When building a team for competitive play. What should I be looking for as my party? My team as of right now is
Lucario lvl 92
Vanilluxe lvl 100
Electivire lvl 100
Landorus lvl 100
Ferrothorn lvl 100
and a staryu lvl 1 but it will be a lvl 100 starmie
So anything like movesets or just advice on what to use, what not to use. That would all be appreciated. Thanks.
Okay, let's see...
Lucario has a good physical and special movepool for you to take advantage of (note: you may have to breed or use move tutors for some of these moves):
-Swords Dance
-Close Combat
-ExtremeSpeed
-Crunch/Ice Punch/Bullet Punch
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
or
-Nasty Plot
-Aura Sphere
-Dark Pulse/Shadow Ball
-Vacuum Wave/Hidden Power (Ice)/Dragon Pulse
Nature: Modest/Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus/Steadfast
or
-Close Combat
-Crunch
-ExtremeSpeed
-Stone Edge/Ice Punch/Bullet Punch
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf/Choice Band
or
-Aura Sphere
-Dark Pulse/Shadow Ball
-Hidden Power (Ice)/Dragon Pulse
-Vacuum Wave
Nature: Modest/Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Inner Focus/Steadfast
While Vanilluxe has good stats, it has a shallow movepool. You'll have to find a better Ice Pokemon to use, like Mamoswine:
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-Ice Shard
-Endeavor
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Thick Fat
or
-Earthquake
-Icicle Crash
-Stone Edge
-Ice Shard
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Choice Band
Ability: Thick Fat
or
-Icicle Spear/Icicle Crash
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Superpower
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Thick Fat
Electivire doesn't do as well in OU as it used to because of its middling Speed, but you could give it a shot:
-Wild Charge
-Ice Punch
-Earthquake
-Cross Chop
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Expert Belt/Life Orb
Ability: Motor Drive
or
-Wild Charge/Thunderbolt
-Flamethrower
-Cross Chop/Earthquake
-Ice Punch/Hidden Power (Grass)
Nature: Naive
EVs: 144 Atk/140 SAtk/224 Spe
Item: Expert Belt/Life Orb
Ability: Motor Drive
But then again, there are better Electric Pokemon to use out there, like Jolteon or Wash Rotom because of their superior Speed and bulk, respectively:
Jolteon:
-Thunderbolt
-Volt Switch
-Shadow Ball/Signal Beam
-Hidden Power (Ice/Fire)
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
Wash Rotom:
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split/Hidden Power (Ice)
Nature: Modest
EVs: 184 HP/4 Def/144 SAtk/176 Spe
Item: Leftovers
or
-Volt Switch
-Hydro Pump
-Thunder Wave/Will-o-Wisp
-Pain Split
Nature: Calm
EVs: 248 HP/28 Def/228 SDef
Item: Leftovers
or
-Volt Switch
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Trick/Thunderbolt
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Specs/Choice Scarf
Sand Force Landorus is preferred in Sandstorm teams, but Sheer Force Landorus, as well as Therian Landorus are still usable outside of said teams. Therian Landorus can be obtained via Dream Radar in B2/W2, and it has different stats and a different ability compared to Incarnate Landorus (Therian Landorus' ability is Intimidate and its stats are as follows in order of HP/Attack/Defense/Special Attack/Special Defense/Speed: 89/145/90/105/80/91)):
Incarnate Landorus:
-Earth Power
-Focus Blast
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Rock Polish/Substitute/Psychic
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Therian Landorus:
-Stealth Rock/Gravity
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-U-turn
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 200 HP/64 Atk/244 Def
Item: Leftovers
or
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-U-turn
-Superpower/Hidden Power (Ice)
Nature: Jolly/Naive
EVs: 32 HP/252 Atk/224 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf
or
-Gravity
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Hidden Power (Ice)/U-turn
Nature: Naive/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
or
-Rock Polish
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Hidden Power (Ice)/Explosion
Nature: Naughty/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
or
-Substitute
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Hidden Power (Ice)/Swords Dance
Nature: Naive/Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers
Given Ferrothorn's high defenses and good typing, a support set is ideal for it:
-Stealth Rock/Spikes
-Leech Seed
-Power Whip/Protect
-Gyro Ball/Thunder Wave/Protect
Nature: Relaxed
EVs: 252 HP/88 Def/168 SDef
Item: Leftovers/Shed Shell
Starmie is one of the best offensive Rapid Spinners, period:
-Hydro Pump/Surf
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt
-Rapid Spin/Recover
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure