5th Gen Battle Subway and Wifi Teams

Started by Cohacq March 29th, 2011 7:28 AM
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Male
Örebro, sweden
Seen October 1st, 2018
Posted July 23rd, 2011
28 posts
13.4 Years
Lets have a thread about our BS teams, as there is one for DPPT.

I have:
Terrakion
Stone Edge
Earthquake
Sacred Sword
Swords Dance

Starmie
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Surf
Thunder

Volcarona
Quiver Dance
Heat Wave
Bug Buzz
Fly (I use Volc for flying outside the subway, and I know it's a far from optimal move)
Male
Seen February 18th, 2013
Posted May 15th, 2012
109 posts
13.2 Years
Team 1 Sandstorm
Ttar @ Leftovers
Sandstream
Jolly
-Crunch
-DDance
-Stone Edge
-Aqua Tail

Excadrill @ Balloon
Sand Rush
Jolly
-Equake
-X-Scissor
-Swords Dance
-Drill Run

Archeops
Defeatist
Jolly
-Acrobatics
-Equake
-Stone Edge
-Dragon Claw

Sometimes ill replace Balloon with Life Orb on Excadrill and Scarf my Arch and replace Acrobatics with U-turn and place him in lead then scout with U-turn and come in on an Electric/Fire move with Ttar to start the sand storm like that and set up a DDance. ALL the pokemon in this team can check anything but Bulky Water Types
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Male
Somewhere on the earth
Seen December 20th, 2015
Posted May 15th, 2015
247 posts
12.8 Years
My Teams going to be

Arcanine
Flare Blitz
Wild Charge
Double Kick
Fire Fang

Flygon
Dragon Claw
Fire Blast
Draco Meteor
Earthquake

Lucario
Aura Sphere
Psychic
Extreme Speed
Calm Mind
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Boarbeque

Deep Voiced Nerd

Age 29
Male
Star, Idaho
Seen March 6th, 2016
Posted January 16th, 2013
166 posts
12.9 Years
I actually used an ingame team for this rather an EV trained one like most people.

I used Darmanitan, Archeops, Sawsbuck.

Darmanitan (Jolly) Life Orb
Earthquake
Flare Blitz
Rock Slide
Brick Break

Archeops (Jolly) Expert Belt
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Acrobatics
Crunch

Sawsbuck (Jolly) Big Root
Jump Kick
Horn Leech
Wild Charge
Megahorn

Darmanitan and Archeops are very similar to eachother and I have both of them just for safety reasons. Things Darmanitan and Sawsbuck cant handle, for example: Simipour, my Archeops can.
Male
Edmonton (UTC -6)
Seen August 6th, 2011
Posted August 6th, 2011
342 posts
12.8 Years
Though I have not gotten a great win streak, I love how:

Unnerve Galvantula

...performs. Keeping berries from being eaten was so nice.

Swords Dance Sturdy Skarmory is yet another that did me well, while it was alive.

Erufuun

apple bunny lover <3

Age 30
Texas
Seen October 26th, 2011
Posted October 7th, 2011
312 posts
12.6 Years
Well, I have actually been planning one for awhile! <3

Erufuun @ Leftovers
252 Def/ 252 Spl Def / 6 HP
Bold/Impish Nature
Prankster
-Leech Seed
-Substitute
-Protect
-Taunt/StunSpore

Volcanora @ Lum Berry
252 Spl Att/ 252 Spd/ 6 Spl Def
Modest Nature
Flame Body
-Quiver Dance
-Bug Buzz
-Fiery Dance
-HP Rock/Hurricane

Cloyster @ Focus Sash
252 Att/ 200 Spd/ 58 Spl Att
Naughty
Skill Link
-Icicle Spear
-Rock Blast
-Hydro Pump
-Shell Smash




Think it would work? :3


Male
London
Seen February 21st, 2020
Posted December 8th, 2019
182 posts
13.7 Years
I just recently beat the subway master in the double battles, my team was:

Krookodile
EQ
Crunch
Dragon Claw
Bulk up

Samurott
Waterfall
Ice Beam
Megahorn
Protect

Haxorus
Dragon Claw
Brick Break
EQ
Protect

Galvantula
Thunder
Bug Buzz
Sucker Punch
Protect

Stuck protect on all of them so that Krookodile could EQ freely without damaging my own pokemon. It wasn't a well thought up team I just put a group of my pokemon together and hoped for the best, I'm trying to grind to get the EV boosting items at the moment so I can start EV training.

