Hi guys! this is my first RMT thread. If i make any horrible typos then let me know!
I'm sort of excited yet nervous to see what kind of feedback i'll get.
This team is centered around one of my favorite pokemon. Sandslash!
It was very exciting to see that he had been given such a great DW ability.
It's sort of saddening that Excadrill is outclassing it in almost every way. But I still chose Sandslash.
And now ladies and gentlemen, my team!
Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Hp / 40 Satk / 216 Sdef
Nature: Sassy
- Stealth Rocks
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Crunch
This guy is filled with pure awesomeness. Not only does he get the sandstorm rolling, but he also poses a great threat to a lot of the pokemon i would have problems with. Ferrothorn and Skarmory are fried by Fire Blast. Ice Beam stops Gliscor and Garchomp cold. Crunch is for a reliable STAB attack that can take out the Lati twins and the dreaded Reuniclus. Tyranitar makes a great Stealth Rocker. it's pretty easy to find oppertunities to set them up. But Tyranitar has his bad sides. Low speed and tons of weaknesses is a big turn off. but all in all Tyranitar is a great pokemon for my team.
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 Hp / 184 Def / 72 Spd
Nature: Impish
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Taunt
This guy has saved me from many defeats. Gliscor is an excellent wall.
He can even survive unSTABed physical ice attacks with ease.
He is one of my stall breakers, and a good one at that.
Taunt shuts down a lot of pokemon that try to screw my team over with status moves or phazing moves. He's also the only pokemon in my team that can reliabally stand up to Conkeldurr and Excadrill. Ice Fang is a great move to go along side Earthquake. Gliscor is hard to wall with the combination of Ground and Ice attacks. But both of these moves are pretty weak before i get a SD up. but that's no problem since it's so easy to SD multiple times. Now here comes the bad news. Almost any STABed special attack will kill Gliscor. I am forced to switch out whenever a special attacker shows it's ugly head. But other than that, Gliscor is a fantastic pokemon for my team and a great pokemon in general.
Reuniclus @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Satk
Nature: Bold
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Recover
This is hands down my favorite 5th Gen pokemon. Don't let Reuniclus deceive you with his cheerful smile! This thing will rip stall teams apart!
Reuniclus is one scary pokemon! After one CM he can survice almost any attack and just heal it off with Recover! Reuniclus and Gliscor are beasts on the same team. Anything that Gliscor can't handle, Reuniclus has his back. Psychic and Focus Blast are great moves for Reuniclus. Psychic can kill all of those pesky Fighting types that try to take out Tyranitar. Focus Blast is great coverage with Psychic, and it nails opposing Tyranitars and keeps Reuniclus from getting walled by a lot of stuff. Sadly, Spiritomb and Sableye are 100% counters to Reuniclus. They are immune to all of his attacks and can threaten to set up or Pursuit him as he escapes. But those pokemon are beyond rare, so Reuniclus almost never lets me down.
Dragonite @ Leftovers
Ability: Multi-Scale
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Sdef / 4 Def
Nature: Careful
- Thunder Wave
- Dragon Tail
- Substitute
- Roost
This thing is awesome! I never knew a Parashuffler could be so useful.
Dragonite can wall tons of things with his incredible bulk.
I usually send him out against a special attacker that won't be killing him anytime soon,
then proceed to paralyze them,then start shuffling.
Dragon Tail is great for doing damage plus phazing the opponent out!
Stealth Rocks and Spikes support are very effective with Dragonite, a lot of foes lose around 50-60% of health everytime they get phazed
out thanks to Dragon Tail, Spikes and Stealth Rocks. Dragonite doesn't have any bad sides when it has full health,
but after Multi-Scale has been deactivated, it can get pretty nasty if i don't Roost in time.
Rock, Ice and Dragon weaknesses are pretty horrible for a defensive pokemon.
Even with it's cons, Dragonite is an excellent member to my team.
Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Sdef
Nature: Impish
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Spikes
I never used Skarmory before, so i decided to give it a try, and it's a good thing i did!
Skarmory walls my former nemesis Scrafty like there's no tomorrow!
Skarmory also walls a truckload of physical attackers, and if they try to set up on it, I just phaze them ou.
Spikes is great for a pokemon like Skarmory. He can set Spikes when he gets the chance, and start Whirlwinding away!
Roost keeps him in the game for as long as possible, while Brave Bird is an excellent form of attack.
Speaking of Brave Bird, It's great for taking out the Fighting types that haunt today's metagame.
Skarmory, like any other pokemon has his downsides. Taunt is terrible! Skarmory almost becomes useless if he gets taunted,
so i am forced to switch out. Skarmory is still a fantastic wall and support pokemon, and i'm glad to add him to my team.
Sandslash @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 Def
Nature: Adamant
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- X-Scissor
Give it up for Sandslash! *crowd cheers* In the past I was terribally heart broken at the fact that Sandslash was an inferior Donphan, and i knew it wouldn't make much sense to use him when Donphan was present. But now, behold! Sandslash has one of the best abilities in the game, and can now rip through teams! People may look at Sandslash as an inferior Excadrill, and that's true to a certain extent. But Sandslash has a few things going for it. It trades some power and speed for more defense, which actually comes in handy when dealing with priority attacks. Being a pure Ground type also mean Mach Punch won't be ruining it's day any time soon. Sandslash has above average attack power, but after a SD it can hit like a freaking truck! Earthquake is his main attack, and it can OHKO anything that doesn't resist it after a SD! Stone Edge has great coverage with EQ, letting it whack the Flying types extremely hard!
X-Scissor nails the Grass and Psychic types for super effective damage! X-Scissor also provides great coverage with Sandslash's other moves!
Sandslash isn't without his faults. I'm not too concerned about the loss in power compared to Excadrill, but the speed loss can really mess things up if given the chance. Any pokemon with a positive speed nature with 90 base speed and a Scarf can outspeed Sandslash, even in the sand! With that aside, Sandslash has made me very proud! He went from one of the most useless pokemon to a UU version of Excadrill! He tears teams apart, and that really brings tears of joy to my eyes :,)
Previous members:
I miss these guys :(
Threats:
Genesect:
He toys around with my team with his unpredictability! U-Turn is especially annoying. Once my team has been weakened it starts using it's other moves and pretty much kills my team.
Chandelure:
There's nowhere to run once Chandelure shows it's ugly head! once Tyranitar and Sandslash are out of the way, It's pretty much Game Over!
Conclusion:
Well it's been fun guys! I hope you enjoyed reading about my team. Feel free to suggest anything that may help my team out. Here's my team bunched up like one big happy family!
I'm sort of excited yet nervous to see what kind of feedback i'll get.
This team is centered around one of my favorite pokemon. Sandslash!
It was very exciting to see that he had been given such a great DW ability.
It's sort of saddening that Excadrill is outclassing it in almost every way. But I still chose Sandslash.
And now ladies and gentlemen, my team!

Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Hp / 40 Satk / 216 Sdef
Nature: Sassy
- Stealth Rocks
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Crunch
This guy is filled with pure awesomeness. Not only does he get the sandstorm rolling, but he also poses a great threat to a lot of the pokemon i would have problems with. Ferrothorn and Skarmory are fried by Fire Blast. Ice Beam stops Gliscor and Garchomp cold. Crunch is for a reliable STAB attack that can take out the Lati twins and the dreaded Reuniclus. Tyranitar makes a great Stealth Rocker. it's pretty easy to find oppertunities to set them up. But Tyranitar has his bad sides. Low speed and tons of weaknesses is a big turn off. but all in all Tyranitar is a great pokemon for my team.

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 Hp / 184 Def / 72 Spd
Nature: Impish
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Taunt
This guy has saved me from many defeats. Gliscor is an excellent wall.
He can even survive unSTABed physical ice attacks with ease.
He is one of my stall breakers, and a good one at that.
Taunt shuts down a lot of pokemon that try to screw my team over with status moves or phazing moves. He's also the only pokemon in my team that can reliabally stand up to Conkeldurr and Excadrill. Ice Fang is a great move to go along side Earthquake. Gliscor is hard to wall with the combination of Ground and Ice attacks. But both of these moves are pretty weak before i get a SD up. but that's no problem since it's so easy to SD multiple times. Now here comes the bad news. Almost any STABed special attack will kill Gliscor. I am forced to switch out whenever a special attacker shows it's ugly head. But other than that, Gliscor is a fantastic pokemon for my team and a great pokemon in general.

