Ok, I've been making a team on Soulsilver, that I intend to switch over to Black/White, so I put it in 5th Gen. Using the "A Basic Guide To Team Building" Layout to show my pokemon statistics, since it tells you everything you need to know, as well as my pokemon stats at Level 50, as they are now.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure these pokemon are all OU. I have tried to combine pokemon so that overall, my team has no major weaknesses (except perhaps, rock...), however I'm not sure that the synergy is great overall and have one free slot, suggestions and improvements, as well as mentioning what is already decent with my team would be great.
Also, the EV training was done carefully, but not precisely, so I'm only putting down approximate EV spread, which is definitely very close to what it has. Also, I haven't IV trained, but all pokemon are bred, not wild, so chances are they have at least ok IV's, it just means I stay away from Hidden Power. Anyways...
...Here it is:
Lead:
Gyarados (Bulky Physical Sweeper)
Base Stats: 95 HP | 125 Atk | 79 Def | 60 SpA | 100 SpD | 81 Spe
At Level 50: 179 HP l 179 Atk l 85 Def l 63 SpA l 110 SpD l 126 Spe
Typing: Water / Flying
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 136 HP / 120 Attack / 252 Speed
Moveset: Waterfall / Stone Edge / Ice Fang / Dragon Dance
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
Comments: He can take quite a few hits before dying with this spread, whilst being able to OHKO weaker targets with 1 dragon dance and 2HKO most others at this level, I find Gyarados to be the most reliable in the team, despite the electric weakness, which I address elsewhere. Ice Fang may seem weak, but dragon/flying types such as dragonite suffer immensely by its hand. I invested in speed so that after 1 dragon dance it can outrun nearly anything.
Jolteon (Special Sweeper)
Base Stats: 65 HP | 65 Atk | 60 Def | 110 SpA | 95 SpD | 130 Spe
At Level 50: 131 HP l 64 Atk l 80 Def l 176 SpA l 125 SpD l 161 Spe
Typing: Electric
Nature: Modest
EVs: 36 HP / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset: Thunderbolt / Charge Beam / Shadow Ball / Hyper Beam
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Volt Absorb
Comments: Obviously included to accomadate for Gyarados' blatent Electric weakness, volt absorb restores health when switched in which makes it a great combo. However many pokemon that carry electric moves aren't electric types so it does take second guessing and scouting, making the strategy somewhat risky. Otherwise, Charge Beam Jolteon would be switched in to revenge kill, with a great chance of a Sp.Atk boost, along with life orb, Jolteon becomes a Sp.Atk beast when not walled by ground types, of course. Not sure if Hyper Beam is a great move choice, but offers a bit more damage than thunderbolt and a lot more than shadow ball, should a last hit scenario be encountered. Speed was already good, so instead of hyping it to the max, work on HP just enough to avoid OHKO's from various attackers without ground moves (I would hope).
Gengar (Special Sweeper)
Base Stats: 60 HP | 65 Atk | 60 Def | 130 SpA | 75 SpD | 110 Spe
At Level 50: 136 HP l 72 Atk l 77 Def l 184 SpA l 84 SpD l 144 Spe
Typing: Ghost / Poison
Nature: Modest
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset: Shadow Ball / Focus Blast / Destiny Bond / Dark Pulse
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Comments: By the looks of things, his IV's aren't great, but still Gengar is awesome. Ground, Normal, Fight Immunities are very handy. can 2HKO anything (more or less) with super effective hit. Focus sash is handy against other sweepers with higher speed who would likely be killed in 1 by a super effective move by gengar, since gengar can't have spikes damage, the only major threat to focus sash is stealth rock. Thunderbolt would no doubt be a better choice than dark pulse but I don't have access to another thunderbolt TM currently, that will change soon. Focus Blast is inaccurate but has immensely fantastic coverage and same damage as STAB shadow ball.
Skarmory (Phazer/Waller)
Typing: Steel / Flying
Base Stats: 65 HP | 80 Atk | 140 Def | 40 SpA | 70 SpD | 70 Spe
At Level 50: 160 HP l 104 Atk l 145 Def l 48 SpA l 116 SpD l 88 Spe
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP / 120 SpD l 48 Def l 88 Spe
Moveset: Roost / Roar / Spikes / Drill Peck
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Comments: Again, Def IV's look precarious, even so, it can buffer most physical hits and weaker special ones with some EV investiment and roosting ability. Although STAB fire and electric does not bode well and skarmory can't setup at all then. Ideally my 6th pokemon also needs to be able to phaze (and lay stealth rock?) to further exploit skarmory's spike setup. Drill Peck over brave bird to avoid excess recoil damage which Skarmory could do without.
Weavile (Physical Sweeper)
Typing: Dark / Ice
Base Stats: 70 HP | 120 Atk | 65 Def | 45 SpA | 85 SpD | 125 Spe
At Level 50: 144 HP l 166 Atk l 70 Def l 54 SpA l 105 SpD l 190 Spe
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk l 236 Spe l 20 SpD
Moveset: Ice Shard / Pursuit / Low Kick / Sword Dance
Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Pressure
Comments: Ok, as you can see, this Weavile is going to outspeed practically anything. Its atk is good but not amazing, 1 sword dance along with expert belt makes some of its low power moves very powerful indeed. Was comtemplating Ice Punch instead of Low Kick (or maybe instead of Ice Shard?) for extra power. Pursuit will hopefully hit switch outs hard. Slight EV investiment in Special Defence, hopefully could withstand a special attack in order to sword dance, but is still defensively very weak with its weaknesses (including stealth rock damage).
Ok thats my team, 5 of them. Need 1 more member, something that gives me good coverage and synergy, obviously its not an amazing team and overall is quite fragile defensively, but it is my first team and I'd like to think it has potential.
