Gah! [UU Sob Story]

[Grymyrk]

well i just lost my winning record due to a breloom that spored my entire team and then focus punched them all to death. and Earthquake and random steels keep giving me trouble. ideally i'd like to use UU replacements for the last two team members, but i guess i really do need to get a good winning streak going to i can actually acquire my very own choice band.

Lanturn@Leftovers
Trait:Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 Hp, 128 S.Att, 128 S.Def
Nature:Calm
-Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam
-Surf
-Thunder Wave

cornerstone of the team, the main reason that i'd got to 47 wins in the first place. i guess i could replace it with a Lapras, or a Starmie *blech at OU things* STAB'd tbolts and thunderwaving things are both cool though.

Muk@Focus Band
Trait:Stench
EVs: uhm. i did these by calculating stats at lv100. i think. well it's something along the lines of 200-odd HP, 156 sp.att, 100 sp.def
Nature:Sassy
-Curse
-Sludge Bomb
-Fire Blast
-Explosion

has some problems in the battle tower, as fire blast [obviously] helps deal with steels, but with a lowish defence he's a difficult switchin and doesn't enjoy taking earthquakes. i'll need to replace him with something that isn't weak to ground, and is possibly a little quicker or tougher.

Lunatone@Shell Bell
Trait:Levitate
EVs: uhm. 200 hp, 100 speed, 100 def, 56 sp.att or something like that. defensive spread
Nature:Bold
-Hypnosis
-Calm Mind
-Psychic
-Ice Beam

yeah. proud of him for standing down a latias on his own, but then the AI in the battle tower isn't exactly the smartest. again am considering ditching him, for something physical but again i don't have that many ideas. maybe a choicegar.

any help would be appreciated guys. i would be cheap and use my Lati@s but both of them have -Satk natures. although os is adamant so i could maybe use him as a dragon dancer. with two special types, yeah.
oh oh oh, and this will be for L50 battles [cos i don't have the patience to raise things to L100] so no suggesting T-tar or metagross or the like.

and, just to make things even more annoying, i don't have trading access to my LG at the moment, so i can't use the tutors off there either and am rapidly running out of TMs too...

cheers if any of you guys can help me.

EDIT: if i put lum berry on one of my pogies, do i get it back after each battle if i use it? or at the end of the seven? :/

 

[Neo]

EDIT: if i put lum berry on one of my pogies, do i get it back after each battle if i use it? or at the end of the seven? :/

For the last question, yes you get it back at th end of every battle you do (in the BF only of course).

There's nothing worng with your Muk moveset, so I think that you could just keep everything that you already have but just get a Weezing instead. Of course, Weezing can't have Curse, so put in Haze or Will-o-Wisp instead. It has Levitate so misses Earthquake, and also has a tougher Defence than Muk.

I'm not sure about a physical attacker at the bottom though. You'll probably have to experiment and see which one you think works best with your team. There's many out there, you just need to find the right one. I can't think of one off the top of my head for this team, but maybe others like Ryan, Tazzler, etc can help you out.

 

[magnemiteZ]

Muk@ Leftovers (or if you are desperate, Chesto Berry)
Trait:Stench
EVs: 236 HP, 80 Attack, 40 Def, 152 Sp Def
Nature: Impish
-Curse
-Sludge Bomb
-Shadow Punch
-Explosion (You might like Rest to immitate Curselax though)

Muk is awesome, but doesn't need FB in-game.

 

[Tazzler]

Lanturn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Volt Absorb
EVs: 228 HP / 28 Spd / 168 SAtk / 84 SDef
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Surf
- Substitute

Muk (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Stench
EVs: 212 HP / 172 Atk / 40 Def / 84 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Sludge Bomb
- Explosion

Lunatone @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 156 HP / 136 Def / 76 Spd / 140 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Hypnosis
- Ice Beam

 

[Dunsparce]

Fun set:

Muk@LeftoversChoice Band
Adamant
Sludge Bomb
Explosion
Brick Break
Shadow Punch

NOTHING resists both Fighting and Ghost, SB is for STAB and Explosion is for Raw Power

In LG, I got Sludge Bomb/Curse/Brick Break/Shadow Punch because I used up all of the Exposion move tutors in all of my games. Use Potions for In-game battle, so you don't need Rest.

 

[Grymyrk]

Muk is awesome, but doesn't need FB in-game.

i will do until i can get a physical attacker with EQ, for steels.

i'll switch to a weezing with haze, as double team can be really irritating in the battle tower, and it causes roar/ww to fail whereas haze would always work in that situation

Weezing @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: umm... :/
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower/Fire Blast
- Haze
- Explosion

blowing stuff up in 3v3 is fun. oh noes i'm using an OU poke. i've noticed that healing etc. is kinda pointless in the battle tower where contests are over so quickly, although i know that pain split is an option.

for the physical side, i'd like to use rhydon or golem, but all that then does is give me earthquake and grass problems again.

for my final slot i'm considering using either a flyer [dodrio/fearow/swellow]
or a bug type [pinsir/heracross]

ideally i want ground attacks though, so i'm either gonna have to chain breed the birds for hp ground, or just use the tm on a pinsir. i'm not convinced about using heracross in this team because then i'll have two psychic weaknesses. but then, pinsir can't hurt psychics without hp bug. hmm. what about:

Yanma @ Leftovers
Trait: Compoundeyes
EVs: 252 Att, 252 Spd, 6 Hp
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Hypnosis
- Screech
- Signal Beam
- Aerial Ace
[interesting, i just fought a kecleon and it turns out that i have HP ground. no idea how to work out the power though...]


also, how do you guys distribute your items for the battle tower? i guess once i have a choice band it'll be easiest to go Choice Band/Leftovers/Lum Berry or something...

 

[Akayfortyseven]

Yeah, i use a choice band, lum berry and leftovers. cb for physical, lum for a stat-upper, leftovers for tank or staller.

 

[PatTar]

if you don't want to use muk anymore, then may i suggest a crobat?

Crobat@---
shadow ball
aerial ace/air cutter
Sludge Bomb
steel wing

 

[Grymyrk]

right, i think i may have an idea to fix the balance of my team. i shall replace Lanturn with
Lapras@Leftovers
Modest Nature
-Thunderbolt
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Refresh/Safeguard/Psychic/Substitute?

and then that makes it possible for me to then use
Golem@Choice Band [eventually]
Adamant Nature
-Earthquake
-Rock Blast
-Double-Edge
-Explosion

or

Rhydon@Choice Band
Adamant Nature
-Earthquake
-Rock Slide
-Megahorn
-Brick Break

 

[StrayedBullet]

Swords Dance>Brick Break on Rhydon
I like Calm on Lapras, w/sing/rest>refresh etc.

-SB ;001;

 

[Grymyrk]

Swords Dance>Brick Break on Rhydon
I like Calm on Lapras, w/sing/rest>refresh etc.

-SB ;001;

but the thing is i need a CBer, otherwise i run out of good item options pretty damn quickly.
i think trying to use a 55 accuracy move might drive me insane. i'll probably use sub, just for the novelty of actually being able to chain breed it, and to take advantage of lapras' massive hp.
i will go calm, presumably the easiest EV spread will be something along the lines of 252 HP 128 SAtk 128 SDef...?