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Would Skarmory work well? It seems pretty good because the set I am looking at can set up Stealth Rock, Whirlwind hazards, and has a recovery move.
Nope Skarm is a horrible lead it loses to like all of them thanks to fire moves being omnipresent.

LOL Roserade on OU stall. 4 mixape. Infact lol any suicide lead on stall, yay lets sacrifice a team slot. :/ Sure on hyper offense they are great, otherwise lolno.

Swampert, Hippowdon etc all work and are prolly your best bets. Id aim to get up SR early in the match because sr auto nerfs powerful wall breakers like Mence and other junk like Gyarados too aswell as hitting everything. Then as the match progresses you should then stack your other layers of spikes depending on what sort of team they are and how many T-Spikes/Spikes immunities they have.
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Nope Skarm is a horrible lead it loses to like all of them thanks to fire moves being omnipresent.

LOL Roserade on OU stall. 4 mixape. Infact lol any suicide lead on stall, yay lets sacrifice a team slot. :/ Sure on hyper offense they are great, otherwise lolno.

Swampert, Hippowdon etc all work and are prolly your best bets. Id aim to get up SR early in the match because sr auto nerfs powerful wall breakers like Mence and other junk like Gyarados too aswell as hitting everything. Then as the match progresses you should then stack your other layers of spikes depending on what sort of team they are and how many T-Spikes/Spikes immunities they have.
I'll try Swampert because I don't want my lead to set up Sandstorm. Thanks for the advice.

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EDIT: Any set suggestions for lead Swampert?
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I'll try Swampert because I don't want my lead to set up Sandstorm. Thanks for the advice.

BTW D_A your new theme is full of win.

EDIT: Any set suggestions for lead Swampert?

Mixpert works well as a lead.

Swampert @ leftovers
Relaxed
240hp,216def,52spA
-EQ
-Ice beam
-Surf/Hydro Pump
-SR

This should work.
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I'll try Swampert because I don't want my lead to set up Sandstorm. Thanks for the advice.

BTW D_A your new theme is full of win.

EDIT: Any set suggestions for lead Swampert?
you might use the same set natedogg posted , you can Switch Surf/Hydro Pump to Roar so you can render DD Gyara's boost useless


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Mixpert works well as a lead.

Swampert @ leftovers
Relaxed
240hp,216def,52spA
-EQ
-Ice beam
-Surf/Hydro Pump
-SR

This should work.
Also, Roar is generally better than Surf for PHazing, racking up SR, Spikes, and TSpikes damage, and is annoying lol. Smogon is stupid for saying 240 HP EVs hit Leftovers number when 236 does. :< And, if you are using Swampert as a TTar counter, you need 252 HP / 252 Def or TTar has a chance of 2HKOing you with CB Crunch (with SR and Leftovers factored). The 52 SpA EVs don't do anything you choose to not use Hydro Pump because they are there to 2HKO Skarmory.

So, it's better if you use 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Speed if you are not using Hydro Pump.

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Why 4 Speed EV on Swampert , to outspeed other Swamperts ?
Yeah, so they don't PHaze you first (and it's just extra). You can use 16 Speed EVs to outrun Tangrowth that try to outrun Relaxed Swampert, but it gives CB TTar a chance of 2HKOing you with Crunch.
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Ok, so now that I have my lead. I need some more help. Thanks for helping me earlier by the way.
I have a Swampert lead for my stall team, and want to add Rotom-H to the mix. I was thinking a set like this:

Rotom-H @ Leftovers
252 HP / 168 Def / 88 Spe
Bold Nature
- Discharge
- Shadow Ball
- Overheat
- Will-O-Wisp

I want to use him because he is a great counter to Metagross and Scizor. He is a Pursuit weak, however.
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Hey I'm doing a Psychic mono to participate in TeamUber's mono tourneys and need a 6th team mate.

Here's the current 5 members
Bronzong, Cresselia, Girafarig, Alakazam, Gallade
I'm seriously leaning towards Starmie, but suggestions are welcome.

P.S.
I know I asked this before but I'm still locked in the Modest vs. Timid debate for a nature for my Alakazam. 405 Special Attack with Modest can really Sweep after the boost from Life Orb or Choice Specs. I ran a few google searches on the subject and someone said the only thing that Modest Zam doesn't even fear Gengar, since Timid ones are rare. What non-Scarfed Pokemon can outspeed Modest Alakazam with 252 Speed EVs?

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Hey I'm doing a Psychic mono to participate in TeamUber's mono tourneys and need a 6th team mate.

Here's the current 5 members
Bronzong, Cresselia, Girafarig, Alakazam, Gallade
I'm seriously leaning towards Starmie, but suggestions are welcome.
Girafarig? There is Azelf, Metagross, Jirachi, Latias, Celebi, etc to choose from. I would use something over Cresselia, it generally is set-up fodder for a lot stuff. :| Though, Thunder Wave could stop that some I guess.
P.S.
I know I asked this before but I'm still locked in the Modest vs. Timid debate for a nature for my Alakazam. 405 Special Attack with Modest can really Sweep after the boost from Life Orb or Choice Specs. I ran a few google searches on the subject and someone said the only thing that Modest Zam doesn't even fear Gengar, since Timid ones are rare. What non-Scarfed Pokemon can outspeed Modest Alakazam with 252 Speed EVs?
Don't do Google search, a lot of that stuff will be outdated, even a month is enough for the metagame to change.

| Gengar | Nature | Timid | 61.5 |
| Gengar | Nature | Modest | 18.8 |
| Gengar | Nature | Hasty | 12.8 |
| Gengar | Nature | Other (4) | < 2.8 |
Majority of the Gengar have Timid Nature. But, really, what KOs does Timid Alakazam miss on?

