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Battling Roles
Pokemon Battle Roles
Every pokemon on a team needs has a role in battle. So, I might as well list on how many their are exactly. I will list which pokemon are common on regular teams and such. With the new release of D/P, I have seen much discussion on battle roles and more. Anyway, please refer to navigation to see what is what. Navigation Code:
Every pokemon has a role as said before. And are important and such. A list of tiers can be found here. (here hasn't been linkified yet because tiers have not been made) Physical Sweeper Physical Sweepers are pokemon that use physical moves to crush the opponent. They also are known for using attack enhancing attacks. Attacks such as Swords Dance and Dragon Dance. They also are supposed to be fast. Fast physical sweepers can outspeed pokemon and beat them after a Swords Dance. Here is an example of a Physical Sweeper. Garchomp @ Life Orb Nature: Jolly Trait: Sand Veil EV Spread: 6 HP / 252 ATK / 252 SPD -Fire Fang -Dragon Claw -Swords Dance -Earthquake Garchomp is an excellent and speedy physical sweeper all together. Life Orb boosts the sweeping ability along with Swords Dance. His movepool is also filled with physical attacks, and EV spread is based on atk and spd. Jolly nature, which increases Speed and decreases Sp. Attack makes the physical sweeper even faster. Special Sweeper Special Sweepers are like physical sweepers, just special attacks. So, i'm sure you know the drill. They also are supposed to be fast, and use enhancing techniques such as Calm Mind and Nasty Plot. Azelf @ Life Orb Nature: Timid/Modest Trait: Levitate EV Spread: 6 HP / 252 SP. ATK / 252 SPD -Grass Knot -Flamethrower -Psychic -Nasty Plot Azelf is a common special sweeping monster. It's EV Spread of course is all put into sp. atk and speed. It's nature can be timid or modest. Weather you want it faster or more powerful in special sweeping. Nasty Plot also makes it easier for Azelf to sweep teams with it's Special Sweeping power. Physical Tank Physical Tanks are made to absorb physical attacks such as Earthquake. They take hits, throw hits to common predators, and heal themselves. They also sometimes support the team. Cresselia @ Leftovers Nature: Bold Trait: Levitate EV Spread: 252 HP / 200 Def / 52 Sp. Def -Reflect -Ice Beam -Moonlight -Thunder Wave Made to wall physical sweepers. Set up reflect and absorbs them. Also takes in special sweepers every so often. Ice beam takes on salamence and garchomp. Thunder Wave allows you to outspeed your competition, or enemies, that try to attack you. Their are many other physical sweepers also Special Tank Specials tanks of course absorb special attack. One paticular pink pokemon is definitely used alot as a special tank. Blissey @ Leftovers Nature: Bold Trait: Natural Cure EV Spread: Dunno -Seismic Toss -Softboiled -Thunder Wave / Ice Beam / Aromatherapy -Thunder Wave / Ice Beam / Aromatherapy Blissey - one of the most common special walls ever made. It walls many special sweepers out their. It also can heal it self. Not to mention stop enemies with thunder wave. Pseudo Hazer Pokemon that use roar or whirlwind to make pokemon to get forced out. They counter pokemon that have been powered exceptionally boosted by attacks, or more things. Suicune @ Leftovers Nature: Bold Trait: Pressure EV Spread: (Don't Remember Exactly) -Roar -Surf -Calm Mind -Rest This calm minds. It also roars away pokemon that are using moves such as dragon dance and swords dance. Also eliminates pokemon with surf as well. Rest heals it. Hazer Hazers use the move haze to eliminate any stat changes, much related to pseudo hazers, just that they use the move haze rather than a roar or whirlwind attack. The different between the 2 moves can be found here. Weezing with haze <_< That was the example. I never have used a hazer, so weezing with haze is pretty much I could come up with. Baton Passer Baton Passers use their ultimate attack boosting moves (swords dance, dragon dance, agility) and using the attack baton pass, which passes on stat changes. Ninjask @ Leichi Berry Nature: Adamant Trait: Speed Boost EV Spread: 6 HP / 252 ATK / 252 SPD -Aerial Ace/X Scissor -Swords Dance -Substitute -Baton Pass Ninjask is a good baton passer. Seeing how speed boost raises your speed each move, you could substitute - not taking damage from the opponent, and getting a speed boost. Substitute low enough, and leichi berry comes and gives a boost. Swords Dance also helps, and then you baton pass all the stat changes to your sweeper. Spiker Spikers have the ability to spike opponents teams. Spikes inflict damage on any pkoemon switched on. Their are 3 spikes: Spikes: Inflicts Most Damage (Does not inflict damage on flying pokemon) Stealth Rock: Inflicts Damage, inflicts more damage on flying pokemon Toxic Spikes: Poisons Pokemon (3 layers = toxic poisoning) Skarmory @ Leftovers Nature: Impish Trait: Keen Eyes EV Spread: ??? -Spikes/Stealth Rock -Roar -Drill Peck -Roost Skarmory is an excellent spiker. :O Wish Passer Passes Wishes to other pokemon on your team. Healing them as well. Usually have protect to heal themselves when they need it. Vaporeon @ Leftovers Nature: Bold Trait: Water Absorb EV Spread: ??? -Ice Beam -Surf -Wish -Protect Wish heals. Protect for when vappy has weak damage. Supporter Supports the team with status effects against the opponent, wish heals, and much more. Cresselia @ Leftovers Nature: Bold Trait: Levitate EV Spread: ??? -Reflect -Thunder Wave -Ice Beam -Moonlight / Lunar Dance Set up reflects and paralyze opponents to help your team out in numerous ways! Choice Bander/Specer Choice banders use the item Choice Band to induce extreme damage against the opponent. Choice specs does the same exact thing, just special attack instead of physical. Tyranitar @ Choice Band Nature: Adamant Trait: Sand Stream EV Spread: 60 HP / 252 Atk / 196 Spd -Crunch -Earthquake -Stone Edge -Pursuit/Elemental Fang Extremely powerful CB'er here. Crunch and Stone Edge get extreme power from STAB. When forcing a switch, pursuit to do more damage. An elemental fang will also hurt the opponent badly. Ice Fang is reccomended out of the 3. Reversaler Reversalers often use the move reversal to enduce powerful hits. Usually have the move endure or the item focus sash equiped. Lucario @ Focus Sash Nature: Adamant Trait: Steadfast EV's: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP -Reversal -Endure -Stone Edge -Close Combat Endure just in case focus sash doesn't kick in for 1 HP. Then Reversal away. SE and CCombat both do damage as well do things like gyarados and etc. Sleep Talker A pokemon that goes to sleep and attacks using the move sleep talk - which allows you to attack while asleep. [email protected] - Rest - Thunderbolt - Hidden Power [Ice] - Sleep Talk Subseeder A pokemon who uses substitute and leech seed in synch. Here is a quote from Shadowknight32 (or tek): Quote:
A substitute using focus punching. Quote from Tek/Shadowknight32: Quote:
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oooh. very interesting..
and very helpful at that... i usually just go with the flow of the battle, xD |
No problem, just helping out the community.
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Suicune EV spread...
252 HP / 252 Sp.Def / 4 Def Lucario @ Salac Berry Nature: Adamant Trait: Steadfast EV's: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP -Reversal -Endure -Stone Edge -Close Combat Skarmory EV spread.. 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Sp.Def Blissey EV spread... 252 Hp/252 Def/6 SAtk Fear the teh max Defense > : O Interesting thread with effort you have made. |
Thanks for spreads. Heh, i made this a while ago at Mewtwo Academy.
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