RMT Team Help

Started by Paskalso July 2nd, 2014 1:07 AM
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Hi guys, i know i posted for some team help a while back and now I'm posting again cause i decided to make another team. This time I'm trying to make an overall balanced team, a.k.a. a jack of all trades team, so here the current team:

Greninja
Item-Leftovers
Nature-Timid
Ability-Protean
EV's-4 HP, 252 SpA, 252 Spe
Moves- Ice Beam, Hidden Power Flying, Scald, Protect
(yes i know it looks terrible)

Noivern
Item-Life Orb
Nature-Timid
Ability- Infiltrator
EV's-4 HP, 252 SpA, 252 Spe
Moves-Boomburst, Dragon Pulse, Air Slash, Flamethrower

Absol
Item-Absolite
Ability-Super Luck
Nature-Jolly
EV's-252 Atk, 4 SpD, 252 Spe
Moves-Sucker Punch, Night Slash, Superpower, Stone Edge
(you guys are probably gonna kick him but he's there for my own personal reason)

Espeon
Item-Leftovers
Nature-Timid
Ability-Magic Bounce
EV's-252 HP, 4 SpA, 252 Spe
Moves-Shadow Ball, Dazzling Gleam, Light Screen, Reflect

Breloom
Item-Toxic Orb
Nature-Adamant
Ability-Poison Heal
EV's-248 HP, 8 Atk, 252 Spe
Moves-Spore, Substitute, Focus Punch, Seed Bomb
(Should just be kicked out, ruins the balance)

Cloyster
Item-White Herb
Nature-Adamant
Ability-Skill Link
EV's-4 HP, 252 Atk, 252 Spe
Moves-Icicle Spear, Rock Blast, Rapid Spin, Shell Smash

PlatinumDude

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Terrible Greninja set, as you mentioned. I hope you realize that Greninja's special move pool is pretty good; it has a stronger alternative to deal with Fighting Pokemon and Mega Venusaur in Extrasensory:
-Hydro Pump
-Ice Beam
-Extrasensory
-Dark Pulse/Hidden Power (Fire/Grass)/Grass Knot/Spikes
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean

Noivern is generally outclassed by other offensive Dragons like Garchomp and [email protected], due to its lack of power compared to them:

Garchomp:

Garchomp:
-Swords Dance
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge/Fire Fang
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Lum Berry

or
-Outrage
-Earthquake
-Rock Slide/Stone Edge
-Dragon Claw/Fire Blast
Nature: Jolly/Naive
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

or
-Stealth Rock
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Fire Blast/Swords Dance
Nature: Naive/Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash/Rocky Helmet/Lum Berry

or
-Stealth Rock
-Dragon Tail
-Earthquake
-Toxic/Fire Blast
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin

Latias:
-Draco Meteor
-Psyshock/Thunderbolt
-Defog
-Healing Wish
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

Latios:
-Draco Meteor
-Psyshock
-Thunderbolt/Hidden Power (Fighting)/Earthquake
-Roost/Recover/Defog
Nature: Timid/Hasty
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

Your current Mega Absol set struggles with physical walls. It has decent Special Attack, so it's better to squeeze in a special move like Fire Blast or Ice Beam somewhere on it:
-Sucker Punch
-Knock Off/Night Slash
-Fire Blast/Ice Beam
-Play Rough/Superpower
Nature: Naive
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Absolite
Ability: Justified/Super Luck

The lack of offensive STAB seriously hurts on Espeon. It's meant to support the team in this case with dual screens, rather than attacking:
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Psyshock/Psychic/Yawn
-Baton Pass
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Magic Bounce

Breloom should be using Technician, as Gliscor is a better Toxic Orb abuser:
-Bullet Seed
-Mach Punch
-Rock Tomb
-Spore
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Focus Sash
Ability: Technician

This team is vulnerable to Talonflame. I'd suggest dropping Cloyster for Wash Rotom or Therian Landorus to at least handle it better:
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split/Rest
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/216 Def/44 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Chesto Berry

or
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Thunderbolt/Will-o-Wisp
-Trick
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

Therian Landorus:
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-U-turn
-Stone Edge/Knock Off
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers/Rocky Helmet

or
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-U-turn
-Superpower/Knock Off
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 140 HP/156 Atk/212 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

or
-Swords Dance
-Rock Polish
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 48 HP/252 Atk/208 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Earth Plate/Soft Sand

PlatinumDude

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I'm actually trying to use Noivern as a counter to the ever popular substitute/stall teams not as a main attacker, and if possible could I exchange Breloom for something else? My Cloyster is actually like my main attacker.
Oh, that reminds me; I forgot to tell you to remove Cloyster from the team. Priority is everywhere in OU (the main abusers being Talonflame and Mega Pinsir), meaning it's difficult for Cloyster to set up and sweep with Shell Smash.

Replacing Breloom with Therian Landorus and Cloyster with Wash Rotom for reasons already stated isn't a bad idea, IMO.

Mega Absol does a decent job at handling stall thanks to Magic Bounce reflecting status moves.