INTRODUCTION:
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Well here is a team that got me to 1st on the Shoddy ladder sometime last week. It's been working wonders for me. I'm posting it here so Anti and Aquilae can call me nobber.
OVERVIEW:
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THE TEAM:
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Modest
54 HP, 240 Sp. Atk, 216 Spd
Taunt
Stealth Rock
Fire Blast
Dragon Pulse
This is a beast of a lead. Basically, Bronzong is screwed to begin with. Normally, the threat of a Choice Scarf is enough to scare away Gengar, allowing me to SR and see their Heatran counter. This loves it's resistences, and can usually get the ball rolling with SR.
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Bold
252 HP, 220 Def, 36 Spd
Grass Knot
Recover
Leech Seed
Reflect
Counter Gyarados and Swampert extrememly well. This is another fighting resist for the team, and combines well with Gyarados to form the physical walling for my team. I was originally running U-Turn, but I found I had a rather bad LO DD Gyarados weakness, so Reflect went in so I can stall it out.
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Impish
212 HP, 8 Atk, 184 Def, 106 Spd
Rest
Sleep Talk
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Basically, this switches in on resistences, and also Intimidates physical attackers. This is remarkably only 3HKO'd by Choice Band Heracross Stone Edge after Intimidate, and I can just Rest off the damage and outstall it. This new set still is only 3HKO'd by Heracross, but now outspeeds non + Tyranitar before a DD, and Garchomp after a DD.
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Calm
252 Def, 176 Sp. Def, 80 Sp. Atk
Natural Cure
Wish
Ice Beam
Thunder Wave
Seismic Toss
Obligatory Special Wall. Thunder Wave is great to halt sweepers such as Gengar and Deoxys-E. A Blissey without Seismic Toss is...lol IMO. Wish provides support to Garchomp and Alakazam, who can do with it due to subbing etc. Ice Beam means that Garchomp switching into a Thunder Wave won't get such an easy SD on the expected switch. It also keeps Dugtrio at bay.
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Jolly
252 Atk, 252 Spd, 6 HP
Swords Dance
Substitute/Fire Fang/Fire Blast
Dragon Claw
Earthquake
Simple Garchomp set. Yache hasn't seen much use lately, so Leftovers can certainly be an option, even more so if I choose to use Substitute. Pretty self explanitory.
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Timid
24 HP, 248 Sp. Atk, 236 Spd
Substitute
Psychic
Encore
Hidden Power BUG
I absolutely adore this. Basically switches into a status user. (i.e. Blissey, Cresselia) then subs. They use Thunder Wave, but Sub protects me. Usually Blissey users then proceed to try and Seismic Toss me, but I Encore their Thunder Wave, then switch in Garchomp for an easy set up. HP BUG hits Weavile, Alakazam, Celebi etc for great damage, and isn't expected. This combines very well with Garchomp, as stated previously, and is an integral part of the team, allowing me to freely switch when needed, as long as I predict correctly.
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~Current Problems/Slight Problems~
- LO DD Gyarados if Celebi is gone.
- Baton Passing Smeargle if Alakazam is gone.
- Slight SD Weavile weakness. (Can be outplayed)
- Slight Tyranitar weakness. (Can be outplayed)
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So, the team currently has a high ranking of 1st on Shoddy. Looking to improve it, and I believe it has great potential. Looking for opinions.
Regards,
~T_S