Hello everyone, I am not new to smogon but I have just now created an account, and I thought I'd share my team with you all to get some input.
Now, I have a rather unique team. Not unique in the pokemon I'm using, but rather the EVs and moves I've dispersed among them. As you look through my team I'm sure you'll see what I mean.
And here they are:
Cresselia
252 HP/252 Def/4 SpD
Nature: Bold
Item: Leftovers
Moveset:
Moonlight
Toxic
Ice Beam
Energy Ball
This Cresselia has standard EVs, nothing special there and no reason to be, they work beautifully. One thing you may notice about the movepool that is rather unorthodox is the lack of Psychic and the presence of Energy Ball. Now why would I want to sacrifice a fairly powerful STAB move for a weaker, non-STAB one? Well, Cresselia walls almost everything except Gengar, Tyranitar, Heracross, and Shadow Ball Alakazam, plus a few others. The reason for grass ball is not to help eliminate these threats, but to remove others in regard to my team. Energy Ball works wonderfully for dealing with Gastrodon and Swampert, but the biggest advantage is the element of surprise due to its rarity. I have gotten the upper hand on opponents many times due to them sending out pokemon that would seemingly not be threatened, such as Starmie, Blastoise, on occasion Tyranitar, Omaster, and a few others.
Gliscor
63 HP/63 Atk/252 SpD/126 Spe
Nature: Careful
Item: Toxic Orb
Moveset:
Protect
U-Turn
Poison Jab
Earthquake
Gliscor is likely to be my favorite on the team due to it being the only one cabable of demolishing Heracross, one of the biggest threats against the rest of my team. One thing that immediately stands out about my Gliscor is the utter lack of defense IVs. Most people use Gliscor as a physical wall/stall pokemon, but that is not the function here. Since Gliscor does have a naturally high defense, I decided I should cover his weak area, special defense. He won't go around surviving any ice beams anytime soon, but he can survive several non-supereffective non-stab (and a few stabs as well) special moves it otherwise wouldn't, which has saved my ass on occasion. Gliscor also fits very well into my team. My team is very earthquake-heavy offensively, and Gliscor's flying type plus Gengar and Cresselia's Levitate is a blessing in double battles.
Garchomp
36 HP/116 Atk/4 Def/196 SpDef/156 Speed
Nature: Jolly
Item: Haban Berry
-Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Substitute
-Protect
Whilst this EV spread is fairly unique among Garchomps, it is not one of a kind; a few of you might recognize it as those of the Garchomp of Ray Rizzo. I found this Garchomp to work wonderfully. The moveset is fairly straightforward, nothing special in this area; I prefer dragon claw to outrage due to an unfortunate time I was locked into using outrage against a team with an Abomasnow and needless to say that did not go well. Without that hindrance, Garchomp can last a great deal longer in battles, and the haban berry plus special defense EVs allow it to survive an unboosted Draco Meteor from Hydreigon, and get a OHKO in return.
Metagross
164 HP/110 Atk/18 Def/216 SpD
Nature: Adamant
Item: Lum Berry
Moveset:
Protect
Meteor Mash
Zen Headbutt
Earthquake
Metagross is my primary Weavile and Mamoswine counter, oddly. And this odd Metagross does sport some unique EVs indeed. His adamant nature allows me to not dispense as many EVs into attack and have more for other areas, and due to his naturally high defense I added minimal there as well. I have dumped in most EVs to Special Defense, greatly reducing damage from moves such as Shadow Ball and allowing Metagross to survive a Heat Wave from Heatran before demolishing it with earthquake. 18 EVs in defense is basically just there for insurance. Lum Berry deal with Breloom if it decides to use Spore, or greatly benefit me whenever someone chooses to use Swagger. Overall, I feel like I have a more balanced Metagross than the traditional set, and it has worked well so far.
Gastrodon
252 HP/104 Def/152 SDef
Nature: Calm
Item: Rocky Helmet
Moveset:
Protect
Recover
Scald
Icebeam
This is a slight variation on Tabloo's Gastrodon. Once upon a time I got brutally raped by rain teams. Then Gastrodon came along. Gastrodon is the perfect rain team counter in my opinion, hence why he is here. Plus I just love Gastrodon, I mean look at him.
Gengar
4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spd
Nature: Timid
Item: Life Orb
Moveset:
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Pain Split
Substitute
This is your standard SubSplit Gengar. Really nothing special here, he just fits well on my team, especially with so many earthquake users.
Alright, well there you have it. Despite Gastrodon, my team is still a little not-so-solid against some rain teams, as well as hail teams (absolutely demolishes sand teams though.) I know my team is nowhere near perfect and I have likely missed some threats. Please let me know what you think, and what I can improve on. Cheers!
