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[Yung]

Rate My Pokemon Team Thread

 

 

You may post your competitive team builds here to get advice on them, from how to improve the overall functionality of your team to helping you gap holes you may have otherwise overlooked. An example of this would be as follows:

 

Dragonite @ Leftovers

Ability: Multiscale

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef

Adamant Nature

- ExtremeSpeed

- Fire Punch

- Thunder Punch

- Waterfall

 

What I'm going for here is a bulky Dragonite with coverage to combat about half of the threats the OU tier has. Fire Punch handles Bisharp which has grown increasingly popular. ExtremeSpeed gives the priority to make up for lack of speed. Thunder Punch handles bulky water types and Waterfall handles my Rock, Ground, and Fire threats.

 

In a typical RMT thread you'd expect responses such as:

 

Well it's bulky sure and you've got decent coverage but you're not addressing your real threats which are going to be either dragons or Ice types. What are you going to do against a Dragonite or Haxorus that has Outrage? Or even Dragon Claw? Try this build instead:

 

Dragonite @ Leftovers

Ability: Multiscale

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef

Adamant Nature

- ExtremeSpeed

- Fire Punch

- Dragon Dance

- Outrage/Dragon Claw/Ice Punch

 

You'll find that Dragon Dance will more than make up for losing Thunder Punch (water types aren't really enough of a threat to you to ever need coverage for it.). Outrage gives you the coverage you need against Dragons or you can use Ice Punch and get coverage against Grass type as well.

[Galadriel]

What will you do against a bulky bug pokemon? Huh? What then?

[Vibe]

Gen 3 OU:

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to the playing competitively and would really appreciate some advice. :3

 

Forretress @ Leftovers

Ability; Sturdy // Nature: Careful // EVs: 252 Hp, 4 Def, 252 SDef

Earthquake

Spikes

Rapid Spin

HP Bug

 

The one that comes first in my team to lay out three layers of spikes (if possible)

 

Blissey @ Leftovers

Natural Cure // Bold // EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SDef

Wish

Seismic Toss

Protect

Toxic

 

The status absorber and inflicter. Also a 'healer'.

 

Dusclops @ Leftovers

Pressure // Careful // EVs: 252 HP; 36 ATK; 20 Def; 200 SDef

Pain Split

Will-o-Wisp

Focus Punch

Night Shade

 

Another status inflicter. The rapid spin (and normal/fighting type etc.) blocker.

 

Celebi @ Leftovers

Natural Cure // Timid // Evs: 252 hp;80def; 176 speed

Recover

Swords Dance

HP Fighting

Leech Seed

 

The wallbreaker (sorta) <.<

 

Zapdos @ Leftovers

Pressure // Calm // EVs: 252 HP; 32 def; 224 SDef

Rest

Sleep Talk

Thunderbolt

Roar

 

The scouter. I'm considering replacing sleep talk for substitute but I'm not sure ;v;

 

Suicune @ Leftovers

Pressure // Bold // EVs: 252 hp; 252 def; 4 speed

Calm Mind

Surf

Ice Beam

Rest

 

Erm.. the sweeper? lol

Ice beam to get rid of threats such as Salamence/Dragonite

Surf.. STAB owo

 

Spoiler

A really stupid question, but should I be making teams that can, for example, sponge super effective hits for another pokemon? (bah that wording /facepalm) Is it possible to make a "perfect" team like this? xD

 

e.g. Dusclops is weak to ghost/dark[?], so I get another pokemon that is immune to ghost/dark which is either Blissey/Snorlax

 

[Yung]

Gen 3 OU:

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to the playing competitively and would really appreciate some advice. :3

 

Forretress @ Leftovers

Ability; Sturdy // Nature: Careful // EVs: 252 Hp, 4 Def, 252 SDef

Earthquake

Spikes

Rapid Spin

HP Bug

 

The one that comes first in my team to lay out three layers of spikes (if possible)

 

Blissey @ Leftovers

Natural Cure // Bold // EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SDef

Wish

Seismic Toss

Protect

Toxic

 

The status absorber and inflicter. Also a 'healer'.

 

Dusclops @ Leftovers

Pressure // Careful // EVs: 252 HP; 36 ATK; 20 Def; 200 SDef

Pain Split

Will-o-Wisp

Focus Punch

Night Shade

 

Another status inflicter. The rapid spin (and normal/fighting type etc.) blocker.

