EDIT 1 (March 26th): large edits to team, involving swapping out of two pokemon in exchange for others and shaking up a moveset or two. edited threat list to be less bulky and less full of crap.
Hello! This is my first try at making a metagame RMT attempt, so feel free to throw critisism were needed.
The Breakdown (movesets, natures, and EV spreads):
Arcanine
Nature: Adamant (-special attack, +attack)
EV Spread: 252 attack, 252 speed, 6 hp
Held Item: Life Orb/Focus Sash
Moves:
Crunch (Dark)/Thunderfang (Electric)
Flare Blitz (Fire)
Iron Head (Steel, Move Tutor)
Extremespeed (Normal)
Plan of Action: Arcanine is my anti-lead. I am not a fan of Leadapes, and Arcanine can counter a surprising number of common leads, including a 2 hit-KO on a Leadape with Extremespeed thanks to Leadape's horrible speed. Flare Blitz makes common Steel leads think twice about sticking around, and Iron Head works well against Rock leads like the odd Tyranitar leads, and Crunch works wonders on Azelf. Salamence leads or water leads give Arcanine trouble. Swampert pairs well with countering Arcanine's threats.
Cradily
Nature: Careful (-special attack, +special defense)
EV Spread: 252 hp, 212 defense, 40 special defense
Held Item: Leftovers
Moves:
Stockpile (Normal)
Toxic (Poison, TM)
Earthquake (Ground, Egg Move)
Recover (Egg Move)
Plan of Action: By the book Stockpile-Stalling Cradily. The EV spread allows for a nicer, more even defensive stat block than I had before. Switch in on something that my sweepers don't like, get a Stockpile up, hit with Toxic, Recover if needed, then Stockpile twice more. Earthquake is there for Steel and Poison types, which wall this Cradily build completely. About the only thing Cradily can't effectively stall against would be a Skarmory or something similar. The things that I like about Cradily over something like Blissey is it can't be forced out of play due to Suction Cups, and the ability to boost its defenses.
Jolteon:
Nature: Timid (-attack, +speed)
EV Spread: 252 special attack, 252 speed, 6 speed
Held Item: Life Orb
Moves:
Thunderbolt (Electric, TM)
Charge Beam (Electric, TM)
Shadow Ball (Ghost, TM)
Hidden Power: Grass (TM)
Plan of Action: One of the pokemon that got replaced entirely. This is the Charge Beam build, Charge Beam being used as a finisher in the hopes of getting the Special Attack boost to help Jolteon sweep teams. It lacks the 'immediate in your face' power of a Choice Specs build, but offers far more flexibility. This build also allows Jolteon to come in and wreck a DD Gyrados without thinking twice about it.
Salamence:
Nature: Jolly (-special attack, +speed)
EV Spread: +252 attack, +252 speed, +6 hp
Held Item: Scope Lens
Moves:
Dragon Dance (Dragon)
Dragon Claw (Dragon)
Earthquake (Ground, TM)
Stone Edge (Rock, TM)/Crunch (Dark)
Plan of Action: A fast physical sweeper with a wide moveset. He needs a better item though. Swap into something that he can scare off with Intimidate, get a Dragon Dance in, and go to town.
Swampert:
Nature: Adamant (-special attack, +attack)
EV Spread: +252 attack, +252 hp, +6 speed
Held Item: Expert Belt/Leftovers
Moves:
Earthquake (Ground)
Brick Break (Fighting, TM)
Avalanche (Ice, TM)
Waterfall (Water, HM)
Plan of Action: Swampert gives some offensive walling power with his naturally bulky spread and the possibility of leftovers. That, and most people will be expecting a walling Swampert, giving them a nasty surprise. I have Avalanche over Ice Punch to work with Swampert's low speed, against speedier monsters, Avalanche's power will be doubled by Swampert taking a hit first. Swampert is my wall-killer, and complements both my Arcanine and Salamence by covering their weaknesses, covering Alakazam by taking out special walls like Blissey, and.
Alakazam:
Nature: Timid (-attack, +speed)
EV Spread: +252 special attack, +252 speed, +6 hp
Held Item: Life Orb
Moves:
Psychic (Psychic)
Hidden Power: Electric (TM)
Shadow Ball (Ghost, TM)
Energy Ball (Grass, TM)
Plan of Action: Special sweeper with a well-rounded movepool. A varient of the Choice Specs build, primarily because I hate being locked into just one move. Again, Swampert shows his place as a backbone in my team by being the mighty slayer-of-Blissey, who walls Alakazam pretty well.
Threats: No Rapid Spinner means something that layers Spikes, Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock will make my team hurt, especially Stealth Rock on Arcanine and Salamence.
Teams that center around status effects are also a danger with no Cleric to either soak the status effects or heal them once they are on my team.
any other suggestions? (when offering suggestions, please bear in mind this team is meant for wi-fi battles and not shoddy, so I do not have access to Heatran, Celebi, and the like and must manually breed for everything. Not having an action replay sucks.)
