This team was based one pokemon I saw and liked from watching other battles. I combined and tweaked the team quite a bit and have spent a lot of time using and testing it. Opinions? Suggestions?
Latias @ Life Orb
Timid
252 Spd / 108 SpA / 148 HP
Calm Mind
Dragon Pulse
Recover
Surf
This Latias is the pokemon that I open with and I use to counter common leads such as Heatran, Infernape, and Hippowdon. Designed to Calm Mind and attack while maintaining fair type coverage/resistance. Recover keeps me healthy and Calm Mind makes sure that my defenses are high. Latias is generally one pokemon on my team that gets KO'd every battle but it does manage to wreak some havoc before that.
Blissey @ Leftovers
Calm / Natural Cure
252 Def / 176 Spd / 80 SpA
Wish
Protect
Toxic
Ice Beam
Obviously used as a Special Wall, I use Blissey a lot to switch in on types that my other pokemon don't resist. Wish/Protect I use only when I'm running medium - low on HP. I Toxic every pokemon I can (smashing holes in the opposing defense) and I use Ice Beam to take down common pokemon like Salamence and Garchomp. Blissey generally doesn't KO many pokemon (aside from Dragonite, Salamence, and Garchomp) but she walls out PP and statuses pokemon into submission to my other pokemon.
Heracross @ Wide Lens
Jolly / Guts
252 Atk / 252 Spd /6 SpD
Swords Dance
Close Combat
Stone Edge
Megahorn
My late game sweeper gets used more than I ever thought it would. I rarely use Swords Dance as my opponents are generally sufficiently weakened by Blissey and Latias. I will SD when I suspect a switch on that turn and I am generally able to KO most of the opposing team before getting KO'd myself (if he's KO'd at all). I find myself switching in Heracross quite often and using my fairly unresisted type moves to cause heavy damage for almost every OU pokemon. I should also mention that I don't switch in Heracross on flying types, I use Gengar for that.
Gengar @ Life Orb
Timid
Focus Blast
Hidden Power Fire
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
My midgame attacker (following Latias, followed by Heracross) that I was initially wary of yet he proved to be arguably my most versatile and useful pokemon. With completely unresisted type coverage with his moves and immunity to Normal, Fighting, and Ground; he tends to cause some major damage to my opponents and sometimes manages to sweep early into the battle. With Latias opening the door and Heracross cleaning up for Gengar, he has become an irreplacable force on my team.
Scizor @ Leftovers
Adamant / Technician
252 Atk / 224 Spd / 32 HP
Swords Dance
Bullet Punch
Brick Break
X-Scissor
While Scizor is mainly used as either a late game sweeper or a get it, hit, get out pokemon; I use Scizor as a replacement for Heracross should he be KO'd. While it may seem a waste of a Scizor for him to be a replacement, he does his job VERY well and can deal some MAJOR damage to weakened pokemon. Especially when facing strong Psychics who manage to beat up Heracross (notably Starmie), Scizor does very very well. I also tend to use him as a switch in on a weakened pokemon, KO, and switch out.
Rattata @ Focus Sash
Lonely / Guts
Endeavor
Quick Attack
Protect
Double Team
While many people know what this is, and many point and laugh, some people have no idea what this Level 1 Rattata is for. While it should be obvious, Rattata switches in on a KO (on my team), uses Endeavor (while it is obviously outsped and dropped to 1HP because of Focus Sash), and then uses Quick Attack on the following turn to KO the opponent. While a risky setup due to the many possibilities that could go wrong (Sandstorm, Hail, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Ice Shard, Extremespeed, an opposing Quick Attack etc.) this setup will still deal some serious damage to any pokemon and commonly, the foe will have absolutely no counter for it and will be KO'd (ESPECIALLY if Rattata is switched in on the last opposing pokemon).
Basic Strategy
Obviously opening with Latias, my strategy revolves around using each pokemon in succession (with the exceptions of Blissey and Rattata) to weaken my opponents until I come to a pokemon that I can use to successfully sweep. My overall strategy seems to work but sometimes I find myself having to divert from this and make changes when I find that this isn't working. One other thing that diverts this strategy is when I find myself able to switch in and use a sweeper way ahead of time. This makes for a more than interesting and severely useful battle.
How It Did:
My team did extremely well in battles against friends (some who knew what pokemon I had, some who didn't.) While it hasn't been exceptionally great on Shoddy, this is mainly due to my lack of experience with the system. In actual Wi-Fi/Link battles, my team has racked up a fair 23-8-1 (wins-losses-draws) record!
Final Notes:
While you may have noticed that almost all of my sets are Smogon sets, I still want opinions on them because I'm a little unsure of how good my team really is. I have battled with it a LOT and worked on it for quite awhile so let's not get into that.
One thing you may notice is that I seem to rely heavily on hurting pokemon that are already weakened. That's what Blissey and Latias are for. They weaken the opposing team and open the door for me to sweep. While most of my pokemon will deal OHKO's on weakened pokemon, they will still sometimes OHKO or 2HKO completely healthy pokemon despite the fact that I tend to under-emphasize this point.
