To Hail with you! [Doubles]

[Vhind]

I know you've reiterated that a team of four is enough, but perhaps you should add in Cloyster/Walrien and frosslass as pokemon 5 and 6. atleast this would give you options of using different hail team formations when doing double battling, instead of always being stuck using the same four pokemon that might not always work.

Example: you could go with the frosslass+explosion team sometimes instead of all the time, if you felt their wasn't too much fo a threat from protectors/ghosts.

Just give it a thought, it seems unnescesary to limit yourself to 4 pokemon when you don't have to.

Ahaha. Yeah I know. That's why I said "I may add Froslass and Walrein/Cloyster as possible alternates." That's what I meant.

I only came up with the initial four in order to create a core. Trying to come up with a team of six is, at least for me, overwhelming when starting from scratch.

And on a side note, StarmanXL has always made note of the cliche Froslass/Abomasnow lead; the original four was my attempt to break away from the norm. Of course, the reason why the Froslass/Abomasnow lead is so cliche is because it's good, a tried and true pair. It is of great consideration!

 

[SuperAlan]

have you tried toying with a subseeding build on your abomasnow; something like Sub/Leech Seed/Blizzard/Protect or whatever. It would provide a more defensive abomasnow that could last longer, although this might be a bad choice concidering his plethora of weaknesses. It's just a thought.

 

[Vhind]

Abomasnow @ Leftovers
Ability: Snow Warning
Sassy nature
EVs: 252 HP/96 SpA/160 SpD

My Mixed Attacker Abomasnow variant.

Dude, I blatantly said which set I used.

 

[Gymdude]

Without Rain Dance or Life Orb, Surf isn't that great. It's power is reduced to 75% in doubles,

Interesting I didn't know that. I guess I just assumed it was 100% since it's hitting all of the Pokemon on the field.


I know Heracross may not be very common in doubles, but it seems you might have some serious problems with ScarfHera if it showed up. If you think it may be a problem, you could find a way to combat this. Aerial Ace on Weavile? Psychic on Starmie?

 

[Vhind]

Choice items are rarely ever used in doubles so the chance of seeing a ScarfHera is indeed rare. However, Heracross are moderately popular online (from what I've seen). But at the same time, even without having moves that are super effective against them, I've never had trouble.

Now I can't say the same for this hail team yet, but if problems do arise, Starmie is probably the best candidate for arranging a moveset.

 

[Vhind]

I updated the team with two new alternate Pokemon for random matches.
The two do make a good formulaic pair of the Explosion + Ghost type/Protect persuasion.

And Gymdude, I did take your advice into consideration with Froslass's moveset.