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The Noob Team

XlEricKimlX

XD My first post/team and that's why im calling it the noob team so here it goes!


The Noob Team
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Changes are in red.

The Lead
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Kabutops@ Lum Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 72 Hp/252 Attack/184 Speed
Nature: Adamant
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Aqua Jet
- Stone Edge

I have replaced Ambipom with Kabutops because of stealth rocks and he also has a priority move.



The Walls
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Mantine @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 Hp/252 Sp. Def/4 Speed
Nature: Calm
- Toxic
- Surf
- Hidden Power Flying
- Ice Beam

Mantine is a safe way to counter ground types and counter bulky water types.

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Registeel @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP, 216 Sp Def, 40 Attack
Nature: Careful
-Curse
-Rest
-Sleeptalk
-Iron Head

Registeel outclasses Bastiodon cause of weaknesses and stats.
Sweepers

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Hariyama @ Choice Band
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Attack, 124 Def, 124 Sp. Defence.
Nature: Adamant
- Close Combat
- Payback
- Stone Edge
- Thunderpunch

Hariyama is a beast xD. He can take a hit and he can deal twice as much. Guts ability to him because in UU/NU there is alot of toxic and T Wave usage. Hariyama has 124 def and 124 sp def cause since hes not fast at all he needs to take the shots like a man. Hariyama with guts ability activated can 2ko Slowbro and 1ko if he uses thunderpunch or if hes slower than a slowbro (LMAO!!)

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Houndoom @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Sp. Attack, 6 def
Nature: Timid
-Fire Blast
-Dark Pulse
-Hidden Power Electric
-Sucker Punch

My special sweeper. He sweeped a dozen of times with help from my Minun. I chose fire blast over flamethrower cause i like power over acc. I have dark pulse for my secondary STAB move. HP Electric is useful when water pokemon try to rain on his parade. Sucker punch is for when a pokemon is faster then him and the pokemon's almost dead.


The Support
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Hypno @ Leftovers
Ability: Insomnia
EVs: 172 Hp/112 Sp. Atk/224 Sp.Def
Nature: Calm
- Psychic
- Nasty Plot
- Baton Pass
- Thunder Wave

Hypno is my Baton passer. I have changed Minun to Hypno because Hypno is more bulkier and slower. Slower is good because if Hypno goes second he can do a safe switch to Houndoom.


Well that's it. Please criticize and sorry that i didnt write much. I'm a noob at writing [;
 
Hi, I like the originality of the team so I won't suggest you to do any major change.

First of all I'd like to tell you that Hypno can use the combo Nasty Plot + Baton Pass and thanks to it's bulk it is much more reliable than Minun. It is also slower and this means you'll often be able to take an hit and pass +2 sp. attack to Houndoom without worrying it gets KOed by the opponent.

This is the set I'm talking about:

Hypno @ Leftovers
Ability: Insomnia
EVs: 172 Hp/112 Sp. Atk/224 Sp.Def
Nature: Calm
- Psychic
- Nasty Plot
- Baton Pass
- Thunder Wave

Psychic is the obvious STAB while in the last slot T-Wave was chosen because you can send this Hypno in mid-game cripple fast pokés that might be able to stop your Houndoom sweep. Reflect is a valid alternative too because you can pass it to Houndoom and prevent (physical) priority users to screw your strategy.

Now you have a free slot left and since your team doesn't have a safe way to counter bulky waters and to absorb Ground type moves I think you should consider to use a Mantine:

Mantine @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 Hp/252 Sp. Def/4 Speed
Nature: Calm
- Toxic
- Surf
- Hidden Power Flying
- Ice Beam

Surf, HP Flying and Ice Beam are for STAB and good coverage while Toxic is to cripple walls and the aforementioned Bulky Waters.

Good Luck with the team.
 
IMO, there is no reason to use bastiodon over registeel since registeel being a plain steel type was much better resistances and not as bad weaknesses.

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Leftovers Careful
Moveset EVs252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 SpD
~ Curse
~ Iron Head
~ Rest
~ Sleep Talk

My favorite set for registeel by far. Switch this thing on pretty much any special attacker then use a curse and your defense shoots way up.
 
honestly, mantine is completely outclassed by milotic espcecially since it doesnt have a 4x weakness to electric and isnt weak to stealth rocks
 
Yeah, we all know that most of NUs are outclassed by UU pokés but the point is that in RMT you don't really have to change everything just because it's generally better and build him a new team.

I understood the fact that this team was based on a anti-metagame strategy and that it's object was to be competitive in the UU metagame even without standard pokés like Milotic, Venusaur and Registeel.

You also have to consider that I suggested Mantine because of Water Absorb and the fact that it's also an awesome counter to Donphan, every Poliwrath set and Nasty Plot Toxicroak... while Milotic takes a lot of damage from Donphan's Earthquake and is set up fodder for Poliwrath and Toxicroak.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
You may be correct Uncommon Madness but without a spinner or reliable recovery his Mantine won't be countering anything for very long. Unless a spinner is added and possibly Wish put on Hypno, I'd use Milotic for this reason alone.

A spinner would help Houndoom too, and Wish+slow BP on Hypno makes for epic team support in any case.
 
I knew that Stealth Rock would be a problem but then why should he run an Ambipom Lead?
It's job is basically to shut down leads with Taunt but it's also true that the opponent can switch out the poké and set up SR later in the match.

The easiest thing to do is replace that Ambipom with a Kabutops lead:

Kabutops@ Lum Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 72 Hp/252 Attack/184 Speed
Nature: Adamant
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Aqua Jet
- Stone Edge

It carries SR support of its own, provides Rapid Spin support and a strong priority move (somewhat similar to Fake Out).
 
Uncommon Madness said:
I knew that Stealth Rock would be a problem but then why should he run an Ambipom Lead?
It's job is basically to shut down leads with Taunt but it's also true that the opponent can switch out the poké and set up SR later in the match.

The easiest thing to do is replace that Ambipom with a Kabutops lead:

Kabutops@ Lum Berry
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 72 Hp/252 Attack/184 Speed
Nature: Adamant
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Aqua Jet
- Stone Edge

It carries SR support of its own, provides Rapid Spin support and a strong priority move (somewhat similar to Fake Out).
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That lead is also somewhat more antimeta than the omnipresent Ambipoms too, which I'd assume the OP would like lol. But yeah kabutops is an amazing offensive spinner.

I'd still suggest you try out Wish over T-Wave on Hypno, due to the fact that only one of your team - Registeel has reliable recovery, but it depends what kind of team support you want from it I suppose. GL anyway.
 
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