New ADV Team

[FreakyLocz14]

Sneasel @ Choice Band
Adamant nature
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
-Shadow Ball
-Brick Break
-Aerial Ace
-Quick Attack

Sneasel is meant to get in some quick damage before going down, so it softens up Pokemon for what comes in for the revenge kill. I'm running an Adamant nature because I with the lack of useable STAB Sneasel needs all the power it can get.

Magneton @ Leftovers
Modest nature
EVs: 252 HP/96 SpA/152 SpD/8 Spd
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power Grass
-Rest
-Sleep Talk

This Magenton set can actually get something done other than killing Skarm and spreading T-Wave. This is more of a stalling set.

Crobat @ Choice Band
Jolly nature
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
-Aerial Ace
-Sludge Bomb
-Hidden Power Ground
-Shadow Ball

Aerial Ace and Sludge Bomb are for dual-STAB. HP Ground takes out enemy Rock and Steels attempting to wall. Shadow Ball takes out enemy Psychics since bat even outspeeds Alakazam.

Gengar @ Choice Band
Adamant nature
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
-Sludge Bomb
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Punch
-Explosion

Gengar has decent coverage with this set. Blissey might switch in expecting a Special set only to be pwned by Sludge Bomb or Focus Punch. Also has great attacking coverage and packs a last minute punch by booming.

Alakazam @ Leftovers
Ability: Trace
EVs: 4 HP/252 SpA/252 SpD
-Calm Mind
-Psychic
-Fire Punch
-Hidden Power Water

In a team that seems littered with Choice Band sweepers, Alakazam takes the lead in dishing out Special attacks. After one Calm Mind it's STAB Psychic rips through anything no Dark/Steel/named Blissey. Fire Punch hits the Steel-types that attempt to wall Zam and HP Water can hit TTar for some decent damage.

Typhlosion @ Leftovers
Rash nature
EVs: 32 HP/16 Atk/252 SpA/208 Spd
-Fire Blast
-Focus Punch
-Thunderpunch
-Hidden Power Ice

With the right prediction, this set can be threatening. HP Ice is thrown in because Mence and Nite would be common switch-ins.

 

[Anti]

Well I moved this to S&M seeing as you're using EVs and talking about prediction and things that are basically exclusive to competitive battling. I don't know why you would post what appears to be a competitive team in the forum that actually has "In-Game" in the name but nevertheless...

Sneasel sucks. Like really...it SUCKS. Needs to be replaced.

The Mag set isn't necessarily terrible since all it uses is Thunderbolt anyway, but don't expect it to stall anything.

Typhlosion is terrible. Blaziken does its job better in most cases...which is saying a lot. Also, I won't bother to run calcs, but my feeling is that Focus Punch doesn't even 2HKO Blissey, and even if it did, It probably isn't going to win without a critical hit.

Crobat is also terrible. Even Dodrio is superior. The only reason to use it is for its Speed which isn't even useful when it's just going to run into Skarmory/Suicune/Swampert/*various other OU Pokemon that wall it* every time. You might as well use something that packs power like Salamence...even CB Gyarados would probably work better.

Gengar actually isn't a terrible way to get rid of Celebi, Blissey, and Snorlax early on, but you don't have anything that really takes advantage of it yet except Alakazam, which is certainly not terrible, but it doesn't have any support when it comes to getting by everything else that beats it.

Alakazam is fine.

The problem with this team is basically that every major OU threat has an easy time setting up on this team and crushing it. SkarmBliss isn't a horrible problem or anything, but nothing can even come in on Blissey and its annoying Thunder Wave, and the moment Gengar uses a psychical attack, Blissey won't even be sent in to beat it. At any rate, the bigger problem here is bulky Waters and Snorlax...wow, once Snorlax gets a Curse in, you basically have to sac Gengar or hope for a critical hit. Suicune is only hindered at all by Explosion and Magneton, but neither are very good solutions.

As far as the more straightforward sweepers are concerned, wow, Raikou and Salamence have such a field day it's almost unbelievable. Raikou is basically guaranteed a kill every time it comes in. Salamence's potent HP Flying faces no resistance except Magneton, which isn't exactly a safe switch-in. AgiliGross is also a problem since it outspeeds and OHKOes everything...everything. Zapdos causes similar problems, except instead of setting on on Magneton like Raikou does, Zapdos can just outstall it incredibly easily. Tyranitar, especially if it carries Dragon Dance, is basically impossible to stop.

But yeah, I won't keep up the crucifixion. The point is that at least half of this team needs to be completely replaced and its entire structure reworked. You'll certainly want to use a bulky Water and then build your defensive structure up. If you want a more offensive approach, you'll want far more resistances and solid answers to Pokemon that can easily foil your plans, namely Tyranitar, Salamence, and CurseLax.

 

[FreakyLocz14]

I knew I would need a major revamp it's been awhile since I've played ADV xD
I put this team in In-Game Team Help because I raised it on my FireRed cart but it is competitive.

I guess I could go with the standard SubSweeping Magneton set instead guess it's T-Wave can help. Come to think of it Blaziken > Typhlosion is probably a good idea as well. Regarding bulky Waters, Magenton does heavy damage to them since HP Grass should OHKO Pert and Quaggy while TBolt hits the rest. Snorlax is a pain but the Blaziken change should take care of that. Regarding Crobat I was already thinking of swapping it for something like Facade Swellow. Also I guess Sneasel can be replaced by the infamous Tyraniboah just for brokeness abuse. As far as using a bulky water, I'm considering Suicune.

 

[Dark Azelf]

Tyaniboah really sucks and so does Swellow.

Use Mence or Gyarados, they are so superior to Swellow its unreal.

 

[FreakyLocz14]

I don't see how Gyara is useful seeing that Water moves were Special in ADV but w/e

For Mence I'm thinking:
Salamence @ Leftovers
Rash nature
EVs: 132 Atk/180 SpA/196 Spd
-Brick Break
-Dragon Claw
-Fire Blast
-Hidden Power Electric

 

[Dark Azelf]

Gyarados didnt need stab Water, it has Hp Flying for stab.

 

[Anti]

D_A is right, Gyarados is a strong OU. Unless something has changed in the past two years, bulky Waters don't even run HP Electric much at all, so it actually uses its 4th gen counters as target practice.

Don't use MixMence, it really sucks. As a matter of fact, Brick Break to Blissey:

339 Atk vs 130 Def & 714 HP (75 Base Power): 282 - 332 (39.50% - 46.50%)

...Yeah, it doesn't exactly bruise it with raw power, lol. Just use CB or DD if you want to do real damage to anything.

And Magneton is really bad bulky Water coverage. First of all, dealing with the most dominant Pokemon in the game with something as easy to kill and also trap is silly. It can't even come in on Swampert, and Suicune is faster and can take it out with two Surfs if it has been weakened (which, again, isn't hard to accomplish). Not like it really matters though, you need to seriously revamp your team before the weaknesses thing comes up again. Just don't think that Magneton is a reliable answer...because it's not.

 

[FreakyLocz14]

Oh wait doesn't Blaziken get Mach Punch? If yes=Tyraintar check.

 

[Dark Azelf]

Checks dont work well in adv tbh. A. You dont have Spikes so forcing it out it pointless. B. It kills something every time it comes into play. C. Blaziken doesn't get Mach Punch.

Get a bulky ground or fighting type or Swampert, those are tar counters.