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Trying to Make a Team for Battle Spot
Hi, I'm pretty new to PvP Pokemon battling, but I wanted to try playing some Battle Spot singles and see how I do. Below is a team I came up with. I started with Chansey, Gyarados (mega), and Talonflame as my core that I plan to usually pick and then based my next 3 picks on Pokemon that would deter my opponent from using Pokemon types that would counter my core Pokemon. Feedback is appreciated! :)
Chansey @ Eviolite Ability: Natural Cure EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Bold Nature - Seismic Toss - Soft-Boiled - Thunder Wave - Minimize Gyarados @ Gyaradosite Ability: Intimidate EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Ice Fang - Earthquake - Waterfall - Dragon Dance Talonflame @ Choice Band Ability: Gale Wings EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Brave Bird - Flare Blitz - Roost - Will-O-Wisp Garchomp @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Rough Skin EVs: 240 HP / 176 Def / 92 Spe Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Dragon Tail - Fire Blast Camerupt @ Charcoal Ability: Solid Rock Level: 50 EVs: 248 HP / 176 SpD / 84 Spe Calm Nature - Flamethrower - Earth Power - Protect - Heat Wave Gardevoir @ Gardevoirite Ability: Trace Level: 50 EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Modest Nature - Hyper Voice - Psyshock - Focus Blast - Will-O-Wisp |
Vanilla Camerupt is outclassed by its Mega counterpart because the former is slow and frail, a bad combination. Just putting this out there. There are better Ground Pokemon to be using in Battle Spot, like Gliscor, Excadrill, Rhyperior, and Therian Landorus:
Gliscor: -Substitute -Protect -Earthquake -Toxic/Guillotine Nature: Impish EVs: 228 HP/68 Def/212 Spe Item: Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal or -Swords Dance -Earthquake -Knock Off/Facade -Roost Nature: Careful EVs: 252 HP/196 SDef/60 Spe Item: Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Excadrill: -Earthquake -Iron Head -Rock Slide -Horn Drill/Fissure Nature: Adamant/Jolly EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Item: Choice Scarf Ability: Mold Breaker Rhyperior: -Earthquake -Stone Edge/Rock Blast -Ice Punch/Megahorn -Horn Drill/Megahorn Nature: Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 SDef Item: Assault Vest Ability: Solid Rock Therian Landorus: -Stealth Rock -Earthquake -Stone Edge/Rock Slide/Knock Off -U-turn Nature: Impish EVs: 252 HP/240 Def/8 SDef/8 Spe Item: Leftovers/Rocky Helmet or -Stealth Rock -Earthquake -Stone Edge/Knock Off -U-turn/Explosion Nature: Adamant/Jolly EVs: 72 HP/252 Atk/184 Spe Item: Soft Sand/Earth Plate/Focus Sash or -Earthquake -Stone Edge -Knock Off/Superpower/Explosion -U-turn Nature: Jolly EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Choice Scarf The negative priority of Dragon Tail makes Garchomp's good Speed rather moot when using said move. Outrage/Dragon Claw/Dual Chop should be the Dragon STAB on offensive Garchomp sets: -Outrage -Earthquake -Stealth Rock/Swords Dance -Rock Tomb/Dragon Claw/Fire Blast Nature: Jolly/Naive EVs; 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Item: Lum Berry/Focus Sash/Rocky Helmet Ability: Rough Skin or -Outrage -Earthquake -Dragon Claw/Dual Chop -Rock Slide/Stone Edge/Fire Fang Nature: Jolly EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Item: Choice Band/Choice Scarf or -Swords Dance -Outrage -Earthquake -Stone Edge/Dual Chop/Draco Meteor/Fire Blast Nature: Jolly/Naive EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Item: Life Orb/Lum Berry Roost is a waste of a moveslot on Choiced Talonflame, IMO. U-turn should be used over it to let Talonflame scout attacks: -Flare Blitz -Brave Bird -U-turn -Will-o-Wisp/Sleep Talk/Tailwind Nature: Adamant EVs: 44 HP/244 Atk/220 Spe Item: Choice Band Ability: Gale Wings Gyarados gained Crunch in OR/AS. It should be using it over Earthquake or Ice Fang, preferably the latter. Mega Gardevoir has good Speed, and maxing out its HP kind of wastes that away. Just stick to max Special Attack/max Speed to make the most out of said Speed. |
pretty solid team, but Camerupt doesn't need heat wave and flamethrower, only one fire move is good enough.
also, choice band is bad on a Talon that has non attacking moves. If you want extra power, life orb is good but it will really add up with recoil from brave-blitz (that should be a move!). Personally I'd recomend swords dance Talonflame, where you replace wisp with SD. Minimize is fun when it works, but Chansey works best as a cleric. I can't tell you how many times a chansey or vaporeon with heal bell can change the battle, usually by freeing up a pokemon that was burned or paralysed to sweep again. Also, you really should make a choice between which megas you are going to use. I know some people like to choose which mega they will use in battle, but the other pokemon becomes a lot weaker. |
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