My team!

[Spike9123]

Alright, thanks to Absol for helping me out a lot with this, I respect him a lot Pokemon wise, so now I'm gonna see what other people think.

Attacker: Blaziken- -Lum Berry
Brick Break
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Fire Blast

Special Attacker: Kingdra- -Leftovers
Rain Dance
Surf
Ice Beam
Dragonbreath

Tank: Dusclops- -Leftovers
Will-O-Wisp
Protect
Rest
Night Shade

Tank/Super Recovery: Ludicolo- -Chesto Berry
Toxic
Rest
Leech Seed
Ice Beam

Tank: Claydol- -Leftovers
Toxic
Protect
Explosion
Earthquake

Tank/Hazer: Altaria- -Leftovers
Haze
Toxic
Protect
Fire Blast

Alright, take note that I won't use Dusclops and Claydol consecutively. ;) Thanks in advance for all future suggestions and replys.

[Venusaur1]

your team seems pretty good

[Spike9123]

Hey, I have a question. Does Explosions power depend on the amount of HP you have? Because I'd probably use it if I saw he was about to die and had no hope. Or if I knew I could win the battle by doing it.

[wobmaster]

If blaziken is yur attacker, then why fire blast?

you should switch fireblast for flamethower(on altaria) becase of PP and accuracy

Otherwise, your team is exxellent

[Spike9123]

Fireblast for the ones with a high defense.

[Absol]

Fire Blast is more powerful... PP doesnt matter as you wont be using it on every pokemon...

Fire Blast = 120 x .85 = 102
Flamethrower = 95 x 1.00 = 95

you have a few repeat weaknesses, but they shouldnt be a huge problem...

[Spike9123]

Dang, so that's it? No more critisizm? No more anything to pick at? Dang Absol, you pwn.

[Betelgeux]

Your team's pretty stable, you and Absol did a fine job. No real criticism here.

[Absol]

Explosion's power is always 250...

[LigerZeroZager]

What is HP: Electric? I have seen others like HP Ice and HP Ghost, what is that?

[Absol]

Hidden Power...

[Spike9123]

Hidden Power...

With just a smidge of Electric. =p

[LigerZeroZager]

How can you give Hidden Power Electric power?

[Linzoy]

You can't. It's type and power are random.

[BerserkerAzn]

Nice Team Spike.

Hidden Power depends on your Pokemon's IV's. IV's are values invisible to the player but are essential to stat calculations. They can add anywhere from 0 to 31 points onto your pokemon's stats.
Example:
On of your pokemon could have IV's of:
ATK:10
DEF:15
SPEC.ATK:7
SPEC.DEF:27
SPD:0

Like that. You can calculate your stats at Pokemon Forever(That's the website's name). There you can also find out what your Hidden Power is. Check the Sticky's for more info.

[Spike9123]

Thanks you guys. I'm thinking of changing the HP: Electric to something else, because it'll take forever to catch the Horsea with the right IV's, especially considering it's a type totally opposite to it. What should I replace it with? It can't learn any electric moves outside of Hidden Power, so. . .

[Linzoy]

Hidden power has nothing to do with the pokemon's type. You have just as good a chance of getting a horsea that knows hp water one that knows hp electric.

[Spike9123]

Oh. But still, I don't want to catch 20 Horseas before I get the right one. And especially since pokefor's calculator is down. . .

[Linzoy]

Rest and/or double team is good on kingdra.

[Spike9123]

He's my Sp. Atker though, should it be a Sp. Atk?

[Linzoy]

I think your only decent option for a special attack is dragon breath, and that's a pretty useless attack unless you're worried about other kingdras. If you use rest/double team that doesn't necessarily mean it's a tank and can't be an effective sweeper.

[Spike9123]

I think I'll go with Dragon Breath, as my friends use Legends such as Lati@s and Rayquaza, and like Salamence and Altaria. I mean, I wouldn't be able to really defeat them with it, but if Kingdra was all I had left, I'd hafta use it. So. . . Thanks Linzoy.

[Linzoy]

Useless isn't the right word to describe dragon breath now that I think about it, it's just that ice beam is stronger and twice as powerful against rayquaza, altaria, and salamence.

[Cooltrainer Josh]

Shouldn't Altaria have EQ for Poison Types as well as Steel over Fire Blast ?

[Absol]

Skarmory, Weezing, Crobat...

[Spike9123]

Okay, so I have two choices for Altaria over HP Electric:

EQ or Dragonbreath.

Help me decide, I think personally I should go with Dragonbreath, but I'm not the best on deciding moves for Pokemon.

[Linzoy]

I'm confused, I thought you where trying to replace hp electric on kingdra.

I know nothing about hazers, never had to use one. My parents won't let me download mirc or anything.

[Spike9123]

Ooops, sorry, Kingdra. =p

Looks like I'm going with DB, there's nothing else I can really do.

I was thinking Altaria and Kingdra were the same thing.

And Linzoy, don't worry, I had mIRC once. The only good thing about it is bash.org. Other than that it sucks.

Bash.org's funny though. =p

[Magnor]

DB here too, cause of the accuracy, and most flying types cant be damaged by Ground attacks, such as EQ. If you fight a Lati@s, then it dies, lol.

[Linzoy]

I use my latias in the battle tower, it's never been taken town by one dragon breath, dragon claw, or even blizzard, even if I don't calm mind first. After about four calm minds I don't have to worry about any special attacks. Shadow ball is the best way to defeat latias.

[Spike9123]

Alrighio, all editted.

[Spike9123]

Hey, on Blaziken, think it'd be alright to run Flame Thrower instead of Fire Blast?

[Absol]

Overheat or Fire Blast... oh wait, I just told you that on AIM...

[MonkeyMasterTao9]

pretty good, except change fire blast to flame thrower, and what are "tanks"?

[Absol]

Fire Blast/Overheat > Flamethrower

Flamethrower = 95
Fire Blast = 102
Overheat = 126

Overheat is the most powerful, but it has it's nasty side effect... but if you do have to attack twice, they are probably at such a low HP level that the 2nd will KO it...

[Linzoy]

A tank is a pokemon made to survive a very long time, with attacks like rest. Read the help thread, it's helpful.

I like overheat, but it's just personal preference, all three attacks are equally good.

[Absol]

Tanks are basically Sweeper counters... most teams have several Tanks so they can try to counter as many different sweepers as possible...

[wobmaster]

Its hidden power of the electric type

[Spike9123]

Hidden Power can be of any type depending on the Pokemon's IVs.