Thread: Complete My Team!

Hey, there's going to be a Pokemon tourney near my area soon-ish. You can only have four Pokemon on a team, as well as Gen V only pokemon, and the matches are 2-on-2.

I am thinking of using my Darmanitan and Excadrill, and I'd love it if someone could help me out with suggesting any other pokemmon I could use. I don't battle other people at all, so I have no idea on how to make a semi-decent team.

Originally Posted by Ein

Hey, there's going to be a Pokemon tourney near my area soon-ish. You can only have four Pokemon on a team, as well as Gen V only pokemon, and the matches are 2-on-2.

I am thinking of using my Darmanitan and Excadrill, and I'd love it if someone could help me out with suggesting any other pokemmon I could use. I don't battle other people at all, so I have no idea on how to make a semi-decent team.

Now, I'm no pro-battler, but seeing the Darmanitan and Excadrill shouts Earthquake out to me, so maybe some flying types like Braviary or someone from the Kami Trio come to mind as partners. Hydreigon and Elecktross also come to mind, with their ability Levitate.
I also find that water types could harm the team as well, so maybe some Pokemon like Amoonguss and Jellicent might be good partners.
Now, everything I've sugested are just to cover some weeknesses of Darmanitan and Excadrill, but this makes sense to me. Because it's doubles, the team should suport and cover eachother, this much I know at double battling. I'm no pro at battling yet, just started, so my advice may not be the best, but I thought as that I might as well put my imput in on this.

Gen 5.

@AlphaKirby
Thanks! I'm off to raise a Hydreigon!

Hey, guys. Just buildin' an OU team here for Gen. V. (It's mainly on a whim. XD) I've got 5 Pokes so far, but I can't decide what would best complete my team. There could also be a need for changes that I'm not aware of. Could someone look into this?

Chandelure
Modest / Choice Scarf / Flash Fire
- Overheat
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
6 Defense / 252 Sp. Attack / 252 Speed

A revenge-killer that also covers for Fighting weaknesses I found at the time I decided on Chandelure. Overheat is the power attack, and it definitely takes a Flash Fire boost to the next level. Flamethrower is a more "conservative" option, though I might want to try a Hidden Power here. Shadow Ball uses the second STAB, and Energy Ball is for coverage, particularly against Water-types aiming to come in on Overheat. I'm running a Modest nature, but is there a distinct advantage for running Timid? (I'm also considering switching to Scarfed Gengar with Trick.)


Scrafty
Sassy / Leftovers / Shed Skin
- Drain Punch
- Payback
- Bulk Up
- Rest
252 HP / 6 Defense / 252 Sp. Defense

This is basically what inspired me to make an OU team. I personally prefer Bulk Up to Dragon Dance; after all, real gangsters don't have to outrun adversaries, XD. With the Defense boosts provided by Bulk Up, I figured it was best to fully invest in Sp. Defense to make this thing as all-around bulky as possible. Drain Punch hurts after a couple of Bulk Ups, and the recovery is useful. Payback is more powerful than Crunch, so I decided to run that. (Also why I went Sassy. XD) Rest fully heals this lizard, and sometimes, it wakes up early because of Shed Skin (which also makes Scrafty the designated status absorber).


Sharpedo
Mild / Life Orb / Speed Boost
- Hydro Pump
- Crunch
- Ice Beam
- Protect
46 Attack / 252 Sp. Attack / 212 Speed

Why not, huh? You should know this shark's purpose: speed-troll and kill. It's actually a decent late-game cleaner, even in OU! Hydro Pump hits very hard, Crunch hits things like Jellicent, Ice Beam is obvious coverage (and a definite "screw you" to Gliscor), and Protect's there for Speed Boost stalling. The Speed EVs are given to outrun Scarf Heatran at +1.


Salamence
Naive / Lum Berry / Intimidate
- Dragon Claw
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
252 Attack / 98 Sp. Attack / 160 Speed

Salamence covers quite a lot of weaknesses in my team, and with the ability to scare things out, it can easily get a Dragon Dance in. Against those that rely on status, a second Dragon Dance is definitely due while status attacks are foiled by Lum Berry. Dragon Claw's powerful enough at +2 (and I outright refuse to run Outrage), and Earthquake and Fire Blast are for coverage. The EVs here are quite specific. The Sp. Attack EVs allow Fire Blast to always 2-hit the most specially-defensive Skarmory out there, even without Stealth Rock. (Yes, Lefties are factored in.) The Speed EVs allow it to always outrun Jolly Excadrill at +2. The rest are dumped into Attack.


Claydol
Calm / Leftovers / Levitate
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
252 HP / 6 Defense / 252 Sp. Defense

The first "trapmaster" that came to mind. I needed something to lay Stealth Rock, and something to spin hazards away. Claydol does both, so yeah. Earth Power and Ice Beam make it not become dead weight when Taunted; Ice Beam in particular hurts Gliscor, while Balloon-less Excadrill and Heatran hate Earth Power.

Thanks in advance!

@SharKing

I'd suggest possibly trying to go with a Rotom-W - Gliscor - Jirachi core or something similar to make your team a little more solid. You currently lack a reliable way to deal with threats like Excadrill, Latios, and Virizion.

