3rd Gen Filling in the last slot on my team

Jaredz99

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    Ok here is my team so far, w/o hold items

    Heracross L58
    Megahorn
    Endure
    Reversal
    Rock Slide

    My favorite pokemon. Very dependable, nice variety of moves, and with some speed endure/reversal is a sure OHKO.

    Salamence L58
    Headbutt
    Brick Break
    Fly
    Dragonbreath

    With Crunch and Dragon Claw still coming, i'd say he's looking pretty good.

    Metagross L53
    Iron Defense
    Earthquake
    Explosion
    Psychic

    Meteor Mash in 2 more lvls!

    Cradily L41
    Giga Drain
    Confuse Ray
    Rock Tomb
    Bullet Seed

    Still an experiment, but w/Ancientpower and Body Slam (which is what i plan for him) and great defensive stats he could be good.

    Rhyhorn L30
    I'm not even going to list his current moveset, just the one i'm planning on giving him:
    Earthquake (learned)
    Megahorn (learned)
    Rock Slide (old lady in Battle Frontier)
    Body Slam (old lady in Battle Frontier)



    Anyway, i need to find a pokemon available in emerald (i'm using a rom (without cheating), so i can't trade) that could fill my other slot. a moveset would be appreciated. also, feel free to comment on my team. Thanks!
     
    Walrein or Milotic if you want water. Is Starmie in Emerald?
    Who was your starter? Both Sceptile and Swampert would fit in ok. Blaziken would would give you too many ground weak though.
     
    Wow. You realize your team has FOUR Pokemon that are 4x weak to a type, right? Rhydon (I assume you will be evolving Rhyhorn) has Water and Grass, Salamence has Ice, and Heracross has Flying. Add the fact that you have two other Pokemon that are 2x weak to Ice, and this team has a HUGE Bulky Water weakness, especially Milotic that can easily destroy half your team, and Hypnosis/Toxic the others.

    Personally, I don't like the overload of physical attackers and utilizing Salamence as a special attacker. Salamence is one of the best physical attackers in the game, especially when paired with Metagross, as they cover each other very nicely. Just DO NOT use Fly. It fails miserably. Go with Aerial Ace instead.

    Of course, as this is a ROM and you will only be battling the weak AI, none of that really matters. I would suggest though that you add a Bulky Water of your own to cover your huge weaknesses. As it has already been suggested, Swampert, Milotic, or Vaporeon would be the best choices. I would go with Milotic as it can heal itself, or Vaporeon as it can heal the rest of your team. Good luck.
     
    He(^) is right, you have a LOT of x4 Supper effectives. But two Pseudo Legends make up for that I think. Change Rhydon for something harder. Milotic is a Special Sponge. It can Ice beam and Hydro its way to decimate this team.

    Change Bullet seed in Cradily, its horrible. Remove Fly, HMs are disgusting aside from Surf. Aerial ace fits Salamence.
     
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    Headbutt = Phail for mence, not a very reliable accuracy, strength is better
    As for your last guy, IDK it doesn't mater really
     
    A Pokemon like Salamence should not be using EITHER of those crappy HM moves. The best moveset would be CBMence:

    Salamence @ Choice Band
    Trait: Intimidate
    EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
    Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
    - Aerial Ace
    - Earthquake
    - Fire Blast / Brick Break
    - Rock Slide

    This is a perfect starter because its trait will lower its opponent's Atk by 1 stage right off the bat, before you even decide to attack or switch out. Choice Band is great for the 50% Atk boost, even though it locks you into that move, but you don't keep Salamence in long anyway. It is your lead off hitter that gives you an advantage, and it is great to bring it back in against an opponent physical attacker, since its trait will knock it down a notch. Fire Blast is preferred to make Skarmory cry, but Brick Break does cover more types, and gets the 50% boost from Choice Band, while Fire Blast does not.
     
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    shanecdavis said:
    A Pokemon like Salamence should not be using EITHER of those crappy HM moves. The best moveset would be CBMence:

    Salamence @ Choice Band
    Trait: Intimidate
    EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
    Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
    - Aerial Ace
    - Earthquake
    - Fire Blast / Brick Break
    - Rock Slide

    This is a perfect starter because its trait will lower its opponent's Atk by 1 stage right off the bat, before you even decide to attack or switch out. Choice Band is great for the 10% Atk boost, even though it locks you into that move, but you don't keep Salamence in long anyway. It is your lead off hitter that gives you an advantage, and it is great to bring it back in against an opponent physical attacker, since its trait will knock it down a notch. Fire Blast is preferred to make Skarmory cry, but Brick Break does cover more types, and gets the 10% boost from Choice Band, while Fire Blast does not.
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    I'm pretty sure that Choice Band is a 50% boost, seeing as how that is how much a stage raises a stat by which is what Choice Band does without the moveslot.
     
    Angelic Diablo said:
    I'm pretty sure that Choice Band is a 50% boost, seeing as how that is how much a stage raises a stat by which is what Choice Band does without the moveslot.
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    Wow. I cannot believe I put 10%. Thanks for the correction. Definitely a 50% Atk boost, which is indeed 1 level.
     
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