Team Faith (UU RMT)

[DragoniteNoob]

AT A GLANCE
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BUILDING THE TEAM
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My team first needed a reliable Lead that could easily set up stealth rock so Cradily was my first choice

Next I wanted a strong special attacker that could take a hit. Milotic was a good option because of its ability to recover off hits.

Next I needed a physical attacker to aid my Milotic, preferably with a mixed moveset. Granbull was an exellent option with some bulking it can OHKO most sweepers.

Now a wall was needed. There was Regirock for a physical wall with 200base Def or Regice with 200 base SDef. Then I saw Registeel with 150 base Def and SDef. It made it a great Special and physical wall.

Now something to take care of my Fighting weakness. I thought about using Mismagius, but then Espeon caught my eye. It could go in and spam Psychic with a great base SAtk and also force a switch with Yawn.

Now I thought a Choicer wpuld be benificial to my team. It was a choice between Hitmonlee and Toxicroak, but Toxicroak took the cake with his Fighting resistances.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
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The Lead
Time (Cradily)@Leftovers
Ability:Suction Caps
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 126 Def/ 126 SDef
Moves:
-Stealth Rock
-Stone Edge
-Seed Bomb
-Recover

My Cradily has respectable defences so it can get up a Stealth Rock easily. It gets countered by Metagross and Infernape though. Usually a switch is in order against these two after a quick Stealth Rock. Aerodactyl poses a problem with Taunt but Stone Edge gets rid of it. Seed Bomb is a great STAB thats OHKO's Swampert leads and can take on most Water types. Hippodown leads can only take a few of them to. Recover lets me heal hits that deal too much damage.

The Physical Bulk
Bulk(Granbull)@Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 4 HP/ 252 Atk / 126 SDef / 126 Def
Moves:
-Bulk Up
-Double Edge
-Fire Punch
-Thunderpunch

Granbull has an impressive 371 Atk stat which lets it sweep without Bulk Up. Although when some Bulk Ups get off it becomes a Physical Wall and an amazing Sweeper. Thunderpunch can easily OHKO Gyarados and sweeps Skarmory's and Fire Punch OHKOs Scizor and deals with Steel and Grass types. Double Edge Serves as an Explosion for Granbull, it is usually used when on low hp. With the STAB bonuses it serves as a great move OHKOing Swamperts after just one bulk up.

The Switch Forcer
Mind(Espeon)@Focus Sash
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Bold
EVs: 126 HP / 200 Def / 56 SAtk / 126 SDef
Moves:
-Psychic
-Yawn
-Protect
-Grass Knot

Espeon is designed to come in Yawn and the Protect. Its Focus Sash stops the OHKO's so it can pull of Yawn. Taunters are annoying to this Set and hopefully Psychic or Grass Knot will stall enough time to Yawn again. Although its average speed stat lets outrun Gyarados taunters. Psychic gets rid of Infernape in one hit, which is a good way to kill Nasty Plot Ape Grass Knot 2HKO's Swampert sweepers and deals damage to any water type although I am thinking about switching it to Focus Blast to kill Steel and Dark Types.

Quick Killer
Strength(Toxicroak)@Choice Band
Ability:Anticipation
Nature:Adamant
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 128 SDef
Moves:
-Sucker Punch
-Cross Chop
-Bullet Punch
-Poison Jab

Choice Band Toxicroak is amazing. It can OHKO nearly anything that is weak to Fighting and 2HKO's things that it does just x1 dmg to. Sucker Punch takes care of Psychic types such as Gardevoir and Celebi in kust 2 hits. It also OHKO's those annoying Gengar sweeps. Bullet Punch kills Aerodactyl and Mamoswine. Poison Jab takes out Ludicolo and other annoying Grass types like Breloom.

Special and Physical Wall
Invincibility(Registeel)@Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
Nature:Impish
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Moves:
-Curse
-Earthquake
-Iron Head
-Explosion

Registeel has 399 SDef and 438 Def making him a brilliant Wall. With some Cursing it becomes a great sweeper as well. Without Curse it can survive a Fire Blast from Heatran and from Infernape after a single Nasty Plot. It can take an Earthquake from Gliscor, Mamoswine and Swampert. After 4-5 Curses it can take out anything that it can get Super effective hits againt. EQ can easily OHKO Heatran and Iron Head takes out Mamoswine. Exploion is a last resort to make Registeels final legacy.

