Diamond team?

[Night_Walker]

Here's my preliminary attempt at a Diamond team, would appreciate feedback on natures in particular.

;389; Dotaitos:
Earthquake
Razor Leaf
Crunch
Synthesis.

;405; Rentoraa:
Crunch
Thunderbolt
Spark.
Iron tail.

;419;Floatzel:
Dig
Ice fang
Waterfall
Crunch

;196; Espeon:
Psychic
Swift
Shadow Ball
Grass Rope/Morning Sun (not sure which)

;107; Hitmonchan:
Sky Uppercut
Thunder Punch
Ice Punch
Mach Punch/Drain Punch (again not sure)

;059;Arcanine:
Flame thrower
Thunder fang
Extreme speed
Dragon Pulse

How's that?

 

[aquasuicune]

Do NOT put dig on floatzel.
Also, put calm mind over swift on espeon.

 

[aragornbird]

;389; Dotaitos: @Leftovers
Adamant Nature
-Seed Bomb
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Swords Dance

;405; Rentoraa:@Choice Band/Adherance Scarf
Adamant Nature
-Spark
-Ice Fang
-Fire Fang
-Crunch

;419;Floatzel: @Choice Band
Adamant Nature
-Aqua Jet
-Water fall
-Ice Fang
-Crunch

OR

Floatsel @Salac Berry
Jolly Nature
-Substitute
-Bulk Up
-Baton Pass
-Waterfall

;196; Espeon: @Adherance Glasses
Timid Nature
-Psychic
-Shadow Ball
-Grass Rope
-Hidden Power [Fighting/Fire]

CM BPer set isn't worth it when you have no other special sweepers.

;107; Hitmonchan: @Choice Band
Adamant Nature
Trait: Iron Fist
-Sky Uppercut
-Fire Punch
-Ice Punch
-Thunderpunch/Mach Punch

;059;Arcanine: @Leftovers
Adamant Nature
Trait: Intimidate
-Flare Drive
-Extremespeed
-Howl
-Thunder Fang/Crunch

 

[aquasuicune]

Still, couldn't calm mind work on espeon if he didn't have a decent powered HP fighting/fire?

 

[Parukia6]

HP is usually unpredictable.

 

[White Lotus]

Parukia6 wrote:

HP is usually unpredictable.

That's not true. I predict High Blood Pressure for people who try to get HP (anything) InGame.

i was thinking of using this...

Hitmonchan: w/Leftovers
<Adamant : +Att / -Sat>
'Iron Fist' : Boosts power of punch attacks.
* Drain Punch
* Thunder Punch
* Ice Punch
* Agility

But in general you're team has a bunch of Physical 'Elemental' Sweepers but no Old School Special Sweepers. I know the new battle system makes the new Physical 'Elementals' kind of sexy but you'd be better off with more balance. Porygon Z or something similar would look really nice on this team in place of Rentoraa / Arcanine. Just a suggestion.

 

[Night_Walker]

But in general you're team has a bunch of Physical 'Elemental' Sweepers but no Old School Special Sweepers. I know the new battle system makes the new Physical 'Elementals' kind of sexy but you'd be better off with more balance. Porygon Z or something similar would look really nice on this team in place of Rentoraa / Arcanine. Just a suggestion.

Um doesn't Espeon qualify as a Special sweeper?

I must confess I don't tend to use 'power up' moves; I like to be able to launch my attacks asap (mainly play in game) so that's why there's no real power up move on the movesets I proposed. What are the weaknesses of such a set?

 

[Inazuma]

He said that just because there are alot of Physical Sweepers on the team.
So adding A PorygonZ can help.

 

[aragornbird]

Um doesn't Espeon qualify as a Special sweeper?

I must confess I don't tend to use 'power up' moves; I like to be able to launch my attacks asap (mainly play in game) so that's why there's no real power up move on the movesets I proposed. What are the weaknesses of such a set?

The weaknesses of no stat-up moves? Well, unless you have a stat-boosting item (CB/AG/Life Orb), you run the risk of getting walled by a Pokemon with high defenses. That's why you boost your attacking stats to overcome those defenses.

Even if you don't need them, it promotes good moveset making skills, should you decide to battle with your team on PBR (which will undoubtedly be much more challenging than D/P)

 

[falloutdragon]

mabey u shouldnt give espeon a physical move like shadow ball i dont think a pokemon [persides raquaza] with a great special attack have a very good ragular attack

 

[LocoUser16]

Shadow Ball is a Special move now. This is not R/S/E, Physical/Special split completely changes all of the old moves