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Weezing's STAB attack isn't very good, it only hits 2 types for super effective, both of those types are faster and can status me, T-Bolt/Flamethrower have much better coverage.
CC is one of the most powerful moves, how is it going to make him fall very quickly? If there is a pokemon that can survive and KO me after i've used CC, then i simply switch.
180 Base Power is makes CC a good attack.
Posion isn't super-effective agianst Bug since Gold and Silver, so only one type. Yes, your'e right, forget about Sludge Bomb.
Toxic Orb on Clefable? It's trait already makes it a status absorber. What about Life Orb? It doesn't recive recoil from it.
 
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Posion isn't super-effective agianst Bug since Gold and Silver, so only one type. Yas, your'e right, forget about Sludge Bomb.
Toxic Orb on Clefable? It's trait already makes it a status absorber. What about Life Orb? It doesn't recive recoil from it.

hmm..... I always thought it hit 2 types for super effective, odd.

But if I try try to come in and absorb a T-Wave or Hypnosis, then he's rendered useless, I was considering trick on Clefable, to pass the orb to some other pokemon that don't like being poisned, and the getting whatever item that they had, ideally i'd want to trick for leftovers. So I might put trick on Clefable, don't know.
 
hmm..... I always thought it hit 2 types for super effective, odd.

But if I try try to come in and absorb a T-Wave or Hypnosis, then he's rendered useless, I was considering trick on Clefable, to pass the orb to some other pokemon that don't like being poisned, and the getting whatever item that they had, ideally i'd want to trick for leftovers. So I might put trick on Clefable, don't know.
It was so in R/B/Y, but they made some changed in type effectiveness in G/S, and one of them is that Bugs recive neutral damage from Posion-type moves. Posion-types, oddly, were Bug-weak at the time, and since G/S resist it. And with the popularity of Grass/Posion combos, Flamethrower is indeed more effective against Grass-types (except Ludicolo). Flamethrower is still super-effectiveagainst Bug, obviously.
You could just as well use Heal Bell/Aromatheraphy. But if what you want is a status absorber, Clefable is a good choice...
 
Well, lately this team hasn't been going all that well, Scyther gets beaten by most leads, since most of them are dactyl, electrode, and the odd scarflee/ape.
And late game is where I have some problems, since then I have vulnerable to a scarf fighting type for a late game sweep.

So I still need some help, I don't have a huge rain dance team problem, which is very nice.
My biggest problems are scarf fighting types, since I have no fighting resists, so maybe bring in a Rotom, to block RPing as-well?
 
Told ya that you didn't have a fighting resist that was effective ^^

If you see a leading fighter, then 9 times out of 10, it has a Scarf, and you will have to switch. You could opt to use Weezing as a fighting resist over Blastoise, but then again, it's not one of the greatest ideas. Claydol is another effective fighting resist. I strongly suggest one of these two to take on LO fighters like Hitmonlee with more ease. Weezing/Claydol would act as a safeguard to see if it has Life Orb or Scarf, and if the attack does a ton of damage, you can safely say it's a CB.
 
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Blastoise @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP/252Def/6 SAtk
Bold nature
- Surf
- Sleep Talk
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
Rest Talking with a coverage that Metapod envies? Well, that's about all that envies it. If you're going to RestTalk, replace Rapid Spin with Toxic or Ice Beam. Although, I would just recommend replacing Sleep Talk with Toxic/Ice Beam, and Rest with the one of those you didn't put in Sleep Talk's place.
 
Told ya that you didn't have a fighting resist that was effective ^^

If you see a leading fighter, then 9 times out of 10, it has a Scarf, and you will have to switch. You could opt to use Weezing as a fighting resist over Blastoise, but then again, it's not one of the greatest ideas. Claydol is another effective fighting resist. I strongly suggest one of these two to take on LO fighters like Hitmonlee with more ease. Weezing/Claydol would act as a safeguard to see if it has Life Orb or Scarf, and if the attack does a ton of damage, you can safely say it's a CB.

Yeah, guess you were right after all.

Well fighting leads aren't a problem, it's the occasional late game sweeper ones that cause a problem.
Hmm..... well, claydol can RP, so I might go for him. But do I need steelix then? Since Claydol can also set up rocks.

I'll replace Blastoise with Claydol, but now I have 2 pokemon that can SR, I might give steelix SR, and Claydol Toxic, to help with stalling.


Rest Talking with a coverage that Metapod envies? Well, that's about all that envies it. If you're going to RestTalk, replace Rapid Spin with Toxic or Ice Beam. Although, I would just recommend replacing Sleep Talk with Toxic/Ice Beam, and Rest with the one of those you didn't put in Sleep Talk's place.

Yeah that was getting really annoying, so I'm going to go with claydol.
 
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You'll need Steelix to keep Scyther from tearing you apart. However, I'm unsure what you can replace for it. (I'm left without a clue in general.) You can try some experimentation if you wish. It's the only thing I can suggest.
 
You'll need Steelix to keep Scyther from tearing you apart. However, I'm unsure what you can replace for it. (I'm left without a clue in general.) You can try some experimentation if you wish. It's the only thing I can suggest.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I might keep him, as Claydol does well working with him.
Well, I just versed a team that had a late game sweeping Primape, and claydol did very well. I also found out that Scyther can be a fighting resist too (x4 resistance is kewl)

I am effected a lot by trick teams, but then again; who isn't?

Hmm...... after going over everything, I have a weakness to Rain Dance teams. With Blastoise (my main Rain Dance counter) gone, it could be problematic.
I was thinking the defensive Poliwrath set, as that will stop gorebyss and co.
 
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