Rate My Team

[Nintendk]

Hello to all, this is my first post in forever. Please don't be a jerk because I'm new.

Ok, here's a new team. It's sorta for colloseum so the items must all be different. Also, I don't shark or have Fire Red/Leaf Green

Starmie@PetayaBerry (Modest) Natural Cure
252 SpAtt, 252Spd, 6 HP
Surf
Thunder
Rain Dance
Ice Beam

Raikou@Leftovwers (Modest) Pressure
252 SpAtt, 129 Spd, 129 Def
Thunder
Rain Dance
Crunch
Reflect

Crobat@BrightPowder (Jolly) Inner Focus
252 SpDef, 129 Def, 129 Spd
Fly
Toxic
Confuse Ray
Mean Look

Kingdra@ChestoBerry (Timid) Swift Swim
252 SpAtt, 129 Def, 129 SpDef
Surf
DragonBreath
Rest
Doubleteam

T-Tar@LumBerry (Adamant) Sand Stream
252 Att, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Rock Slide
Earthquake
Taunt
Aerial Ace

Misdreavus@FocusBand (Timid) Levitate
252 HP, 129 Def, 129 SpDef
Perish Song
Protect
Mean Look
?

[Kuiper]

On Starmie, replace Thunder with Thunderbolt and Rain Dance with Psychic.

For Raikou, put Thunderbolt over thunder and Calm Mind over Rain Dance. You might want to go Timid, maybe. And make sure you have 252 EVs in speed as well as special attack. Watch out for Dugtrio.

Crobat looks okay, I guess, though you might want to put 252 EVs in speed so it can be on par with Jolteon, Mewtwo, etc.

If you want a Tank, I'd go with:

Kingdra@Lefties
-Double Team/Ice Beam
-Toxic
-Surf
-Rest
252 EVs in HP, nature taking away from attack and contributing to one of the defenses, EVs split between the two defenses so that they're equal

Be Very careful with Tyranitar, because all of your Pokemon are Sandstorm-vulnerable. Anyway, I'd put DD over AA.

Give Misdreavus Bright Powder, it lowers enemy accuracy by 30% while Focus Band only prevents KOs 10% of the time (I think). And put Destiny Bond in the last slot.



Your team looks pretty good, just be careful using Tyranitar.

[Nuetral777]

Starmie@PetayaBerry (Modest) Natural Cure
252 SpAtt, 252Spd, 6 HP
Surf
Thunder[T-bolt/Recover]
Rain Dance[Psychic]
Ice Beam/Recover]

Raikou@Leftovers (Modest) Pressure
252 SpAtt, 129 Spd, 129 Def
Thunder[T-bolt]
Rain Dance[HP Grass]
Crunch
Reflect[Calm Mind]

Crobat@BrightPowder (Jolly) Inner Focus
252 SpDef, 129 Def, 129 Spd
Fly[Whirlwind/Haze]
Toxic
Confuse Ray
Mean Look[Sludge Bomb]

Kingdra@ChestoBerry[Leftovers] (Modest) Swift Swim
252 SpAtt, 129 Def, 129 SpDef
Surf[Hydro Pump]
DragonBreath[HP Dragon/Grass]
Rest[Ice Beam]
Doubleteam[Rain Dance]

T-Tar@LumBerry (Adamant) Sand Stream
252 Att, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Rock Slide[HP Rock]
Earthquake
[Dragon Dance]
Aerial Ace/Taunt

Misdreavus@Leftovers (Bold) Levitate
252 HP, 129 Def, 129 SpDef
Perish Song
Protect
Mean Look
?[HP Dark]

[HaroldJ]

As Ronin said earlier, replace Thunder with Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt might be weaker, but more accurate.

I've had too many situations where I badly need to finish off an opponent, and my move ends up missing. Ugh.

[Kuiper]

I'm not saying accuracy>damage. I'm saying in the long run, Thunderbolt will do more damage.

Thunderbolt: 95*100%=95
Thunder: 120*70%=84

95>84. Thunderbolt>Thunder

But with something like Fire blast:

Flamethrower: 95*100%=95
Fire Blast: 120*85%=102

95<102. Flamethrower<Fire Blast

The biggest dispute come from Surf versus Hydro Pump:

Surf: 95*100%=95
Hydro Pump: 120*80%=96

95<96. But, is the loss of 16 PP really worth it? And what about times when 120 is overkill and you really need a sure hit? Despite the fact that 95<96, many people, myself included, say Surf>Hydro Pump.


However, you're really missing the whole point. He had Rain Dance. Rain means 100% accurate Thunder. In this case, Thunderbolt is better than Thunder because you want to save a slot.