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zidiane December 25th, 2013 8:27 AM

Mega Mawile Team
 
Trying to build a good Mega Mawile team, looking for some advice.

Mawile
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Sucker Punch
move 3: Fire Fang
move 4: Play Rough
item: Mawilite
ability: Intimidate
nature: Adamant
evs: 128 HP / 252 Atk / 128 Spe

Scolipede
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Protect
move 3: Spikes
move 4: Baton Pass
item: Focus Sash
ability: Sped Boost
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

Excadrill
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Brick Break
item: Assault Vest
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Adamant
evs: 160 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def

Can send out Scolipede with no entry hazards and get bare minimum +2 on spe and atk with sword dance, protect, and baton pass if they don't have priority moves. Pass to Mawile or Excadrill and try to sweep. If there's entry hazards, try to get in Excadrill and spin, then scolipede (after Excadrill dies, maybe) and pass to Mawile.

That's my basic gameplan I want to use. Any tips on other team members I should have, or other pokemon I need to look out for/take care of before I can safely set up the sweep?

PlatinumDude December 25th, 2013 5:36 PM

I don't get why Scolipede has a bulky spread. Even though Speed Boost makes its high Speed overkill, it needs a faster spread to get the jump on other opponents pre-Speed Boost:
-Megahorn
-Spikes/Toxic Spikes
-Swords Dance/Toxic Spikes
-Baton Pass/Earthquake/Rock Slide
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost

or
-Swords Dance/Iron Defense
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Nature: Timid
EVs: 248 HP/208 SDef/52 Spe
Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Speed Boost

Brick Break is redundant with Excadrill's Earthquake. It has better coverage options than that:
-Earthquake
-Iron Head/Rock Slide
-Rapid Spin
-Stealth Rock/Swords Dance
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Chople Berry/Air Balloon
Ability: Mold Breaker

or
-Earthquake
-Iron Head
-Rock Slide/Shadow Claw/X-Scissor
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf/Assault Vest
Ability: Mold Breaker

This team is weak to Fire big-time. A Water resist like Goodra, Noivern, Dragonite, Wash Rotom, Vaporeon, Greninja, etc. are good fits on the team:

Goodra:
-Draco Meteor
-Fire Blast/Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt/Sludge Bomb
-Focus Blast/Dragon Tail
Nature: Modest/Quiet
EVs: 248 HP/252 SAtk/8 SDef
Item: Choice Specs/Assault Vest
Ability: Gooey/Sap Sipper

or
-Dragon Pulse
-Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt
-Toxic/Dragon Tail
Nature: Calm/Sassy
EVs: 248 HP/8 Def/252 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Gooey/Sap Sipper

Noivern:
-Draco Meteor
-Flamethrower
-Focus Blast
-U-turn/Switcheroo/Hurricane
Nature: Naive/Timid
EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Frisk/Infiltrator

or
-Draco Meteor
-Flamethrower
-Focus Blast
-U-turn/Roost/Dragon Pulse
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Frisk/Infiltrator

Dragonite:
-Dragon Dance
-Dragon Claw/Outrage
-Extreme Speed
-Fire Punch/Thunder Punch/Earthquake
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 24 HP/252 Atk/232 Spe
Item: Lum Berry/Weakness Policy
Ability: Multiscale

Vaporeon:
-Wish
-Protect
-Scald
-Ice Beam/Toxic/Roar
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb

Wash Rotom:
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split/Rest
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/216 Def/44 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Chesto Berry

or
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split/Thunderbolt
Nature: Modest
EVs: 228 HP/60 SAtk/220 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Hidden Power (Ice)/Thunderbolt
-Trick
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

Greninja:
-Hydro Pump/Surf
-Ice Beam/Dark Pulse
-U-turn/Dark Pulse
-Hidden Power (Fire)/Grass Knot
Nature: Hasty/Naive/Timid
EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Expert Belt
Ability: Protean

or
-Spikes/Toxic Spikes
-Hydro Pump/Surf
-Ice Beam/Extrasensory/Dark Pulse
-U-turn/Taunt/Hidden Power (Fire)
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash/Life Orb

Nah December 26th, 2013 8:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PlatinumDude (Post 8004556)
I don't get why Scolipede has a bulky spread. Even though Speed Boost makes its high Speed overkill, it needs a faster spread to get the jump on other opponents pre-Speed Boost

His Scolipede has a bulky EV spread so it can survive long enough to get the boosts and then Baton Pass. He's not using it in an offensive manner. It's sole purpose is to pass boosts.

Mega Mawile doesn't reall need the stuff Scolipede Baton Passes, though. With Huge Power, max Attack EVs, an Adamant nature, its own Swords Dance, and Sucker Punch, Mega Mawile has a ****-ton of power (and a priority move to migitate its low Speed).

As Platinum pointed out, your team is currently really weak to fire. I'd say take Exacadrill off the team. It's nice, yes, but lets put a fire-resisitant spinner on your team, like Starmie or Tentacruel:

-Starmie w/Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Sp.Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Defense
Moves: Hydro Pump/Surf, Rapid Spin, Ice Beam, Psyshock/Thunderbolt

or

-Starmie w/Leftovers
Nature: Timid
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP, 32 Defense, 4 Sp.Attack, 224 Speed
Moves: Scald, Rapid Spin, Recover, Psyshock/Thunderbolt/Ice Beam


-Tentacruel w/Black Sludge
Nature: Timid
Ability: whatever floats yer boat
EVs: 248 HP, 244 Defense, 16 Speed
Moves: Rapid spin, Scald, Toxic/Toxic Spikes, Sludge Bomb

It's also not a bad idea to have something to deal with Pokemon that use Ground attacks (since Mega Mawile don't like them EQs, and ground is a very common attacking type).

Noivern, Rotom-Wash, and Vaporeon can do that fairly well. A few other things to consider might be: Gengar, MixMence, Hydreigon, Gyarados, etc.


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