Team Blarg is up and running!

Twinkytoes

So here is Team Blarg!

Objectives:

These are my main objectives, as these are the things I have had some trouble with in past teams, and are also the things which I consider necessary for any team to have. I have included an objective list in each description of my team members, and this is if they can sort of do it to an extent, not that they 100% of the time always do it perfectly.

1. Kill Blissey.
2. Kill steels in general.
3. Have a check or counter for Scizor.
4. Have a check or counter for Heatran.
5. Have a check or counter for Zapdos.
6. Have a check or counter for any Dragons.
7. Have a check or counter for T-Tar.
8. Have something that can deal with utility leads.
9. Use some pokemon that aren't seen as much as they should be
10. Have at least two reliable sweepers, one physical, one special.
11. Have at least two reliable Walls, one physical, one special.
12. Use atleast one of my all time favourites.

At A Glance:

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Personally:


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Bonk Donk/Raikou@ Leftovers
Timid w/ Pressure
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SpA
-Thunderbolt
-HP [Grass] 70
-Substitute
-Calm Mind

Objectives: 2, 7, 9, 12

Right, this is one of my all time favourites, but becasue of the viability of other pokemon he has never made it into my team. Because I managed to fit everything I wanted to in the others, I decided to put him in for a bit of fun annd he has so far proved effective. I made this my lead to start getting some set up early on, and to scout with Sub too besides that, I tried it onec as a lead and it just did well). I'm not sure about the item. I am leaning towards leftovers though, as the Life Orb damage can rack up, particularly ontop of Sub and the commonness of SS these days.

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Moonface/Cresselia@ Leftovers
Bold w/ Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 6 SpA
-Calm Mind
-Ice Beam
-Psychic
-Moonlight

Objectives: 4, 5, 6, 11

THis was put in in place of Machamp in order to check Heatran and Dragons and Lucario. Otherwise, my team would have had HUGE problems with it. CM to take special hits better incase the opponents are running wierd sets. Psychic for STAB damage, I used to run Grass Knot but I find this more effective and Bulky waters aren't hurting me anyway. Ice beam for Dragons.

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Croshera/Heracross@ Choice Scarf
Adamant w/ Guts
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
-Close Combat
-Megahorn
-Stone Edge
-Pursuit

Objectives: 1, 7, 10, 12

This never lets me down. He has Scarf to stop him from being fodder to certain other pokemon, and due to the speed, doesn't do a bad job against SDLuke, which my team has had trouble with in the past/. Close COmbat for STAB, Megahorn for a STAB that doesn't lower my stats, Stone edge for Fliers, Pursuit for prediction against stuff that fears me.

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Da Dragon/Salamence@ Choice specs
Timid w/ Intimidate
EVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spd
-Draco Meteor
-Hydro Pump
-Flamethrower
-Dragon Pulse

Objectives: 2, 3, 4, 6, 10

THis is always a reliable special sweeper. Draco meteor for some big hits early on, Flamethrower for the steels that resist it, Hydor Pump for Heatran who resists both, Dragon Pulse for late Game sweeps.

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Steelybird/Skarmory[SHINY]@ shed shell
Impish w/ Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 6 Spd
-Stealth Rock
-Spikes
-Roost
-Whirlwind

Objectives: 3, 7, 8, 11

THis is probably the second most standard thing EVER (except Blissey), but it is so reliable, with double entry hazards for Cripples, Roost for healing, and whirlwind for PHazing.

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Flab 101/Snorlax@ Leftovers
careful w/ Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 6 Atk / 252 SpD
-Body Slam
-Earthquake
-Crunch
-Curse

Objectives: 1, 4, 5, 6, 11

Ah, Curselax. He is great. I put him in becasue I'm fed up with Zapdos and wanted to make him set up fodder. Body Slam for STAB, EQ for Tran, Crunch for Gar and Azelf.


Previous Members:

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Evil Birdy/Staraptor@ Choice Scarf
Adamant w/ Intimidate
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
-Double Edge
-Brave bird
-Close Combat
-Pursuit

This was replaced by Tauros, as it was not really pulling it's weight. Perhaps it was the typing, but I thing it was the fact that all of it's moves have some kind of backlash. Anyways, Tauros was more effective.


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BigMuscles/Machamp@ Leftovers
Adamant w/ Guts
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 6 Spd
-Cross Chop
-Stone Edge
-Rest
-Sleep Talk

This used to be my lead, but I made Raikou my lead and replaced him with physical Cressy. I decided to ruin a CM set so that I can develop my special hit taking and Hitting too. THis was added to check Dragons and Lucario.

