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Azelf @ Life Orb / Leftovers - Timid
Nasty Plot
Psychic
Flamethrower
Grass Knot / Explosion
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Practically the same set from Smogon, the only difference, is the possible Explosion at the bottom. I'm not sure which I should choose, but I put explosion there, in case I come up agaisnt anything that i'm certain will OHKO me, so i'd like to do some major damage before I go down.

Lucario @ Life Orb – Adamant – Inner Focus
Swords Dance
Close Combat
Crunch
ExtremeSpeed / Earthquake
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
The typical SD Lucario, again from Smogon. However, i'm still not sure if I should go ExteameSpeed, or Earthquake. I'll leave that up to you guys to help me with ^_^

Scizor @ Life Orb – Adamant - Technician
Swords Dance
Bullet Punch / Quick Attack
Brick Break / Superpower
X–Scissor / Roost
32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
The typical SD Scizor, But I just think he makes good sense in any team. With very high damage on all attacks, i'm not sure what the full move-set should be.

Kingdra @ Life Orb / Leftovers – Adamant – Swift Swim
Dragon Dance
Outrage
Waterfall
Yawn
252 Atk / 252 Spe / 24 HP
I'm pretty happy with this move-set. Basicly, go with DD when I first switch in, then, I can pretty much OHKO / 2HKO most pokemon. Then Yawn or DD if I think the opponent will switch. Yawn will help with pokemon that I normally wouldn't stand a chance agaisnt, then just chip away.

Porygon-Z @ Life Orb – Timid – Adaptability
Nasty Plot
Tri Attack
Dark Pulse
Psychic / HP Fighting
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
There are two thing's i'm concerned with here.
1. HP Fighting has way more coverage, but if I chose HP Fighting, I don't know how i'll go agaisnt Fighting Pokemon.
2. I don't have much patience with IV breeding, so I don't know how common HP Fighting is.
Other than That, i'm happy ^_^

Swampert @ Leftovers – Relaxed
Earthquake
Ice Beam
Surf / Hydro Pump
Stealth Rock
240 HP / 216 Def / 52 SpA

I'm quite happy here, other than i'm not sure where to go where Surf is concerned.
Should I go Surf or Hydro Pump?

All help is appreciated ^_^

Where I have '/' on moves, I would like to know what move I should go with. [/align]

 

[Chileno4Live]

Hey IronDemise, i'll try to to the best i can to make help you with your team.

First of all, you have a couple of threats that can wreck your entire team. Just to name some are Gyarados and Lucario. Gyarados can easily set up on your Swampert, Sczor and Lucario and then OHKO your entire team with either Waterfall or Stone Edge. Lucario can also do some major damage with Extremespeed, backed up with Life Orb and Swords Dance.

Covering both threats with 1 pokemon is not possible i think. So i'm going to suggest you using a Vaporeon and a Zapdos. Instead of Swampert, i would go with the standard Vaporeon, here is the set:

Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Aqua Absorb
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SAtk
Moves:
~ Hidden Power [Electric]
~ Surf
~ Wish
~ Protect
This is probably 1 of the best Gyarados counters in the game. Just come in on Waterfall and OHKO Gyarados with Hidden Power Electric, it's that easy. Vaporeon also walls Heatran, something that Swampert had to do in this team. You also got Mixed Infernape somewhat covered with this, as Grass Knot will no 2HKO you, unless he gets a Critical Hit.

To cover Lucario and other Scizor's effectively, you can use Zapdos insteead of your own Lucario or Scizor. 2 Swords Dancers is bad, so you have to choose which 1 has to go. Scizor has more coverage in general, but Lucario is more threatening to most teams, your choice. So for Zapdos, i would go with this set:

Zapdos @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/232 Def/32 Spd
Moves:
~ Thunderbolt/Discharge
~ Hidden Power [Grass]
~ Heat Wave
~ Roost
Zapdos is probably 1 of my most favourite pokemon, it just covers 2 of the most threatening pokemon, Scizor and Lucario. Scizor can't do anything to Zapdos, and you can OHKO with Heat Wave, same goes for Lucario, but he can Ice Punch or Stone Edge you, so watch out. Crunch is more used anyway. Hidden Power [Grass] is there for Swampert, which can be annoying to your team. You can use Discharge if you want for the 30% Paralysis chance, but you do lose power.

