Emerald Team

[Adders]

Please could you tell me what you think of my team?

Sceptile Lv 100 / Leftovers

Leaf Blade
Solarbeam
Aerial Ace
Giga Drain

Armaldo Lv 100 / Scope Lens

Slash
Aerial Ace
Ancientpower
Sandstorm

Gardevoir Lv 100 / Leftovers

Hypnosis
Dream Eater
Magical Leaf
Psychic

Electabuzz Lv 100 / Cheri Berry

Thunderbolt
Thunder
Shock Wave
Rain Dance

Typhlosion Lv 100 / Focus Band

Fire Blast
Flamethrower
Overheat
Sunny Day

Nidoqueen Lv 100 / Focus Band

Sludge Bomb
Shock Wave
Body Slam
Earthquake


Any improvements / suggestions are welcome!

 

[Juuka]

Why three fire moves on Phlosion, three grass moves on Sceppy, and three electric moves on ELectabuzz? Heracross beats this team 6-0.

 

[Charizard_guardian878]

I would teach gardivoir calm mind, it is a good move which all psychic pokemon should know

 

[Adders]

I've updated my team. I've not got Calm Mind as a TM unfortunately.


Gengar - Lv100

Hypnosis
Dream Eater
Nightmare
Confuse Ray

Gardevoir - Lv100

Hypnosis
Dream Eater
Psychic
Magical Leaf

Hypno - Lv100 *shiny*

Thunderpunch
Fire Punch
Ice Punch
Hypnosis

Electabuzz - Lv100

Shockwave
Thunder
Thunderbolt
Rain Dance

Dewgong - Lv100

Ice Beam
Icy Wind
Fake Out
Headbutt

Houndoom - Lv100

Overheat
Fire Blast
Sludge Bomb
Flamethrower

 

[Juuka]

Why does Buzz still have three electric moves? Use Cross Chop/ Ice Punch/ Thunderbolt/ Fire Punch. For doom, use Fire Blast/ Crunch/ Beat Up/ Hp Grass or a filler.

 

[Æsahættr]

if u look at ur first 3 pkmn, you'll see they'll get wiped out by a decent levelled dark-type pokemon. get some variety, man!

 

[Adders]

I train purely based around beating my friends, and this team works. I must admit though, they are starting to take notice! I must get some variety. Buzz still has 3 electric moves purely because one of my friends trains JUST water type Pokémon! You'd think he'd have learnt by now!

 

[Toothache]

Trust me, you'll only need one Electric move on Buzz. Stick with Thunderbolt, that'll cover it.

Gengar@Leftovers/Lum Berry
Nature: Modest
EV: 252 Speed/252 Sp Att/6 HP
Trait: Levitate
Ice Punch
Thunderbolt
Giga Drain
Psychic

Needs more sweeping, Gengar is too frail to try Hypnosis, and it's unreliable too.

Gardevior@Leftovers
Nature: Modest
EV: 56 HP/52 Def/200 Speed/200 Sp Att
Reflect
Psychic
Will-O-Wisp
Destiny Bond

Supportdevior.

Hypno@Leftovers
Nature: Calm
EV: 108 HP/144 Sp Att/252 Sp Def
Trait: Insomnia
Seismic Toss
Toxic
Rest
Skill Swap

Use Skill Swap to get rid of Insomnia, now Hypno can rest (messes up stuff that rely on sleep like Snorlax).

Electabuzz@Leftovers
Nature: Rash
EV: 64 Att/192 Speed/252 Sp Att
Trait: Static
Cross Chop
Thunderbolt
Fire Punch
Ice Punch

Dewgong@Leftovers
Nature: Modest
EV: 252 Sp Att/252 Sp Def
Trait: Thick Fat
Surf
Ice Beam
Encore
Rest

Use Encore to mess people up. That's all Dewgong can do really.

Houndoom@Salac Berry
Nature: Adamant
EV: 252 Speed/252 Att/6 Sp Att
Trait: Flash Fire
Overheat
Sludge Bomb
Endure
Reversal

Funny physical Houndoom that works surprisingly well.

Now, overall team analysis. You have two psychic types, which limits your options. Also, you have nothing to defend from physical attacks, and your special walling is limited to the two psychics. I would personally lose Hypno for something that is a bit more defensive, Snorlax is a good replacement since he can attack as well as soak up Special hits. Lose Dewgong, it has no offense at all and is walled completely by any water type. A good replacement is Lapras, which does a similar job but with far better stats and moves (Thunderbolt no less, and can use Water Absorb). Sleep attacks aren't that great, unreliable and you have more things which you can do with that moveslot.