Trick Room for April Friendly

J

jamis

New Member
Joined
Oct 3, 2013
Messages
18
Reaction score
0
So I've been using this team online, and its been working fairly well, but wouldn't mind a second or third opinion before registering the team for the April Friendly.

Reuniclus @ Life Orb
Magic Guard
Quiet
252 HP, 252 SATK, 4 SDEF
-Trick Room
-Psychic
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

This is usually the Trick Roomer I'll lead with. Nothing too out-of-the-ordinary here. Great coverage and solid defenses to back a great SATK.

Slowbro @ Wise Glasses
Oblivious
Quiet
252 HP, 252 SATK, 4 DEF
-Trick Room
-Psychic
-Scald
-Fire Blast

The other TRer. Oblivious lets you set up TR through a Taunt, Reuniclus's Focus Blast is usually more relevant than Fire Blast, but against the teams Fire Blast is good against, Slowbro can get the nod for the lead.

Ampharos @ Ampharosite
Static/Mold Breaker
Quiet
252 HP, 252 SATK, 4 DEF
-Thunderbolt
-Dragon Pulse
-Focus Blast
-Signal Beam

Mega Ampharos's obscene SATK works great under an active Trick Room. Really that's it.

Ferrothorn @ Expert Belt
Iron Barbs
Brave
252 HP, 252 ATK, 4 DEF
-Stealth Rock
-Gyro Ball
-Power Whip
-Explosion

Ferrothorn sometimes gets to lead instead of Reuniclus or Slowbro. Stealth Rock for Charizard, Volcarona, and Talonflame. Gyro Ball for Gengar, Greninja, and Noivern. Power Whip for Tyranitar and other slow Pokemon. Explosion helps round out the set.

Flareon @ Muscle Band
Flash Fire
Brave
252 HP, 252 ATK, 4 SDEF
-Flare Blitz
-Bite
-Double-edge
-Quick Attack

Flareon's the newest member of the team. He's currently replacing my Arcanine as Arcanine's not in the Kalos 'Dex. Not having access to Wild Charge is a bit of a pain, but Flareon's been doing a decent job as an Arcanine. The main trick is to bait a fire attack with Ferrothorn then switch into Flareon for gigantic Flare Blitzs. Quick Attack for revenge kills and Bite for coverage.

Snorlax @ Rocky Helmet
Immunity
Careful
252 HP, 156 SDEF, 100 DEF
-Curse
-Rest
-Sleep Talk
-Body Slam

I believe this is a fairly standard Curselax set. As long as the rest of my team can take out the Ghosts and Fighting Pokemon on the other side, Snorlax will save me if I get in trouble. Immunity saves me against needing to rest early due to Toxic, allowing me to get as many curses in as possible before resting.
 
jamis said:
So I've been using this team online, and its been working fairly well, but wouldn't mind a second or third opinion before registering the team for the April Friendly.

Reuniclus @ Life Orb
Magic Guard
Quiet
252 HP, 252 SATK, 4 SDEF
-Trick Room
-Psychic
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

This is usually the Trick Roomer I'll lead with. Nothing too out-of-the-ordinary here. Great coverage and solid defenses to back a great SATK.
Click to expand...

Psyshock over Psychic. Otherwise its ok.

jamis said:
Slowbro @ Wise Glasses
Oblivious
Quiet
252 HP, 252 SATK, 4 DEF
-Trick Room
-Psychic
-Scald
-Fire Blast

The other TRer. Oblivious lets you set up TR through a Taunt, Reuniclus's Focus Blast is usually more relevant than Fire Blast, but against the teams Fire Blast is good against, Slowbro can get the nod for the lead.
Click to expand...

Its an OK set. I'd say run Recover over Fire Blast but wait until someone else says so.

jamis said:
Ampharos @ Ampharosite
Static/Mold Breaker
Quiet
252 HP, 252 SATK, 4 DEF
-Thunderbolt
-Dragon Pulse
-Focus Blast
-Signal Beam

Mega Ampharos's obscene SATK works great under an active Trick Room. Really that's it.
Click to expand...

