I have just started playing ORAS since the beginning of this year. I have built a team recently but I am not sure if it will be able to help me climb the ladder in both showdown and battle spot. Here I would like to ask all of you guys some helpful advises reviews plz. I think my team has too little spread attacks, only hyper voice on mega salamence and rock slide on tyranitar.
Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 4 SpA / 84 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Tailwind
- Snarl
I was thinking of using Rotom-Wash at first, but since Suicune gets access to tailwind and snarl, I decided to use it for a half supporter in my team. With the 84 SpD and max HP, it can tank a thunderbolt from Thundurus which is quite a common Pokemon in nowadays battle spot. Also with the 164 Def, it can take a double-edge from a Mega Kangaskhan with at least 27.6% of its HP left. For the 4 EVs in SpA and Spe, I just don't wanna waste any EVs so I put them there.
Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- hidden power ice
Thundurus is gonna be a very good sweeper in the team with good offensive and speed stats. I prefer taunt than nasty plot because it can shut down many common status moves like trick room and spore which used to be a losing factor of my old teams. Also with the hp ice, I can easily take down beastly dragon types and even Landorus T.
Aegislash @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 140 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Flash Cannon
- Shadow Ball
- King's Shield
- Wide Guard
Aegislash is a very useful Pokemon. Aegislash is played differently by a lot of users. I decided to use a special attack Aegislash because I am afraid of Landorus T's intimidate and there are many physical attack Pokemon in my team. With the 252 HP and the 12 Def, my Aegislash can tank an earthquake from a life orb Garchomp. I put 100 on SpA for better offensive. Then it is the 140 EVs on SpD. The 4 on Spe is for not wasting any EVs. I use the item weakness policy so that it can ko most things after weakness policy is activated. Aegislash is also a good supporter for my mega Salamence, with the wide guard, it can protect Salamence from opposing fairy types' hyper voice. Aegislash is such a useful Pokemon.
Salamence @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 44 Atk / 212 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Double-Edge
- Hyper Voice
- Draco Meteor
- Protect
Mega Salamence, the main sweeper in my team. With the ability after mega evolution, Salamence is going to turn all the normal moves which is double-edge and hyper voice into flying moves. This is really useful because Salamence can then get stab when using these moves. As you may see, my mega Salamence is a mixed attacker so I invest EVs in both physical and special attack. I maxed out its speed since speed is very important for a sweeper. With the physical attack EVs investment, it can ohko swift swim Ludicolo. It may have to prevent fake out ice beam so that I use protect instead of dragon dance. The reason why I chose it to be a mixed sweeper is because I want the spread move hyper voice and the beastly Draco meteor and I want to use double-edge after Draco meteor has lowered my SpA.
Infernape @ Focus Sash
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz
- Protect
Infernape is another sweeper in my team. It has good offensive stats and speed stats which makes it a perfect fire and fighting type sweeper. The reason that I chose Infernape among all the fire types is that it can learn fake out. Fake out in my opinion, is extremely useful though good predictions have to be made. Fake out can prevent opponents from setting up and can even destroy your opponent's team by double targeting his/her main Pokemon for example fake out scald in the rain can kill a Talonflame and immediately take out a threat of Ludicolo. This set can also destroy mega Kangaskhans and Terrakions with the close combat. Generally, this set is just for pure sweeping.
Tyranitar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Crunch
- Ice Punch
- Low Kick
My last Pokemon in the team is Tyranitar. At last a slow......never mind, it is meant to be a fast physical sweeper (there are just so many physical sweepers in my team). I run my Tyranitar with the jolly nature, max speed and choice scarf because I want it to be fast. Tyranitar has a lot of weaknesses and those weaknesses are quite common, it makes Tyranitar so fragile. With the good attack stats and average speed stats, I realised that it can be a scarfed sweeper. If I did no speed investment, Tyranitar would be killed immediately before doing any damage. That's the reason I want it to be scarfed. I found this set pretty useful: rock slide for stab and spread damage, crunch for stab, ice punch to tackle those grass and ground types and......low kick!? Yup, that's right. Low kick. This is for tackling Bisharp and other scarfed Tyranitars. Once my mega Tyranitar lost to a scarfed low kick Tyranitar so I decided to put low kick to tackle those scarfed Tyranitars. Usually the greatest enemy of oneself is itself, and this is not an exception.