Now, I have a rather unique team. Not unique in the pokemon I'm using, but rather the EVs and moves I've dispersed among them. As you look through my team I'm sure you'll see what I mean.
And here they are:
Cresselia
252 HP/252 Def/4 SpD
Nature: Bold
Item: Leftovers
Moveset:
Moonlight
Toxic
Ice Beam
Energy Ball
This Cresselia has standard EVs, nothing special there and no reason to be, they work beautifully. One thing you may notice about the movepool that is rather unorthodox is the lack of Psychic and the presence of Energy Ball. Now why would I want to sacrifice a fairly powerful STAB move for a weaker, non-STAB one? Well, Cresselia walls almost everything except Gengar, Tyranitar, Heracross, and Shadow Ball Alakazam, plus a few others. The reason for grass ball is not to help eliminate these threats, but to remove others in regard to my team. Energy Ball works wonderfully for dealing with Gastrodon and Swampert, but the biggest advantage is the element of surprise due to its rarity. I have gotten the upper hand on opponents many times due to them sending out pokemon that would seemingly not be threatened, such as Starmie, Blastoise, on occasion Tyranitar, Omaster, and a few others.
Gliscor
63 HP/63 Atk/252 SpD/126 Spe
Nature: Careful
Item: Toxic Orb
Moveset:
Protect
U-Turn
Poison Jab
Earthquake
Gliscor is likely to be my favorite on the team due to it being the only one cabable of demolishing Heracross, one of the biggest threats against the rest of my team. One thing that immediately stands out about my Gliscor is the utter lack of defense IVs. Most people use Gliscor as a physical wall/stall pokemon, but that is not the function here. Since Gliscor does have a naturally high defense, I decided I should cover his weak area, special defense. He won't go around surviving any ice beams anytime soon, but he can survive several non-supereffective non-stab (and a few stabs as well) special moves it otherwise wouldn't, which has saved my ass on occasion. Gliscor also fits very well into my team. My team is very earthquake-heavy offensively, and Gliscor's flying type plus Gengar and Cresselia's Levitate is a blessing in double battles.
Garchomp
36 HP/116 Atk/4 Def/196 SpDef/156 Speed
Nature: Jolly
Item: Haban Berry
-Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Substitute
-Protect
Whilst this EV spread is fairly unique among Garchomps, it is not one of a kind; a few of you might recognize it as those of the Garchomp of Ray Rizzo. I found this Garchomp to work wonderfully. The moveset is fairly straightforward, nothing special in this area; I prefer dragon claw to outrage due to an unfortunate time I was locked into using outrage against a team with an Abomasnow and needless to say that did not go well. Without that hindrance, Garchomp can last a great deal longer in battles, and the haban berry plus special defense EVs allow it to survive an unboosted Draco Meteor from Hydreigon, and get a OHKO in return.
Metagross
164 HP/110 Atk/18 Def/216 SpD
Nature: Adamant
Item: Lum Berry
Moveset:
Protect
Meteor Mash
Zen Headbutt
Earthquake
Metagross is my primary Weavile and Mamoswine counter, oddly. And this odd Metagross does sport some unique EVs indeed. His adamant nature allows me to not dispense as many EVs into attack and have more for other areas, and due to his naturally high defense I added minimal there as well. I have dumped in most EVs to Special Defense, greatly reducing damage from moves such as Shadow Ball and allowing Metagross to survive a Heat Wave from Heatran before demolishing it with earthquake. 18 EVs in defense is basically just there for insurance. Lum Berry deal with Breloom if it decides to use Spore, or greatly benefit me whenever someone chooses to use Swagger. Overall, I feel like I have a more balanced Metagross than the traditional set, and it has worked well so far.
Gastrodon
252 HP/104 Def/152 SDef
Nature: Calm
Item: Rocky Helmet
Moveset:
Protect
Recover
Scald
Icebeam
This is a slight variation on Tabloo's Gastrodon. Once upon a time I got brutally raped by rain teams. Then Gastrodon came along. Gastrodon is the perfect rain team counter in my opinion, hence why he is here. Plus I just love Gastrodon, I mean look at him.
Gengar
4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spd
Nature: Timid
Item: Life Orb
Moveset:
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Pain Split
Substitute
This is your standard SubSplit Gengar. Really nothing special here, he just fits well on my team, especially with so many earthquake users.
Alright, well there you have it. Despite Gastrodon, my team is still a little not-so-solid against some rain teams, as well as hail teams (absolutely demolishes sand teams though.) I know my team is nowhere near perfect and I have likely missed some threats. Please let me know what you think, and what I can improve on. Cheers!