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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:18:31 No.12752539 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12752562 >>12752572 >>12752597

Is this team half decent /vp/, friends convinced me to buy black and white 2, and I picked out a few I like. I don't want them to destroy me obviously, and I left 2 spots open for input.

Excadrill
Whimsicott
Chandelure
Mienshao

I'll delete the thread after I get my answer to prevent clogging of your board. Thanks.

Picture not related, but funny.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:20:36 No.12752562 Report

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>>12752539
bamp

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:21:38 No.12752572 Report

Quoted By: >>12752590

>>12752539
What ability does the Excadrill have?

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derekkk !xSh1lvRXQI Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:21:45 No.12752573 Report

Quoted By: >>12752590 >>12752605

Each of the poke's in your team are viable both in-game and competitively, some more than others sure, but they're each solid if played to their strengths 9 (mienshao and excadrill can be beasts in game.)
I'm not so sure if they have the worlds best synergy; mienshao, excadrill, and chandy might be redundant, as they sometimes fill similar roles (especially in-game.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:23:16 No.12752590 Report

Quoted By: >>12752611

>>12752572

Sand Rush

>>12752573

Any recommendations to changes? Like I said, I just kinda went with ones I liked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:24:08 No.12752597 Report

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>>12752539
Half decent for what purpose? Is this purely in-game? Semi-competitive with in-game Pokemon? Are you restricted to just 5th generation Pokemon? Or just pokemon catchable in Black/White 2?
Do you even have the game yet, OP?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:24:18 No.12752601 Report

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Those are all good Pokemon. So you're going to be battling your friends? Do they care about tiers at all or is it anything goes? Will you also be using this team for in-game?

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derekkk !xSh1lvRXQI Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:24:24 No.12752605 Report

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>>12752573
Also, if you're doing more competitive style battling, then you'll probably want to give ecadrill mold breaker and make sure he can spin. Use whimsicott to set up an opening for mienshao to set up and sweep, and let chandy be a revenge killer. You can use whatever arbitrary wall and hazard setter you'd like in addition. It's what I might do at least

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:24:33 No.12752611 Report

Quoted By: >>12752658

>>12752590
Get a Ttar. Teach the Excadrill swords dance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:25:04 No.12752622 Report

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heh, not bad at all for being the ones you like

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:25:21 No.12752627 Report

Quoted By: >>12752716

>>12752597

I have the game, and I'm not restricted. I've got all of them generation wise, I just haven't touched the thing in a LONG time.

I already have Exadrill and Chandy

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:26:30 No.12752639 Report

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>>12752605

I have absolutely no idea what you just said in any shape form or fashion. I do however have google so don't take that statement as a PLZ HALP ME unless you really want to.

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derekkk !xSh1lvRXQI Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:27:45 No.12752658 Report

Quoted By: >>12752682 >>12752771

>>12752611
he'll probably need to scrap whimsicott and chandelure then. Mienshao wont mind the sand so long as he has regenerator and is used as a pivot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:30:16 No.12752682 Report

Quoted By: >>12752726 >>12752730 >>12752740

>>12752658

So scrap whim and shandy, keep sand rush on Exca, sandstorm from TTar, and keep meinshao for rotation healing basically? Whelp, 3 slots open now. Shit. No clue what I even want and or need.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:30:27 No.12752687 Report

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>>12752639
If your Excadrill has Mold Breaker you should teach it Rapid Spin, so if your opponent uses a move like spikes or stealth rock you can get rid of it.

If your whimsicott does not have prankster it is less than useless. Use it to set up substitutes and use stun spore on your opponent, then send out Mienshao to mop up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:32:51 No.12752716 Report

Quoted By: >>12752735

>>12752627
How good are your friends, and how do they play? Do they play competitive, or just use teams from in-game runs, or are they somewhere in the middle with EV-trained favorites rather than being full-on competitive? There are a lot of kinds of Pokemon players, and your strategy for beating them most effectively will depend on this.
Do you EV train and breed and all that, or not?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:33:42 No.12752726 Report

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>>12752682
Well if you're gonna go the sandstorm route then fill your remaining slots with rock/steel/ground (ferrothorn and gastradon come to mind) types or anything with magic guard (sigilyph is actually pretty cool)

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:34:06 No.12752730 Report

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>>12752682
Do your friends play competitively with each other or just with whatever they like? It might not be cool to whip out some hardcore Sand Rush team against guys who just want to run with their Flareon bros etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:34:23 No.12752735 Report

