Hello Smogon! This is the second team I'm building for my Pokémon X game and I've been testing it lately in showdown, and I wanted to know what you guys think about it. Up front I'd like to clarify that I'm not really interested in running ONLY pokemons that everybody does, such as Talonflame, Azumarill, Rotom-W, Gliscor, Excadrill and stuff. With that out of the way, here's the team:
Mawile (F) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Fire Fang
My mega and my main physical attacker. I'm running Sucker Punch for the priority, Play Rough and Iron Head for STAB and Fire Fang for type coverage. I used to be running Swords Dance, and although I stilll like it, Fire Fang proved to be more effective since you don't always have a chance to SD safely.
Hitmontop @ Assault Vest
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 HP
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Mach Punch
I know I know, maybe Excadrill would be a better choice, but as I mentioned, I don't wanna run many mainstream pokemon. This here is an assault vest set since Hitmontop has a movepool full of attacking moves and good defenses. He's also the spinner of my team. The Technician is there to boost Mach Punch.
I'm also thinking about running a Donphan (Earthquake, Superpower, Rapid Spin and Ice Shard) since I'm so weak to eletric and Donphan is ground-type, but know that I'm not gonna be able to run stealth rocks in Donphan since it's a move tutor move in BW2. I've already tested it out but realized my team needed some more solid defensive power, so I decided to go for Hitmontop.
Sylveon (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Cute Charm
EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Bold Nature
- Protect
- Wish
- Toxic
- Moonblast
My overall wall. I was inicially gonna run Umbreon with foul play, but since Foul Play is a move tutor move in BW2 and I don't wanna breed in previous gens I decided to give up on that one. Also thought about Vaporeon but I'm already too weak to eletric. Pretty basic wish supporter.
Hawlucha (M) @ Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 4 Def / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Sky Attack
- Hone Claws
- High Jump Kick
- Stone Edge
Hawlucha can become a beast after the right set up. Hone Claws increase it's ATK and accuracy, which is quite important since my moves have such a low accuracy. Also, after the Sky Attack that becomes a 1 turn move thanks to Power Herb, the Unburden ability activates, and if I was able to set up for those two turns Hawlucha can kill almost everythink in 1 hit, even though it's quite frail.
Noivern (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Frisk
EVs: 252 Spd / 176 HP / 80 SAtk
Modest Nature
- U-turn
- Air Slash
- Flamethrower
- Draco Meteor
Choiced special sweeper. Running Specs and Modest since it's naturally very fast. U-turn doesn't deal much damaged, but I'm running it only for its effect. The Frisk ability is there to help with the predictions. After two Draco Meteors I don't have a choice but to switch out, and I can't do it with U-turn since I'm choiced. Should I change something? Also the EV spread wasn't made by me, so I can't really explain it besides pointing out that Noivern is frail and needs some boost in HP to not be 1-hit KO'd so easily.
Togekiss (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Air Slash
- Fire Blast
- Aura Sphere
- Dazzling Gleam
Another choiced special sweeper. With it's Serene Grace ability Togekiss can be very annoying with Air Slash, having a 60% chance of flinching.
any thoughts?
Mawile (F) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Fire Fang
My mega and my main physical attacker. I'm running Sucker Punch for the priority, Play Rough and Iron Head for STAB and Fire Fang for type coverage. I used to be running Swords Dance, and although I stilll like it, Fire Fang proved to be more effective since you don't always have a chance to SD safely.
Hitmontop @ Assault Vest
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 HP
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Mach Punch
I know I know, maybe Excadrill would be a better choice, but as I mentioned, I don't wanna run many mainstream pokemon. This here is an assault vest set since Hitmontop has a movepool full of attacking moves and good defenses. He's also the spinner of my team. The Technician is there to boost Mach Punch.
I'm also thinking about running a Donphan (Earthquake, Superpower, Rapid Spin and Ice Shard) since I'm so weak to eletric and Donphan is ground-type, but know that I'm not gonna be able to run stealth rocks in Donphan since it's a move tutor move in BW2. I've already tested it out but realized my team needed some more solid defensive power, so I decided to go for Hitmontop.
Sylveon (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Cute Charm
EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Bold Nature
- Protect
- Wish
- Toxic
- Moonblast
My overall wall. I was inicially gonna run Umbreon with foul play, but since Foul Play is a move tutor move in BW2 and I don't wanna breed in previous gens I decided to give up on that one. Also thought about Vaporeon but I'm already too weak to eletric. Pretty basic wish supporter.
Hawlucha (M) @ Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 4 Def / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Sky Attack
- Hone Claws
- High Jump Kick
- Stone Edge
Hawlucha can become a beast after the right set up. Hone Claws increase it's ATK and accuracy, which is quite important since my moves have such a low accuracy. Also, after the Sky Attack that becomes a 1 turn move thanks to Power Herb, the Unburden ability activates, and if I was able to set up for those two turns Hawlucha can kill almost everythink in 1 hit, even though it's quite frail.
Noivern (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Frisk
EVs: 252 Spd / 176 HP / 80 SAtk
Modest Nature
- U-turn
- Air Slash
- Flamethrower
- Draco Meteor
Choiced special sweeper. Running Specs and Modest since it's naturally very fast. U-turn doesn't deal much damaged, but I'm running it only for its effect. The Frisk ability is there to help with the predictions. After two Draco Meteors I don't have a choice but to switch out, and I can't do it with U-turn since I'm choiced. Should I change something? Also the EV spread wasn't made by me, so I can't really explain it besides pointing out that Noivern is frail and needs some boost in HP to not be 1-hit KO'd so easily.
Togekiss (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Air Slash
- Fire Blast
- Aura Sphere
- Dazzling Gleam
Another choiced special sweeper. With it's Serene Grace ability Togekiss can be very annoying with Air Slash, having a 60% chance of flinching.
any thoughts?
