What's your pokemon team?

[Splash_King]

@ CK: Are you able to answer my Pikachu question though?

Well, in a way. In terms of a late game sweeper, Raichu takes the cake because he can use Nasty Plot and work with a focus sash, he also has higher speed. For an instant sweeper (albeit weaker and less sturdy, though), Pikachu @ Light ball would be better.

The problem to remember is that focus sash is crap when an entry hazard is on the field, meaning you'd have to run a rapid spinner if you think you could pull off a Sash-Raichu sweep. Pikachu can instantly attack anyways, so your team should probably run Pikachu over Raichu ... although I highly disrecommend either of them for an OU battle. You'd have to be nuts to use Pikachu/Raichu while facing down something like a Gengar.

 

[The Storm]

But of course. Thanks CK. Ill prolly go with the Pikachu. What do you think about going with Raichu, same moveset as my Pika, but it would have something like...a Shuca Berry?

 

[Neosquid]

My rating, CK......

 

[The Storm]

Chill Nick...he'll get to it.

 

[Splash_King]

Chill Nick...he'll get to it.

Ya, I'll get to it.

But of course. Thanks CK. Ill prolly go with the Pikachu. What do you think about going with Raichu, same moveset as my Pika, but it would have something like...a Shuca Berry?

... That would be a very bad idea. Raichu without Nasty Plot is pathetically weak, and a Shuca Berry isn't really that helpful, he dies to strong nuetral moves anyways. :lol:

Torrtera:
Earthquake
Rock Climb

Gallade:
Psycho Cut
Leaf Blade
Swords Dance

Blissey:
Softboiled
Flamethrower
Hyper Beam

Drapion:
X-scissor
Cross Poison
Thunderfang

Gyrados:
Surf
Waterfall
Avalanche

Drifblim:
Shadow Ball
Cut
Defog
Fly


There, your laziness.

Before I do rate it ... this is ingame, right?

 

[The Storm]

So, what moveset would you recommend for a Nasty Plotting Raichu?

 

[Neosquid]

Yes, its in game.

 

[WuddlePook]

So, what moveset would you recommend for a Nasty Plotting Raichu?

NP Pikachu is tricky. It has a hard time setting up, but my best guess would be:

Thunderbolt
HP Ice / Grass Knot
Substitute
Nasty Plot

I say this because Pikachu can get hit with a tackle by Magikarp and get KO'd (Not really, but you get my point). Your going to want to set up a sub, Nasty Plot, and pray to your deity that it works out. Theoretically you could just swap Sub with the other attack, but as said before it's hard.

Really, though, sweeping with Pikachu in general is hard, moreso the special variations.

 

[The Storm]

Hmmm...I see your point...could you review my team on the previous page Wuddle?

 

[Splash_King]

Pikachu doesn't learn Nasty Plot, Wuddle ... Only Raichu.

Torrtera:
Earthquake
Rock Climb

Gallade:
Psycho Cut
Leaf Blade
Swords Dance

Blissey:
Softboiled
Flamethrower
Hyper Beam

Drapion:
X-scissor
Cross Poison
Thunderfang

Gyrados:
Surf
Waterfall
Avalanche

Drifblim:
Shadow Ball
Cut
Defog
Fly

I'll start with typing. You've got a good variety, but on the defenses, you've got some issues. First, you have two Ice weaknesses, 1 is 4x (Torterra). Since Gyara is flying, you don't have any ice resists, you need something that resists Ice, badly.

You also have two Electric weakness, one of which is 4x (Gyara). Blissey and Torterra should be able to take electric moves, so just be wary of that.

For your attacks, Rock Climb is pretty lackluster a move for Torterra, but if you're not using an HM slave, that's fine. Just make sure you can move tutor him a move like Wood Hammer, the most powerful physical STAB move for grass.

You should also teach Torterra Crunch, it's in general just another good attack move. Also, if you ever have the chance to remove Rock Climb off of Torterra, replace it with Synthesis. A healing move, even if it's effected by weather, is always good in-game.


