Rate My Team!

[DarkMagicianGirl]

All of these guys are at Level 100.

Swampert@Quick Claw/Salac Berry/Petaya Berry/Lum Berry/Liechi Berry
Nature:Hasty
Ability:Torrent
Ev's: 252 spd, 129 att, 129 sp att
Toxic
Surf
Earthquake
Ice Beam
Mixed Sweeper
Description: I'm trying to really help Swampert get his Speed up. His speed is at max. Surf is there for Fire, Ground, Rock, and STAB. Earthquake is there to get rid of Steel Types, Electric Types, and STAB. Ice Beam is to counter Grass, and Toxic is for tougher opponents.
Swampert does very nicely for himself. You may not like mixed sweepers, but Swampert does a prety good job of one.

Latias@Soul Dew
Nature:Modest
Ability:Levitate
Ev's:252 sp att, 252 spd, 6 hp
Psychic
Calm Mind
Dragon Claw
Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper
Description: Okay, I know Latias is an 00ber, but that does not mean I'm a "newbie 00ber user." I perfer Latias over Alakazam because she has actually beaten my friend's Rayquaza with 3 Dragon Claw attacks. Psychic and Dragon Claw are there for STAB. Calm Mind is there for support. And Thunderbolt is there for Sweeping.

Registeel@Leftovers
Nature:Impish
Ability:Clear Body
Ev's: 252 def, 252 sp def, 6 hp
Metal Claw
Iron Defence
Ammesia
Rest
Tank
Desciption: Another 00ber. One of the best tanks around in my opinion. Metal Claw for STAB and damage. Iron Defence and Ammesia for Defence boosting. Rest for healing. Little bit different than the standard. Better in my opinion and environment.

Raichu@Salac Berry/Petaya Berry
Nature:Timid
Ability:Static
Ev's: 252 sp att, 252 spd, 6 def
Thunderbolt
Rain Dance
Charge
Thunder
Thunderdancer
Description:

Ninetails@Bright Powder/Salac Berry/Petaya Berry/Lum Berry
Nature:Calm
Ability:Flash Fire
Ev's: 124 hp, 128 def, 124 sp def, 128 sp att, 6 spd
Flamethrower
Confuse Ray
Will-O-Whisp
Fire Spin
Annoyer/Pyrotrapper
Description:

Machamp@Scope Lens
Nature:Adamant
Ability:Guts
Ev's: 252 att, 252 spd, 6 hp
Cross Chop
Earthquake
Bulk Up
Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper
Description:

NOTE: Please do not suggest dropping Latias. I am not ANYWHER NEAR dropping her.

[TyranitarsShadow]

Swampert@Leftovers
Nature:Brave
Ability:Torrent
Ev's: 252 atk, 252 HP, 6 sp.def
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Curse
Rest
I hate mixed sweepers. HATE THEM.

Don't use nubby 00bers. Drop Latias this insant.

Alakazam@Lum
Nature:Timid
Ability:Syncronyze
Ev's: 252 sp.atk, 252 spd, 6 HP
Psychic
Fire Punch
HP: Dark
Calm Mind
Wow. Hardy? And his EVs are TERRIBLE.

Machamp@Leftovers
Nature:Adamant
Ability:Guts
Ev's: 252 atk, 252 sp.def/HP, 6 sp.def/HP
Cross Chop/Brick Break
Earthquake
Bulk Up
Rock Slide
Whats with all the bad natures? And why 2 of the same attack type?

Raichu@Leftovers/Brightpowder
Nature:Hasty
Ability:Static
Ev's: 252 spd, 129 sp.atk, 129 atk
Thunderbolt
Thunder Wave
Double Team
Focus Punch
This is no sweeper. Terrible nature yet again. And WTF is up with both Thunder and Thunderbolt :confused:

Ninetails@Leftovers
Nature:Calm
Ability:Flash Fire
Ev's: 252 HP, 129 sp.def, 129 def
Flamethrower
Confuse Ray
Will-O-Whisp
Fire Spin
Why all the nuetral natures? They really suck.

[Kuiper]

NEVER EVER use neutral natures. If nothing else, use them to promote a strength and lower a weakness.

Muddy Water and Surf is redundant. Any water attack when you have EQ and Ice Beam is redundant. Look at it this way:
Surf/Muddy Water covers Fire, Ground, and Rock.
Ice Beam covers Ground.
EQ covers Fire and Rock.
Either go with Mirror Coat or Curse, and definately put on Chesto-Rest. If you go with Curse, Careful nature and EVs in HP and SD. If you go with Mirror Coat, go with Sassy and EVs in SD and HP.

If you want a special sweeper, use Latios. If you want a psudo-passer, use Latias.

