Best team in PKMN Emerald

[Yugiohmasta17]

Hey everyone. I recently got a Pokemon Emerald game and was wondering what is the best team you can build in the game? Could you give me some examples in terms of Pokemon, personality, and moves? Thanks in advance for your help.

[Kuiper]

This (http://smogon.com/dex.php?page=list&q=pokemon) should help.

[Yata-Garasu 1]

NetBattle Team

*Breloom@Leftovers - Jolly - Effect Spore
(ATK-252/ SPD-252/ HP-6)
-Spore
-Focus Punch
-Leech Seed
-Mach Punch

*Magneton@Leftovers - Modest - Magnet Pull
(SpATK-222/ SPD-188/ DEF-100)
-Thunderwave
-Thunderbolt
-HP Fire
-Substitute

*Ninjask@Leftovers - Jolly - Speed Boost
(ATK-252/ SPD-252/ HP-6)
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
-Silver Wind
-Swords Dance

*Lapras@Leftovers - Modest - Water Absorb
(SpATK-252/ SpDEF-252/ HP-6)
-Confuse Ray
-Sing
-Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam

*Tyranitar@Leftovers - Quiet - Sand Stream
(HP-252/ SpATK-190/ SPD-68)
-Crunch
-Thunderbolt/Ice Beam
-Focus Punch
-Substitute

*Crobat@Choice Band - Jolly - Inner Focus
(SPD-252/ ATK-252/ HP-6)
-Aerial ace
-HP Fighting
-Sludge Bomb
-Shadow Ball


That's the team I use.

Pokemon: Tier. NOTE: Ubers are lame to use.

TIER 1: UBER
Deoxys
Deoxys-fr
Deoxys-lg
Deoxys-e
Groudon
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Latias
Latios
Lugia
Mew
Mewtwo
Rayquaza
Wobbuffet

TIER 2: STAPLE
Blissey
Celebi
Gyarados
Heracross
Jirachi
Metagross
Salamence
Skarmory
Snorlax
Suicune
Swampert
Tyranitar

TIER 3: STANDARD
Aerodactyl
Alakazam
Donphan
Dragonite
Dugtrio
Dusclops
Gengar
Jolteon
Magneton
Medicham
Milotic
Raikou
Sceptile
Slaking
Starmie
Vaporeon
Weezing
Zapdos

TIER 4: COMMON
Armaldo
Blaziken
Breloom
Claydol
Dodrio
Entei
Exeggutor
Flygon
Gardevoir
Hariyama
Machamp
Marowak
Miltank
Ninjask
Porygon2
Regice
Regirock
Slowbro
Tauros
Umbreon
Venusaur

TIER 5: BORDERLINE UNDERUSED
Altaria
Arcanine
Articuno
Blastoise
Charizard
Clefable
Cloyster
Cradily
Crobat
Electabuzz
Espeon
Forretress
Golem
Hitmonlee
Houndoom
Jumpluff
Kangaskhan
Kingdra
Lanturn
Lapras
Ludicolo
Muk
Moltres
Mr. Mime
Poliwrath
Quagsire
Registeel
Rhydon
Smeargle
Steelix
Swellow
Ursaring
Zangoose

TIER 6: GOOD UNDERUSED
Absol
Ampharos
Azumarill
Banette
Cacturne
Camerupt
Fearow
Gligar
Golduck
Gorebyss
Grumpig
Hitmontop
Huntail
Jynx
Linoone
Lunatone
Magmar
Meganium
Nidoking
Nidoqueen
Omastar
Piloswine
Pinsir
Primeape
Sandslash
Shedinja
Shiftry
Solrock
Tentacruel
Typhlosion
Victreebel
Vileplume
Walrein
Yanma

TIER 7: AVERAGE UNDERUSED
Aggron
Ariados
Bellossom
Dunsparce
Exploud
Feraligatr
Flareon
Girafarig
Granbull
Hitmonchan
Hypno
Kabutops
Kecleon
Misdreavus
Octillery
Persian
Raichu
Scizor
Scyther
Slowking
Swalot
Tangela
Xatu

