Help me form a team, please!

[EmboarTyrant]

My last attempt at this went sour, so I am trying again, I know I want a new team to make the E4 a challenge again, and maybe pick three or four from the full team to take on the Subway. Here are somethings I think I want:

Emboar:
Nature-Mild
Ability-Blaze
Moves:
Brick Break
Strength
Blast Burn
Flamethrower

Attack and Sp. Attack for him are his best stats. I am thinking on changing some of his moves though, so don't worry about that.

Swampert
Nature-?
Ability- Torrent
Moves:
Earthquake
Ice Beam
???
???

He's a ground type so Earthquake would be good, and I am using Ice Beam on my current team on a Mewtwo, but I am wanting to stear clear of Legendaries.

Aerodactyl
Nature-?
Ability- Rock Head
Moves:
Dragon Claw
Ancient Power
Sandstorm
???

I was told Archeops would also work, but I don't like his ability, so I think Aerodactyl is better, but that is up to you.

Electivire
Nature-?
Ability- Motordrive
Moves:
Thunderbolt
Iron Tail
???
???

Mewtwo also does this currently (Thunderbolt), and I personally like this pokemon, but I am willing to use another if there is one better.

Drapion
Nature-?
Ability- Battle Armor
Moves:
Toxic
Venoshock
Crunch
???

Poison/Dark typing means that he is protected from Psychic type attacks while being able to poison. Could go with Spiritomb so as to have NO type weakness, but I am not sure.

The last pokemon is...I don't know. I need a Shadow Ball user, but being as I have never used it outside of Mewtwo...I am clueless as to who would be good using it. (I realize that I lean too heavily on my Mewtwo...and that is why I am wanting a change. Give me some ideas on how to make this work...make it better. Thank you in advance!

 

[ilovedeino]

Changes/Adding are in BOLD.

Emboar:
Nature-Mild
Ability-Blaze
Moves:
Brick Break
Strength
WILD CHARGE: coverage and strong.
Flamethrower

Swampert
Nature-LONELY
Ability- Torrent
Moves:
Earthquake
Ice Beam
SCALD: stab + chance of burn.
SLUDGE WAVE: for those 4x damaging Grass types.

Aerodactyl
Nature-BRAVE
Ability- Rock Head
Moves:
Dragon Claw
ROCK SLIDE: more pp and stronger.
Sandstorm
AERIAL ACE: never misses + stab
I would take Aerodactyl over Archeops too

Electivire
Nature-ADAMANT
Ability- Motordrive
Moves:
THUNERPUNCH: excellent base attack
Iron Tail
ICE PUNCH/FIRE PUNCH: you can breed for ice punch, if not go with fire punch + excellent base attack for both.
BRICK BREAK: coverage + excellent base attack(again).
Stay with Electivire, as I said three times above, EXCELLENT BASE ATTACK(haha, I am not trying to sound mean or yell, just to make sure you get the point).

SKUNTANK: higher hp + higher attack + same type
Nature-JOLLY
Ability-STENCH: may flinch if hit physically.
Moves:
FACADE: stronger with a status problem
POISON JAB: higher attack + 30% chance of poison.
NIGHT SLASH: stab + higher attack + high crit ratio.
GIGA IMPACT: 150 attack power
I recommend Skuntank over Drapion because I have used both, Skuntank can hold out in a battle longer.

ALAKAZAM: really fast and excellent base sp.atk.
Nature: QUIET
Ability: Synchronize : if inflicted with status effect, opponent does too.
Moves:
PSYCHIC: stab + excellent sp.atk.
SHADOW BALL(like you wanted): excellent sp.atk + coverage for other psychic types.
FOCUS BLAST: for dark types + excellent sp.atk(again, haha)
MIRACLE EYE: to be able to hit dark types with psychic + ensures focus blast hits.


There you go, I hope you like my explanation.