Currently planning a rain dance team, will post that up here if it has any success.
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Age 27
Male
Lake charles, Louisiana
Seen December 21st, 2016
Posted December 21st, 2016
77 posts
12.8 Years
I've been winning with a really unorthodox team:

Tauros 252 speed/252 atk/ 4 hp
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Zen Headbutt
Double-edge

Primeape 252 atk/speed
Punishment
Stone edge
Ariel ace
Close Combat

Jynx 8 hp/248 sp.atk/252 speed

ice beam
Nasty plot
Lovely kiss
Substitute
U mad?

Herp Derp


Age 30
Male
Pesaro, Italy (GMT +1)
Seen January 23rd, 2017
Posted December 15th, 2016
684 posts
13.1 Years
Try to defeat this.


@ Leftovers
Nature: Sassy
Trait: Iron Thorns
EVs: 252 HP/60 Def/196 SpDef
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Rest
- Ingrain


@ Choice Scarf
Nature: Modest
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP/252 SpAtk/252 Spd
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Energy Ball


@ Life Orb
Nature: Jolly
Trait: Rivalry
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
- Dragon Dance
- Dual Chop
- Brick Break
- Attract
3DS Friend Code: 1864-9474-4763 (Matthew)
X/Y Safari Zone: Ice-type, Snover/Bergmite/Dewgong

Emblems awarded so far



Alola Rotomdex completion: 294/301

Currently looking for: Politoed, Weavile and Lunala Dex entries.
Male
London
Seen February 21st, 2020
Posted December 8th, 2019
182 posts
13.7 Years
Try to defeat this.


@ Leftovers
Nature: Sassy
Trait: Iron Thorns
EVs: 252 HP/60 Def/196 SpDef
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Rest
- Ingrain


@ Choice Scarf
Nature: Modest
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP/252 SpAtk/252 Spd
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Energy Ball


@ Life Orb
Nature: Jolly
Trait: Rivalry
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
- Dragon Dance
- Dual Chop
- Brick Break
- Attract
How far have you got with this team? Do you do double battles as well?
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Age 30
Male
Pesaro, Italy (GMT +1)
Seen January 23rd, 2017
Posted December 15th, 2016
684 posts
13.1 Years
How far have you got with this team? Do you do double battles as well?
Nope, I still have to try those.
For now, I'm done with Normal and Super Single Battles.
I'm building up some Pokès as 4th member for Doubles.

Here are some of them:


@ Leftovers
Nature: Adamant
Trait: Sand Rush
EVs: 128 HP/252 Atk/128 Spd
- Swords Dance
- Sandstorm
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide


@ Wide Lens
Nature: Careful
Trait: Shed Skin
EVs: 252 HP/252 SpDef/4 Spd
- Bulk Up
- High Jump Kick
- Payback
- Rest


@ Black Sludge
Nature: Timid
Trait: Stench
EVs: 4 HP/252 SpAtk/252 Spd
- Venoshock
- Rock Polish
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic Spikes
3DS Friend Code: 1864-9474-4763 (Matthew)
X/Y Safari Zone: Ice-type, Snover/Bergmite/Dewgong

Emblems awarded so far



Alola Rotomdex completion: 294/301

Currently looking for: Politoed, Weavile and Lunala Dex entries.

Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
I've played a few ranked matches on WFC (single battle only), and so far I have yet to come across a really great team given that one is limited to only three Pokemon. If you play WFC, have you found a combination of three you really like? If so, post it here.
Well, rather than having three threads covering teams, I decided to merge this with the battle subway team thread and rename it so that it can apply to wifi teams, too. And in general for in-game team posting, we have the "what is your team?" thread.

Impo

Playhouse Pokemon

Male
Earth
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted December 7th, 2021
2,456 posts
13.3 Years
As soon as there is a way to get a DW Snivy, and I clarify if you can breed egg moves with DW Abilites, I want to try this team out;


Swellow @ Choice Band
Adamant. Scrappy.
4HP|252Atk|252Spd
Return
U-Turn
Brave Bird
Whirlwind

Basically with Scrappy available, I can hit ghosts and everything. This is my main attacking move, with U-Turn for scouting and Brave Bird for STAB. Whirlwind for phasing, if I must. Of course, this movepool is rather bad, and if I encounter steels or rocks I have to switch to Alakazam.


