone
they cover the weakness and magnazone is resistant to both.

 

[MEHOZ]

You might want to try running something like a Porygon2, because with Rain Dance, thunder owns, plus porygon2's wide movepool can deal with grass types via icebeam which also takes care of salamence. which can most likely sweep this team after a couple of ddances

 

[Bloo]

What I feel your team can use are Pokemon that can 1) Provide your team with more support such as Wish support, Dual Screen support, Stealth Rock support, and a Pokemon that can provide ensurance against Zapdos, a major threat to your team right now since Zapdos' ThunderBolt KOes your entire team. Alright, so what can we do to remedy these problems? Well, there are a variety of things we can do to solve these problems. Feraligatr seems to be the weak link on your team since it is basically doing the same exact things that your Kingdra is doing, using Dragon Dance. Two users of Dragon Dance is redundant, just having one is fine. I suggest you keep Kingdra as your primary Dragon Dance user since it perfroms best under Rain because of Swift Swim. Feraligatr's spot can be taken by something that can use Stealth Rock and Light Screen+Reflect, to allow your sweepers to have an easiert time sweeping your opponent. The Pokemon I have in mind is Bronzong. Bronzong brings a couple of things to the table for your team. Firstly, it gives your team a Pokemon that can use Stealth Rock. That little bit of damage given from Stealth Rock allows your sweepers of Kingdra and Kabutops to sweep more effectively since Stealth Rock damage is vital in aiding them get some certain 2HKOes and OHKOes. Another thing Bronzong provides your team with is a Pokemon that is capable of setting up Rain while being able to survive for long periods of time, and not getting killed off easily. For Bronzong, I suggest you use Broznong with Damp Rock Levitate Impish 252 HP, 128 Def, 128 Atk - Rain Dance - Earthquake - Light Screen - Explosion. Bronzong has to be the best transition pokemon in the game. Without a doubt. This set takes advantage of Bronzong's amazing support movepool and allows you a second onslaught after your initial rain has died out. Reflect make your already bulky sweepers (Kingdra, Ludicolo and Kabutops) into strong tanks. Also, with Rain Dance in play, Bronzong has no weakness, which is always a plus! Max HP for durability and Def EVs for good physical defense. Atk EVs let it do more damage with Explosion. Damp Rock is over Leftovers because it makes Rain dance last longer on the field, meaning your sweepers have more time to sweep! After you feel Bronzng has done enough for you, simply use Explosion to get rid of a troublesome Pokemon such as Zapdos or Jolteon, both of which hurt your team. Earthquake also allows you to hit Infernape and Heatran, since you will not be OHKOed under rain, while they will be OHKoed back with Earthquake.

Secondly, I feel that your Qwilfish and Kabutops are doing pretty much the same thing. They are both using Swords Dance to boost their Attack stat, and they are both attacking from the Physical side. However, Qwilfish is actually more helpful to your team then Kabutops because 1) It absorbs Toxic Spikes for your team, which can prove fatal to your team if Qwilfish is to be replaced. 2) It can Explode and take out Celebi easily with an SD Poison Jab. I feel Kabutops can be replaced with a Pokemon that can better handle Zapdos for you. The Pokemon I have in mind is Latias! Latias is a great Pokemon to have on a rain team because it resist Electric and is immune to Ground. Both of those types trouble rain teams, and Latias will help to fix that. Latias also provides your team with Wish support, allowing your sweepers to come in more thanks to them being healed by Wish! For Latias, I suggest you use Wish, Reflect, Thunder Wave, Dragon Pulse, 252 HP / 116 Def / 112 SpD / 28 Spe, Calm, Leftovers. Like I previously mentioned, Wish provides your team with healing, allowing your sweepers to survive for longer periods of time. Thunder Wave is great since it cripples incoming Scizor and Tyranitar and any other sweepers that like switching into Latias. When Latias, cripples something with Thunder Wave, it makes it easier for your other sweepers to dispatch of them. Since Bronzong is providing Light Screen support for your team, Latias will have a safety net to protect it against Tyranitar and Scizor's Pursuit with Reflect. Max HP with 112 Special Defense EVs and a Calm nature allow Latias to never be 2HKOed by Scarf Heatran’s Dragon Pulse, even after Stealth Rock damage. The rest is used to bolster Latias’ Defense stat to allow it to take Physical hits better while under a Reflect. Latias also serves as your new Special Wall if you decide to use it because I have something in mind for your Ludicolo.

I can see your Ludicolo being a more effective sweeper if it was mixed. With Focus Punch on Ludicolo, you can predict those Blissey switch-ins and hit thm hard with Focus Punch. I suggest you use Surf, Energy Ball, Focus Punch, Ice Beam, 252 SPA, 252 Spe, 6 HP, Life Orb. Ludicolo 2HKOes Blissey even without any Attack, so that is why Attack EV's are not invested. Surf is for STAB and to hit many Pokemon in OU for extremely hard damage while Energy Ball allows you to kill Bulky Waters that wall Ludicolo without it. Ice Beam hits Grass types such as Celebi, who can be a pain. Life Orb gives Ludicolo that extra power it needs to hit harder. The EV's allow Ludicolo to sweep to its fullest potential. Also, if you are keeping Qwilfish, use Life Orb. Stealth Rock will most likely be in play by the time Qwilfish switches in, meaning the Focus Sash will be useless. Life Orb provides Qwilfish with more power, allowing it to sweep more effectively.

 

[SceneKidLove]

Okay...I have a UU rainteam But most of it can apply to this 1.
I would suggest Energyball over LEechseed on Ludicolo and run
Surf/Icebeam/Energyball.
Because In my experience a rainteam has Good speed and crushes fast.
So I dont see a reason to Leechseed because If you have swiftswim on
Just crush the opponent with a stabbed surf? Or ice/grass if needed.

Hmmm on your Kingdra I would remove The raindance.
If you have 2 Dancers that should be enough Especially because you have 2 with Damprock. U could replace that raindance for maybe a Draco Meteor because your gonna be running physical moves Using 1 Dracometeor wouldnt do much harm to your other attacks and it can give a Nice blow.

I Myself run a Kabutops Same Ev's only at Lifeorb.
And instead of waterfall ii have the Jet/Stoneedge/SD/Xsissor
Tho I Mainly use Xcissor to counter Incoming Shaymins..So you could use something else like Waterfall so u have 1 heavystab and a Priority stab.
I dont like Feraligator that much so cant say much about that..

Using Omastar and Qwilfish wont Give you much advantage
Besides 1 giving a STab poison and 1 giving an Earthmove
Maybe you should try running a Toxicroak.
You can use a Special Set seeing you only have Ludicolo as special attacker . But if your afraid of the likes as Magnezone

I use a Sworddance/Lifeorb Toxicroak
252 atk/speed and Jolly
With dry skin which evens out The lifeorb effect in the rain
-Cross chop
-Stone edge
-Sword Dance
-Suckerpunch

Crosschop can kill the fat magnezone. Tho im not shure..If thunderbolt 1hitko's Croak.
Stone edge can be used on Zapdos tho zapdos might run a flying move..
Swampert is tricky but if You have Energyball or a possible Grassknot on ludicolo..Swampert shudnt be a problem.

Anyways this is my 2 cents