Pre-Platinum RMT

[Hadim Sinan Pasha]

New RMT after Anti destroyed the old (told me to redo it) so I've started from scratch and thought it over for a while now (1 day). As usual, not the best lead but I just tok the movesets off of somewhere, same EV's a most starters and the Focus sash. Anyways, have a look at my "new" revised team. Descriptions under each pokemon are explaining why I chose, not necessarily what it's supposed to be doing. Also explaining some of the movesets. Anyways, here goes:

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Jolly – 6HP:252Atk:252Spe
Taunt
Earthquake
Stealth Rock
Rock Slide/Stone Edge
~Standard Lead Aerodactyl. Will do Stone Edge but always open to Rock Slide if I can't open up to it. SR and Taunt are inthere and a little obvious as to why they are there. taunt to stop any Stealth Rocking and SR to set up my own. Yup, not great with leads so don't burn me for this one.~

Forretress @ Leftovers
Relaxed – 252HP:162Atk:96Def
Rapid Spin
Toxic Spikes
Explosion
Earthquake
~The Spinner that I have chosen is Forretress, mainly because of its defensive capabilities. Explosion can pretty much annihilate anything that isn't Rock, Steel or Ghost, hence the 162 Attack Ev's. Also, Earthquake to punish those Steel and Rock types. Overall, the coverage on this bug isn't too bad. Possible threats are well, anything with Fire type moves really, although Fighting types hurt.~

Azelf @ Life Orb
Timid – 38HP:252SpA:220Spe
Nasty Plot
Psychic
Flamethrower
Grass Knot
~I've gone for NP Azelf as my Special Attacker this time. Grass Knot >>> HP Fighting mainly because I don't have the IV's for HP Fighting, although I could use HP Dark but that isn't as great as Grass Knot. Grass Knot still can't OHKO Swampert but it's the only decent attack in that fourth slot. Everything else is standard.~

Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Jolly – 6HP:252Atk:252Spe
Dragon Dance
Crunch
Stone Edge
Earthquake
~Pre-platinum DDTar. Bringing back the Earthquake onto this guy feels good. Jolly over Adamant to outspeed the opposition, because Speed >>> Attack power IMO. A lot of people would agree on this.~

Weezing @ Leftovers
Bold- 252HP:252Def:6SpA
Flamethrower
Will-O-Wisp
Thunderbolt
Pain Split
~UU Physical Wall with T-Bolt for Gyarados aka Big Meanie. Flamethrower >>> Fire Blast for Accuracy and PP. Will-O-Wisp for inducing status and Pian Split to recover/inflict damage.~

Snorlax @ Leftovers
Careful – 248HP:28Def:236SpD
Rest
Sleep Talk
Crunch
Body Slam
~Standard RestTalkLax with Crunch >>> Earthquake because I've had troubles with gengar in the past and this guy, well this guy has usually been the last Pokemon left and Crunch would add something to him that would not only hit those Ghost/Psychic types but also give a bit more coverage (i.e. Levitaters/Flying types).

LMK what you think. I have thought about this more than most of my other teams although I'm not compltely satisfied with it. Open to all suggestions, so R/FMT. Also, please, I'd like to ask that if you haven't got much to input, don't input at all (e.g. I think Weavile is better than Aerodactyl becuase Aerodactyl is ugly). So basically, no nooby comments.

Thanks for reading (R/F if you also do that),
~Celebi~

 

[Anti]

With all of those Spikes this severely needs a spin blocker...

...but I can't tell if this is offense or stall...the team is conflicting with itself. You have suicide Aero, but nothing actually takes advantage of SR so it seems like a wasted slot. You only have two sweepers total which is not enough if you're starting the battle 5-6 to get SR up.

On the other side, NP Azelf, the lead Aero I just talked about, and DDtar all imply an offensive feel. Forretress isn't really useful without Spin Block support and it really isn't very useful outside of stall to begin with (too easy to set up on and generally laugh at). BTW, Smogon's EVs are awful and Forretress needs way more defense.

Long story short (...too late lol), your team members don't fit well together. Find a central startegy or focus and build your team from there. This doesn't need redone, but you either need to drop the stall pokemon or the offensive ones. If you want to do a balanced team, that's another issue (though those aren't usually that good), but stuff like Forretress and especially Suicide Aero are bad choices for balance. Get everything on the same page and this team will work a lot better.

 

[Hadim Sinan Pasha]

With all of those Spikes this severely needs a spin blocker...

...but I can't tell if this is offense or stall...the team is conflicting with itself. You have suicide Aero, but nothing actually takes advantage of SR so it seems like a wasted slot. You only have two sweepers total which is not enough if you're starting the battle 5-6 to get SR up.

On the other side, NP Azelf, the lead Aero I just talked about, and DDtar all imply an offensive feel. Forretress isn't really useful without Spin Block support and it really isn't very useful outside of stall to begin with (too easy to set up on and generally laugh at). BTW, Smogon's EVs are awful and Forretress needs way more defense.

Long story short (...too late lol), your team members don't fit well together. Find a central startegy or focus and build your team from there. This doesn't need redone, but you either need to drop the stall pokemon or the offensive ones. If you want to do a balanced team, that's another issue (though those aren't usually that good), but stuff like Forretress and especially Suicide Aero are bad choices for balance. Get everything on the same page and this team will work a lot better.

Hmm, ok. Aero I wasn't even sure about because I'm shocking with leads. I guess I could go for an Anti-Lead lead but the only one that comes to mind is Weavile. Other than that, I could use Starmie >>> Forretress. I already have that Starmie I used against you on Shoddy. So that doesn't really stall, which would be removing the Aero and Forry for 2 more offensive based Pokemon. So should I replace Aerodactyl and Forretress with Weavile and Starmie respectively?

Also, you didn't mention anything against the walls, so I'm guessing that Snorlax and Weezing are perfectly fine there.

EDIT: I guess I'll go for something more offense based but if I did change Aero and Forretress I guess I wouldn't need that Spin Blocker anymore. Yes?

 

[Anti]

If you're going for offense, Aero isn't a lock to be replaced since SR is a must for almost all offensive teams.

The walls are okay there but are generally better of not being there to give your team more firepower. Besides, your opponent can't really attack you if they're busy defending themselves.

Also, I don't really recommend NP Azelf. It has serious problems with common Choice Scarfers (and Heatran in general), Blissey, and not Bullet Punch Scizor. It's honestly a little outdated. I'd use the mixed LOer, which is U-Turn/Explosion/Flamethrower/Psychic