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New allrouder team
I've been playing pokemon for a while now and only recently started online battling, realizing how much I s**k. So I'm looking to make a team from scratch for competitive battling. I have almost every game 3rd gen onwards, so getting pokemon is no problem. The only problem is that I don't know which pokemon to choose, what natures, stats to train, etc.. I've read up on IVs and EVs, so I know what they are and how to increase them. Can you guy suggest teams for single, doubles, triples, rotations or all-in-one? I don't get much time to play games, about 1~2 hours, 3 tops.
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It would be nice to have something to go on. What playstyle do you prefer (offense, bulky offense, balance, semi-stall, stall)? Do you have any interest in a particular Pokemon, or would you rather use the absolute best Pokemon available?
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I want to aviod legendarys. I think I'd go with either offense or bulky offense. What's the difference?
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So bulky offense it is. I need the defense. And I'll need item info too.
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Before deciding on items, you need to decide on which Pokemon you are going to use, as this will determine what items you would likely use.
So, with that said what pokemon do you like? or what types do you like? Do you want to stick within a specific tier? |
I'll go with any pokemon, but as I said, I want to avoid legendarys,
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It's difficult to help you with teambuilding when we have little to go off of. It helps if you at least name some specific Pokemon. We could go from there. Not only that, but its YOUR team, not ours. I could just say "use these 6 pokes like this", but where's the fun in that?
For the sake of this thread and your team, I'll start by offering up one Pokemon for your team: -Rotom Wash w/Chesto Berry Nature: Bold Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP, 248 Defense, 8 Sp.Defense Moves: Hydro Pump, Thunderbolt/Volt Switch, Will-oWisp, Rest Everyone's favorite household appliance. Yeah, everybody and their mom's mon uses it, but whatever. It fits the bulky offense theme you're going for, and it wrecks Talonflame (who is everywhere these days). You cool with that? |
Hmm, how about Golurk, Snorlax, Mandibuzz, Blastoise, Lapras, Mega Blaziken? Rotom is cool with me.
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Now we can do some work.
Let's start with Snorlax. Snorlax makes for a good Assault Vest user: -Snorlax w/Assault Vest Nature: Adamant/Careful Ability: Thick Fat EVs: 252 HP, 40 Defense, 212 Sp.Defense Moves: Body Slam/Return, Earthquake, Wild Charge, Crunch/Pursuit Something like that should work. Mandibuzz is pretty good this gen: -Mandibuzz w/Leftovers: Nature: Bold Ability: Overcoat EVs: 248 HP, 208 Defense, 52 Speed Moves: Foul Play, Toxic/Whirlwind, Roost, Taunt or -Mandibuzz w/Leftovers Nature: Bold Ability: Overcoat EVs: 252 HP, 248 Defense, 8 Sp.Defense Moves: Roost, Foul Play, Taunt, Defog You're also gonna have to pick between the 3 Water types on your list. There's little need to have more than 1 or 2 water type on a team. Rotom does have alternate forms with different typing, btw. So which water poke do you wanna go with? |
Lapras, 'cause it's ice type would be good against dragons.
