Rotom's second league team.

[Ringabel]

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Name:Red

Gender:Female.

Moves:Crunch. X-Scissor. Swords Dance. And Earthquake.

Item:Shuca Berry.

Trait:Battle Armor.

Nature:Jolly

EVs:252 in to speed. 252 In to attack. And 4 into defense

Oh how i love Drapion such an underrated Pokemon i have the Shuca berry to help cover Drapion's only weakness and 4 EVs into defense so with the Shuca berry it stand an Earthquake.

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Name:Crystal.

Gender:Female

Moves:Flamethrower. Dark Pulse Nasty Plot. And Hidden Power Grass.

Item:Dread Plate.

Trait:Illusion.

Nature:Timid

EVs:252 into Speed. 252 into Special Attack.

A simple Nasty Plot set up and with luck Illusion will cone in handy. Not really much more to say about this one.

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Name:Hagurumon

Gender:None

Moves:Magnet Rise. Gear Grind. Shift Gear. And Wild Charge.

Item:Iron Plate

Trait:Plus (Don't ask why just roll with it)

Nature:Adamant

EVs:252 into Speed. 252 into Attack.

Yes i name my Klinklang after a Digimon and any posts flaming for liking digimon will be deleted. Anyways Magnet Rise to make dual Ground Rock types useless and other then that a Shift Gear set up with some hope i don't run into some trick room *shudders*

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Name:Dragonoid.

Gender:Male.

Moves:Dragon Dance. Ice Punch. Dragon Claw. And Roost.

Item:Yache Berry.

Trait:Inner Focus.

Nature:Jolly

EVs:252 Into Speed. 252 Into Attack. And 4 Into Defense.

WHAT FIRST YOU NAME ONE OF YOUR POKEMON AFTER A DIGI MON AND NOW A BAKUGAN WHAT IS THIS MADNESS.

My team and if you flame me for it you post will again be deleted

Anyways this is what i most of the time have for a Dragonite

Yache Berry to cover up the 4X weakness to ice Roost to heal when i need to Dragon Dance to get my stats high Jolly nature to help with his kinda low speed Ice Punch to take care of other dragon types with a 4X weakness to ice and Dragon Claw for same type attack boost blal blah blah i like pie.

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Name:Edge

Gender:Male (No really)

Moves:Brick Break. Swords Dance. Earthquake. And Psycho Cut

Item:Expert Belt

Trait:Justified

Nature:Adamant

EVs:252 Into Attack. 252 Into Speed. And 4 Into Special Defense.

AT LAST YOU NAME A POKEMON AFTER SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE THINGS NAMED AFTER IT!

Anyways Not much to say here just a Swords Dance sweeping Gallade i have Brick Break and not not Drain punch so i can get raid of Light Screen and the like. Not real much more to say.

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Name:Nightwing

Gender:Male

Moves:Brave Bird.Cross Poison. Zen Headbutt. And X-Scissor.

Item:Toxic Plate

Trait:Inner Focus

Nature:Gentle (Just wait you'll see why)

EVs:252 Into Speed. 252 Into Attack. And 4 Into Special Defense.

So i have this pokemon list in my party so no will try and use a fighting move on my Zoroark

And a Gentle Nature So T-Blots are not as deadly not much more to say about this guy.

Well once is topic is up i'll register the new team so for now.

<3 Goodnight ever body!

Edited August 26, 2012 by rotomfan63

[Pocky]

Drapion: Oh my, why not take advantage of your ability, Sniper? I would suggest replacing Crunch with Night Slash, and Battle Armor with Sniper.Also, replace X-Scissor or Earthquake with Poison Jab or Cross Poison (STAB) Nature should probably be Impish, Careful, or Adamant. As for the item, Leftovers.

Zoroark: Life Orb for this little powerhouse's item, Timid nature, Your moveset is pretty nice. Although HP Grass won't help much, so go for Focus Blast. Might be a good lead instead of Drapion.

Klinklang: Probably should run Steel Gem to boost Gear Grind's power. And either Impish, Careful, Adamant, or Jolly. Also, run Clear Body as its ability. It'll help since Intimidate.

Dragonite: First off, Multiscale for its ability, PERIOD. Use Leftovers so you can recover HP. Adamant nature to boost it's attack.

Gallade: Not much to say about this guy. Life Orb for his item. Adamant for his ability.

Crobat: I love this bat, seriously. Flying Gem if you're going to run that set. And Jolly nature if you're going to run that set. Otherwise...