Now that you got some threats covered, i suggest that you Azelf a Lead azelf, with Stealth Rocks since Swampert is gone. For the set, here it is:

Azelf @ Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Naive
EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spd
Moves:
~ Explosion
~ Stealth Rock
~ Psychic
~ Taunt/Fire Blast
Standard Azelf Lead i guess. Taunt anything that is slower and that might Stealth Rock on you, and then Stealth Rock yourself. You can also use Fire Blast instead of Taunt if your hate Metagross and Scizor switch-ins. But watch out, Metagross usually wear Occa Berry to weaken Fire Blast. Psychic is just for the main STAB, Explosion when you're almost dead. Watch out for Tyranitar though, he can Pursuit you if you try to switch out on him.

Now, you might want to make Porygon-z a Choice Scarfer to revenge kill some pokemon, as you have to much Stat-uppers. Here's the set:

Porygon-z @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download/Adaptability
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spd
Moves:
~ Tri Attack
~ Thunderbolt
~ Ice Beam
~ Hidden Power [Fighting]
Well yes, this set explains itself. Just kill pokemon with it, Porygon-z can kill quite some pokemon, and it'll outspeed most pokemon with this so yes.

I hope i helped, at least try the new things...

 

[Porygon-P`]

I agree with C4L with the changes to Azelf and Porygon-Z, but if you don't feel like changing your team completly I would just drop Rocks on Swampert for Roar.

It'll stop pokemon from setting up against you.

 

[marekenshin]

You definitely need some sort of Electric move, the first thing that came to mind when I saw this team was "oh god, Gyara's going to love this team."

 

[Jikos]

Drop Psychic on Porygon-Z for Thunderbolt. In OU, Psychic has absolutely horrible coverage. The only OU fighting types I can think of are Machamp, Breloom and Infernape, and Lucario, all of which are hit for more damage with Tri-Attack (except Lucario who takes about the same damage from Psychic as from Adaptability Tri-Attack)

 

[SaikoPikachu]

For Lucario, extremespeed is always better than earthquake. CC already hits steel and rock super effectively and lucario loves priority after a swords dance. You might want to give Azelf stealth Rock somehow and replace swampert with vaporeon to counter the ever so common gyarados.

 

[Shimrit As]

Commenting on your team as a whole, your offensive powerhouses are too reliant on setting up. Lucario, scizor, porygon, azelf and kingdra all carry stat-upping moves, and that is far from ideal. Swap your SD scizor with a CB one, which gives you immediate power, revenge killing ability and scouting utility.

To me, azelf and porygonz seem to overlap somewhat.

If you're going to keep azelf, it should only lead if it carries stealth rock and/or taunt, with a focus sash. At the moment its doing neither, instead operating as a late game sweeper. My suggestion would be to lead with swampert.

However, i'm still not sure if I should go ExteameSpeed, or Earthquake. I'll leave that up to you guys to help me with ^_^

Extremespeed is the premier option, due to lucario's lacklustre speed stat. Ground has pretty redundant coverage with fighting too.

I'm quite happy here, other than i'm not sure where to go where Surf is concerned. Should I go Surf or Hydro Pump?

Surf would almost always be a better choice, but in this case, hydro pump might be required for rotom-a. Your team lacks a proper switch-in for rotom-a otherwise, since your physical sweepers will abhor a burn or paralysis and porygon-z is too frail to switch in that often, so hydro pump should get the nod here. It's up to yourself to judge though.

Hope that was helpful, all the best.

 

[agiyr]

I'm not going to do a full rate right now, but there is one thing in your team that I dislike. That is SD Scizor. The problem with that guy is that it does need one turn to setup, and that one turn is enough to get a wall up. It's about the same thing with Lucario, but that one isn't walled so easily and can therefore perform a sweep before it is Walled and made to switch out. Scizors type combination and it's low speed is what makes that.

To solve this, I think you should run the Choice Band Scizor instead of the Sword Dance one. That can work pretty good as a Scout, and maybe also as a revenge killer. The one on the analys works fine. Use superpower and max HP and Atk, putting the remaining ones into Def. This is because the Scizor attacking last wins in Scizor vs Scizor.