LadyMiir
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Oh. I didn't realise you were making a Flying team. Durant, however, is redundant with most of the other physical bugs, but it will OHKO most that aren't Steel after a single Hone Claws with Hustle. But it needs to set that once or twice before it is effective however. Speed isn't a problem for it, but special defence is. Technician Scyther with Eviolite is quite dangerous and works pretty well.

Yeah, that works: I think Heracross sets up pretty nicely vs Golurk (I forgot its moveset though so I will have to check), while Flame Body (if it activates) will make Heracross scary. Beware of Iris's Haxorus: it has a Focus Sash .___.

Poison subtyping isn't actually a bad thing, except vs Caitlin. However, that Musharna's the easiest thing to set up against (I'm serious... dead easy, but a little harder in Challenge Mode). Set up a Growth or two in the sun, and you have a sweep right there. It's even better with Chlorophyll, but that's DW unfortunately. Venusaur isn't TOO slow.

Gliscor isn't bug though, unfortunately. Durant with Hustle + Hone Claws + 3 moves = absolute carnage. It tears nearly anything that isn't a Steel type apart. It has HP and SpDef problems, however. It is a high priority to KO for me generally in competitive because if that thing sets up... yeah. Genesect will effortlessly tear most of them, but beware of teh firez.

Night Slash is a base 70 attack, so it's super weak. Try to at least set up a Swords Dance before using it: sometimes it might not KO things like Cofagrigus even then (and beware of Mummy: it's very anti-Guts Heracross). That Cofagrigus makes most physical attackers difficult to use.

I only suggested Shiftry so you can take down Shauntal or Caitlin easier (particularly Shauntal because Caitlin has a Metagross) with Nasty Plot + Dark Pulse/Grass move/something else. Lilligant... Quiver Dance + Giga Drain + Sleep Powder + Dream Eater... maybe.

Problem there is U-turning will result in Sawks selecting Stone Edge regardless, hitting your switch-in. Scolipede? Bulky? Eh, I guess it's not frail, but 60/89/69 isn't exactly what I call bulky, but it is fast, packs Earthquake/Rock Slide/Swords Dance coming off 90 attack, and can be bred with Heracross for Megahorn (though without it you'd be using X-Scissor). It's not a bad choice, as its typing isn't bad against Marshal but will be a problem vs Shauntal and Caitlin.

Ludi is fast with rain, if it has the right ability. You don't get much offensive powerhouse in Grass type that isn't Breloom or Chloroabusers like Victreebel/Venusaur/Exeggutor. Well okay, there is Celebi. The problem here is the Grassers with conflicting weather conditions: Abomasnow and Ludicolo being chief offenders. STAB Return from Sawsbuck? It's okay, but without something like Swords Dance, you're not OHKOing anything... I think. Plus Ghosts lol on it. Regular Shaymin is fine too.

Yanmega would be nice: Air Slash defeats most of Marshal's Pokemon (beware of Sawk and Sturdy however!), defeats most of Grimsley's Bug weak Pokemon, and most of Caitlin's. Failing that, there's Venomoth, Scolipede, Crustle, Escavalier, that horribly broken Durant, and possibly even that maniacal Genesect and its large movepool, which would easily defeat pretty much anything with the right attacks.

Seems you don't like Abomasnow, which is understandable: permahail can get annoying. There's always Ludicolo (useful movepool), the myriad of Chlorophyll Pokemon, Amoongus, Roserade, Ferrothorn, Sawsbuck, and some other random ones. Oh right... Rotom is also part Grass in that Lawnmower mode. And if you can get one, Shaymin/Skymin totally destroys things. Seed Flare, Earth Power/Air Slash, etc...

... wait... I have only realised you meant the E4 medal things. I thought it was the World Tournament thing until I realised the Reshirams and Kyurems in those list. Most of what I said I believe still applies. Caitlin's Musharna is easy set up seriously. Breloom takes care of Grimsley easily: Exeggutor or some other Grass/Psychic eats up Marshal, while Shauntal can be a bit daunting, Shiftry can set up a Nasty Plot and OHKO all her Pokes with a Dark Pulse... I think. As for grass, Scarf Abomasnow will eat up most of Iris's Pokemon: hail negates that Haxorus's Focus Sash. Lapras stands no chance vs Grass Knot/Wood Hammer, just switch out vs Aggron unless you have Focus Blast/Earthquake. I don't know what Pokemon you have though... so... eh.

As for Poison: there are way many Pokemon. Poisons are versatile: you get the amazing Nidoroyals to the bulky Weezing to useful utilities like Tentacruel. The Nidos are helpful because Earthquake/Earth Power are poison deterrents, and they have too useful of moves to be ignored. Fire Blast or Ice Beam dents the rest (such as Weezing who is immune). Gengar is a definite must due to its versatility, immunity and resistances to most moves Poisons pack. It also learns Psychic which is 2x effective against them. Beware of Skuntank/Drapion though.

Bug? Hmm... get a Volcarona because it literally eats up most of the others (beware of quick Stone Edges). Bugs are full of good ones that can defeat others, such as Yanmega (STAB Air Slash), Heracross (Stone Edge), Pinsir (Stone Edge), Scizor (SD + Bullet Punch set up)... there are enough out there you can use. Or you can lead with a Choice Scarf Butterfree with Sleep Powder + U-turn. Are you fighting in Triples or something?

As for Grass, there's too many to list. Grass/Poison works well (Venusaur for example), Growth + Sunlight + Sludge Bomb/Weather Ball on these things (Victreebel also works here too) works wonders. Bulky clerics like Vileplume or Meganium can come in handy. Beware of Abomasnow. Use Breloom if you must.

Sorry, I've been busy lately. Kids and stuff. You can see pics uploaded in my new album from the school festival.

Oh erm... Tyranitar cannot learn SD actually. Yeah, that's why people run DD instead. I would run SD if I could because that would be utterly devastating.

Dark Pulse is also accessible via Heart Scale, but yeah, it's technically move tutor. It's only because Lucario is missing coverage moves from its natural movepool: it has a handful of supports, fighting and normal moves. I will have to wait until Shadow Claw then.

Sounds like fun. You spend a lot of time in Dream World?

DDTar... it can work, but personally I'm not a big fan of that set due to the many priority users in this generation. If only Tar had Swords Dance it could probably double dance, but no, they denied it that (too clunky to Swords Dance anyways). And you have an SD Feraligatr? Scary: that thing from Dream World will wreak havoc with SD + LO + Sheer Force.

Btw... "Han Song" from your FB is me (Chinese name) :L

Planning on sticking CC somewhere though, probably at 4th slot if I don't have anything else. SD + Extremespeed + Force Palm/Brick Break/whatever + Shadow Claw/Dark Pulse should be enough. Heck, I may just forego SD in-game and just put in CC there, or something like Rock Slide or even Aura Sphere just because I like it on Lucario (and provides a Double Team deterrent vs non-ghosts). I will have to see where I am going with it, but I haven't touched the game in a while due to busy-ness... and hence I don't even know who I will use/run into/whatever. Oh well, being in an adventure is always fun.

Yeah, I have the ability to change to WEP, I believe, but whenever I'm at that moment. It's said to be less-secure :/

Tar is so versatile, but the one I had didn't reach 300s in that stage. It ended up at around 280ish at level 100 because I did not put in any attack points. Still strong enough to OHKO Starmie and whatnot.