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New, need help

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easilydistracted

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Hi I'm new to competitive battling and was wondering if you could help my team. I'm not too good with EVs so I would appreciate help there too. Thanks

Heracross@choice scarf
Adamant
-Megahorn
-Close Combat
-Rock Slide
-Shadow Claw

Plan on replacing rock slide with stone edge, shadow claw to deal with ghosts so that he can take on anything

Garchomp@choice band
Jolly
-Earthquake
-Dragon Claw
-Stone Edge
-Fire Blast or Fire Fang? had crunch originally

Self explanatory but not sure about item

Milotic@leftovers?
Calm
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Rest
-Sleep Talk

Standard Restalker, i like this cuz it activates Marvel Scale

Skarmory@leftovers?
Impish
-Spikes
-Whirlwind
-Roost
-Drill Peck

Standard Wall

Infernape@Life Orb
Naive
-Flamethrower
-Close Combat
-Grass Knot
-Stone Edge

My favorite. I want to use him late to win it for me thats y i have stone edge, so that he can deal with gyarados n dragon/flyings.

I have an Alakazm cuz i like its special attack and speed, but don't like its movepool so I'm looking to replace it with either a special Lucario or a Dusknoir. I'm not sure between the two because I think I need another special attacker but I like how Dusknoir could be a wall but with good attacks.

Thanks for the help. Also, I don't like blissey or wanna use legendaries.
 
Heracross@choice scarf
Adamant
-Megahorn
-Close Combat
-Rock Slide
-Night Slash

Night Slash is basically the same thing as Shadow Claw except shadow claw can't hit normal types.
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Garchomp@choice band
Jolly
-Earthquake
-Dragon Claw
-Stone Edge/Sword Dance
-Sandstorm

Make use of it's Ability.
 
Thanks for the feedback, I was also wondering, what are my weaknesses?

I'm undecided about sandstorm because almost all the rest of my team will be hit.

I see what you mean bout nigh slash, didn't realize hera knew it lol. darn, waste of a TM...
 
You've got a weakness for Flying on Heracross (especially him) and Infernape, which I see you've countered with Hera's Rock Slide and Infernape's Stone Edge. Milotic & Skarmory suffer a weakness to Electric, which is covered by Garchomp. Tricking your opponent with intelligent switch-ins will save your day. I don't suggest adding Lucario, since it makes for three Fighters on your team. Stick with Dusknoir, since a physical wall can offset Milotic's Special wall status and cover the attacks that Milotic's too frail to take.
 
thanks but I meant am I weak to commonly used pokemon? like gengar weak or something?
thats y i originally took out lucario, cuz I had a lot of fighting. so Dusknoir it is. What type of moveset? I'm not sure which elemental punch, or maybe both? sorta like a bolt-beam combo?
 
Heracross@Flame Orb
Adamant
Ability:Guts
-Close Combat
-Megahorn
-Sword Dance/Pursuit/Rock Slide
-Brick Break/Pursuit/Rock Slide
 
@flame orb is a bad gimmick without protect
does hera even learn protect i don't know
just run CB as you're still getting the same power boost only with you not losing HP all the time
 
so Fire Blast on Garchomp?

Just finished EV training Dusknoir: 252 HP, 128 Def, 128 Sp. Def. Still need help on moveset to cover my team weaknesses though...Thanks.
 
I don't understand what's so great about pursuit, could someone enlighten me please?
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Pursuit is a great move. For example, Heracross will come in on a Blissey. Blissey, scared of Heracross will switch out (to something like Weezing/Gliscor). Night Slash will just hit whatever they send out next, while Pursuit lets you hit Blissey as it switches.
Garchomp needs Fire Blast to obliterate Skarm.
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Use Flamethrower, it's a 2HKO anyway.
does hera even learn protect i don't know
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Pretty much everything (except stuff like Ditto, Smeargle, etc.) gets Protect.
 
hmm lucky coincidence that Garchomp is POW, n there it recommends Fire Fang...Still not sure which elemental punch is more useful on my team for Dusknoir...
 
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