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MagicMarc

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    Heatran@Sucha Berry
    Flash Fire
    Naive
    4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

    Stealth Rock
    Earth Power
    Explosion
    Fire Blast

    My strategies are all based on assumptions that other people will make about heatran. For instance heatran will be holding a Choice Scarf. Well mine is not he is holding a sucha berry to prevent OHKO from a powerful ground attack. Also very few people will try to taunt heatran so i will be able to get my rocks up first turn. Also The assumption will get people to switch out first turn and try to setup, Only to have their sweeper taken out with explosion. Also if i lay my rocks and switch out to bronzong to get my reflect and light screen up thay will still assume that heatran is holding a choise scarf




    Bronzong@Light Clay
    Levitate
    Relaxed
    252 HP / 86Atk / 80 Def / 92 SpD

    Light Screen
    Reflect
    Earthquake
    Explosion

    Bronzong is a transition pokemon. Hes sent out as a suicide support pokemon so to speak, gets out the screens and stealth rock, then hes out of there, when his health gets low he uses explosion to take somebody down with him. The oponent will not be expecting two pokemon with explosion on one team.




    Blissey@Leftovers
    Natural cure
    Calm
    252 Def / 80 SpA / 176 SpD

    Wish
    Softboiled
    Thunder wave
    Seismic Toss

    Blissey is my wall/healer. Blissey can support my other pokemon on the team by using wish and then switching out to heal them (mainly for my physical sweeper Lucario@life orb)
    (considering switching either thunder wave or seismic toss for aromatherapy)





    Lucario@Life Orb
    Inner focus
    Adment
    252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

    Swords Dance
    Close Combat
    Extremespeed
    Crunch

    Lucario is used as a late game Sweeper. His high speed combined with one or two swords dances he can OHKO many pokemon with a STAB Close Combat or be sure to sneak in the first attack with extremespeed. Crunch for the ghost/psychic pokemon. if he gets low on health i will switch in blissey use wish and then switch back in.





    Alakazam@Leftovers
    Synchronize
    Timid
    252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

    Calm Mind
    Psychic
    Focus Blast
    Signal Beam

    Alakazam is my hardcore allout special sweeper/revenge killer. My strategy with him is to switch him in and possibly scare them to switch out, use calm mind on the switch and get an attack out. Alakazam will also benefit from Togekiss' Baton pass Where he will inherit all stat boosts of nasty plot.




    Togekiss@Leftovers
    Serene Grace
    Calm
    252 HP / 64 SpD / 192 Spe

    Nasty Plot
    Air Slash
    Baton Pass
    Roost

    Togekiss serves Two purposes: To serve as a counter to fighting pokemon sent against Blissey or Lucario with a STAB air slash. To baton pass Nasty plot to any of my sweepers. Togekiss will use nasty plot while roosting when needed, under the support of light screen and reflect. also using air slash which takes advantage of a 60% chance to flinch.
    (Thinking of changing Air slash to Substitute
    reason: when sombody switches pokemon to counter i can use substitute so see whats up then baton pass to the appropriate sweeper)
     
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    This has a lot of trouble with Fighting-types. Togekiss' Normal type cancels out its resistance, and Stone Edge can beat it into the ground anyway. Since Alakazam is the only Pokemon benefiting from the Nasty Plot pass and it has almost no staying power anyway, you might as well swap out Togekiss for a Fighting check like Salamence (peferably MixMence to weaken some of Lucario's counters) or an offensive Gliscor (Swords Dance, probably with a Life Orb and offensive-minded EVs).

    Also, watch out for DDMence and Dragon-types in general, and you're also Scizor weak once Heatran gets worn down. For the Dragons, I would replace Bronzong (who doesn't seem to be a key part of this team at the moment) with a Mamoswine. It revenge kills Outraging Dragons and gives you another potent attacker. If you choose to do that, us:

    Mamoswine @ Life Orb / Choice Band
    Trait: Snow Cloak
    EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
    Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
    - Earthquake
    - Ice Shard
    - Stone Edge
    - Ice Fang

    Life Orb is probably better than CB to make losing prediction wars (which is bound to happen) much less costly.

