So right now I’m trying to beat all of Pokémon emerald with only water type pokemon and I’d love that to include getting the gold prints at the battle frontier. However I’m pretty new to battle facilities, never done them before at all, so my knowledge on how to approach team building for this is spotty to say the least. So far I’ve managed to at least find a team that can pretty consistently win the gold print matches with neutral RNG (tested in pokemon showdown). But the team lacks bulk and will likely fair poorly at getting a streak high enough to challenge the gold print fights in the first place. So I would greatly appreciate advice, input, recommendations, or anything really that will help me go from new comer to gold prints. Thanks so much to everyone who replies in advance. Anyways here's the slap dash team I have planned so far.
Gyarados @ Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Surf
- Return
- Hidden Power [Flying]
Swampert @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 6 Def
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Brick Break
- Return
- Rock Slide
Starmie @ Lum Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
Basically my whole idea was just I wanted to cover the grass and eletric weakness (gyarados and swampert) and I wanted a powerful pokemon with lots of coverage (starmie). Additionally it needed to be a team that could win the gold prints, and this team, as per my testing in pokemon showdown, should be capable of beating all the gold print fights in a neutral RNG match (no crits or equal crits). Although I did not account for how the AIs play their teams, I just played their teams myself how I felt the AI probably would. I'm unsure if this team can even adequately deal with the AI switching pokemon into unfavorable matchups during gold print fights since it lacks bulk all around. Since I can't really get hands up with the actual gold print fights, I don't know how well the team *really* matches up against them, I just know in a favorable match up this team can beat each pokemon on their teams consecutively.
Some things to note, I am on cartridge and I can't trade and I'm also pretty strict about what I mean by water types only so I don't even want to catch any non-water types for breeding since I don't want them in my pokedex at all (already irritated enough the weather institute forced me to take a castform from them). So stuff like trading a Suicune from FRLG, breeding Leech Seed on Ludicolo, and other things like that are out of the question. Anyways, thanks for your time or consideration and huge thanks in advance to anyone who can give me some pointers or suggestion a team or a mon or a strat or anything really.
Gyarados @ Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Surf
- Return
- Hidden Power [Flying]
Swampert @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 6 Def
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Brick Break
- Return
- Rock Slide
Starmie @ Lum Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
Level: 50
EVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
Basically my whole idea was just I wanted to cover the grass and eletric weakness (gyarados and swampert) and I wanted a powerful pokemon with lots of coverage (starmie). Additionally it needed to be a team that could win the gold prints, and this team, as per my testing in pokemon showdown, should be capable of beating all the gold print fights in a neutral RNG match (no crits or equal crits). Although I did not account for how the AIs play their teams, I just played their teams myself how I felt the AI probably would. I'm unsure if this team can even adequately deal with the AI switching pokemon into unfavorable matchups during gold print fights since it lacks bulk all around. Since I can't really get hands up with the actual gold print fights, I don't know how well the team *really* matches up against them, I just know in a favorable match up this team can beat each pokemon on their teams consecutively.
Some things to note, I am on cartridge and I can't trade and I'm also pretty strict about what I mean by water types only so I don't even want to catch any non-water types for breeding since I don't want them in my pokedex at all (already irritated enough the weather institute forced me to take a castform from them). So stuff like trading a Suicune from FRLG, breeding Leech Seed on Ludicolo, and other things like that are out of the question. Anyways, thanks for your time or consideration and huge thanks in advance to anyone who can give me some pointers or suggestion a team or a mon or a strat or anything really.