My NEW balanced team plan

[CHARMANDER418]

Ok i think this team is more balanced then the fighting one i had, i took two suggestions that were givin to me and improved on one. I kept one from the other team, probly my fav ever, and two are completly new.

TEAM DESCIPTION

Torterra @ Impish
Item: Leftovers/Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 HP/148 Atk/108 Def
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Stealth Rock
Leech Seed
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Torterra here is my lead. His main job is to get stealth rock up, after i can use leech seed to try and force a switch and gain/drain HP. Then he can deal damage as long as he can or i choose to let him.
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Lucario @ Jolly
Item: Life Orb/Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Close Combat
Ice Punch
Swords Dance
Extremespeed
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Lucario here is a swords dance physical sweeper. Open up with SD then hit 'em hard, extremespeed is again useful for picking off the weak.
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Gardevoir @ Calm
Item: ???/Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 Atk/168 HP/84 SDef
Psychic
Calm Mind
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
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Gardevoir is my special sweeper. Ofcourse open with calm mind then like Luke hit them hard, thunderbolt is a good counter for alot like Gyara and shadow ball hits other psy types.
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Heatran @ Naive
Item: Choice Scarf/Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Explosion
Fire Blast
Earth Power
Hidden Power [Ice]
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Heatran was recommended to me and I liked it and the pokemon. So here is my revenge killer. One question though, How do i make hidden power the ice type? lol im a noob, sorry
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Vaporeon @ Bold
Item: Leftovers/Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Surf
Hidden Power [Electric]
Wish
Protect
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Another one recommended to me, i like Vaporeon and this set up looks pretty good, also helps check some weaknesses I have. Again how do i make HP electric?
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Toxicroak @ Adamant
Item: Expert Belt/Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Swords Dance
Sucker Punch
Earthquake
Poison Jab
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Toxicroak is basicaly my fav pokemon ever. I kept him here for a little suprise, i mean you dont see him much and my opponent will be like HUH?! lol So if i have to resort to one last pokemon to try and win id love to have my FAV by my side. He can do some damage and poison jab is just a stable move for this guy so i gota have it. I may change EQ for Ice punch, what do you think on that?

So here is my new more balanced time. Go at it and help me out!​

 

[Yuuko]

Lucario, Heatran, and Toxicroak all has an EQ weakness. Maybe you should replace one of them with a Pokemon with levitate or a flying Pokemon. That's all the advice I can give you, since I'm not that good with Pokemon movesets, but I notice how 3 of your Pokemon (Torterra, Heatran, and Toxicroak) have one ground move in each of them, so it might be best to change the movesets or replace your Pokemon that would give better coverage.

As for Hidden Power, you need the right Individual Values.

For HP Electric, these are what the numbers should be:
HP/Atk/Def/Spd/SAtk/SDef
odd/odd/odd/odd/even/odd
odd/even/even/even/odd/odd
even/odd/even/even/odd/odd

For HP Ice, these are what the numbers should be:
HP/Atk/Def/Spd/SAtk/SDef
odd/even/even/odd/odd/odd
odd/odd/odd/even/odd/odd
even/even/even/odd/odd/odd

I hope that helped somewhat.

 

[Serpine]

I recommend you change one of your pokemon, namely Toxicroak or Lucario, to a Pokemon which is good against Ground, i.e. Weavile and Mamoswine can be good choices, but you may also find a use for Gyarados, one of my faves, so I hope you prosper and have many victories!

 

[Pokedra]

Well once again you have a massive Ground weak and all you sweepers need to set-up to become threatening so I'm going to suggest Latias over Toxicroak as it really is doing the same thing as SDLuke(which makes a great clean-up sweeper)

Latias@ Choice Specs
EV : 4 HP / 252 SpAtk / 252 Spe
Nature : Timid
-Draco Meteor
-Surf
-Trick
-Dragon Pulse

What is the use of running Atk EV's on Gardevoir =[
Use this set instead

Gardevoir@ Leftovers
Nature : Timid
EV : 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe
~ Calm Mind
~ Psychic
~ Thunderbolt / Shadow Ball
~ Wish / Focus Blast

I'll drop by for a better rate later. Looks better then before =]

 

[Dark Azelf]

Gardevoir looks like dead weight/Pursuit bait here.

