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Valarauca

I > U for all real values of U
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    Team: Teh Team!!!!1!

    My team was born out of love for the offensive meta game which to my displeasure has gone down hill on my hiatus from competitive battling (like I said it would anti). Anyways the team goal is like most offensive teams to survive through checks of my opponents and wear down my opponent by simply fighter sweeper after sweeper until his team lies in a broken weakened state and is swept away.

    The team at a glance:
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    The team a bit deeper

    The Fearless Leader:
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    Azelf @ focus sash
    Naive w/ Levitate
    Ev; 4 att, 252 spe, 252 spA
    ~ Stealth Rock
    ~ Explosion
    ~ Psychic
    ~ Fire Blast
    Your standard suicide lead elf. This little guy gets up rocks for the rest of my team. His attack combo works well when he doesn't get rocks up and gets a KO. Azelf packs alot of power into a little lead, and can do heck. The only problem really is most anti-leads are designed to deal with Azelf.


    The Swiss Army Knife
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    Gyarados @ Leftovers
    Adamant w/ Intimidate
    Ev; 72 hp, 252 att, 184 spe
    ~ Dragon Dance
    ~ Earthquake
    ~ Waterfall
    ~ Stone Edge
    Classic DDance gyrados carries a lot of weight on this team, his typing allows him to set up on Scizor, then Ko it with Eq, which normally ends in his Knock out a turn latter. His glaring weakness to Stealth Rock cannot be overlooked, but his power outshines this. When ever he gets a chance to set up he is a treat period, Gyrados is capable of sweeping to a win after his checks/counter falls, and most checks/counters can be beaten by liberal use of dragon dance :P


    The Wall
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    Porygon 2 @ Leftovers
    Bold w/ Trace
    Ev; 252 hp, 216 def, 40 spA
    ~ Recover
    ~ Toxic
    ~ Ice Beam
    ~ Thunderbolt
    Porygon2 deals with a couple of weakness, and is perhaps the slowest member of my team. Porygon2 checks a decent number of Pokemon that would otherwise give me trouble. Toxic over thunderwave to help with stalling Pokemon, and annoy switch ins.


    The Bulk

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    Tyranitar @ choice band
    Adamant w/ Sand Stream
    Ev; 164 hp, 252 att, 96 spe
    ~ Aqua Tail
    ~ Crunch
    ~ Stone Edge
    ~ Earthquake
    Tyranitar helps cover a few holes that would exist in my team while providing a solid offensive poke. Earthquake over pursuit for two reason; I stick to my guns with crunch because it will either hit the switch in hard, or KO the poke thinking it can survive a pusuit, and Mangezone, I often find my Tyranitar and Magnezone paired up, and having EQ lets me KO it before it start harassing my team.


    The Ninja
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    Scizor @ Choice Band
    Adamant w/ Technician
    Ev; 248 hp, 252 att, 8 spe
    ~ Bullet punch
    ~ U-turn
    ~ Super power
    ~ Pursuit
    This guy comes in after azelf. Early game give Scizor a lot of options, the first being his U-turn, which allows him to scout like a champ, or he can launch an early Bullet punching barrage hitting everything that comes in. Super power over brick break because I get two before I lower my attack below it's standard level.


    The Power
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    Infernape @ Life orb
    Naive w/ Blaze
    Ev; 64 att, 196 spe, 252 att
    ~ Close Combat
    ~ Nasty Plot
    ~ FlameThrower
    ~ Grass Knot
    Another classic set. Mixape is a 40 kilo box of rape sitting on your door step. As soon as his counters/checks go down, Infernape paves the road to victroy in the sweat and tears of my opponent. The other possibility is I get set up fodder early on toss Mixape out and do as much damage as my opponent search frantically for a counter it.


    The team in retrospect;
    I have been having a few problems with Rotom-H I put in tyranitar to help.
    I haven't faced one of those Empoleans that I hear are gaining popularity.
    Not to many problems so far, this team took from 800 CR back up to the 1200's during testing so I'm pretty happy with it.

    Well... knock yourselves out.
     
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    The Swiss Army Knife
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    Gyarados @ Leftovers
    Adamant w/ Intimidate
    Ev; 72 HP / 252 Atk / 184 Speed
    ~ Dragon Dance
    ~ Earthquake
    ~ Waterfall
    ~ Stone Edge

    EVs allow you to outrun the only things that actually matter (Starmie, Azelf, and below), where as running max Speed only lets you outrun Pokemon that aren't really threatening or very rare (Dugtrio).

    The Bulk

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    Tyranitar @ choice band
    Adamant w/ Sand Stream
    Ev; 164 HP / 252 Atk / 92 Speed
    ~ Aqua Tail
    ~ Crunch
    ~ Stone Edge
    ~ Earthquake

    Those EVs accomplish nothing now that Skarmory run 16 Speed EVs, the current EVs fix that.

    The Power
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    Infernape @ Life orb
    Naive w/ Blaze
    Ev; 64 Atk / 252 SpA / 192 Speed
    ~ Close Combat
    ~ Nasty Plot
    ~ FlameThrower
    ~ Grass Knot

    Those EVs were designed with Rash Nature, so 64 Atk / 252 SpA / 192 Speed are better. They outrun max Speed Salamence, where as those EVs (with Rash Nature) outrun 176 Speed Salamence.
    Just fixed some things, will come back later to spot threats probably.
     
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    Ev changes made. Thanks for the help on Ev's I just used smogon's and hopped they were right/update which smogon is normally pretty good-ish about.
     
    You're really weak to Offensive Starmie, everything is OHKO'd or 2HKO'd. Can't really suggest anything without breaking the synergy of the team. Scarf Latias could be used over Porygon2, it revenge kills Gyarados, Salamence, etc while also luring Pursuit for Infernape to set-up (maybe even Gyarados too!).

    You do have a minor weakness to SD Lucario, but Gyarados takes around 62% from an Intimidated ExtremeSpeed. Those that carry Stone Edge are even more of a hassle. You can however change Gyarados' Nature to Jolly, and make its EVs 28 HP / 252 Atk / 228 Speed, that way you outrun Adamant Lucario before a DD and while outspeeding Scarf Heatran after a DD.

    Agility Metagross sweeps your team with ease, but some smart switching with Gyarados' Intimidate, you should be fine. And, there is nothing it can set-up on except Porygon2 (it can also set-up on Choice locked resisted moves, but at first it would be wary of switching on Scizor's U-turn, Tyranitar's Crunch, etc).

    Couldn't find any other weaknesses except for DD Tyranitar holding a Babiri Berry. (b' ')b
     
    Clear Body negates Intimidate. XP
    Well that sucks. :[

    Hey put in Shedinja lol! Maybe use Rotom-A > Porygon2, it still is able to survive a +1 Waterfall from Gyarados and strikes back with Thunderbolt or WOW. Salamence is still revenge killed by Scizor, especially with sandstorm going it will probably be OHKO'd after SR, and one LO recoil.
     
    Basically at this point Rotom A >> Porygon2, to cover my Metagross weakness, other then that the rest of my team should work? I'll most likely make the Ev changes to Gyarados to cover my Heatran since I planned to use him to check Heatran
     
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