One of My New Tries at a Competitive Team.

[lolwut]

At a glance:

Alakazam:

252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe @expert belt-mild nature
Energy ball
Psychic
Shadow ball
Focus blast
Heres my lead. Energy ball for those common swamperts which atm im currently weak to.. psychic for STAB, shadow ball for opposing psychic types, and focus blast for the bulky steel/rock types.

Machamp

252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe @ leftovers-adamant nature
dynamic punch
ice punch
bullet punch
payback
Heres machamp, dynamicpunch with noguard=win. Ice punch for those ever so common dragons, payback after i take an attack, and bullet punch for those speedy weaviles/anything else that has a higher speed.

Raikou:

4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe @ life orb-modest nature
Thunderbolt
Psychic
Calm Mind
Shadow ball
Probably the mvp of my team, high sp atk and speed makes for a good special sweeper, and with a couple of calm minds, hes unstoppable

Salamence:

4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe @ choice specs-mild nature
Draco meteor
Hydro Pump
Dragon pulse
flamethrower
ordinary smogon mixmence, high special atk and speed, makes for a good sp sweeper with high speed..

Heatran:

4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe @ choice scarf-naive nature
Dragon pulse
Explosion
Fire blast
Earth power
Earth power for steel/rock/electric types, dragon pulse for dragons, explosion for a good revenge kill, and fire blast for a good STAB move.

Swampert:

104 HP / 204 Atk / 100 Def / 100 Spe@ leftovers-adamant nature
Waterfall
Counter
Ice punch
earthquake
Waterfall and earthquake for stab, especially with his high atk, counter because of his high defense, and ice punch once again for the dragons.

Okay so this is my first try, please be nice even thought it may be a horrible attempt... But id like an honest opinion.

Oh and if a whole pokemon in general should be replaced with anything else, ive got TONS of other ev'd pokes to put it in for it, so say the team is good except for one poke, well then just mention what poke would be good to replace it with and i probably have it.

 

[Willis]

It would be helpful if you listed thier natures.

 

[lolwut]

Natures are now listed. Anyone?

 

[Dark Azelf]

Yeah list their natures.

Zapdos wants a Life Orb and Heat Wave >> Sub.

Mencs wants specs.

Typhlosion wants Scarf.

Ill come back later for a better rate.

 

[lolwut]

Thanks for the short rating.... i have the items you mentioned so i changed them right away. Ill try to get someone to tutor my zapdos heat wave... as i dont have enough shards

 

[wolf]

Quick rate: Don't ever put a move that is not attacking on a Choice set (there is some exceptions, but very few). So, take off Roost and Substitute since you will just be locked into using it, and replace with Heat Wave and U-turn. HP Grass>>Ice on Zapdos also for Swampert and Rhyperior since you already have a way of dealing with Mence and such. I might come back later for a bigger rate, just wanted to spot that out.

 

[lolwut]

alright ill take those suggestions into mind, how am i supposed to change zapdos's hp ice to grass? And losing swampert would mean losing my main water type as i have nothing to take out fire/ground types except for ice punch on machamp for ground and earthquake on donphan for fire..

 

[Willis]

Well, I would say go with a Mix Infernape over the Typhlosion.

Naive/Hasty @Life Orb
64 Atk / 252 SpA / 192 Spe
Nasty Plot
Flame Thrower
Close Combat
Grass Knot / Hidden Power Ice

The Mixape is a solution to the ground types with Grass Knot or HP Ice.

 

[lolwut]

how would a jolly infernape with this moveset sound?
close combat
fire punch
stone edge
swords dance

 

[wolf]

alright ill take those suggestions into mind, how am i supposed to change zapdos's hp ice to grass? And losing swampert would mean losing my main water type as i have nothing to take out fire/ground types except for ice punch on machamp for ground and earthquake on donphan for fire..

I meant to defeat opposing Swampert, not attack yourself. ._. Uh, get another Zapdos?

 

[lolwut]

I meant to defeat opposing Swampert, not attack yourself. ._. Uh, get another Zapdos?

i can try to get another one, but i like this one >.< is there anyway it would be fine without hp grass? and oh lol it just seemed worded weird

 

[Willis]

Its better then Typhlosion. Typhlosion is UU for a reason mate.

 

[lolwut]

i could consider it for the infernape i already have..

 

[Flyingtacos]

I think that u should still use a rest-talk machamp as it has more staying power. I also think that counter has some issues on a swampert, but it might work. Also ur typhlosion could be replaced with many other good special sweepers, specifically heatran. However, if u do use it then u need to replace either fireblast or flamethrower with another typed special move for better coverage, as the both of them together are kind of useless. also if u decide to keep flamethrower, if typhlosion learns lava plume, the 30% burn rate is worth the slight BP drop.

Scarf Heatran:
Choice Scarf
Naive/Rash
EVs 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Fire Blast /Flamethrower
Earth Power
Explosion
Hidden Power Ice /Hidden Power Grass /Dragon Pulse
Specs Heatran:
Choice Specs
Modest
EVs 40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe
Fire Blast/Overheat
Earth Power
Hidden Power Grass
Dragon Pulse /Flamethrower

 

[Milke]

I'm no expert, but if you stick with the Typholsion, replace Flamethrower with Overheat. The only time you'd really use that is when you're about to die(low hp = eruption fail) and the lowered sp. attack won't matter all that much. If you do survive then just switch out.

 

[lolwut]

actually speaking of typhlosion, im temporarily switching him out for heatran with this moveset:
fire blast
dragon pulse
earth power
explosion

and im temporarily switching out zapdos as it was too slow and its defense was way to low... for a more versatile raikou, he may seem like an underdog but hes actually quite fast and has a good sp atk to back it up

thunderbolt
psychic
shadowball
calm mind


oh and i decided to switch out donphan for alakazam so my team is pretty much all OU now.. alakazam has 405 sp atk and 339 speed so he really packs a punch

psychic
shadow ball
energy ball
focus blast

ill get the ev's if anyone wants to rate them, but even so im going to update the first post with all the updates so everyone can take a better look at the updated team

 

[Sebastien Loeb]

Donphan I don't like a lot lead, since today many leads are endowed with moves as Explosion (Metagross) and devastate your strategy, your Salamence even though enough difficult to predicting it is all right in crisis against a Blissey to make it Mixed.

 

[lolwut]

i updated it so look again please, any other ratings? :D

and im also wondering if i should replace raikou with electivire or jolteon.