Single type teams discussion

[Ransen]

Cradily with leftovers
Max hp Max Special Def

Barrier
Mirrorcoat
Recover
Toxic/Gigadrain/Rockslide

Ps: forgive the format. i don't have net battle on this computer.

 

[Mr.E]

I think you missed some hits on your keyboard ;)

Also, don't mis-understand me. Grassers are awesome. However, a mono-grass team would suck because none of the grassers can counter some common threats.

What can't they counter? Just to cover the things you mentioned in your original post, Salamence is easily defeated merely by a Hidden Power or two and Electivire is a joke considering most Grass-types are quite defensive; Tangrowth will bitch-slap him, let alone Meganium or Venusaur or any other number of Grass pokémon. Azelf is only a problem insofar as it can OHKO and you could always run Sunny Day to outspeed some of these otherwise "problem" pokémon with Chlorophyll users. Infernape is probably a pretty big issue, but at least Sceptile and Jumpluff outspeed it and Ludicolo has a shot at surviving a hit to kill it in retaliation. You could also run a Scarf user and priority moves like Shiftry's Fake Out, Breloom's Mach Punch, or Cacturne's Sucker Punch help make the killing blow if it's already damaged.

All mono-teams have some sort of "obvious" weaknesses. Grass is still a lot better off than types that barely have enough pokémon to obey Species Clause, like Dragon/Steel/Dark. And Grass does get the incredibly sexy Leech Seed.