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Vaporeon: -Wish -Protect -Scald -Ice Beam/Roar/Toxic Nature: Bold EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef Item: Leftovers Ability: Water Absorb Jellicent: -Scald/Shadow Ball/Night Shade -Will-o-Wisp/Toxic -Recover -Taunt Nature: Bold EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef Item: Leftovers or -Scald -Shadow Ball/Ice Beam -Will-o-Wisp -Recover Nature: Calm EVs: 248 HP/36 Def/224 SDef Item: Leftovers Ability: Water Absorb or -Water Spout -Hydro Pump/Surf/Scald -Shadow Ball -Ice Beam/Giga Drain Nature: Modets EVs: 172 HP/252 SAtk/84 Spe Item: Choice Specs Ability: Water Absorb Clawitzer: -Water Pulse -Aura Sphere -Ice Beam/Dragon Pulse -Dark Pulse/U-turn Nature: Modest EVs: 164 HP/252 SAtk/92 Spe Item: Life Orb/Choice Specs Tentacruel: -Scald -Sludge Bomb -Rapid Spin -Toxic/Knock Off Nature: Bold EVs: 252 HP/224 Def/32 Spe Item: Black Sludge Ability: Liquid Ooze Mega Blastoise: -Water Pulse/Scald -Dark Pulse -Aura Sphere/Ice Beam -Rapid Spin Nature: Modest EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef Item: Blastoisinite Gyarados: -Dragon Dance -Waterfall -Earthquake -Bite/Stone Edge/Substitute Nature: Adamant EVs: 32 HP/252 Atk/224 Spe Item: Gyaradosite Ability: Intimidate or -Substitute/Taunt -Dragon Dance -Waterfall -Bounce/Earthquake Nature: Adamant EVs: 120 HP/64 Atk/100 Def/224 Spe Item: Leftovers Ability: Intimidate or -Rest -Sleep Talk -Waterfall -Roar/Dragon Tail Nature: Impish EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef Item: Leftovers Ability: Intimidate Gastrodon -Scald -Earthquake/Earth Power -Ice Beam/Toxic -Recover Nature: Relaxed/Bold EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef Item: Leftovers Ability: Storm Drain Azumarill: -Waterfall -Aqua Jet -Play Rough -Superpower Nature: Adamant EVs: 212 HP/252 Atk/44 Spe Item: Choice Band Ability: Huge Power or -Belly Drum -Aqua Jet -Play Rough -Waterfall/Superpower Nature: Adamant EVs: 92 HP/252 Atk/164 Spe Item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Huge Power or -Aqua Jet -Play Rough -Power-Up Punch -Waterfall/Knock Off Nature: Adamant EVs: 16 HP/252 Atk/240 SDef Item: Assault Vest Ability: Huge Power |
What team you build is also dependent on what tier or format you choose to battle in. The 'mon you picked are all over the place in tiers. For singles, I believe Mega Blaziken is banned to Ubers. Mandibuzz and Golurk I believe still reside in NU. The others, I haven't the vaguest idea but I think they're scattered between the middle tiers. (Okay, I don't know any of them but point still stands.)
When it comes to doubles, especially VGC doubles, the general idea is to forget everything you've learned from Smogon singles. The strategy, team building, everything is pretty different. Since you said you have only a few hours to play, I highly suggest you sit down and take some serious thought about what format you would like to focus on. Spreading what little time you have across anything and everything is inefficient and it's easy to get overwhelmed. |
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The point still stands. Playing around with a mixed team like that, it's difficult for a new battler to stand a chance in Ubers, which is where he'd be relegated to thanks to Mega Blaziken. Unless Blaziken got dropped to OU... which will still be troublesome.
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I'll prefer a singles team
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Are you playing in-game WiFi, or Pokemon Showdown?
IV breeding is time consuming, not as much as previous gens, but still it took me 10 hours to get a perfect Mandibuzz. IVs aren't as important as Strategy and Knowing the Meta Game. Ignore IVs for the moment. If you play Showdown, on a computer, you can just plug in the numbers and fight. You can learn and experiment much faster there. only down side the graphics are dated. |
In game Wi-Fi battles in battlespot. And how do you get a Vollaby in the first place? Other than friend safari, of course
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Only way to get a Vullaby is via a Friend Safari. Or you could go to the Trade Plaza here and ask for one in the X/Y Quick Trade thread.
EDIT: ah, ninja'd. |
Okay, so I'll need Zekrom's friend safari. And what all types should I have in team? Again, I like singles only, so that's my preference. And I'm gonna play on Battle Spot, against my friends and maybe in the battle seasons.
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lol, I totally forgot that my Safari has Vullabies in it even though though it says that in my sig which is in ever post I post I make. Guess I pay too much attention to Junko's face, and lots of people have wanted my safari for Crawdaunt and/or Sableye.
My FC is 0619-4178-0907. In game name is Stella. Add me and post your FC. I'll add you back tomorrow (I'm gonna be at college aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall day and don't have my 3DS on me). And all the pokemon info we've given you so far is for singles. |
Can someone tell me the the various pokemon types I should include in my team?
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Types, as in Water, Fire, etc, or types as in roles likes sweeper, tank, etc?
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The former, so that I'll be prepared against any type match-up
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