Yet Another Comp. Team

Zylas

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    Hey guys, Zylas here. I've just made another competitive battle team, and I'd like your guys' opinion. Its a simple OU team with a Sandstorm lead, 2 Physical Sweepers, 2 Special Sweepers/a Rapid Spinner, and a Tank/Annoyer. Here it is:

    Tyranitar: @Focus Sash Ability - Sandstream *Mild*

    Moveset ~

    Crunch
    Fire Blast
    Ice Beam
    Stealth Rock

    EVs= 252 Sp. Atk; 252 Spd; 4 Atk

    Jellicent: @Leftovers Ability - Water Absorb *Bold*

    Moveset ~

    Scald
    Toxic
    Recover
    Taunt

    EVs= 248 HP; 216 Def; 44 Spe

    Scizor: @Choice Band Ability - Technician *Adamant*

    Moveset ~

    U-Turn
    Bullet Punch
    Superpower
    Pursuit

    EVs= 248 HP; 252 Atk; 8 Sp. Def

    Lucario: @ Life Orb Ability - Inner Focus *Adamant*

    Moveset ~

    Swords Dance
    Close Combat
    ExtremeSpeed
    Ice Punch

    EVs= 252 Atk; 252 Spe; 4 HP

    Starmie: @Leftovers Ability - Natural Cure *Timid*

    Moveset ~

    Surf
    Thunderbolt
    Ice Beam
    Rapid Spin

    EVs= 252 Sp. Atk; 252 Spe; 4 Sp. Def

    Alakazam: @Focus Sash Ability - Magic Guard *Timid*

    Moveset ~

    Psyshock
    Focus Blast
    Signal Beam
    Hidden Power Ice

    EVs= 252 Sp. Atk; 252 Spe; 4 HP

    I feel like I have a distinct weakness to dark with Jellicent, Starmie, and Alakazam. Help?
     
    Hrm, a "smogon team", eh? Summarizing my thoughts:
    1) Is Tyranitar a special sweeper or a tank? If it's a sweeper, it must have Spe, not SpD. If it's a Tank, it must have some HP and some physical attacks...

    2) Yes, your team is pooped with Dark-type moves. Sucker Punch is your bane and is something even your Speed-based sweepers cannot trump. So yeah, this could easily take down 3 of your pokemon. IMO, that's not much of a problem. Sucker Punch is very rare in OU. Could only think of Dugtrio or Latias using it.

    In any case, you may easily replace Jellicent with a different tank/annoyer. Some good alternatives are Ferrothorn and Gastrodon. As for Starmie/Alakazam, fair choices are Latias, Jolteon, or Jirachi.

    Edit: Your current team's pretty pooped against the very common Garchomp, btw..
     
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    Ferrothorn or Celebi are good fits on the team if you're having trouble with Jellicent and Starmie:

    Ferrothorn:
    -Spikes/Stealth Rock
    -Leech Seed/Stealth Rock
    -Power Whip/Leech Seed/Protect
    -Gyro Ball/Thunder Wave
    Nature: Relaxed
    EVs: 252 HP/48 Def/208 SDef
    Item: Leftovers/Shed Shell

    Celebi:
    -Giga Drain/Psychic
    -U-turn
    -Recover
    -Perish Song/Thunder Wave/Stealth Rock
    Nature: Calm
    EVs: 252 HP/236 SDef/20 Spe
    Item: Leftovers

    or
    -Leaf Storm
    -Earth Power/Psychic/Hidden Power (Fire)
    -Thunder Wave/U-turn
    -Recover
    Nature: Modest
    EVs: 60 HP/252 SAtk/196 Spe
    Item: Life Orb/Leftovers

    or
    -Nasty Plot
    -Giga Drain
    -Earth Power/Hidden Power (Fire)
    -Psychic/Recover/Hidden Power (Ice)
    Nature: Timid
    EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Leftovers/Life Orb

    or
    -Leaf Storm
    -Hidden Power (Ice/Fire)
    -Earth Power/Psychic
    -U-turn/Trick
    Nature: Timid
    EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Choice Scarf
     
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    I agree that Celebi should be on your team, as your team may have trouble taking on Ground and Electric-types as well as Jellicent. A setup special sweeper set might be the most handy here.

    -Nasty Plot
    -Giga Drain
    -Earth Power
    -Psychic/Recover
    Nature: Timid
    EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Leftovers/Life Orb
     
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