Circle Jerk

[fiendmaster4]

(To jerk you in a circle)

i recently played a match against a pal of mine who used a weather team. i now LOATH them. and thats the back story

so because i loath them, i made one thats infinately better than his. here goes

made some changes.

Ferrothorn@Rocky Helmet
Relaxed
Iron Barbs
252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SpDef
Stealth Rock
Spikes
Power Whip
Thunderwave/Rest/Explosion

Ferrothorn's primary function is to set up entry hazards. but against a rain/sandstorm team, he becomes infinately more useful. Power Whip hits 9/10 rain teams supereffectively, iron barbs/rocky helmet is just mean aw we all know. the only thing im not 100% about is thunderwave. i almost feel like rest or Explosion would just work better:/ idk tho advice?

Politoad@BrightPowder
Calm
Drizzle
252 HP, 252 Spdef, 4 SpAtk
Scald
Substitute
Mist
Encore

Politoad is My firs Weather user. Scald is obv for burns, sub helps him survive. Mist because stat reduction breakes this entire team. encore just gives him more control

Ninetales@Focus sash
Timid
Drought
4 HP, 252 SpAtk 252 Speed
Overheat
Wil-O-Wisp
Energy Ball
Substitute

Nintales has always been one of my favorite pokemon, and im glad its going to see some usability this gen. STAB Overheat in the sun is a great attack. Wil-O-Wisp because i Love to Burn. Energy Ball To counter Politoad's and Substitute for Longevity

Tyranitar@Choice Band
Adamant
Sandstream
252 Atk, 4 Def, 252 Speed
Rock Slide
Crunch
Earthquake
ThunderPunch

Tyranitar is my first attacker, he just so happens to also have Sandstream. sandstream further messes up the wether for my opponent, but Tyranitar and Skarmory both can exploit it (If ive kept skarmory alive.) Rockslide and crunch for stab, Earthquake to hit ninetales and thunderPunch for Politoad.

Darmanitan@Life Orb
Adamant
Sheer Force
4 HP, 252 Atk, 252 Speed
Flare Blitz
Earthquake
Brick Break
U-Turn

My Sunlight Sweeper. an adamant darmanitan in the sun can OHKO literally anything not resistant to fire attackes with Flare Blitz. Earthquake for coverage. might replace with superpower. I replaced Lefties with life orb(ballsy I know) and decided Brick break worked better than both superpower and protect now that leftovers is gone. U-turn in case the sun goes away.

Gorebyss@ Focus Sash
Modest
Swift Swim
4 HP, 252 SpAtk, 252 Speed
Shell Smash
Surf
Ice Beam
Energy Ball

My rain Sweeper. everyone fear gorebyss in the metagame now and for good reason. switching her in with the rain makes her already exceptable speed, awesome. combined with 1 shell smash makes it EPIC. Surf for Stab. Ice Beam for Dragons. Energy Ball do deal with other Drizzle teams

remember this team is only to deal with weather abusers. im not a huge fan of weather myself (Except Drought Darmanitan, that thing is a beast)

 

[Throhlurk]

Is this team to take advantage of other weather users or to put up the weather it's self??

 

[Pseudo-Unlegendary]

Is this team to take advantage of other weather users or to put up the weather it's self??

I think it's a little bit of both. I think it is a weather team that is trying to run as many different conditions as possible.

One thing though, if Darmanitan is Adamant and acting as sun sweeper don't make him zen mode, use sheer force.

 

[fiendmaster4]

I loath sheer force. But i suppose your right. I just didnt know i could get one without zen mode. And yes this set does both. It sets up its own weather and takes advantage of it. or it just takes advantage of an opponents weather when it can, and then changes the weather to serve its own needs. the team is almost useless against anything but weather teams tho, sadly

 

[darkrai's_shadow]

I loath sheer force. But i suppose your right. I just didnt know i could get one without zen mode. And yes this set does both. It sets up its own weather and takes advantage of it. or it just takes advantage of an opponents weather when it can, and then changes the weather to serve its own needs. the team is almost useless against anything but weather teams tho, sadly

if you want one with sheer force, you have to go the old fashioned way, get a darumaka and level it up yeah, i dont get the point of zen mode, it doesnt work too well with darmanitan, it just sort of makes it worse (unless you use you belly drum, of course, but its a risk of course)

 

[SomeoneIGuess]

No, actually zen mode adds a new dimension to darmanitan. Throw up 2 subs, zen mode activates, take a hit and use rest, chesto berry activates and you're in zen mode now. Then do whatever. Of course, in this case sheer force is dominant.

 

[fiendmaster4]

I thought sheer force was a different ability.....

In actuality sheer force is amazing. I wish i had used it before

 

[darkrai's_shadow]

yeah, i love sheer force, especially when combined with flare blitz (which already has a 180 base attack, combined with the very high attack darmanitan already has) so flare blitz gets super freakin powerful

 

[chanseychansey77]

No SomeoneIGuess, it does not. Zen Mode doesn't stay activated if Darmanitan goes over 50% HP again. If it did, that would be awesome. Your team is very interesting, fiendmaster4. I do think that there should be Pokemon in it that can take advantage of more than one weather at once, though. For example, Ferrothorn. In the rain, he appreciates the weakened fire attacks, and in a Sandstorm, he likes the passive damage the other team gets.

 

[cheeselord]

You very rarely see multi weather teams, let alone ones that actualy work, this one looks surprisingly good!

 

[fiendmaster4]

Thnx cheeselord. Ixactually just threw it together at work. I still need to breed a couple pokemon for it.

Wow chansey, way to make me feel like a tard. Ferrothorn fits WAAAAY better then skarmory. I didnt even consider him thnx for pointing out the flaw man