Alright, im thinking of this team, but i need rates cause im unsure...

[Lil MuDkiP849]

Okay so about 3/4 of this month i've gone through so many ideas for this new Platinum meta and i just cant seem to stick with one. I would've went Sunny day but i cant Iv breed HP fire for anything so that's out, i tried trick room until i realized SD scizor doesn't care whose faster because of bullet punch, so out of everything that's going on now, i came up with this line-up, and i put ALOT of effort into make it seem like it would work so, any rates/fixes would greatly be appreciated =)

Smeargle@Focus Sash
Jolly
Own Tempo
252 Def/ 252 Spe/ 4 Hp

Spikes
Taunt
Stealth Rock
Spore

The spiker lead smeargle, this catches alot of teams off-gaurd with all of the usual bulky leads being played now. My team appreciates the entry hazards ALOT so, i spore it up and set up.

Metagross@Life Orb
Naughty
252 Atk/ 132 Spe/ 124 Sp.A

Grass Knot
Meteor Mash
Earthquake
Thunderpunch/Shadow Ball/ heck even Pursuit

first sweeper i have is my Mixed metagross, what i want from him is to lure out pokes such as hippowdon and swampert who would otherwise cause my team trouble and net those surpise OHKOs, because with mixed metagross, the surprise factor with those OHKOs makes it too late for the opponent to recover for the late game for their lost pokes. Im not really sure what to run either thunderpunch or shadowball, thunderpunch hits skarmory so it doesn't wall me and it also hits suicune for alot but shadow ball hits ghosts, pursuit is just a random thought so...

Dusknoir@Leftovers
Impish
252 Hp/ 232 Def/ 24 Atk

Will-O-Wisp
Rest
Shadow Sneak
Earthquake

My spin blocker to make sure smeargles' efforts dont go to waste. Interesting enough he has rest instead of pain split, but that is because i have a heal beller combination i'd like to use with it, making dusknoir an even more effective tank/wall then he already is. I dont think anything really resists ghost/ ground, EQ is for the annoying heatran (also making heatrans explosion nullified thanks to ghost typing) and some metagross, and shadow sneak for the priority and to hit things such as azelf, starmie for alot.

Dragonite@Leftovers
Calm
248 Hp/ 216 Sp.D/ 48 Spe

Heal Bell
Flamethrower
Thunderwave
Roost

My main support to balance this team out. If one of my sweepers gets crippled by a paralyze, they can get that second wind with heal bell. When dusknoir puts himself to sleep to recover his hp after taking hits like a beast, he'll be awake to wall even more thanks to heal bell. Calm nature for Flamethrower, for a scizor switch in check, and thunderwave cripples pokes who think they can set up/kill dragonite such as salamence, heatran, especially the ladder as dragonite himself can switch in on heatran on it's typical attacks (Fire Blast and Earth power) with ease and heal my party up, as well as even itself, noting the fact dragonite can even PP stall heatran if it comes down to it, as dragonite doesn't even fear burn thanks to heal bell.

Starmie@Leftovers
Natural Cure
Timid
136 Hp/ 156 Def/ 216 Spe

Surf
Thunderbolt
Rapid Spin
Recover/Ice Beam

My rapid spinner and main pursuit bait. Why do i say it's a good thing it's pursuit bait? Becuase of the below pokemon TBH...Starmie rids my team of the annoying hazards that plague it, and has the defenses to back it up. I dont know whether to run recover or ice beam, basically if i need to really kill a salamence, i can run ice beam i guess, but starmie will miss the survivability recover offers.

Lucario@Life Orb
Adamant
252 Atk/ 252 Spe/ 4 Def
Inner Focus

Swords Dance
Extremespeed
Close Combat
Crunch

Oh yes, it is deffinately Swords Dance Lucario, my main late game sweeper. Whatever gets locked into pursuit from trying to/killing starmie, lucario comes in and goes to work. Usually if the opponent lacks an answer or if his answers are crippled by thunderwave or others, lucario is probably going to sweep. Crunch provides me with coverage against ghosts whom lucario doesnt like having his other two attacks resisted by, and it hits things like celebi pretty hard.


So with all these pokes i've listed here, i think it makes for a pretty good team. However, i still have many weaknesses, i dont really have any come to mind because im really really tired of working on this post for a while(lol) but i really need to have a team slate for what i am going to play on Wifi because i really cannot get used to what's new with platinum, so much has changed from regular D/P it's crazy. Anyway, if you take the time to read everything and rate, i'd gladly appreciate it =)

 

[Skip Shot]

Firstly I would drop Smeargle altogether because its extremely frail and really can't do much once it uses Spore. Try Taunt Skarm to use for SpikeStacking as it works a lot better than Smeargle imo.

Metagross wants HP Fire in that final slot to hit Steels and stuff like Forry/Scizor that it can lure out and make Lucario's sweep much easier.

Honestly I think the remainder of your team would help out Meta/Luke better if you can take out Dragons with it like Mence/Latias who wreck your sweep if Lucario hasn't set up yet (not sure about LO ESpeed calcs atm).

Firstly I would place a RestTalk Rotom>> Dragonite to take status easier and also alleviates the SR weak that Dnite brings to the table.

This gives you room to not need a Spinner (honestly, almost nothing on the team if you go with the changes atm is weak to T-Spikes or Spikes) so you can drop that Pursuit bait Starmie for something to help beat out Latias and Mence. I'd use a Scarf Tyranitar because it really only is going to nullify Rotom-H and it brings a nice fire resist to the table which your team will need.

Dusknoir definitely needs to be dropped because its just awful. Currently, the changes make the team Taunt Skarm/Meta/Tar/Rotom-H/Luke. Infernape and Heatran both are pains to this team as a result. You could use support Latias with Reflect/Dragon Pulse/Recover/Surf to help alleviate the problem.

So overall:

Taunt Skarm
Mix Meta
ScarfTar
Defensive Latias
RestTalk Rotom-H
SD Luke

 

[Lil MuDkiP849]

alright, from the looks of your changes, i need to change 4/6 of my team...is my team really that bad?????

Hp fire on mixed meta...guess i need to hit the trade forums...though it does solve alot of problems...

i have several problems with replacing dragonite with restalk rotom, the first is im on wifi, and im not really sure if the rotom appliances work on wifi sadly =/ the second thing is i know it takes status easier(i mean yea its great at taking status it's a great pokemon) but the thing is if one of my sweepers themselves get paralyzed or fall asleep then im in big trouble, dragonite EASILY solves that problem with heal beal and with its great typing always finds it way into the field.and the third thing is using resttalk rotom requires alot of prediction of when a specific status effect is coming on my sweepers, which also means that i'd have to switch it out when the effect is coming and not threaten it with an attack, what it BASICALLY means is if i use resttalk rotom yea he takes status like a beast, but there's simply no room for error...i mean i'm not saying it's not good or anything, its just i kind of feel using heal bell is a little more *versatile* to my team then having a single poke take status...idk, ive used a resttalker before and thats kind of how i feel about it...anyway...

scarf ttar?? i thought like a week ago CB ttar was the beast?? well TBH i agree with scarf tar, but idk, i thought makin it bulky and pursuitin the hell out of everything was what made him so good?

thanks for the post btw =)