Help building/balancing my team (Black 2)

[nsac91]

Hey!
I'm new here and I was wondering if you guys could help me by suggesting some way of balancing my team to deal with the Elite 4 and the rest of the game (currently at Victory Road). I know it's not hard to beat the main storyline, but I just wanna be prepared and I feel like I'm missing something here.

*Some things you should know:
- I do not EV train before competitive.
- I use the first specimen I encounter of the pokemon I want for my team. (I don't care for natures atm)
- Keep in mind that I haven't finished the game yet, so there's a lot of TMs I don't have acces to.
- I don't care if I have to train a whole team from scratch, I just wanna have fun LOL.

Here's my current team:

Emboar @ Charcoal
Lvl. 63

Arm Thrust
Flamethrower
Flare Blitz
Head Smash


Haxorus @ Draco Plate
Lvl. 61

Swords Dance
Earthquake
Dragon Claw
Aerial Ace


Flygon @ Expert Belt
Lvl.60

Earthquake
Rock Slide
Dragon Claw
Fly


Darkrai @ Leftovers
Lvl. 65

Hypnosis
Faint Attack
Nightmare
Thunderbolt


Lucario @ Scope Lens
Lvl. 60

Close Combat
Swords Dance
Dragon Pulse
Aura Sphere


Samurott @ Mystic Water
Lvl. 64

Aqua Tail
Ice Beam
Hydro Pump
Surf

Other pokemon I have trained and/or have access to:
Mewtwo
Lugia
Ho oh
Togekiss
Zoroark
Eevee
Gyarados
Gengar
Snorlax
Sharpedo
Omanyte (DW)
Aggron - Iron Tail, Thunder, Surf, Iron Head.
Escavalier - Bug Buzz, Fury Cutter, False Swipe, Headbutt.
Kabutops (DW) - Aqua Jet, Endure, Flail, Slash.
Golduck - Disable, Zen Headbutt, Aqua Tail, Surf.

THANK YOU!!!!

[First Edit: added Samurott to party, updated pokemon Lvl., Zoroark got Flamethrower]
[Second Edit: updated pokemon Lvl. and movesets, league beaten]
[Third Edit: added Darkrai to party (replaced Zoroark), updated pokemon Lvl. and moves.]

 

[Shine]

Well, after you defeat the E4, try getting these.


Lucario
Hasty/Naive Nature
~Work Up
~Bullet Punch
~Shadow Ball
~Aura Sphere


Zoroark
Hasty Nature (I assume this one is evolved from N's Zorua)
~Night Daze/Dark Pulse
~Flamethrower
~Focus Blast/Low Sweep
~Return/U-Turn/Aerial Ace


Emboar
Mild/Rash Nature
~Scald
~Flamethrower
~Brick Break
~Wild Charge/Rock Slide


Haxorus
Adamant Nature, Mold Breaker ability
~Dragon Dance
~Dragon Claw
~Rock Slide
~Earthquake


Flygon
Mild/Rash Nature
~Flamethrower
~Rock Slide
~Earthquake
~Dragon Claw


regarding Flygon & Haxorus, they have similar set, the only difference is that one can go Mixed, the other can't, one gets STAB on EQ, the other does not.
So maybe replace one of them with something else.

 

[jimboslice856]

i have drain punch on my lucario n it works wonders for me so give that a try u can get it at the move tutor in himilau city i believe for yellow shards

 

[lollygag]

Chandelure is always helpful for me.

Flygon and Haxorus on the same team might not be a good idea, since Iris' Dragon Pokemon can attack you with Dragon moves.

 

[nsac91]

Thanks for the replies!

lollygag: Which one would you replace? what would you recommend as a substitute?

;461; ?

Btw, I now have a samurott as a 6th, but need a better moveset.

Samurott @ Mystic Water
Lvl. 58

Aqua Tail
Ice Beam
Aqua Jet
Surf

 

[azeem40]

After the E4 when you want to beat Iris again, just run this set:
Haxorus @ Life Orb/Draco Plate
Ability: Mold Breaker
Moves:
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Brick Break
Dragon Claw

Just set up a few X Defends and X SpDs, live the hit, use DD once, and proceed to OHKO her whole team (minus Aggron) with Dragon Claw. Before fighting Haxorus, make sure you DD once more, then finish it off.

 

[Popboi]

For Samurott

-Ice Beam (For Iris)
-Aqua Tail
-Megahorn
-Aqua Jett/Superpower/Swords Dance (Filler spot but Superpower and Aqua Jett can be usefull)


And keep the Mystic Water.

 

[nsac91]

Thank you for all the input!

I've noticed I have a hard time against water pokemon... what to do, oh what to do?

 

[RiRiGaGaLover]

You could give Emboar Wild Charge or Lucario T-Punch to help with water types.

 

[nsac91]

What do you think about adding Darkrai to party? I already did, so what would you do for his moveset?

Thank you!

 

[Shine]

Definitely replace Darkrai's Hypnosis with Dark Void when it learns the move. Dark Void is much better than Hypnosis.