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First Platinum Team
My first attempt at a decent Platinum team (and first offensive one at that). ANY quality rates would be appreciated.
Yanmega @ Wise Glasses Modest 252 SPATK/4 DEF/252 SPD Protect Hypnosis Air Slash Bug Buzz Lead. Screws stuff up, I guess. Bronzong @ Leftovers Sassy 252 HP/86 ATK/80 DEF/92 SPDEF Stealth Rock Hypnosis Earthquake Gyro Ball Weavile @ Choice Band Jolly 20 HP/252 ATK/236 SPD Brick Break Ice Shard Night Slash Pursuit NONNEGOTIABLE; with all the Skymins and DDOutrage Mences running around, Weavile's an absolute must IMO. Mamoswine @ Choice Band Adamant 64 HP/252 ATK/192 SPD Ice Shard Earthquake Stone Edge Superpower DP CBMamo, with Superpower as a better filler. Just brutal, 591 ATK is scary, especially when you have STAB Earthquake/Ice shard to back it up. Not to mention, if it gets in safely on Skymin/Mence, well... Skymin @ Choice Specs Timid 252 SPATK/ 4 SPDEF/ 252 SPD Air Slash Earth Power Seed Flare HPFire Still not happy about Skymin's potential effect on Toggy's usage/tier placement, but since it's still allowed, I'll just use it anyway. HPFire's solely for Zong. Togekiss @ Leftovers Modest 252 HP/152 SPATK/104 SPD Nasty Plot Roost Aura Sphere Air Slash Salamence @ Life Orb Adamant 4 HP/252 ATK/252 SPD Dragon Dance Outrage Earthquake Stone Edge Yup. DDOutrage Mence. Was thinking "Jolly, max Speed/ATK, no reason to lose every matchup with opposing Salamence," but then I figured once the enemy sends their Mence in, I'll already have a DD in. Metagross @ Choice Band Adamant 252 HP/244 ATK/12 DEF ThunderPunch Meteor Mash Earthquake Explosion The old DP CBGross comes back unchanged (?) into this team. TPunch is for Gyara, while the others are standard fare. Heatran @ Choice Scarf Modest 40 HP/252 SPATK/216 SPD HP Electric Fire Blast Earth Power Dragon Pulse Suicune @ Leftovers Bold 252 HP/252 DEF/6 SPATK Rest Sleep Talk HPElectric Surf Stalking Cune. Was wondering, should I go LO Cune or SubCM Cune? This is a backup Mence counter if Weavile dies and gives a little bulk on the team; Did the calculations, and a once-DD'd Mence does 82.4% max with Outrage. |
Gyarados weak use HP Electric >>ice Beam on your cune.
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Aite. Changed.
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Yeah, get rid of something for a rapid spinner. Forrestress, Donphan, Tentacruel, or Starmie. Torkoal is an option if your brave enough to use it.
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Torkoal'd just be another SR weak...
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You may be right, and it doesn't make any sense. Seriously, it;'s Fire ROCK, so it should be neutral.
Tell that to Aerodactyl |
To counter Gyara AND Rapid Spin, Utility Starmie could come in handy (rhymes! <3)
Starmie @ Leftovers Timid 160 HP/132 SpA/218 Spe Surf Thunderbolt Recover Rapid Spin |
Just scrapped Mega for Zong with following set:
Bronzong @ Leftovers Sassy 252 HP/86 ATK/80 DEF/92 SPDEF Stealth Rock Hypnosis Earthquake Gyro Ball Dammit. How could I forget Starmie? Then again, right now, I feel like I just got hit by a fully charged Shield Breaker while trying to shield... [/end lame metaphor] If I were to use Starmie though, who'd I stick him over, Cune? |
Well, since everyone these days expects skymin on a team, you could opt for Star over it. that's just me.
Also, I do believe weavile's spot could be negotiable for my good friend and fellow fatty- Mamoswine. His Ice Shard hurts a lot more than Viles, and still beats down Skymin and DD Outrage Mence. A "bit" bulkier as well. That also takes one SR weak off of your team. |
On starmie now i generally prefer putting the sp.att evs in defense since LO Gyara smashes it to bits. >_<.
Heck i even advise using Bold Nature 252 HP / 176 DEF / 80 SPEED. <-- Outspeeds Jolly Mamoswine with this spread. |
wait sims, did you used to have torkoal on one of your much older teams? it's only fire. shame on you!
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Oh, I'm sorry! I could have sworn that it was half Rock, yet still took full damage from Stealth Rock, like Aero.
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Just made some new edits (added Mamo). Come to think of it, I have 4 freaking fire weaknesses... so I scrapped Meta for ScarfTran.
EDITS: Screw Skymin. I replaced it with your standard NP sweeping Toggy. |
I really wouldn't recommend Togekiss. It's actually fairly easy to revenge kill despite its bulk, and the new Rotom forms really really hurt it, since they're some of the only counters to it.
If you want a bulky sweeper, I think something like Celebi of the CM or LO sweeper variants would be a superior choice. |
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