Thread: Complete My Team!

Hello! I'm making my first competive team, a LC team. I'm creating the Pokemon from scratch too, so I'll include IVs. I'm trying to stay away from the three Fighting-Types: Mienfoo, Scraggy, and Timburr. I'm also staying away from Hidden Power. Note that the IVs shown are the highest possible IVs for that Pokemon. If you want to see the range, ask me.

Electrike

Title: Sub Beam Electrike
Moves: Subsitude, Charge Beam, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt
Ability: Lightingrod
Item: Oran Berry, Life Orb
IVs: 25/27/17/31/1/31

I don't really know how to do those little paragraph things, but I'll try. I'm running a Charge Beam + Subsitude set. I try to set up a Subsitude, then higher Electrike's Sp. Attack while doing damage with Charge Beam. Then once it's Sp. Attack is been raised, I'll use Thunderbolt. Flamethrower is on there for looks and covrage.

Snivy

Title: Smart Alec Sweeper
Moves: Leaf Storm, Giga Drain, Reflect, Light Screen
Ability: Contary
Item: Evolite
IVs: 31/17/27/31/29/31

I heard somewhere that Snivy can set up the corasponding screen, still take damage while seting up the screen, and still survive. Thats why I have the screens. I also have Leaf Storm and Giga Drain. Leaf Storm is a super move that only gets stronger due to Contrary, and Giga Drain for healing power.

Pawniard

Title: Psychotic Ninja
Moves: Brick Break, Psycho Cut, Night Slash, Iron Head
Ability: Defeint
Item: Choice Scarf (Thats painted black lol)
IVs: 14/31/31/9/1/31

Night Slash and Iron Head are self explainitory. One note is it's Night Slash because it's a Choice Scarf set. If Crogunk somehow doesn't carry Vacume Wave, then Pawniard can defeat it with Psycho Cut. Psycho Cut probley has other covrage possiblities too. Brick Break is also for covrage. Plus it's on Smogon sets.

Other Possible Canidates

Bronzor
Drifloon
Growlite

I need help looking for other Pokemon for this team, EVs for the team, and just plain suggestions about moves, items, ect. Thanks in advance!

Hi I'm looking for some help with my team, I was wondering if I should replace Sceptile with another pokemon, keep in mind I am playing soul silver.
Team:
Jolteon lvl 52: thunderbolt, double kick, thunder fang, bite
Empoleon lvl 51: brine, surf, aqua jet, ice beam
Arcanine lvl 50: crunch, flamethrower, heatwave, fire blast
Flygon lvl 51: earthquake, flamethrower, dragon claw, fly
Gallade lvl 52: night slash, psycho cut, brick break, swords dance
Sceptile lvl 50: slam, razor leaf, leaf blade, quick attack

Politoed
Nature: Bold
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP/ 252 Def/ 8 Spe

Scald
Hypnosis/Toxic
Encore/ Perish Song
Protect/Ice Beam/Focus Blast

Well, I've been thinking. The first part of the plan is to set the field by summon rain when its appears after Corsola, Gigarith,or Steelix starts things off with Stealth Rock to weaken the opponent's side. Giving the offensive Water-type pokemon the advantages like Floatzel with Swift Swim ability to double its speed and Gyarados. Hypnosis can help but with accuracy is at %60, Toxic can help also as it could weaken their defenses. However it won't work on Poison and Steel-types pokemon. Encore will force the opponent to be stuck on with one move. I don't know about Perish Song but I heard it cost its own life to bring down the opponent and that will be risky. Protect might be good since it can shield it from Electric, and Grass type attacks. Ice Beam just in case if it faces the Dragon and Grass types. Focus Blast also might be able to handle Tyranitar. But also can take out Steel,Dark,Ice,Rock,and Normal types. Although I've already planned to have a Milotic with Marvel Scale ability for great defense who can use the combination of Rest and Sleep Talk or the Recovery set such as Recover,Ice Beam,Scald,and Dragon Tail/Toxic or Haze. Its main purpose is to summon Rain permanently. I already aware that Kygore can summon rain easily. But I don't want them to think that I'm sort kind of a noob who have no skill without relying on the legendary pokemon. Kygore and Politoed are the only two pokemon that has the ability Drizzle. Sure Rain Dance can help but it's only temporary as it last for five turns. So what do you think?

Note: Now that I've realized that rain can help those use Thunder and Hurricane.

Hello, I'm working out my first team, and don't really know what to use in my last slot, so some suggestions would be much appreciated :). My current team is as follows:

Whimsicott

Whimsicott (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Defense / 4 Special Defense
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Encore
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Stun Spore

Skarmory

Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Ability : Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Defense / 4 Attack
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Brave Bird
- Spikes
- Roost
- Whirlwind

Blissey

Blissey (F) @ Leftovers
Ability : Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Defense / 252 Special Defense
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Softboiled
- Heal Bell/Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Flamethrower

Chandelure

Chandelure (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Overheat
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Flamethrower

Flygon

Flygon (F) @ Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
EVs: HP 4 / Attack 252 / Speed 252
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpAtk)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- U-Turn
- Stone Edge

Originally Posted by Ksemanr

Hello, I'm working out my first team, and don't really know what to use in my last slot, so some suggestions would be much appreciated :). My current team is as follows:

Whimsicott

Whimsicott (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Defense / 4 Special Defense
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Encore
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Stun Spore

Skarmory

Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Ability : Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Defense / 4 Attack
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Brave Bird
- Spikes
- Roost
- Whirlwind

Blissey

Blissey (F) @ Leftovers
Ability : Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Defense / 252 Special Defense
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Softboiled
- Heal Bell/Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Flamethrower

Chandelure

Chandelure (F) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Overheat
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Flamethrower

Flygon

Flygon (F) @ Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
EVs: HP 4 / Attack 252 / Speed 252
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpAtk)
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- U-Turn
- Stone Edge

Tenetacruel may be a good addition for the role of a spinner and also to take hits from Infernape.

