My 1st Team

[Epic-Scizor]

This is my updated team.

In Depth Look:


Togekiss Leftovers
Modest Nature
252 Speed 100 HP 158 SpA
Roost
Thunder Wave
Aura Sphere
Air Slash

Strategy:Togekiss is my lead and he starts off with T-Wave. Roost is to heal damage. He can also act as a replacment SpSweeper.

Gliscor Yache Berry
Jolly Nature
252 Speed 178 Attack 80 Defense
U-turn
Toxic
Knock Off
Taunt

Strategy: Gliscor is made to annoy the opponent by using Knock Off, toxic, and taunt. After doing that, he U-turns to my more powerfull guys.


Ninjask Leftovers
Adamant Nature
252 Speed 4 Def 252 HP
Substitute
X-Scissor
Swords Dance
Baton Pass

Strategy: Ninjask is my Baton Passer and works great with my Dragonite. He Swords Dances up and Baton Passes to Dragonite. All behind a substitute.

Vaporeon Leftovers
Timid Nature
252 SpD 158 SpA 100 Spd
Ice Beam
Wish
Surf
Protect

Strategy: Vaporeon doubles as my Sp sweeper and Sp wall. Ice Beam is good at taking out dragons. Surf is my STAB move for him. And to stall, he has Protect and Wish.


Bronzong Leftovers
Relaxed Nature
252 HP 86 Atk 172 Def
Gyro Ball
EQ
Iron Defense
Explosion

Strategy: Bronzong is my Physical Wall. Gyro Ball is a STAB move. EQ is to take out fire types. Iron defense makes him harder to take down. And once you wear him down.....boom.


Dragonite Life Orb
Adamant Nature
252 Spd 176 HP 76 Atk
Fire Punch
Earthquake
Dragon Claw
Roost

Strategy: Dragonite is my physical sweeper. Dragon Claw as a STAB move. EQ to take out Electric types. Fire Punch to take his major weakness. And roost to heal damage.




That´s my updated team.

 

[revelp8]

Hey everyone, I´m new on PC and I´ve been thinking about starting EV training and competitive battles and stuff. im a little nervous, because I´m not sure if this is a good team so here goes.

In Depth Look:


Togekiss Lum Berry
Modest Nature
252 Speed 100 HP 158 SpA
Substitute
Yawn
Aura Sphere
Air Slash

Strategy:Togekiss is my lead and he starts off with substitute. Once he´s behind the substitute, he yawns. When the opponnent is asleep, he switches out to Ambipom who then Nasty Plots and Baton Passes to Milotic to start a sweep.


Gliscor Bright Powder
Jolly Nature
252 Speed 158 Attack 100 Defense
U-turn
Toxic
Knock Off
Iron Tail

Strategy: The strategy with gliscor is to get rid of the enemies item and poison him, then U-turn out to one of my more powerful pokemon like Milotic or Garchomp. I put Iron Tail on as a filler move and can be helpful when i need a strong attack.


Ambipom Bright Powder
Jolly Nature
252 Speed 158 Defense 100 HP
Nasty Plot
Double Hit
Agility
Baton Passer

Strategy: Ambipom is my Baton Passer and works great with my Milotic. He Nasty Plots up and uses Agility then Baton Passes to Milotic.


Milotic Leftovers
Modest Nature
252 SpA 158 SpD 100 Spd
Ice Beam
Aqua Ring
Surf
Dragon Pulse

Strategy: Milotic doubles as my Sp sweeper and Sp wall. Ice Beam and Dragon Pulse are to get rid of dragons and stuff like that. I have Aqua Ring on their so that it can combine with my Leftovers. Surf is my STAB move for him.


Tangrowth Leftovers
Bold Nature
252 Def 252 HP 6 SpA
Ancient Power
Energy Ball
Block
Sleep Powder

Strategy: Tangrowth is my Physical Wall. He can also double as a SpA when needed. I generally use him to Block opponents from switching, then I use Sleep Powder so that they are stuck on a sleeping pokemon.


