TheGamingKiddo

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Seen March 12th, 2014
Posted January 28th, 2014
27 posts
9.4 Years
Hey guys, so here is a picture of my current team, I feel like I could do with switching the Tyranitar, Ninetales or the Doublade.
I feel like the Doublade usually gets koed too fast, unless I get him properly set up, in which case he destroys, but its too hard to get him into that position. The Tyranitar is tanky as anything, and dishes out some major damage, but I feel the sandstorm hurts my team a bit more than I'd really like, plus I'm not really sure if he fits with my team comp all that well. The Ninetales is a bit like Doublade, it wrecks them, but is so easy to be downed. Is there another potential Pokemon I could substitute here?
So just looking for a bit of feedback really, everything else seems to work really well. Thanks again guys.



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Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 196 HP / 60 Atk / 252 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Crunch

Doublade @ Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Shadow Sneak
- Sacred Sword
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance

Togekiss @ Razor Fang
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Sassy Nature
- Air Slash
- Dazzling Gleam
- Roost
- Nasty Plot

Meowstic-M @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Thunder Wave
- Safeguard

Blastoise @ Blastoisinite
Ability: Rain Dish
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Relaxed Nature
- Earthquake
- Scald
- Protect
- Water Pulse

Ninetales @ Focus Sash
Ability: Drought
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Heat Wave
- Will-O-Wisp
- Energy Ball
- Nasty Plot
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Assault Vest prevents Tyranitar from using status moves like Protect. Specially defensive Tyranitar should look like this:
-Stone Edge/Rock Slide
-Crunch
-Pursuit
-Fire Blast/Stealth Rock
Nature: Sassy/Careful
EVs: 252 HP/4 Atk/252 SDef
Item: Assault Vest/Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream

Even though Doublade has monstrous physical bulk with Eviolite, its special bulk is still terrible. Aegislash is still better because it has equally good Defense and Special Defense:
-Shadow Ball
-Sacred Sword/Shadow Sneak
-Iron Head/Shadow Sneak
-King's Shield
Nature: Quiet
EVs: 240 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef/12 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Shadow Ball
-Shadow Sneak
-Sacred Sword
-King's Shield/Iron Head
Nature: Quiet
EVs: 252 Atk/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers

or
-Swords Dance
-Shadow Claw/King's Shield
-Shadow Sneak
-Sacred Sword
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 240 HP/252 Atk/4 SDef/12 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb

or
-Swords Dance
-Autotomize
-Shadow Claw
-Sacred Sword
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 88 HP/252 Atk/168 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Autotomize
-Shadow Ball
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Sacred Sword/Iron Head/Flash Cannon
Nature: Rash/Modest
EVs: 88 Atk/252 SAtk/168 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Weakness Policy

Togekiss appreciates its Leftovers recovery, even in sand, since it can wear itself down without Leftovers, even with Roost.

Meowstic is absolute Taunt bait. Klefki, Whimsicott and Sableye make better Prankster users, IMO, because the former takes hits better than Meowstic, while the latter two are a lot more disruptive:

Klefki:
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Spikes
-Foul Play/Dazzling Gleam
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/152 Def/104 SDef
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Prankster

Sableye:
-Will-o-Wisp
-Taunt
-Recover
-Foul Play/Confide/Knock Off
Nature: Calm/Careful
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Prankster

Whimsicott:
-Encore
-U-turn
-Memento
-Switcheroo/Stun Spore/Taunt
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Lagging Tail/Leftovers
Ability: Prankster

Blastoise's niche is a bulky Rapid Spinner. You're not using that niche at all:
-Water Pulse/Scald/Hydro Pump
-Dark Pulse
-Aura Sphere/Ice Beam
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Blastoisinite

Wish support would be good for the rest of the team, especially for Blastoise and Tyranitar. Sylveon can do that:
-Wish
-Protect
-Hyper Voice
-Heal Bell
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate

TheGamingKiddo

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Seen March 12th, 2014
Posted January 28th, 2014
27 posts
9.4 Years
Assault Vest prevents Tyranitar from using status moves like Protect. Specially defensive Tyranitar should look like this:
-Stone Edge/Rock Slide
-Crunch
-Pursuit
-Fire Blast/Stealth Rock
Nature: Sassy/Careful
EVs: 252 HP/4 Atk/252 SDef
Item: Assault Vest/Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream

Even though Doublade has monstrous physical bulk with Eviolite, its special bulk is still terrible. Aegislash is still better because it has equally good Defense and Special Defense:
-Shadow Ball
-Sacred Sword/Shadow Sneak
-Iron Head/Shadow Sneak
-King's Shield
Nature: Quiet
EVs: 240 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef/12 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Shadow Ball
-Shadow Sneak
-Sacred Sword
-King's Shield/Iron Head
Nature: Quiet
EVs: 252 Atk/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers

or
-Swords Dance
-Shadow Claw/King's Shield
-Shadow Sneak
-Sacred Sword
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 240 HP/252 Atk/4 SDef/12 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb

or
-Swords Dance
-Autotomize
-Shadow Claw
-Sacred Sword
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 88 HP/252 Atk/168 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Autotomize
-Shadow Ball
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Sacred Sword/Iron Head/Flash Cannon
Nature: Rash/Modest
EVs: 88 Atk/252 SAtk/168 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Weakness Policy

Togekiss appreciates its Leftovers recovery, even in sand, since it can wear itself down without Leftovers, even with Roost.

Meowstic is absolute Taunt bait. Klefki, Whimsicott and Sableye make better Prankster users, IMO, because the former takes hits better than Meowstic, while the latter two are a lot more disruptive:

Klefki:
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Spikes
-Foul Play/Dazzling Gleam
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/152 Def/104 SDef
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Prankster

Sableye:
-Will-o-Wisp
-Taunt
-Recover
-Foul Play/Confide/Knock Off
Nature: Calm/Careful
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Prankster

Whimsicott:
-Encore
-U-turn
-Memento
-Switcheroo/Stun Spore/Taunt
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Lagging Tail/Leftovers
Ability: Prankster

Blastoise's niche is a bulky Rapid Spinner. You're not using that niche at all:
-Water Pulse/Scald/Hydro Pump
-Dark Pulse
-Aura Sphere/Ice Beam
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Blastoisinite

Wish support would be good for the rest of the team, especially for Blastoise and Tyranitar. Sylveon can do that:
-Wish
-Protect
-Hyper Voice
-Heal Bell
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
Thanks, this looks really good, It was only a team I chucked together earlier.
However, with the Aegislash wouldn't I be better off having Iron head, purely to eliminate any fairy threats? They were causing me big problems, which is the main reason I brought the move in, and that seems to have helped.
I'm thinking of maybe going: Shadow claw, Sacred sword, Kings shield, Iron head. Does that sound viable?

Edit: My bad, just realised you did actually have a build with Iron Head, thanks again!
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I have one other thing to add. Ninetales is awful. I don't see why anyone would use it anymore unless you're doing a sun team and either wanna have 2 sun summoners or hate Mega Charizard Y.

Plenty of better fire types exist: Infernape, Heatran, Talonflame, Charizard's mega forms, Volcarona, Arcanine, Rotom-H, Chandelure, etc.
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