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BigBadBull/Tauros@ Choice band
Jolly w/ Intimidate
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
-Return
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Pursuit

I have replaced this with Scarfed Heracross. I find that it sweeps better, and Tauros was only put in here because he is an all time favourite anyway.

Threats:

I don't see any that are major problems, but if anybody sees a threat, please let me know and I will add it here.
 
A big Salamence and Gyaradis weakness is immediately noticeable in your team. Skarmory seems to your only check against it, but you run the risk of getting hit by Fire Blast from Salamence or getting Taunted by Gyarados. Changing around your team isn't really necessary; I'd recommend changing Guts to No Guard on Machamp. While you're sleeping, you really need to minimze the risk of getting hit so you don't end up getting KO'd while your sleeping. Stone Edge also keeps Salamence and Gyarados in check, and you don't have to worry about it missing.
 
salamence and Gyara are dealt with by Tauros. It intimidates them, and OHKOs Mence or 2HKOs Gyara with Stone Edge. He outspeeds gyara after one DD so this shouldn't be a problem really. And Skarm walls them, with careful prediction I can get Lax in and Set up too.

And to minimize the risk of getting hit whilst I'm sleeping, I wan't to stick with guts so they don't end up hitting me with low accuracy moves, and it also lets me have some kind of protection from Intimidate.

Thanks anyway.
 
Really? Because most Gyarados are EVd to outspeed Starmie which is at 361.

And how many teams have you posted over the last few days :3. The wait time is 1 week and I'm pretty sure you haven't waited.

How is Machamp a good check for Heatran? Hariyama would be better at that or even Poliwrath could do a better job.

You are Lucario weak. Tauros isn't going to be switching into Lucario a lot and jolly versions outspeed Salamence and OHKO with Ice Punch.

Snorlax is in no way a check for dragons since most are physical and beat him with Outrage.

To fix all of those problems I suggest adding Cresselia. A physical Cress can handle Lucario fine and it can handle Salamence to an extent. You can even try a RestTalk Gyarados with Avalanche since it fulfills Objectives
3, 4, 6, 11.
 
Hmmm... I might add Cress, but I don't know what to replace. I think I might replace Machamp and make Raikou my Lead. I tried him as a lead and he did quite well, particularly against the ever common utility leads. and amchamp hasn't been doing much to be worth it really.

and I was talking about BulkyGyara, but I may be living in the past, as I only came back to battling a few weeks ago, I stopped about a year back.

And I got the last one locked so that I could post this one.
 
Hmmm... I might think about the Machamp, but have to go now (in England, it is nearly 11:00!). I think I like the pokemon in my team now anyway, so I will only change if absolutely necessary.

I will look back in the morning, more comments please!
 
If you don't use Rest on Snorlax then you will want to use Selfdestruct, but replacing either leaves your team wide open to either gengar or heatran.

I hate to say this but Tauros isn't that great anymore. So many things wall it now: Skarmory / Bronzong / Hippo / Gliscor. On a side note ape is faster then Tauros. I would suggest replacing Tauros with either CB Heracross or CB Scizor and making that your lead. Scizor's bullet punch will help you revenge kill things like mixmence which is a major threat to your team, it will beat cress..

Cresselia will lose to Lucario, SD crunch is nearly a OHKO so dont rely on that to beat it, you should switch to salamence first.

Add lucario and tyranitar to the threat list, it is hard to stop for this team.
Lefites > Life Orb on Raikou, you want as much survivability as possible.
Ice Beam on Cressy, your really salamence weak without it.

To remedy this you could try Gliscor > Skarmory, but if you want to keep spikes you can try foretress (who will be nearly OHKOed by lucario) but you must give it earthquake.
 
panamaxis said:
If you don't use Rest on Snorlax then you will want to use Selfdestruct, but replacing either leaves your team wide open to either gengar or heatran.

I hate to say this but Tauros isn't that great anymore. So many things wall it now: Skarmory / Bronzong / Hippo / Gliscor. On a side note ape is faster then Tauros. I would suggest replacing Tauros with either CB Heracross or CB Scizor and making that your lead. Scizor's bullet punch will help you revenge kill things like mixmence which is a major threat to your team, it will beat cress..

Cresselia will lose to Lucario, SD crunch is nearly a OHKO so dont rely on that to beat it, you should switch to salamence first.

