Hey guys! i joined just today, and I badly want some good advice from the people around here. I'm not too much into competitive battling, since I'm not that good at it, if I say so myself. So, instead, I spend my time in... THE BATTLE TOWER! And, since I'm a user of Diamond, I don't have any other options for battling x_x (unlike in HGSS.) I've had several teams, and I need help since it's a pain to lose if you've racked up so many wins :(
CURRENT TEAM:
Scizor @ Choice Band
Technician
Adamant Nature
144 HP/ 252 Atk/ 84 Def/ 30 S.Def
-Bullet Punch
-X-Scissor
-Pursuit
-Superpower
A great lead comes in Scizor, with a ton of resistances, great offense and defence, and powerful priority in Technician-boosted STAB Bullet Punch. X-Scissor is good Bug STAB (I wasn't able to get Bug Bite). Pursuit takes out the frail Ghosts and Psychics. Although I don't have HGSS, my brother has, so I took the opportunity to get Superpower. It does great with the rest of the attacks in terms of coverage and overall power, but the Atk/Def drop is quite unsettling. Choice Band just makes Scizor murderous, and rids the need for setup time.
Starmie @ Life Orb
Natural Cure
Timid Nature
4 HP/ 252 S.Atk/ 252 Spe
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt
-Recover
It's basically the same Starmie as before, only with Psychic being replaced by Recover, and now it has Life Orb instead of Wise Glasses. More power and durability, but less coverage.
Electivire @ Expert Belt
Motor Drive
Hasty Nature
4 HP/ 144 Atk/ 110 S.Atk/ 252 Spe
-Thunderbolt
-Flamethrower
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
Electivire functions well as a mixed sweeper when the other two are gone. It's pretty fast, and a combination of special STAB Thunderbolt with Flamethrower, with physical Ice Punch and the ever-powerful Earthquake create unresisted coverage. This is the reason why Expert Belt is the item. It doesn't have Life Orb's recoil, which is great since Electivire isn't that bulky.
This is my current team, and it probably is the best one I've made. I had a problem with it though, with a team that had a Latias and Infernape. Infernape kills Scizor with Flare Blitz at the start, and Starmie with U-Turn, switches to Latias, who kills Electivire with a powerful Dragon Pulse. ... Never even got the chance to find out the third, even to damage any of them T_T
Anyway, that's my 3 teams for... THE BATTLE TOWER! Currently I'm training and breeding several other potential members for my team/s, so maybe any suggestions/comments on these three teams might be applied to my next ones. Any comment, good or bad, or suggestion, cool or absurd, is always appreciated and welcome! Thanks to all who find the time to read! :)
CURRENT TEAM:
Scizor @ Choice Band
Technician
Adamant Nature
144 HP/ 252 Atk/ 84 Def/ 30 S.Def
-Bullet Punch
-X-Scissor
-Pursuit
-Superpower
A great lead comes in Scizor, with a ton of resistances, great offense and defence, and powerful priority in Technician-boosted STAB Bullet Punch. X-Scissor is good Bug STAB (I wasn't able to get Bug Bite). Pursuit takes out the frail Ghosts and Psychics. Although I don't have HGSS, my brother has, so I took the opportunity to get Superpower. It does great with the rest of the attacks in terms of coverage and overall power, but the Atk/Def drop is quite unsettling. Choice Band just makes Scizor murderous, and rids the need for setup time.
Starmie @ Life Orb
Natural Cure
Timid Nature
4 HP/ 252 S.Atk/ 252 Spe
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt
-Recover
It's basically the same Starmie as before, only with Psychic being replaced by Recover, and now it has Life Orb instead of Wise Glasses. More power and durability, but less coverage.
Electivire @ Expert Belt
Motor Drive
Hasty Nature
4 HP/ 144 Atk/ 110 S.Atk/ 252 Spe
-Thunderbolt
-Flamethrower
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
Electivire functions well as a mixed sweeper when the other two are gone. It's pretty fast, and a combination of special STAB Thunderbolt with Flamethrower, with physical Ice Punch and the ever-powerful Earthquake create unresisted coverage. This is the reason why Expert Belt is the item. It doesn't have Life Orb's recoil, which is great since Electivire isn't that bulky.
This is my current team, and it probably is the best one I've made. I had a problem with it though, with a team that had a Latias and Infernape. Infernape kills Scizor with Flare Blitz at the start, and Starmie with U-Turn, switches to Latias, who kills Electivire with a powerful Dragon Pulse. ... Never even got the chance to find out the third, even to damage any of them T_T
Anyway, that's my 3 teams for... THE BATTLE TOWER! Currently I'm training and breeding several other potential members for my team/s, so maybe any suggestions/comments on these three teams might be applied to my next ones. Any comment, good or bad, or suggestion, cool or absurd, is always appreciated and welcome! Thanks to all who find the time to read! :)