So suggestions for 6th team member, plus positive and negatives on my team so far would be handy, thanks!
Anyway, I'm pretty sure these pokemon are all OU. I have tried to combine pokemon so that overall, my team has no major weaknesses (except perhaps, rock...), however I'm not sure that the synergy is great overall and have one free slot, suggestions and improvements, as well as mentioning what is already decent with my team would be great.
Also, the EV training was done carefully, but not precisely, so I'm only putting down approximate EV spread, which is definitely very close to what it has. Also, I haven't IV trained, but all pokemon are bred, not wild, so chances are they have at least ok IV's, it just means I stay away from Hidden Power. Anyways...
...Here it is:
Lead:
Gyarados (Bulky Physical Sweeper)
Base Stats: 95 HP | 125 Atk | 79 Def | 60 SpA | 100 SpD | 81 Spe
At Level 50: 179 HP l 179 Atk l 85 Def l 63 SpA l 110 SpD l 126 Spe
Typing: Water / Flying
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 136 HP / 120 Attack / 252 Speed
Moveset: Waterfall / Stone Edge / Ice Fang / Dragon Dance
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
Comments: He can take quite a few hits before dying with this spread, whilst being able to OHKO weaker targets with 1 dragon dance and 2HKO most others at this level, I find Gyarados to be the most reliable in the team, despite the electric weakness, which I address elsewhere. Ice Fang may seem weak, but dragon/flying types such as dragonite suffer immensely by its hand. I invested in speed so that after 1 dragon dance it can outrun nearly anything.
Jolteon (Special Sweeper)
Base Stats: 65 HP | 65 Atk | 60 Def | 110 SpA | 95 SpD | 130 Spe
At Level 50: 131 HP l 64 Atk l 80 Def l 176 SpA l 125 SpD l 161 Spe
Typing: Electric
Nature: Modest
EVs: 36 HP / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset: Thunderbolt / Charge Beam / Shadow Ball / Hyper Beam
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Volt Absorb
Comments: Obviously included to accomadate for Gyarados' blatent Electric weakness, volt absorb restores health when switched in which makes it a great combo. However many pokemon that carry electric moves aren't electric types so it does take second guessing and scouting, making the strategy somewhat risky. Otherwise, Charge Beam Jolteon would be switched in to revenge kill, with a great chance of a Sp.Atk boost, along with life orb, Jolteon becomes a Sp.Atk beast when not walled by ground types, of course. Not sure if Hyper Beam is a great move choice, but offers a bit more damage than thunderbolt and a lot more than shadow ball, should a last hit scenario be encountered. Speed was already good, so instead of hyping it to the max, work on HP just enough to avoid OHKO's from various attackers without ground moves (I would hope).
Gengar (Special Sweeper)
Base Stats: 60 HP | 65 Atk | 60 Def | 130 SpA | 75 SpD | 110 Spe
At Level 50: 136 HP l 72 Atk l 77 Def l 184 SpA l 84 SpD l 144 Spe
Typing: Ghost / Poison
Nature: Modest
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset: Shadow Ball / Focus Blast / Destiny Bond / Dark Pulse
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Comments: By the looks of things, his IV's aren't great, but still Gengar is awesome. Ground, Normal, Fight Immunities are very handy. can 2HKO anything (more or less) with super effective hit. Focus sash is handy against other sweepers with higher speed who would likely be killed in 1 by a super effective move by gengar, since gengar can't have spikes damage, the only major threat to focus sash is stealth rock. Thunderbolt would no doubt be a better choice than dark pulse but I don't have access to another thunderbolt TM currently, that will change soon. Focus Blast is inaccurate but has immensely fantastic coverage and same damage as STAB shadow ball.
Skarmory (Phazer/Waller)
Typing: Steel / Flying
Base Stats: 65 HP | 80 Atk | 140 Def | 40 SpA | 70 SpD | 70 Spe
At Level 50: 160 HP l 104 Atk l 145 Def l 48 SpA l 116 SpD l 88 Spe
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP / 120 SpD l 48 Def l 88 Spe
Moveset: Roost / Roar / Spikes / Drill Peck
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Comments: Again, Def IV's look precarious, even so, it can buffer most physical hits and weaker special ones with some EV investiment and roosting ability. Although STAB fire and electric does not bode well and skarmory can't setup at all then. Ideally my 6th pokemon also needs to be able to phaze (and lay stealth rock?) to further exploit skarmory's spike setup. Drill Peck over brave bird to avoid excess recoil damage which Skarmory could do without.
Weavile (Physical Sweeper)
Typing: Dark / Ice
Base Stats: 70 HP | 120 Atk | 65 Def | 45 SpA | 85 SpD | 125 Spe
At Level 50: 144 HP l 166 Atk l 70 Def l 54 SpA l 105 SpD l 190 Spe
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk l 236 Spe l 20 SpD
Moveset: Ice Shard / Pursuit / Low Kick / Sword Dance
Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Pressure
Comments: Ok, as you can see, this Weavile is going to outspeed practically anything. Its atk is good but not amazing, 1 sword dance along with expert belt makes some of its low power moves very powerful indeed. Was comtemplating Ice Punch instead of Low Kick (or maybe instead of Ice Shard?) for extra power. Pursuit will hopefully hit switch outs hard. Slight EV investiment in Special Defence, hopefully could withstand a special attack in order to sword dance, but is still defensively very weak with its weaknesses (including stealth rock damage).
Ok thats my team, 5 of them. Need 1 more member, something that gives me good coverage and synergy, obviously its not an amazing team and overall is quite fragile defensively, but it is my first team and I'd like to think it has potential.
So suggestions for 6th team member, plus positive and negatives on my team so far would be handy, thanks!