Id replace it with something to cover your DD Mence/Lucario weak.

 

[Yuuko]

@Pokedra: He probably meant SAtk. That's how I would abbreviate it.

 

[Pokemon Ranger of Almia]

Replace Lucario for something with Levitate. Mismagius is good with the Mean Look / Destiny Bond Set. Can be a killer. On second turn of Destiny Bond after using Mean Look switch Mismagius. And then watch your opponents Pokemon Faint.

 

[CHARMANDER418]

Re-re-made team

Ok i went ahead and Re-re-made the team, alot has changed meaning only one poke is the same but i covered weaknesses a bit better. The biggest one being the ground weak i seem to always have. So here is the new team:

Empoleon @ Modest
Item: Leftovers/Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP/176 SAtk/80 SDef
Hydro Pump
Aqua Jet
Ice Beam
Stealth Rock
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This will be the teams lead. Empoleon will set up stealth rock and also serves as a semi-special wall. Hydro pump gives him some nice power and matches up with aqua jet which lets me get off a fast hit if i need it. Ice beam gives him a bit of coverage and can counter any early dragon opposition.
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Staraptor @ Jolly
Item: Muscle Band/Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Spd/252 Atk/4 HP
Brave Bird
U-Turn
Roost
Toxic
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This guy cant be hit by ground, a weakness i tend to have. He serves as a speedy power house with brave bird. U-turn allows him to be a scout as well drawing out pokes that are effective to him and allowing me to give some damage and switching to counter his counter. Roost for a bit of stalling and allowing him to hang out a deal damage longer.
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Charizard @ Mild
Item: Leftovers/Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 SAtk/252 Spd/4 HP
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
Dragon Pulse
Roar
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Charizard is sorta a bulky fire i suppose. He is immune to ground be part flying type and focus blast lets him hit rock types hard since they are a HUGE threat to his typeing. Flamethrower is a powerful STAB move and dragon pulse lets me hit anything and and salamence/other dragons that come up. Roar is more defensive allowing me to force a switch and rack up stealth rock damage.
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Gardevoir @ Calm
Item: Wise Glasses/Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SAtk/200 Spd/56 HP
Psychic
Shadow Ball
Calm Mind
Wish
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Still a good special sweeper. Shadow ball hits other psychics and ghosts. Psychic for a powerful STAB move. Calm mind ups his SAtk and wish to heal up whoever is in at its time of use.
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Raichu @ Hasty
Item: Expert Belt/Ability: Static
EVs: 252 Spd/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power [Ice]
Grass Knot
Magnet Rise
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I think this is a fun set up. Thunderbolt for its STAB power and HP ice can hit dragons or rock/grass. Grass knot is for pesky swamperts who think bein ground keeps them safe. Magnet rise lets him escape ground moves that he is weak to.
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Rampardos @ Jolly
Item: Life Orb/Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Head Smash
Earthquake
Thunderpunch
Rock Polish
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Rampardos is my late game sweeper. Rock polish combuned with a jolly nature and speed EVs lets him outspeed alot. Head smash for STAB power, thunderpunch so he can cover his water weak. Earthquake matched up with mold breaker leaves levitators grounded.


So here it is the re-re made team. I think it runs alot better and covers more weaks then before. Alomost everyone has a back up with the move sets how they are. Now im still a noob though so i may be completley wrong so look at both team and give your opinion on what team looks better.

O i like to call this the Unkown Threat as none of these are seen too much and arent on the threat list but i believe that if ran right the whole team set up is a big threat.​

 

[Anti]

Honestly, the first team you posted was just...better. There's a reason these Pokemon aren't OU. I'll give you the run-down though and try to fix this sinking ship. =(

Empoleon @ Modest
Item: Leftovers/Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP/176 SAtk/80 SDef
Hydro Pump
Aqua Jet
Ice Beam
Stealth Rock
This will be the teams lead. Empoleon will set up stealth rock and also serves as a semi-special wall. Hydro pump gives him some nice power and matches up with aqua jet which lets me get off a fast hit if i need it. Ice beam gives him a bit of coverage and can counter any early dragon opposition.

Grass Knot is better than Ice beam to hit Swampert (and even Gyarados) for more damage. Still, given the rest of the team, I wouldn't worry about a centralized lead for your team just yet.