So this is my team. I sincerely hope that you can give me some advises of my team. And if you do, it will be so helpful to me. Thanks a lot guys.
Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 4 SpA / 84 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Tailwind
- Snarl
I was thinking of using Rotom-Wash at first, but since Suicune gets access to tailwind and snarl, I decided to use it for a half supporter in my team. With the 84 SpD and max HP, it can tank a thunderbolt from Thundurus which is quite a common Pokemon in nowadays battle spot. Also with the 164 Def, it can take a double-edge from a Mega Kangaskhan with at least 27.6% of its HP left. For the 4 EVs in SpA and Spe, I just don't wanna waste any EVs so I put them there.
Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- hidden power ice
Thundurus is gonna be a very good sweeper in the team with good offensive and speed stats. I prefer taunt than nasty plot because it can shut down many common status moves like trick room and spore which used to be a losing factor of my old teams. Also with the hp ice, I can easily take down beastly dragon types and even Landorus T.
Aegislash @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 140 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Flash Cannon
- Shadow Ball
- King's Shield
- Wide Guard
Aegislash is a very useful Pokemon. Aegislash is played differently by a lot of users. I decided to use a special attack Aegislash because I am afraid of Landorus T's intimidate and there are many physical attack Pokemon in my team. With the 252 HP and the 12 Def, my Aegislash can tank an earthquake from a life orb Garchomp. I put 100 on SpA for better offensive. Then it is the 140 EVs on SpD. The 4 on Spe is for not wasting any EVs. I use the item weakness policy so that it can ko most things after weakness policy is activated. Aegislash is also a good supporter for my mega Salamence, with the wide guard, it can protect Salamence from opposing fairy types' hyper voice. Aegislash is such a useful Pokemon.
Salamence @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 44 Atk / 212 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Double-Edge
- Hyper Voice
- Draco Meteor
- Protect
Mega Salamence, the main sweeper in my team. With the ability after mega evolution, Salamence is going to turn all the normal moves which is double-edge and hyper voice into flying moves. This is really useful because Salamence can then get stab when using these moves. As you may see, my mega Salamence is a mixed attacker so I invest EVs in both physical and special attack. I maxed out its speed since speed is very important for a sweeper. With the physical attack EVs investment, it can ohko swift swim Ludicolo. It may have to prevent fake out ice beam so that I use protect instead of dragon dance. The reason why I chose it to be a mixed sweeper is because I want the spread move hyper voice and the beastly Draco meteor and I want to use double-edge after Draco meteor has lowered my SpA.
Infernape @ Focus Sash
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz
- Protect
Infernape is another sweeper in my team. It has good offensive stats and speed stats which makes it a perfect fire and fighting type sweeper. The reason that I chose Infernape among all the fire types is that it can learn fake out. Fake out in my opinion, is extremely useful though good predictions have to be made. Fake out can prevent opponents from setting up and can even destroy your opponent's team by double targeting his/her main Pokemon for example fake out scald in the rain can kill a Talonflame and immediately take out a threat of Ludicolo. This set can also destroy mega Kangaskhans and Terrakions with the close combat. Generally, this set is just for pure sweeping.
Tyranitar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Crunch
- Ice Punch
- Low Kick
My last Pokemon in the team is Tyranitar. At last a slow......never mind, it is meant to be a fast physical sweeper (there are just so many physical sweepers in my team). I run my Tyranitar with the jolly nature, max speed and choice scarf because I want it to be fast. Tyranitar has a lot of weaknesses and those weaknesses are quite common, it makes Tyranitar so fragile. With the good attack stats and average speed stats, I realised that it can be a scarfed sweeper. If I did no speed investment, Tyranitar would be killed immediately before doing any damage. That's the reason I want it to be scarfed. I found this set pretty useful: rock slide for stab and spread damage, crunch for stab, ice punch to tackle those grass and ground types and......low kick!? Yup, that's right. Low kick. This is for tackling Bisharp and other scarfed Tyranitars. Once my mega Tyranitar lost to a scarfed low kick Tyranitar so I decided to put low kick to tackle those scarfed Tyranitars. Usually the greatest enemy of oneself is itself, and this is not an exception.
So this is my team. I sincerely hope that you can give me some advises of my team. And if you do, it will be so helpful to me. Thanks a lot guys.