Originally Posted by Lord Clowncrete

Tenetacruel may be a good addition for the role of a spinner and also to take hits from Infernape.

Thanks for the suggestion. I was also suggested Starmie for a similar Spinner role from another site, so I'll choose between those. I'm leaning towards Starmie for preference, but if trying to breed that becomes too annoying I'll switch over to Tentacruel.

Hi guys. I've decided to work on the Rain team. But the problem is I don't know what can I use for the last slot. Any suggestion(s) will be appreciated. Here's what I've planned.

Politoed

Nature: Bold
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP/ 252 Def/ 8 Spe

-Scald
-Hypnosis/Toxic
-Encore/ Perish Song
-Protect/Ice Beam/Focus Blast

Milotic

Nature: Calm
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Marvel Scale
EVs: 252 HP/ 240 Def/ 16 Sp.Def

-Rest
-Sleep Talk
-Scald
-Dragon Tail

Gyarados

Item: Choice Scarf
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/ 252 Speed

-Waterfall
-Earthquake
-Ice Fang
-Stone Edge

Floatzel

Item: Life Orb/Expert Belt
Nature: Naive
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 196 Atk/ 252 Sp. Atk/ 60 Speed

-Waterfall
-Ice Beam
-Brick Break/Crunch
-Rain Dance/Hidden Power (Grass)

Corsola

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP/ 4 Def/ 252 Sp. Def

-Recover
-Toxic
-Scald/Power Gem
-Stealth Rock

Let me know if there's anything that needs to be fixed.

You have no grass or electric counters. A magnezone could sweep this.

@Shego; You need to cover up the threats to rain rather than just running mono water.

Hi, I'm playing Emerald right now and need advice on my Elite Four team. I have five stable members and a variety of random Pokes that I've leveled up to almost my minimum for entering the league (I'd prefer all of them to be at least 60). I need to know who my final member should be (it doesn't necessarily have to be one of the random Pokes I've leveled up; I can use a new one, too). I also want to know any changes you'd have in mind for their movesets (their movesets are in no way permanent and HMs are mainly there for me to get through Victory Road. I'll mark the ones I'm pretty sure I'll keep no matter what), and suggested items as well. Here are my Pokemon:

* = I'll probably keep the move when I revamp their movesets

Swampert - lv 61 - Torrent - Docile - holding Mystic Water

Surf*
Earthquake*
Muddy Water
Waterfall

Breloom - lv 61 - Effect Spore - Adamant - holding Focus Band

Sky Uppercut*
Cut
Headbutt*
Mega Drain

Manectric - lv 61 - Static - Hardy - holding Magnet

Bite*
Strength
Thunderbolt*
Thunder

Crobat - lv 60 - Inner Focus - Mild - holding Shell Bell

Fly
Poison Fang*
Air Cutter*
Steel Wing*

Gardevoir - lv 60 - Synchronize - Jolly - holding Lax Incense

Psychic*
Confusion
Dream Eater*
Hypnosis*

Some of my sixth-member options (but keep in mind these are not the only Pokemon I'm considering using - I'll take any suggestions):

Walrein - lv 44 - Thick Fat - Hardy

Aurora Beam
Waterfall
Rock Slide*
Body Slam*

Crawdaunt - lv 53 - Shell Armor - Serious

Rock Smash
Body Slam*
Crabhammer*
Bubblebeam

Exploud - lv 48 - Soundproof - Impish - holding Quick Claw

Rock Smash
Uproar
Stomp*
Hyper Beam

Aggron - lv 42 - Rock Head - Jolly

Take Down*
Rock Smash
Iron Tail*
Headbutt

Salamence - lv 50 - Intimidate - Jolly

Crunch*
Dragon Claw*
Dragonbreath

Camerupt (2 of them - I was training for egg move purposes, when I realized I was training the wrong gender) - lv 33/34 - Magma Armor - Jolly/Hardy

Rock Smash
Rock Slide*
Ember
Magnitude

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Originally Posted by Takaki

@Shego; You need to cover up the threats to rain rather than just running mono water.

Ok. Like what exactly? I'm sure that Poison, Ice, and Fire-types can help eliminate the Grass-types. Ice types can take out Dragon and Ground Types. I just got a Chinchou with Volt Absorb ability which will evolve into Lanturn.

You shouldn't think in terms of types but rather in terms of countering specific threats. For example, Ferrothorn walls your whole team so you could run Tornadus-T to 2HKO it.

Originally Posted by Takaki

You shouldn't think in terms of types but rather in terms of countering specific threats. For example, Ferrothorn walls your whole team so you could run Tornadus-T to 2HKO it.

Ok. If I catch a Tornadus-T, then what is its best nature? And what EV should be like? Should it be like 252 Speed/ 4 Def/252 Sp. Atk? Or anything else in that matter. What about Gastrodon? Its happens to be a ground and water type. I want to find a Mudkip then evolves all the way to Swampert but, I can't find him in my Black and White game. I could go to Pokémon GTS Utilities but, that would be cheating, right? Therefore, I want to get it fair and square. To tell you the truth, Pokemon Black Version is my real first pokemon game.

For Tornadus-T you should be able to just look on Smogon.

Originally Posted by Takaki

For Tornadus-T you should be able to just look on Smogon.

I've looked at Smogon, but it doesn't have a strategy for Tornadus-T. Look... Tornadus-T (B/W) - Smogon University But I do have a Dragonite. Tornadus-T is nice and all, but I can't depend on the legendary pokemon because I don't want them to think that I'm sort kind of a noob that have no skills.