RMT, please. Warning, lengthy.

[Jinnai taichou]

I've gone through so many revisions on my team it's sad. Here is the one I currently have in mind. It seems to have below average synergy, but I'm working on it. This team sucks pretty bad. Depending on the replies, I can hopefully find the right things to replace.

Alakazam @ ChoiceScarf
Modest
252 SP ATTK / 176 SPEED / 80 DEF
~HP Ice
~Psychic
~Grass Knot
~Focus Blast

My lead, and I'm happy to say it. Yes, I am a Zam fanboy. Anyhow, it covers QUITE a bit. Not afraid of Weavile since I can OHKO it with Focus Blast. Granted yes, bad accuracy. Depending on my mood, I can switch it out and survive a Pursuit or I can just try using FB again. Grass Knot for Swampert leads and any bulky waters that come my way, or just anything else weak to Grass Knot. HP Ice for 'dem Dragons, but the one thing that bothers me, well, two, are Gyarados leads and the lack of Shadowball. If Gyarados is a lead, I'm not totally sure what to do. I've never battled competitively before. The other worry was about losing Shadow Ball, but ah well.

Garchomp @ Life Orb
Jolly
252 ATTK / 252 SPEED / 6 HP
~Swords Dance
~Dragon Claw
~EQ
~Fire Blast

The standard Garchomp, or one of them at least. Really not much to say. I use to be set on keeping him on my team, but I don't know. The team I'm posting already has four Ice attacks. That's well enough for dragons and Elecitvire has EQ. I might keep this and change it to a ChoiceBand 'Chomp with Outrage though.

Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold
212 HP / 176 SP DEF / 120 SP ATTK
~Hypnosis
~Recover
~Surf
~Ice Beam

I have a feeling I might be taking Milotic out, I dunno. Having a sleep inducer on my team is nice, and recover is always a welcomed move. Can be used to cover for Forretress and Electivire, since, IIRC, Milotic can survive an EQ from Garchomp, but I need to double check that. Meh...I sure did explain this well. *rolls eyes*

Electivire @ Life Orb/Expert Belt
Lonely
252 ATTK / 176 SPEED / 80 SP ATTK
~EQ
~Ice Punch
~Cross Chop
~TBolt

Electivire. Oh Electivire. I added Electivire since for every team I've made, I've had some sort of electric weakness, so what better Pokemon, besides ground types, to receive a nice hearty T-Wave, TBolt, etc. than Electivire! Covers quite a bit of types. I have a lot of repeating move types though, and that bothers me quite a bit. Maybe can play some mindgames with people on this via switching out Garchomp to receive an electric attack and later send out Electivire? I dunno, I haven't battled before competitively like I've said, so you can point and laugh.

Forretress @ Leftovers/ Shed Shell/ Macho Brace
Relaxed
252 HP / 162 ATTK / 96 DEF (I really am not sure on this at all...)
~Spikes/Stealth Rock
~Gyro Ball
~Rapid Spin
~Explosion/Rest/Light Screen

My Rapid Spinner and Spiker/Stealth Rocker. Honestly, I'm kinda' iffy on relying on one Pokemon for both Spikes/Stealth Rock AND Rapid Spin. Gyro Ball is for some attacking power, and even more so with Macho Brace, but given this Pokemon isn't based solely for attacking, I might give it Shed Shell. What I want to do is switch it in for something, set up, and switch out. Covers for quite a bit of my Pokemon. If I don't feel like taking Weavile on with my Zam, I can take a pursuit and send out Forretress to set up. Can cover for Milotic, Garchomp, and Zam. I really don't want to use Explosion with my Forretress, and if that's the case, I'll probably end up taking some of those attack EVs and put them into SP DEF. Rest is always nice for healing, but I don't want things wailing on Forretress. Finally, I can use Light Screen since my team is pretty weak defensive wise.

The final Pokemon is a bit of a problem. Right now it's just temporary, and besides, I doubt I'll be keeping this team anyway.

Heracross @ Choice Scarf/Band (Most likely ScarfHeracross)
Adamant
252 ATTK / 152 SPEED / 104 HP
~Megahorn
~Close Combat
~Stone Edge
~Night Slash/Pursuit

I'm really iffy on this. My team has hardly any tanks. Period. That's very bad in my opinion, and I'm sure everyone else's. Heracross brings in some nice protection for Zam at least, and fills my Psychic/Ghost weakness with Night Slash or Pursuit. Hits pretty hard with all of it's attacks.

This team has major flaws, and I meant to do a threat list, but I got lazy. If at all possible, I'd like to keep the Zam and Forretress combo. I'm not sure how well it'd work, but I'd like to try it out at least.

Thank you to the people who took the time to read another crappy RMT topic.