Garchomp Yache Berry(probably going to change it to Life Orb)
Adamant Nature
252 Atk 100 HP 158 Spd
Fire Fang
Earthquake
Dragon Claw
Crunch

Strategy: Garchomp is all about hitting hard and fast. He´s got Fire Fang to counter his 4x weakness to ice. EQ is a STAB move that is usefull just about all the time. Dragon Claw is his other STAB move. Crunch is to take care of those Special Psychic pokemon that think they can wash away my mainly physical pokemon.





That´s my team. Keep in mind that I´m new to this and this is probably not a good team. Just saying.

First and foremost, if your going to play competitively, you gotta know what tiers your going to play in. As of right now, your team is Ubers. Garchomp is in ubers and you would need to take him out, or ask the opponent if its ok to play with garchomp.

brightpowder is a luck item and is banned from competitive play as well

So take a look around S&M forum and read up on competitive play. As well as smogon k ;)

 

[Tyrant626]

OOOOOOOOOOWWWWWKAyyyy.... this team needs some work. Let me help you out. This could work as an OU team, but it needs ALOT of work.

Togekiss is good at alot of things, but not as a lead. If you want to take an Anti-lead approach (a lead who doesn't support the team, but prevents the opponent from supporting his own team.), then you're gonna want something with bulk. Also, yawn isn't too reliable since it takes 2 turns to work. Here's a good example of a similar lead.

Machamp @ Leftovers

Jolly (ability-No Guard)

240 HP / 248 Atk / 16 SpD / 4 Spe

-Dynamic Punch
-Bullet Punch
-Payback
-Stone Edge

This set ruins basicly every lead in OU. These four moves also provide excellent coverage, which is great during mid-game.

Gliscor seems 1/2 and 1/2. Bright powder is banned, so maybe replace it with Leftovers, or a Yache Berry to prevent it from being ruined. Also, iron tail is innacurate so you'd wanna change that.
Try...

Gliscor @ Yache Berry
Jolly (ability-Hyper Cutter)

252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

-Toxic
-Knock Off
-U-Turn
-Taunt

Basicly you were right on this one, but now it more reliably helps the powerhouse you're switching to. Speakin of which...

Remember when I said Togekiss is good at alot of things? Well, it's a good baton passer; better than Ambipom.

Togekiss @ Leftovers

Calm

252 HP / 64 SpD / 192 Spe

-Nasty Plot
-Agility
-Baton Pass
-Aura Sphere

Able to take a beating while also being able to take out opposing threats in order to support your team.


Milotic is to frail to work well in OU. If you want a good special tank, run these E.V's on Vaporeon (OU's Milotic).

Vaporeon @ Leftovers

Timid

252 SpA / 158 SpD / 100 Spd

Ice Beam
Wish
Surf
Protect

A good Special tank who easily does it's job, as long as you keep it away from strong physical attackers. Now your next, umm, thought...

Tangrowth is'nt too good of a wall solely because of it's grass typing. One great wall is bronzong, due to the fact that it has great defensive stats and great typing. Try...

Bronzong @ Leftovers

Relaxed

252 Hp/ 86 Atk / 172 Def

-Gyro Ball
-Earthquake
-Iron Defense
-Explosion

Bronzong is able to counter and wall most pokemon effectively, however, you can replace explosion with rest for more durability.


Garchomp is Uber, as in too powerful for OU now that it (and Salamence) are gone, Flygon can do pretty good, with basicly the exact same set.

Adamant @Choice Band

252 Atk 100 HP 158 Spd

Fire Punch
Earthquake
Dragon Claw
Crunch

This set gives him the power to shred through teams, same as Garchomp, but OU.


Well, now you have an effective OU team. If you still need some help, try

https://www.smogon.com/dp/


Hope I helped. Sorry if it was wordy

Oh yeah, forgot the tiers.

