2Blue4u
Red Doesn't Come Close
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- Seen Sep 20, 2014
We've been planning a tournament for a while. We had one in December, but nobody was ready then, so we're planning it for three weeks for now. As far as I can tell, I'm the only one there who cares enough about IV's, since I have the upper hand of RNG manipulation and being able to control what nature my pokes will be. The tournament bans all legendaries (including Heatran, Phione, etc.) as well as Salamence, Dragonite, Tyranitar, and Metagross.
Originally, we thought it would be cool to have a signature Pokemon on our teams, where everybody had one signature poke that nobody else could use. This turned out to be flawed, however.
I spent a few weeks breeding my Pokemon and getting the right team, since I was concerned with IV's. I finished my EV training, but have to level it to 70 in three weeks (which isn't a big deal, since three weeks is A LOT of time.)
Here's what I'll end up with-
(Most standard rules don't apply, including sleep clause, OHKO clause, item clause, and unique Pokemon rule.)
Swampert (lead)
Relaxed nature (22/19/31/28/31/7)
Item- Leftovers
248 HP/ 212 Defense/ 48 Special Defense
Stealth Rock
Roar
Ice Beam
Earthquake
Breloom
Jolly nature (7/31/21/8/0/31)
Item- Toxic Orb (Poison Heal)
12 HP, 252 Attack, 244 Speed
Substitute
Seed Bomb
Spore
Focus Punch
Gyarados
Adamant nature (31/31/31/24/31/1)
Item- Leftovers
252 Attack, 4 Defense, 252 Special Defense
(It had an appalling speed stat, and since I wasn't going to outspeed most of the competition and Gyarados has decent defense capabilities as is, I decided to put the 252 in Special Defense rather than Speed to resist hits.)
Waterfall
Stone Edge
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Forretress
Relaxed nature (30/30/31/19/5/15)
Item- Shed Shell
252 HP, 112 Attack, 144 Defense
Though it didn't have a terribly low speed stat, I decided I wanted to stick with this Pineco/Forretress because a spread that covers your three most sufficient stats is hard to find. I thought they were 31's at the time, but I was unfortunately mistaken.
Earthquake
Gyro Ball
Spikes
Rapid Spin
Umbreon
Careful nature (31/22/28/3/31/26)
Item- Chople Berry
252 HP, 128 Special Defense, 128 Speed
Baton Pass
Mean Look
Wish
Taunt
Gengar
Timid nature (20/14/14/31/26/31)
Item- Leftovers
4 HP, 252 Special Attack, 252 Speed
Hypnosis/ Thunderbolt (Haven't decided yet)
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
I'm not 100% on strategy yet. I tried to make a team based mostly on type advantages, so I guess it's mostly defensive, since I based it on how it would resist and compensate for each Pokemon's weaknesses. (Forretress was my signature Pokemon at the time, which is partly why I had two water types- neither of which share a weakness with the other.)
I suppose entry hazards are a major theme in this set. Swampert lays down stealth rock, and Forretress lays down spikes (and if Swampert holds out as well as I think he will, roar will prove beneficial.)
I tried to make it fairly balanced. I've got three sweepers, two walls, and one baton passer in this lineup (I decided on Umbreon because I wanted variety in my team.)
Anyway, I think I've covered it for casual, but I'm really not sure on team synergy so much. Do you think this team synergizes well? I haven't had the chance to test it yet, since most of my Pokemon are in their 30s or 40s right now.
Originally, we thought it would be cool to have a signature Pokemon on our teams, where everybody had one signature poke that nobody else could use. This turned out to be flawed, however.
I spent a few weeks breeding my Pokemon and getting the right team, since I was concerned with IV's. I finished my EV training, but have to level it to 70 in three weeks (which isn't a big deal, since three weeks is A LOT of time.)
Here's what I'll end up with-
(Most standard rules don't apply, including sleep clause, OHKO clause, item clause, and unique Pokemon rule.)
Swampert (lead)
Relaxed nature (22/19/31/28/31/7)
Item- Leftovers
248 HP/ 212 Defense/ 48 Special Defense
Stealth Rock
Roar
Ice Beam
Earthquake
Breloom
Jolly nature (7/31/21/8/0/31)
Item- Toxic Orb (Poison Heal)
12 HP, 252 Attack, 244 Speed
Substitute
Seed Bomb
Spore
Focus Punch
Gyarados
Adamant nature (31/31/31/24/31/1)
Item- Leftovers
252 Attack, 4 Defense, 252 Special Defense
(It had an appalling speed stat, and since I wasn't going to outspeed most of the competition and Gyarados has decent defense capabilities as is, I decided to put the 252 in Special Defense rather than Speed to resist hits.)
Waterfall
Stone Edge
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Forretress
Relaxed nature (30/30/31/19/5/15)
Item- Shed Shell
252 HP, 112 Attack, 144 Defense
Though it didn't have a terribly low speed stat, I decided I wanted to stick with this Pineco/Forretress because a spread that covers your three most sufficient stats is hard to find. I thought they were 31's at the time, but I was unfortunately mistaken.
Earthquake
Gyro Ball
Spikes
Rapid Spin
Umbreon
Careful nature (31/22/28/3/31/26)
Item- Chople Berry
252 HP, 128 Special Defense, 128 Speed
Baton Pass
Mean Look
Wish
Taunt
Gengar
Timid nature (20/14/14/31/26/31)
Item- Leftovers
4 HP, 252 Special Attack, 252 Speed
Hypnosis/ Thunderbolt (Haven't decided yet)
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
I'm not 100% on strategy yet. I tried to make a team based mostly on type advantages, so I guess it's mostly defensive, since I based it on how it would resist and compensate for each Pokemon's weaknesses. (Forretress was my signature Pokemon at the time, which is partly why I had two water types- neither of which share a weakness with the other.)
I suppose entry hazards are a major theme in this set. Swampert lays down stealth rock, and Forretress lays down spikes (and if Swampert holds out as well as I think he will, roar will prove beneficial.)
I tried to make it fairly balanced. I've got three sweepers, two walls, and one baton passer in this lineup (I decided on Umbreon because I wanted variety in my team.)
Anyway, I think I've covered it for casual, but I'm really not sure on team synergy so much. Do you think this team synergizes well? I haven't had the chance to test it yet, since most of my Pokemon are in their 30s or 40s right now.