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My first team

Darkraiguy

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    • Seen Jan 9, 2011
    Hi. I'm new to making teams and wifi battling. This is the first team i ever made specificly for wifi battling. Please comment and tell me what you think and how i can improve.


    1) Salamance (Specs-Mence) - Spec. sweeper

    Item: Choice Specs

    Ability: Intimidate

    Draco Meteor
    Flamethrower
    Hydro Pump
    Dragon Pulse

    4 HP / 252 Speed / 252 SAtk

    Nature: Modest


    2) Tyranitar - Physical sweeper

    Item: Leftovers

    ability: Sand Stream

    Earthquake
    Stone Edge
    Taunt
    Swords Dance

    76 HP / 252 Atk / 180 Speed

    Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SAtk)


    3) Metagross - Attack support

    Item: Leftovers

    Ability: Clear Body

    Meteor Mash
    Earthquake
    Agility
    Thunderpunch

    152 HP / 252 Atk / 104 Speed

    Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SAtk)


    4) Skarmory - Physical wall / spiker

    Item: Leftovers

    Ability: Sturdy

    Roost
    Spikes
    Whirlwind
    Brave Bird

    252 HP / 96 Attk / 140 Def / 20 Speed

    Nature: Impish (+Def, -SAtk)


    5) Blissey - Spec. wall

    Item: Leftovers

    Ability: Natural Care

    Thunder Wave
    Ice Beam
    Softboiled
    Aromatherapy

    252 HP / 252 Def / 4SDef

    Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)


    6) Hitmontop - Attack support, Rapid spin

    Item: Leftovers

    Ability: Intimidate

    Hi Jump Kick
    Rapid Spin
    Earthquake
    Stone edge

    252 HP / 96 Atk / 92 Def / 68 SDef

    Nature: Careful (+SDef, -SAtk)
     

    aragornbird

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    It's not a bad start for a 1st team, but it seems like you just copied and pasted movesets from Smogon without reading about how they work as a team.
    I hope you didn't copy any movesets from Serebii because Serebii movesets SUCK and if you did, then shame on you!

    Okay, let's start with Salamence.

    Specs Salamence is obsolete. It used to be the best moveset for a Salamence back when D/P first came out, but that was 4 years ago. It's 2010 now and a lot of things has changed. Salamence today should focus on both Special AND Physical attack instead of one over the other. This makes Salamence able to beat both Special AND Physical walls.

    A good mixed attacking Salamence looks like the following:

    Salamence @Life Orb
    Naive Nature
    16 Atk / 240 SpA / 252 Spd

    -Draco Meteor
    -Earthquake
    -Flamethrower/Fire Blast
    -Outrage/Dragon Claw

    Tyranitar can't learn Swords Dance. I don't know where you got that from. Maybe you got it confused with DRAGON Dance.
    Anyways, Taunt used to be useful on Tyranitar, but nowadays most opponents will attack Tyranitar instead of trying to set up. So use one of the following moves:

    Fire Punch beats Scizor, one of Tyranitar's biggest enemies.
    Aqua Tail beats Donphan/Hippowdon
    Crunch beats Ghosts and Psychics and also gets STAB.

    Lastly is Hitmontop. While Hitmontop is a good Rapid Spinner in UU, it doesn't quite work as well in OU battles. Another issue I want to address is your HUGE weakness to Infernape.

    Infernape can beat your entire team all on its own. Hidden Power Ice for Salamence, Close Combat for Blissey and Tyranitar, and Fire Blast for Metagross and Skarmory. You need a Pokemon that resists Ice, Fighting, AND Fire. For that, there's no better choice than STARMIE!

    Starmie @Leftovers
    Timid Nature
    136 HP / 156 Def / 216 Spd

    -Rapid Spin
    -Surf
    -Thunderbolt
    -Recover

    Guess what? Starmie also learns Rapid Spin too and it beats Infernape easily. Make Starmie your new sixth Pokemon.

    Okay, that's all I have for now.
    Remember, if you want a good site for movesets, use Smogon and nothing else.

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