Quoted By: >>12752779

>>12752716

I don't think they really play competitively all that much. I know they know what EV'ing is, and I wouldn't put it past them to maybe do it to one or two before getting bored, but I highly doubt they're going balls in, more like just using what they like probably, while covering type disadvantages.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:34:56 No.12752740 Report

Quoted By: >>12752754 >>12752778

>>12752682
They seem to want you to run a sandstorm team simply because you listed Excadrill as one of your Pokemon. Not really the direction I'd go with your team, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:36:19 No.12752754 Report

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>>12752740

I mean, he has sand rush. I don't see why he wouldn't go with that if he's already got one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:37:45 No.12752771 Report

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>>12752658
Whimsicott can do just fine in Sandstorm due to Leech Seed and Leftovers.
Chandy can do just fine as a hit/run Scarfer with Overheat in sandstorm.

If you're using Whimsicott [better have Encore; the crux of its set is to enable sweeps/switchins/momentum, not stay in and sub-seed and lose momentum though it can do that too], then it's best to pair it up with a set up sweeper.

Rotom-Wash, rightfully overused on sand teams, offers a valuable Water and Grass resist for your team, while offering great utility like Will-o-wisp and Volt Switch. Forms a VoltTurn engine with Mienshao.
If you have access/friends won't complain, Keldeo offers a Water resist, and serves as a fast, offensive pivot for Sand.
Tyranitar/Keldeo/Landorus forms a staple OU core for good reason.

Ferrothorn, or any bulky Steel, does well in sand, offers great resistances and utility.

Honestly, if your friends aren't competitive, it's very likely that Sand Stream Excadrill will do your work for you, so just build a team to enable it as much as possible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:38:45 No.12752778 Report

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>>12752740

I don't really even know what direction I should go. I'm just collecting opinions on what I should do I guess and going from there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:38:49 No.12752779 Report

Quoted By: >>12752811

>>12752735
If they're using what they like rather than full-on competitive style teams, then I wouldn't worry too much about making a sandstorm team unless you absolutely want to. If I were you I'd do the same as your friends and just use Pokemon that you like (that don't absolutely suck). Use the 4 you listed in your original post, throw in a bulky water type and a dragon or something, look into their movesets, breed a box or two of each and EV train the best ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:40:25 No.12752797 Report

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>>12752726
>sigilyph

Holy shit this op. Sigilyph is fucking amazing.

Stored Power
Cosmic Power
Roost
Psycho Shift

have it hold Flame Orb if you can op. If not then switch Psycho Shift with Whirlwind or something. MAKE SURE IT HAS MAGIC GUARD. Goes great with Sandstorm teams.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:41:37 No.12752811 Report

Quoted By: >>12752823 >>12752844

>>12752779

What I'm thinking of doing is using the four I've got and taking your advice on the last two, but going ahead and getting together the other's needed for a sandstorm team on the side. It sounds really cool, and I'd like to at the least save it for if they fool me and beat my shit in when I use the ones I like.

Then get revenge kinda thing, you know? More qt3.14 pictures I guess for the assistance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:43:36 No.12752823 Report

Quoted By: >>12752853

>>12752811
If you're looking for a bulky water its hard to go wrong with Jellicent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:46:16 No.12752844 Report

Quoted By: >>12752866

>>12752811
as for dragons, use haxorus. Srsly, he might be outclassed by all the pseudo-legendary dragons, but hes a damn powerhouse and is probably the funnest dragon to use since hes a one man rape train after dragondance

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:47:13 No.12752853 Report

Quoted By: >>12753038

>>12752823

Noted. Thanks.

Looking like now I'm going to go with the original 4 plus maybe a salamence or Hydreigon or however you spell it for my "Let's not be a complete and utter cock to my friends" team, and

Ttar
Excadrill
Mienshao
Sigilyph
Ferrothorn
Gastradon

for my "Fuck you for being cock you so called bro's" team. Thanks so much for the advice guys.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:49:24 No.12752866 Report

Quoted By: >>12752901

>>12752844

Last question. What would be a good move set for a Haxorus if I decided on him over Hydrewhatever.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:52:42 No.12752901 Report

Quoted By: >>12752911

>>12752866
dragon dance
Outrage/dualchop/dragon claw
earthquake
In the last slot you have a couple of options; I personally prefer aqua tail, but some people like to use superpower to make sure ice types stay out of the way. I still thinik aqua tail is better, since after a dd haxorus can one shot damn near everything

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 21:54:02 No.12752911 Report

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>>12752901

Noted. Thanks much anon. Last qt3.14 picture I have too coincidentally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 22:07:11 No.12753038 Report

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>>12752853
This picture is getting me so hard

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