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Dark type.

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Sigma

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Ok. My team needs a new dark type. Right now im using Honchkrow but he cant cut it any more. I need something stronger but no legendaries and no tyranitar.
 
for fire i have typhlosion. I find Mightyena to be weak; can you prove otherwise?
 
ABSOL its really good- high attack, or spirittomb. whats wrong with Hunchkrow?
 
I checked out umbreon good defence stats but speed and attacks aren't too good. As for spiritomb like sabeleye before it it has no real weakness but it in itself is pathetic. I also looked at absol, his stats arn't that great either. And whats wrong with honchkrow? He's too slow and he goes down far too easy, and has far too many weaknesses. You'ld be suprised how many pokemon pack an electric move. I mean 2 of the psychic type elite 4's pokemon were packing lightning bolt. A psychic with lightning bolt! Cause you know flying and water types are sooooooo good at fighting psychic types...Jeeze... they shoulda had fighting moves, makes more sence...
 
Gengar is a ghost poison type. Weak to the very type I wish it to fight.
 
You could take Weavile for a spin. Or perhaps Shiftry. I hear Skuntank is good too, and then there's Drapion. Though I personally like Cacturne, for obvious reasons.
 
Shiftry, I used one of thoes in my 3-pokemon ruby team. they were ok tho their move set is lacking, at the mo im getting a hasty eevee happy enough to become a level 6 umbreon
 
I'd recomend Absol for offense and Umbreon for defense. And don't get a hasty Umbreon, it'll make its defense low, allowing fighting types to down it very quickly. Use Jolly. Plus speed minus sp atk.
 
first what are the other five pokemon on ur team
if u dont have a fire type use houndoom
if u dont have a grass type use shifty
if u dont have a water type use sharpedo
if u have all three of those types use a weavile or drapion
but a sugest a houndoom with solarbeam the most
 
first what are the other five pokemon on ur team
if u dont have a fire type use houndoom
if u dont have a grass type use shifty
if u dont have a water type use sharpedo
if u have all three of those types use a weavile or drapion
but i sugest a houndoom with solarbeam the most
 
You don't necessarily need a dark type, use a Timid Gengar with Shadow ball
Psychic
Sludge bomb
Thunder bolt
It could break psychics like twigs.
 
ok sorry I havent been on, internet problems. Ok my team right now which is subject to improvement: Typhlosion, Walrein, Jolteon, Honchkrow, Medicham and Dragonite.
 
Salamence > Dragonite Anything in the world of electricity > Jolteon
 
Honchkrow doesn't have WAY too many weaknesses... in fact, to my knowledge, it only has 3: rock, ice, and electric. Dark/Flying is actually a nice typing, because Flying cuts out Dark's Bug and Fighting weaknesses. Did you give your poor Honchkrow a decent nature and EVs? a speed boosting nature with some good EVs can make Honchkrow a beastly sweeper, or you could just make it a Choice Scarfer. Honchkrow's attack stats are nothing to laugh at. Dark and Flying have a lot of synergy and can cover eachother very well, Honchkrow can easily function in standard as long as you can predict Stealth Rock, Stone Edge, and Ice Beam. Electric attacks may have given you a rough time on the E4, but they are not nearly as valuable in the competitive environment.

And Spiritomb? pathetic? Hardly. I'm sick of everyone assuming it sucks. Has ANYONE actually LOOKED at its stats? they all throw down except for its speed and HP, which in exchange for having no weaknesses I think is a pretty good tradeoff. WoW and Confuse Ray are always a good pair, it has Nasty Plot, Calm Mind, Hypnosis/DreamEater, and has two good stab attacks, both of them Special, plus the ability to learn Psychic and Silver Wind for a little extra type coverage. It may not strike super effective hits on a lot of things but it also hits many many things for neutral damage which can be valuable.

It is slow, but with good tanking and attacking abilities, you don't need speed. Speed is needed for pokemon that have the attack power to OHKO, but not the defenses to survive a follow-up attack if they don't... Which Spiritomb does have. Attack power is a constant, you aren't going to sweep a skilled trainers team without pokemon that have decent attack stats. Defense and Speed however, those are where the compromise happens. Good Defenses=don't need Speed... and vice versa.
 
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