Salajask v2.0 /Help setting sweepers

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This is v2.0 of my team with the Salamence + Ninjask combo. The first version can be found here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50679

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Ninjask @ Focus Sash
Jolly - Speed Boost
160 HP / 96 Speed / 252 Atk

Swords Dance
Baton Pass
X-Scissor
Protect

The basic premise is to SD as the sash is broken, and then BP a +2 Attack/+1 Speed to Salamence (or sometimes the other physical).
96 Speed to outspeed eveything, including annoying Rain Electrode leads. X-Scissor kills Azelf and the like, and make him more useful mid/late game. He can also come back mid and late game and pass speed boosts to other people through Protect)

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Salamence @ Lum Berry
Naughty - Intimidate
232 Atck/24 Sp.Atck/252 Speed

Outrage/Draco Meteor
Dragon Claw
Fire Blast
Earthquake

This set was suggested by Pimplup (with Outrage), and has been working great.
I usually can't afford the luxury to Outrage myself, and when I do, what do you know, he has a Jirachi or something of the sort. That's why I've been considering Draco Meteor, although firing it from only 262 Sp Atk is rather disappointing. Life Orb maybe if I take out Outrage? (that, however, would make Breloom more of a problem, more on that below)

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Vaporeon - Leftovers
Bold - Water Absorb
188 HP / 252 Def / 68 SpAtk

Surf
Ice Beam
Hidden Power
Yawn

Yawn over Wish to screw up Swampert, who otherwise runs through me. Since I'm always trying to keep up momentum, I find Wish to be too circumstantial to be worth it. Since he can come in on basically anything, this also works great by receiving Speed boosts from Ninjask and surprising a lot of people.


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Donphan @ Leftovers
Impish - Sturdy
252 HP/6 Atck/252 Def

Rapid Spin
Earthquake
Ice Shard
Stealth Rock

With Sally being SR weak and Ninjask taking an absurd 50% from it, I couldn't go without a spinner. Starmie and Tenta both leave my team with two waters, and Forretress overlapped with Scizor. If I take him out, Forry might be a better choice mainly because of Explosion. If the rocks are set up on Ninjask, I can BP to this guy the speed boosts, which not only makes taking out SR safer, also offers some good attacking power.


Now for the problem part. I'm pretty much set on having one of each dedicated sweeper.
I'm concerned with the lack of a grass move on the team (short of a possible HP Grass on Jolt).
I would also like these to help counter a few threats that have so far ruined me.
Mainly: Zapdos (biggest of all), Swampert (grass please?), Jirachi and Breloom (although that's easier now with Lum on Mence, it's still annoying).

To give you an idea, right now they're like this:

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Electivire @ Expert Belt
Adamant - Motor Drive
252 Attack/252 Speed

Earthquake
Cross Chop
Ice Punch
T-Punch

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Lucario @ Life Orb
Modest - Inner Focus
252 SpAtk/252 Spe

Aura Sphere
Vacuum Wave
Shadow Ball
HP Ice

Zapdos plummets to the ground if I can get a speed boost and swords dance to Vire, but otherwise, he fucks me up real good. Lucario also dies horribly to Heat Waves. Same with the Scizor I used.

I think I've got a good thing going with the first four (still open to suggestions, though), so the bulk of work should be concentrated on the sweepers.

Thanks a lot!
 
This thread is now locked under Rule 3:
3. Have some actual words in your post beyond your six Pokemon and their moves. Not following this makes your post quite boring to read and rate. All Pokemon should have a good reason for being in your team anyway, so why not post that reason? If you're having trouble with this one, start by giving an explanation for each team member. Why are they there? What role do they serve? How do you get them in? Then, give an explanation of how you would open with the team and how you would go about using it. All of these things help people rate your team and allow us to offer more helpful advice.

This does not mean add one sentence saying "Standard x" or "all-around awesome" after each Pokemon. If you put thought into making the team, you can put thought into posting it.
Your descriptions are decent enough besides Vire and Lucario. Pretty much your entire description for the two of them is "they lose to Zapdos."

Though tbh the other descriptions could use some work as well; I suggest reading the "How to RMT" thread stickied in this forum.

If you fix this up then PM me and I will unlock this thread.
 
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