 

[Samson]

give Alakazam Choice Specs instead of scarf, give him Timid Nature. he doesn't need choice scarf. giving HIM choice scarf is as pointless as giving him defense EVs. 80 def evs changes nothing. that just gives him 20 more total points to his defense at level 100, which is nothing. not enough to survive anything.

 

[Jinnai taichou]

Then I messed up somewhere. I did a damage calculation and it can barely survive a Pursuit from Weavile. I'll look into this again though.

-Edit-
Would it just be a better idea to keep the same Zam and just make it Timid and of course give it ChoiceSpecs, while (if the 80 Def EVs DO help) keeping the same EV spread? Also, I may just keep the Zam I originally posted as a mid-late sweeper. Not sure.

-Edit 2-
What do most Weaviles use as an item? I've heard Focus Sash, ChoiceBand, Expert Belt, etc. I know my Zam is screwed if it's using ChoiceBand or Expert Belt. That's what I based the calculation off of anyway, without any boost via Choiceband, etc. A bad move, but meh.

 

[Samson]

umm no way in hell would Alakazam survive pursuit from Weavile. if you mean whether it can survive Pursuit without switching out, i still doubt it considering it becomes a 40+STAB=60+SE=120 physical move from a pokemon with base 120 attack. that's like saying it'd survive a Brave Bird from Blaziken, which it clearly can't. besides, you really need to consider spikes + stealth rock being in play cus otherwise, you're just setting yourself up for dissappointment. if you don't want to have to deal with having to deal with choice specs, then lose Choice Specs altogether and give it Life Orb. that way, you can use Focus Blast on the switch. one smart way to use Alakazam is to give it Substitute so that it can successfully (1) avoid being KOd and (2) avoid Pursuit. if you want to go with the Substitute route, then i suggest you drop HP Ice. sure, you want to rid of pesky dragons, but STAB Psychic does good damage to any dragon not name Lati@s, while Focus Blast takes care of steel/dark resists, and Grass Knot/Shadow Ball takes care of psychics that resist both and bulky waters. with Alakazam's immense Sp Atk stat and Life Orb, it should be a 2/3OHKO for anything that isn't a considerably good special wall.

 

[Azonic]

WTF??? Don't teach Electivire T-bolt. It is a waste of that pretty Special Attack...

I said the Special Attack was pretty... not Electivire pretty...

I mean... sheesh! It has to shave at least once a year...

Give him T-punch...

Really! It looks like a fat geezer with sticks popping out of his brain...

Oh wait no, it doesn't have one...

I'm not saying he's ugly... he's just... well... ugly

But that doesn't make him weak, it is terribly strong.... its just ugly IMO

Replace TBolt with TPunch.

Get a Magnezone with Magnet Rise... it is 1000000000000000000000000 times prettier that Electivire.. IMO

:) :)

 

[Jinnai taichou]

WTF??? Don't teach Electivire T-bolt. It is a waste of that pretty Special Attack...

I said the Special Attack was pretty... not Electivire pretty...

I mean... sheesh! It has to shave at least once a year...

Give him T-punch...

Really! It looks like a fat geezer with sticks popping out of his brain...

Oh wait no, it doesn't have one...

I'm not saying he's ugly... he's just... well... ugly

But that doesn't make him weak, it is terribly strong.... its just ugly IMO

Replace TBolt with TPunch.

Get a Magnezone with Magnet Rise... it is 1000000000000000000000000 times prettier that Electivire.. IMO

:) :)

Do you know what you're talking about? TBolt on Electivire is a GOOD move. All Pokemon aren't strictly based to ONE type of attacking.

 

[Smarties-chan]

WTF??? Don't teach Electivire T-bolt. It is a waste of that pretty Special Attack...

I said the Special Attack was pretty... not Electivire pretty...

I mean... sheesh! It has to shave at least once a year...

Give him T-punch...

Really! It looks like a fat geezer with sticks popping out of his brain...

Oh wait no, it doesn't have one...

I'm not saying he's ugly... he's just... well... ugly

But that doesn't make him weak, it is terribly strong.... its just ugly IMO

Replace TBolt with TPunch.

Get a Magnezone with Magnet Rise... it is 1000000000000000000000000 times prettier that Electivire.. IMO

Uh... you clearly don't know much about this stuff. Thunderbolt on Electivire is to guarantee a two-hit KO Skarm and since Electivire becomes and extremely efficient Skarm counter with Thunderbolt and he has no other real Skarm counter, Thunderbolt is an obvious choice, imo.

