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Team Dynamo! [Ou & UU]

Dynamik

Pretty much another Standard Team that needs help. It's actually doing pretty well for me, but I do have problems...
Anyway on with the team!

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Jirachi @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 82 HP/252 Atk/176 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Trick
- Iron Head
- U-turn
- Thunder Wave

Excellent lead, Jirachi is. Being able Paraflinch is a great reason enough, but Tricking Choice Scarf on to practically anything screws up their ability after the usual stealth rock or even a set up. Jirachi also switchs in on Psychic attacks sent to Sceptile.

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Magcargo (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 HP/176 Def/82 SDef
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Toxic
- Recover

Way too underrated! Magcargo almost always gets the ability to Stealth Rock which helps this team extremely. One of the reasons Magcargo is epic is his ability to Recover which most mons desperatly want. Toxic is to cripple foes while I recover and Lava Plume to attack. Magcargo also loves to make Scizor switch out.

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Gyarados (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 6 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge

Gyarados has extreme synergy with Jirachi. Usually, leads would shoot out a fire or ground move to kill Jirachi, a tricked Choice Scarf will lock it on that move giving Gyarados a free switch in Dragon Dance. After that it's all good, especially when Gyarados has the nice ground resistance which this team needs to survive. I gave Gyarados leftovers because I really need it to survive to keep ground resistance, though I need that EV spread to kill.

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Sceptile (M) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 6 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Modest nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Dragon Pulse
- Grass Knot
- Leaf Storm
- Focus Blast

Sceptile's speed makes it an awesome candidate for this team. Sceptile takes in all the rock, ground, water attacks with ease. Leaf Storm surprisingly kills a load a mons instantly combined with Sceptile's speed, it makes it almost too easy. Grass Knot is for the heavy mons and when Sceptile's Sp. Atk is lowered waaay too much. Focus Blast and Dragon Pulse are for coverage.

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Arcanine (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 228 Atk/190 Spd/92 SAtk
Naive nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Flare Blitz
- Overheat
- Extremespeed
- Hidden Power [ Ground]

The mixed sweeper of justice! Arcanine surprises walls with a smack of both attacks of the spectrum. Especially when the fire moves attacked at Sceptile and Jirachi fuel his fire moves. Extremespeed is also an excellent priorty move to finish off foes.

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Drapion (M) @ Scope Lens
Ability: Sniper
EVs: 252 Atk/6 Def/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Night Slash
- Cross Poison

Finally, my clean up man. Drapion is the late game sweeper of the team and does a fine job. I use Scope Lens instead of Leftovers because I usually don't need to worry about healing end game. The combo of Sniper and Scope Lens amazes me especially after one SD. Night Slash and Cross Poison are great STAB moves and Earthquake hits hard.


Aaand there they are! Rate away, folks.~
 
Right...

First of all I would suggest getting rid of Jirachi and Gyarados and making this a UU team, as it cannot compete in OU. I wonder if you have playtested it in OU because it looks to me like it would get ripped apart.

Jirachi lead: Good, even though people will hate you for paraflinch abuse.

Magcargo: No, no, no, no, no. I think the Shoddy guide explanation says it all: Using Magcargo in the higher tiers is an obvious no-no. Magcargo's weaknesses to common Ground, Rock, Water, and Fighting-type attacks coupled with its extremely low Speed mean that Magcargo will not survive long. Magcargo is outclassed by Heatran in OU and Camerupt in UU. Oh and most Scizors carry Superpower so can KO Magcargo.

Gyarados: Obviously, good

Sceptile: No huge problems, but there are better specs users in OU, such as Salamence and Heatran, and Sceptile is often more effective as a sub-seeder.

Arcanine: A good pokemon, and flash fire does help here, but his weakness to SR is a big problem. Heatran once again is better, even though he's not a mixed sweeper. Infernape, though without the fire immunity, is a better mixed sweeper as CC can take out Blissey and he has access to NP.

Drapion: Again, he is solid, but base 90 attack and base 95 speed don't really cut the mustard in OU.

Really, the pokemon you have chosen don't have any real synergy, and although the four UUs are fairly good in that tier, you don't have the muscle to compete in OU.
 
Lucario > Drapion, but I would consider Choice Scarf Flygon here.