 

[chap196]

Electivire
Item Expert Belt/Choice Band/
Nature Adamant/Jolly
Ability Motor Drive
Move Set
Thunder Punch/Wild Charge
Ice Punch
Cross Chop/Brick Break/Earthquake
Rock Slide/Fire Punch
Thunder Punch is a STAB move, also it can paralyze your opponent Pokemon or Wild Charge for more power
Ice Punch for more coverage, also it can freeze your opponent Pokemon
Cross Chop for more coverage, Brick Break for more accuracy or Earthquake if you want to kill Poison, Electric or Fire Type Pokemon
Rock Slide for more coverage or if you are scare of Levitate Steel Pokemon, then use Fire Punch instead

For Emboar
Use Flare Blitz instead of Flamethrower because it has more power and Emboar has more Attack than Special Attack. Stone Edge instead of Strenght for more coverage, also if you put all boulder down using Strenght, then it was not needed any more.

For ilovedeino
Use Energy Ball instead of Miracle Eye because hitting Dark type with Psychic was not very useful and it may get OHKO after you use Miracle Eye. Energy Ball give a lot more coverage and it can lower your opponent Special Defense. Quiet was not a very good nature on Alakazam because it lower Alakazam Speed and it may become slower than other Pokemon like Zebstrika. Timid or Modest is the best Nature for it because it give Special Attack or Speed to Alakazam and lower Attack which is not important for Alakazam because it doesn't have any Physical Attack move.

Don't use Facade on Skuntank because you didn't hold item like Burn Orb and Skuntank doesn't have Guts ability. Use Return instead for more power. Toxic or Substitue instead of Giga Impact because Giga Impact has a bit more power than Return and it need to recharge which waste Skuntank turn. Toxic badly poison your opponent Pokemon which is very annoying or Substitue to make Skuntank more harder to defeat.

You don't need Sludge Wave on Swampert because Swampert don't need a Special Attack move and Ice Beam already kill Grass Type Pokemon, but it is better to use Ice Punch or Avalanche than Ice Beam because it is a Physical Attack move and Swampert has a lot more Attack than Special Attack. Waterfall instead of Scald because it is a Physical Attack move and again it has more Attack than Special Attack

Agree on Aerodactyl part, Rock Slide is a lot better than Acient Power because it has more Attack than Special Attack and Rock Slide has 30% to flinch your opponent Pokemon. Aerial Ace for a STAB move. I think EmboarTyrant shouldn't put Sandstorm on Aerodactyl because it will ruin some of his Pokemon. He should put Earthquake or Fire Fang to kill Steel Type Pokemon otherwise Aerodactyl will be ruin by Steel type Pokemon.

The rest are fine on your suggestion

 

[Shine]

^
You missed ilovedeino suggesting BRAVE for Aerodactyl. Which is a big no - Aero has 130 Base Speed, in fact it is Aero's best stat.

Adamant/Jolly Nature for Aerodactyl, always




Drapion @ Scope Lens
Adamant/Jolly Nature, Sniper ability
~Cross Poison
~Night Slash
~Earthquake
~Ice Fang

 

[chap196]

Oh, I forget about Brave Nature for Aerodactyl, don't use Brave Nature because it lower Aerodactyl Speed and it need Speed. Yeah use Jolly or Adamant instead for more Attack or Speed and it doesn't Special Attack because it doesn't have any Special Attack move.

 

[Shine]

and oh, another thing about Aero, use the one with Pressure instead.

Rock Head is almost useless, the only recoil move it can learn are Take Down and Double-Edge, and DE is only through Gen III move tutor.

A Rock Head Aero should be used only if it has DE, which means it must came from Gen III.
You must get another Rock Head Aero in Gen III, teach it DE, and transfer it all the way to Gen V.

Unnerve is even more useless, don't even think about using that one.

 

[EmboarTyrant]

Awesome suggestions, and I am always up for more of them. I figured Alakazam would be a first choice, but I didn't know if there were others that could compete. Energy Ball sounds better than Miracle Eye, when you think of it like that chap196, thanks. I will have to trade for a Skuntank, as I don't have one in my game yet, but I love the idea. Again, thank you, and I will keep looking back for more ideas.

 

[Joshblue02]

If i may suggest, get rid of strength on emboar for head smash or solarbeam, it might sound mad but either way works