my finished team, tell me what you think/improvements?

[Jimiinthesky]

i've just finished this team, it's a very offensive team, but thats the way i battle, i just wanted to know what all of you thought, and be nice haha



gengar
serious
levitate
252 special attack, 252 speed, 4 spD
black sludge
trick
thunderbolt
shadow ball
sludge bomb

one of my special sweepers, the trick/black sludge combo works really well for times when it ends up being a long battle and big hitting special moves wont do it.


dragonite
adamant
inner focus
252 attack, 128 spD, 128 speed
leftovers

fire punch
outrage
dragon dance
brick break

one of my few slightly defensive pokemon, strong enough to get in one or two dragon dances, and can then be devastating.



typhlosion
naive
blaze
252 special attack, 252 speed, 4 spD
charcoal

sunny day
solar beam
eruption
flamethrower

sunny day sweeper, seems to be the least popular fire starter, but i love him, and the lack of second type means less weaknesses, however, i am concidering focus blast instead of eruption.



scizor
lonely
technitian
252 attack, 252 speed, 4 spD
focus band

bullet punch
x-scissor
swords dance
baton pass

i often use scizor as my starter because of the SD baton pass, and because of it's resistances. if i manage to get in one or two sd's and then baton on to dragonite he can be lethal. scizor can also be used as a pshical sweeper himself, because of his type coverage.


torterra
impish
252 attack, 252 defence
overgrow
razor fang

wood hammer
earthquake
leech seed
stealth rock

my other slightly defensive pokemon, leech seed and stealth rock are here because he's can survive long enough to set them up, and then if he's still alive he can hit them with wood hammer or earthquake.



starmie
hasty
natural cure
252 spA, 252 speed, 4 spD
life orb

surf
ice beam
psychic
psych up

my fast special sweeper, hasnt been out run my many pokemon so far, psych up has proved to be very useful, the opponent takes the time to up their stats, and i steal they're changed stats in one move, and can attack before they react next turn, can ruin baton pass chains.


let me know what you think not sure about the items yet, but thanks in advance

 

[DCM]

Its weak to Bolt Beamers. For Dragonite I reccomend rooost if its going to be your bulky pokemon. seems very....fragile. Needs something bulky.

 

[Tina]

Your team is lacking in bulk. Your two 'bulky' Pokemon can be taken down pretty quickly... using the same move.

Also, what's the natures on everything?

 

[Jimiinthesky]

i've put in the natures, and i do know what you mean, i am thinking of replacing starmie with somthing bulky, perhaps a lapras?
what would you suggest as a good bulky pokemon?
oh, and sorry but no blissey, i cant stand that pokemon

 

[Tina]

Lapras... isn't really that great. It doesn't have very good typing.

Maybe a Tentacruel as your specially-bulky Pokemon over Starmie?

 

[DCM]

Milotic Would Work Also, Though Tentacruel does get poison spikes.

 

[Jimiinthesky]

mmm tentacruel is an interesting idea, espcially because of toxic spikes

and dcm i am tempted with milotic, what moves would you suggest?

tell me if this is a stupid idea, but what about feraligatr? i've just looked at him on bulbapedia and he doesnt look all that bad high defence and a decent movepool

 

[freddie515]

I might as well suggest blastoise, good defences and can rapid spin......

 

[Jimiinthesky]

your right, blastoise is good actually, nice looking move pool.....this is gonna take some thought

 

[DCM]

No for Feraligatr.
As for Milotic, I Reccomend

Milotic@leftovers
Hypnosis
Recover
Surf
Ice Beam

type Coverage is iffy though

 

[Jimiinthesky]

that does look good, and i do need an ice move as noone else on my team has one, and the type coverage doesnt neccesarily matter as the rest of my team cover a lot.

just out of interest why not feraligatr?

 

[DCM]

He's Physical. Not Bulky Enough
the Standard set is

Feraligatr@Life Orb
Jolly
252 Attack/ 252 Speed
Dragon Dance
Ice Punch
Waterfall
Earthquake