Gallade is a great pokemon, but don't teach it Swords Dance, that's useless in game. Only teach it that if you're going to use it in a battle against friends. Either way, teach it Close Combat, it needs fighting STAB.

Gallade should also know Night Slash and Psycho Cut, for coverage and STAB, Leaf Blade just isn't very good, and Torterra covers grass. If you take off Swords Dance, teach it Leaf Blade then. Even if it's not that good of a move, it's still powerful ingame.


That Blissey is ... bad. Teach it Softboiled, Sing, Healing Wish, and Light Screen. Blissey can't attack for crap, and if an enemy uses a physical move during the turn Hyper Beam is used (which still does incredibly low damage), Blissey is basically dead. Softboiled is to help it stall, Light Screen supprots the team, Sing gives status and also helps catch wild pokes, and Healing Wish can support a dieing team member if it ever needs help, say, if you're about to battle Cyrus on Spear Pillar without any healing items, and your strongest poke is nearly fainted.



That Drapion isn't too bad. I recommend teaching it Cross Poison, Crunch, Ice Fang, and Thunder/Fire fang, whichever one you want. Since you lack fire moves and electric moves, either move would be beneficial. I personally recommend Thunderfang though, since it pairs with Ice fang for nuetral coverage on everything, meaning Drapion can hit any enemy hard.



Surf is really bad on Gyarados ... too bad it can't be helped. Don't waste Avalanche on Gyarados, give it Ice Fang instead - it learns it by level up. Waterfall is ofcourse, a must, so give it strength in the last slot. You don't have the TM on your team yet, and normal pairs suprisingly well with water moves - only a handful of pokemon (Shedinja, Empoleon, Dialga, and Giratina) resist/are immune to water/normal, Ice fang taking care of the latter two legendaries. Think of Gyarados as your HM slave, while still remaining potent.



Since Drifblim is your HM slave, Shadow Ball being it's only useful move, that moveset is fine. No helpful advice on Drifblim really. And by the way, notice I didn't tell you to use any TMs. Your team will perform fine ingame without TMs, save them for a better team. Speaking of TMs ... Torterra learns Earthquake by level up, so don't use TM 26 on him.

 

[WuddlePook]

Ok guys, I have attempted to make a good, well balanced team here. Please give whatever comments, It would help. I decided to go with pokes that only have one type throughout my whole team; true that they dont have as much coverage as dual types, but they also dont have as many weaknesses, including the damned 400% done by a dually super effective move.

Anyway, here it goes.

Meganium @ Light Clay
Overgrow:
Special/Physical Support/Wall
Reflect
Light Screen
Toxic
Earthquake

I've never used Dual-Screen Meganium with Light Clay, but I use an Aromatherapy version instead. I would rather lean towards Leech Seed > Light Screen. Your team in terms of getting hit on the special spectrum manages pretty fine with Umbeon/Espeon. Thus, Reflect would be more superior for the team.
Although you have Will-O-Wisp for physical defense aid, it's fine as it is really.
You just lack any healing moves and leftovers, and this just seems like it's going to set up dual screen and die afterwords being a waste. Also if this is your lead, might want to change it just because it get's wasted by Taunt leads. But I do urge for Leech Seed. It keeps out bulky Pokemon like Clefable from stopping the game, and I've won a few games because of the Leech Seed forcing walls to switch.
Leading Banette might actually work because it's so unused, but whatever floats your boat, you know your team better than I do.

Arcanine @ Life Orb
Intimidate:
Mixed Attacker?
Overheat
Flare Blitz
Thunder Fang
Crunch

I would personally lean at Extreme Speed > Crunch, but Crunch helps the team just a bit more. Only reason I say so is you lack any really fast Poke's, so Extreme Speed would definitely be a great option. You could even go Extreme Speed > Thunder Fang, but it's fine as it is.

