Alright hello all, new here to Smogon and I thought I'd get some advice from those who have been doing this for a while the following is the team I've been rocking on my HG and I would like to get some advice on how I can improve (right now I'm getting dominated by fighters, Lucario in specific) So here it goes.
Metagross: w/ focus band
Stealth Rock
Meteorsmash
Psychic
zen headbutt
252 Attack/252 SpA/6HP Naughty
He's my set-up artist with Stealth rock using Focus band to make sure I don't get OHKOed off the set up by ground/Fire and he can actually but dents in alot of set-up artists and Baton passers once stealth rock is up though anything else he does is just gravy.
Tyranitar w/ ((Fighting mitigation berry I forgot the name durp))
Crunch
Dragon Dance
Stone edge
Earthquake
252 attack/ 252 speed/ 6 HP Jolly
Dragon dancer extrodinaire where he hits hard he hits fast and not much save walls can stand up to it, once I got 1 to 2 dragon dances up there's not much that can stop the momentum of his indestructible force. although he does get gibbed by Fighting and steel types but STAB EQ can rock alot of damage IF dragon dance got up before the fighter is there.
Dragonite w/ Life orb
Draco Meteor
Thunderbolt
Flamethrower
Roost
252 speed/ 252 SpA/ 6 HP Mild
He is my Staple, the thing that keeps my team together and my beast Dragonite has likely gotten me more kills than each of my other pokemon combined and helped me make a few comebacks from stuff I should not have won. Roost works great synergy with the Life Orb and helps give a not very effective to Electtic types, Although I have seen my precious Dargon countered by Tyranitars he will likely always have a spot in my team.
Gyarados w/ Choice band
Waterfall
Dragon Pulse
Stone edge
Earthquake
252 Attack/252 Speed/6 HP Adamant
Gyarados has a couple Niches for him first, he deals with the pesky Ground/Fighting types for me and second he attracts Thunderbolts and Zap cannons so I can swap to my very squishy glass cannon (See below) for free heals. Besides that there's not much I can say about him since STAB Choice Water fall + Flinching = Awesome!
Jolteon w/ Choice specs
Thunderbolt
Baton pass
Shadow ball
Hyper Beam
252 SpA/252 Speed/6 HP Modest
very Squishy but worth it he can clear out groups of folks and even suprise most with Shadow ball getting some nice kills off of Ghosts and Psychics unfortunately I've seen paper more durable than this guy so if he doesn't OHKO he's likely going down since Earthquake is almost mandatory for every team which is not very good, All in all I started building this team around this fella and it has done decent.
celebi w/ Leftovers
Recover
Heal bell
Grass knot
Leech seed
252 hp/ 252 defense/6 SpD Bold
My Wall... the Amazing tank that is Celebi with heal bell countering status spammers and Toxic/Toxic spikes and with Recover and Leech seed/Left overs I've seen this guy take down Baton passed bellyzards (With a fluke Grass knot crit but it went down nonetheless) I was wondering though, with him should I replace grass knot for psychic.
Anyways there's my team, Like I stated before I'm getting about a 55%-60% win ratio but I'd like to up those numbers and any help is always appreciated.
thoughts, comments, advice are all appreciated. Thank you in advance.
**Edit Updated as per Guidelines, sorry for the previous post
Metagross: w/ focus band
Stealth Rock
Meteorsmash
Psychic
zen headbutt
252 Attack/252 SpA/6HP Naughty
He's my set-up artist with Stealth rock using Focus band to make sure I don't get OHKOed off the set up by ground/Fire and he can actually but dents in alot of set-up artists and Baton passers once stealth rock is up though anything else he does is just gravy.
Tyranitar w/ ((Fighting mitigation berry I forgot the name durp))
Crunch
Dragon Dance
Stone edge
Earthquake
252 attack/ 252 speed/ 6 HP Jolly
Dragon dancer extrodinaire where he hits hard he hits fast and not much save walls can stand up to it, once I got 1 to 2 dragon dances up there's not much that can stop the momentum of his indestructible force. although he does get gibbed by Fighting and steel types but STAB EQ can rock alot of damage IF dragon dance got up before the fighter is there.
Dragonite w/ Life orb
Draco Meteor
Thunderbolt
Flamethrower
Roost
252 speed/ 252 SpA/ 6 HP Mild
He is my Staple, the thing that keeps my team together and my beast Dragonite has likely gotten me more kills than each of my other pokemon combined and helped me make a few comebacks from stuff I should not have won. Roost works great synergy with the Life Orb and helps give a not very effective to Electtic types, Although I have seen my precious Dargon countered by Tyranitars he will likely always have a spot in my team.
Gyarados w/ Choice band
Waterfall
Dragon Pulse
Stone edge
Earthquake
252 Attack/252 Speed/6 HP Adamant
Gyarados has a couple Niches for him first, he deals with the pesky Ground/Fighting types for me and second he attracts Thunderbolts and Zap cannons so I can swap to my very squishy glass cannon (See below) for free heals. Besides that there's not much I can say about him since STAB Choice Water fall + Flinching = Awesome!
Jolteon w/ Choice specs
Thunderbolt
Baton pass
Shadow ball
Hyper Beam
252 SpA/252 Speed/6 HP Modest
very Squishy but worth it he can clear out groups of folks and even suprise most with Shadow ball getting some nice kills off of Ghosts and Psychics unfortunately I've seen paper more durable than this guy so if he doesn't OHKO he's likely going down since Earthquake is almost mandatory for every team which is not very good, All in all I started building this team around this fella and it has done decent.
celebi w/ Leftovers
Recover
Heal bell
Grass knot
Leech seed
252 hp/ 252 defense/6 SpD Bold
My Wall... the Amazing tank that is Celebi with heal bell countering status spammers and Toxic/Toxic spikes and with Recover and Leech seed/Left overs I've seen this guy take down Baton passed bellyzards (With a fluke Grass knot crit but it went down nonetheless) I was wondering though, with him should I replace grass knot for psychic.
Anyways there's my team, Like I stated before I'm getting about a 55%-60% win ratio but I'd like to up those numbers and any help is always appreciated.
thoughts, comments, advice are all appreciated. Thank you in advance.
**Edit Updated as per Guidelines, sorry for the previous post
