Sir Bedevere
Smash Lord
So yeah, first competitive Shoddy team I've ever made. I wasn't really aware of the competitive aspect to Pokemon until well in to the 4th gen (though I've been playing Pokemon since RBY), so you'll have to excuse any naivety/stupid mistakes.
Anyways, the general theme of this team is to put Pokemon (ingredients) that can work well on their own, but work even better when used in tandem with each other, while having a core Pokemon to tie everyone together (like two buns, hence, hamburger). I guess that's what EVERY team should be like, but I feel my team has quite a lot more synergy to it (though it still relies on the Buns quite a lot...but yeah, moving on).
I've tested this team on the Shoddy ladder to satisfactory results. For most of the games I went at least 3-0, and usually I had at least 1 unused Pokemon (but that could be because of how crappy the teams probably were...one had a Houndoom and a Quagsire >.> I still need to play it some more). The one game I lost was against a SubPetaya Emploeon after my Gyarados fell, so that may be the first area my team could be worked on (because I don't want to rely on my Gyara too much).
Most of these sets are ripped right off Smogon, although I've changed a few moves around to better suit what my team needs.
Anyways, without any more delay, he's my team:
Pickle (Aerodactyl) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4HP/252Atk/252Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpAtk)
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Standard Dacky, and I love pickles.
This thing has been very kind to me, as its great Speed gets Rocks up early (which my team likes) and I can Taunt to make sure my opponent can't set up theirs (which my sweepers like even more), although I haven't been using him well, since I always Taunted when I should have attacked, and Rocked when they were Rocking. >.> His Ground-immunity is useful to my Buns, and I've found him to make a good revenge-killer when presented the opportunity.
Tomato (Breloom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 48HP/252Atk/208Spe
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpAtk)
- Spore
- Focus Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Stone Edge (/Substitute?)
I was never aware of this set until just an hour ago, but boy do I love it. After Rocks are up, this is usually the next Pokemon I go to, in order to force switches (from Spore) and pile on damage early (from Focus Punch/rock damage). Also my check to Tyranitar (which the rest of my team doesn't like at all). I haven't been able to put Stone Edge to use yet, and since I've already got two Rock-type attacks (as well as Stealth Rocks) on my team, I'm thinking Substitute might be a bit better, to stop stuff like Starmie and Emploeon from immediately killing me.
Beef (Gyarados) @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252Atk/4Def/252Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -Spatk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
Standard Offensive Gyara, the main sweeper of my team. He checks most of the Water/Ice type attackers that would otherwise be having a party amidst my team. Really nothing special here, aside from the name, which I childishly hope will make people think this is of the Bulky variety.
Lettuce (Celebi) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252HP/220Def/36Spe
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Grass Knot
- Recover
- Toxic
- Leech Seed
This is actually wasn't the Celebi I was using during the games I played, because the Celebi I had before was a cleric (which is stupid to have on a team with Breloom, I realized a few minutes ago >.>), so I can't attest to how it's helped me...but I can theorymon a bit. Physically bulky staller to weaken and cripple troublesome physical threats like Salamence. Leech Seed and Toxic are both for forcing switches, Toxic more for spreading status around. Thunder Wave might also be an option, but Buns has that covered, so bleh.
Onion (Gengar) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4HP/252SpAtk/252Spe
Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Protect
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast (/Thunderbolt?)
- Hidden Power (Fire)
The second sweeper (and part-time spin-blocker) of my team, Onion actually hasn't been of much use to me, but I attest that to the fact that I haven't run into anything it was really effective against. Protect to scout stuff like Scizor to see what move its using, then act accordingly (switch to Buns if BP, HP Fire if Pursuit). For what use its been, Focus Blast has not really done much, so I'm considering Thunderbolt. And people keep predicting my HP Fires with Heatrans. ;_;
BunsOfSteel (Magnezone) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40HP/216Spe/252SpAtk
Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power (Ice)
- Thunder Wave
The Buns! I love this thing so much. Traps Steels that would otherwise create problems with the rest of my team (i.e. Scizor), spreads status to help the rest of my generally slow team to cause damage, and MVP of my team. He has great synergy with Gengar and Gyarados, and HP (Ice) works with Celebi to get rid of those ****ed dragons.
