Hi guys, first post here and without much ado, check my team out !
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Deoxys-Defense @ Red Card
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4Spe /
Timid Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
Normally lead out with him to get rocks up and to assist Bisharp when defoggers come to play. Very defensive, but was contemplating on putting more speed or special def investment
Bisharp @ Dread Plate
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Sword Dance/ Pursuit
- Iron Head
This guy is too good! I normally switch in when Espeon / Latios are in play to disrupt Deoxys-D. Then I normally pursuit when they switch out; instant KO. However lately I was considering running SD instead of pursuit to gain more sweeping potential when facing a pokemon that can't touch me like skarmory (barring taunt).
Trevenant @ Sitrus Berry
Ability : Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Def
Careful nature
- Will O Wisp
- Leech Seed
- Curse
-Substitute
Let me just say, this guy helped me out of many difficult situations, especially baton pass teams for Curse goes through sub and disregards Magic Bounce. Though he gets shut down by taunt and Magic Guard, he is still surprisingly effective when behind a sub. Once I get wow and leech seed up behind the sub, this thing is really hard to beat since you can keep on spamming substitute once the sub is broken.
Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability : Cute Charm
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Def
Modest Nature
- Skill Swap
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Heal Bell
The cleric of my team. Skill swap is effective in ruining strategies (poison heal gliscor, Magic guard Alakazam/ Magic bounce espeon; latter two for revenant to set up ) and even other sylveons with Pixilate rendering Hyper voice useless and giving them the crappy Cute Charm.
Surprisingly tanky, and Moonblast hits really hard. Shadow ball is mainly used for coverage, and when I predict a switch out to a Steel type.
Greninja @ Life Orb
Ability : Protean
EVs : 12 Atk / 252 SpA / rest Spd
Naive Nature
- Shadow Sneak
- Surf
- Extrasensory
- Hidden Power Fire
Kingdra @ Scope Lens
Ability : Sniper
EVs : 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 Spd Modest Nature
- Focus Energy
- Surf
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power Fire
Greninja or Kingdra?
The generic Greninja with the addition of Shadow sneak for priority, because it come useful in some situations. Didn't want to teach it dark pulse, because of the commonality of dark moves on my team. It normally kills the things that are trouble for my team such as Heatran or Mega Venusaur, or cripples them for bisharp's sucker punch or Donphans ice shard.
Alternatively, I could go with kingdra : XY's hax machine. Abusing the new XY crit mechanics and holding the Scope Lens while setting up a Focus energy on a weaker pokemon (Heatran) who can't touch you; every attack is guaranteed a Critical hit. In addition to its sniper ability, this thing becomes a monster. Only problem is its speed, but it certainly hits harder than greninja; which leads me to my dilemma on choosing between the two. Let me know in the comments which would be better.
Donphan @ Leftovers
Ability : Sturdy
EVs : 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Ice Shard
- Knock off
- Earthquake
Most importantly for rapid spinning the spikes and toxic spikes away that really hurt my team. Earthquake is a great move and provides STAB, while Knock off is very annoying and for coverage on ghosts. Finally Ice shard is a very good move for killing and finishing off the hated landlos and Garchomp that threaten my team.
I chose Leftovers over assault vest because I want to always keep Sturdy active to withstand an "emergency' super effective hit, in order to get a chance to rapid spin away.
So yeah, guys what do you thing of my team? Feedback is much appreciated and I look forward looking at your suggestions. Peace out :)
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Deoxys-Defense @ Red Card
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4Spe /
Timid Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
Normally lead out with him to get rocks up and to assist Bisharp when defoggers come to play. Very defensive, but was contemplating on putting more speed or special def investment
Bisharp @ Dread Plate
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Sword Dance/ Pursuit
- Iron Head
This guy is too good! I normally switch in when Espeon / Latios are in play to disrupt Deoxys-D. Then I normally pursuit when they switch out; instant KO. However lately I was considering running SD instead of pursuit to gain more sweeping potential when facing a pokemon that can't touch me like skarmory (barring taunt).
Trevenant @ Sitrus Berry
Ability : Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Def
Careful nature
- Will O Wisp
- Leech Seed
- Curse
-Substitute
Let me just say, this guy helped me out of many difficult situations, especially baton pass teams for Curse goes through sub and disregards Magic Bounce. Though he gets shut down by taunt and Magic Guard, he is still surprisingly effective when behind a sub. Once I get wow and leech seed up behind the sub, this thing is really hard to beat since you can keep on spamming substitute once the sub is broken.
Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability : Cute Charm
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Def
Modest Nature
- Skill Swap
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Heal Bell
The cleric of my team. Skill swap is effective in ruining strategies (poison heal gliscor, Magic guard Alakazam/ Magic bounce espeon; latter two for revenant to set up ) and even other sylveons with Pixilate rendering Hyper voice useless and giving them the crappy Cute Charm.
Surprisingly tanky, and Moonblast hits really hard. Shadow ball is mainly used for coverage, and when I predict a switch out to a Steel type.
Greninja @ Life Orb
Ability : Protean
EVs : 12 Atk / 252 SpA / rest Spd
Naive Nature
- Shadow Sneak
- Surf
- Extrasensory
- Hidden Power Fire
Kingdra @ Scope Lens
Ability : Sniper
EVs : 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 Spd Modest Nature
- Focus Energy
- Surf
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Hidden Power Fire
Greninja or Kingdra?
The generic Greninja with the addition of Shadow sneak for priority, because it come useful in some situations. Didn't want to teach it dark pulse, because of the commonality of dark moves on my team. It normally kills the things that are trouble for my team such as Heatran or Mega Venusaur, or cripples them for bisharp's sucker punch or Donphans ice shard.
Alternatively, I could go with kingdra : XY's hax machine. Abusing the new XY crit mechanics and holding the Scope Lens while setting up a Focus energy on a weaker pokemon (Heatran) who can't touch you; every attack is guaranteed a Critical hit. In addition to its sniper ability, this thing becomes a monster. Only problem is its speed, but it certainly hits harder than greninja; which leads me to my dilemma on choosing between the two. Let me know in the comments which would be better.
Donphan @ Leftovers
Ability : Sturdy
EVs : 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Ice Shard
- Knock off
- Earthquake
Most importantly for rapid spinning the spikes and toxic spikes away that really hurt my team. Earthquake is a great move and provides STAB, while Knock off is very annoying and for coverage on ghosts. Finally Ice shard is a very good move for killing and finishing off the hated landlos and Garchomp that threaten my team.
I chose Leftovers over assault vest because I want to always keep Sturdy active to withstand an "emergency' super effective hit, in order to get a chance to rapid spin away.
So yeah, guys what do you thing of my team? Feedback is much appreciated and I look forward looking at your suggestions. Peace out :)
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