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Any suggestions for this Sunny Day team?

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Ninetales (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Drought
EVs: 128 HP / 128 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Protect
- Overheat
- Hypnosis
- SolarBeam

Volcarona (F) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Swarm
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Fire Blast
- SolarBeam

Sawsbuck (M) @ Big Root
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Jump Kick
- Horn Leech
- Wild Charge
- Return

Flygon (F) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 SAtk / 128 Spd
Naughty Nature (+Atk, -SDef)
- Dragon Claw
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge

Darmanitan (M) @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Flare Blitz
- Return
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake

Cryogonal @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Rapid Spin
- SolarBeam
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Ice Beam

asked Mar 27, 2011 by trachy
edited Apr 8, 2011 by trachy
@golden: I switch out Ninetales right away of course. I'm not going to keep it in. And nobody would ever use Simple Beam.
I do. Ha.
No one uses Hail/Sandstorm/Rain Dance/Sunny Day anymore,Everyone uses the Pokemon with abilities as leads.
And only 5 Pokemon can learn Simple Beam.
From a battle view, this could be someone's worst nightmare, from my view though i personally like grass types for a sunny day team, but thats just me this is still s good team
Why, but why commenting on a Q that has been resolved since 1 year?!

2 Answers

4 votes

This is a pretty solid Sunny Day team. I'd make a few small adjustments though:

-Overheat might do good on Ninetales. Since it's just there to set up the sun, it'll switch out pretty soon anyway. With the sun, it's pretty powerful. It rarely misses too.

-Will-O-wisp is kind of Risky on Ninetales considering its role on your team, perhaps swap it out for Solarbeam, but that's only minor. I assume this is just for crippling.

-Perhaps switch out Sludge bomb and replace it with Air Slash. It's still a pretty dependable move, it gets good power, and has a chance to flinch, which, paired with Crobat's high speed, is pretty handy.

-Overall, your team is powerful, but it's not very well prepared against other fire types. Aside from Darmataian, your team isn't well equipped against them (especially with a move like Flare Blitz, he wouldn't last very long for protection anyway), I'd have more ground and rock moves to fend them off. Flash fire could make it a bit painful for you.

-Personally, I'd throw in some STAB sun eruption, but it's not required. It does a ton of damage if the user is scarfed, but aqua jet still hurts.

answered Apr 8, 2011 by DarkTyphlosion
Thanks. I replaced Crobat and Azelf with Flygon and Cryogonal. I gave Ninetales Solarbeam and Overheat. I also gave Volcarona Solarbeam.
1 vote

A great sunny day combo--

tangrowth @ heat rock
ability: chlorophyll
- solarbeam
- sunny day

sunny day
chlorophyll = speed raised
solarbeam = one turn in sun
heat rock = even better

this is from the pkmn platinum guidebook (pg. 196-197) lots of great combos there!

Also teach a few pkmn solarbeam. In sun it's not gonna take Any time to charge. It just reels it off

answered Mar 27, 2011 by golden_
edited Mar 28, 2011 by golden_

 

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