As for the team itself, ScarfStarmie will be able to do quite a lot of damage to this team. With Grass Knot 'Zam won't even two-hit KO it, while I'm quite sure Starmie can two-hit KO Zam, and since you're going to use Choisespecs, Starmie will outspeed it. Garchomp is OHKOed by Ice Beam, Milotic can only take 2 or 3 Thunderbolts and Forretress will take quite alot of damage from Surf. Of course this means alot of switching on your opponent's part, but with good prediction skills it's no problem. Bronzong also walls you like nothing else. (especially Light Screen variants) Overall, however, your team is pretty balanced, but you really need a special wall to prevent you from being sweeped by special sweepers.

 

[Jinnai taichou]

Ah, thanks for the realization on Starmie. I'm going to remove Milotic and go ahead and put in Blissey (until I can find a special wall I prefer even if Blissey owns), probably with Aromatherapy since I don't really have anything for if one of my Pokemon get put to sleep. I was going to remove Pinsir and put Togekiss for Paraflinching and team healing via wish, but that'll just add another thing for Starmie, and many others, to eat up via ice moves.

That's the other thing. If I don't have Milotic or Togekiss, Electivire isn't as helpful as he'll end up being, since there won't be any "predictable" electric attacks to take for his speed boost, correct?

-Edit-
I saw you have the llama song in your sig. I'm afraid you'll have to be my new PC buddy...sorry. ;-;

 

[Samson]

choice scarf starmie is not common at all, but i agree, he does need a better special wall.

 

[Jinnai taichou]

The thing is, since I'm removing Milotic, Electivire's use seems to have gone down a tad, since it'd be easier to predict an electric attack. I may or may not add Togekiss instead, I'm not sure. In any case, if I don't have Togekiss or Milotic, would it be best to ditch Electivire? I know any Pokemon of mine could get T-Waved, but like I've said, I'm new to competitive battling, so I'm not sure when the best times are.

When I think about it, I don't know if that made much more sense. :/

 

[peabobo's sexy legs]

I'm gonna do this the old fashioned way. =D

I've gone through so many revisions on my team it's sad. Here is the one I currently have in mind. It seems to have below average synergy, but I'm working on it. This team sucks pretty bad. Depending on the replies, I can hopefully find the right things to replace.

Alakazam @ ChoiceScarf
Modest
252 SP ATTK / 252 SPEED / 4 HP
~HP Ice
~Psychic
~Energy Ball
~Focus Blast

Wtf? Just speed it up.

My lead, and I'm happy to say it. Yes, I am a Zam fanboy. Anyhow, it covers QUITE a bit. Not afraid of Weavile since I can OHKO it with Focus Blast. Granted yes, bad accuracy. Depending on my mood, I can switch it out and survive a Pursuit or I can just try using FB again. Grass Knot for Swampert leads and any bulky waters that come my way, or just anything else weak to Grass Knot. HP Ice for 'dem Dragons, but the one thing that bothers me, well, two, are Gyarados leads and the lack of Shadowball. If Gyarados is a lead, I'm not totally sure what to do. I've never battled competitively before. The other worry was about losing Shadow Ball, but ah well.

Garchomp @ Life Orb
Jolly
252 ATTK / 252 SPEED / 6 HP
~Swords Dance
~Dragon Claw
~EQ
~Fire Fang

Fire Blast=Never

The standard Garchomp, or one of them at least. Really not much to say. I use to be set on keeping him on my team, but I don't know. The team I'm posting already has four Ice attacks. That's well enough for dragons and Elecitvire has EQ. I might keep this and change it to a ChoiceBand 'Chomp with Outrage though.

Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold
212 HP / 176 SP DEF / 120 SP ATTK
~Hypnosis
~Mirror Coat
~Surf
~Ice Beam

Recover fails, Recover fails, Recover always fails.

I have a feeling I might be taking Milotic out, I dunno. Having a sleep inducer on my team is nice, and recover is always a welcomed move. Can be used to cover for Forretress and Electivire, since, IIRC, Milotic can survive an EQ from Garchomp, but I need to double check that. Meh...I sure did explain this well. *rolls eyes*

Electivire @ Life Orb/Expert Belt
Lonely
252 ATTK / 176 SPEED / 80 SP ATTK
~EQ
~Ice Punch
~Cross Chop
~TBolt

In most cases, I'd tell you to use T-Punch, but since your team doesn't already have something with T-Bolt, it's nessecary for Pokemon like Gyarados or Skarmory.

Electivire. Oh Electivire. I added Electivire since for every team I've made, I've had some sort of electric weakness, so what better Pokemon, besides ground types, to receive a nice hearty T-Wave, TBolt, etc. than Electivire! Covers quite a bit of types. I have a lot of repeating move types though, and that bothers me quite a bit. Maybe can play some mindgames with people on this via switching out Garchomp to receive an electric attack and later send out Electivire? I dunno, I haven't battled before competitively like I've said, so you can point and laugh.

