Battle Subway

[Joe™]

This team is basically a revamp of one that I thought up a few months
back. It was never officially tested, but the synergy is quite good
and it seems pretty stable. There isn't really much else I can say
as far as introductions go, so I'll get right to it.

Changes in bold.

Rotom-H @ Choice Scarf
Timid Nature
252 HP/200 Spe/20 SpD/18 Def
Levitate»
◊ Trick
◊ Flash
◊ Thunder Wave
◊ Confuse Ray/Will-O-Wisp​

This is a set I came up with a while back. Pretty standard moveset,
but due to a lack of support moves, the last slot is a bit of a toss up.
Confuse Ray could buy me some extra turns, and W-O-W is really his
last available option. I suppose Pain Split can be considered, as well
as Light Screen and Reflect, but those are pretty meh. HP is maxed
for the best defensive potential, the Spe EV's outspeed all Aerodactyl
(his fastest threat) before the Trick and the rest are dumped to
even out his defenses. His unique typing gives him 7 resistances,
an immunity and only 2 weaknesses, all of which are resisted by...

Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Adamant Nature
252 HP/252 Atk/6 Spe
Poison Heal»
◊ Bulk Up
◊ Substitute
◊ Seed Bomb
◊ Mach Punch​

I've always been a fan of Breloom in the BT, so he's making the jump
to B/W. The set is rather simple, dual STAB's and priority with Sub
and Bulk Up for epic boosting, as it allows him to set up on most all
physical attackers, and with Mach Punch he doesn't have to worry
about outspeeding any particular threats. Also, having 2 PKMN that
can recover HP behind a Sub is epic win in the BS.

Bronzong @ Leftovers
Modest Nature
252 HP/130 SpD/128 Def
Levitate»
◊ Substitute
◊ Calm Mind
◊ Iron Defense
◊ Flash Cannon​

I hear some of you screaming "Why not Lucario newb!?" and to that
I say, BULK. I don't mind the loss in power, and honestly, I prefer
having a reliable switch-in to take resisted flying types that can ruin
Breloom should the need arise. HP is maxed for the best defensive
potential with the rest distributed evenly in the defenses. Not much
else I can say here really, it all seems pretty self-explanatory to me.

The main problems I can see as of right now are fire types, especially
Volcarona and Moltres, as they resist every attack my sweepers have
and can hit them both for SE damage. Hopefully Rotom is still alive
and can cripple them before they get a chance to cause too many
problems. Bulky waters that carry ice type attacks can be an issue in
the right circumstances as well. Chandelure is quite a pain in the butt
for this team but falls into a category of it's own since it not only
resists my sweepers' attacks, but it's completely immune to Mach
Punch, and his ridiculous SpA stat can give him the chance to break
through 'Zong's Subs.

 

[Nihilego]

Hey man, nice team you've got here. Few suggestions though.


Firstly, all of the issues you identified in the last part other than the bulky Waters with Ice moves can be stopped dead by sticking Rock Slide on Breloom. Although you'd probably have to drop Seed Bomb, Rock + Fighting have almost QuakeEdge-class coverage which isn't anything to be laughed at.

I'm gonna be honest here though and suggest that as Bronzong provides absurd amounts of defensive ability, Breloom could just be completely re-done into a Swords Dancer, especially given that if you do pick Rock Slide > Seed Bomb you'll be wanting to set up your attacks quicker because you have no real STAB other than Mach Punch. Just an idea. Keep Sub on it though, but re-do the EVs to 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe with Swords Dance, should you take it.


Seriously you don't need all that defense on Bronzong either way. Lucario can manage easily without any defensive investment other than HP and that's pretty frail so Bronzong could definitely do without it, especially given its lower SpAtk. 252 HP / 252 SpAtk / 4 Spe, imo.


Uh that's about it really. Again, nice team.

 

[Joe™]

Thanks for the compliment/rate. ^^

You make a good point with Rock Slide, I'll keep that option open,
and as for using SD>BU, I like the idea of a fast set-up, but I
feel a bit more comfortable with the bulk, as it would allow me to
keep a Sub up while boosting.

I originally wanted max/max on 'Zong, but after some calcs I
realized that I'm not doing much more damage to anything that
really maters (Heatran/Magnezone/Empoleon/Emboar) so I
decided to shove the EV's into the defenses. TBQH, I wouldn't
be surprised if those EV's did nothing for his defenses in the long
run either, but I'd rather take "more" hits than do a trivial
amount more damage.

 

[Nihilego]

Fair enough @ almost everything you said. The thing that's bothering me now tho is how you're using Modest on Bronzong. If 252 SpAtk + Modest does a trivial amount more damage as you say, then 0 SpAtk + Modest is pretty much a complete waste. On my phone right now so using an EV Calculator is a nightmare but I'll work out a new EV spread for you adding in a defensive nature a bit later on, assuming you see why imo you should switch to one.