Latios@Soul Dew
-Calm Mind
-Thunderbolt
-Dragon Claw
-Psychic
Modest, 252 SA/252 speed/6 HP

Latias@Lefties
-Reflect
-Wish
-Light Screen
-Safeguard

Timid, 252 HP/252 speed/6 defense

Alakazam will nver survive a hit, so no Recover and ESPECIALLY no lefties. Give him Petaya and Calm Mind over one of the Punches.

Cross Chop and Brick Break is redundant, so go with HP:rock or, if you're lazy, Rock Slide. Maybe Fire Blast for killing skarm. Give him Scope Lens. Adamant nature, EVs in attack and HP.

Ninetales has no attack, so ditch Return and Safeguard for WoW and Confuse Ray. 252 EVs in HP, then use nature and remaining EVs to make defenses equal.

If you want an annoyer, ditch Pikachu for:

Raichu@Bright Powder
-Thunderwave
-Sweet Kiss
-Attract/Focus Punch/Thunder Bolt
-Attract/Focus Punch/Thunderbolt
Nature taking away from the attack stat you didn't use (or defense if you used bot of them) and adding to speed, 252 speed, rest in two attack stats, 6 in HP if you only used one.


In the future, Never use Neutral Natures, and if you would, post your EV distribution, as well.


I already said my piece on your movesets and natures, but I'll critique your EV distribution now.

Swampert has speed EVs why? It's not going to allow him to outspeed anything, and usually you give something a Quick Claw to compensate low speed coming from no EVs, detracting nature, and low base speed.

You said it yourself: Special Sweeper. I'm pretty sure that special sweepers with 110 base speed get 252 EVs in SA and speed.

For the same reason Alakazam shouldn't get Leftovers or Recover, that is, he has no defenses, he should not recieve defensive EVs. He's never going to survive an attack ANYWAY, so the only way he can win is to OHKO them before they can move a finger. That means he NEEDS MAXED speed and 252 EVs in SA.

A physical sweeper NEEDS maxed attack. And you aren't going to improve its chances of striking first by putting EVs in speed. Rather than splitting EVs between the two defenses, putting EVs in HP can be more helpful.

Again: SPECIAL SWEEPER. Max speed and attack stat(s). (BTW, Thunder and Thunderbolt is redundant.)

For something like Ninetales, EVs are really up to you. It just depends if you care more about speed (like me) or the defenses.

I use this team for Multi-Battles, Link Battling, and In-Game. This team is used for both 1on1 and 2on2 battles. All of these guys never entered someone elses version exept Machamp and Alakazam. All of these guys have thier effort ribbon, have all Iv's of 20 and up and all are obtained throgh breeding exept Latias.

What rules in battle and double battle is radically different. I'm rating this as a normal team, double battling isn't something you can do by just importing your standarized team.
Don't try to compensate weaknesses; try to play with wach Pokemon's strength.

Skarmory should have 252 EVs in defense and Impish nature. Though his special defense is low, putting EVs and Nature there isn't going to help much; he still gets OHKOed by fire and electric. Physical attackers, on the other hand, will have a hard time making a dent in Skarmory's HP due to his Uber-high defense.

Alakazam is never going to survive a single attack, even with EVs and nature devoted solely to defenses. He was not built to be a tank. The only way he can survive is if he never takes a hit, and he's not going to take a hit when he's got maxed speed (unless he's up against something like a Crobat) and 252 EVs in SA.

An annoyer is going to have to imobilize the opponent so that it can take its time chipping away at the opponent's HP while having what little damage it takes healed by Leftovers. Speed is important here so you can Confuse/Attract them right away so that they never have a gurenteed to hit attack.


You know, it's usually traditional to either heed someone's advice or explain why you aren't doing so.

[DarkMagicianGirl]

Thanks guys. Team Updated

[TyranitarsShadow]

Why do you insist on being a nubby 00ber user?

[DarkMagicianGirl]

I'm trying to make my team original and suprising. Anyone Else?

[Kuiper]

Thunderbolt>Surf on Latias. Better type coverage, better effect.

Registeel should have Curse over Iron Defense and maxed HP.

Never use Charge. Never use two electric moves. Never use Rain Dance+Thunder on Raichu. Raichu should always have maxed speed. Raichu doesn't have the survivability to get anything from Leftovers. Other than that, Raichu's set is fine.

[DarkMagicianGirl]

Thanks Fallen Ronin. Team Updated with descriptions on how they work.

[Kuiper]

Ice beam is not any good for countering grass. The only grass-carrying grass type is Sceptile. Everything else is just HP:grass. Ice beam I usually use for Salamence (very popular in my area) and the occasional Flygon/Altaria. Mirror Coat is best for killing grass, typically OHKOing the opponent. Since Swampert is so slow, it doesn't really matter, unless you're worried about Vileplume.

Registeel's Metal Claw will never do anything unless it is preceded by 5-6 Curses. Either replace Iron Defense with Curse or ditch Metal Claw for something like Toxic.