So yeah, please rate/give suggestions/tear my team apart, because so far its been pretty playing Shoddy, and I'd like to get more into it.
Anyways, the general theme of this team is to put Pokemon (ingredients) that can work well on their own, but work even better when used in tandem with each other, while having a core Pokemon to tie everyone together (like two buns, hence, hamburger). I guess that's what EVERY team should be like, but I feel my team has quite a lot more synergy to it (though it still relies on the Buns quite a lot...but yeah, moving on).
I've tested this team on the Shoddy ladder to satisfactory results. For most of the games I went at least 3-0, and usually I had at least 1 unused Pokemon (but that could be because of how crappy the teams probably were...one had a Houndoom and a Quagsire >.> I still need to play it some more). The one game I lost was against a SubPetaya Emploeon after my Gyarados fell, so that may be the first area my team could be worked on (because I don't want to rely on my Gyara too much).
Most of these sets are ripped right off Smogon, although I've changed a few moves around to better suit what my team needs.
Anyways, without any more delay, he's my team:
Pickle (Aerodactyl) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4HP/252Atk/252Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpAtk)
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Standard Dacky, and I love pickles.
This thing has been very kind to me, as its great Speed gets Rocks up early (which my team likes) and I can Taunt to make sure my opponent can't set up theirs (which my sweepers like even more), although I haven't been using him well, since I always Taunted when I should have attacked, and Rocked when they were Rocking. >.> His Ground-immunity is useful to my Buns, and I've found him to make a good revenge-killer when presented the opportunity.
Tomato (Breloom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 48HP/252Atk/208Spe
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpAtk)
- Spore
- Focus Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Stone Edge (/Substitute?)
I was never aware of this set until just an hour ago, but boy do I love it. After Rocks are up, this is usually the next Pokemon I go to, in order to force switches (from Spore) and pile on damage early (from Focus Punch/rock damage). Also my check to Tyranitar (which the rest of my team doesn't like at all). I haven't been able to put Stone Edge to use yet, and since I've already got two Rock-type attacks (as well as Stealth Rocks) on my team, I'm thinking Substitute might be a bit better, to stop stuff like Starmie and Emploeon from immediately killing me.
Beef (Gyarados) @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252Atk/4Def/252Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -Spatk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
Standard Offensive Gyara, the main sweeper of my team. He checks most of the Water/Ice type attackers that would otherwise be having a party amidst my team. Really nothing special here, aside from the name, which I childishly hope will make people think this is of the Bulky variety.
Lettuce (Celebi) @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252HP/220Def/36Spe
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Grass Knot
- Recover
- Toxic
- Leech Seed
This is actually wasn't the Celebi I was using during the games I played, because the Celebi I had before was a cleric (which is stupid to have on a team with Breloom, I realized a few minutes ago >.>), so I can't attest to how it's helped me...but I can theorymon a bit. Physically bulky staller to weaken and cripple troublesome physical threats like Salamence. Leech Seed and Toxic are both for forcing switches, Toxic more for spreading status around. Thunder Wave might also be an option, but Buns has that covered, so bleh.
Onion (Gengar) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4HP/252SpAtk/252Spe
Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Protect
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast (/Thunderbolt?)
- Hidden Power (Fire)
The second sweeper (and part-time spin-blocker) of my team, Onion actually hasn't been of much use to me, but I attest that to the fact that I haven't run into anything it was really effective against. Protect to scout stuff like Scizor to see what move its using, then act accordingly (switch to Buns if BP, HP Fire if Pursuit). For what use its been, Focus Blast has not really done much, so I'm considering Thunderbolt. And people keep predicting my HP Fires with Heatrans. ;_;
BunsOfSteel (Magnezone) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 40HP/216Spe/252SpAtk
Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power (Ice)
- Thunder Wave
The Buns! I love this thing so much. Traps Steels that would otherwise create problems with the rest of my team (i.e. Scizor), spreads status to help the rest of my generally slow team to cause damage, and MVP of my team. He has great synergy with Gengar and Gyarados, and HP (Ice) works with Celebi to get rid of those ****ed dragons.
So yeah, please rate/give suggestions/tear my team apart, because so far its been pretty playing Shoddy, and I'd like to get more into it.
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