Reuniclus @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Satk
Nature: Bold
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Recover
This is hands down my favorite 5th Gen pokemon. Don't let Reuniclus deceive you with his cheerful smile! This thing will rip stall teams apart!
Reuniclus is one scary pokemon! After one CM he can survice almost any attack and just heal it off with Recover! Reuniclus and Gliscor are beasts on the same team. Anything that Gliscor can't handle, Reuniclus has his back. Psychic and Focus Blast are great moves for Reuniclus. Psychic can kill all of those pesky Fighting types that try to take out Tyranitar. Focus Blast is great coverage with Psychic, and it nails opposing Tyranitars and keeps Reuniclus from getting walled by a lot of stuff. Sadly, Spiritomb and Sableye are 100% counters to Reuniclus. They are immune to all of his attacks and can threaten to set up or Pursuit him as he escapes. But those pokemon are beyond rare, so Reuniclus almost never lets me down.

Dragonite @ Leftovers
Ability: Multi-Scale
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Sdef / 4 Def
Nature: Careful
- Thunder Wave
- Dragon Tail
- Substitute
- Roost
This thing is awesome! I never knew a Parashuffler could be so useful.
Dragonite can wall tons of things with his incredible bulk.
I usually send him out against a special attacker that won't be killing him anytime soon,
then proceed to paralyze them,then start shuffling.
Dragon Tail is great for doing damage plus phazing the opponent out!
Stealth Rocks and Spikes support are very effective with Dragonite, a lot of foes lose around 50-60% of health everytime they get phazed
out thanks to Dragon Tail, Spikes and Stealth Rocks. Dragonite doesn't have any bad sides when it has full health,
but after Multi-Scale has been deactivated, it can get pretty nasty if i don't Roost in time.
Rock, Ice and Dragon weaknesses are pretty horrible for a defensive pokemon.
Even with it's cons, Dragonite is an excellent member to my team.

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Sdef
Nature: Impish
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Spikes
I never used Skarmory before, so i decided to give it a try, and it's a good thing i did!
Skarmory walls my former nemesis Scrafty like there's no tomorrow!
Skarmory also walls a truckload of physical attackers, and if they try to set up on it, I just phaze them ou.
Spikes is great for a pokemon like Skarmory. He can set Spikes when he gets the chance, and start Whirlwinding away!
Roost keeps him in the game for as long as possible, while Brave Bird is an excellent form of attack.
Speaking of Brave Bird, It's great for taking out the Fighting types that haunt today's metagame.
Skarmory, like any other pokemon has his downsides. Taunt is terrible! Skarmory almost becomes useless if he gets taunted,
so i am forced to switch out. Skarmory is still a fantastic wall and support pokemon, and i'm glad to add him to my team.

Sandslash @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 Def
Nature: Adamant
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- X-Scissor
Give it up for Sandslash! *crowd cheers* In the past I was terribally heart broken at the fact that Sandslash was an inferior Donphan, and i knew it wouldn't make much sense to use him when Donphan was present. But now, behold! Sandslash has one of the best abilities in the game, and can now rip through teams! People may look at Sandslash as an inferior Excadrill, and that's true to a certain extent. But Sandslash has a few things going for it. It trades some power and speed for more defense, which actually comes in handy when dealing with priority attacks. Being a pure Ground type also mean Mach Punch won't be ruining it's day any time soon. Sandslash has above average attack power, but after a SD it can hit like a freaking truck! Earthquake is his main attack, and it can OHKO anything that doesn't resist it after a SD! Stone Edge has great coverage with EQ, letting it whack the Flying types extremely hard!
X-Scissor nails the Grass and Psychic types for super effective damage! X-Scissor also provides great coverage with Sandslash's other moves!
Sandslash isn't without his faults. I'm not too concerned about the loss in power compared to Excadrill, but the speed loss can really mess things up if given the chance. Any pokemon with a positive speed nature with 90 base speed and a Scarf can outspeed Sandslash, even in the sand! With that aside, Sandslash has made me very proud! He went from one of the most useless pokemon to a UU version of Excadrill! He tears teams apart, and that really brings tears of joy to my eyes :,)
Previous members:


I miss these guys :(
Threats:

Genesect:
He toys around with my team with his unpredictability! U-Turn is especially annoying. Once my team has been weakened it starts using it's other moves and pretty much kills my team.

Chandelure:
There's nowhere to run once Chandelure shows it's ugly head! once Tyranitar and Sandslash are out of the way, It's pretty much Game Over!
Conclusion:
Well it's been fun guys! I hope you enjoyed reading about my team. Feel free to suggest anything that may help my team out. Here's my team bunched up like one big happy family!





