HMT/RMT

[EagleXC13]

Let's try this again.
Help My Team/Rate My Team

If you didn't read Robert's description, you post your team and we'll rip it to shreds.
Format as so:
Pkmn Name (Nature) -Hold Item @ability
EV Spread in format [252 Atk/252 Def]
-Move 1
-Move 2
-Move 3
-Move 4
Add a description of what this pkmn is supposed to do for your team.

You can post either individual pkmn or an entire team of 6. Teams should be no more than 6, but less than 6 if you don't know what else to add to your team.

Happy Rating!

[Duke Nukem]

Abomasnow (timid) - Leftovers - Snow Warning
[6HP/252 Spe/252 SpA]
Blizzard
Focus Punch
Substitute
Leech Seed
Sets up Mamoswine with Hail and nicknamed Jurgis

Blissey (bold) - Leftovers - Natural Cure
[100 Def/204 SpA/204 SpD]
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Softboiled
Stealth Rock
Wall of awesome that covers most types and nicknamed Boomstick

Mamoswine (adamant) - Leftovers - Snow Cloak
[64 HP/202 Atk/194 Spe/ 50 SpA]
Blizzard
Earthquake
Ice Shard
Stone Edge
Sweeper and nicknamed Chubbo

Breloom (adamant) - Toxic Orb - Poison Heal
[44 HP/252 Atk/ 214 Spe]
Facade
Mach Punch
Seed Bomb
Spore
Spore sweeper that can counter Scizor with Mach Punch and named Shenron

Electivire (adamant) - Expert Belt - Motor Drive
[6 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe]
Cross Chop
Earthquake
Thunderpunch
Ice Punch
Sweeper with impressive type coverage and nicknamed Surpise Buttsecks

Gyrados (adamant) - Leftovers - Intimidate
[72 HP/252 Atk/184 Spe]
Dragon Dance
Ice Fang
Stone Shard
Earthquake
Sweeper that can switch into Electivire if it runs into an electrical problem and nicknamed Johson

I call it my Hailtail team. Props? Fail? Yea? Nay? Input?

Just to point out, I edited the team to replace Metagross with an Electivire and replaced Weavile with Houndoom which I just replaced with Gyrados.

[Anthony G]

lol wut

Lucco, you knows about pokemon?

[Duke Nukem]

I'm just starting to get into it, but some of Jimmy and Robert's knowledge rubbed off on me already, and I had the EV and IV stuff explained to me.

[Duke Nukem]

Anyone want to test my team now in the Shoddy Official server? I got banned from the Smogon server for the next 10 days.

[EagleXC13]

PROPS FOR LUCCO
I will rate when i get back, but I certainly am surprised that you made a team. As a warning, this rating is gonna be harsh...

[Duke Nukem]

Scizor's keep ripping through my hail team.

[Duke Nukem]

I replaced the Weavile with a Houndoom. I'll edit accordingly.

[wolvy]

My only thing is that Electavire really shines when his Motor Drive is activated, and you do not have anything that is weak to Electric, meaning you have to do some intense mindgames to get it to work.

Be careful of an intense Tyranitar. It could rape half of your team if you are not careful.

But not bad overall. GG.

[Duke Nukem]

What would be a good replacement for Houndoom? Jimmy said there are better pokemon for that slot, but didn't mention any.

I usually don't have problems with Tyranitar. Abamasnow sub punch has served me well in taking care of them, and if that fails I always have Breloom to fall back on.

[Duke Nukem]

I made some more edits, for those who care. Changed some moves and EVs and switched Houndoom for a Gyrados.

[wolvy]

Well, if you want a Special Attacker, Gengar, Azelf, Alakazam, and SpecsLucario are amazing.

[Duke Nukem]

I like Gyrados because of the Electivire setup. I think I have too many attackers, though. Ideas?

[wolvy]

I think your main problem is lack of a Defensive Wall. Really, problems with your team will really show up on Shoddy, the smashboards of Pokemon.

[Duke Nukem]

I don't want to go with the overdone Skarblissey wall, so what else is there? I can't do Tyranitar because that'll wreck my hail strategy.

[Duke Nukem]

Could Magnezone work in place of Electivire?

[Duke Nukem]

Yeah, I did that.

Magnezone (modest) - Leftovers - Magnet Pull
[38 HP/220 Spe/252 SpA]
Gyro Ball
Hidden Power Ice
Thunderbolt
Magnet Rise
Physical wall and steel killer, also good against Blissey and nicknamed Higgenbocker

[Anthony G]

How have you been doing in battles so far, Lucco?

[Duke Nukem]

I win about 3/5 of my ladder matches, and about half of my random matches. We should battle.

[Anthony G]

I tried battling Robert yesterday but something kept happening where it didn't let us fight. This happened with Jimmy and I also, but it started to work after a while. We could give it a shot sometime later; I won't be able to do it today.

[EagleXC13]

Anthony you just have internet problems. Check your firewall... it might be blocking incoming stuff (remember that i also couldn't send you anything over AIM.

[Anthony G]

Ok, I just checked my firewall settings. I think I added shoddy to the list of exceptions for my firewall. I'm not sure because the list called it "javaws". I'll have to test it out.

Jimmy, is there a way I can know for sure if my firewall is blocking shoddy?

[Duke Nukem]

We should get a pokemon ladder going here.

[Anthony G]

That's a neat idea. We could have online tournaments and stuff. I'll leave it up to Robert or Jimmy to come up with ideas because they're the mods here and I'm lazy. But since you suggested it, you could come up with ideas too if you'd like.

[Duke Nukem]

Let's wait for Robert and Jimmy's input before we start going places with it.