Team Kuzicho -- RMT

[Drizzle [old]]

I love RMTS. It's what I do. And most of the time, I go on a lot in OTHER people's RMTS. However, now I get a chance to do it in my own.
For you see, I have a dream. A dream of making a pokemon team that can adapt to the changes of Platinum. This team might just be where I find my dream.
With the addition of Bullet Punch Scizor, Outrage Salamence, Skymin and Heat Wave coming available to just every Flying type pokemon, I needed a way to counter all of this.
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Team Kuzicho

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Azelf @ Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 192 Attack / 252 Speed / 64 Sp.Attack
Naive nature (+Spd, -Sp.Def)

- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Psychic
- Explosion
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First thing's first. I needed a fast lead, something capable of taking out Gengar, something to stop other Stealth Rock setups, and something able to setup its own SR. What better than Azelf? It's certainly fast enough, fast enough to outspeed common Gengars and Starmies. For stopping other leads, I figured Taunt was enough. Focus Sash gurantees Stealth Rock, also gives me a backup Explosion. All in all, I love this Azelf.
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Weavile @ Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Attack / 216 Speed / 40 HP
Jolly nature (+Spd, -Sp.Atk)

- Pursuit
- Ice Shard
- Brick Break
- Night Slash
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This is the core of my team. Stopping rampant Garchomp and Outraging Salamence, countering Skymin and Zapdos, this is the perfect Platinum addition to my team. Also counts as my backup Ghost trapper with Pursuit. Ice Shard for those Dragons, Brick Break stops Tyranitar cold, and Night Slash gives me nice STAB attack. 40 HP gives me a chance to survive Azelf Flamethrower.
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Machamp @ Leftovers
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 208 HP / 120 Attack / 136 Sp.Defense / 46 Defense
Adamant nature (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)

- DynamicPunch
- Stone Edge
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
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I needed a status absorber, one capable of stopping Gengar, and someone capable of taking on Blissey, and I found the perfect one in Machamp. This guy also helps with my Gyarados weakness. DynamicPunch for a STAB attack, Stone Edge for those pesky Flying types, and ResTalk for awesome recovery.
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Zapdos @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 220 HP / 188 Defense / 100 Sp.Defense
Bold nature (+Def, -Atk)

- Thunderbolt
- Heat Wave
- Roost
- HP Grass
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Do you remember me mentioning about Scizor and Skymin at the start of this RMT? Well, this is my premier counter to both. This girl resists both of those guys STAB attacks, which means it can comfortably counter them both. Also, this girl counts as my bulky water counter. Thunderbolt for STAB, Heat Wave for Scizor and Skymin and Lucario, HP Grass for Swampert and Roost for instant recovery.
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Salamence @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Attack / 176 Speed / 80 HP
Adamant nature (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)

- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
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Now, since I have always loved Salamence since Ruby and Sapphire, and considering it got an ever better STAB move, I decided to incorporate it into Team Kuzicho. Bread and butter physical sweeper. I chose this over Gyarados because this dude provides a straight out attack and can take out common walls. Anyway, Dragon Dance for pure awesomeness, Outrage for STAB, Earthquake takes out Steel types, and Fire Blast destroys Skarmory and Bronzong.
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Heatran @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 Sp.Attack / 252 Speed / 4 Attack
Naive nature (+Spd, -Sp.Def)

- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- HP Ice
- Explosion
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We have now arrived at Heatran, another favourite pokemon of mine. This guy brings brilliant resistances and immunites to my team, such as Dragon and Fire. Fire Blast is for a STAB attack of course, Earth Power is for opposing Heatran or Fire types, HP Ice is for Dragons, and Explosion is my last ditch attack, a move generally used against walls or YacheChomps.
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Well, this is my team. Rate away Smogonites!

 

[UltimoVenusaur]

I know Azelf is there mainly to set up Rocks and prevent the set-up of Rocks itself, but you might want to put a better attack on it than Psychic. It's SE against Gengar, which I guess is important to you, but otherwise, its coverage is awful. Perhaps Shadow Ball, since you mentioned outspeeding Starmie too.

 

[Drizzle [old]]

Well, Starmie isn't much of a threat to my team except that it can spin away my rocks and I don't have a anti-spinner. However, Psychic covers Gengar, and also Infernape and Lucario.

 

[Colonel M]

Alright, since you've asked.

I feel that there are a few things that you take for granted sort of. Shaymin-S switch-in SHOULD be Heatran, if anything, provided its not Sub / Seed Flare / Air Slash / Earth Power variant. The reason is Zapdos could be 2HKOed by a Specs Seed Flare with Stealth Rock factored in the equation. Also the lack of an Anti-Spinner seems counter-productive when you're using a Suicide Lead that only has ONE use of Stealth Rock. To go further, you seem pretty worn down by Stealth Rock yourself. Zapdos, Salamence, and Weavile are taking 25% each time they switch in.

So for a minute I'm going to rabble on what you could try out. So I'm looking at Rotom Appliance in this team somewhere. It could be the Spin Blocker that you absolutely require and it could go over Zapdos probably. The thing with Zapdos is, despite being a really good and bulky Pokemon, you have Heatran handling Scizor (provided you aren't switching into Brick Break or Superpower) and Rotom can handle that. I'd make it more specially defensive to handle Starmie better (of course Specs and Life Orb are going to hurt). If you have Weavile in this team, Pursuit will prove useful at that point. So I feel that all you really need is a good Spin Blocker (and Rotom fits the bill). Your choice of Rotom and moveset because most of them work. I'd recommend Discharge / Will-O-Wisp / Shadow Ball / Hydro Pump (Wash), Overheat (Heat), or a Hidden Power. I guess Rotom-C works as well with Leaf Storm but I've always found that its only useful on Swampert and bulky Ground-types which Discharge / Hydro Pump handles and Will-O-Wisp can tone down physical Swampert. Gyarados eh... I don't see how Machamp is countering the Life Orb variant very well. So if you'd like to use Vaporeon. Wish-passing could be very crucial on the team especiall with Weavile taking damage from Stealth Rock. Actually, I'd recommend Vaporeon on this team too because ScarfTran could prove trouble if Stealth Rock is out on the field. I guess it won't OHKO Zapdos but it could do some damage. A bulky water such as Vaporeon can handle most Heatran that don't explode and of course Gyarados with Hidden Power Electric.

I sometimes ramble to give people some ideas. Hope I helped at least.

 

[Drizzle [old]]

Hmmmn, I will think about Rotom-H.