 

Celebi @ Leftovers

Natural Cure // Timid // Evs: 252 hp;80def; 176 speed

Recover

Swords Dance

HP Fighting

Leech Seed

 

The wallbreaker (sorta) <.<

 

Zapdos @ Leftovers

Pressure // Calm // EVs: 252 HP; 32 def; 224 SDef

Rest

Sleep Talk

Thunderbolt

Roar

 

The scouter. I'm considering replacing sleep talk for substitute but I'm not sure ;v;

 

Suicune @ Leftovers

Pressure // Bold // EVs: 252 hp; 252 def; 4 speed

Calm Mind

Surf

Ice Beam

Rest

 

Erm.. the sweeper? lol

Ice beam to get rid of threats such as Salamence/Dragonite

Surf.. STAB owo

 

Spoiler

A really stupid question, but should I be making teams that can, for example, sponge super effective hits for another pokemon? (bah that wording /facepalm) Is it possible to make a "perfect" team like this? xD

 

e.g. Dusclops is weak to ghost/dark[?], so I get another pokemon that is immune to ghost/dark which is either Blissey/Snorlax

 

 

Okay... first off:

 

Forretress

Spoiler

Forretress @ Leftovers

Ability; Sturdy // Nature: Careful // EVs: 252 Hp, 4 Def, 252 SDef

Earthquake

Spikes

Rapid Spin

HP Bug

 

Why HP Bug? If they switch in something to threaten Forretress it's going to be Fire Type or a Pokemon with Fire Type moves. Earthquake already offers coverage for all but flying types that offer a serious threat to you, so you might consider Stealth Rock if you can. Stealth Rock does 50% to a Talonflame switch in, meaning they'll immediately need to Roost, and you can nail it with Earthquake on that turn since Roost removes the Ground immunity for that turn.

 

Standard Blissey build, looks fine to me.

 

Your Dusclops is interesting, I'd favor Toxic over Burn since Toxic will result in the eventual death of the opponents pokemon unless immune. Is there a specific reason for this coverage on your team or are you just trying to cover a little bit of everything?

 

Celebi:

Spoiler

One seriously offensive move is not what I'd call a "wallbreaker" you need to get a stronger move in the mix such as Sucker Punch, Signal Beam, or Dazzling Gleam.

 

Your last two are their standard builds and work fine for the roles you've selected for them. I'd favor other pokemon but that's me. Overall not a bad looking team for Gen 3 OU.

[Bone]

Okay... first off:

 

Forretress

Spoiler

Forretress @ Leftovers

Ability; Sturdy // Nature: Careful // EVs: 252 Hp, 4 Def, 252 SDef

Earthquake

Spikes

Rapid Spin

HP Bug

 

Why HP Bug? If they switch in something to threaten Forretress it's going to be Fire Type or a Pokemon with Fire Type moves. Earthquake already offers coverage for all but flying types that offer a serious threat to you, so you might consider Stealth Rock if you can. Stealth Rock does 50% to a Talonflame switch in, meaning they'll immediately need to Roost, and you can nail it with Earthquake on that turn since Roost removes the Ground immunity for that turn.

 

Standard Blissey build, looks fine to me.

 

Your Dusclops is interesting, I'd favor Toxic over Burn since Toxic will result in the eventual death of the opponents pokemon unless immune. Is there a specific reason for this coverage on your team or are you just trying to cover a little bit of everything?

 

Celebi:

Spoiler

One seriously offensive move is not what I'd call a "wallbreaker" you need to get a stronger move in the mix such as Sucker Punch, Signal Beam, or Dazzling Gleam.

 

Your last two are their standard builds and work fine for the roles you've selected for them. I'd favor other pokemon but that's me. Overall not a bad looking team for Gen 3 OU.

 

I'd say burn is worth the 1/2 attack reduction, especially considering the lack of eviolite in gen III.

[Yung]

I'll post a team for real:

 

@ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- U-turn
- Ice Punch
- Fire Punch

 

@ Medichamite
Ability: Pure Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Psycho Cut
- Hi Jump Kick
- Ice Punch
- Bullet Punch

 

@ Lum Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 180 Def / 76 Spd
Impish Nature
- Leech Seed
- Will-O-Wisp
- Horn Leech
- Rest

 

@ Red Card
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave

 

@ Aggronite
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 10 Def / 252 HP / 6 Atk / 240 SDef
Careful Nature
- Curse
- Heavy Slam
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

 

@ Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Mach Punch
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz