Just starting, could use all suggestions

[xblazex91]

Hey all, I never really got into competitive battling but I'm trying to now and would appreciate any advice from others who do so. I'm having trouble deciding on non team and a moveset/EV spread for my eventual dragonite. I currently have an adamant dratini with perfect IV's except Sp. Atk obviously. I'm not sure what moveset to use for it and how many EV's for each stat. The only other Pokemon I have so far in my team is a careful Skarmory with perfect IV's in everything except Sp. Atk. The EV spread I chose to use was 224 HP, 32 Def, and 252 Sp. Def. I wanted him to be well rounded with HP, def, and sp def. His moveset will likely be spikes, toxic, roost, and a physical flying attack. I figured I also need a mega evolution Pokemon but can't decide who. Please help if you can, any advise is appreciated. Pokemon I'm considering: gyrados (mega), alakazam (mega), starmie, trevenant.

 

[Evisector]

We need EV's, Nature, Ability, Item's for six different Pokemon. This is Team Help, not Team Build afterall.

It's also advisable to play-test with the team before you have a rate, since what may look good on paper, sucks when put into practice.

 

[zygardian harbinger]

Well, if you choose to use Mega Gyarados, take advantage of its high Attack. Don't use it for Special Attacks, it's not really worth it, since its Special Attack rating is pretty low:

Ability: Moxie
Nature: Adamant
Item: Gyaradosite
Substitute
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Bounce/Stone Edge

Mega Alakazam has terrible Attack and Health ratings, but makes up for it in its high Special Attack, Special Defence, and Speed ratings.

Ability: Synchronise/Magic Guard
Nature: Modest/Calm
Item: Alakazite
Psyshock/Psychic
Calm Mind
Focus Blast
Hidden Power Ice/Hidden Power Fire/Substitute

Starmie has good stats all around, but its Health could use a little bit of training. I would use Leftovers because of that, but you can use the Life Orb if your Starmie gains a good Health rating.
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb
Rapid Spin
Scald
Psyshock/Thunderbolt
Recover
or
Ability: Natural Cure/Analytic
Nature: Quiet
Items: Leftovers/Life Orb
Rapid Spin
Hydro Pump/Surf
Psyshock/Thunderbolt
Recover

Trevenant can be used as a Spinblocker, and has pretty good stats, excluding its Special Attack and Speed:

Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Careful
Items: Leftovers
Will-o-Wisp/Destiny Bond
Rest
Phantom Force/Shadow Claw
Wood Hammer/ Horn Leech
or
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Calm
Items: Lum Berry/Sitrus Berry
Shadow Claw
Will-o-Wisp
Substitute
Leech Seed/Horn Leech

 

[halcyonic]

Well, if you choose to use Mega Gyarados, take advantage of its high Attack. Don't use it for Special Attacks, it's not really worth it, since its Special Attack rating is pretty low:

Ability: Moxie
Nature: Adamant
Item: Gyaradosite
Substitute
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Bounce/Stone Edge

Mega Alakazam has terrible Attack and Health ratings, but makes up for it in its high Special Attack, Special Defence, and Speed ratings.

Ability: Synchronise/Magic Guard
Nature: Modest/Calm
Item: Alakazite
Psyshock/Psychic
Calm Mind
Focus Blast
Hidden Power Ice/Hidden Power Fire/Substitute

Do note that Mega evolution overrides the previous ability of its original forme.

Mega Gyarados is bad, really bad. But if you insist on using it...

Gyarados @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Moxie (Mold Breaker upon Mega evolving)
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Nature: Adamant
Moves: Dragon Dance / Waterfall / Bite / Bounce


Mega Alakazam is also bad, sadly. But this set is still viable on it...

Alakazam @ Alakazite
Ability: Magic Guard (Trace upon Mega evolving)
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spd
Nature: Modest
Moves: Psychic or Psyshock / Focus Blast / Shadow Ball / HP [Ice] or HP [Fire]

Hope this helps :D

 

[Jet Pilot]

(This is assuming XY can learn these moves) I don't play X or Y, so I don't know. Nor do I competitive battle w/ XY Pokemon.

Dragonite @ Leftovers
Multiscale
Adamant Nature
252 Atk/252 Spe/4 SpD
Dragon Dance
Dragon Claw/Outrage
ExtremeSpeed
Earthquake

Multiscale gives you a chance to set up a DD, boosting your Speed to 389 w/ one DD adamant nature. W/ Jolly nature it's 426, you'll be able to outspeed a Volcarona & Salamence @ max IV's and EVs & Jolly nature. I've removed Fire Punch as it's never really helped me, had much more closure with Earthquake.
With DD set up you'll be able to take out his quite worthy adversary Salamence assuming they don't DD before you do.
ExtremeSpeed is used for those hard hitters that like to set up first such as Haxorus. It's pretty self explanatory. Damage as they set up, and Extreme for the kill. Well that's how I do it anyways, everyone has their own way..

 

[zygardian harbinger]

Also, keep in mind with the new Fairy-types running around, you want a good Steel- or Poison-type Pokemon. A Toxicroak might work well:

Nature: Adamant/Jolly
Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch/Anticipation
EVs: 244 HP, 132 ATK, 120 DEF, 12 Speed
Substitute
Poison Jab
Brick Break
Bulk Up/Torment

This set is designed to make Toxicroak a good Phys Sweeper with significant investments in HP, ATK, and DEF. It's ideal to use Substitute when you use Bulk Up or Torment so Toxicroak has something to absorb its damage. Poison Jab is a huge hit to Fairy-types, at a power 80 move, and Brick Break destroys any barriers that could have been set by those Double Screeners.

Cross Chop can be a good alternative to Brick Break if screens aren't your concern, but it has low PP, so I'm not so sure it can see a good use.