RMT Mega Lucario centred team

Started by TheWolf Mendes March 25th, 2015 8:03 PM
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Hey you guys i'm new here and i'm trying to build a Mega Lucario centred team. I'm probably including an Arcanine on it, cuz i try to place them in almost all my teams.
So, what could you guys suggest for my team?
Btw my english is not perfect so i'm sorry if it's hard to understand.
Thanks very much for your help :)

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Eh, well, you're gonna need something immune to Ground on your team, since both Arcanine and Lucario are Ground weak. Might be better to use a Levitate Pokemon than a Flying type so you don't have 2 Rock weak pokes, even though Lucario 4x resists Rock. Maybe something like Gengar or the Rotom forms. Also did you have any plans for the sets on Lucario and Arcanine?
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I think it also might be worth asking what format that you're going to use this Mega Lucario in. Ubers on Showdown? Battle Spot Singles/Doubles? Or is this just for friendly 6v6 stuff?
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Can I suggest Talonflame instead of Arcanine? It's faster and can deal with far more threats. Maybe it could work well with Rotom Wash if you teach Talonflame U-Turn and Rotom Volt Switch. Talonflame would also provide another Ground resistance. Arcanine is outclassed by many other Pokemon and you should never run both Overheat and Flare Blit, it wasbuilt to be a physical attacker.

As your last Pokemon, maybe you could use a one with Rapid Spin or Defog. Talonflame and Rotom Wash don't particularly enjoy switching into Stealth Rock, Talonflame especially.

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Arcanine's not bad. If you do use one a set with Flare Blitz/Wild Charge/Extreme Speed/Close Combat gives you pretty good coverage and power. No need to run 2 Fire attacks on it on Overheat's kinda eh on it. Flash Fire and Intimidate are both good abilities.

Not saying that Talonflame's bad, cuz it's not, it's pretty good.
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Changing it's Fire Blitz for Close Combat, do you guys think it'll be ok to keep Arcanine?

And what else could i use?
Here's a much, much, better take on Arcanine. Flare Blitz runs off of its better Attack stat:
-Flare Blitz
-Extreme Speed
-Wild Charge
-Close Combat/Crunch
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate/Flash Fire

But then again, Talonflame is better than Arcanine in most cases because of Gale Wings Brave Bird:
-Swords Dance
-Flare Blitz
-Brave Bird/Acrobatics
-Roost
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Sharp Beak/Sky Plate/none
Ability: Gale Wings

or
-Swords Dance
-Brave Bird/Acrobatics
-Will-o-Wisp/Taunt
-Roost
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 248 HP/252 Atk/8 Spe
Item: Leftovers/none
Ability: Gale Wings

or
-Brave Bird/Acrobatics
-Bulk Up/Taunt
-Will-o-Wisp/Taunt
-Roost
Nature: Careful
EVs: 248 HP/252 SDef/8 Spe
Item: Leftovers/none
Ability: Gale Wings

or
-Flare Blitz
-Brave Bird
-U-turn
-Steel Wing/Tailwind
Nature: Jolly/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings