Conor Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Last week i posted an RMT on my sand team now in an opposite way i'm trying to do the same with my rain team. again just give me some thoughts. oh and also, like i do everywhere i apologize for my awful grammar. Oh and quick grammar question. would it be "an" RMT or "a" RMT. i know basic grammar states it would be "a" but "an" sounds so right. anyways... Politoed (M) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Drizzle EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Focus Blast - Psychic - Hydro Pump - Ice Beam my weather starter. really just blasts leads that aren't a threat. if not i switch him out to ferrothorn mostly to keep my weather always handy in case of a weather war. Ferrothorn (M) @ Rocky Helmet Trait: Iron Barbs EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk) - Leech Seed - Stealth Rock - Thunder Wave - Power Whip great counter to most things, especially physical attacks. most of the time they'll switch out and ill use thunder wave to destroy there speed. the rest ya know set up rocks and leech seed stuff. Dragonite (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Multiscale EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Agility - Hurricane - Thunder - Focus Blast okay this guy is one of my main sweepers. ill send him out and get in the agility to boost his speed to 518 i believe. this is tremendous because two of his moves left are boosted by rain and the final focus blast is for those ferrothorns or tyraintars that you didn't realize were there that switch in. happens more than you think with the tyraintars . Toxicroak (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Dry Skin EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Swords Dance - Brick Break - Sucker Punch - Protect dry skin gives toxicroak double recovery when paired with leftovers. this is why we have protect which will give him back approximately 1/5 of his health back. pretty much a monster once he gets a swords dance in. can brick break any thing like steel, rock, or yea. ALso with the right prediction skills sucker punch is boss, and i have amazing prediction skills. not even trying to tute my own horn but i do. Zapdos @ Leftovers Trait: Lightningrod EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Thunder - Substitute - Roost - Hidden Power [ice] pretty simple, switch into electric attacks that try to destroy my politoed. gets the boost that i sub while they switch their electric pokemon out. from there i recover with leftovers and use my sp attk boost to sweep with my choice of hp ice or thunder. Serperior (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Contrary EVs: 128 Def / 128 SDef / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Leaf Storm - Hidden Power [ice] - Giga Drain - Taunt okay final sweeper. this guy just uses leaf storm at full blast to boost its stats with contrary. then giga drain for recovery an din case that leaf storm runs out. also hidden power ice just for those dragons. taunt is for ferrothorns. i also like serp in rain because it big weakness of fire is resisted because of the rain. okay rate my team i guess and give me some tips i can put into this team. they were really good on my sand post and they helped a lot so just keep up with the good work. Edited March 29, 2012 by conor k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimming95 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 it would be an probably as its pronounced "arr emm tee" Also... I do like the team but there seems to be a few things that stick out at me. The first is your lack of any special defense. I would instead suggest that you change up dragonite's and toxicroak's EVs a small bit to make them more defensive by potentially pulling from speed. Also, while it is great to get +2 attack quickly with toxicroak, you might be better off with bulk-up. As it stands, once ferrothorn is gone, you don't have a lot in the ways of defense besides some natural bulk. And while it isn't a problem in the rain, dragonite doesn't have a single 100% accurate attacking move so that could become annoying in the long run. But its a nice team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 why 128 split defenses on Serp..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 oh for serp, i always have run the def ev split just for extra bulk. it usally comes in handy because ive noticed that more thatn 50% of the time it buys me another turn without dying. also @swimming, your right i dont have any sp def bulk at all. do you have any suggestions on pokemon i could run or even evs i could adjust on certain pokemon i already have. and also i do like the idea of bulk up on toxicroak, it could actually lead to me playing around with his evs a bit too. and finally what would you think about surf on dknight instead of focus blast. surf gets the power boost from rain and can handle most stell types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anethia Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Reuniclus may cause problems. One move and it just might be all over. Trick Room. Your attackers are all speedy so if somebody gets a Trick Room up you are in trouble. Some Reuniclus carry HP Ice which disposes of D-Nite. Psychic would be for Toxi. Focus blast would make Ferrothorn die on the spot. HP Ice kills Serperior and Zapdos. A TR is what I see as a big threat, seeing as your attackers are speedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hmm.. Your own SubThunder Zapdos could cause many problems, if Serp doesn't have a +4 yet. If Zappy comes in before Serp, you may be screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phazer Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Politoed can be used as a special wall and put black sludge on Toxicroak just for the slight chance of something trying a item trick on you. Zapdos is one of the best pokemon for a rain team, but sub may be a waste of a move. Zapdos @ Leftovers Trait: Lightningrod EVs: 128 HP / 252 Def / 128 SDef Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Thunder - Hidden Power [ice] - Roost - Roar Roar can stop set-ups such as Reuniclus and Quagsire that can easily bulk it all, it also utilizes rocks. Without special attack EVs, Zapdos still hits a good 286 special attack stat and paired with a lightningrod boost you don't really need those EVs. Roost of course for healing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anethia Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Do Phazer's set. It'll help with Reuniclus like I mentioned Politoed can be used as a special wall and put black sludge on Toxicroak just for the slight chance of something trying a item trick on you. Zapdos is one of the best pokemon for a rain team, but sub may be a waste of a move. Zapdos @ Leftovers Trait: Lightningrod EVs: 128 HP / 252 Def / 128 SDef Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Thunder - Hidden Power [ice] - Roost - Roar Roar can stop set-ups such as Reuniclus and Quagsire that can easily bulk it all, it also utilizes rocks. Without special attack EVs, Zapdos still hits a good 286 special attack stat and paired with a lightningrod boost you don't really need those EVs. Roost of course for healing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Jellicent is always a good answer for a special wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyria Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) Heaps better than your sandstorm team. Glad to see you're improving. Edited April 3, 2012 by Valkyria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 You have problems with ice-types, and even though Dragonite has Focus Blast it is not faster than all ice-types. Other than that, I'm going to question why on the 252/252 Pokemon you let that 4 go to waste? You can still boost another stat by one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 You have problems with ice-types, and even though Dragonite has Focus Blast it is not faster than all ice-types. Other than that, I'm going to question why on the 252/252 Pokemon you let that 4 go to waste? You can still boost another stat by one. Tells him about ice problems >Has team of altaria wut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Tells him about ice problems >Has team of altaria wut? Oh, those are just random Altaria I put there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 your right about my ice weakness to a point, for the most part i block ice with ferrothorn or politoed. its a little bug in the team but definitly one that i can work with. and thanks guys this team got a whole lot better too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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