Tanker help..

Shiraishi

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    So far my team is full of sweepers except for empoleon which happens to be a special wall according to someone ._. I wanna train a tanker but thats gonna be hard..Can someone give advice on what pokemon/nature/movesets and training places to make good tanker? (not EV training places, just normal exp training)
     
    well to train quickly go to route 228 for wild pokemon, or on route 230 there's a swimmer near the island in the middle that has a dewgong and starmie both at lv60 and you get about 4700exp points every time you battle him
    from time to time i go battle the elite four but a lot of them only give about 1600exp each
     
    Two of the more popular physical tanks are Skarmory and Steelix. Together they cover each other's weaknesses (except Fire), but I personally prefer Skarmory. No one can say no to a ground resistence.

    Anywho...

    Skarmory @ Leftovers/Chesto Berry
    Impish Nature
    - Drill Peck
    - Roar/Whirlwind
    - Spikes
    - Rest/Roost

    Chesto Berry if you want to have a free Rest... Leftovers if you have Aromatherapy/Heal Bell support. Roost is a decent move, but it doesn't cure status problems. Rest will always be the best recovery move.

    Or if you choose Steelix...

    (two kinds of movesets)

    True Blue Wall:

    Steelix @ Leftovers/Chesto Berry
    Impish Nature
    - Earthquake
    - Rest
    - Stealth Rock
    - Roar/Toxic

    Pretty much the non-flying, slower version of Skarmory. Earthquake for STAB, Stealth Rock-Roar for a good annoying combo (or Toxic for a surprise), and Rest to keep him alive.

    Pseudo-Attacking Wall

    Steelix @ Leftovers
    Adamant Nature (or Impish Nature)
    - Earthquake
    - Stone Edge
    - Thunder Fang
    - Explosion

    This Steelix I personally made up and he can't survive like the other, but it can work well methinks. Steelix has a monster Defense stat... it's simply insane how high it is. So with all that Defense, he could go with Adamant to give him some extra Attack power, while not suffering from a major decrease in tanking ability.

    Earthquake for STAB, Stone Edge for whatever Earthquake can't hit (like Skarmory). Many bulky water types like to switch in to Steelix and pwn him, but (with prediction), Thunder Fang will make them think twice. And finally, Explosion... Steelix has slightly average Attack, so Explosion won't do as much as with, say, Metagross, but it's pretty much an OHKO on anything doesn't resist it, or else doing at least 80-90% damage... could give you a leg up.
     
    skarmbliss is a popular combo.

    skarmory@leftovers/adamant
    drill peck
    spikes
    roar
    roost

    physical wall. spikes+roar is fun if you can pull it off. roost when hp is low. don't let it get hit by anything special though, switch to blissey. drill peck is there for STAB.

    blissey@leftovers/bold
    aromatherapy
    softboiled
    seismic toss
    toxic

    aromtherapy if you need to heal yourself or others of status problems. softboiled when hp gets low. seismic toss for constant 100 damage. toxic to annoy/phaze. switch to skarmory if any physical sweeper comes in.

    or just a nice tank:

    dusclops@leftovers/bold
    rest
    will-o-wisp
    focus punch
    shadow ball

    great staller. rest when hp gets low. will-o-wisp physical sweepers. predict their switch out and use focus punch, and get a nice strong attack in. shadow ball for STAB
     
    one of my favorite walls is Pinsir @ Leftovers, Impish, Brick Break/Rock Slide/Bulk Up/Stealth Rock.
     
    If you decide to use Skarmory, I recommend on teaching it Whirlwind instead of Roar. There are quite a few Pokemon that have the Soundproof ability which makes Roar ineffective.
     
    Source2007 said:
    blissey@leftovers/bold
    aromatherapy
    softboiled
    seismic toss
    toxic

    aromtherapy if you need to heal yourself or others of status problems. softboiled when hp gets low. seismic toss for constant 100 damage. toxic to annoy/phaze. switch to skarmory if any physical sweeper comes in.
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    I use SkarmBliss myself... and I suggest Rest on Skarmory with a Blissey. Rest heals status problems also, so it could be better. But I'm an old time player, I don't adapt well to change. XD

    Replace Toxic with Ice Beam, though... otherwise, Gengar (Blissey's arch rival) will be able to destroy her. And you might be able to surprise any Garchomp or similar Dragon type that will probably switch in (with Garchomp being on about 8/10 teams, I'd say you can never have enough ice Beams!).
     
    Yea, I use SkarmBliss also, with this set:

    Blissey@Leftovers
    Bold Nature
    -Ice Beam
    -Thunder Wave
    -Softboiled
    -Stealth Rock

    Skarmory@Leftovers
    Impish Nature
    -Drill Peck
    -Spikes
    -Whirlwind
    -Roost

    I don't know why, but I'm just a fan of Roost over Rest. Maybe because I have Aromatherapy on my Meganium to get rid of effects when I switch out.
     
    Richard Steel said:
    I use SkarmBliss myself... and I suggest Rest on Skarmory with a Blissey. Rest heals status problems also, so it could be better. But I'm an old time player, I don't adapt well to change. XD

    Replace Toxic with Ice Beam, though... otherwise, Gengar (Blissey's arch rival) will be able to destroy her. And you might be able to surprise any Garchomp or similar Dragon type that will probably switch in (with Garchomp being on about 8/10 teams, I'd say you can never have enough ice Beams!).
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    nah i use rest on skarmory myself. i'm old school as well lol
     
    What about aggron? has a pretty good physical defense
     
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