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Friend vs. Friend pokemon team.

Gligari

Shiny Hunter
This is a team for battling against my friends and Completeing the game at full. My FINAL heart gold team.



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Garchomp @ Choice Band
(Sassy) <-I wish it wasnt this {Sand Veil}
-Fire Fang
-Earthquake
-Outrage
-Rock SLide

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Feraligator @ Muscle Band
(Adamant) {Torrent}
-Waterfall
-Ice Punch
-Earthquake
-Swords Dance

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Electivire @ Expert Belt
(Lonely) {Motor Drive}
-Ice Punch
-Earthquake
-Thunderbolt
-Cross Chop

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Crobat @ Shell Bell
(Adamant/Jolly) {Inner Focus}
-Cross Poison
-Brave Bird
-Roost
-Confuse Ray

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Breloom @ Toxic Orb
(Jolly) {Poison Heal}
-Swords Dance
-Spore
-Focus Punch
-Seed Bomb

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Ninetails @ Wise Glasses
(Modest) {Flash Fire}
-Flamethrower
-Nasty Plot
-Dark Pluse
-Energy Ball
 
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Magnets

Banned
This team is overly physical. You need to learn a thing or two about synergy; definitely do not use Forry in the last slot.

Calm Mind and Charge Beam on the same set reeks of redundancy tbh. And neither are great on Zam anyway without the right support. I suggest you drop both and use Psychic and HP Fire/Energy Ball instead.

Captivate is pointless and unnecessary; Energy Ball is a fitting alternative.

Run T-Bolt over T-Punch on Vire and make him Naive.

Rock Climb is a bad move, use Earthquake instead.

Give Garchomp Swords Dance over Crunch and Fire Blast over Fang.

I don't even understand why you're running a Breloom set without Spore tbh.

I hope this helped. Good luck Completeing the game.
 

peacemaker987

Custom User Title
Dude. I leave for a week and you post THIS?
lol, it's not that bad.

Garchomp@Choice Band
Jolly / Sand Veil
-Earthquake
-Outrage
-Rock Slide
-Fire Fang

Earthquake and Outrage give you dual STAB's and perfect coverage, Rock Slide
and Earthquake is QuakEdge, giving you another perfect coverage combo. Fire
Fang is filler for the likes of Skarmory and Bronzong.

Rock Climb is terrible. At least use Return, which can be aquired fairly easily at
the Celadon department store; alternatively, you could spend a bit more time at
the Battle Tower and get Earthquake instead.

Electivire really needs a mixed set because
This team is overly physical

Electivire@Expert Belt
Lonely / Motor Drive
-Thunderbolt
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
-Low Kick

Fairly simple here; Lonely prevents Downloaders (Porygon and Friends) from
destroying you with a Sp.A boost upon switch in, it also doesn't hinder your
wall breaking Thunderbolt. Earthquake takes care of other Electric types while
Low Kick and Ice Punch gives you epic coverage.

Crobat can also use a Nasty Plot set for immense power... Kinda.

Crobat@Wise Glasses
Timid / Inner Focus
-Nasty Plot
-Heat Wave
-Air Slash
-Substitute / Sludge Bomb

Sometimes overlooked, NPBat is quite something. Nasty Plot instantly doubles
your Sp.A while Heat Wave stops steels from walling you, Air Slash is STAB while
Substitute guarentees at least one Nasty Plot. Sludge Bomb is usable since it's
in-game and it can neutral stuff with STAB.

Your Breloom belongs in a mental institution.

Breloom@Toxic Orb
Adamant / Poison Heal
-Focus Punch
-Seed Bomb / Rock Slide
-Spore
-Swords Dance

This set doesn't require Jolly, so Adamant, Swords Dance and Focus Punch
slaughter noobs. Spore is needed to keep people from bombarding you while you
beat the snot out of them. Seed Bomb is a secondary STAB or Rock Slide can be
used to cover flying and fire types.

BoltBeam says hi to your team, so use Ninetails: Except you want Energy Ball
instead of Captivate.

Also...
Run T-Bolt over T-Punch on Vire and make him Naive.

Lure for Electric attacks and switch in to get the speed boost. 'Vire doesn't
really have that much raw power so he's better off abusing his ability.

Give Garchomp Swords Dance over Crunch and Fire Blast over Fang.

You're kidding right? Even without SD or CB Fire Fang has better accuracy and
power compared to Fire Blast: I'm assuming he's going for Adamant or Jolly, so
unless he gets a Hasty one, Fire Blast is pointless.

I don't even understand why you're running a Breloom set without Spore tbh.
Because he can.
 

Magnets

Banned
Lure for Electric attacks and switch in to get the speed boost. 'Vire doesn't
really have that much raw power so he's better off abusing his ability.

Something tells me the scope for luring an unpredictable AI is limited, but I'm sure you're a much better rater than I am, so I'll let this pass.

You're kidding right? Even without SD or CB Fire Fang has better accuracy and
power compared to Fire Blast: I'm assuming he's going for Adamant or Jolly, so
unless he gets a Hasty one, Fire Blast is pointless.

Well, it's Sassy, and he's obviously not re-breeding, so I see no problem with FB. Even with the preferred Jolly nature, Fire Blast still does more damage to Skarm before a boost than FF. Take note that Skarm and Levitate Zong are the only two pokemon that Skarmory cannot hit for at least neutral with its STABs. Fire Blast is more viable on Salamence, but on Garchomp it still works.
 

Gligari

Shiny Hunter
For garchomp. Sadly yes I cant breed because Ive been through so much with this one.
(Whole Battle Fronteir)
But I can change his attacks.
For Electrivire I changed it to lonely and added Thunderbolt. But I dont see why I cant have cross chop? Please tell me your reasoning for Low Kick-Cross Chop.

Feraligatr.One Word. Earthquake.

Ive done alot to breed into Crobats set so Im keeping that. But I am trianing it with the power anklet.

I cannot use much sleep inducing attacks well so sorry but the whole Focus Punch thing wont work for me. I have stone edge for a defense against Fire/Bird.

Ive chosen ninetails as my sixth slot. Even though now I will have to trade to get it.
Its set includes a attack set with
-Nasty Plot
-Dark Pulse(My only real defense against Ghost/Psychic)
-Flamethrower
-Energy Ball(WHATTTTT??? A fire type with a grass move? I have got to take advantage for this set. But I just need help clearing up the nature for ninetails. Im thinking more of a Modest set right now but Im open to suggestions.

Thank you all for these suggestions.:)
 

peacemaker987

Custom User Title
Something tells me the scope for luring an unpredictable AI is limited, but I'm sure you're a much better rater than I am, so I'll let this pass.

They'll still try to get STAB or SE, but yay for humility; we don't really have many
new raters with that. :D

I cannot use much sleep inducing attacks well so sorry but the whole Focus Punch thing wont work for me. I have stone edge for a defense against Fire/Bird.

It's better to use sleep inducing moves to completely stop Fire / Flying types
as they switch in. If you were to get rid of a move it'd be Seed Bomb, as it
gets redundant coverage with Focus Punch (or Sky Uppercut if you don't take this
suggestion.)

Spore / Focus Punch / Stone Edge / Swords Dance
 

[GS]

Staring at my phone
Feraligatr should be Jolly, since you're only boosting his Atk, and
he could also benefit from adding Aqua Jet to his set for priority.

Crobat wants U-Turn>Confuse Ray to get a free hit while allowing
you to send in a proper counter.

Just a nitpick here:

peacemaker987 said:
Lonely prevents Downloaders (Porygon and Friends) from
destroying you with a Sp.A boost upon switch in

This doesn't really apply in-game. And besides, that only applies if
his SpD is higher than his Def, which it most likely wouldn't be...
EVire could be of more use with this set up:

Electivire @ Life Orb/Expert Belt
Mild Nature
36 Atk/252 SpA/220 Spe
*Motor Drive*
~ Cross Chop
~ Thunderbolt
~ Flamethrower
~ Hidden Power [Ice]

The EV's outspeed neutral max Spe base 90's (Gliscor in particular).
With the EV's in SpA, Thunderbolt will always outdamage Thunder
Punch and grant you more KOs. Flamethrower is for steel/grass
types while Cross Chop gives you some coverage against normal
types. HP [Ice] gets outstanding coverage with TBolt and will
help you deal with Lance.
 
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[GS]

Staring at my phone
The Electivire set I just suggested would probably fit best on this
team, due to your lack of special attackers that can attack without
setting up.
 
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