    Just some stuff to consider. Defensively, you're very weak right now, having weakness to Lucario, Salamence, Flygon, Scizor, Gyarados, and to a lesser extent Infernape. A really cool option to consider to help deal with most of these problems is Timid offensive Suicune over Alakazam (CM/Surf/Ice Beam/HP Electric @ Life Orb or Leftovers) which serves as a check to Gyarados, outspeeds slower versions of Flygon and Salamence, and it outspeeds Scizor and Adamant Lucario, which is good for hammering them after LO and/or SR damage and possibly KOing them. Still, Suicune is by no means a perfect solution since this is all revenge killing, ironically with a Pokemon that has great defenses. Whatever you do, cover up as many weaknesses as possible. If you're going to replace something, Togekiss should go first, and maybe Bronzong after it since dual screen doesn't help anything specific right now. For a first team, it's not bad though. You will have to swap out Togekiss for sure to add some defensive stability to your team.
     
    One thing that you could replace Togekiss with if you go along with Anti's recommendations (Mamo>>Zong and CM Cune>> CM Zam) is a Zapdos. It hits most of the Pokemon that Anti mentioned you were weak to, outspeeding them all and being able to KO with its variety of moves. Here's the set I recommend:

    Zapdos @ Leftovers
    Timid Nature
    252 HP/80 Def/176 Spe

    Thunderbolt/Discharge
    Heat Wave
    HP Grass/HP Ice
    Roost

    Heat Wave easily takes care of Lucario and Scizor. Thunderbolt can be used for the power, or Discharge for the parahax. Usually, T-bolt is better imo. HP Grass can be used for Swampert (who you currently have problems with), or HP Ice can be used to deal with Flygon (Mence is better dealt with by Mamo).
     
    Ok I made some changes PLEASE RE RATE

    Heatran@Sucha Berry
    Flash Fire
    Naive
    4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

    Stealth Rock
    Earth Power
    Explosion
    Fire Blast

    My strategies are all based on assumptions that other people will make about heatran. For instance heatran will be holding a Choice Scarf. Well mine is not he is holding a sucha berry to prevent OHKO from a powerful ground attack. Also very few people will try to taunt heatran so i will be able to get my rocks up first turn. Also The assumption will get people to switch out first turn and try to setup, Only to have their sweeper taken out with explosion. Also if i lay my rocks and switch out to bronzong to get my reflect and light screen up thay will still assume that heatran is holding a choise scarf


    Gliscor@Life Orb
    Hyper Cutter
    Jolly
    252 HP / 40 Atk / 216 Spe

    Swords Dance
    Fire Fang
    Earthquake
    Stone Edge


    Gliscor Serves as a check as well as a decent physical sweeper. As soon as he gets a couple of swords dances out there he is ready to rock. Fire Fang for Bronzong and skarmory


    Bronzong@leftovers
    Levitate
    Sassy
    252 HP / 86Atk / 80 Def / 92 SpD

    Hypnosis
    Gyro Ball
    Earthquake
    Explosion

    Bronzong is the teams wall. Great for faster leads with a STAB gyro ball. Also with its plethora of resistances it can stay alive through some vicious sweeps, and put many of them to sleep to be dealt with later.




    Blissey@Leftovers
    Natural cure
    Calm
    252 Def / 80 SpA / 176 SpD

    Wish
    Softboiled
    Thunder wave
    Seismic Toss

    Blissey is my wall/healer. Blissey can support my other pokemon on the team by using wish and then switching out to heal them (mainly for my physical sweeper Lucario@life orb)
    (considering switching either thunder wave or seismic toss for aromatherapy)




    Lucario@Life Orb
    Inner focus
    Adment
    252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

    Swords Dance
    Close Combat
    Extremespeed
    Crunch

    Lucario is used as a late game Sweeper. His high speed combined with one or two swords dances he can OHKO many pokemon with a STAB Close Combat or be sure to sneak in the first attack with extremespeed. Crunch for the ghost/psychic pokemon. if he gets low on health i will switch in blissey use wish and then switch back in.





    Zapdos@Leftovers
    Pressure
    Bold
    248 HP / 228 Def / 32 Spe

    Thunderbolt
    Roost
    Hidden Power Ice
    Heat Wave


    Zapdos serves as a check for fighting and dragon type sweepers. Good HP and Roost to regain Health he is ready to take on the opposition.
     
    Move your 80 SpA EVs to SpD since no special attacks are being used. Can't believe someone missed this. XD Edit your team next time instead of posting it again. ;)

    haha nice catch that one flew right by me
     
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