My Team (Yes, it DOES suck online...)

[Roxas358]

Blast (Empoleon) Lv.100 w/Expert Belt
Nature: Rash
Ability: Torrent
Surf
Waterfall
Ice Beam
Dig

Snorlax Lv.100
Nature: Timid
Ability: Thick Fat
Return
Earthquake
Strength
Facade

Electivire Lv.100 w/Magnet
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Motor Drive
ThunderPunch
Brick Break
Iron Tail
Earthquake

Rhyperior Lv.100
Nature: Mild
Ability: Solid Rock
Rock Wrecker
Dig
Stone Edge
Earthquake

Gaspar (Gengar) Lv.100 w/Focus Sash
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Levitate
Sucker Punch
Focus Blast
Dark Pulse
Hypnosis

Jet (Staraptor) Lv.100 w/Sky Plate
Nature: Sassy
Ability: Intimidate
Aerial Ace
Fly
Brave Bird
Steel Wing
(I'm still not even sure what the frick an EV is...or an IV...or how to effectively use non-attacking moves...)

 

[HunterX101]

Check Serebii's guides on EV's and IV's it should clear things up.
CHeck out Natures aswel.

 

[Roxas358]

If it involves raising any Pokemon as a perfect, brainless drone and constant breeding and a bunch of my time, then no thanks. That would just be stupid.

 

[shookie]

If it involves raising any Pokemon as a perfect, brainless drone and constant breeding and a bunch of my time, then no thanks. That would just be stupid.

Then your team is almost certainly going to be terrible in online play. :/

 

[Roxas358]

Well then I guess online play just isn't for me, because I'm a nerd, but not big enough of a nerd to spend half of the time I play Pokemon breeding for perfect natures or EVing or IVing or any of that other crud. I just want to play the game and have fun with it.

 

[Phazon]

Hehe. EV training doesn't take long. Don't be impatient ;p

EDIT:

With that set on Electivire, an Adamant nature is probably the best. In my experience, Staraptor works well with this set:

Staraptor @ Choice Band
Close Combat
Brave Bird
Return
U-Turn

And Empoleon works well with this set:

Empoleon @ Life Orb
Surf
Ice Beam
Grass Knot
Agility

You may have to breed for Agility; I'm not sure. If so, go with Flash Cannon instead. Try this set on your Gengar:

Gengar @ Life Orb
Shadow Ball
Thunderbolt
Focus Blast
Hypnosis

You may have to breed for Hypnosis too. If so, you could try Destiny Bond; I like that move on Gengar personally. As for the others, I haven't ever used them so I can't really say what moves they should have. Hope I helped a bit.

 

[Richard Lynch]

Hehe. EV training doesn't take long. Don't be impatient ;p

Macho Brace + Pokerus = 10 minutes to EV train.

Roxas358, if you're playing just for fun (not truly competitive), then that's fine. In fact, I respect that! But you should try for at least natures that can benefit something about the Pokemon. For example, a Timid Snorlax? That's -10% to Attack and +10% to Speed, both of which are terrible. You want that Attack, and don't need the Speed!

But hey, this is the kind of stuff that starts trends, eh? Maybe you'll pioneer a new kind of Snorlax: Special Sweeping Choice Scarf-Lax. It could happen!

 

[Roxas358]

Hehe. EV training doesn't take long. Don't be impatient ;p

EDIT:

With that set on Electivire, an Adamant nature is probably the best. In my experience, Staraptor works well with this set:

Staraptor @ Choice Band
Close Combat
Brave Bird
Return
U-Turn

And Empoleon works well with this set:

Empoleon @ Life Orb
Surf
Ice Beam
Grass Knot
Agility

You may have to breed for Agility; I'm not sure. If so, go with Flash Cannon instead. Try this set on your Gengar:

Gengar @ Life Orb
Shadow Ball
Thunderbolt
Focus Blast
Hypnosis

You may have to breed for Hypnosis too. If so, you could try Destiny Bond; I like that move on Gengar personally. As for the others, I haven't ever used them so I can't really say what moves they should have. Hope I helped a bit.

Staraptor - That doesn't sound half bad...I could try that.