Umbreon @ Leftovers?
Special Wall?
Synchronize:
Pursuit
Sunny Day
Toxic
Moonlight

This looks so funky that it's weird. I would honestly lean towards Protect/Wish/Payback/Toxic. Pursuit isn't exactly threatening, and in the UU environment, Toxics kinda ehhhhh with all the poison types going around.

Espeon @ Colbur Berry
Special Sweeper?
Synchronize:
Psychic
Hidden Power Fighting
Signal Beam
Calm Mind
Substitute > Signal Beam. But Signal Beam, as lame as it is, works for a sweeping set. I would rather go for an EspyJump/Baton Pass set. You've got quite a few fragile sweepers who would love to get CM boosts behind a sub. I used it on Shoddy and it was just awesome for me at least. Leftovers > Berry.

Pikachu @ Light Ball/ Raichu @ Focus Sash
Physical/Special Sweeper
Static:
Brick Break
Grass Knot
Thunderbolt
Volt Tackle

HPIce > Grass Knot, but this is fine for Pikachu.

Bannette @ Focus Sash
Physical Sweeper/Support?
Frisk:
Sucker Punch
Will-O-Wisp
Destiny Bond
Shadow Sneak

Don't know. I can see it working, but I don't know. Banette's so slow it's not even funny, so Destiny Bonding is hard to pull off. You don't need Sucker Punch and Shadow Sneak on the same set. Get Shadow Claw, or even Knock Off works replacing Sucker Punch.

There it is. Please be free to rate any way you want. Also, which is better, a Pikachu @ Light Ball, or a Raichu @ Focus Sash? Im looking for which would be a better Suicide attacker.

That's all I can say. I love Meganium, and love Pikachu even more. But if Pikachu and Banette want any action, you just absolutely need Baton Pass Espeon or paralyze support. Very hard to bring in safely without getting ruined. At least that's how I see it.



@CK : Pichu gets Nasty Plot. Evolve it and viola. Nasty Plot Pikachu.

 

[Splash_King]

@CK : Pichu gets Nasty Plot. Evolve it and viola. Nasty Plot Pikachu.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

Huh ... Odd, I was told only Raichu learned it, not that Pichu learned it by level up. Ah well, that's precisely why I'm not a UU player. :lol:

 

[The Storm]

Hmmm...Interesting comments. I love the comments for Meganium, so I will probably switch out Reflect/Light Screen for something els. Most Likely Leech Seed, because I have realized that Meganium survives a resonably long time with Reflect/Light Screen up, so Leech Seed would only help it further.

For Arcanine, ill proly switch Thunder fang for Extremespeed. That sounds like it would work better.

For Umbreon, I like the Wish/Payback thing. But as you said, Toxic wont be very useful, and I tend to stear away from Protect. Any other move recommendations for Umbreon?

Other than a Jumpy set for Espeon, other recommendations?

And for Bannette, this set has worked pretty well for me. Usually, I do use him for lead, but I also Main double battles with this team.

Usually, Ill throw out Bannette and Meganium first. The barriers put up by Meganium help Bannettes defenses, along with Bannette Will-O-Wisping everything to cut there power. Most of the time, it works quite well. The barriers, because Light Clay makes them last longer, are remarkably strong enough to shield Pikachu for two-three regularly effective moves. They seem to work well together, and Umbreon and Espeon work well as well, Sunny Day providing both of them able to fully refill their health with Morning Sun/Moonlight.

 

[Splash_King]

Brilliant synergy in your doubles team Storm, really. If you had something that could take advantage of the extra fire STAB it'd be nice, but.. eh. Can't have everything.

Next time, mention it's a doubles team ... as I'm sure you know, doubles is a much more complicated and different affair than singles.

 

[WuddlePook]

I say Wish/Protect just because it's hard having one without the other. Wish taking 2 turns is extremely risky not having Protect alongside to ensure complete safety and full health. I don't know what would replace it otherwise.

In terms of Espeon, I don't have any other experience with it other than the Baton Pass set. Although as a sweeper, what you posted is fine as it is from the look of it.

And your insane playing a defensive doubles team. lol The concept of the team completely changes being doubles ._.