Hello! This is my first try at making a metagame RMT attempt, so feel free to throw critisism were needed.
The Breakdown (movesets, natures, and EV spreads):
Arcanine
Nature: Adamant (-special attack, +attack)
EV Spread: 252 attack, 252 speed, 6 hp
Held Item: Life Orb/Focus Sash
Moves:
Crunch (Dark)/Thunderfang (Electric)
Flare Blitz (Fire)
Iron Head (Steel, Move Tutor)
Extremespeed (Normal)
Plan of Action: Arcanine is my anti-lead. I am not a fan of Leadapes, and Arcanine can counter a surprising number of common leads, including a 2 hit-KO on a Leadape with Extremespeed thanks to Leadape's horrible speed. Flare Blitz makes common Steel leads think twice about sticking around, and Iron Head works well against Rock leads like the odd Tyranitar leads, and Crunch works wonders on Azelf. Salamence leads or water leads give Arcanine trouble. Swampert pairs well with countering Arcanine's threats.
Cradily
Nature: Careful (-special attack, +special defense)
EV Spread: 252 hp, 212 defense, 40 special defense
Held Item: Leftovers
Moves:
Stockpile (Normal)
Toxic (Poison, TM)
Earthquake (Ground, Egg Move)
Recover (Egg Move)
Plan of Action: By the book Stockpile-Stalling Cradily. The EV spread allows for a nicer, more even defensive stat block than I had before. Switch in on something that my sweepers don't like, get a Stockpile up, hit with Toxic, Recover if needed, then Stockpile twice more. Earthquake is there for Steel and Poison types, which wall this Cradily build completely. About the only thing Cradily can't effectively stall against would be a Skarmory or something similar. The things that I like about Cradily over something like Blissey is it can't be forced out of play due to Suction Cups, and the ability to boost its defenses.
Jolteon:
Nature: Timid (-attack, +speed)
EV Spread: 252 special attack, 252 speed, 6 speed
Held Item: Life Orb
Moves:
Thunderbolt (Electric, TM)
Charge Beam (Electric, TM)
Shadow Ball (Ghost, TM)
Hidden Power: Grass (TM)
Plan of Action: One of the pokemon that got replaced entirely. This is the Charge Beam build, Charge Beam being used as a finisher in the hopes of getting the Special Attack boost to help Jolteon sweep teams. It lacks the 'immediate in your face' power of a Choice Specs build, but offers far more flexibility. This build also allows Jolteon to come in and wreck a DD Gyrados without thinking twice about it.
Salamence:
Nature: Jolly (-special attack, +speed)
EV Spread: +252 attack, +252 speed, +6 hp
Held Item: Scope Lens
Moves:
Dragon Dance (Dragon)
Dragon Claw (Dragon)
Earthquake (Ground, TM)
Stone Edge (Rock, TM)/Crunch (Dark)
Plan of Action: A fast physical sweeper with a wide moveset. He needs a better item though. Swap into something that he can scare off with Intimidate, get a Dragon Dance in, and go to town.
Swampert:
Nature: Adamant (-special attack, +attack)
EV Spread: +252 attack, +252 hp, +6 speed
Held Item: Expert Belt/Leftovers
Moves:
Earthquake (Ground)
Brick Break (Fighting, TM)
Avalanche (Ice, TM)
Waterfall (Water, HM)
Plan of Action: Swampert gives some offensive walling power with his naturally bulky spread and the possibility of leftovers. That, and most people will be expecting a walling Swampert, giving them a nasty surprise. I have Avalanche over Ice Punch to work with Swampert's low speed, against speedier monsters, Avalanche's power will be doubled by Swampert taking a hit first. Swampert is my wall-killer, and complements both my Arcanine and Salamence by covering their weaknesses, covering Alakazam by taking out special walls like Blissey, and.
Alakazam:
Nature: Timid (-attack, +speed)
EV Spread: +252 special attack, +252 speed, +6 hp
Held Item: Life Orb
Moves:
Psychic (Psychic)
Hidden Power: Electric (TM)
Shadow Ball (Ghost, TM)
Energy Ball (Grass, TM)
Plan of Action: Special sweeper with a well-rounded movepool. A varient of the Choice Specs build, primarily because I hate being locked into just one move. Again, Swampert shows his place as a backbone in my team by being the mighty slayer-of-Blissey, who walls Alakazam pretty well.
Threats: No Rapid Spinner means something that layers Spikes, Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock will make my team hurt, especially Stealth Rock on Arcanine and Salamence.
Teams that center around status effects are also a danger with no Cleric to either soak the status effects or heal them once they are on my team.
any other suggestions? (when offering suggestions, please bear in mind this team is meant for wi-fi battles and not shoddy, so I do not have access to Heatran, Celebi, and the like and must manually breed for everything. Not having an action replay sucks.)