Forretress @ Leftovers/ Shed Shell/ Macho Brace
Relaxed
252 HP / 162 ATTK / 96 DEF (I really am not sure on this at all...)
~Spikes/Stealth Rock
~Gyro Ball
~Rapid Spin
~Explosion/Rest/Light Screen

Will not rate undecided movesets.

My Rapid Spinner and Spiker/Stealth Rocker. Honestly, I'm kinda' iffy on relying on one Pokemon for both Spikes/Stealth Rock AND Rapid Spin. Gyro Ball is for some attacking power, and even more so with Macho Brace, but given this Pokemon isn't based solely for attacking, I might give it Shed Shell. What I want to do is switch it in for something, set up, and switch out. Covers for quite a bit of my Pokemon. If I don't feel like taking Weavile on with my Zam, I can take a pursuit and send out Forretress to set up. Can cover for Milotic, Garchomp, and Zam. I really don't want to use Explosion with my Forretress, and if that's the case, I'll probably end up taking some of those attack EVs and put them into SP DEF. Rest is always nice for healing, but I don't want things wailing on Forretress. Finally, I can use Light Screen since my team is pretty weak defensive wise.

The final Pokemon is a bit of a problem. Right now it's just temporary, and besides, I doubt I'll be keeping this team anyway.

Heracross @ Choice Scarf/Band (Most likely ScarfHeracross)
Adamant
252 ATTK / 152 SPEED / 104 HP
~Megahorn
~Close Combat
~Stone Edge
~Night Slash
I'm really iffy on this. My team has hardly any tanks. Period. That's very bad in my opinion, and I'm sure everyone else's. Heracross brings in some nice protection for Zam at least, and fills my Psychic/Ghost weakness with Night Slash or Pursuit. Hits pretty hard with all of it's attacks.

This team has major flaws, and I meant to do a threat list, but I got lazy. If at all possible, I'd like to keep the Zam and Forretress combo. I'm not sure how well it'd work, but I'd like to try it out at least.

Thank you to the people who took the time to read another crappy RMT topic.

 

[Smarties-chan]

choice scarf starmie is not common at all, but i agree, he does need a better special wall.

It does not matter whether or not Choice Scarf Starmie is common or not, it's still a perfectly good set and it's capable of completely screwing over his team. And I reckon Choice Scarf Starmie will sooner or later become dead standard, as it screws over ScarfHera switch-ins which will otherwise screw over Starmie, but since this is going a bit off topic, I'll stop here. But the point is that ScarfStarmie can easily take out 3 or 4 members of this team and put a large dent in the rest of the Pokémon and is therefore a threat to take seriously. Other variants of Starmie are also a threat to this team, though not as much because Heracross can outspeed and OHKO them with Megahorn.

Ah, thanks for the realization on Starmie. I'm going to remove Milotic and go ahead and put in Blissey (until I can find a special wall I prefer even if Blissey owns), probably with Aromatherapy since I don't really have anything for if one of my Pokemon get put to sleep. I was going to remove Pinsir and put Togekiss for Paraflinching and team healing via wish, but that'll just add another thing for Starmie, and many others, to eat up via ice moves.

That's the other thing. If I don't have Milotic or Togekiss, Electivire isn't as helpful as he'll end up being, since there won't be any "predictable" electric attacks to take for his speed boost, correct?

-Edit-
I saw you have the llama song in your sig. I'm afraid you'll have to be my new PC buddy...sorry. ;-;

The evilness of Blissey is everywhere. o.o But then again, excluding Cresselia it's the only good special wall in the game (sadly, even Regice has trouble surviving all these Choice Specs sweepers' moves) so it's only natural. Even I have a Blissey ready to be transfered once I get Diamond. o.o As for putting Togekiss over Heracross, go ahead if you want. That'll only leave you with 2 physical attackers, but parasupport is always nice and it'll give you your Thunderbolt bait back.

And, yes, the Llama Song owns! =D Anyone who likes the Llama Song automatically gets a whole bunch of coolness points. =P *Adds you to a list of cool people*

The thing is, since I'm removing Milotic, Electivire's use seems to have gone down a tad, since it'd be easier to predict an electric attack. I may or may not add Togekiss instead, I'm not sure. In any case, if I don't have Togekiss or Milotic, would it be best to ditch Electivire? I know any Pokemon of mine could get T-Waved, but like I've said, I'm new to competitive battling, so I'm not sure when the best times are.

When I think about it, I don't know if that made much more sense. :/

Well, even without Electric attack baits, Electivire is still nothing to take seriously, but I agree that its use will go down somewhat. But you could always keep Heracross and replace Milotic and Electivire with Togekiss and Blissey if you don't want to keep Electivire. That, or you could always replace Electivire with another mixed sweeper such as Infernape or a full physical sweeper such as Ambipom, Rhyperior (which would also give your team a bit more physical bulk) or Weavile.