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Finalized Team

Magiclapras

Magiclapras

Dragon Goddess Flyder
The finalized team before I get Black. It may still change when I play through the game.

Serperior
Coil/Swords Dance
Leaf Blade/Giga Drain
Aerial Ace
Slam/Dragon Tail

Reshiram
Flamethrower
Dragon Pulse
Extrasensory
Shadow Ball

Scolipede
X-Scissor
Rock Slide
Earthquake
Strength/Swords Dance

Excadrill
X-Scissor/Brick Break
Rock Slide
Earthquake
Swords Dance

Sigilyph
Air Slash/Sky Attack/Sky Drop
Psychic
Ice Beam
Shadow Ball

Zoroark
Shadow Ball
Flamethrower
Dark Pulse
Nasty Plot​
 
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Kinda, it's a more powerful Ariados, and it gets Swords Dance+Earthquake. Serperior was a no-brainer, being my all-time fave Pokemon(JUST beating out Giratina Origin). Same with Reshiram. Sigilyph is because I want to try something different(Psychic types are almost non-existent in my teams).
 
I honestly have a REALLY hard time figuring out the perfect Serperior set so sorry.

Maybe you could replace Extrasensory with Focus Blast on Reshiram.

Scolipede:
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
Ability: Poison Point
-X-Scissor
-Earthquake
-Rock Slide
-Swords Dance
Having a Poison move on a Poison type should be a good idea right? Well, for some reason Scolipede isnt just one of those Pokemon. X-Scissor for STAB. Earthquake hurts Steels. Rock Slide for coverage. Swords Dance for boost.

Excadrill:
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
Ability: Sand Force/Sand Rush
-Swords Dance
-Earthquake
-Rock Slide
-X-Scissor/Brick Break
Swords Dance is better than Hone Claws on Excadrill. Earthquake for STAB. Rock Slide, X-Scissor and Brick Break for coverage.

Psybeam? Uhm, i think its a good idea to put Psychic on Sigilyph?

Zoroark:
Nature: Timid
Ability: Illusion
-Nasty Plot
-Night Burst/Dark Pulse
-Flamethrower
-Focus Blast
The best set for Zoroark. Nasty Plot for boost. Night Burst for STAB. You can go with Dark Pulse if you love reliability. Flamethrower hurts Steels and Bugs. Focus Blast for coverage.

Hope this helps ;)
 
Psybeam for more PP. I'll make it hold an item if I have to.

1 thing about me is that I hate moves with low accuracy, for that reason I hate Focus Blast.

I like that Scolipede moveset. I'll use it. Same with Excadrill.

Once Snivy is available over the DW i'll get a Perversity one. That's the only way I'll use Leaf Storm. Perhaps Mega Drain(sucks it can't learn Giga Drain).
 
Using a move for its higher PP is only an argument when the move in question has 5 PP. At 10 PP, should you rarely fall into PP trouble with Psychic. With my Garchomp's Earthquake I only ran into minor problems at the Elite 4(mainly because of Bertha's half rock types and Flint's Fire types) but all other types there was no trouble. With Ethers, Elixirs and doctors there should be no problem going through the game with Psychic. If anything you'll use more PP because of how weak Psybeam is in comparison.
 
Once Snivy is available over the DW i'll get a Perversity one. That's the only way I'll use Leaf Storm. Perhaps Mega Drain(sucks it can't learn Giga Drain).
Click to expand...

serperior learns Giga Drain at lvl 44
 
Oops. Again. So Giga Drain or Leaf Storm... keeping in mind GD restores health...

Maybe I should just experiment. Might post a few ideas.
 
Very nice team. If I were you i were swap air slash with sky drop/attack. Air slash hits hard but sky attack stalls a pokemon from attacking/boosting for a turn and would be especially useful in double/triple battles
 
Actually, I mentioned items, what items would be good for my team? I'll go with Leftovers/Big Root if I use Giga Drain on Serperior. For now I'll edit my post with the suggestions I like.
 
Serperior
Adamant Nature
~Coil
~Leaf Blade
~Return
~Dragon Tail

physical sweeper set, Coil raises Attack, and also helps raising Accuracy for Dragon Tail. Return is a powerful generic physical attack.


Serperior
Bold Nature
~Substitute
~Leech Seed
~Giga Drain
~Calm Mind

SubSeed set, Giga Drain is obvious, while Calm Mind can be used to increase the SDef for even longer stalling and raises SAtk for Giga Drain's power.




Reshiram
Modest/Timid Nature
~Cross Flame
~Dragon Pulse
~Shadow Ball
~Hyper Voice/Psychic

Blue Flame is better than Cross Flame, and Focus Blast is better than Hyper Voice or Psychic...but you don't like the bad accuracy.


You don't need Shadow Ball on Zoroark, as Dark Pulse gives the same coverage and has STAB. Replace it with.....since you don't want Focus Blast, Grass Knot is the only other option.
 
Well, if Grass Knot is the only other option, I may consider Focus Blast. It's just that 70 base accuracy is a tiny bit low by my standards. Don't hold anything against me for that.

Since Reshiram is banned in competitive battling (not that I'm a good battler anyway...), here's Haxorus as a possible replacement:

Dragon Claw/Tail
Dragon Dance
Rock Slide
Earthquake

Perhaps even Aerial Ace...?
 
Hmmm... A few more questions. Who's better, Zebstrika or Eelektross? Keeping in mind the evolution levels...

Also, is anything during the early stages of the game good in the long run? In case for some reason I can't get Zorua.
 
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