Unique means not Mainstream !!

[N!ght]

Okay first of all this whole Team is NO joke! It will be familar to some of you ^^ But now to main Point i need some rates and fixes on this Team, since it is doing well but not Perfect after testing it for a Month on Ladder.

Here the Team at a Glance

So lets get into some detail on every single member.

Staraptor (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Pursuit
- U-turn
It has 2 120BP Attacks and one is a Stab Move also those 2 cover each other Perfect, then we have Pursuit for Ghost types which would try to run away after killing something fearing a BB after knowing im Scarfed and swoop da woop one Ghost down free for sweep. The last Attack slot was given to U-Turn simply for Scouting even thought i never really used it XDD

Heracross (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Pursuit
- Stone Edge
First I used a SD set but then his medicore Speed killed it too often >_> So i went to good 'ol ScarfCross Close Combat and Megahorn are my main attacks and both 120 BP STAB attacks which gives them 160 Power fired of from 383 Atk is nothing to laught at combined with Stone Edge wich hits the Pokemon resisting Megahorn and CC is something need. Last but not least we have another Pursuit which you will later understand why I use 2 users of it.

Snorlax (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Thick Fat
EVs: 168 HP / 120 Def / 220 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Curse
- Fire Punch
- Rest
- Return
Here we have the Pokemon I try to hide till very late Game to sweep my opponents who will have lost their Ghosts too my 2 Pursuit users which I mentioned above. CurseLax is the one and only Lax that really is usefull so the choice was easy. The attacks are simple, Fire Punch is for Steel types which will not take much damage from Return, but it can also hit Ghost which haven't been taken out by Pursuit before. Then we have Return which is a massive Stab move in Snorlaxes hands and has more PP then Body Slam that why I choose it mainly, the last attack was easy it needed recover so I took Rest.

Roserade (F) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 236 HP / 252 Spd / 20 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Leech Seed
- Spikes
- Substitute
An annoying little thing, but I think no one really uses it outside of the Lead situation. It can take some hits from the special site quit well and Sub + Seed is always annoying so why not Combine this with some Spikes for even more annoyingness ? And if a Scizor or Foretress even tries to attack it under a Sub they are OHKOed by HP [Fire].

Rapidash (F) @ Petaya Berry
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Agility
- Baton Pass
- Fire Blast
- Substitute
Now some of you will think wtf why Rapidash oO It is like a set upper for my Sweeper and also it can do some Damage on its own. Agility on a Switch Sub down to the berry and Pass away. Bets possible situation is if I get the chance to Pass Berry + Agility + Sub if that happens my sweeper rips through whole teams. Fire Blast is there so that Taunt can't completely shut me down.

Empoleon (M) @ Petaya Berry
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 12 HP / 14 Def / 232 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Agility
- Ice Beam
- Substitute
- Surf
The Sweeper of the Team. If played right it kills a lot of Pokemon before going down. Agility on a switch then procede to Sub untill the Berry activates and fire off boosted Stab Surfs which will mostly OHKO everything in sight but if a grass or dragon type appears on the screen im save thanks to Ice Beam. Also if i manage to pass this guy the boost from Rapidash then I have a win chance of 95% if my Petaya activates as well.

 

[The Trapinch]

1.You have NO priority.That can hurt sometimes
2.maybe it's me, but I think you have too many scarfers on one team.Blissey can switch on empoleon or rapidash and lure your scarfer.From there there's only question of prediction and one of your sweepers is out.
If you're asking-yeah,I'm crazy.
Otherwise good team,I think.

 

[Eggbert]

Thumbs up for using heracross.

You have no SR available early on. Spikes are OK, but roserade is doing nothing but set up spikes. Celebi can set up SR, spread paralysis, CM pass, SD pass, and more.

Sorry rapidash, infernape outclasses you big time. Who is rapidash BPing to? empoleon already has agility. A mixed attacker would do much more.

 

[CrossHair-a]

Eggbert speaks nothing but truths.

Roserade's best replaced with Celebi, who can do basically her job, only with Stealth Rock and a whole lot more support. If you run Thunder Wave on Celebi, you can also replace Body Slam with Return on Snorlax if you wanna.

Rapidash is not that great on this team. If you need a Fire STAB, use Infernape or Heatran, who can take the various roles to help the team out. Even Typhlosion outclasses Rapidash. I can't see who Rapidash is passing to and how it would help: Empoleon sets himself up, Roserade can't use it, and everyone else is physical-based or uses a Choice Scarf. It doesn't make sense to me.

 

[N!ght]

Actually it's only real use is to pass the Petaya Berry boost to give Empoleon +2 ^^
But I will test Celebi over Rose.

Also any other Replacements/Fixxes for Rapidash or something else ?

 

[sLiniss]

I really think using roserade as a lead (after tweeking a bit) would be much better for your team. The way you have your team displayed right now, I'm assuming the staraptor is your lead.

I agree with CrossHair for the rapidash. If you are fighting OU (since i see you have a empoleon, etc.), there are much better choices out there if you want a fire STAB.

You say you want to keep your snorlax till the very end. I don't know how well that will work out because sometimes you just need someone to tank a switch in and force something out of your opponent. Looking at the rest of your team, I see nothing very bulky (except roserade but I have already commented on that).

Two choice users may mean a lot of switch for you, and if your opponent gets stealth rocks up you may be seriously disadvantaged.