Wow, it's been a really long time since I've been here. o.o
Anyways, I've been using this team since sometime in September and haven't changed it since. It's completely BL (I intend to keep it that way) and I really love it. This is also the only team I've used on Shoddy. Here it is:
Sceptile w/ Choice Specs
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 Sp. Atk, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Ability: Overgrow
Dragon Pulse
Energy Ball
Focus Blast
HP Ice (70)
The special sweeper of the team. This has caught some people off-guard, as they expected a Sub-Seeding Sceptile instead. :P Not only does it benefit with a high Speed, the Sp. Atk. boost from Choice Specs and its wide array of exploiting type weaknesses makes it a nice Pokemon. It's usually my lead.
Scizor w/ Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Atk, 6 Def
Ability: Technician
Brick Break
Quick Attack
Swords Dance
X-Scissor
My favorite member of the team, since it's my favorite Pokemon. :D Instead of using it as a Baton Passer, I'm using it as a physical sweeper, and it does a pretty good job. With only two Swords Dances, Scizor can cause major damage even with Quick Attack, which allows him to ge tthe jump on faster opponents. Scizor is the Pokemon I usually BP into; Swords Dance is there in case my Ninjask can't BP the stat boosts to it. This is the one member of my team I'm not willing to remove.
Blaziken w/ Focus Sash
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Ability: Blaze
Agility
Blaze Kick
Earthquake/Thunder Punch
Reversal
Ah, Reversalken. I love this choice for a Blaziken moveset. Anyways, the Focus Sash is there soley so that Blaziken can pull off least one Agility to be fast enough to outspeed his faster opponents. If left at 1 Hp, Reversal will work wonders and sweep teams very effectively with the low HP and STAB. However, if eather effects come into play, Blaziken definitely won't be as effective.
Ninjask w/ Leftovers
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk, 154 HP, 104 Spd
Ability: Speed Boost
Aerial Ace
Baton Pass
Substitute
Swords Dance
Yay, my BPer. Not much is to be said about it. Swords Dance and its Speed Boost will give it the stats necessary to BP into one of my sweepers. It doesn't need too many Speed EVs, and it needs those HP EVs for Substitute. Also, I chose Aerial Ace over X-Scissor because I felt like it. :)
Steelix w/ Leftovers
Nature: Relaxed
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 6 Atk
Ability: Rock Head
Earthquake
Explosion
Gyro Ball
Stealth Rock
My physical wall. Steelix sets up a Stealth Rock, then will either switch out immediately if he can't resist the opponent or he will attempt to cause some damage before switching out for another Pokemon. Due to being really slow, Gyro Ball can put big dents into Pokemon such as Weavile. Earthquake is for STAB and Explosion is for a last-ditch effort.
Slowking w/ Leftovers
Nature: Careful
EVs: 212 HP, 252 Sp. Def, 46 Sp. Atk
Ability: Own Tempo
Ice Beam
Slack Off
Surf
Thunder Wave
My last Pokemon is the special wall. Slowking has Surf for STAB and Ice Beam as a solid attack (Especially against the common Dragon-types like Garchomp). Slack Off is there to heal any damage taken and Thunder Wave's main use is to cripple the opposing sweepers and make them somewhat easier enemies.
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So there you have it, my team. Now, one thing I'm very aware of is the fact that Infernape (Especially a special sweeper) can brutally slaughter five members of this team. The only one without a weakness to Infernape's attacks is Blaziken; therefore, I'm trying to find a good way to either counter-attack Infernape or replace a couple members of my team. I'm completely against removing Scizor, of course. ;)
Anyways, is my team good aside from the glaring Infernape weakness?
Anyways, I've been using this team since sometime in September and haven't changed it since. It's completely BL (I intend to keep it that way) and I really love it. This is also the only team I've used on Shoddy. Here it is:
Sceptile w/ Choice Specs
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 Sp. Atk, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Ability: Overgrow
Dragon Pulse
Energy Ball
Focus Blast
HP Ice (70)
The special sweeper of the team. This has caught some people off-guard, as they expected a Sub-Seeding Sceptile instead. :P Not only does it benefit with a high Speed, the Sp. Atk. boost from Choice Specs and its wide array of exploiting type weaknesses makes it a nice Pokemon. It's usually my lead.
Scizor w/ Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Atk, 6 Def
Ability: Technician
Brick Break
Quick Attack
Swords Dance
X-Scissor
My favorite member of the team, since it's my favorite Pokemon. :D Instead of using it as a Baton Passer, I'm using it as a physical sweeper, and it does a pretty good job. With only two Swords Dances, Scizor can cause major damage even with Quick Attack, which allows him to ge tthe jump on faster opponents. Scizor is the Pokemon I usually BP into; Swords Dance is there in case my Ninjask can't BP the stat boosts to it. This is the one member of my team I'm not willing to remove.
Blaziken w/ Focus Sash
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Ability: Blaze
Agility
Blaze Kick
Earthquake/Thunder Punch
Reversal
Ah, Reversalken. I love this choice for a Blaziken moveset. Anyways, the Focus Sash is there soley so that Blaziken can pull off least one Agility to be fast enough to outspeed his faster opponents. If left at 1 Hp, Reversal will work wonders and sweep teams very effectively with the low HP and STAB. However, if eather effects come into play, Blaziken definitely won't be as effective.
Ninjask w/ Leftovers
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk, 154 HP, 104 Spd
Ability: Speed Boost
Aerial Ace
Baton Pass
Substitute
Swords Dance
Yay, my BPer. Not much is to be said about it. Swords Dance and its Speed Boost will give it the stats necessary to BP into one of my sweepers. It doesn't need too many Speed EVs, and it needs those HP EVs for Substitute. Also, I chose Aerial Ace over X-Scissor because I felt like it. :)
Steelix w/ Leftovers
Nature: Relaxed
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 6 Atk
Ability: Rock Head
Earthquake
Explosion
Gyro Ball
Stealth Rock
My physical wall. Steelix sets up a Stealth Rock, then will either switch out immediately if he can't resist the opponent or he will attempt to cause some damage before switching out for another Pokemon. Due to being really slow, Gyro Ball can put big dents into Pokemon such as Weavile. Earthquake is for STAB and Explosion is for a last-ditch effort.
Slowking w/ Leftovers
Nature: Careful
EVs: 212 HP, 252 Sp. Def, 46 Sp. Atk
Ability: Own Tempo
Ice Beam
Slack Off
Surf
Thunder Wave
My last Pokemon is the special wall. Slowking has Surf for STAB and Ice Beam as a solid attack (Especially against the common Dragon-types like Garchomp). Slack Off is there to heal any damage taken and Thunder Wave's main use is to cripple the opposing sweepers and make them somewhat easier enemies.
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So there you have it, my team. Now, one thing I'm very aware of is the fact that Infernape (Especially a special sweeper) can brutally slaughter five members of this team. The only one without a weakness to Infernape's attacks is Blaziken; therefore, I'm trying to find a good way to either counter-attack Infernape or replace a couple members of my team. I'm completely against removing Scizor, of course. ;)
Anyways, is my team good aside from the glaring Infernape weakness?
