No, stop throwing money into this topic! I didn't mean that kind of tip!
But seriously, I haven't really tried working hard on a competitive team, and I'm tired of my friends beating me with the in-game teams that I don't work particularly hard to train. I know I'm basically using the cheapest of cheap strategies, but oh well. My friends use Mewtwo, and that's the one low I will not sink to. This is not the place to make fun of me or flame me for not being very good at forming competitive strategies; do that over PM if you must, but I'd prefer you not. Anyway, here goes, my semi-incomplete team:
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Water Spout
Ice Beam
Thunder
Calm Mind
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Rock Slide
Brick Break
Megahorn (?)
Flamethrower
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Return
Shadow Ball/Brick Break
Curse
Rest
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Psychic
Future Sight
___ Punch
Recover
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Aerial Ace
Brick Break
Dragon Claw
Flamethrower
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Safeguard/Heal Bell
Softboiled
Toxic
Return
I would open with Kyogre and Rhydon; Rhydon would take any and all Electric attacks directed at Kyogre and take no damage, and also take care of little nasties like Shedinja (using Flamethrower) and Pokemon that have high Special Def. Kyogre would sweep the crap out of everything else, only Calm Minding when it really needed that extra boost.
In case this strategy falls apart for some reason, oh crap, out comes my Curselax. Very basic Curselax strategy; Curse up, Rest off any damage, and commence beating. However, I'm not sure if I should go with Brick Break or Shadow Ball.
Alakazam (one of my favorite Pokemon from "the old days") is mainly there to take out nasty fighting types that threaten my team, as well as to dispose of other various threats to my team. I'm not sure what Punch to teach; I am currently leaning towards Fire, as plants are a big threat to me.
Dragonite is one of my favorites, but Salmence can also learn all of these moves; Dragonite exists to take out Fighting- and Dark-types that threaten basically everything on my team except for Kyogre. Should I change it to Salmence?
Lastly, Blissey; I'm not sure whether to go with Heal Bell or Safeguard. Leaning towards Heal Bell because it's better to be able to arrive and fix a problem if I wasn't able to prevent it in the first place. But I'd like some input on how that one looks. This is the Pokemon I'm most iffy about keeping; as much as I love the giant pink egg, there is probably something out there that would better suit my current team. Especially considering that I have that Snorlax up there, too.
This is my first time creating a team using strategy; I have always gone with my policy of All Sweepers (which is most fun to play as, IMO) and I'm tired of being beaten. Any suggestions before I go about making this team? I think that a main issue is speed, as many of these Pokemon are incredibly slow in comparison to the armies of Mewtwos I'll be facing. But I'm not entirely sure what to put there, and what to replace.
Thank you.