CommanderCupcake
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Go ahead and laugh, but I've decided my next project is to create a complete poison-themed team. Partly for fun (poison is arguably the weakest type...) but I also want it to be competitive. I have a tenative plan on what pokemon I want to use, but I'm kinda new to this competitive battling so I wanted to see what other people thought. Here's my tenative lineup (of 8, haha):
Nidoqueen w/Leftovers
Earthquake
Substitute
Toxic Spikes
Roar
A shuffler/tank. Never made one before, I'm just afraid Nidoqueen is too slow maybe?
Crobat w/???
Haze
Aerial Ace/Fly?
Confuse Ray
Poison Fang/Toxic?
Hazer/annoyer. Pretty much a standard Crobat from what I've seen.
Ariados w/Focus band
Baton Pass
Spider Web
Agility
Poison Jab
Baton passer. I plan on using this guy to pass some speed to my Arbok/Skuntank, and also trap with Spider Web. He has decent attack, so I thought I'd stick Poison Jab in there.
Skuntank w/Salac Berry
Night Slash
Memento
Explosion
Shadow Claw
With this guy in the lineup, I can't be swept with Psychic. Also can be suicided with Explosion combined with the ability Aftermath or Memento.
Arbok w/Liechi??
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Poison Jab
Glare
Physical sweeper, plus paralyze move. Yes, I know Arbok isn't very good, but he's my favorite so he's in.
Venomoth w/???
Psychic
Bug Buzz/Signal Beam
Energy Ball
Sleep Powder
Special sweeper, plus sleep. A counter to ground-types.
I'm thinking a Gengar might be useful, something like:
Shadow Ball
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Destiny Bond???
He'd replace Venomoth as special sweeper.
I also think Tentacruel might be necessary, considering the large amount of Garchomp/Salamence/Dragonite, plus he can help if Nidoqueen fails to get spikes down:
Ice Beam
Surf
Toxic Spikes
Barrier???
I was also considering Croagunk at one point, and maybe one of the grass/poison dual types. Any suggestions?
Nidoqueen w/Leftovers
Earthquake
Substitute
Toxic Spikes
Roar
A shuffler/tank. Never made one before, I'm just afraid Nidoqueen is too slow maybe?
Crobat w/???
Haze
Aerial Ace/Fly?
Confuse Ray
Poison Fang/Toxic?
Hazer/annoyer. Pretty much a standard Crobat from what I've seen.
Ariados w/Focus band
Baton Pass
Spider Web
Agility
Poison Jab
Baton passer. I plan on using this guy to pass some speed to my Arbok/Skuntank, and also trap with Spider Web. He has decent attack, so I thought I'd stick Poison Jab in there.
Skuntank w/Salac Berry
Night Slash
Memento
Explosion
Shadow Claw
With this guy in the lineup, I can't be swept with Psychic. Also can be suicided with Explosion combined with the ability Aftermath or Memento.
Arbok w/Liechi??
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Poison Jab
Glare
Physical sweeper, plus paralyze move. Yes, I know Arbok isn't very good, but he's my favorite so he's in.
Venomoth w/???
Psychic
Bug Buzz/Signal Beam
Energy Ball
Sleep Powder
Special sweeper, plus sleep. A counter to ground-types.
I'm thinking a Gengar might be useful, something like:
Shadow Ball
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Destiny Bond???
He'd replace Venomoth as special sweeper.
I also think Tentacruel might be necessary, considering the large amount of Garchomp/Salamence/Dragonite, plus he can help if Nidoqueen fails to get spikes down:
Ice Beam
Surf
Toxic Spikes
Barrier???
I was also considering Croagunk at one point, and maybe one of the grass/poison dual types. Any suggestions?