I will edit this with the Pokemon it outruns, I just need to find my reply to when you asked a long time ago.

Edit:
You outrun:
  • Timid Mismagius
  • Jolly Scarf Machamp
  • Jolly Scarf Ursaring
  • Naive Infernape (with max Speed EVs)
  • Adamant Swellow
  • Adamant Weavile
  • Timid Espeon
  • Timid Tauros
  • Timid Gengar
  • Timid Latias
  • Timid Purugly
  • Adamant Scarf Breloom
  • Adamant Scarf Metagross
  • Adamant Aerodactyl
  • Adamant/Modest Crobat
  • Modest Jolteon
  • Timid Ambipom
  • Naive/Timid Azelf
  • Timid Raikou
  • Timid Starmie

Of course, not all of them are common, but the bolded ones are.

Edit: Mean old Pokedra.

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Girafarig? There is Azelf, Metagross, Jirachi, Latias, Celebi, etc to choose from. I would use something over Cresselia, it generally is set-up fodder for a lot stuff. :|
Don't do Google search, a lot of that stuff will be outdated, even a month is enough for the metagame to change.

Majority of the Gengar have Timid Nature. But, really, what KOs does Timid Alakazam miss on?

I will edit this with the Pokemon it outruns, I just need to find my reply to when you asked a long time ago.

Edit:
Girafarig is the only Psychic that's immune to Ghost moves, and he gets Sucker Punch so he's not worried about being outsped by any Ghosts.

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I'm sick of everyone hating on my Cress, for one pokemon that it's set-up fodder for, there's two more that it completely shuts down. Reflect + Thunderwave is alot more effective than people make it out to be. She's not as bad as everyone says >:

Anyway, besides that comment, Alakazam almost always needs timid so it can max speed Infernape and other pokes with 110 base speed who run speed boosting natures. If he doesn't take advantage of his speed, Gengar and friends will may him pay =(

EDIT: Yeah, look at that list Wolflare posted, some of those pokes absolutely have to be outspeeded in order for Zam to be effective.

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I'm sick of everyone hating on my Cress, for one pokemon that it's set-up fodder for, there's two more that it completely shuts down. Reflect + Thunderwave is alot more effective than people make it out to be. She's not as bad as everyone says >:
I guess she's not that bad, just without Thunder Wave, she is set-up fodder. :P (And I edited saying with TWave, etc)

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I guess she's not that bad, just without Thunder Wave, she is set-up fodder. :P (And I edited saying with TWave, etc)
Cress also has another use... Lunar Dance. I run it and sometimes if all the Mences Dragonites and Garchomps are out play (since it's my Ice Beamer) it still has the usefulness of Lunar Dancing another Pokemon back into the game, useful when a Sweeper is close to being KOed and needs a second chance.

You may be wanting to say Garchomp is Uber so don't worry about him, but this mono team was actually originally a Suspect team, which is shown in the trainer card in my sig. We allowed one slot not of the mono type to test a certain Suspect and I chose Manaphy. Since I want this team to cross over into OU, Manaphy needs to be replaced.

Starmie? That's who I'm considering the most.

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Hey I was wondering instead of leading with a cliche set-up or TrickRachi how bout I go with an Anti-Lead?
Any suggestions for one?
This works fairly well, smacks most leads for a OHKO or 2HKO and spins away the entry hazards.

Starmie @ Life Orb
Timid Nature
6 HP / 252 SpAtk / 252 Spe
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Grass Knot
-Rapid Spin

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I'm assuming the "first lefties" is on Victory Road. The only methods I know for getting Leftovers, other than Battle Frontier, are all heavily luck-based:
-Wild Munchlax can hold them
-Pokemon above lvl 81 with the ability Pickup have a 1% chance of picking it up

A backwards way would be Pal Park, of course.
You can just ask for one in a trade, I guess.
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changes in bold, i could help more if i can have some more info (natures,evs,items)
ok thanks for the infos

manectric will be a special sweeper with max EVs on spe and spA

another question will this team be owned by a flying or a spiker like skarm or aero?
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for dragonite or a slowbro
It really depends on what you want to use them for. Look at some sets for D-Nite here, and for Slowbro here.
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how do you counter baton pass teams ?
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If you plan on double battling, would using Gastro Acid on your own Slaking be a good idea?
yes , but using Worry Seed on Slaking is a bad Idea

though Regigigas is more bulkier than Slaking thanks to its base 110 Def and base 110 SpD , so he can both hit harder and stay in the battle for a longer time ( Beware of Close Combats though )

how do you counter baton pass teams ?
use Fast Taunt user like Aerodactyl , baton bass teams can be screwed up by Taunt


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Gastro Acid negates the ability, Worry Seed makes it Insomnia. Either is fine for Slaking. I think you'll find that Regigigas' stats are not restored by removing its ability.

To counter baton pass teams, make sure to have a sturdy Roar or Whirlwind user, as they bypass Substitutes and force opponents out. Taunt only works before a sub is up, otherwise they block taunt and set up in your face.