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I'm kind of a noob as far as competitive playing goes, but I entered a local tournament and did some research on Smogon, and this is the team I came up with. NOTE: The item clause is in effect, and I'm not bothering with EV's just yet.

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Bob
Pressure
Jolly
4 HP/252 Atk/252 Speed
Focus Sash
Moves:
Stealth Rock
Earthquake
Taunt
Stone Edge

This is my basic suicide lead. Basically I'd have it come in, taunt my opponent's lead, set up a stealth rock, and then try to do as much damage as possible (if possible).


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Bob
Levitate
Timid
4 HP/252 Atk/252 Speed
Life Orb
Moves:
Shadow Ball
Thunderbolt
Focus Blast
Explosion

This guy is supposed to switch in when it is strategically possible, then do as much damage as possible before exploding.


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Bob
Clear Body
Calm
252 HP/120 Def/136 SpD
Black Sludge
Moves:
Toxic Spikes
Rapid Spin
Surf
Sludge Bomb

Bob #3 is supposed to switch into Stealth Rock if there are any, Rapid Spin to take them out, set up Toxic Spikes, then do as much damage as possible.


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Bob
Early Bird
Adamant
252 HP/100 Def/100 SpD/58 Spe
Leftovers
Moves:
Toxic
Wish
Protect
Return
Kangaskhan is meant to switch into anyone who I really want to piss off, hit them with Toxic (if they aren't already poisoned by Toxic Spikes), then Wish-Protect them to death. The Sucker Punch is there just in case I'm feeling lucky and want to finish someone off.


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Bob
Thick Fat
Careful
168 HP/120 Def/220 SpD
Chesto Berry
Moves:
Curse
Body Slam
Rest
Earthquake

Curselax--it's meant to be a sweeper.


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Bob
Levitate
Timid
4 Def/252 SpA/252 Spe
Choice Scarf
Moves:
Draco Meteor
Surf
Thunderbolt
Recover

This guy is another damage-dealer who's meant to do as much damage to the enemy team as possible so Curselax can sweep them. The reason I put the Dragon Fang in there is because of the Item Clause.

So, there you have it. I'd appreciate any advice or stuff. Thanks for looking!
 
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Aerodactyl: Substitute and Focus Sash don't mix. Replace Sub with Stone Edge or Rock Slide.

Gengar: Life Orb over Black Sludge. The recovery won't help much, but the power-boost is very welcome. Also, Mild over Timid, so you're not hampering Explosion.

More to come.
 
Not bad, although Id make Gengar learn Energy Ball instead of thunderbolt. Other than that, the typing isnt bad, maybe just Kangaskhan, which Id just replace by someone with Will-o-wisp, confuse ray, flamethrower and perhaps protect or sunny day. But thats my personal preference, rather than an actual strategic advice ^^
 
Thanks for the advice guys!

Sharking: Noted about the substitute. I'll replace it with Stone Edge... I gave Gengar the Sludge because of the Item Clause, and because I already gave it to Tentacruel. (Hate that rule!!!)

Jammy: You're right about Energy Ball. The addition of Kangaskhan was sort of a "personal preference" thing for me, I mean who doesn't love a Mongolian kangaroo dinosaur? :p
 
Yeah I her you, my personal favourites are Nidoking and Aggron, despite their huge disadvantages in most situations, I just cant imagine a good team without those two. Somehow, I cant help thinking that these two are stronger in the anime than in the games :/ too bad
 
Well, for starters, Latias is a girl. :sweat:

Other than that, the only thing I see (that wasn't already pointed out) is that Tentacruel has a Lonely nature. Go with a Calm nature instead; it boosts Special Defense while lowering Attack, but Rapid Spin is so weak that it doesn't matter anyway.
 
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Hypersonic: I know :D

I tried to get a Calm Tentacruel, but eventually settled with a Lonely one. I'll try.
 
I think you should swap Gengar and Tentacruel's held items. The Life Orb will be much more useful on Gengar than on Tentacruel.

Also, iirc, the Kangaskhan with Wish is from an event. Unless you have one already, it might be difficult to get a good one...
 
Muhammad: Yeah, I'm hoping I can get a Wish Kangaskhan by then (it's in a month). Also, you're absolutely right about the items, I shall do what you said.
 
