RMT- Rain for VGC 2014

ThePhyrex

Hey guys, I am quite new to competitive battling. I thought about using a Rain Team for VGC/3DS Battles and I came up with this team. I playtested it and it went generally pretty good, but not good enough. What can I improve?

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 128 Def / 252 HP / 128 SAtk
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rain Dance

This is a no brainer. He sets up the rain. I am still unsure about the EV and even about using Damp Rock, but I am even more skeptical about the moves, although I've seen surf hit quite hard in this set and it helps Toxicroak and Ludicolo with Absorb Bulb

Kangaskhan (F) @ Kangaskhanite
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Rock Slide
- Power-Up Punch
- Crunch

Mega Kanga hits hard and Fake Out helps always. Rock Slide helps dealing with Zard Y (I have seen a LOT of Zards Y and Kanga always helped) and does a nice ParaFlinch with Rotom-W. As I said, quite unsure about EVs. Also can Fake Out ghosts with Scrappy.

Toxicroak @ Black Sludge
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Drain Punch
- Protect
- Taunt

Croak helps against Trick Room with taunt. Not much to say about him. I thought of making him more offensive since he is kinda stale and fragile


Ludicolo @ Absorb Bulb
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 128 Spd / 252 SAtk / 128 SDef
Modest Nature
- Giga Drain
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Fake Out

My swift swimmer. Damn the gods of Pokemon Kabutops was banned, but this made me reconsider one of my fav pokemon from Gen 3. He hits surprisingly hard and outspeeds virtually everything in rain. He also helps against other rain teams, especially threats like Rotom-W

Rotom-Wash @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 SDef / 252 HP / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder
- Protect

Apropo Rotom-W being a threat. He is useful everytime. This guy is a tank, he can take quite a hit an fire back his Hydro cannon. Thunder Wave is for utiliy, but I thought of replacing it with Will-o-wisp

Noivern @ Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Boomburst
- Hurricane
- Dragon Pulse
- Roost

This one is tricky. Boomburst does a lot of damage when it hits, sadly Noivern is really fragile and using Boomburst incorrectly can lead to serious dissapointment.

I hope to find some useful tips from you, especially regarding the EVS since I am unsure about all of them. Thanks in advance
 
Hi, i'd like to remember that if you want guys to help you with the team you have to write something more in description and let us see how the team works better than this. Write 3 lines at least and try to be the most complete as possible.

By the way I think that teeter dance on ludicolo is really good. What do you think about hit? It gives you such a great coverage.

By the way with that set i think you can prefer dry skin heliolisk > rotom W
 
I did consider Heliolisk because of his higher speed, but I don't know what moves to use on him. Any suggestions?

Teeter Dance on Ludicolo is a good move, but it slows down the team and would have to replace a coverage move. Scald makes tons if damage and burns, which I think helps more than confusion. Giga Drain is extremely useful and always restores a lot of damage. Ice Beam OHKOs many dragons

Sorry for the shortness of the post, I will edit trying to add more information when I get back home, but as I said I am new to this :)
 
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