Sapphire Team

Rukaria

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Please rate my Sapphire team. I just beat the Pokemon League yesterday, so my Pokemon aren't on very high levels. I only like attacks that attack, I don't like attacks that lower or raise things, so please don't suggest them.

Kyo/Kyogre
Lv 54
Drizzle
@Mystic Water
Surf
Dive
Hydro Pump (will be replaced with Water Spout when learned)
Ice Beam

Lan/Lanturn
Lv 42
Illuminate/Volt Absorb
@(Magnet, when I get it...)
Thunderbolt
Thunder
Spark
Waterfall

Mag/Camerupt
Lv 46
Magma Armor
@Charcoal
Flamethrower
Rock Slide
Eruption
Earthquake

Viva/Flygon
Lv 50
Levitate
@Soft Sand
Earthquake
Crunch
Fly
Strength

Moosh/Breloom
Lv 48
Effect Spore
@King's Rock
Brick Break
Rock Smash(I never use this in battle, but I need it for out on the field)
Giga Drain
Sky Uppercut

Sable/Sableye
Lv 43
Keen Eye
@Spell Tag
Faint Attack
Cut
Psychic
Shadow Ball

How do like it?
 
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A team of good Pokemon, but I do notice a small discrepancy. Camerupt will have a problem if it hits the field after Kyogre's been out. It's easy enough to avoid that problem, though, as long as you keep the Drizzle/Camerupt issue at the forefront of your awareness in battle.

Kyogre- Why not drop Dive for Thunder? It's 100% accurate thanks to Drizzle and defends against other Water-types quite well. You can keep Water Spout when the time comes if you'd like, but why not try something like Double-Edge for the Pokemon that have trouble with enduring physical attacks?

Lanturn- Definitely keep Thunder to interact with Kyogre's Drizzle, and you've got a monster on your hands. Lanturn gets a special movepool similar to Kyogre's, so let's get a little abstract here and mention Blizzard as a possibility. You can go with Ice Beam if you don't mind the repetitiveness, but it's merely a matter of preference. You could keep Waterfall on Lanturn, or perhaps teach it Hydro Pump for quite the powerful attack, especially when combined with Drizzle. How do you feel about Thunder Wave? If you're favorable, I'd use it as the fourth move in this set. But, as you said, you only want attacks that attack, so...Flail or Return could be a good filler here.

Camerupt- I'd drop Eruption. It's a move that requires Camerupt be faster than the foe, which is a task Camerupt is not often able to perform. I would recommend Amnesia, but you seem to be against support moves. You might as well keep Eruption unless you can get Explosion from the FR/LG tutors or etc.

Flygon- Flygon's gonna need Dragon Claw. I'd drop Strength for the move.

Breloom- Breloom would be good with Sludge Bomb. I'd remove Brick Break or Sky Uppercut for it. Which one you remove would beyour preference for power or accuracy, I suppose.

Sableye- Drop Cut for Water Pulse. It'll interact well with Drizzle.

It's a decent team. With a little work, it could be a force.
 
Hmmm...I've changed something. I added my new Beldum to my team in place of Sableye. He's just evolved into Metang, and I've come up with a final moveset for him.
Meta/Metang (will soon be Metagross)
(idea for moveset)
Cut
Psychic
Meteor Mash
(Hyper Beam/Strength) (Stength if I decide to give my Flygon Dragon Claw.)

About Kyogre- I thought of giving him Thunder, but then I gave Lanturn thunder, so I didn't bother to give it Kyo.

About Lanturn- Blizzard is possible, but I really like his current moveset. I like waterfall, becuase it is a good water attack that can be used many more times than Hydro Pump and it has better accuracy. I don't like Thunder Wave that much. Paralyzing has never been my favorite. (Usually the only kinds of attacks that don't damage that I give to my Pokemon are Poisoning and Sleeping attacks.)

Camerupt- I love Erumption...I'd like to keep it as a replacement for Overheat, which I gave to the Ninetails I have in my box.

Flygon- Dragon Claw is a good idea, but I'd have to drop Strength, and if I did, I'd have to teach it to Meta instead of giving him Hyper Beam.

Breloom- I love my current moveset for her. I don't really want to change it.

Thanks for the help! :)
 
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