Empoleon - Wow. *sigh* I should start looking for a danged Heart Scale...

Gengar - That sounds easy, I just have to relace Sucker Punch with Thunderbolt an Dark Pulse with Shadow Ball.

Macho Brace + Pokerus = 10 minutes to EV train.

Roxas358, if you're playing just for fun (not truly competitive), then that's fine. In fact, I respect that! But you should try for at least natures that can benefit something about the Pokemon. For example, a Timid Snorlax? That's -10% to Attack and +10% to Speed, both of which are terrible. You want that Attack, and don't need the Speed!

But hey, this is the kind of stuff that starts trends, eh? Maybe you'll pioneer a new kind of Snorlax: Special Sweeping Choice Scarf-Lax. It could happen!

Yeah, I had no idea about natures when I caught it (or stats, I just recently started looking at those). It does have a 450+ Attack though...wait, is that weak for a Snorlax?

 

[Richard Lynch]

Yeah, I had no idea about natures when I caught it (or stats, I just recently started looking at those). It does have a 450+ Attack though...wait, is that weak for a Snorlax?

450+ Attack? I think that's impossible. The maximum Attack for a hindering nature on Snorlax is 287. Even with a +Attack nature and 252 EVs, it won't go higher than 350.

I know when I just play the game (my in-game team), I pay no attention to EVs or IVs. It's my fun team, but I still hunt for a moderately decent nature. For example, I was hunting for a Bellsprout in LeafGreen, and I would settle for either Adamant or Modest (because Victreebell can pull off either). Or once I settled for a Careful Abra, because it's not hurting the "essential" stats of him. So I guess, if you're looking to be informal, just try to shoot for a nature that doesn't hurt an essential stat of the Pokemon. Like for Snorlax, shoot for a nature that's -SAtk. Because that +10% doesn't really make a huge difference in game, but it could be the difference between KOing an opponent in the Elite 4 or not. ;)

 

[Roxas358]

450+ Attack? I think that's impossible. The maximum Attack for a hindering nature on Snorlax is 287. Even with a +Attack nature and 252 EVs, it won't go higher than 350.

I know when I just play the game (my in-game team), I pay no attention to EVs or IVs. It's my fun team, but I still hunt for a moderately decent nature. For example, I was hunting for a Bellsprout in LeafGreen, and I would settle for either Adamant or Modest (because Victreebell can pull off either). Or once I settled for a Careful Abra, because it's not hurting the "essential" stats of him. So I guess, if you're looking to be informal, just try to shoot for a nature that doesn't hurt an essential stat of the Pokemon. Like for Snorlax, shoot for a nature that's -SAtk. Because that +10% doesn't really make a huge difference in game, but it could be the difference between KOing an opponent in the Elite 4 or not. ;)

Wait, I just remembered it was actually around 250. Dang memory. My brain is kinda unresponsive sometimes.

 

[Roxas358]

You know what? I think I'll actually make an online team. If anyone wants to make any suggestions on it, go ahead.

 

[NebulaNinja]

It's nice, but if you want to do online battling, you need to be more strategical. For example, lets say you have a Tangrowth with a Chlorophyll ability, and make it hold a Heat Rock. Then, teach it Sunny Day and Solar Beam. On the first turn, use Sunny Day. Your speed will be doubled due to Chlorophyll. Now that Sunny Day is in effect, you can freely use Solar Beam without having to charge up. And the Heat Rock it holds extends the number of turns Sunny Day is in effect. Many different Pokemon can take advantage of this combo.

Here's a combo that I use:
In a double battle, have one Lickylicky that has an Own Tempo ability and knows Defense Curl and Rollout. Teach the double battle partner Swagger and use it on Lickylicky. It's attack will be sharply raised but it won't get confused because of it's Own Tempo ability. Then use Defense Curl before Rollout to double Rollout's power. When you Rollout, it will be extra strong because of the Swagger and Defense Curl. The best part is, Rollout gets stonger on every turn. Make sure you give it an item like a Wide Lens to boost Rollout's 80% accuracy.

Hope I helped! ^_^

 

[Roxas358]

O_o

I never even thought of that...I always just classified itms like Heat Rock useless, but now that I think about it it could be helpful.