Power Gem or something else over Signal Beam. Signal Beam is only really hitting Psychic types. Nothing too major.

jamis said:
Ferrothorn @ Expert Belt
Iron Barbs
Brave
252 HP, 252 ATK, 4 DEF
-Stealth Rock
-Gyro Ball
-Power Whip
-Explosion

Ferrothorn sometimes gets to lead instead of Reuniclus or Slowbro. Stealth Rock for Charizard, Volcarona, and Talonflame. Gyro Ball for Gengar, Greninja, and Noivern. Power Whip for Tyranitar and other slow Pokemon. Explosion helps round out the set.
Click to expand...

Should have Rocky Helmet. Pile up the damage you'll deal when Ferrothorn gets hit.

jamis said:
Flareon @ Muscle Band
Flash Fire
Brave
252 HP, 252 ATK, 4 SDEF
-Flare Blitz
-Bite
-Double-edge
-Quick Attack

Flareon's the newest member of the team. He's currently replacing my Arcanine as Arcanine's not in the Kalos 'Dex. Not having access to Wild Charge is a bit of a pain, but Flareon's been doing a decent job as an Arcanine. The main trick is to bait a fire attack with Ferrothorn then switch into Flareon for gigantic Flare Blitzs. Quick Attack for revenge kills and Bite for coverage.
Click to expand...

I'd replace this. Flareon isn't too good period. I'd replace it with a third Trick Roomer. iirc Friendly is a "Bring 6, Pick 4" battle.

jamis said:
Snorlax @ Rocky Helmet
Immunity
Careful
252 HP, 156 SDEF, 100 DEF
-Curse
-Rest
-Sleep Talk
-Body Slam

I believe this is a fairly standard Curselax set. As long as the rest of my team can take out the Ghosts and Fighting Pokemon on the other side, Snorlax will save me if I get in trouble. Immunity saves me against needing to rest early due to Toxic, allowing me to get as many curses in as possible before resting.
Click to expand...

Return over Body Slam. I'd drop Sleep Talk since its kind of gimmicky and useless. Try Earthquake or something else. I'd give it a Chesto Berry so Snorelax can get a quick heal and keep on slamming.
 
Having used TR compeditvely (albeit in Doubles) myself I think I can help you out here. 1: You need another TRer. Always have a backup TRer for when the Room fails you-trust me it WILL fail you. I recomend Chandalure if you're willing to replace Flareon and put up with the 4x Ghost/Dark weakness, though if you don't want that weakness you might want to consider Carbink or Aromatisse. 2: Have at least two 'mons with either Payback or a priority move. Payback to make use of your low Speed and priority to disregard it entirely for when the Room fails you. I can also recomend a Curse+Gyro ball combo for Ferrothorn or Snorlax. That's about it from me, hope you do well.
 
BadAssGardevoir said:
Having used TR compeditvely (albeit in Doubles) myself I think I can help you out here. 1: You need another TRer. Always have a backup TRer for when the Room fails you-trust me it WILL fail you. I recomend Chandalure if you're willing to replace Flareon and put up with the 4x Ghost/Dark weakness, though if you don't want that weakness you might want to consider Carbink or Aromatisse. 2: Have at least two 'mons with either Payback or a priority move. Payback to make use of your low Speed and priority to disregard it entirely for when the Room fails you. I can also recomend a Curse+Gyro ball combo for Ferrothorn or Snorlax. That's about it from me, hope you do well.
Click to expand...

There's also the option of Eviolite Porygon2 which I would use over Chande due to lower speed.
 
Do note that during the April Friendly you'll have the pleasure of dealing with hordes of Xerneas, Yveltals, and Mewtwos, so you'll have to build your team with them in mind. And feel free to abuse them yourself, of course.
 
TerraTF said:
There's also the option of Eviolite Porygon2 which I would use over Chande due to lower speed.
Click to expand...

Well, I would have suggested that, having used one myself, but iirc you have to use 'mons from the Kalos 'dex in official tournys nowadays so no Porygon2.
 
Thanks for the replies. I taught Slowbro Psyshock and replaced Ferrothorn's Explosion with Curse. I kept Signal Beam on Ampharos over Power Gem since the major threats I could think of I'd want Power Gem for are covered already by Thunderbolt.
 
Please note: The thread is from 12 years ago.
Please take the age of this thread into consideration in writing your reply. Depending on what exactly you wanted to say, you may want to consider if it would be better to post a new thread instead.
Back
Top Bottom