WilfZaha Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Although I have a moderate amount of experience in competitive battling, I seem to be losing almost all of my games. The ones I do win seem lucky. Please destroy my team to show it's weaknesses. Don't be discouraged from ripping into my team and my decisions :) Gardevoir - Modest - Life ball - Synchronise 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Psychic / Destiny Bond / Thunderbolt / Will-o-wisp 31/22/31/31/31/31 Alakazam - Modest - Life ball - Inner focus 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Hp Substitute / Psychic / HP Ice / Calm mind 28/12/24/31/31/31 Metagross - Bashful - Life ball - Clear body 128 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SpA / 126 SpD Thunderpunch / Ice punch / Psychic / Earthquake 31/31/31/28/19/28 Skarmory - Impish - Leftovers - Keen eye 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Def Spikes / Rest / Pursuit / Roar 31/31/31/13/31/31 Gyarados - Jolly - Life ball - Intimidate 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP Dragon dance / Taunt / Earthquake / Waterfall 31/31/31/14/31/31 Cradily - Naughty - Leftovers - Suction cups 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4Atk Toxic / HP Fire / Barrier / Recover 26/14/29/26/31/30 Suneet and SweeTforU 2 Link to comment
hannahtaylor Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 15 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Although I have a moderate amount of experience in competitive battling, I seem to be losing almost all of my games. The ones I do win seem lucky. Please destroy my team to show it's weaknesses. Don't be discouraged from ripping into my team and my decisions :) Gardevoir - Modest - Life ball - Synchronise 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Psychic / Destiny Bond / Thunderbolt / Will-o-wisp 31/22/31/31/31/31 Alakazam - Modest - Life ball - Inner focus 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Hp Substitute / Psychic / HP Ice / Calm mind 28/12/24/31/31/31 Metagross - Bashful - Life ball - Clear body 128 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SpA / 126 SpD Thunderpunch / Ice punch / Psychic / Earthquake 31/31/31/28/19/28 Skarmory - Impish - Leftovers - Keen eye 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Def Spikes / Rest / Pursuit / Roar 31/31/31/13/31/31 Gyarados - Jolly - Life ball - Intimidate 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP Dragon dance / Taunt / Earthquake / Waterfall 31/31/31/14/31/31 Cradily - Naughty - Leftovers - Suction cups 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4Atk Toxic / HP Fire / Barrier / Recover 26/14/29/26/31/30 Skarmory is more a defense wall than a special defense. Maybe something like curse on Cradily? I use it and it seems to work well Link to comment
BlackJovi Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Gardevoir - Modest - Life ball - Synchronise 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Psychic / Destiny Bond / Thunderbolt / Will-o-wisp 31/22/31/31/31/31 Alakazam - Timid - Life ball - Inner focus 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Hp Signal Beam / Psychic / HP Ground / Calm mind 28/12/24/31/31/31 Metagross - Bashful - Life ball - Clear body 128 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SpA / 126 SpD Thunderpunch / Ice punch / Psychic / Earthquake 31/31/31/28/19/28 Skarmory - Impish - Leftovers - Keen eye 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDef Spikes / Rest / Whirlwind / Drill Peck 31/31/31/13/31/31 Gyarados - Jolly - Life ball - Intimidate 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP Dragon dance / Taunt / Earthquake / Waterfall 31/31/31/14/31/31 Cradily - Careful - Leftovers - Suction cups 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4Atk Toxic or Curse / Rock Slide / Bullet Seed / Recover 26/14/29/26/31/30 This would be better for your team and those comps. SweeTforU 1 Link to comment
SweeTforU Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 also theres no reason to run sweeper gardevoir+sweeper alakazam Link to comment
NikhilR Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Gardevoir - Modest - Life ball - Synchronise 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Psychic / Destiny Bond / Thunderbolt / Will-o-wisp 31/22/31/31/31/31 It's easy Houndoom bait which is super common these days. 20 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Alakazam - Modest - Life ball - Inner focus 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Hp Substitute / Psychic / HP Ice / Calm mind 28/12/24/31/31/31 You achieve nothing with sub + hp ice. You need to find a way to hit steel / dark types which is what resist Psychic. Get Signal Beam + HP Fire / Ground. 20 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Metagross - Bashful - Life ball - Clear body 128 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SpA / 126 SpD Thunderpunch / Ice punch / Psychic / Earthquake 31/31/31/28/19/28 So far you have 0 ways to break Forretress. Not going with a + attk nature has an impact on the damage you deal to your opponents and something like Bulky Ludicolo just shuts you down. A lot of players have started to run toxic meta to weaken Milo / Ludicolo. Also Psychic is mainly there to hit Weezing. I don't think you need 128 spak evs + orb to get the kill, so maybe change the ev spread. 20 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Skarmory - Impish - Leftovers - Keen eye 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Def Spikes / Rest / Pursuit / Roar 31/31/31/13/31/31 I like the idea of pursuit, but once you reveal your whole set you're just begging for Heracross to spam low kick. 20 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Gyarados - Jolly - Life ball - Intimidate 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP Dragon dance / Taunt / Earthquake / Waterfall 31/31/31/14/31/31 Personally I prefer something like Bounce / Return / Crunch over EQ because you seem to be having a horrible matchup vs Bulky Ludicolo. Taunt Gyara is really good for those players who rely on Skarm to deal with it. Taunt on the WW and then the other moves such as crunch / bounce / return are resisted by Skarm and that way Counter from Skarm doesn't kill you. So you can take it out with Waterfall the next turn. 20 minutes ago, WilfZaha said: Cradily - Naughty - Leftovers - Suction cups 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4Atk Toxic / HP Fire / Barrier / Recover 26/14/29/26/31/30 Using -spdef nature on an spdef wall and with a +attk nature with no physical move seems very counter productive. ^I think Jovi mentioned a good set for Cradily to use and start from there. This current set of yours doesn't accomplish anything either. Good luck. Edited June 25, 2017 by NikhilR SweeTforU, Zehkar and AshisCatchin 3 Link to comment
WilfZaha Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Thanks to @hannahtaylor @BlackJovi @SweeTforU and @NikhilR for the replies. Shall I just straight swap any pokemon out of the team? If so, who for? hannahtaylor 1 Link to comment
notmudkip0 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Sub+Life orb will wear down the user very quickly, either opt for another move that isnt sub or drop life orb. Signal beam is a nice alternative. Skarmory should have sturdy, as keen eye is useless on it. Bashful is a poor nature on anything, and metagross will like a nature to boost its atk or spatk, also HP Fire. Link to comment
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