Nightwing (Crobat) (M) @ White Herb

Trait: Inner Focus

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

- Curse

- Acrobatics

- U-turn

- Cross Poison

Also, I noticed that you lack Special Attackers, and walls. Probably you should take off two more pokemon for a special attacker. Also, remember, there is going to be double and triple battles, so use moves like Heat Wave and Earthquake, alright?

[SilentSinnerInBlue]

One thing.

HARDY OR ANY NEUTRAL NATURE IS A NO-NO IN COMPETITIVE BATTLING.

Looks like you're trying to go for a hit-fast-hit-hard kind of team, though I'm surprised to see a distinct lack of status inducing moves here. One does not simply have attack moves for all four slots.

Try looking up what you're Pokemon's naturally good stats are, and take advantage of that! Drapion should have Jolly to increase it's Speed. Zoroark needs Timid also for Speed or Modest for SpA. Try Adamant or Naughty for Klinklang to boost Attack. Jolly or Adamant is quite good for Dragonite to boost Speed/Attack. Adamant for Gallade as well. Crobat is fine.

[FireKid2012]

Thunderblot? Seems legit

[SilentSinnerInBlue]

Thunderblot? Seems legit

He must have been in a hurry to type, because when you hurry, you make mistakes.

How I'd rate your team?

6/10

Not good, but could have some improvements.

[Ringabel]

One thing.

HARDY OR ANY NEUTRAL NATURE IS A NO-NO IN COMPETITIVE BATTLING.

Looks like you're trying to go for a hit-fast-hit-hard kind of team, though I'm surprised to see a distinct lack of status inducing moves here. One does not simply have attack moves for all four slots.

Try looking up what you're Pokemon's naturally good stats are, and take advantage of that! Drapion should have Jolly to increase it's Speed. Zoroark needs Timid also for Speed or Modest for SpA. Try Adamant or Naughty for Klinklang to boost Attack. Jolly or Adamant is quite good for Dragonite to boost Speed/Attack. Adamant for Gallade as well. Crobat is fine.

Thank for the feed back i'm going put this on my team and go edit the main topic to show how the team is now i hope i take down the league

[FraRPetO]

Doesn't Zoroark learn Grass Knot? It would be useful, but maybe HP Grass is safer against Pokémon without weight

But I always somehow feel that HP is generally weak x(

[Conor]

if your worried about earthquake against your Drapion, why not use air ballon?

[Shanco]

I give this team a 7/10.

This is a cool team, but here's what I have to say.

- Washman is correct about giving Zoroark a Grass move, but don't underestimate Hidden Power Grass. It holds its own. You're going to hate Gastrodon / Swampert / Carracosta unless you pack that move.

- Plus on Klinklang (I'm not asking why) is not doing you any good if there's no Pokemon with Plus or Minus to power it up with. With all of Klinklang's abilities being bad, you might as well go with the only one that actually has a use. Clear Body is not going to do you much good in the League, but it's better than nothing at all. That odd stat down could screw you over in the end.

- I love Zoroark. He's so much fun to have on your team. Clever choice of Pokemon to make Zoroark a fake of, too, since both of Zoroark's weaknesses are double-resisted by Crobat.

Additional advice:

- This is a great team for League, good for tackling monotypes, but if you choose to take it outside of League, prepare to get mauled. Dragonite raises the team into the OverUsed tier, where all the common moves in the tier pick apart your Pokemon, as Earthquake / Stone Edge combo can destroy your entire team either due to weaknesses or poor defenses (Gallade, Zoroark). This will be a far better team in BorderLine, though. To modify this team to make a killer BorderLine pokemon, insert this dude:

Flygon (M) @ Life Orb

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

- Outrage

- Earthquake

- Fire Punch

- Roost

This set is taken straight from Smogon and it works. Flygon's Dragon-Ground typing is sick in BorderLine; only one real Pokemon gives that typing trouble, and that's Bronzong. Anyway, Outrage and Earthquake gives the powerful STABs, and Fire Punch handles Bronzong, who would otherwise be a pain in the ass laughing at failed Earthquakes and shrugging off Outrage like it's a hard poke. The Life Orb gives extra power to 2HKO a lot of things, but comes at the cost of HP, but that's what Roost is for.

There's a ton of potential in this set. It's great for BorderLine and, outside of Reborn, Wifi UU (Bronzong may be OU, but I can't be bothered looking it up.) Try it out with Flygon. I think you'll like it.

Edited September 27, 2012 by rc52