Uber (banned)-overpowered and legendary pokemon who are too strong for normal play.

OU (over used)-strong pokemon who are powerful and can be countered.

BL (border line) - pokemon who fall between OU and UU.

UU (under used) -those who aro okay, but theirs usually a better version of them.

NU (never used)-pokemon who have alot of weaknesses or poor stats.

 

[Epic-Scizor]

Thanks, Tyrant626 and revelp8. I´ll be sure to make those changes and take a look at smogon and the S&M forum today when i have time. Thanks for the help!

 

[zommy08]

Hey everyone, I´m new on PC and I´ve been thinking about starting EV training and competitive battles and stuff. im a little nervous, because I´m not sure if this is a good team so here goes.

In Depth Look:


Togekiss Leftovers
Modest Nature
252 Speed 100 HP 158 SpA
Roost/Nasty Plot
Thunder Wave
Aura Sphere
Air Slash

Strategy:Togekiss is my lead and he starts off with substitute. Once he´s behind the substitute, he yawns. When the opponnent is asleep, he switches out to Ambipom who then Nasty Plots and Baton Passes to Milotic to start a sweep.


Gliscor Leftovers/Yache Berry
Jolly Nature
252 Speed 158 Attack 100 Defense
U-turn
Toxic
Knock Off
Earthquake

Strategy: The strategy with gliscor is to get rid of the enemies item and poison him, then U-turn out to one of my more powerful pokemon like Milotic or Garchomp. I put Iron Tail on as a filler move and can be helpful when i need a strong attack.


Ambipom Life Orb
Jolly Nature
252 Speed 158 Defense 100 HP
Nasty Plot
Double Hit
Agility
Baton Pass

Strategy: Ambipom is my Baton Passer and works great with my Milotic. He Nasty Plots up and uses Agility then Baton Passes to Milotic. BP Ambipom only works well in entirely Baton Passing teams (the joke teams you see on YouTube with people sweeping with Wurmples and Caterpies). I'd recommend, over Ambipom:

Ninjask (Leftovers)
Adamant
252Spd 252HP 4Def
Substitute
X-Scissor
Swords Dance
Baton Pass


Milotic Leftovers
Modest Nature
252 SpA 158 SpD 100 Spd
Ice Beam
Recover
Surf
Hidden Power Electric

Strategy: Milotic doubles as my Sp sweeper and Sp wall. Ice Beam and Dragon Pulse are to get rid of dragons and stuff like that. I have Aqua Ring on their so that it can combine with my Leftovers. Surf is my STAB move for him.


Tangrowth Leftovers
Bold Nature
252 Def 252 HP 6 SpA/Atk
Leech Seed
Sleep Powder/Substitute
Energy Ball/Power Whip
Hidden Power Fire/Knock Off/Earthquake

Strategy: Tangrowth is my Physical Wall. He can also double as a SpA when needed. I generally use him to Block opponents from switching, then I use Sleep Powder so that they are stuck on a sleeping pokemon.


Garchomp is Uber and has been Uber for a long time. Salamence has become Uber recently, so there are few Dragons left (unless you want to use Shelgon or Gabite); namely Flygon and Dragonite.

Flygon (Choice Scarf)
Adamant
252Atk 252Spd 4HP
Outrage
Earthquake
Stone Edge/Fire Punch
U-Turn

OR

Dragonite (Yache Berry/Life Orb)
Adamant
252Spd 176HP 76Atk
Dragon Claw/Outrage
Earthquake/Heal Bell
Fire Punch/Heal Bell
Roost

Heal Bell Dragonite is available is Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness (I think).

Strategy: Garchomp is all about hitting hard and fast. He´s got Fire Fang to counter his 4x weakness to ice. EQ is a STAB move that is usefull just about all the time. Dragon Claw is his other STAB move. Crunch is to take care of those Special Psychic pokemon that think they can wash away my mainly physical pokemon.





That´s my team. Keep in mind that I´m new to this and this is probably not a good team. Just saying.

