Working out some bugs

rayquazamaster776

This is a team I use frequently on Shoddy. It does pretty well, but before I actually build it, I want to try to fix a few problems it has.
Skarmory @ Occa Berry
Impish
160 HP 100 ATK 248 DEF
Drill Peck
Roost
Stealth Rock
Whirlwind
My lead/physical wall. I haven't heard of too many Skarm leads, so this works to my advantage. If facing a wall/physical sweeper, I simply SR, otherwise, I usually switch to Bliss.

Alakazam @ Choice Specs
Timid
4 HP 252 SA 252 SP
Energy Ball
Psychic
Focus Blast
Shadow Ball
One of my special sweepers. Zam is standard except for Energy Ball, which has been surprisingly useful, and is my best bet against Water-types.

Dragonite @ Life Orb
Modest
4 HP 252 SA 252 SP
Flamethrower
Ice Beam
Draco Meteor
Focus Blast
A SPECIAL DRAGONITE? ARE YOU INSANE? No, I am not insane, this has actually been a powerful addition to my team. It is especially fun Flamethrower-ing Steel types trying to wall me. I don't use Choice Specs or SCarf because Zam is already choiced.

Garchomp @ Expert Belt
Naughty
4 HP 252 ATK 252 SP
Fire Blast
Swords Dance
EQ
Dragon Claw
A SD-Chomp, only with an Expert Belt. Fire Blast gets a good hit on Skarm and Zong. Swords Dance if possible, attack if not. I've swept a team with him once.

Blissey @ Leftovers
Bold
252 HP 252 DEF 4 SD
Softboiled
T-Wave
Ice Beam
Seismic Toss
Standard Blissey. I love paralysis... Blissey and Skarmory can wall most threats. I usually bring out Blissey to weaken their team before using my sweepers to finish them off. She is a key member of my team.

Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid
4 HP 252 SA 252 SP
Surf
T-Bolt
Rapid Spin
Recover
Rapid Spinner/Gyra+Nape counter.

The basic strategy of my team is to set up SR, weaken them with Blissey, than finish them off with my sweepers. I am trying to get some advice to make this team even better, as it does have some problems. Also, in a previous version of this post, I mentioned ScarfChomp weakness. I meant to say Jolly Garchomp, Garchomp that are faster than mine. I wrongly assumed that they were Scarfed. I apologize for my mistake.
 
Gyarados leads with Taunt/Dragon Dance/Waterfall/Ice Fang destroy this team. You need a way to stop this from happening. I would recommend dropping Tentacruel for Spinning Starmie. Thunderbolt/Surf/Recover/Rapid Spin would work. Switch in on taunt and then Thunderbolt with superior speed. Also can you explain to me why you are running two Dragons on the same team?
 
rayquazamaster776 said:
This is a team I use frequently on Shoddy. It does pretty well, but before I actually build it, I want to try to fix a few problems it has: Gyarados weakness and Weavile weakness.

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Impish
160 HP 100 ATK 248 DEF
Drill Peck
Roost
spikes
Whirlwind
My lead/physical wall. I haven't heard of too many Skarm leads, so this works to my advantage. If facing a wall/physical sweeper, I simply SR, otherwise, I usually switch to Bliss.

Alakazam @ Choice Specs
Timid
4 HP 252 SA 252 SP
Trick
Psychic
Focus Blast
Shadow Ball
One of my special sweepers. Zam is standard except for Energy Ball, which has been surprisingly useful, and is my best bet against Water-types.

Dragonite @Choice Specs
Rash
4 HP 252 SA 252 SP
Flamethrower
Ice Beam
Draco Meteor
Focus Punch/Thunder
A SPECIAL DRAGONITE? ARE YOU INSANE? No, I am not insane, this has actually been a powerful addition to my team. It is especially fun Flamethrower-ing Steel types trying to wall me. I am considering T-bolt somewhere here to defeat Gyarados, but don't know what move to replace.

Garchomp @ Yache berry
Jolly
4 HP 252 ATK 252 SP
fire fang
Swords Dance
EQ
Outrage
A SD-Chomp, only with an Expert Belt. Fire Blast gets a good hit on Skarm and Zong. Swords Dance if possible, attack if not. I've swept a team with him once.

Blissey @ Leftovers
Bold
252 HP 252 DEF 4 SD
Softboiled
T-Wave
Ice Beam
Seismic Toss
Standard Blissey. I love paralysis... Blissey and Skarmory can wall most threats. I usually bring out Blissey to weaken their team before using my sweepers to finish them off. She is a key member of my team.

blisseys boring but whatever

Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Calm
204 HP 96 SA 172 SD 36 SPD
Surf
Ice Beam/hp electric
Rapid Spin
Toxic Spikes
Spins, Spikes, and Sweeps. I don't use him as often as Blissey, but he is useful, Spinning when necessary, Spiking when possible. He is also my only Pokemon to know a Water-type attack.

My main problems are Weavile and Gyrados.throw in a celebi over zam maybe or change tentacruel to a more sturdy water with hp electric for gyarados. Weavile is ridiculously fast, and can easily sweep my team.skarm should handle weavile unless they have magnezone Fortunately, he doesn't like Stealth Rock. Hopefully, Skarm can out-stall or Whirlwind him. I haven't seen too many Gyarados, but they could be a problemas well. Finally, I sometimes have problems with Scarf-Chomp.you can outpredict scarf chomp with skarm taking eq/dragon attack and your water taking fire blast hopefully Thank you for your assistance.
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Replaced Cruel with Starmie, how is Spikes better than SR, not using Specs on Nite, Fire Blast works for Chomp, trying to be original with Energy Ball. (hidden bump)
 
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