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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:00:50 No.14901161 View View Reply Original Report

Hey /vp/. I'm trying to get into competitive battling, but I'm not quite sure if what I'm doing is good.
I'm running
Absol - Night Slash, Psycho Cut, Stone Edge, Shadow Claw
Sylveon - Moonblast, Draining Kiss, Toxic Reflect
Cloyster - Toxic Spikes, Facade, Ice beam, Explosion
Heracross - Megahorn, Earquake, Stone Edge, Close Combat
Aegislash - King's Shield, Rockslide, Hidden Power (Psychic), Iron Head
Dragalge - Shadow Ball, Dragon Pulse, Scald, Sludge Bomb

Any constructive criticism? Pokes I should swap out? Maybe some fun pokemon or strats that noobs could understand?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:08:01 No.14901340 Report

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:10:01 No.14901387 Report

Quoted By: >>14901441

Those movesets are shit
Go on smogon and read some guides on competitive battling

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:12:04 No.14901441 Report

Quoted By: >>14901541

>>14901387
You can't get much more constructive than this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:15:53 No.14901541 Report

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>>14901441

There's not much more we can say. Unless you tell us what you're tyring to do with your team, we can't help. Are you making a sun / rain / sand / hail team? Baton passing stats to a sweeper? Stalling with status? It seems like you just put pokemon from different types and gave them all general coverage moves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:16:13 No.14901544 Report

Quoted By: >>14901600 >>14901615

Should I use speed EVs on Mawile if I'm going to use Blaziken baton pass and which movesets?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:18:34 No.14901600 Report

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>>14901544
No. Attack and HP, maybe some into Sp.Def if you wanna get a bit beefier. Assuming you're passing onto a mega mawile?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:19:13 No.14901615 Report

Quoted By: >>14901686 >>14901771

>>14901544
Hell no. Squeeze all you can out of that Attack and Defense. You running 50 HP, you're going to die from basically any special move anyway, so try to make it at least a little bit tanky physically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:21:16 No.14901665 Report

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That is the worst cloyster moveset ive ever seen.
Use shell smash and then whatever you want, multi-hit moves if you have skill link.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:22:26 No.14901686 Report

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>>14901615
Mawile can deal with special attacks decently if you pump into HP instead of def. Intimidate on switch-in already helps it be pretty beefy against physical attacks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:23:33 No.14901711 Report

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is 1 button outrage for garchomp an eggmove in xy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:25:23 No.14901771 Report

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>>14901615
Don't listen to this.
Mega Mawile already has great defense, but it is wasted without HP to take it. Having the 252 HP /24 SpD / 244 Atk Careful Nature has saved my ass more then once. Largely it is because Mawile will be swapping into special hits often if you are using it to take ice beams/moonblasts for you dragon.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:28:41 No.14901861 Report

Quoted By: >>14902161

>>14901161
Okay, let's see...

>Absol
There's no reason to run both Night Slash and Shadow Claw since they're almost identical attacking types. Go for the STAB, in this case Night Slash.

>Sylveon
Two damaging moves and both are Fairy? Swap that to Hidden Power Ground, gets a nice coverage with Fairy.

>Cloyster
You obviously have no idea how to use Cloyster. Cloyster without Shell Smash and Icicle Spear is useless. Remember to have Skill Link as its ability.

>Heracross
Actually quite good, nothing to complain about.

>Aegislash
Rock Slide and HP Psychic? What? You should have King's Shield for defensive stance and protecting, Swords Dance for boosting while on defense stance, and Shadow Claw + Sacred Sword for perfect neutral coverage.

>Dragalge
I really don't see the point of Shadow Ball. Maybe you could ditch it and have Thunderbolt instead?

There, hopefully this helps.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:31:37 No.14901923 Report

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never used absol, can't say
never used sylveon competitively
cloyster is WAY too weak in special defence to use for spikes/pebbles/etc. Use the generic Shell Smash, skill link, icicle spear moveset because it's broken tier if you play it right.
Heracross looks good. Make sure you slap on a band/scarf and have moxie for maximum sweeping
never used aegislash but I'm sure as fuck you don't use hidden power on it
never used dragalge

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:41:29 No.14902161 Report

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>>14901861
Okay, thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 13:16:59 No.14903096 Report

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Any advice for building a Trick Room team?

Ricotta Elmar [3582-9442-4119][Poison - Kakuna Muk Venomoth] !/J1QYpS5Eo

Ricotta Elmar [3582-9442-4119][Poison - Kakuna Muk Venomoth] !/J1QYpS5Eo Sun 20 Oct 2013 13:38:25 No.14903811 Report

Quoted By: >>14903984

Jolly or Adamant for Beedrill?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 13:44:12 No.14903984 Report

Quoted By: >>14904436

>>14903811
Adamant

Ricotta Elmar [3582-9442-4119][Poison - Kakuna Muk Venomoth] !/J1QYpS5Eo

Ricotta Elmar [3582-9442-4119][Poison - Kakuna Muk Venomoth] !/J1QYpS5Eo Sun 20 Oct 2013 13:58:28 No.14904436 Report

Quoted By: >>14904837

>>14903984
Are you sure?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 13:59:59 No.14904487 Report

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Does this work?

Banette @ Banettite
Ability: Insomnia (Prankster)
EVs: 252 SpD / 252 Def / 4 HP
Brave Nature
- Toxic
- Destiny Bond
- Disable
- Shadow Sneak

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2013 14:11:48 No.14904837 Report

Quoted By: >>14904990

>>14904436
no

Ricotta Elmar [3582-9442-4119][Poison - Kakuna Muk Venomoth] !/J1QYpS5Eo

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Ricotta Elmar [3582-9442-4119][Poison - Kakuna Muk Venomoth] !/J1QYpS5Eo Sun 20 Oct 2013 14:16:24 No.14904990 Report

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>>14904837

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