TIER 8: POOR UNDERUSED
Arbok
Dewgong
Electrode
Glalie
Kingler
Manectric
Mantine
Ninetales
Noctowl
Parasect
Pidgeot
Politoed
Qwilfish
Rapidash
Raticate
Seviper
Stantler
Sudowoodo
Torkoal
Whiscash
Wigglytuff

TIER 9: BARELY USABLE
Crawdaunt
Farfetch'd
Furret
Lickitung
Nosepass
Relicanth
Seaking
Sableye
Sharpedo
Shuckle
Sneasel
Sunflora
Tropius
Venomoth
Wailord

TIER 10: CRAP
Aipom
Beautifly
Beedrill
Butterfree
Castform
Chimecho
Corsola
Delcatty
Delibird
Dustox
Illumise
Ledian
Magcargo
Masquerain
Mawile
Mightyena
Minun
Murkrow
Pelipper
Plusle
Roselia
Spinda
Togetic
Volbeat

TIER 11: UNDESERVING OF MENTION
Ditto
Luvdisc
Unown

[clown master]

Best team in Emerald: Anything made by PhazonElite, Fallen Ronin, Goku4rpg, or Wobmaster. ;-)

Actually, there is no "best team" in any game. It depends on your skill or ability to whore SkarmBliss, T-tard, Metagross, and the like. xD

[Kuiper]

Actually, there is no "best team" in any game. It depends on your skill or ability to whore SkarmBliss, T-tard, Metagross, and the like. xD
Skarmbliss is now obsolete, losing easily to DD tyranitar and magneton. I think more people are using Weezing (which resists focus Punch and doesn't get eaten by maggy) and Snorlax (which can actually hit metagross and tyranitar switch-ins pretty hard with EQ), though not necessarily in tandem.

Putting a bunch of standards together on a team won't necessarily do you any good, synergy really is crucial here more than anything.


On a good team, you'll probably want:

A physical wall
A special wall
Something with Rock resist
Something with Normal/flying resist
Something fast that can hit hard (328 speed AT LEAST), CB helps here
Both physical and special attacks
Something that can take burn/paralysis
A (p)hazer
Spikes protection


It's also usually a good idea to have a water type and something that can take sleep, although those aren't as necessary.

[wobmaster]

Best team in Emerald: Anything made by PhazonElite, Fallen Ronin, Goku4rpg, or Wobmaster. ;-)

That last one is an extreme exaggeration, and IMO you should add Clown Master to that list.


Basically, a great team is something that, in the hands of someone smart, will be able to win almost all of its battles, come back after bad mistakes, cover its weaknesses, and generally be able to handle every pokemon that is a threat to the team.

Each Pokemon isn't a seperate unit, but they all must cover each others weaknesses, be they type weaknesses (One time I built a team and then realized it was 5x fire weak when I met a Houndoom), Pokemon weaknesses (Raikou is a beast unless you have T-Tar or Blissey in general), status weaknesses (Aeroy is useless if it is Paralyzed or Burned), and any other general weaknesses (Shedinja is owned by Tyranitar and Spikes).

As Fallen Ronin said, in the best team, all the Pokemon should have synergy.

And with the weekly little changes in the metagame, an undefeated team in January may be obselete if you leave it alone until March.

Just keep tweaking.

And as everyone usually says, there really aren't any best "Teams", but really better "Trainers", so as someone on Smogon said (I beleive it was skarm), "Even when I make crappy teams, I tend to win 70+ percent of the time...", and that is because skarm is an excellent battler. And even the best trainers can lose due to haxes like random CHes or freezes, or if one person gambles, one person plays it safe, and the gamble takes out three pokemon, which will effectively annihiliate their forces, as the best teams operate off of synergy, and losing half the team will rip huge holes in the team, especially if you have something like a Weezing, a Blaziken, and an Alakazam left, since none of them can really stand up to Gardevoir.

Maybe this should be put in the Help Thread.