RMT Professor Oak Team?

Started by thecleanhippie March 2nd, 2015 11:51 AM
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I want to create a competitive team based off of Professor Oak's Pokemon. I want to use both Pokemon he is seen using in the anime as well as the games. That said, I am a bit of a nub when it comes to competitive stuff and am looking for some advice. I know that this team probably won't fit in well with any serious metagame. I am just looking for a bit of solid fun as I put together an interesting off-the-wall team to play my friends and possibly convention-goers with.

The team so far is based off of Oak's team programmed into R/B/Y.

Starter not chosen by Red or Blue
Tauros
Gyarados
Arcanine
Exeggutor

There is no 6th Pokemon in this list and I don't necessarily want to be restricted to this and in different anime series he uses Dragonite, Spearow, Eevee, etc. Anyone with info on other Pokemon he has used throughout the years I would heartily encourage to post here as well. Thanks in advance!

Bounsweet

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That's a bit of an interesting idea, I'll give my two cents.

I would go with a Kanto starter (either Venusaur or Charizard because they have the better Mega Evos), and from the pre-programmed team, Gyarados would be a great addition. An Eeveelution would probably be a good idea - my favorites when it comes to battling are Vaporeon and Sylveon. Professor Oak isn't really shown with a lot of his own Pokémon, so honestly I think anything Kanto-centric will sort of get that vibe across.

Anyway, what I would personally go with:

Venusaur (Mega)
Gyarados
Vaporeon/Sylveon
Dragonite

and the other two, I'm not sure. But those 4/5 that I listed are pretty good when it comes to competitive.
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I think I am going to use:

Mega Venusaur
Gyarados
Arcanine
Exeggutor
Dragonite
Tauros

These may not be the best metagame choices and the team has at least one downright loser (looking at you, Tauros) but I feel like its the closest I can come to my fulfilling my idea faithfully. This is supposed to be more of a joke/interesting diversion type of team anyhow. What I'm really not sure about is what each of these Pokemon should be doing on the team. Using smogon.com I've already discerned that Mega Venusaur may end up being a physical tank but I'm fairly unsure about the rest of it. I could go with the normal formula of sweepers/tanks but I'm curious if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks again, btw.

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Actually, Tauros is really freaking good. It was on my very first competitive team back in 2007 and it was a powerhouse, and often swept as much as the Lucario on my team. You'd be surprised at how good it really is.

I ran something like this set, btw (tweaked for updates)

Tauros @ Choice Band
Jolly Nature
Sheer Force / Intimidate
252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
- Return / Retaliate
- Earthquake / Zen Headbutt
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt / Stone Edge

I know for sure that Zen Headbutt and Iron Head get a boost from Sheer Force, I don't think Return, Retaliate, EQ, or Stone Edge do but it's worth noting.

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Actually, Tauros is really freaking good. It was on my very first competitive team back in 2007 and it was a powerhouse, and often swept as much as the Lucario on my team. You'd be surprised at how good it really is.

I ran something like this set, btw (tweaked for updates)

Tauros @ Choice Band
Jolly Nature
Sheer Force / Intimidate
252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
- Return / Retaliate
- Earthquake / Zen Headbutt
- Iron Head
- Zen Headbutt / Stone Edge

I know for sure that Zen Headbutt and Iron Head get a boost from Sheer Force, I don't think Return, Retaliate, EQ, or Stone Edge do but it's worth noting.
If Tauros has Sheer Force use the following. Thanks to Sheer Force you don't take recoil damage from Life Orb.

Tauros @ Life Orb
Nature - Naive
Ability - Sheer Force
252 Atk / 4 Spa / 252 Spe
- Return / Rock Climb
- Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast

or

Tauros @ Life Orb
Nature - Jolly
Ability - Sheer Force
4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Return / Rock Climb
- Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
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skyburial

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I looked at what he's had in the Anime and the list is actually pretty formidable. In addition to those already listed:

Pidgey
Dragonite
Rotom
Cyndaquil
Totodile
Kingler
Bayleef
Muk
Snorlax
Heracross
Noctowl
Donphan
Swellow
Torkoal
Sceptile
Corphish
Staraptor
Glalie
Torterra
Infernape
Gliscor
Gible
Snivy
Scraggy
Oshawott
Krokorok

You might be able to make a decent team outta these.
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