Heatran > Magcargo, especially for setting up SR. You can also consider a Metagross for this role if you use Heatran over Sceptile, but Sceptile isn't bad in OU. Gengar can also work over Sceptile.

Definitely Infernape over Arcanine.

You have nothing that can revenge kill a Salamence right now. After one DD on a locked Sceptile, it will run through your entire team. Since we're not talking about countering Mence, you have a few options:

-Life Orb Weavile w/ Ice Shard
-Choice Scarf Flygon w/ Outrage
-Choice Scarf Infernape w/ HP Ice
-Choice Band Mamoswine w/ Ice Shard

So to sum up:

-Take one Revenger over Drapion (I like Flygon, personally, for its great typing), who is redundant with Gyarados.
-Infernape over Arcanine as a Mixed Sweeper.
-Metagross/Heatran/maybe even Regirock as an SR setter.
-If you took Metagross, use Choice Specs Gengar over Sceptile.
 
It is nice you want to be unique, but that doesn't work if you want to win.
Macargo is too slow, he would get killed by Surf to easily..
Sceptile is nice, but once again outclassed in OU, pretty much most of your UU pokemone are outclassed in there role.
Sceptile although nice, could become a cleanup if you want.

Sceptile with Petaya Berry
252 Spc Attack/252 Speed/6 HP
Modest

Energy Ball
Substitute
Dragon Pulse
HP Ground

Pretty good coverage as a cleanup, and deals with most threats you will face there. Sub down to Petaya boost, then you can sweep with your pretty strong Special Attack, and your Speed is actually really nice to begin with. Sceptile also gets pretty good coverage with this, HP Ground destroys most Fires that come in. Since most Flying that come in late are cleanup sweepers, like Salamence, Dragon Pulse does a pretty good job. Energy Ball with Petaya boost and Overgrowth is pretty scary as well.

It actually looks like you didn't even playtest...
"Grass Knot is for the heavy mons and when Sceptile's Sp. Atk is lowered waaay too much"

You know Specs make it so you can't change moves right..?
 
I know it may seem harsh, but I agree that you should do a little more research about this team. Besides the aforemented issues, Sceptile would be floored if he was used as a rock resist. Grass does not resist rock moves, and Sceptile has some sub-par defenses. Merely a STAB'd Stone Edge from a Lead Aerodactyl would knock quite a chunk of Sceptile's health off, let alone a Choice Banded Aerodactyl's Stone Edge or a Choice Banded Tyranitar's Stone Edge. I think that nearly everyone has had a little confusion in regards to the type chart, like thinking that rock is resisted by the grass type, so I understand where you're coming from. But grass doesn't resist rock. So, don't do that. =p
 
Yeah. My advice would be to ditch Jirachi for a different lead, since there is no Paraflinch in UU, perhaps include Magcargo as a lead. Replace Jirachi with Registeel IMO. Gyarados can be Feraligatr. That'd make a fairly decent UU team IMO.
 
@schofio - Of course I tested it, the rules said so, did they not? On a funnier note, this team actually won against most full OU teams than win to UU teams. But seriously, I have to agree with you on Magcargo, though I did want to be less OU spamming, he's no good. Thanks for the advice, though. (:

@mtr12 - I've been thinking, how's Weavile as a lead? Maybe this set...
Drapion (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk/6 Def/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Taunt
- Ice Shard
- Night Slash
- Fake Out
Or something along those lines. I will probably takes SpecsGengar and Metagross.

@BalancedPower - Actually, I forgot to add that Grass Knot was also for when Leaf Storm loses PP.

@Teh - Yeah, I kinda mistyped that. It was 3 am, haha.

@MapleSandwhich - Well, I'm trying to play standard. But I'd most likely think about making a UU team since the whole reason I made this team was because I got tired of using the same OUs.

Thanks for the advice guys, they helped loads. :D
 
Your Weavile set is nice, but...

It's something from the DP suicide lead era, and it's meant to beat stuff like Azelf and Aerodactyl. In today's metagame, Heatran, Metagross, and physically oriented Swampert laugh at it. They will kill it and set up their rocks after Weavile is sleeping with the fishes. Or Scizor comes in, walls you, and will take a chunk out of whoever comes in next. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Weavile is a solid OU pokemon, but his glory days are gone.

Honestly, Jirachi is a great lead.

If you want a UU, keep Sceptile. He's a great pokemon, and certainly good in OU.
 
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