Black 2 Team Revisited

[GalladeRocks]

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It's been awhile since I got feedback on my planned team for Black 2, so here's a newer version. Please note that I won't be using egg moves or Dream World abilities:

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Samurott
-Torrent-
-Surf
-Megahorn
-Ice Beam
-Superpower

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Lucario
-Inner Focus-
-Close Combat/Aura Sphere
-Ice Punch
-Shadow Ball
-Extremespeed

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Zoroark
-Illusion-
-Night Daze
-Flamethrower
-Focus Blast/Grass Knot
-Nasty Plot/Aerial Ace

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Galvantula
-Compoundeyes-
-Thunder
-Bug Buzz
-Energy Ball
-HP Ice

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Flygon
-Levitate-
-Dragon Claw/Outrage
-Fire Punch
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake

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Volcarona
-Flame Body-
-Flamethrower
-Bug Buzz
-Giga Drain
-Quiver Dance

Comments would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Aura Sensei™]

Not again...

Lucario @Life Orb
] Naive l Steadfast [
• Work Up
• Aura Sphere / Drain Punch
• Ice Punch
• Shadow Ball

Psychic gives useless coverage. Work Up is nice for going mixed though.

On Zoroark Nasty Plot > Focus Miss.

If you can't get HP [Ground] on Volcarona then go with Substitute ; Psyxchic again dosen't help much.

 

[Dragalge]

To be honest, this looks very balanced to me, I see no flaws in it

 

[GalladeRocks]

Not again...

Lucario @Life Orb
] Naive l Steadfast [
• Work Up
• Aura Sphere / Drain Punch
• Ice Punch
• Shadow Ball

Psychic gives useless coverage. Work Up is nice for going mixed though.

On Zoroark Nasty Plot > Focus Miss.

If you can't get HP [Ground] on Volcarona then go with Substitute ; Psyxchic again dosen't help much.

Huh, I never thought about Work Up on Lucario, I'll definitely consider that. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[chap196]

Use Giga Drain instead of Hidden Power Ground on Volcarona since it give more coverage and it heal Volcarona.

 

[Aura Sensei™]

^ Actually I wasn't aware that it learns Giga Drain. Anyways either of them are good to use.

 

[GalladeRocks]

Alright, I'll consider Giga Drain for Volcarona.

 

[Torpoleon]

Hey, Gallade! How many times are you going to post your teams?

Samurott: Perfect-o!
Lucario: It's Special Attack & Attack are pretty close, but Close Combat is stronger than Aura Sphere, so I say Close Combat. If its stats get too low, you could always switch it out. Both Special Attack & Attack are pretty high, so you might not need Work Up. I definitely think you should use Shadow Ball, so it's between Extremespeed & Work Up. Do you want to deal some damage quickly or increase your already good Attack & Special Attack?
Zoroark: If you don't mind the accuracy, I'd say Focus Blast because of the power.
Galvantula: Perfect-o!
Flygon: If you don't mind the confusion, go for Outrage. I think Fire Punch is slightly stronger than Flamethrower with the Muscle Band, so that's a good move.
Volcarona: I say Giga Drain because even though HP Ground covers Volcarona's core weakness, Rock, so does Giga Drain. Giga Drain also covers Water and saps the foe's HP. It would also probably be easier to get.

Overall, you have a pretty good team, Gallade! Are you going to use held items?

 

[GalladeRocks]

This is only my second time posting this team, and it's just because the old thread got lost.

I'll probably go with Close Combat and Extremespeed on Lucario and Giga Drain on Volcarona. I'm still considering the others.

 

[Torpoleon]

Even though Zoroark's Special Attack stat is higher than its Attack (by the way, it's Attack isn't even half bad anyways), have you considered giving Zoroark Bounce. It's a Move Tutor move in B2W2 and covers both of Zoroark's weaknesses. Maybe you could take off Nasty Plot or Focus Blast/Grass Knot for it if you want to cover weaknesses.

I could understand if you don't want to do this because you do have Flamethrower for Bug Types, but I'm just throwing this out there.

 

[GalladeRocks]

I'll consider Bounce for Zoroark. I don't really care about the one-turn start-up moves that much and if it provides coverage against Fighting and Bug, then I'll definitely think about using it.

 

[Swizich]

i dont know if sammurott needs to be your surfer or not but waterfall would put his stats to a better use because of its physical nature

 

[Aura Sensei™]

Btw Flamethrower covers Bug

And besides your other Pokemon can already deal with Fighting Types.

 

[Torpoleon]

i dont know if sammurott needs to be your surfer or not but waterfall would put his stats to a better use because of its physical nature

Actually, Samurott's Special Attack & Attack very close together (with Special Attack being slightly better). Also, Surf is stronger and as a bonus, helps outside of battle. It also hits multiple Pokémon in Double & Triple battles.

Btw Flamethrower covers Bug

And besides your other Pokemon can already deal with Fighting Types.

True, but what if Gallade doesn't want to switch out when Zoroark is battling a Fighting Type?

Hope you don't mind that I helped out a bit, Gallade!

 

[Aura Sensei™]

But the point is , Bounce won't be able to OHKO another Fighting Type unless you train to at least 10+ Levels. Nasty Plot is fine.

 

[Shine]

And damage-wise, Aerial Ace is better than Bounce anyway, since AA deals more damage than Bounce over two turns, and AA cannot miss.

 

[GalladeRocks]

I didn't even know Zoroark could learn Aerial Ace

 

[Moonrox]

Giga Drain on Galvantula, via move tutor I believe.

 

[GalladeRocks]

Energy Ball has higher base power than Giga Drain, plus Galvantula doesn't exactly have the greatest defenses or HP to make use of Giga Drain's healing boost.

 

[Moonrox]

Yes, but the base power difference is minimal, and healing, however small, more than makes up for 5 base power.