Team Beginner's Luck [UU RMT]

[Hatenko]

After careful analysis, reading through countless teams, and making sites like Smogon a bible to me, I think I'm finally capable of making a somewhat non-retarded educated attempt at a team. it's worth mentioning this is a shoddy team.

Team Overview
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In Depth

Ambipom @ Life Orb
Jolly Nature
Technician
252 Attack/252 Speed/4 HP
Fake Out
Pursuit
Taunt
U-turn

I picked Ambipom to lead for a good reason. High Speed, STAB+Life Orb+Technician Fake Out, and U-turn. Ambipom serves as a scout to my team, and Fake Out and Taunt are just there to screw with the opponent. Pursuit is definitely there to chase away foe Mismagius and Froslass.

Mismagius @ Leftovers
Calm Nature
252 HP/196 Sp.Defence/60 Speed
Shadow Ball
Will-O-Wisp
HP Fighting
Pain Split

Pretty self explanatory. Shadow Ball for coverage, HP for coverage against slower dark types, Will-O-Wisp and Pain Split to further toy with my opponent. Makes a pretty nice spin blocker.

Hariyama @ Leftovers
Impish Nature
Thick Fat
252 Defence/172 Attack/80 HP/4 Sp. Defence
Revenge
Thunder Punch
Knock Off
Whirlwind

Revenge makes use of his dismal Speed, Whirlwind's for the entry hazards and pseudo-hazing, Knock Off is to screw up my opponet, and Thunder Punch is for the obvious Water walling issue this team has.

Cloyster @ Leftovers
Impish Nature
Shell Armor
252 HP/252 Sp. Defence/4 Defence
Spikes
Rapid Spin
Payback
Explosion

I opted not to use Toxic Spikes since Nidoqueen can handle that. Rapid Spin is there to spin away other Cloysters' crap and Explosion is obvious. Payback is there for the occasional fast spin blocker such as Froslass or Mismagius or frail Psychics.

Nidoqueen @ Leftovers
Impish Nature
Poison Point
252 HP/160 Defence/96 Attack
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Crunch
Toxic Spikes

Scrapping Clefable, I decided to go with the ever versatile Nidoqueen. Earthquake and Stone Edge are for solid offense, Cruch is for frail or slow Psychics, and Toxic Spikes for the last layer of entry hazards.

Claydol @ Leftovers
Bold Nature
252 HP/144 Defence/114 Sp. Defence
Stealth Rock
Earth Power
Shadow Ball
Psychic

Claydol's fairly bulky and sets up Stealth Rock quite nicely. Its moveset has nice coverage, but I feel something could be changed. I'm also unsure whether or not to invest in any Sp. Attack EVs.

Threat List
Absol - Hariyama
Altaria - Nidoqueen Stone Edges it to oblivion
Ambipom - It's a matter of either outspeeding it with mine or switching in to Mismagius and HPing.
Ampharos - Claydol
Arcanine - Nidoqueen, Claydol
Armaldo - Hariyama, Nidoqueen
Azumarill - Hariyama Whirlwinds away Belly Drums, Cloyster can take hits if Hariyama fails and Explode on it
Blaziken - Claydol, Nidoqueen
Cacturne - Ambipom's U-Turn should be fine
Camerupt - Nidoqueen, Claydol
Charizard - Nidoqueen
Chatot - Nidoqueen, Hariyama if I'm lucky
Clefable - Hariyama, Ambipom Taunts away all support moves
Dodrio - Nidoqueen
Entei - Claydol, Nidoqueen
Espeon - Ambipom, Claydol, Nidoqueen if I'm lucky
Exeggutor - Ambipom's U-Turn
Feraligatr - Hariyama
Flareon - Nidoqueen eats this
Floatzel - Hariyama
Froslass - Ambipom, Mismagius, Cloyster
Gallade - Mismagius
Glaceon - Mismagius,
Golduck - Hariyama
Golem - Hariyama
Gorebyss - Hariyama
Granbull - Mismagius laughs at this
Hitmonchan - Mismagius, Claydol
Hitmonlee - Mismagius, Claydol
Hitmontop - Mismagius, Claydol
Honchkrow - Nidoqueen
Houndoom - Nidoqueen, Claydol and Mismagius if I'm lucky
Jynx - Nidoqueen Stone Edges her to hell
Kabutops - Hariyama, Nidoqueen if I'm lucky
Kangaskhan - Hariyama, Mismagius if there's no Scrappy
Kingler - Hariyama
Lapras - Hariyama
Luxray - Nidoqueen, Claydol
Magmortar - Nidoqueen, Claydol
Manectric - Nidoqueen, Claydol
Marowak -
Medicham - Mismagius
Mismagius - Ambipom, Mismagius, Nidoqueen, Claydol if I'm lucky
Moltres - Nidoqueen, Hariyama
Nidoking - Claydol
Ninetales - Claydol, Nidoqueen
Pikachu - Nidoqueen and Claydol eat this
Pinsir - Nidoqueen
Poliwrath - Hariyama
Primeape - Mismagius walls this,
Raichu - Nidoqueen and Claydol
Raikou - Nidoqueen
Rampardos - Nidoqueen, Claydol if fast enough
Roserade - Claydol
Sceptile - Ambipom's U-turn
Sharpedo - Hariyama
Shaymin - Ambipom's U-turn
Shiftry - Ambipom's U-turn
Slaking - Mismagius cripples with WoW and HPs it. Pain Split hurts.
Staraptor - Mismagius on Close Combat variants, Hariyama if I'm lucky
Swellow - Hariyama if I'm lucky
Tauros - Hariyama eats this
Toxicroak - Nidoqueen, Claydol eats this
Typhlosion - Nidoqueen, Claydol
Ursaring - Mismagius, Hariyama
Venemoth - Nidoqueen if it doesn't have Psychic
Victreebel - Claydol
Zangoose - Mismagius, Hariyama


There you have it. I'm open to mostly anything. There's also a difference between constructive criticism and being a jerk. I'm not able to at the moment, but when I can I'll definitely compile a threat list. let the nitpicking begin!

 

[.Gamer]

Looks good, but on Ambipom, you might want to drop U-Turn for Payback, so you don't have to switch out of Froslass leads.

I would also highly suggest putting Flame Orb or Toxic Orb on Clefable. That really makes it able to switch in on conditions.

Everything else looks good to me.

 

[Skip Shot]

Ambipom looks completely out of place on this team, literally everything besides it is defensive =/ I would drop Ambipom for a more defensive lead or possibly something to block Trick/ absorb Toxic Spikes.

I'll come back later.

 

[Hatenko]

A bit of an update if you will. I've noticed Clefable is the weakest link and I feel she needs to go. Despite the Wish coverage, Taunt destroys her and honestly the screens don't seem to help all that much. Bottom line - she's just not bulky enough for the job i hoped for her to do. Any advice for the now-empty last slot?

 

[Muse.]

Personally, I think you need something to take advantage of the support you've got: Hariyama as a whole, Spikes, SR. Your team is very defensive, and honestly, I see this team having more success with a mixed wall, or a physical sweeper of sorts. I'd recommend, Blaziken, Nidoking, or something else similar to them. Both of those fit in nicely to your team, and really benefit from the use of SR/Spikes. A personal favorite right now is Venusaur, who can spread around Sleep, and then setup for a deadly physical sweep. You can try her out, as she seems to fufill that bulky style you appear to have going on.

 

[Hatenko]

I replaced Clefable with Nidoqueen and added an offensive threat list.