Introduction
Okay, were to start.... Im not the best of battlers or team builders but I think that this might be my best team yet so I was hoping for people to help make it better. I started of with the Grass/Fire/Water combo firstly and worked my way through various pokemon, sets and ideas until I came to a decent team, just a few more tweaks and here we have it. It has served pretty well, not trying to sound cocky or anything but I hardly ever lose, so if you'd help. THANKS :D
SPECS! (Heatran) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
First up is Heatran. I wanted the Grass/Fire/Water combo and most of the Fire types were a bit too frail and didn’t fit into my team, and I didn’t really want to use Heatran because I used him A LOT last gen but I just had to have him. As a lead he works really well, with his natural bulk and awesome SAtk he can take a few hits and dish out some powerful ones. He can also stay for mid-game and take out some things with his decent speed. The Ev’s are there to gain maximum Speed and have as much SAtk as possible. The moves are pretty basic for a leadtran except for Dragon Pulse which is there for a filler but it kind of works alright as it can take out some pokes like Garchomp who can’t take me out because of my Air Balloon and I take a chunk of its health.
OVEN FTW (Rotom-W) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Hydro Pump
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Fire]
With the Rotom forms changing types I thought they would be pretty cool so I just had to have one in my team. I chose the Water forme because it has only 1 weakness and Grass isn’t that common plus this forme counters a crap ton of threats, especially with the Scarf. It reaches a high enough Speed to outpace all of the things that I need to outpace. 308 SAtk is a respectable amount but with its powerful STAB moves it does enough damage. HP Fire is there mainly for Ferrothorn but can take out other Grass types that try to threaten my team. I normally have problems with stall and bulky set-er-uppers but Trick allows me to counter some huge threats such as Reuniclus and cripple enemy walls such as Blissey. I don’t think I’ll be taking this guy out the team for a while as he plays some key roles and provides good coverage
uJelly? (Reuniclus) (F) @ Life Orb
Trait: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
uJelly? But seriously this guy is amazing. I never really liked the fully offensive set so I casted her aside. I then did some research and saw this set and thought, why not? After a few games I then realised how to use her properly. Although I don’t get many sweeps, it’s still a great pokemon to have on my team. It provides decent synergy and counters quite a few things very well, plus it’s a great counter to stall with its Magic Guard trait. The Ev’s give me maximum physical bulk and after 1 CM my SDef is normally high enough to take a hit or two without recovering it off. The moves are pretty basic, set up CM on enemy pokes – proceed to sweep – if there’s a threat I’ll gtfo out of there. I picked LO over Lefties just for the extra damage, and with my bulk and recover I thought I didn’t really need the extra recovery.
Death Note (Gliscor) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Facade
- Swords Dance
Another pokemon I didn’t really like at the start of the gen but I didn’t realise how awesome and important it would be. It’s more of a bulky offensive ser and one of the more original sets of the team. The Ev’s allow me to have gain great bulk and out speed base 95’s and the rest are just dumped into Atk just for extra damage really. Also with Gliscor natural bulk, especially in Def, it doesn’t really need much investment in its defences to take a few hits. The moves may look a bit odd but believe me they work so well together it’s not even funny. Protect is there to scout the enemies moves (Ice Beam T-tar), see if they are choiced in any way and to gain extra heal. SD is there to double my attack and with my decent speed and a bit of luck I can sometimes sweep unprepared teams. Earthquake is just a great all round and STAB move. Now, Façade is the crux of this set as it allows me to have a decent coverage move with good damage from the poison but it also allows me to take out one of this metagames biggest threat, Air Balloon Excadrill. My main counter to SS teams and a good overall poke so im pretty sure this guy isn’t going anywhere in a hurry.
Zzz, huh? (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Waterfall
- Dragon Tail
Rest Talk Gyara > DD Gyara, just saying… I’d seen and heard a lot about this set and I can’t believe I hadn’t used it sooner. Honestly, this guy is an absolute monster! The EV’s are there to provide maximum physical bulk plus the Intimidate makes him pretty solid, he also has pretty good SDef so he doesn’t need much investments there. He fills a lot of key roles such as status absorber, phazer, key counters to threats such as Conkeldurr, Heatran, Infernape and so much more. With his awesome all round bulk, great typing and moves he can wall almost everything without a SE move. A STAB Waterfall coming of a 295 Atk, I think, still does a ton of damage even without any Atk EV’s. Dragon Tail > Roar ultimately because it does 60 damage and that damage plus switch ins and outs wears down the enemy pretty quickly believe it or not, I don’t really mind the 90% accuracy because it hardly ever misses and on the off chance that it does miss it isn’t really a crucial moment so I can afford miss.
50 Scent (Breloom) (F) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Seed Bomb
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Spore
Nothing special here, just a typical SporePunching Breloom. I really wanted a Grass type and Virizion and Serperior just weren’t doing it for me. I originally had Celebi here but it wasn’t as effective as it use to be so I went back to basics and got myself a Breloom. I tried the TechniLoom set but I couldn’t seem to be pulling anything of. So I had to go straight back to basics even more and get the SporePunching set. Surprisingly, it worked quite well. I can’t really say much about the set or EV’s as it is just the typical stuff. My favourite victim is Ferrothorn as it always tries to set up Leech Seed or if they are smart SR, either way I Spore, Sub and Focus Punch is an OHKO. I just go on from there. With all these new walls hardly any of them can deal with my Breloom that well, also all these new sweepers are pretty fragile so Focus Punch or Seed Bomb are normally OHKO’s as well. Oh how I love Breloom. So basically, not many things in 5th Gen can stop Breloom in his tracks that well so it makes it all the more easier for me to grab an easy sweep, yay
Please do rate my team, THANKS :D
Okay, were to start.... Im not the best of battlers or team builders but I think that this might be my best team yet so I was hoping for people to help make it better. I started of with the Grass/Fire/Water combo firstly and worked my way through various pokemon, sets and ideas until I came to a decent team, just a few more tweaks and here we have it. It has served pretty well, not trying to sound cocky or anything but I hardly ever lose, so if you'd help. THANKS :D
SPECS! (Heatran) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
First up is Heatran. I wanted the Grass/Fire/Water combo and most of the Fire types were a bit too frail and didn’t fit into my team, and I didn’t really want to use Heatran because I used him A LOT last gen but I just had to have him. As a lead he works really well, with his natural bulk and awesome SAtk he can take a few hits and dish out some powerful ones. He can also stay for mid-game and take out some things with his decent speed. The Ev’s are there to gain maximum Speed and have as much SAtk as possible. The moves are pretty basic for a leadtran except for Dragon Pulse which is there for a filler but it kind of works alright as it can take out some pokes like Garchomp who can’t take me out because of my Air Balloon and I take a chunk of its health.
