Right now, the team I've been using for the Battle Subway is a little...'disorganized'. Really, I just bred and EV-trained Pokemon that I enjoy and then just used three that I liked the best, hoping for good results. It works okay, but I'd really like advice.
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Galvantula @ Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Ability: Compoundeyes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- Thunder
- Bug Buzz
- Volt Switch
- Energy Ball
Straight-up attacker. Electric, Bug, and Grass offer relatively good type coverage. Its main purpose is to dish out STAB Thunders or the other attacks with a Life Orb boost until it dies. If I'm not certain that it can OHKO (or at least nearly kill something) something, then it flees while dealing damage with Volt Switch.
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Samurott @ Lum Berry
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Swords Dance
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Megahorn
Samurott pairs very well with Galvantula. Together, they have fantastic type synergy going on. Swords Dance + Priority sweeper. When coming into battle, Samurott's priority is either in revenge killing with Aqua Jet or boosting up with Swords Dance before attacking. Lum Berry is to prevent things like Thunder Wave or Will 'o Wisp from ruining his good time.
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Metagross @ Leftovers/Choice Band/Air Balloon
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt
- Bullet Punch/Agility
While Samurott and Galvantula are two Pokemon that I just thought worked well together, Metagross is just an individual Pokemon that I love and wanted to use. His moveset changes much more frequently than the others. While I originally trained him simply to be a Choice Band user, I find that Agility still works well. Even with absolutely no investment into Speed, it can outrun most base 110s after a single use of Agility...basically outrunning most things that threaten it as long as they aren't carrying a Choice Scarf. If I'm using the Choice Band, however, I replace Agility with Bullet Punch. Air Balloon works very well coupled with his EV spread by essentially giving it temporary immunity to one of its only two weaknesses.
I'm willing to alter most any part of my team...though, I'd really like to base it all more around Metagross. For that reason, I was considering Rotom-W...but, since I don't have access to Pain Split, I was unsure of how effectively it would work as a partner for Metagross.
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Galvantula @ Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Ability: Compoundeyes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- Thunder
- Bug Buzz
- Volt Switch
- Energy Ball
Straight-up attacker. Electric, Bug, and Grass offer relatively good type coverage. Its main purpose is to dish out STAB Thunders or the other attacks with a Life Orb boost until it dies. If I'm not certain that it can OHKO (or at least nearly kill something) something, then it flees while dealing damage with Volt Switch.
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Samurott @ Lum Berry
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Swords Dance
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Megahorn
Samurott pairs very well with Galvantula. Together, they have fantastic type synergy going on. Swords Dance + Priority sweeper. When coming into battle, Samurott's priority is either in revenge killing with Aqua Jet or boosting up with Swords Dance before attacking. Lum Berry is to prevent things like Thunder Wave or Will 'o Wisp from ruining his good time.
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Metagross @ Leftovers/Choice Band/Air Balloon
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt
- Bullet Punch/Agility
While Samurott and Galvantula are two Pokemon that I just thought worked well together, Metagross is just an individual Pokemon that I love and wanted to use. His moveset changes much more frequently than the others. While I originally trained him simply to be a Choice Band user, I find that Agility still works well. Even with absolutely no investment into Speed, it can outrun most base 110s after a single use of Agility...basically outrunning most things that threaten it as long as they aren't carrying a Choice Scarf. If I'm using the Choice Band, however, I replace Agility with Bullet Punch. Air Balloon works very well coupled with his EV spread by essentially giving it temporary immunity to one of its only two weaknesses.
I'm willing to alter most any part of my team...though, I'd really like to base it all more around Metagross. For that reason, I was considering Rotom-W...but, since I don't have access to Pain Split, I was unsure of how effectively it would work as a partner for Metagross.
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