Alakazam @ Expert Belt/Psychic Gem
Modest. Magic Guard.
4HP|252SpAtk|252Spd
Psyshock
Psychic
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast

Well, I think it's self explanatory. Psyshock and Psychic for STAB, and in case I cross a Blissey. Shadow Ball for any Ghosts, and Focus Blast for steels and rocks, as my Swellow can't take them.


Serperior @ Leftovers/Big Root
Bold. Contrary.
252HP|252SpAtk|4Spd
Leaf Storm
Giga Drain
Hidden Power [Water]
Leech Seed

With the ability Contrary, all stat changes are reversed. This allows for a +2 Sp Atk increase whenever I use Leaf Storm. Taking that to my advantage, Giga Drain and Leech Seed for survivability, and HP [Water] for Fire types.

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I'll probably have some big flaws, though
Age 32
Female
Seen March 27th, 2017
Posted October 4th, 2015
75 posts
12.2 Years
Currently I've been using this team for the Subway and it has been pretty successful.

Sigilyph
Item: Rocky Helmet | Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid | EVs: 252 Spd (Haven't trained him for HP yet; needed the power item.)

Moves:
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Psycho Shift
- Roost


Only partially EV trained, his HP EVs will be worked on now that I have the Power Weight. I still have to save up for a Flame Orb however. He's been doing really good despite this but the Subway likes to troll me with Dark-types and Pokemon with Sturdy.

Chandelure
Item: Brightpowder | Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest | EVs: 252 SpAtk / 252 Spd

Moves:
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Energy Ball
- Pain Split


Barely anything can survive a hit from her and if they do, they're usually left at critical health. I still need to get a better item for her but I still have to save up for a lot of things.

Mienshao
Item: Wide Lens | Ability: Regenerator
Nature: Jolly | EVs: Don't know. She was part of my in-game team.

Moves:
- U-Turn
- Rock Slide
- Aerial Ace
- Hi Jump Kick


Pretty useful even though she's not EV trained. She takes care of the Dark-types that try to harm my Sigilyph. Wide Lens is pretty nice for Rock Slide and Hi Jump Kick too as it increases the accuracy from a 10% chance of missing to a 1% chance. Once my Scrafty is EV trained I'll use him in her place.

I finally got to fight the Subway Master for the first time with these three, and won (mostly thanks to my Chandelure). Now I can buy a Power Weight and finish EV training my Sigilyph to be even more successful.
Age 31
Female
Partyin' wit Segata Sanshiro
Seen March 1st, 2013
Posted November 23rd, 2012
532 posts
12.1 Years
Double Battles, I have:


item: Razor Claw/Fist plate
Nature: Hardy
Moves: Thunderbolt, Brick Break, Psychic, Shadow Ball

and


Item: Lustrous Orb
Nature: Timid
Moves: Earthquake, Strength, Surf (to be replaced), Dragon Pulse

These ladies get the job done XD

Impo

Playhouse Pokemon

Male
Earth
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted December 7th, 2021
2,456 posts
13.3 Years
Well, I found something almost broken. I'm planning to use it in the Battle Subway. I guess I'll put a full analysis here:
Oh, and did I mention it needs sandstorm?


Aron @ Shell Bell Lvl 1
Adamant. Sturdy.
0HP|0DEF|0SPDEF IV's
Endeavor
Protect
Tackle
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Sturdy works differently in Gen 5, now protecting said Pokemon from getting OHKO'd from any attack. With that in mind, after the first attack Aron can Endeavor his opponents down to 1HP, then refill his health with its Shell Bell. Rinse and repeat. Protect is there if you suspect fake outs or something else. Just filling up move slots, really.

It's partners should be something that help its Ghost weakness. And a Tyranitar/Hippowdon for Sand Stream.

There are a list of counters, but if you're team lacks them you're out:
• Ghost type pokemon
• Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes
• Pokemon with the Rough Skin, Steel Thorns or Mold Breaker Ability
• Pokemon with Sandstorm abilities
• Other weather teams, specifically hail
• Attacks that hit 2-5 times in one turn
• Dragon Tail or Overhead Throw
• Status
• Knock Off or Trick
• Leech Seed
• Fake Out

I doubt you'll see some of those in the Battle Subway, but still listing 'em.
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen January 23rd, 2018
Posted January 21st, 2018
62 posts
12.8 Years
Hey folks, I originally tried to start my own thread before seeing this one ^_^

I've been working with my Gen IV team until I settle on Gen V additions. It looks like lots of folks like the Chandelure. What about something with Prankster?...