Opinions?
Latias @ Life Orb
Timid
252 Spd / 108 SpA / 148 HP
Calm Mind
Dragon Pulse
Recover
Surf
This Latias is the pokemon that I open with and I use to counter common leads such as Heatran, Infernape, and Hippowdon. Designed to Calm Mind and attack while maintaining fair type coverage/resistance. Recover keeps me healthy and Calm Mind makes sure that my defenses are high. Latias is generally one pokemon on my team that gets KO'd every battle but it does manage to wreak some havoc before that.
Blissey @ Leftovers
Calm / Natural Cure
252 Def / 176 Spd / 80 SpA
Wish
Protect
Toxic
Ice Beam
Obviously used as a Special Wall, I use Blissey a lot to switch in on types that my other pokemon don't resist. Wish/Protect I use only when I'm running medium - low on HP. I Toxic every pokemon I can (smashing holes in the opposing defense) and I use Ice Beam to take down common pokemon like Salamence and Garchomp. Blissey generally doesn't KO many pokemon (aside from Dragonite, Salamence, and Garchomp) but she walls out PP and statuses pokemon into submission to my other pokemon.
Heracross @ Wide Lens
Jolly / Guts
252 Atk / 252 Spd /6 SpD
Swords Dance
Close Combat
Stone Edge
Megahorn
My late game sweeper gets used more than I ever thought it would. I rarely use Swords Dance as my opponents are generally sufficiently weakened by Blissey and Latias. I will SD when I suspect a switch on that turn and I am generally able to KO most of the opposing team before getting KO'd myself (if he's KO'd at all). I find myself switching in Heracross quite often and using my fairly unresisted type moves to cause heavy damage for almost every OU pokemon. I should also mention that I don't switch in Heracross on flying types, I use Gengar for that.
Gengar @ Life Orb
Timid
Focus Blast
Hidden Power Fire
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
My midgame attacker (following Latias, followed by Heracross) that I was initially wary of yet he proved to be arguably my most versatile and useful pokemon. With completely unresisted type coverage with his moves and immunity to Normal, Fighting, and Ground; he tends to cause some major damage to my opponents and sometimes manages to sweep early into the battle. With Latias opening the door and Heracross cleaning up for Gengar, he has become an irreplacable force on my team.
Scizor @ Leftovers
Adamant / Technician
252 Atk / 224 Spd / 32 HP
Swords Dance
Bullet Punch
Brick Break
X-Scissor
While Scizor is mainly used as either a late game sweeper or a get it, hit, get out pokemon; I use Scizor as a replacement for Heracross should he be KO'd. While it may seem a waste of a Scizor for him to be a replacement, he does his job VERY well and can deal some MAJOR damage to weakened pokemon. Especially when facing strong Psychics who manage to beat up Heracross (notably Starmie), Scizor does very very well. I also tend to use him as a switch in on a weakened pokemon, KO, and switch out.
Rattata @ Focus Sash
Lonely / Guts
Endeavor
Quick Attack
Protect
Double Team
While many people know what this is, and many point and laugh, some people have no idea what this Level 1 Rattata is for. While it should be obvious, Rattata switches in on a KO (on my team), uses Endeavor (while it is obviously outsped and dropped to 1HP because of Focus Sash), and then uses Quick Attack on the following turn to KO the opponent. While a risky setup due to the many possibilities that could go wrong (Sandstorm, Hail, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Ice Shard, Extremespeed, an opposing Quick Attack etc.) this setup will still deal some serious damage to any pokemon and commonly, the foe will have absolutely no counter for it and will be KO'd (ESPECIALLY if Rattata is switched in on the last opposing pokemon).
Basic Strategy
Obviously opening with Latias, my strategy revolves around using each pokemon in succession (with the exceptions of Blissey and Rattata) to weaken my opponents until I come to a pokemon that I can use to successfully sweep. My overall strategy seems to work but sometimes I find myself having to divert from this and make changes when I find that this isn't working. One other thing that diverts this strategy is when I find myself able to switch in and use a sweeper way ahead of time. This makes for a more than interesting and severely useful battle.
How It Did:
My team did extremely well in battles against friends (some who knew what pokemon I had, some who didn't.) While it hasn't been exceptionally great on Shoddy, this is mainly due to my lack of experience with the system. In actual Wi-Fi/Link battles, my team has racked up a fair 23-8-1 (wins-losses-draws) record!
Final Notes:
While you may have noticed that almost all of my sets are Smogon sets, I still want opinions on them because I'm a little unsure of how good my team really is. I have battled with it a LOT and worked on it for quite awhile so let's not get into that.
One thing you may notice is that I seem to rely heavily on hurting pokemon that are already weakened. That's what Blissey and Latias are for. They weaken the opposing team and open the door for me to sweep. While most of my pokemon will deal OHKO's on weakened pokemon, they will still sometimes OHKO or 2HKO completely healthy pokemon despite the fact that I tend to under-emphasize this point.
Opinions?
