My first actual competitive team (Sun Team Based Around Infernape)

[Infernapezzz]

I just love infernape, so i made a team around him. Please don't go easy on me because i really want to use a team like this XD

Infernape@Choice Band
Iron fist
Jolly Nature
252 Atk/252 Spd/6 Hp
Flare Blitz
Close Combat
Thunder Punch
U turn

Charizard@Charizardite Y
Blaze
Timid Nature
252 SpA/252 Spd/ 6 Hp
Fire Blast
Solar Beam
Dragon Pulse
Air Slash

Klefki@Heat Rock
Prankster
Bold Nature
252 Hp/252 Def/ 6 SpD
Foul play
Thunder wave
Sunny day
Spike

Venusaur@Black Sludge
Chlorophyll
Timid Nature
72 Hp/4 Def/252 SpA /180 Spe
Giga Drain
Sludge Bomb
Hidden Power Fire
Sunny Day

Sylveon@Leftovers
Cute Charm
Bold Nature
252 Hp/252 Def/ 6 SpA
Wish
Protect
Toxic
Moonblast

Starmie@Life orb
Natural Cure
Timid Nature
252 SpA/252 Spd/6 SpD
Recover
Rapid Spin
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt

 

[The_Derpy_Chicken]

I, at least, think it doesn't sound too bad. Something about it just feels... I don't know, lacking. I think what it really lacks is the element of surprise. I see that to be a big factor in battling. If you can catch your opponent off guard, it can sometimes destroy their entire strategy. Hit them in their armor chink they didn't know they had. What you've got is a bunch of very mainstream pokemon, and so everybody will know your strengths and weaknesses, and what role your pokes probably play. Other than that it sounds great to me. (Although I haven't got any experience team-building myself. I just read on Smogon mostly.) I can glance at the names of all these pokes and guess what role they play. Infernape is almost always sweeper. Same with Zard. Klefki is always used as a spiker and support. Venasaur usually plays a sort of status and damager giver. I've heard a lot about how good Sylveon is at support. And Starmie is almost always a rapid spinner with Recover and a couple powerful moves to back it up. If I battled you, I would barely have to look at your team to decide my own stuff.

 

[Deleted User 205693]

You're going to have to edit this and add descriptions for each Pokemon and explain why you did what you did and how your Pokemon help eachother while working towards a specific goal. There's a thread that tells you how to make an rmt. I suggest that you read that first before doing anything else. Also, your evs add up to more than 508, fix those as well.

 

[The_Derpy_Chicken]

Also, your evs add up to more than 508, fix those as well.

Um, yeah, you are big derp kind sir. You can have 510 EV's total, though there isn't any difference between 510 and 508 since it rounds down and 508 is divisible by four. It says this on Smogon University, and Serebii, and I did testing when X and Y first came out to see if the EV's had changed at all. All they changed was that you can now put a maximum of 252 EV's into a stat. It used to be 255, which isn't divisible by 4. The next highest number that's divisible is 252.