Um Itachi this is about teams as opposed to pokemon...not to mention that Venusaur does a lot of what Vileplume can slightly better, so you pretty much are forced to use Aromatherapy to make it better than Venusaur (since sunnybeaming really isn't that viable outside of ubers). Go ahead and tear my heart out sims (though I promise it isn't an attack on UUs everywhere :P)
Anyways, somebody actually used a team of UU pokemon that I had never seen before (before Smogon's main site was really up and when I was still a newbie at DP battling anyway). It was a sunny day team with this Shiftry that blew up I think it was Articuno, and oh man I got swept really badly. The team actually wasn't bad either...I'm just not used to a Bellossom sweeping me in any generation, y'know?
I've been swept by this Bibarel thing before, which I recently looked up on Smogon to find as one of those beginning-of-the-game pokemon. I think Ninjask (who you never see these days) passed it a SD or something because I guess I didn't have PHazing. I honestly don't remember too well, and I usually don't save losses unless they're really good battles =D
I also have been on the attacking end when my joke of a BP team let Life Orb Adamant Blissey seriously punish some guy who blindly let me set up. That was really funny.
Very well, you know the risk.
You are right, Venasaur & Vileplume are dangerously similar, Vena only slightly on top. Plume has Aromatherapy & Stun Spore that Vena dosen't. Vena has Reflect/Light Screen, Leaf Storm, & EQ. Does that make Vena better? Well, not really, since Plume has Aromatherapy & Stun Spore, two very crippling moves for status hounds like Vileplume & Vena. Plus, Plume has Tickle, which is pretty useful if you ask me.
I'd say Plume is Venasaur's younger twin. They do look alike, but goes about things differently.
Also, Vena gets Leech Seed a helluva lot easier than Plume. However, sunnybeaming isn't so bad, great for late game sweeps, when, of course, Ttar &/or Hippowdon are gone. He can really sweep teams with it, and cripple all counters. I might make one. With HP ICE, since Fire is walled easier.
*But sims, what about BLissey? Wah"
Yeah, what about her? Remove all counters.
Ooka has a host of odd pokemon.
My team
Tauros
Raichu
Grumpig
Vileplume
Weezing
Torterra
I like it, although I might swap out Torterra, if I feel like it.
Sorry not trying to bump this, but I'm not sure if the post went through. I hate it when the site does that.