UU Pokemon I've been wanting to use...

[ShinyFlareon]

...but haven't really. So I'm gonna try and put a team together from 'em. What do you think?

Staraptor (Cloud)@???
Jolly nature
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd
-- Brave Bird
-- Close Combat
-- Return
-- Pursuit/Aerial Ace

This guy is an absolute monster on my in-game team. I'll have to tinker his moveset (right now he knows Fly/Aerial Ace/Close Combat/Wing Attack), but I think he has potential. I'm really stumped on the item, though. As a general rule, I dislike Choice items, but Life Orb+recoil+damage decreasing from CC is a bit much.

Flareon@???
Adamant nature
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Sp.Def/252 Spd
-- Fire Fang
-- Iron Tail
-- Return
-- ???

Not a great set of moves, I admit...I think if I wanna make this work, I might have to stick a Choice Band on it. Or I can always change the nature...I have a crapload of Eevees, and plenty of Fire Stones. Still, I've been wanting to use a Flareon for a while, so...this is the beginnings of that.

Lanturn@Wise Glasses
Timid nature
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 4 HP/252 Sp.Atk/ 252 Spd
-- Surf
-- Thunderbolt
-- Ice Beam
-- Hidden Power Grass/Thunder Wave

Special attacker + sorta special wall. I caught this little girl in Emerald, and have been really wanting to use her. Thunder Wave helps to support if she doesn't have HP Grass.

Clefable@Life Orb
Bold nature
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 SpA
-- Calm Mind
-- Shadow Ball
-- Focus Blast
-- Softboiled

Straight off of Smogon, but I've been dying to try this set. Focus Blast and Shadow Ball over BoltBeam for better coverage.

Feraligatr@Salac Berry
Adamant nature
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
-- Swords Dance
-- Ice Punch
-- Waterfall
-- Earthquake

Another Smogon set I've been dying to try. I'll need to trade someone for the Salac Berry, though...anyway, this'll probably be a more reliable physical pokemon than Flareon. I kinda wanna utilize the Rock Slide mine already knows, but I don't know where it would go.

Umbreon@Leftovers
Sassy nature
EVs: 252 HP/4 Atk/252 Sp.Def
-- Curse
-- Toxic
-- Payback
-- Quick Attack

A little bit of a variation on the standard Umbreon. Curse lets Umbreon power up to Attack so things expecting to Taunt it are hit with a Quick Attack. Quick Attack also ignores the speed drop from Curse, and Payback benefits from it by almost ensuring a higher base power (by going last) and gets powered up by the attack boost from Curse. Toxic is for general support and to spread damage.

 

[ShinyFlareon]

Okay...it's been about 24 hours with no reviews, so I'm bumping this up.

 

[SharKing]

If you want to fill in that last space in Flareon's moves, I suggest Fake Out.

 

[Hector]

you could give your staraptor a shell bell (I have a similar moveset on mine and I have a shell bell on it to help a bit with the recoil damage)

 

[The Fool on the Hill]

I would give Staraptor a Choice Band and U-turn. Return hits everything except Rocks, Ghosts, and Steels. Brave Bird hits Ghosts, and Close Combat hits Rocks and Steels. U-turn runs away from anything you're afraid of.

I also dislike hate Choice items, but it works with Staraptor.