Team Building

[Jao2k]

Hi guys,
I'm pretty new here so forgive me if I'm not posting in the relevant thread. I have about 15 lv100's consisting of a lot of legendaries but tbh I'm not sure how I should choose the best 6. Should i make sure I have at least one type of every Pokemon? Should I base it on which Pokemon have the highest speed? etc. Please help tnx

 

[wolf]

Could you please provide a list of what those fifteen Pokemon are? It would much easier to help knowing that.

 

[Jao2k]

Sure these are all my level 100 Pokemon:
Charizard
Blastoise
Mewtwo
Staraptor
Tyranitar
Milotic
Lugia
Salamence
Mew
Arceus
Ho-oh
Darkrai
Metagross
Deoxys

Thanks if you can help <3

 

[PlatinumDude]

Sure these are all my level 100 Pokemon:
Charizard
Blastoise
Mewtwo
Staraptor
Tyranitar
Milotic
Lugia
Salamence
Mew
Arceus
Ho-oh
Darkrai
Metagross
Deoxys

Thanks if you can help <3

Charizard and Blastoise are only good in their Mega forms, so you'll need to pick one out of the two.

Here's what my setup would be:

Blastoise, Salamence, Deoxys (Speed forme), Metagross, Staraptor and Mew. Note that most of your team are Ubers, and this will be frowned down upon if you battle someone else who doesn't use them:

Sets for each Pokemon:

Blastoise:
-Water Pulse/Scald/Hydro Pump
-Dark Pulse
-Aura Sphere/Ice Beam
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Blastoisinite

Salamence:
-Dragon Dance
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Fire Blast
Nature: Naive
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Lum Berry

Deoxys Speed:
-Stealth Rock
-Spikes
-Taunt
-Fire Punch/Superpower/Magic Coat
Nature: Jolly/Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash

Metagross:
-Stealth Rock
-Meteor Mash
-Earthquake
-Bullet Punch/Pursuit/Trick
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/4 Def
Item: Leftovers/Iron Ball
Ability: Clear Body

or
-Meteor Mash
-Earthquake
-Bullet Punch
-Zen Headbutt/Pursuit
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/4 Def
Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Clear Body

Staraptor:
-Double-Edge/Return
-Brave Bird
-Close Combat
-U-turn/Quick Attack
Nature: Jolly/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Choice Band/Choice Scarf

Mew:
-Stealth Rock
-Defog
-Roost
-Will-o-Wisp/Taunt
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/152 Def/108 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Taunt
-Roost
-Will-o-Wisp
-Psychic/Ice Beam
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/152 Def/108 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Nasty Plot
-Psychic/Psyshock
-Aura Sphere
-Shadow Ball/Fire Blast
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Lum Berry/Leftovers

 

[Jao2k]

Charizard and Blastoise are only good in their Mega forms, so you'll need to pick one out of the two.

Here's what my setup would be:

Blastoise, Salamence, Deoxys (Speed forme), Metagross, Staraptor and Mew. Note that most of your team are Ubers, and this will be frowned down upon if you battle someone else who doesn't use them:

Sets for each Pokemon:

Blastoise:
-Water Pulse/Scald/Hydro Pump
-Dark Pulse
-Aura Sphere/Ice Beam
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Blastoisinite

Salamence:
-Dragon Dance
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Fire Blast
Nature: Naive
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Lum Berry

Deoxys Speed:
-Stealth Rock
-Spikes
-Taunt
-Fire Punch/Superpower/Magic Coat
Nature: Jolly/Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash

Metagross:
-Stealth Rock
-Meteor Mash
-Earthquake
-Bullet Punch/Pursuit/Trick
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/4 Def
Item: Leftovers/Iron Ball
Ability: Clear Body

or
-Meteor Mash
-Earthquake
-Bullet Punch
-Zen Headbutt/Pursuit
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/4 Def
Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Clear Body

Staraptor:
-Double-Edge/Return
-Brave Bird
-Close Combat
-U-turn/Quick Attack
Nature: Jolly/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Choice Band/Choice Scarf

Mew:
-Stealth Rock
-Defog
-Roost
-Will-o-Wisp/Taunt
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/152 Def/108 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Taunt
-Roost
-Will-o-Wisp
-Psychic/Ice Beam
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/152 Def/108 Spe
Item: Leftovers

or
-Nasty Plot
-Psychic/Psyshock
-Aura Sphere
-Shadow Ball/Fire Blast
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Lum Berry/Leftovers

Thanks for the detailed reply Platinum!
I was just wondering isn't Mewtwo better than Mew? Also my staraptor is pretty ****, it was traded via GTS from Japan

 

[PlatinumDude]

Thanks for the detailed reply Platinum!
I was just wondering isn't Mewtwo better than Mew? Also my staraptor is pretty ****, it was traded via GTS from Japan

Mew gets the nod ahead of Mewtwo because the former is allowed in OU teams, while Mewtwo isn't.

 

[Jao2k]

Mew gets the nod ahead of Mewtwo because the former is allowed in OU teams, while Mewtwo isn't.

Noob question: What is OU teams?

 

[Nah]

In some places, competitive battling is divided into tiers. OU is one of the tiers, and stands for "OverUsed". It's the tier most commonly fought in. The tier list goes like:
Ubers, OverUsed, UnderUsed, RarelyUsed, NeverUsed.

Battles in the Battle Spot and VGC aren't tiered, but some people get upset if you use Uber Pokemon in battle. Platinum suggested Mew over Mewtwo to avoid that since Mewtwo is classified as an Ubers Pokemon while Mew is classified as UU. Though I've seen quite a few Ubers on Battle Spot anyway.