Hope this helps!
fillllllllz

 

[Epic-Scizor]

thanks for the advice guys. Ill improve this team based on the advice you guys gave me and post it on a new thread as soon as im finished. thanks again for all the advice! Epic-Scizor out!

 

[Dark Azelf]

Why do all the pokemon ahve the same poor ev spread ? :/

 

[Epic-Scizor]

what EVs would you recommend for a SpWall/SpSweeper mix vaporeon with ice beam, wish, surf, and protect?

 

[FreakyLocz14]

brightpowder is a luck item and is banned from competitive play as well

Actually the Hax Item Cluase isn't standard so having Brightpowder doesn't make a team illegal.

 

[Epic-Scizor]

just remade the team. Im not sure i coul post it in another thread, cause wouldnt that be double posting? and that would mean it would get deleted/moved, right?

 

[wolf]

Togekiss looks ok, however with 100 HP EVs its HP stat is divisible by four. Because of that, it can only switch into Stealth Rock four times instead of five, so I suggest removing or adding an extra 4 EVs.

Gliscor would probably be better with Earthquake for a solid STAB move to check Lucario if it sets up on Ninjask, or just so stuff like Metagross doesn't wall you. Really depends on which move has been the least useful. Consider using Roost as well. Also, move the 80 Def EVs to HP, gives it better overall defenses.

Like I said to countless other teams, Ninjask is very easily beaten due to every team having Roar / Whirlwind, Taunt, and certain priority. You only have Dragonite to benefit from the boosts as well... I suggest replacing Ninjask with Roserade, it absorbs Toxic Spikes for Vaporeon and has good overall defensive synergy with it. Rose also provides a good switch in for Offensive Suicune and Swampert. Venusaur can also be used as it is bulkier, but remember that Offensive Suicune will outrun and OHKO it with Ice Beam after a Calm Mind. You can also use Magnezone to trap Steel-types for Dragonite if you want, but Rose does lure Skarmory decently.

Roserade @ Life Orb
Natural Cure | Timid
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power Fire
- Sleep Powder / Spikes / Toxic Spikes

Vaporeon should be more bulky, your team relies on it defeat Infernape. An EV spread of 192 HP / 252 Def / 52 SpD / 12 Speed and Bold nature should work.

Reflect outclasses Iron Defense really, it supports the team and you still have the +2 Defense.

With your Baton Passer gone, a new moveset for Dragonite can be used:

Dragonite @ Life Orb / Yache Berry
Adamant / Jolly
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Speed
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- ExtremeSpeed / Fire Punch

I prefer Outrage, but Dragon Claw is decent if you dislike being locked. ExtremeSpeed deals 70%+ to Flygon, OHKOes Jolteon, 65%+ to Mamoswine, etc. Yache Berry can be used to prevent Scarf Jirachi and Ice Shard users from revenge killing Dragonite, then lets you use Fire Punch if you don't mind Scarf Flygon too much. With Yache, Jolly is generally better to outrun Jolteon (and Scarf Heatran) since you no longer have ES.

OR

Dragonite @ Leftovers
Adamant
252 HP / 52 Atk / 204 Speed
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw / Outrage
- Earthquake
- Roost

More bulkier variant, with Roost to help you set up more. You lack a way of hitting Skarmory and Bronzong however, but Roserade can lure them somewhat (it does 2HKO all Skarmory). Magnezone is probably a better teammate if you use this set, though.

Short version:

Spoiler:

- Remove or add 4 EVs to Togekiss' HP EVs
- Consider Earthquake somewhere, and maybe Roost
- Replace Ninjask with Roserade or Magnezone
- Change Vaporeon's EVs and nature to 192 HP / 252 Def / 52 SpD / 12 Speed and Bold
- Reflect > Iron Defense
- Change your Dragonite's moveset to one of the sets listed above (if you chose Roserade, all-out DD works best; bulky DD performs better with Magnezone)