Add lucario and tyranitar to the threat list, it is hard to stop for this team.
Lefites > Life Orb on Raikou, you want as much survivability as possible.
Ice Beam on Cressy, your really salamence weak without it.

To remedy this you could try Gliscor > Skarmory, but if you want to keep spikes you can try foretress (who will be nearly OHKOed by lucario) but you must give it earthquake.
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Snorlax doesn't really need the recovery too much, he is about dealing with Heatran and certain other Special Threats who could ravage my team so that the rest are free to sweep, and he also likes to curse up if he gets the chance. If he was a pure wall then I would agree with you.

I agree with you about Tauros, he was just put in as an all time favourite. I have replaced him with another of my favourites, a Choice Scarfed Heracross. He doesn't let me down often, but I need Scarf to stop me becoming Heatran Fodder.

Lucario often drops Crunch for Ice Punch now, so Cressy isn't too bothered. And if she does faint, he gets revenge killed by hera (notice the handiness of the Scarf again).

Lucario could pose problems, but I don't see the threat that T-Tar is posing. He either gets wall3d by Skarm or Revenge killed by Hera (notice scarf again).

Cressy will take Ice beam, and Raikou has Lefties now, I tested them with those, and they were alot better.

Oh, and two other points of note: This is Wifi (not shoddy), so I don't have access to Selfdestruct on Snorlax and the likes. And (number two) Tauros is faster than Ape. ape is base 108, Tauros is base 110. And my Tauros has max Speed.
 
doesnt tauros have base 110 speed making it faster than infernape? or is it base 100 speed with base 110 atk? well i do think you need to add machamp in there because by adding cresselia your team becomse very weak to tyranitar, particularly DD variants, skarmory can wall some DDtars but others carry taunt or fire blast, scarfhera can revenge kill it but if its revenge killed something else with a move thats not megahorn/close combat tyranitar can set up on it or kill scarfhera, but this is all situational i guess
 
thechocolatebunny said:
doesnt tauros have base 110 speed making it faster than infernape? or is it base 100 speed with base 110 atk? well i do think you need to add machamp in there because by adding cresselia your team becomse very weak to tyranitar, particularly DD variants, skarmory can wall some DDtars but others carry taunt or fire blast, scarfhera can revenge kill it but if its revenge killed something else with a move thats not megahorn/close combat tyranitar can set up on it or kill scarfhera, but this is all situational i guess
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It is pretty situational, and Hera Hits 404 Spd with Scarf so I can switch in and threaten him immediately. I need to watch for CB variants though, Hera could have problems switching in. And I don't like machampmuch tbh, I just had him in my box and thought I would try him out. After testing, I found I didn't like him much.
 
I've had a look at your Heracross and, unless Megahorn is crucial for an OHKO on a particular pokemon I haven't thought about, you can achieve similar results with a Sub Punch Hariyama. Tyranitar among others can't do squat against Hariyama, and because he's so bulky, he's practically guaranteed to get a sub up unless you send him in on something like Zapdos. This is helped if you use Thick Fat to give him fire and ice resistances. From here, you can fire off focus punches with impunity. For flying types, you can use either Ice Punch or Thunderpunch, depending on whether you fear Salamence or Gyarados more.
 
Your Snorlax set is good, but at the moment everyone is running Scizor with Superpower/Bullet Punch, which means that he could get a possible two hits on you and deal alot of damage. I suggest replacing this with a reSTalking Cursepert. This way you can switch your Machamp, because he isn't very reliable. At the moment Cursepert dominates todays metagame. Hope I helped.
 
Without ScarfHera I have no fast physical Sweeper, and Hera himself and all of my other pokes have proved too valuable. Hera is bait for T-Tar. Unless he's a Cb with HP EVs, he will think he outspeeds me, and therefore get smashed. Megahorm stops Cressy totally walling my team. Paticularly if it's a CM variant like mine. I would like to use a Hariyama, but I don't think he would do anything better than Hera besides defeating T-Tar, so for now, no Hariyama.

Mence has no prblem with Scizor, due to Intimidate and Flamethrower, And I don't see how he is getting past Skarm. But why would I keep Snorlax in on Scizor anyway? Snorlax is for dealing with certain special threats (Heatran and zapdos in particular) before they can sweep my team, Cressy walls better than him anyway. I also generally love Snorlax, as once I get two or three Curses on him it is pretty much GG.

But thanks for the advice, it is not being ignored completely, just thoughtfully deliberated.
 
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