Pokepaste for team: https://pokepast.es/49c8efb60e78ab
So a month ago I think I created a new main team for Pokemon showdown. So far I won more battles than I have lost, so here I am now.
During the making of the team I figured players usually send out a setup mon first. So here's where my first mon comes in:
Meowscarada:
Tricky (Meowscarada) @ Choice Band
Ability: Protean
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Trick
- Flower Trick
- Thunder Punch
- Substitute
Meowscarada has great speed so I gave it choice band/Trick to prevent the opponent mon from setting up. This has worked well for me so far but has also failed if the opponent is holding a flame/toxic orb or when the opponent goes for a sleeping move like spore or yawn. Other than that Meowscarada also has substitute since after all it is pretty frail with both defensive base stats being at 70. Of course Meowscarada also has Flower Trick for crits and Thunder Punch for flying mons. And since it's ability is Protein it's also Psychic in battle.
Jolteon: I have Jolteon as my ace Pokemon. I usually use it in the middle of the battle. Since gen 9 gave the eeveelutions Calm Mind I always choose it as a setup. It also has Thunderbolt, Protect, and Yawn. Yawn is for physical attackers because Jolteon is pretty frail, and using calm mind for the 2-3 turns the opponents mon is asleep gives me a chance to setup and OHKO. And protect is for... protecting.
Voltage (Ace) (Jolteon) @ Leftovers
Ability: Volt Absorb
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Yawn
- Protect
Dragonite: Dragonite is one of my team's sweepers. It has multiscale so I can get at least two dragon dances in without having to worry about losing to much health early on. After dragon dance is set up, if the opponent's mon is still not doing too much damage, I choose dragon dance again for 2.5x attack and speed, then use Outrage or Extreme Speed. It also has Fire Punch for the Ice type mons.
Draco (Dragonite) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Multiscale
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Fire Punch
- Dragon Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Outrage
Scizor: Scizor is my other team's sweepers. I mainly tera scizor because of Bullet Punch. I usually ALWAYS go for Swords Dance as soon as Scizor is sent out, to boost it already great attack. It has Night Slash just because, and X-Scizor is for STAB until I tera. I don't want to replace Night Slash with Close Combat because it lowers Defensive stats. Plus Scizor is kinda slow so if it were to have Close Combat the next turn the opponent's mon would have an easy K.O.
Scizor @ Leftovers
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Night Slash
- X-Scissor
Greninja: Greninja is the second to last mon I use. Swords Dance changes it type to just Normal, so I don't worry about the Fairy types. Gunk Shot is for fairy types too. Liquidation for stab and U-turn for switching out. There's not much more to this one.
Greninja @ Leftovers
Ability: Protean
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Gunk Shot
- Liquidation
- U-turn
Armarouge: This is almost always the last Pokemon I send out, and for a good reason. If all of my other Pokemon fail to do the job, this Pokemon is my last option. Basically, It's moveset is Calm Mind, Armor Cannon, Dragon Pulse, and Psychic. It's Ability? Of course, Weak Armor. And it's item? Weakness Policy. You may see where I'm going with this, but let me explain it to you anyway.
I don't use Armor Cannon until Armarouge is hit. You already know how Weakness Policy works so, After using Calm Mind twice, 2x Speed, 2x Attack (Which I don't use) And 2.5x to 3.5x Sp. Atk, which is the most important, depending on how many time I use Calm Mind.
Armarouge @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Armor Cannon
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Pulse
- Psychic
And that's my team. Feel free to tell me on what I can improve and things like that.