Special Sweeper
Grace(Milotic)@Leftovers
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature:Bold
EVs: 4HP / 126 Def / 126 SDef / 252 SAtk
Moves:
-Recover
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-HP Electric

Milotic is a great sweeper that CANNOT be OHKO'd without any bulks. Surf takes out Fire Types and Mamoswine whilst Ice Beam OHKO's Dragons and 2HKO's most Grass types. HP Electric can kill Water. Recover lets it heal hits. Its great for Thunder Wavers as they just Boost its Defense 50% because of its ability (usually for Electrovire).

Thanks for looking please Rate =)

 

[Shizzle]

First things first, 4 EVs = 1 Stat, therefore having to stats of 126 EVs is wasting an EV, fix that up. Once again i say look at the smogon analysis for EV spreads, they are pretty much the optimum ones.

I dont see the point in running 252 Def and Curse on Registeel, perhaps something like 252 HP / 252 SpD or something would be better, but check the analysis.

On Espeon, change the item, running focus sash on a non lead is silly unless you lead with something like Aerodactyl. I think Leftovers or something would be good here.

You also make a LOT of references to OU pokemon in this RMT, when this is UU, so that has me confused.

 

[Yarnus vs Hartwig]

Why do you have def and sDef for toxicroak? Choicers don't often put EVs into those. Maybe your EV spread could be 4 Hp, 252 Atk, 252 Spe. That would make it much faster so that you could get more kills. You could maybe increase the speed on granbull too. Also, why do you talk about OU pokemon that much. Isn't your team UU?

 

[Bas Hammett]

I am no uinderused expert so I will not attempt to rate everything but 1 thing I did notice is that first of all there is 2 priority moves on toxicroak, fair call if your choice locked so sucker punch seems risky although I wouldn't drop that. But bullet punch, however, seems like redundant coverage when you could have something like thunderpunch (new platinum tutor) to hit bulky waters (easy switch in and kill) and flyers (who are otherwise threats).

You may think that thunderpunch is a retarded choice after all...

cross chop = 120 * 1.5 * 1.5 = 270 (135 is not very effective)
thunderpunch = 75 * 1.5 = 112.5 (225 if super effective)

So it looks unappealling at first, but when slowbro, mantine and friends come in it's much more attractive when cross chop is weak, and other bulky waters are fended off as well. Furthermore replacing bullet punch is at no real loss seeming both options are practically filler yet TP is better power and coverage and not redundant. Also if your choice locked you'll be switching enough anyway!

 

[petrie911]

I'm going to assume this is supposed to be used in UU, as it is made up of all-UU Pokemon. If you want to use it in OU, you should use OUs.

Regirock does your Cradily's job much better.

Regirock@Lum Berry
Adamant 252 atk 252 HP 6sDef
Stealth Rock
Stone Edge
Explosion
Thunder Wave/Earthquake

Tauros would really work better here as a normal-type. There are many powerful special attacks in UU, and Granbull will not find the time to set up.

Espeon makes a poor switch forcer. Specs gives it amazing power, and its already great base speed makes it quite potent. However, it needs to watch for Dugtrio, who outspeeds and kills it. Locking yourself into Psychic when a Dark type switches in is also death. Meanwhile, Uxie is a better switch forcer, as it has much higher defenses and access to Yawn.

Toxicroak needs Jolly with max speed and attack. Bullet Punch is a rather meh move in UU. You can either replace it with Tpunch or drop both it and the Band for Swords Dance and Life Orb.

Curse Registeel should probably run Careful 252 HP/216 sDef/40 atk. This will give you amazing special bulk, and after 1 curse, you'll have great physical bulk, too. Rest over explosion. You'll want this guy sticking around. Toxic and Ice Punch can work too.

If you really want to solve your team's fighting weakness, and give yourself a reliable physical wall (which you don't have), Slowbro is a much better choice than Milotic. Use him instead.