View Full Version : Rate my, unconventional team
Dually
Mar 30th, 2010, 11:29 AM
Gallade
Leaf blade ; psycho cut ; thunderbolt ; close combat
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
Trait: Steadfast
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Kabutops
blizzard ; stone edge ; X-scissor ; waterfall
Ability: Battle Armor
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 184 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
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Rampardos
head smash ; earthquake ; flame thrower ; thunderbolt
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
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Garchomp
dragon rush ; iron tail ; dragon pulse ; sword dance
Trait: Sand Veil
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
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Porygon Z
Trick room ; nasty plot ; tri attack ; signal beam
Ability: Adaptability
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
**Notice there are only five pokemon, what pokemon do you think could complete this team. Also, do you see any holes in my team? Any place for improvements?
Shogun
Mar 30th, 2010, 11:38 AM
Err. First of all Garchomp is considered to be an Uber, thus banned from Standard Play... Swap it for something else.
Gallade is cool but maybe you should change your set. Thunderbolt has it's uses but lacks power. If you're using it as a lead maybe you could add Close Combat, Destiny Bond, Shadow Sneak... Counter could be used... but I am not too sure. And a Focus Sash to beat whatever.
Kabutops is awesome but for your set you should use it in Rain Dance, and also Blizzard should not be used on it due to low accuracy. uses and because Blizzared should only be used in a Hail team in general. I recommend that you give it Sword Dance over Blizzard, and then swap out Kabutops if possible.
Rampardos... is fragile although it has large HP and this makes you defensivly unstable. Flamethrower, Thunderbolt or anything that's a Special Attack should never be used on Rampardos. You could use Choice Scarf on it with Superpower and Fire Punch for the new moves.
It's a funky Porygon-Z set o.o but it also weakens you team... and you don't need Signa Beam... Also Trick Room is bizarre on it...
Sorry that I cannot help you complete your team T.T
I could help you make a new one however...
Dually
Mar 30th, 2010, 11:59 AM
I was going for trick room to make rampardos move first, and the speed and power of gallade kabutops, and garchomp. Would you help me make a team?
Shogun
Mar 30th, 2010, 01:06 PM
That's usable, but Trick Room teams are hard to use. And also you should use -speed natures such as Brave, Quiet, etc
Dually
Mar 30th, 2010, 01:27 PM
Well I want to make them legit. Also, if you have any ideas for a new team that i could use, please feel free to say so. I just didnt want the average team that I see most people use.
Shogun
Mar 30th, 2010, 01:30 PM
Ah. There is Trick Room, Choice, Hail, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Sandstorm(it's not just a Tyranitar, Gliscor and Steels/Grounds), Gravity... They are somewhat rarely used nowadays.
Dually
Mar 30th, 2010, 01:33 PM
Uh, dont get that post of yours. Care to explain a little more? sorry
Tbird
Mar 30th, 2010, 01:34 PM
That's understandable I kind of hate using standard teams too, but it's always best to play off of your pokemon of choice's strengths rather than weakness. If you want ramparados I'd suggest not making it a trickroom variant, but instead slap on a choice scarf and give it, head smash - earthquake - pirsuit - zen headbutt.
Replace gallades thunderbolt for thunderpunch. To play off of his stronger attack. You'll have to use someone else instead of garchomp I suggest either dragonite or salamence, as they can both play mix sets and you seem to favour those - plus neither of those are band from standard play. :)
Dually
Mar 30th, 2010, 01:39 PM
Hrm, i was giving them some not normal movesets to cover any types the opponent sent in, so i could take care of them. But i dont want a dragonite or salamence either. any other ideas for a new team/
memjee
Apr 15th, 2010, 08:14 PM
err rampados isn't a good pokemon, he's a glass cannon whose also slow, but just fast enough that trick room might screw him over.
With choice scarf he's still too slow.
Your team would be good against friends.
Competitively it needs work.
Could you also list you items on each pokemon?
Yangbo
May 7th, 2010, 08:48 PM
I'm not filling you on any of the pokes.
1. thunderbolt is useless on your Gallade, since you have a -satk nature AND you would have already covered the types that are weak to electric (Water, Flying) with Leaf Blade and Psycho Cut
2.Blizzard is a horrible move on kabutops since it's special serves no real purpose
3. Flamethrower and thunderbolt on a physical atker who has crap spatk along with a -satk nature? Also if your gonna invest that much EV into speed might as well get rock polish and lower that investment, or something
4. Why do u have two dragon moves? One with crap acc and another that's a special atk on a physical set? Iron tail also serves no purpose, your crazy to have a physical chomp w/o EQ
5. Why would you have trick room on a fast sweeper? Signal beam also doesn't help since Steel/Rock types still wall the set, your better off with a HP Fighting.
6. Your team is just sweepers, you seriously need a wall or 2.
randomspot555
May 7th, 2010, 09:39 PM
Re-post in Team Building Discussion if you want to continue this team rating.
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