Rate please!

BROdelicia

BROdelicia

Hey there! So this is my first competitive team. My team is pretty much centered on defense. I've been using it on Pokemon Showdown and been doing great. So... Rate please!

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Slowbro @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature
- Slack Off
- Calm Mind
- Scald
- Fire Blast

Say hello to Frank, my Slowbro! Fire Blast gives me an edge on Genesect, Ferrothorn, Mawile, etc. Physical defense is already great and Calm Mind will just make his Sp. stats even better. Sucker Punch can be a real killer but it allows me to set up Calm Mind to max (with correct prediction) and obliterate opposing teams with just Frank.

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Florges @ Leftovers
Ability: Flower Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy

Fabulously great Sp. Def does me well to use Wish or Aromatherapy upon switch in. You can't really go wrong with Moonblast, especially with Florges' 112 Sp. Attack stat. Calm Mind just like Slowbro to give it a little more fire power.

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Venusaur @ Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 248 Def / 8 SAtk
Bold Nature
- Synthesis
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Energy Ball/Sludge Bomb

I don't see people using SubSeed on Venusaur lately so I thought I'd give it a try. Substitute works a little better now that he has Thick Fat. Sludge Bomb has a great chance of poisoning my foe which just speeds up the process of leeching him dry.

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Umbreon @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Toxic
- Baton Pass
- Wish
- Protect

One of my favorite Pokemon of all time. I was thinking of using Leftovers but then... Rocky Helmet allows me to take out a badly injured Flare Blitz/Close Combat user that'll knock out my Ferrothorn, just by switching in. Baton Pass cuz Umbreon is slow --- If I want to switch in another Pokemon safely, BPass makes Umbreon take the hit THEN switch out.

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Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 224 Def / 32 SDef
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip

Reliable as he'll ever be. Stealth Rock for those using Talonflame, Mega Pinsir, etc. I also went with Spikes cuz I like seeing their HP go down even before I attack. This is my only Physical offense in my team. So I have him take care of Blissey and Florges (occasionally Gengar).

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Chandelure @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Fire Blast
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
- Trick

Fastest way to clean up a mess is by lighting it on fire! Great STAB Fire Blast and good coverage with Energy Ball. Scarf even gets me to outspeed Gengar. Takes care of an unboosted Lucario as well.

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I've had problems walling a few Pokemon though!! Charizard Y, Trevevant, Thundurus (Prankster) and a few others have been quite a pain... I get around them eventually but it's tough. Since my team is centered on passive damage, Taunt sure is annoying.
Rock-type & Fighting-type coverage seem to be something to work on as well.

Overall, this team has been treating me well (as long as I'm predicting and analyzing my opponent correctly).

SO... Rate please!
 
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Okay so after speaking with you on the topic, I have gained some insight on the team. To begin with we spoke of Umbreon. I would suggest an Umbreon set with..

Umbreon @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Moonlight
- Foul Play
- Toxic
- Confuse Ray

Next off, though Ferrothorn does utilize the best of both worlds by running Power Whip along with Gyro Ball, but for now let us say that Thunder Wave may be a bit more effective than Power Whip due to the low concentration of physical firepower on the wall. Other than those two minor changes, I shall leave the rest to you. Read over the article I sent you and see what you can do, although I like the idea behind the team.
 
Thanks again!

Especially for Ferrothorn. I didn't know he could learn Thunder Wave, so I guess I'll change that.
That Umbreon set of yours is quite different from mine though. I'm going to test and try it along with mine. I'll just stick with the set up that I'm most comfortable with.
 
I'm already mad just looking at this team (I hate fighting stall teams; not shitting on the team).
But I'd say, this team is pretty good as it is. My first instinct was to replace Chandelure with Heatran, but after taking a look at that, Lucario would shit on this team.
I also like how you use Baton Pass on Umbreon for safe switches. That also made me scratch my head before I realized that it's brilliant.

The only thing I'd change is to replace Power Whip on Ferrothorn with Leech Seed.
 
I would stick with the standard toxic/wish/protect/foul play set on umbreon. Wish has the benefit of being able to heal teammates, and the one drawback (that it takes an extra turn)can be largely negated by protect (protect also helps if you're toxic stalling). Confuse ray essentially forces a switch (unless they are terrible), which is the opposite of what a toxic stall set is trying to accomplish. For venosaur run giga drain over energy ball, because more self healing=good. You could also run sludge bomb to deal with fairies, since you do have energy ball on candles. The team is a little too heavy on bulk, light on power for my taste, but if you can pull off some calm minds you could get the job done. Personally I would replace slowbro with something like ddnite or or a choice band wall breaker to help muscle through opposing bulky pokemon, you already have more than enough bulk without it. Dito Ben's comment about hating to fight this team though, its one of those teams you see on showdown and just want to pull the plug on your computer haha
 
BenTheDemon said:
I'm already mad just looking at this team (I hate fighting stall teams; not shitting on the team).
But I'd say, this team is pretty good as it is. My first instinct was to replace Chandelure with Heatran, but after taking a look at that, Lucario would shit on this team.
I also like how you use Baton Pass on Umbreon for safe switches. That also made me scratch my head before I realized that it's brilliant.

The only thing I'd change is to replace Power Whip on Ferrothorn with Leech Seed.
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Thanks! I was incredibly worried about (Mega)Lucario so I didn't go with Heatran.
And yeah, I guess I do piss of a lot of people on Showdown. :D
 
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