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I haven't battled another human being since the link cable days in the late 90s, so it's been a while. I'm not expecting me team to be like, tournament ready at all. I just want to have fun with my personal favorite pokemon while being as well rounded of a team as i can be. The team I'm planning on is as follows.

Blastoise @ Leftovers
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Toxic
- Roar

Staraptor @ Choice Band
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Speed
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Return
- U-turn

Arcanine @ Life Orb
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef / 176 Speed
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- ExtremeSpeed
- Wild Charge
- Close Combat

Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Speed
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Fire Blast

Krookodile @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Speed
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Stone Edge
- Superpower

Hydreigon @ Expert Belt
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Speed
Mild Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Superpower
- Dark Pulse

As is, I know my main problem is Ice. I don't want to give up Nidoking or Krookodile, but I feel like I might have to lose one to help round out my team. Of the two, I would be more willing to swap out Krookodile, but i don't know for whom. I would also like some advice on how to make my Blastoise a better wall. I'm been having doubts and I'm considering changing his moveset to:

Aqua Ring
Protect / Iron Defense / Mirror Coat
Toxic
Scald

Besides my two requests, any pointers and suggestions would be VERY welcome. I'm going to be picking up White 2 tomorrow hopefully and will begin breeding and trading pokes over from White and SS as soon as possible.

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Aqua Ring is a bit useless in competitive play; it's good in theory, but you're probably not going to be out long enough for Aqua Ring to be beneficial. Besides, Blastoise doesn't have a reliable method of recovery (e.g. Recover, Roost, etc.), except for Rest, to add to Aqua Ring, since it shouldn't be your main method of HP replenishment. Keep Rapid Spin, because that's a stable move in competitive play (to clear hazards like Spikes & Stealth Rock).

Also, Staraptor & Hydreigon are OU, so if you want to play in UU, you'd need to replace them. I can recommend Swellow in place of Staraptor, coupled with Guts/ Toxic Orb. For a good UU wall, Bronzong is a good tank (partial steel typing means most things are resisted, able to learn both Light Screen + Reflect too, and get one with Levitate so ground is x0).
After more tests on Showdown, I think Blastoise's moveset will be:

- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Toxic / Ice Beam
- Protect

Any opinions on that?
Also, who should be replaced to help reduce my weaknesses to Ice?  If anyone, I was thinking Krookodile, but I don't know who to swap him with.

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