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Originally Posted by Thorgouge
I am very competitive and am looking for a well built D/P team for online battles. I don't know much about movesets and natures but this is my current team:
Roserade (F)
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Natural Cure
Item: Big root
Stun spore
Giga Drain
Grasswhistle
Toxic spikes
Alakazam (M)
Nature: Jolly Timid/Modest
Ability: Synchronize
Item: Mind plate
Psybeam Energy Ball
Psychic
Calm Mind
Recover Focus Blast
Totally screwed over by the -SAtk nature. Really, just ditch this or breed yourself a Timid or Modest one. Recover is a waste with those low defensive stats.
Empoleon (M)
Nature: Sassy
Ability: Torrent
Item: Splash Plate Wisdom Glasses/Life Orb/Leftovers
Brine Grass Knot
Aqua Jet Ice Beam
Surf
Hydro Pump Agility
Can't really picture Empoleon as anything but a special sweep. Also, avoid multiple damaging moves of the same type on a pokémon like the plague. Unless they've got some very specific and relevant effects (such as Quick Attack) then they're just wasting space and narrowing the utility of your pokémon. :\ This one will be fighting with Infernape over the Grass Knot TM, so give it to the ape if in doubt. You could really replace this with a more useful water type.
Luxray (F)
Nature: Brave Adamant
Ability: Intimidate
Item: Magnet Leftovers/Life Orb
Thunder fang/Spark
Spark Ice Fang
Charge Thunder Wave
Crunch
Yeah, pretty self-explanatory sweeping type. The combined para-flinch hax provided by t-wave and the fang attacks is lovely.
Infernape (M)
Nature: Modest
Ability: Blaze
Item: Scope Lens Life Orb
Flare Blitz Grass Knot
Flamethrower
Close Combat Focus Blast
Taunt Nasty Plot
Urgh...another nature that's sort of...well, fortunately Infernape can work with special sweeping as well. Focus Blast and Flamethrower are no-brainers on account of being high-power STAB moves, Nasty Plot is also obvious and Grass Knot handles bulky waters. Also, Life Orb over Scope Lens. That measly critical hit bonus is not really any good for anything except maybe sniping Dorapion, and even then it's kind of meh. Also, if you want a physical set:
Infernape @ Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
Close Combat
Blaze Kick/Flare Blitz
Stone Edge
Swords Dance
Heavy-duty sweepr, Flare Blitz deals massive damage, but the double recoil is a real witch. Blaze Kick for a more HP-friendly solution.
Staraptor (F)
Nature: Naive Jolly/Adamant
Ability: Intimidate
Item: Sky Plate Choice Band/Choice Scarf
Close Combat
Endeavor Return/Quick Attack
Aerial Ace Brave Bird
Wing attack U-Turn
Once again, let me remind you about the same type moves thing. Brave Bird is the move of choice here, because the potential damage is tremendous. Endeavor won't do you much good, since it requires some very specific setting up which just isn't worth it in this case. All out physical sweeping ftw. Return adds to your range of high STAB damage, but Quick Attack lets you finish off low-HP targets or speed-boosted revers/flailers that would sweep your team. U-Turn is a bit of a toss-in, but it's nice for when you don't know quite what your opponent will switch in since it deals some damage and lets you send out whatever best counters the switch-in. On the item and nature bit, Choice Band goes with Jolly and Choice Scarf goes with Adamant. Naive can work too, but if you're breeding for perfection then go for those ideal natures. ;D
I built this team while beating the game so now I have access to almost any pokemon so any advice would be real nice. I'm planning to rebreed my team for better natures so any help on that and movesets and just any new pokemon to switch in. Any help would be appreciated really.
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Yeah, hope some of that helped. I'll return to Roserade tomorrow, as I'm sort of out of computer time now. :3 Also, you need some walling types if you want to make it in competitive. Milotic, Blissey, and Rhyperior are staples.