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My First Attempt at a Competitive Team!
So, after learning all about IV's and EV's (and my whole team getting thrashed by my friend's single EV trained Hydreigon), I have decided to give some competitive battling a try!
Here is my team so far.... They are mostly based on my fav Pokémon and would like to keep it that way. But I would be willing to swap Galvantua for another Pokémon if a better one would work better with my team. I am also sick of trying to get a perfect IV'd team, so I am looking to sacrifice 1 IV Stat for each member, so if someone could tell me which IV my Pokémon could do without. Any advice would be greatly appreciated ! Pyroar (M) @ Life Orb Ability: Rivalry EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Hyper Voice - Fire Blast - Dark Pulse - Will-O-Wisp Empoleon (M) @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature - Surf - Flash Cannon - Ice Beam - Scald Galvantula (F) @ Focus Sash Ability: Compound Eyes EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Sticky Web - Thunder - Bug Buzz - Thunder Wave Dragonite (F) @ Weakness Policy Ability: Multiscale EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Dragon Claw - Thunder Punch - Dragon Dance - Extreme Speed Gallade @ Galladite Ability: Justified EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Psycho Cut - Swords Dance - Close Combat - Shadow Sneak Chesnaught (M) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Bulletproof EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish Nature - Wood Hammer - Spiky Shield - Spikes - Leech Seed Thank you! :) |
I'm just putting this out there, but Pyroar is badly outclassed by other Fire Pokemon like Talonflame, Heatran, both Charizard formes, and even Volcarona. For one, Pyroar's move pool is very shallow, and its abilities aren't that good. Rivalry is inconsistent, and berries are rather uncommon for Unnerve to be worth using. Moxie is a good ability, true, but it's wasted on a special attacker like Pyroar. No other comments, except for these.
Empoleon is a Pokemon that uses its support move pool to good effect, so Assault Vest isn't a good item on it, IMO. Defensive sets should carry Stealth Rock, as it's a very important entry hazard to have in competitive play: -Scald -Roar -Toxic/Stealth Rock -Defog/Stealth Rock Nature: Calm EVs: 248 HP/8 Def/252 SDef Item: Leftovers/Chople Berry Ability: Torrent Outside of Gyarados or Azumarill, Thunder Punch doesn't let Gyarados hit anything noteworthy. It would much rather have Earthquake or Fire Punch to hit Steel Pokemon harder. It's true that Weakness Policy works well with Multiscale, but Dragonite may be baited to take a neutral hit with Multiscale intact first, then be finished off with a super effective hit: -Dragon Dance -Outrage -Earthquake/Fire Punch -Extreme Speed Nature: Adamant EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe Item: Lum Berry Ability: Multiscale Zen Headbutt > Psycho Cut on Mega Gallade. The extra power and flinch chance helps. It's also still decently accurate. And just putting this out there, but this team will get wrecked by Talonflame, given its immunity to Sticky Web and frailty of most of your team members. Wash Rotom or Therian Landorus check/counter it well, while Thundurus can annoy it with Thunder Wave: Wash Rotom: -Volt Switch -Hydro Pump -Will-o-Wisp -Pain Split/Rest Nature: Bold EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 Spe Item: Leftovers/Chesto Berry 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 Thundurus: -Thunderbolt -Hidden Power (Ice)/Grass Knot -Focus Blast/Grass Knot -Thunder Wave Nature: Timid EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe Item: Life Orb/Leftovers Ability: Prankster or -Nasty Plot -Thunderbolt -Hidden Power (Ice)/Grass Knot -Focus Blast/Thunder Wave Nature: Timid EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe Item: Life Orb/Leftovers Ability: Prankster |
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