Staraptor @ Jolly
Item: Muscle Band/Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Spd/252 Atk/4 HP
Brave Bird
U-Turn
Roost
Toxic
This guy cant be hit by ground, a weakness i tend to have. He serves as a speedy power house with brave bird. U-turn allows him to be a scout as well drawing out pokes that are effective to him and allowing me to give some damage and switching to counter his counter. Roost for a bit of stalling and allowing him to hang out a deal damage longer.

Staraptor is one of the worst users of both Roost and Toxic. Use Close Combat and Return to replace them, and Adamant is usually better than Jolly here. Choice Band >>> Muscle Band...Staraptor needs the power.

But that's ignoring the bigger problem. You're trying to make a semi-defensive Pokemon out of a Pokemon that simply can't do that. Even Flygon runs this sort of thing better. This just won't work, even if your team does need an Earthquake immunity.

Charizard @ Mild
Item: Leftovers/Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 SAtk/252 Spd/4 HP
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
Dragon Pulse
Roar
Charizard is sorta a bulky fire i suppose. He is immune to ground be part flying type and focus blast lets him hit rock types hard since they are a HUGE threat to his typeing. Flamethrower is a powerful STAB move and dragon pulse lets me hit anything and and salamence/other dragons that come up. Roar is more defensive allowing me to force a switch and rack up stealth rock damage.

Charizard is terrible and certainly isn't bulky. Again though, you're mixing and matching roles when something at a disadvantage like Charizard needs to focus on one thing. Roar is basically a death sentence, but in general Charizard is just too weak and too easy to pick apart with Stealth Rock and Pursuit.

Gardevoir @ Calm
Item: Wise Glasses/Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SAtk/200 Spd/56 HP
Psychic
Shadow Ball
Calm Mind
Wish
Still a good special sweeper. Shadow ball hits other psychics and ghosts. Psychic for a powerful STAB move. Calm mind ups his SAtk and wish to heal up whoever is in at its time of use.

Same as the last three - An average (at best) Pokemon and a mixed up moveset. wish might work in UU, but a heavy hitter (Scizor and Tyranitar especially) can come in and hammer this before it can inflict a point of damage. Replace.

Raichu @ Hasty
Item: Expert Belt/Ability: Static
EVs: 252 Spd/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power [Ice]
Grass Knot
Magnet Rise
I think this is a fun set up. Thunderbolt for its STAB power and HP ice can hit dragons or rock/grass. Grass knot is for pesky swamperts who think bein ground keeps them safe. Magnet rise lets him escape ground moves that he is weak to.

You might as well be using Life Orb/Choice Specs Jolteon here since it does the job much better. Magnet Rise still doesn't save you from the inevitable Blissey/Snorlax/Jolteon that can tear you to pieces.

Rampardos @ Jolly
Item: Life Orb/Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Head Smash
Earthquake
Thunderpunch
Rock Polish
Rampardos is my late game sweeper. Rock polish combuned with a jolly nature and speed EVs lets him outspeed alot. Head smash for STAB power, thunderpunch so he can cover his water weak. Earthquake matched up with mold breaker leaves levitators grounded.

Another mediocre Pokemon. This actually wouldn't be so bad if it was properly supported, but it's not.

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Okay, to fix this mess, let's go back to the team you first posted in this thread, as it was infinitely better. If you haven't already, I would read our team building guide to help you out some.

The problem with your team (besides the poor Pokemon selection) was a complete lack of strategy. It's basically 6 Pokemon thrown together that do not work together at all. Even if those were top-tier OU Pokemon, the team would likely still be pretty suspect. You can't panic if somebody spots a weakness (and by panic I mean replace 5 Pokemon and essentially start over). Honestly, the Ground weakness was overblown imo, since you had Torterra already, and replacing dead weight like Gardevoir with Latias, Skarmory, or Gyarados would have basically solved the problem.

Just start with the original team, spot out your weaknesses, and replace Gardevoir and Toxicroak with the Pokemon you choose to fix those weaknesses. I would seriously go for the OU Pokemon since you seem to be new to this, so there's no need to put yourself at a big disadvantage when you're already less experienced.

Oh, and lease space out your RMT next time. It's near impossible to read when it's jumbled together like that. If you're not good with spacing or whatever, PM it to me and I'll format it for you.