This is my attempt at a Poison Monotype team.
To Begin, this Monotype team is based around Toxic Spikes, being a Poison Team I figured infecting my opponents with Poison would be the right way to about it.
The team is a balanced team, to some extent a Semi-Stall.
I'm just looking for some advice.
Since there isn't any true lead to this team... I guess we'll begin with the more Defensive side of the team!
Tentacruel
@ Black Sludge
Nature- Calm
Ability- Rain Dish
Ev's: 252 HP, 224 SpDef, 32 Speed
-Toxic Spikes
-Rapid Spin
-Scald
-Ice Beam
Overview:
Tentacruel is almost necessary on a Monotype team, being the only Special Defensive Poison thats really worth using. Scald is for burns, burning Steels (who are generally physical) is great since they are immune to Toxic Spikes. Rapid Spin is also vital to keep hazards off the field, which is so important due to the difficulty in keeping mono teams alive in the first place. Ice Beam is for coverage, as much fun as Protect is to stall out and gain HP back, it helps hit a pleathora of Pokemon. It does great against SubHydreigon, whose best counters include Blissey and Tentacruel duh...
Weezing
@ Black Sludge
Nature- Bold
Ability- Levitate
Ev's: 248 HP, 252 Def, 8 SpDef
-Will O Wisp
-Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power [Ice]
Overview:
Weezing, honestly is better than his tiering in my personal opinion. His great defense, typing, and moveset make him great. Now don't get me wrong, he's no Skarmory or Gliscor, but he's certainly a brilliant Defensive Poke. Will-O-Wisp for burns, he is the Defensive Sponge of this team after all. Flamethrower for damage on Scizor's, Lucario's you name it. Thunderbolt because, well, even though Gyarados is very uncommon, it can do a number on this team. Now... Pain Split is very important to a Weezing, but without a way to deal with Dragons, it was almost necessary. But hey suggestions to fix this would be very nice.
Drapion
@ Black Sludge
Nature- Careful
Ability- Battle Armor
Ev's: 252 HP, 4 Atk, 252 SpDef
-Crunch
-Rock Slide
-Earthquake
-Whirlwind
Overview:
Drapion is completely necessary, could you imagine... Toxicroak's dead, and Alakazam comes in... Without Drapion the team falls apart. It deals with Espeon and Alakazam, and if weakened enough Reuniclus. Crunch is there to hit those Psychics. Rock Slide is for Volcarona just in case. If my Toxic Spikes are gone and Volcarona is under sun, Tentacruel can't truly stop it. My hope here is just that I survive and kill it off. Earthquake is here for coverage. Whirlwind to try and help break up Baton Pass chains and boosting sweepers.
Defense is boring... how about we talk a little Offense, everybody loves Offense right?
Gengar
@ Black Sludge
Nature- Timid
Ability- Levitate
Ev's: 4 HP, 252 SpAtk, 252 Speed
-Substitute
-Disable
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast
Overview:
Gengar is my fastest Pokemon, and is the Glue to both the offense and defense. He is the teams Anti Spinner and one of the top abusers of Toxic Spikes on the team. He forces switches commonly and gets easy subs up. Disable to well, Disable my opponents threatening moves. Shadow Ball for stab, and alongside it we get Focus Blast for perfect coverage. Does it get too much better?
Toxicroak
@ Black Sludge
Nature- Adamant
Ability- Dry Skin
Ev's: 244 HP, 252 Atk, 12 Speed
-Substitute
-Drain Punch
-Sucker Punch
-Bulk Up
Overview:
Toxicroak is amazing, with Toxic Spike support beind a Sub Toxicroak is awesome. Bulking up boosts Attacks and Defense. Drain Punch for insta HP and STAB attack damage. Sucker Punch is for Priority and kills of many of Toxicroaks threats. Another Pokemon with great coverage. It attacks as a primary counter to many Pokemon and is invaluable to this team.
Nidoking
@ Life Orb
Nature- Timid
Ability- Sheer Force
Ev's: 4 Def, 252 SpAtk, 252 Speed
-Earth Power
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt
-Flamethrower
Overview:
Nidoking is one of my favorites, but it's to bad he fits in this slot. Nobody really seems to fit here, but we'll discuss that shortly. The Goal of Nidoking is just to finish, batter, or simply beat down opponents. He doesn't have great synergy with the team but has been pretty good in some instances. His entire movepool is straightforward get coverage and hit the Pokemon with the appropriate attack.
This last slot is up for grabs, theres just not that many usable Poison types. One Pokemon that I could use would be Crobat, Speed, Taunt, Super Fang, it's all pretty good, but i'm not sure how to really fit it in. This is the part of the team that needs the most help. So please, thank you for reading, and im hoping for some advice.