OVEN FTW (Rotom-W) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Hydro Pump
- Trick
- Hidden Power [Fire]
With the Rotom forms changing types I thought they would be pretty cool so I just had to have one in my team. I chose the Water forme because it has only 1 weakness and Grass isn’t that common plus this forme counters a crap ton of threats, especially with the Scarf. It reaches a high enough Speed to outpace all of the things that I need to outpace. 308 SAtk is a respectable amount but with its powerful STAB moves it does enough damage. HP Fire is there mainly for Ferrothorn but can take out other Grass types that try to threaten my team. I normally have problems with stall and bulky set-er-uppers but Trick allows me to counter some huge threats such as Reuniclus and cripple enemy walls such as Blissey. I don’t think I’ll be taking this guy out the team for a while as he plays some key roles and provides good coverage
uJelly? (Reuniclus) (F) @ Life Orb
Trait: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
uJelly? But seriously this guy is amazing. I never really liked the fully offensive set so I casted her aside. I then did some research and saw this set and thought, why not? After a few games I then realised how to use her properly. Although I don’t get many sweeps, it’s still a great pokemon to have on my team. It provides decent synergy and counters quite a few things very well, plus it’s a great counter to stall with its Magic Guard trait. The Ev’s give me maximum physical bulk and after 1 CM my SDef is normally high enough to take a hit or two without recovering it off. The moves are pretty basic, set up CM on enemy pokes – proceed to sweep – if there’s a threat I’ll gtfo out of there. I picked LO over Lefties just for the extra damage, and with my bulk and recover I thought I didn’t really need the extra recovery.
Death Note (Gliscor) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Facade
- Swords Dance
Another pokemon I didn’t really like at the start of the gen but I didn’t realise how awesome and important it would be. It’s more of a bulky offensive ser and one of the more original sets of the team. The Ev’s allow me to have gain great bulk and out speed base 95’s and the rest are just dumped into Atk just for extra damage really. Also with Gliscor natural bulk, especially in Def, it doesn’t really need much investment in its defences to take a few hits. The moves may look a bit odd but believe me they work so well together it’s not even funny. Protect is there to scout the enemies moves (Ice Beam T-tar), see if they are choiced in any way and to gain extra heal. SD is there to double my attack and with my decent speed and a bit of luck I can sometimes sweep unprepared teams. Earthquake is just a great all round and STAB move. Now, Façade is the crux of this set as it allows me to have a decent coverage move with good damage from the poison but it also allows me to take out one of this metagames biggest threat, Air Balloon Excadrill. My main counter to SS teams and a good overall poke so im pretty sure this guy isn’t going anywhere in a hurry.
Zzz, huh? (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Waterfall
- Dragon Tail
Rest Talk Gyara > DD Gyara, just saying… I’d seen and heard a lot about this set and I can’t believe I hadn’t used it sooner. Honestly, this guy is an absolute monster! The EV’s are there to provide maximum physical bulk plus the Intimidate makes him pretty solid, he also has pretty good SDef so he doesn’t need much investments there. He fills a lot of key roles such as status absorber, phazer, key counters to threats such as Conkeldurr, Heatran, Infernape and so much more. With his awesome all round bulk, great typing and moves he can wall almost everything without a SE move. A STAB Waterfall coming of a 295 Atk, I think, still does a ton of damage even without any Atk EV’s. Dragon Tail > Roar ultimately because it does 60 damage and that damage plus switch ins and outs wears down the enemy pretty quickly believe it or not, I don’t really mind the 90% accuracy because it hardly ever misses and on the off chance that it does miss it isn’t really a crucial moment so I can afford miss.
50 Scent (Breloom) (F) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Seed Bomb
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Spore
Nothing special here, just a typical SporePunching Breloom. I really wanted a Grass type and Virizion and Serperior just weren’t doing it for me. I originally had Celebi here but it wasn’t as effective as it use to be so I went back to basics and got myself a Breloom. I tried the TechniLoom set but I couldn’t seem to be pulling anything of. So I had to go straight back to basics even more and get the SporePunching set. Surprisingly, it worked quite well. I can’t really say much about the set or EV’s as it is just the typical stuff. My favourite victim is Ferrothorn as it always tries to set up Leech Seed or if they are smart SR, either way I Spore, Sub and Focus Punch is an OHKO. I just go on from there. With all these new walls hardly any of them can deal with my Breloom that well, also all these new sweepers are pretty fragile so Focus Punch or Seed Bomb are normally OHKO’s as well. Oh how I love Breloom. So basically, not many things in 5th Gen can stop Breloom in his tracks that well so it makes it all the more easier for me to grab an easy sweep, yay
Please do rate my team, THANKS :D
