Hey guys! I've been playing showdown for a while (although I hesitate to call myself a "competitive" player), and I've been running this team with mostly positive results. Occasionally I get absolutely squashed, but I can usually attribute that to my own inexperience, shoddy predictions, forgetting type X resists move Y, etc. When played correctly, this team actually does its job quite well, although I can't help but wonder if it could be even better, which is why I'm propositioning you lovely smogonites today.
This team functions as somewhat of a "jack of all trades" team, which is the fancy way of saying that my strategy is so nebulous that I couldn't quite tell you what it is if I tried. Typically, I aim to set up a lucario sweep with wobbuffet, or toxic/wall the opposing team to death should they be ill-equipped to deal with the indestructible special damage sponge that is blissey. I fear I may be rambling a bit here, so without further adieu I give you my team. Don't be afraid to be harsh and critical, I can assure you that the more holes you can poke in my team, the happier I'll be...well, provided that you also tell me how to fix aforementioned holes.
Skarmory (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 224 HP / 252 Def / 32 Spd
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Roost
Skarmory functions mainly as my opener, in a typical match I'll utilize its durability to get out a guaranteed stealth rock, and then depending on how hard it got hit the first turn I'll either let it die for a free switch-in to a more relevant 'mon, or preserve him for later use as a physical wall/pivot for the team.
Alakazam (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Signal Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Good ol' alakazam here is my special attacker/revenge killer. He -can- sweep, but I find that his ability to do so is lackluster without the aid of a life orb. Even so, he is a wonderful utility to my team, especially since my two other offense oriented 'mon are physical attackers.
Blissey (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Aromatherapy
- Flamethrower
- Softboiled
- Toxic
This is easily the most consistently useful pokemon on my team. Removes the threat of troublesome status conditions almost entirely, walls literally every special attacker in OU, even with boosts and lucky crits, and can even dish out hurt to steel types that resist toxic with flamethrower to boot. I've considered swapping out aromatherapy/softboiled for heal bell/wish, but I'm hesitant to do so just because of how many times blissey's incredible staying power has single handedly won matches for me.
Garchomp (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Outrage
- Fire Fang
The more reliable of my two physical sweepers, choice band garchomp is ideal for dishing out insane amounts of hurt to all but the toughest physical walls. Basically, if I lack the time or the supporting 'mon I need to set up lucario, or if I need a pesky pokemon dead -right now-, this guy does the trick nearly every time. I've been shuffling his coverage moves around as of late, and so far I think this combination serves to maximize garchomp's effectiveness on my team.
Lucario (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- ExtremeSpeed
- Swords Dance
Lucario is my all-star sweeper. Blissey provides many hard fought, tedious victories, but it's only lucario that can decimate the entire enemy team with minimal effort. Obviously there isn't a whole lot of variation with lucario, but I have been playing with the idea of switching out crunch for bullet punch to deal with the likes of gengar, and perhaps even inner focus for justified, just to make the setup all the more quick after, oh say, encoring a dark type attack with wobbuffet.
Wobbuffet (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Shadow Tag
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 28 HP / 232 Def / 248 SDef
Bold Nature
- Counter
- Encore
- Mirror Coat
- Safeguard
Ah wobbuffet, my secret weapon, and undoubtedly the cause of much angst and rage. This 'mon alone epitomizes the "jack of all trades" mentality of my team, whether it be breaking a sweep, setting up lucario for an easy victory, or just plain effortlessly killing that one pokemon that's pissing me off, this guy basically serves to deal with anything that can't be handled by my other five pokemon. Why is it shiny, you ask? Well...screwing people over with pink wobbuffet just makes me smile, I guess.
and there you have it. Fire away, ladies and gentlemen.
This team functions as somewhat of a "jack of all trades" team, which is the fancy way of saying that my strategy is so nebulous that I couldn't quite tell you what it is if I tried. Typically, I aim to set up a lucario sweep with wobbuffet, or toxic/wall the opposing team to death should they be ill-equipped to deal with the indestructible special damage sponge that is blissey. I fear I may be rambling a bit here, so without further adieu I give you my team. Don't be afraid to be harsh and critical, I can assure you that the more holes you can poke in my team, the happier I'll be...well, provided that you also tell me how to fix aforementioned holes.
Skarmory (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 224 HP / 252 Def / 32 Spd
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Roost
Skarmory functions mainly as my opener, in a typical match I'll utilize its durability to get out a guaranteed stealth rock, and then depending on how hard it got hit the first turn I'll either let it die for a free switch-in to a more relevant 'mon, or preserve him for later use as a physical wall/pivot for the team.
Alakazam (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Signal Beam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Good ol' alakazam here is my special attacker/revenge killer. He -can- sweep, but I find that his ability to do so is lackluster without the aid of a life orb. Even so, he is a wonderful utility to my team, especially since my two other offense oriented 'mon are physical attackers.
Blissey (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature
- Aromatherapy
- Flamethrower
- Softboiled
- Toxic
This is easily the most consistently useful pokemon on my team. Removes the threat of troublesome status conditions almost entirely, walls literally every special attacker in OU, even with boosts and lucky crits, and can even dish out hurt to steel types that resist toxic with flamethrower to boot. I've considered swapping out aromatherapy/softboiled for heal bell/wish, but I'm hesitant to do so just because of how many times blissey's incredible staying power has single handedly won matches for me.
Garchomp (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Outrage
- Fire Fang
The more reliable of my two physical sweepers, choice band garchomp is ideal for dishing out insane amounts of hurt to all but the toughest physical walls. Basically, if I lack the time or the supporting 'mon I need to set up lucario, or if I need a pesky pokemon dead -right now-, this guy does the trick nearly every time. I've been shuffling his coverage moves around as of late, and so far I think this combination serves to maximize garchomp's effectiveness on my team.
Lucario (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- ExtremeSpeed
- Swords Dance
Lucario is my all-star sweeper. Blissey provides many hard fought, tedious victories, but it's only lucario that can decimate the entire enemy team with minimal effort. Obviously there isn't a whole lot of variation with lucario, but I have been playing with the idea of switching out crunch for bullet punch to deal with the likes of gengar, and perhaps even inner focus for justified, just to make the setup all the more quick after, oh say, encoring a dark type attack with wobbuffet.
Wobbuffet (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Shadow Tag
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 28 HP / 232 Def / 248 SDef
Bold Nature
- Counter
- Encore
- Mirror Coat
- Safeguard
Ah wobbuffet, my secret weapon, and undoubtedly the cause of much angst and rage. This 'mon alone epitomizes the "jack of all trades" mentality of my team, whether it be breaking a sweep, setting up lucario for an easy victory, or just plain effortlessly killing that one pokemon that's pissing me off, this guy basically serves to deal with anything that can't be handled by my other five pokemon. Why is it shiny, you ask? Well...screwing people over with pink wobbuffet just makes me smile, I guess.
and there you have it. Fire away, ladies and gentlemen.
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