Team Suggestions

[piccols8]

I found this site while I was looking for movesets for Feraligatr and Ursaring, and after a little browsing, discovered Shoddy Battle. I was smitten, and made a team based around them. It has been pretty consistent ever since, though I have dabbled in OU and other team members for my UU team, with the same backbone. However, I always enjoy criticism with the intent of improvement, so without further ado, here's my team:

Claydol @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 SAtk
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam

This is my lead, though it's my biggest concern. It's not a lead moveset, it's OU support. I like his ability to withstand a few hits and get some preliminary damage in, with two pretty decent offensive moves.

Weezing (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Fire Blast
- Thunderbolt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split

My physical wall. I use him chiefly to burn their physical sweepers and he takes out bulk waters pretty well.

Clefable (F) @ Light Clay
Trait: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Wish
- Seismic Toss

My special wall. It's also really useful to set up the screens, especially for Ursaring. Wish is an added bonus, both for Clefable and weakened sweepers.

Baskerville (Houndoom) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 100 Atk / 184 SAtk / 224 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Nasty Plot
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
- Sucker Punch

Mixed Nasty Plot Houndoom. Quick and fast sweeper, with the added ability to absorb Fire attacks and Will-o-Wisps, and hopefully force a switch.

Gojira (Feraligatr) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 28 HP / 252 Atk / 228 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch
- Earthquake

Standard DD Feraligatr. Decently bulky too, so I can switch in more easily and hopefully get in a dance. Torrent is great too, because you can usually get a OHKO with rock support.

Roosevelt (Ursaring) (M) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Quick Feet
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Facade
- Crunch
- Close Combat

Ursaring is my ticking time bomb. Facade is way powerful after his first turn, at 210, and you can get off a dance before toxic sets in, you can take out almost an entire team. Unfortunately, like all my sweepers, his life is never longer than a few turns, but if you can get one turn of set up, those turns are deadly.

Lastly, I tried Ambipom as my lead for a while, but I jive on the rocks support. However, my lead is my biggest skepticism--despite it working pretty well. I will mention that I have been considering Lead Kabutops, and also Metal Burst Bastiodon. Suggestions?

 

[Danmire]

Your descriptions are lacking.

3. Have some actual words in your post beyond your six Pokemon and their moves. Not following this makes your post quite boring to read and rate. All Pokemon should have a good reason for being in your team anyway, so why not post that reason? If you are having trouble with this one, start by giving an explanation for each team member. Why are they there? What role do they serve? How do you get them in? Then, give an explanation of how you would open with the team and how you would go about using it. All of these things help people rate your team and allow us to offer more helpful advice.

 

[haunter]

See above. Take a look at the RMT archive to see what kind of descriptions we are looking for. Private Message me the fixed descriptions and I'll unlock this thread.