@SharKing

I USE EXACTLY THE SAME SET FOR Salamence and Chandelure(except the evs).
Anyway, consider hp fighting for chandelure.
And why not conkeldurr instead of scrafty?
And finally,your salamence set is based on the assumption that you get +2 every single time.This may not always work,tbh.
Salamence also needs lots of entry hazards to score some critical kos(like swampert).
So,Why not forretress rather than claydol?

Hey this is my Pokemon Online team currently and I'm new to this so I'd love some guidance

Weed (Chandelure) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Shadow Tag
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Taunt
- Imprison
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball

BarbedWire (Ferrothorn) (M) @ Air Balloon
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spd
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Aerial Ace
- Gyro Ball

ShinSplint (Volcarona) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Fiery Dance
- Hidden Power [Rock]

BigBoi (Thundurus) (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 32 Atk / 224 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Hammer Arm
- U-turn

Cement (Conkeldurr) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Guts
EVs: 120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Payback

GooPod (Reuniclus) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Psychic
- Focus Blast

@charizardman

From looking at your team, I cannot identify its purpose. You should always have a goal in mind when building a team. In the future, try starting out with one or two sweepers and then figure ways that other team members can support them. You'll find that this method of team building is much more successful than what you're currently doing.

If your goal is to sweep with Volcarona, you'll need Rapid Spin support. Excadrill and Forretress both make good candidates for this role. If you use Excadrill, however, you'll need to use Tyranitar as well. I'll leave that decision up to you. I would like to mention that re-building your team from scratch is probably your best bet.

Thanks a lot for the advice, like I said I'm new and this is my first team :-P. I'll definitely remember your advice whenever I'm making a team.

I was re-directed to this thread, I'm building a competitive tourny team for RL places such as NYAC, etc... & I seriously need some advice before pressing onward to the training phase.

I currently am not sure what movets would be best either, BUT I'm gonna start with a couple & see what you think.

Tyranitar
Magnezone
Quagsire
Metagross
Breloom

I'm considering Blaziken for the final spot, but I'm not sure, & I'm avoiding 4th & 5th gens for the most part if possible. I'm open to Magmortar as an alternative, however.

I need opnions on movesets though, for a Sandstorming team. Tyranitar will likely be the lead or close, to set up the sand instantly. Movesets I'm running blind with, (as I'm completely new to competitive battling) so I'm paranoid about picking out something wrong that'd kilo me in the tournaments...

I prefer not to use self KO moves such as Explosion, & I'm more attack-based then defensive, but I'm probably better off the defensive side in this route.

Willing to opt into Scizor if the fire types aren't too great an ideal, & trying to avoid pesky breed-in movesets, as I'm slow & lazy with gameplay, much less running around in circles getting the eggs to hatch. BUT, I would definitely *not* mind if it gets me in a better chance to win.

Hi! I'm new here but i'm looking to build a team to stomp all my friends with^^ I'm going to start building it on Monday since i'll be off school for a week so give me some ideas!

Krookodile
Jolly / Choice Scarf / Moxie
4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Earthquake
Crunch
Stone Edge
Pursuit

My idea here was to use pursuit to get the KO on ghost types trying to switch out.

Gengar
Timid / Life Orb / Levitate
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Pain Split

One of my friends has a Blissey and this came recommended to me for it.

Drapion
Careful / Leftovers / Battle Armor
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Speed
Toxic Spikes
Taunt
Crunch
Earthquake

I'll most likely use this to set up spikes and keep earthquake for any steel types that may show up. Crunch for ghosts aswell.

So thats what I have so far. Im fairly new to this whole battling thing so i'm not too sure if my ideas will be viable against any kind of team so help out if you can:)

Originally Posted by Aeis

Hi! I'm new here but i'm looking to build a team to stomp all my friends with^^ I'm going to start building it on Monday since i'll be off school for a week so give me some ideas!

Krookodile
Jolly / Choice Scarf / Moxie
4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
Earthquake
Crunch
Stone Edge
Pursuit

My idea here was to use pursuit to get the KO on ghost types trying to switch out.

Gengar
Timid / Life Orb / Levitate
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Pain Split

One of my friends has a Blissey and this came recommended to me for it.

Drapion
Careful / Leftovers / Battle Armor
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Speed
Toxic Spikes
Taunt
Crunch
Earthquake

I'll most likely use this to set up spikes and keep earthquake for any steel types that may show up. Crunch for ghosts aswell.

So thats what I have so far. Im fairly new to this whole battling thing so i'm not too sure if my ideas will be viable against any kind of team so help out if you can:)

Gengar won't be able to take on a Blissey - not if the Blissey's being used well, anyway. You'll need something with a strong, physical Fighting-type move to take it down quickly/force a switch. I'd recommend Infernape if you want it to be quick, or Conkeldurr if you want it to be stronger - although, make sure to get something that resists Water-type attacks if you go for Infernape.

I need help with my sunny day sweeper team please.

I have right now are: Ninetales (Drought) Charizard (Solar Power ability), Liligant, and I need 3 more. Suggestions?

Originally Posted by Shuckle

I need help with my sunny day sweeper team please.

I have right now are: Ninetales (Drought) Charizard (Solar Power ability), Liligant, and I need 3 more. Suggestions?

Darmanitan, Golduck, Donphan