Also, dont forget that a weakness is on Moves and not pokemon types. By which i mean that a grass type pokemon is most of the time useless against a ground or water type as those can wield fire and ice-type moves, and usually do. I m saying that cause I saw your aerodactyl has Earthquake, and it is good if your opponent has an electric type (hoping its not Zapdos), however you have to think about who can use electric moves efficiently and is not electric type. Besides that little note, I dont know what else to add ^^

PS: I'd suggest a Fire move instead (counters steel, grass and ice pokemon who can wield electric and water attacks)
 
This is an Ok team, with a bit of stall and a bit of offense.
You should replace substitute with Stone Edge, sub is useless for an Aerodactyl. Especially an offense one.
Second you have not seemed to put any EV's, you may be using standard ones but it still helps to have them on.

Thanks.
 
Add EVs if applicable.

Put Black Sludge on Tentacruel and Life Orb on Gengar. Tentacruel is bulky and Gengar is a frail sweeper, so those items work better there.

Tentacruel should probably get something like Ice Beam over Sludge Bomb. Sludge Bomb simply doesn't offer enough coverage, and it's not like you don't already have a STAB attack.

Also, yeah. Get a new Tentacruel. Lonely is one of the worst natures you could give to that thing.

As other people said, put another attacking move on Aerodactyl over Substitute. Preferably Stone Edge, though Rock Slide could also work due to the flinch chance.

Don't replace Earthquake on Aerodactyl with Flamethrower. EQ offers great coverage, which is why it's there. Not because it hits the weakness SE. Look at Aerodactyl's physical versus special attack and you'll see why Flamethrower is a terrible choice.

If you want, you can try running Chesto Berry on Snorlax instead of Silk Scarf in order to get one free healing turn in. Without leftovers to help you, you may not get enough Curses in to tank the first Rest, so I would consider this instead.

There's got to be a better item for Latias than Dragon Fang, but I'm not sure exactly what I'd suggest.
 
No Problem.
This is a testable team, so you may want to test it out!
 
Awesome, I'll definitely post a thread as soon as I'm done EV training all of the pokemon involved.
 
gengar needs SpA evs, not attack evs.
kangy would be better off with balanced evs, 252HP, 128 def, 128 SpD. Also, return is better due to scrappy and should replace sucker punch.
a choice scarf may be better on latias, allowing it to act as a revenge killer.
 
Yeah, I could have sworn I said SpA instead of Attack...
I want Kangaskhan to be faster and bulkier, so the might work since she's meant mainly to stall, attack doesn't matter that much. I want her to be faster so I can KO a weakened opponent before they can hit me tho, would this work?
252 HP/100 Def/100 SpD/58 Spe

If she was fast enough, I'd definitely replace Sucker Punch with Return, but the speed and ability to even hit with the attack if it doesn't have priority is an issue.

I really don't like using choice items, because I feel like it negates any options that you could give your Pokemon.

EDIT: Also, do you guys think it would make sense to replace Snorlax's Body Slam with Selfdestruct?
 
Ubermensch said:
I want Kangaskhan to be faster and bulkier, so the might work since she's meant mainly to stall, attack doesn't matter that much. I want her to be faster so I can KO a weakened opponent before they can hit me tho, would this work?
252 HP/100 Def/100 SpD/58 Spe
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Why run any Spe EVs, when the only attack Kangaskhan is running is Sucker Punch?

I really don't like using choice items, because I feel like it negates any options that you could give your Pokemon.
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If you don't run a scarf on Latias, there won't be much stopping a DD Salamence/Gyarados from sweeping your team.

EDIT: Also, do you guys think it would make sense to replace Snorlax's Body Slam with Selfdestruct?
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If you'd like to use Selfdestruct, replace Rest with it. Healing yourself, and then blowing up is a bit counterproductive.
 
Why run any Spe EVs, when the only attack Kangaskhan is running is Sucker Punch?


If I ran 58 Spe, then I'd feel comfortable replacing Sucker Punch with Return--that's what I was trying to say.


If you don't run a scarf on Latias, there won't be much stopping a DD Salamence/Gyarados from sweeping your team.


You're right. I'll change that one.


If you'd like to use Selfdestruct, replace Rest with it. Healing yourself, and then blowing up is a bit counterproductive.


I like the Selfdestruct option more; Rest provides too many opportunities for an enemy sweep to set up n' shit. I'll take your advice.
 
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