Right now, I'm dying to throw in a Hydregion I've specially bred (Outstanding IVs, Modest, knows Dark Pulse, Draco Meteor, Fire Blast, & Scary Face (replace this one?).

Here's what I have so far for the Super Singles:
Garchomp (Focus Sash)
Swords Dance, Outrage, Earthquake, Stone Edge

Starmie [Modest, Natural Cure] (Life Orb)
Surf, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Ice Beam

Scizor [Adamant, Technician]
Swords Dance, Superpower, Bullet Punch, Bug Bite

Any advice on who to throw onto this team? Or items? I'm still acquiring all of the BP items in Gen. V and I wish (WTF WHY CANT WE TRANSFER THEM?!) I all had the berries.
We hatch to order!
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Age 31
Female
Seen May 10th, 2011
Posted May 3rd, 2011
15 posts
12.2 Years
Well, I found something almost broken. I'm planning to use it in the Battle Subway. I guess I'll put a full analysis here:
Oh, and did I mention it needs sandstorm?


Aron @ Shell Bell Lvl 1
Adamant. Sturdy.
0HP|0DEF|0SPDEF IV's
Endeavor
Protect
Tackle
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Sturdy works differently in Gen 5, now protecting said Pokemon from getting OHKO'd from any attack. With that in mind, after the first attack Aron can Endeavor his opponents down to 1HP, then refill his health with its Shell Bell. Rinse and repeat. Protect is there if you suspect fake outs or something else. Just filling up move slots, really.

It's partners should be something that help its Ghost weakness. And a Tyranitar/Hippowdon for Sand Stream.

There are a list of counters, but if you're team lacks them you're out:
• Ghost type pokemon
• Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes
• Pokemon with the Rough Skin, Steel Thorns or Mold Breaker Ability
• Pokemon with Sandstorm abilities
• Other weather teams, specifically hail
• Attacks that hit 2-5 times in one turn
• Dragon Tail or Overhead Throw
• Status
• Knock Off or Trick
• Leech Seed
• Fake Out

I doubt you'll see some of those in the Battle Subway, but still listing 'em.
This worked in generation four, but the levels are generated differently in gen V Battle Subway.
All participating pokémon will be automatically set to lv. 50, also those that are initially below.
So this method is not possible in the subway.
I wonder if it were random that my final Solosis hatched as egg nr. 666
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen January 23rd, 2018
Posted January 21st, 2018
62 posts
12.8 Years
glaceon
ice beam
shado ball
sleep talk
hidden power
Three things:
1) Isn't a Glaceon too slow for the subway? It seems to be all about speed on the subway...
2) Why Sleep Talk?
3) What type is your Hidden Pow. here?

One easy way to get up through 21+ almost single-handedly: Garchomp (w/ Focus Sash) with Swords Dance,Outrage, EQ. ALWAYS do Swords Dance first. The subway rarely tries a status move on him. It's almost dumber then the Gen IV Battle Tower...
We hatch to order!
Friend Code: 2036-8858-6481
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen January 23rd, 2018
Posted January 21st, 2018
62 posts
12.8 Years
I finally beat the Super Single in White ^_^
The battle with Ingo was rather anticlimactic, lol. My Garchomp beat his whole team.
Here's my Battle Video: 66-52221-96356.

For those still working, here's what FINALLY worked for me:
-Garchomp w/ Focus Sash
Earthquake, Outrage, Stone Edge, Swords Dance
-Scizor (Technician) w/ Lum Berry
Bullet Punch, Bug Bite, Swords Dance, Superpower
-Chandelure (Flash Fire) w/ Choice Scarf
Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Flamethrower, Will-O-Wisp

On to the Doubles!
We hatch to order!
Friend Code: 2036-8858-6481

blue

gucci

Male
United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
In BW, It's Liepard, Bisharp & Reuniclus.
Female
Warwickshire, UK
Seen November 1st, 2012
Posted June 9th, 2011
121 posts
12 Years
In the Battle Subway, I use Tyranitar, Ursaring and Garchomp. It's also the team I used in the Gen IV Battle Frontier. It works well, too. I don't remember the sets, though, so I can't post them. The Tyranitar was definitely a Dragon Dance set, though, and the Ursaring set might have been Flame Orb/Quick Feet/Facade.
I make Trigonometry related puns,
cos I'm cool like that.