EV spread for my Frontier Tar

[Steinhauser]

This is to be switched into a sleeping, probably seeded opponent.

Tyranitar @ Lum/Chesto
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Sandstream
EVs: Att 252...? What else?
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Dragon Dance
- Rest

 

[ZNtelle]

Needs Thunder Wave over Rest. Lum is always the best berry. It's a simple 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd spread.

 

[Steinhauser]

Thanks, I was leaning towards that but wasn't sure. T-wave you say? I'll try it later if Rest asses up.

 

[ZNtelle]

Rest doesn't work since you already have Lum. DDtar will sweep anything InGame that can damage it anyways.

 

[Steinhauser]

Ha, no one ever switches. ;3 For intrest's sake:

Venusaur @ Lefties
Bold
Overgrow
(I forget EVs. Pretty even HP/Def/SDef I think.)
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder
- Giga Drain
- Synthesis

Gardevoir @ Chesto
Modest
Trace
252 SAtt, 129 Def, 129 SDef
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Rest

Tyranitar @ Lum
Adamant
Sandstream
252 Att, 252 Spd, 6 HP
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Thunder Wave

Sleep, Seed, Switch, Statup, Sweep. Does it work?

 

[ZNtelle]

I still see problems defending an opposing Aerodactyl. Anyways, I might as well tell you now that 252/128/128 spreads suck. You max out one stat and half-max two others, which doesn't help most of the time.

Venusaur needs either Impish (+Def, -SAtk) or Careful (+SDef, -SAtk) and Sludge Bomb because the Grass-type ain't a good attacking type. EVs are 252 HP / 100 Def / 8 Spd / 148 SDef for Careful. I don't know about Impish.

Gardevoir is a hard decision. Item clause messes it up here, and so I don't know what I'd put on it. I do know, however, that it needs Ice Punch over Rest. EVs in this case are as follows: 176 HP / 152 Def / 20 Spd / 160 SAtk.

Tyranitar I already dealt with, so...

Like I said already, Aerodactyl epitomizes this team's problems.

 

[Steinhauser]

Eh, I already trained the first two and I'm too lazy to breed again. I did kill an Aerodactyl easily enough with Venu/Garde already though. (Maybe I got lucky.) Rest on Garde has proved useful so far, especially since no one "CMs up" and instead throws out random Psychics and TBs. Haven't found myself wishing for an Ice Punch. Thanks for the advice though, I'll avoid 252/128/128 spreads anyway.

 

[ZNtelle]

If you took out Aerodactyl with Venusaur, you're really lucky, and a bit less if Gardevoir took one out.

Rest isn't ideal on Gardevoir because it's too fragile to use it. (Base Def of 65)

 

[Steinhauser]

It was a team effort (Sleep + Thunderbolt).

Seeing as I have like 3 Rest TMs I may as well try Ice Punch. Though chances are if I sent out Garde I'd be fighting a Special attacker, and status is really annoying.

 

[ZNtelle]

In that case, use Substitute to block status. You team doesn't have Heal Bell/Aromatherapy/status absorbency.

 

[Steinhauser]

Good idea.

 

[ZNtelle]

I actually think it'd be better on DDtar than Thunder Wave. In that case, you could give Gardy the Lum so that it doesn't need Rest like you originally had wanted it to. Still don't know what I'd put on DDtar in that case though. Maybe you'd have to use a hax item like Brightpowder, since nothing else seems fit.

 

[Steinhauser]

Sure, why not? I know the opponents use haxy items. I don't know if I'll be able to predict when to put up a Sub though.

 

[ZNtelle]

Sub to start. Do this only against anything that is slower than you. If a Pokemon outspeeds you, switch out.

 

[Steinhauser]

Well, okay. I guess that works, thanks. : D You can tell I'm new to any kind of advanced/netbattle tactic.

 

[Tazzler]

Do you have accsess to other berries?

 

[Steinhauser]

I have a Salac, and all of the ones common in-game. I would have XD's pinch berries if I rented XD again.