Hey everyone. I have a bug on my smogon account so i've been trying to build a team while i'm waiting for it to get fixed. For this team I want to make sure my opponent doesn't set up SR so I thought to use this as a lead.
Starmie @ Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 120 HP / 252 SAtk / 136 Spe
Nature: Modest
- Surf
- Rapid Spin
- Ice Beam / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
- Recover
I designed this as an anti-SR lead. I've tried to make it work against various types of SR leads, as well as other common leads. Here are some scenarios I have come up with:
Vs. Suicide SR Leads
Starmie is out-sped by most of these leads (I believe), and doesn't have access to many set up moves, so the opponent first uses SR rather than taunt. I use rapid spin, taking away the rocks and breaking the opponents sash. The opponent now has to choose either to set up SR again, attack, or in the case of Azelf, self destruct before I KO him myself. The second two options leave the opponent Stealth Rock-less with a KO'd lead. The first option leaves them with a KO'd lead, and I can still rapid spin the rocks away.
Vs. Bulky SR Leads
I believe the Modest nature, along with Life Orb and 252 SAtk EVs allow surf to have about a 100% chance to 2HKO all of these leads. On opponents with access to Explosion, I rapid spin after SR is set up, if they have a chance to set them up. Starmie out-speeds most of the bulkier leads, giving him the upper hand.
The EVs give Starmie a 100% chance to 2HKO most SR users with surf. I wasn't sure what he should be outspeeding so I gave him 136 Speed EVs to allow him to outspeed base 100's with a neutral nature and max Speed EVs. I put the rest into HP but i don't know what I really should be doing with these "left over" EVs. The 3rd moveslot is for coverage, but i don't really know what I should be covering as I can't test it on shoddy. Also I'm not sure if I should change recover out for another attacking move for more coverage. Please help me out on this set I could really use some more opinions.
Wow that was really long sorry!