Getting back into Pokemon; RMT

[darkfighter]

I've recently got back into competitive pokemon play (The last I've played, Excadrill was still OU!). For now, I just slapped together a team and began to play. It's decent, IMO, but could still use alot more work.

This is mainly a stall team, revolving around Ferrothorn, Skarmory, and Blissey.

SREEBGUBEA (Ferrothorn) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SDef
Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd)
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed

Ferrothorn serves as my main lead, and his main job is to set up Stealth Rocks, and is also a prime force of defense. The rest of the moves are obvious. Gyro Ball and Power Whip are STAB and Leech Seed allows him to stall even more.

JUVZFVPBGG (Whimsicott) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Taunt
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Protect

Whimsicott is my alternative lead, and answer to other walls and setup. While this set has been used by perhaps thousands of other players, it serves it's purpose in this team.

FXNEZBEL (Skarmory) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Spikes
- Brave Bird
- Whirlwind
- Roost

Skarmory's main goal is to set up spikes, and blow away threats with Whirlwind. It is also a great pokemon to stop physical sweeps and setups. Brave Bird allows Skarm to fight back, and Roost rests off the damage while laughing at electric users.

OYVFFRL (Blissey) (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Wish
- Thunder Wave
- Protect
- Seismic Toss

Blissey is the special tank, and her main goal is to cripple as many pokemon as possible. The Wish-Protect set is also invaluable to keeping my members alive.

PUNAQRYHER (Chandelure) (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Pain Split
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball

Chandelure covers fire weaknesses, while at the same time allows me setup with a sub while the opponent switches out. I prefer this guy over Gengar not only because of Flash Fire, but also because of great type coverage and immense attacking power.

FPVMBE (Scizor) (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Technician
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- U-turn
- Pursuit
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite

Scizor is the other half of my offense. It is my best answer to Reninculus, which was previously a problem to this team, and is also an excellent revenge killer. U-Turn lets me safley switch into whatever wall I feel like.

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And...that's my team. It's not that great, but I want to make it better. Sugegstions are welcome.

 

[PlatinumDude]

For Ferrothorn, use a Relaxed nature with 252 HP/88 Def/168 SDef.

You have a pretty nasty Fire weakness there. Outside of Chandelure and Blissey, Pokemon like Heatran and Volcarona, as well as Sun teams, can rip this team apart. I'd replace Whimiscott with something like Jellicent or Heatran to help against those types:

Jellicent:
-Scald/Surf
-Will-o-Wisp/Toxic
-Recover
-Taunt
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/216 Def/44 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Scald
-Will-o-Wisp
-Recover
-Shadow Ball/Ice Beam
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP/36 Def/220 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb

Heatran:
-Fire Blast
-Earth Power
-Hidden Power (Ice/Grass)
-Stealth Rock
Nature: Modest/Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Air Balloon

or
-Lava Plume
-Will-o-Wisp/Toxic
-Stealth Rock/Roar
-Protect
Nature: Calm
EVs: 248 HP/252 SDef/8 Spe
Item: Leftovers

You can even incorporate both Pokemon in, but you have to figure out who else to take out for yourself.

 

[darkfighter]

@PlatinumDude

Thanks. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of that immense fire weakness. Originally, I did have Jellicent on my team, but I figured out Zapdos pretty much walled my whole team unless Jellicent managed to use Toxic on it. I might take out Scizor, seeing as he doesn't make of much use for this team other than taking care of Reinculus.

I'll test it out now to see how it works.