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RMT- My first shoddy team

El Gofre

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    After 6 months away from battling I finally get shoddy. So yeah, exactly what it says on the tin (Or title, whatever). It's an OU RMT, and I'm shamelessly going to use some of the most overused pokemon out there. So far I've had mixed success, mostly posetive, but am keen on improving things since my knowledge of the current metagame is still growing.

    The Line-up:
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    In Detail:

    "image removed"@ Leftovers
    Sassy
    252HP/86Att/80Def/92SpDef
    Gyro Ball
    Earthquake
    Stealth Rock
    Hypnosis

    I was getting really annoyed with the current craze of suicide leads, so I brought in this guy. Azelf expects stealth rock or hypnosis, so I 2HKO with gyro ball. This build will also survive an explosion from azelf too. Same goes for aerodactyl, who is walled and takes a gyro ball to the face. If I'm lucky enough not to get taunted, then I set up rocks immediately after.

    *pokemonelite2000 image removed*@ Choice Scarf
    Modest
    252SpAtt/252Spd/6HP
    Dragon Pulse
    Fire Blast
    Earth Power
    HP Grass

    I dislike having to exploders on a single team and swampert was giving me grief, so HP GRass got added to a standard scarftran who would OHKO on the revenge kill. As said, the rest is standard.

    "image removed"@ Leftovers
    Calm
    252Def/216SpDef/40HP
    Seismic Toss
    Aromatherapy
    Thunderwave
    Softboiled.

    AromaBliss over WishBliss any day. Standard enough.

    *pokemonelite2000 image removed*@Leftovers
    Impish
    252HP/168Def/88SpDef
    Slack Off
    Sleep Talk
    Ice Fang
    Earthquake

    Breloom was giving me a headache, so I introduced sleep talk since I have 'Zong to set up rocks.

    "image removed"@ Life Orb
    Adamant
    252Att/252HP/6Spd
    Swords Dance
    Bullet Punch
    Superpower
    X Scissor

    I liked this guy before platinum demonised him, I swear. Awesome late-game sweeper, although setting up mid-game is always nice. Max speed didn't seem to do me any favours, so I'm rolling with this at the moment.

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    Mild
    84Att/216SpAtt/208Spd
    Outrage
    Draco Meteor
    Brick Break
    Fire Blast

    A slight deviation of mixmence. I wasn't content with failing to OHKO blissey with outrage, as I'd take a thunderwave to the face and get be locked in too. So I brought in brick break for the easy KO, and it still handle steels too.

    So yeah, thats about it. Rate away =]
     
    Sleep Talk is completely useless on Hippowdon. It's so extremely situational that it's not even worth it, and Breloom can smack it with Focus Punch or Seed bomb anyway.

    Also, Brick Break actually does less damage to Blsisey than Outrage does. Salamence really isn't going to one-shot Blissey without something insanely powerful like a Choice Band set. Predicting is the key to using it...MixMence is a lot like Choice item users in that regard (though most sweepers are, really).

    Use Roost >>> Outrage on MixMence to give it survivability (SR and LO recoil kill it REALLY fast). Rash is generally better than Mild for a last minute Lucario check, and it helps it switching into Heracross. Also, you really don't need all that Speed (unless you could specify what it's for?) 180 Speed is enough, which outspeeds everything that outspeeds Adamant Lucario by a point, including other MixMence.

    Scizor needs Speed. Otherwise really slow waters like Vaporeon and even some Swampert are outspeeding Scizor, which should not be happening. Scizor might not be very fast, but having the Speed there just in case is probably going to be helpful, especially considering that otherwise slow Mesprit outspeeds Scizor, which is pretty sad =o
     
    Okay, well most of the sets themselves are okay, despite mostly outdated. The main problem is that you don't seem to be doing anything aside from walling. Out of your two sweepers, Scizor is fine, but Salamence is only really going to break weakened walls, which is not overly helpful with one other sweeper. You either need to go more offensive or try stall, because general walling is just delaying the inevitable.

    Bronzong - Hypnosis now has 60% accuracy. Keep that in mind, as you may want to try an alternative
    Heatran - HP Grass is pointless. Run Explosion, as you are complaining about breaking Blissey. The whole reason Scarftran works is that it can switch in with its bulk. It can't really switch in on Swampert, and there's nothing to stop it switching out after it downs your switchin-bait. Either way, run Naive (Explosion) as you need the extra speed.
    Salamence - Earthquake over Brick Break.

    ...Plus everything Anti's already said.
     
    Well, looking at the team, I'm thinking that you only have Bronzong to pull in fire attacks for Heatran, because Scizor is mainly for late game sweeping. I'm thinking CB Scizor would be a better choice, it could clean up, and lure in some fire attacks at the same time.

    EDIT: Not that I'm saying you have to lure in fire attacks, I'm just saying :p
     
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