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Help Me With My Team!
After battling with my friends who are *Pros* I decided I would like to step up and give this a try. I've never battled before outside of my circle of friends and I've been studying for a while. After a couple months of solid work I've decided upon my team. My friends say its good to base a team around a central goal, and my goal is to get my Heracross ready to sweep.
Gyarados @ Leftovers Adamant: 212 hp, 180 def, 118 atk Waterfall Stone Edge Thunder Wave Taunt My lead poke, paralyzes things, scares away other Gyaras with Stone Edge and Weavile doesn't really bother it. Taunt is there for screwing walls, obviously. Yanmega @ Expert Belt Speed Boost Modest: 252 sp atk, 252 spd, 6 def Bug Buzz Air Slash Hidden Power Ice Protect Revenge killer and star special sweeper. He's my backup killer. Gengar @ Wide Lens Timid: 252 spd, 252 sp atk, 6 hp Shadow Ball Thunderbolt Hypnosis Will o Wisp I need the double status to give Hera the edge and Wide Lens can't hurt. He can enter the game easily and cripple something when it is needed. Donphan @ Leftovers Impish: 252 hp, 252 def, 6 atk Earthquake Ice Shard Knock Off Rapid Spin Supporting Donphan. A nice physical wall. Knock Off gives more command over the game, and Rapid Spin is a given with the stealth rock weaknesses on the team. Can pick off things that have been worn down using Ice Shard, and hits Metagross pretty well too. Blissey @ Leftovers Natural Cure Bold: 252 hp, 252 def, 6 spd Seismic Toss Stealth Rock Thunder Wave Softboiled Standard Blissey with stealth rock. Thunder wave as well to slow down those fast special sweeps. (Alakazam, Gengar, etc....) Heracross @ Wide Lens Guts Jolly: 252 spd, 252 atk, 6 hp Megahorn Close Combat Swords Dance Stone Edge Star of the show. Once all its counters are gone or hindered to the point of no return, everything faster is slowed down, and all walls hindered, this thing comes in for the sweep. |
man it all sounds good on paper.. but only real way is to battle... im sure u wont encounter everything u named ... i mean im a off the wall kinda guy and will use pokemon u never saw coming and utilize their skills u know... its not about how well it looks it is all about performance and how well u adapt.
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Gosh, your team sounds great but you wouldn't know the real thing until you battle. Too bad I can't challenge you!
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Gyarados @ Leftovers
Adamant: 212 hp, 180 def, 118 atk Waterfall Stone Edge Thunder Wave Taunt My lead poke, paralyzes things, scares away other Gyaras with Stone Edge and Weavile doesn't really bother it. Taunt is there for screwing walls, obviously. It's ok Yanmega @ Expert Belt Speed Boost Modest: 252 sp atk, 252 spd, 6 def Bug Buzz Air Slash Hidden Power Ice Protect Revenge killer and star special sweeper. He's my backup killer. Okay for a Yanmega but you might find that Yanmega isn't the best special sweeper you could get. Maybe replace it with something like Choice Specs Sceptile. Also using Yanmega as a special revenge killer isn't a great choice because you're opponent could easily switch out and it'll be hard to bring it in everytime to revenge kill if SR is in play. Gengar @ Leftovers Timid: 252 spd, 252 sp atk, 6 hp Shadow Ball Thunderbolt Hypnosis Will o Wisp I need the double status to give Hera the edge and Wide Lens can't hurt. He can enter the game easily and cripple something when it is needed. Wide Lens does give you a big boost in accuracy so replace it with Leftovers. Also I don't really like you simply using your Gengar just to help Heracross sweep because a cleric could simply come in a screw up all of Gengar's hard work. Donphan @ Leftovers Impish: 252 hp, 252 def, 6 atk Earthquake Ice Shard/ Stealth Rock Knock Off/ Stealth Rock Rapid Spin Supporting Donphan. A nice physical wall. Knock Off gives more command over the game, and Rapid Spin is a given with the stealth rock weaknesses on the team. Can pick off things that have been worn down using Ice Shard, and hits Metagross pretty well too. You need Stealth Rock, it helps up so much and Donphan is a great pokemon to set it up, better than Blissey. Blissey @ Leftovers Natural Cure Bold: 252 hp, 252 def, 6 spd Seismic Toss Aromatherapy Thunder Wave Softboiled Standard Blissey with stealth rock. Thunder wave as well to slow down those fast special sweeps. (Alakazam, Gengar, etc....) Donphan is a better pokemon to set up Stealth Rock with. Blissey as a cleric works really well too. Heracross @ Wide Lens Guts Jolly: 252 spd, 252 atk, 6 hp Megahorn Close Combat Swords Dance Stone Edge Star of the show. Once all its counters are gone or hindered to the point of no return, everything faster is slowed down, and all walls hindered, this thing comes in for the sweep. Oh boy. It's not good to base your side simply on one pokemon unless its BP. Sure everything might be slowed down but simple yet effective physical walls such as Skarmory and Foretress could easily come in a block Heracross and strike back. Also after a few Close Combat attacks, you'll be wide open to a Extremespeed attack from Lucario and Arcanine. Really, basing your whole side around one pokemon like Heracross to just sweep isn't a great idea. Change your strategy then come back. At least your side could sort of fend for themselves after your "charged up" Heracross is gone. However at least you are learning. My advice to you is to experience battling some more instead of just watching others. But you are on your way to becoming decent at battling. |
Im laughing at the first 2 posts, i dont think they get the idea of "help me with my team" lol
Anywayz that was off-topic, time to rate: Quote:
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I'd use Dragon Dance over Thunder Wave any time on Gyarados. It still outruns and it gets the Attack boost too. =D
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yah gengar should now focas blast and a grass move like giga drain or something.
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I agree on the grass moves. If you have Thunderbolt already, there's barely any use for grass moves (which would ONLY be Energy Ball, by the way, Mike) unless you fight Swampert in every battle. The combination of ghost moves and fighting hits everything for at least neutral damage, and Thunderbolt adds a few important coverages.
I like the team overall, you at least have a pretty good idea of how these things work. And even though it's already been said, wide lense isn't necessary on a pokemon with relatively accurate moves. You may be worried about flying types and want to even it out with Stone Edge, but that's not worth your item being tailored entirely for one counter. |
I prefer Hypnosis > Protect on Yanmega.
And like Gofre said, HP Fire > HP Ice |
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1 down, 4million members to go lol Protect is better, its a cheap speed boost. One's really all you need. On a relatively frail poke with a quad weakness, its best not to put your money on a move with low accuracy. |
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^Yes I am agreeing with you. Anyways I'm not liking the SR weakness and your only physical wall and Spinner can't heal off damage. That will work against you. Donphan needs Rest over Knock Off. |
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