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Yet Another Comp. Team
Hey guys, Zylas here. I've just made another competitive battle team, and I'd like your guys' opinion. Its a simple OU team with a Sandstorm lead, 2 Physical Sweepers, 2 Special Sweepers/a Rapid Spinner, and a Tank/Annoyer. Here it is:
Tyranitar: @Focus Sash Ability - Sandstream *Mild* Moveset ~ Crunch Fire Blast Ice Beam Stealth Rock EVs= 252 Sp. Atk; 252 Spd; 4 Atk Jellicent: @Leftovers Ability - Water Absorb *Bold* Moveset ~ Scald Toxic Recover Taunt EVs= 248 HP; 216 Def; 44 Spe Scizor: @Choice Band Ability - Technician *Adamant* Moveset ~ U-Turn Bullet Punch Superpower Pursuit EVs= 248 HP; 252 Atk; 8 Sp. Def Lucario: @ Life Orb Ability - Inner Focus *Adamant* Moveset ~ Swords Dance Close Combat ExtremeSpeed Ice Punch EVs= 252 Atk; 252 Spe; 4 HP Starmie: @Leftovers Ability - Natural Cure *Timid* Moveset ~ Surf Thunderbolt Ice Beam Rapid Spin EVs= 252 Sp. Atk; 252 Spe; 4 Sp. Def Alakazam: @Focus Sash Ability - Magic Guard *Timid* Moveset ~ Psyshock Focus Blast Signal Beam Hidden Power Ice EVs= 252 Sp. Atk; 252 Spe; 4 HP I feel like I have a distinct weakness to dark with Jellicent, Starmie, and Alakazam. Help? |
Hrm, a "smogon team", eh? Summarizing my thoughts:
1) Is Tyranitar a special sweeper or a tank? If it's a sweeper, it must have Spe, not SpD. If it's a Tank, it must have some HP and some physical attacks... 2) Yes, your team is pooped with Dark-type moves. Sucker Punch is your bane and is something even your Speed-based sweepers cannot trump. So yeah, this could easily take down 3 of your pokemon. IMO, that's not much of a problem. Sucker Punch is very rare in OU. Could only think of Dugtrio or Latias using it. In any case, you may easily replace Jellicent with a different tank/annoyer. Some good alternatives are Ferrothorn and Gastrodon. As for Starmie/Alakazam, fair choices are Latias, Jolteon, or Jirachi. Edit: Your current team's pretty pooped against the very common Garchomp, btw.. |
Ferrothorn or Celebi are good fits on the team if you're having trouble with Jellicent and Starmie:
Ferrothorn: -Spikes/Stealth Rock -Leech Seed/Stealth Rock -Power Whip/Leech Seed/Protect -Gyro Ball/Thunder Wave Nature: Relaxed EVs: 252 HP/48 Def/208 SDef Item: Leftovers/Shed Shell Celebi: -Giga Drain/Psychic -U-turn -Recover -Perish Song/Thunder Wave/Stealth Rock Nature: Calm EVs: 252 HP/236 SDef/20 Spe Item: Leftovers or -Leaf Storm -Earth Power/Psychic/Hidden Power (Fire) -Thunder Wave/U-turn -Recover Nature: Modest EVs: 60 HP/252 SAtk/196 Spe Item: Life Orb/Leftovers or -Nasty Plot -Giga Drain -Earth Power/Hidden Power (Fire) -Psychic/Recover/Hidden Power (Ice) Nature: Timid EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe Item: Leftovers/Life Orb or -Leaf Storm -Hidden Power (Ice/Fire) -Earth Power/Psychic -U-turn/Trick Nature: Timid EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe Item: Choice Scarf |
I agree that Celebi should be on your team, as your team may have trouble taking on Ground and Electric-types as well as Jellicent. A setup special sweeper set might be the most handy here.
-Nasty Plot -Giga Drain -Earth Power -Psychic/Recover Nature: Timid EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe Item: Leftovers/Life Orb |
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