planned team

[SlwaBluPhnx]

Here is the team I planned for HGSS release some time this year. I'm breeding the eggs in advance, and I will hatch them in the beginning of my game over there. I picked pokemon I expeccially liked and haven't trained yet. Also I plan on battling with these pokes online so that is why the moves like rapidspin or priority moves.

Hitmonlee@???
Limber
252 Evs Att
252 Evs Sp
6 Evs HP
Adamant
-Mach Punch
-Earthquake
-Close Combat
-Rapid Spin

Rapidspin and mach punch comes as a suprise from a hitmonlee. EQ and CC sweeps generally.

Feraligatr@(Salac Berry)
200 Evs HP
168 Evs Speed
142 Attack
Adamant
-Substitute(Agility)
-SwordsDance
-Waterfall
-DragonClaw

The feraligatr that I wanted for a long time. Get ur HP in torrent range, salac activated(online play) and sweep.

Garchomp@Draco Plate?
252 Evs Speed
252 Evs Attack
6 Evs HP
Jolly
-Outrage
-EQ
-Swords Dance
-Stone Edge

Magmortar@???
252 Evs SpAt
252 Evs Speed
6 Evs HP
Modest
-Lava Plume
-Thunderbolt
-Psychic
-FocusBlast

Rotom@Choice Item
252 Evs SpAt
252 Evs Speed
6 Evs HP
Modest
-Thunderbolt/Discharge
-ShadowBall
-ThunderWave(Hydro Pump)
-Signal Beam(Trick)
()Means what will happen after e4

Venusaur@Leftovers
(Dont remember ev set but balanced between speed, HP, spatt)
Modest
-SludgeBomb
-EnergyBall
-SleepPowder
-LeechSeed

 

[Final]

Here is the team I planned for HGSS release some time this year. I'm breeding the eggs in advance, and I will hatch them in the beginning of my game over there. I picked pokemon I expeccially liked and haven't trained yet. Also I plan on battling with these pokes online so that is why the moves like rapidspin or priority moves.

Hitmonlee@ Choice Scarf / Choice Band
Limber
252 Evs Att
252 Evs Sp
6 Evs HP
Adamant
-Mach Punch
-Earthquake
-Close Combat
-Stone Edge

Rapidspin and mach punch comes as a suprise from a hitmonlee. EQ and CC sweeps generally.

Rapid Spin should be left to bulkier Pokemon such as Hitmontop. Use Stone Edge over it. For items Choice Scarf may be best given the Nature but Choice Band is perfectly viable.

Feraligatr@(Salac Berry)
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant
-Substitute(Agility)
-SwordsDance
-Waterfall
-DragonClaw

The feraligatr that I wanted for a long time. Get ur HP in torrent range, salac activated(online play) and sweep.

Please explain the EVs because they seem all over the place to me. For a sweeper, max Attack and Speed seem better. They're standard for the SubDanceSalac set. Move the HP EVs into Defense if needed as the HP will need to be divisible by 4 to be fully effective. Also. I don't think you'll be needing Agility for this set since you have the Salac Berry providing your Speed.

Garchomp@ Life Orb
252 Evs Speed
252 Evs Attack
6 Evs HP
Jolly
-Outrage
-EQ
-Swords Dance
-Stone Edge

Typed Plates are only really needed on Mono-Attacking sweepers and Arceus. Garchomp would benefit more from a Life Orb. EVs and moves are fine though.

Magmortar@ Choice Specs
252 Evs SpAt
252 Evs Speed
6 Evs HP
Modest
-Flamethrower / Fire Blast
-Thunderbolt
-Psychic
-FocusBlast

Flamethrower or Fire Blast are better choices for offensive orientated sets. Lava Plume is better for Defensive sets. Since magmortar shouldn't be used Defensively due to its poor typing, go with Flamethrower or Fire Blast over it. For a hold item, I would go with Choice Specs. Too many aren't particularly a good idea on a team.

Rotom@ Choice Specs / Choice Scarf
252 Evs SpAt
252 Evs Speed
6 Evs HP
Modest
-Thunderbolt
-ShadowBall
-ThunderWave(Hydro Pump)
-Signal Beam(Trick)
()Means what will happen after e4

Thunderbolt is better for more offensive orientated Rotom sets. I'm assuming this is a Wash Rotom so yeah. I would also leave Trick for competitive battles only. If you don't want to breed for Hidden Powers, Signal Beam is OK since it hits Celebi harder than Shadow Ball does. Choice Specs or Choice Scarf are the best items for this kind of set.

Venusaur@Leftovers
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe OR 252 HP / 252 Sp. Def / 4 Spe
Bold / Calm
-SludgeBomb
-EnergyBall
-SleepPowder
-LeechSeed

This set is more Defensively orientated and probably should be used as such. A Bold or Calm Nature with max HP and the appropriate Defense would be the best spread for it. A bit of Speed can be used to outrun faster walls though. You could also do a Shaymin-esque set like this:

Venusaur @ Life Orb
Timid Nature
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe
~ Sleep Powder
~ Leech Seed
~ Sludge Bomb
~ Energy Ball

Leech Seed helps break through the stuff Venusaur can't really hurt directly since it gets far from perfect type coverage with its STAB moves. Sleep Powder is there to make Venusaur not look like an inferior Shaymin and works to Sleep its counters. A Timid Nature with max Special Attack and Speed works best here. Additionally, Leech Seed recovers off any Life Orb recoil received from Attacking.

Suggestions bolded. Quite solid overall but if using it competitively Garchomp isn't allowed in Standard play as it is considered an Uber. Regardless, Starmie could be problematic for this team. Rotom is your best check if its Scarfed but won't particularly switch in easily on its STABed moves due to the lack of Defensive investment. Hitmonlee can be taught Sucker Punch but switching in would be a bit of a problem as its poor HP undermine's its otherwise good Special Defense. Blissey, Snorlax and Lanturn are its best counters. Lanturn or a Pursuit Snorlax are argueably the best of the three. Blissey doesn't like being Tricked a Choice Specs or Choice Scarf but easily takes Starmie's attacks while Snorlax can take advantage of being Tricked the Choice Item and pseudo-Trap it with Pursuit. Lanturn as far as resistances go stops Starmie as it resists everything except Grass Knot which Lanturn takes easily and Psychic which is rather uncommon on Starmie sets. Lanturn should be able to sponge Psychic anyway as long as you invest in Special Defense.

Swords Dance Lucario can also destroy this team if it can set up. Changing Rotom-W to Rotom-H and giving it a Choice Scarf and using Overheat over Hydro Pump gives you a check against it since it can come in easily on Close Combat or ExtremeSpeed or as it Swords Dances and swiftly OHKO it with Overheat. Just watch out for Crunch. You may have to sacrafice a Pokemon just to get Rotom-H in if you don't want to risk being hit by something that will severely hurt it or KO it.

 

[SapphireL]

Agility on Feraligatr might seem like a good idea, but it lacks the raw power to utilize the move to the fullest. Pokemon like Metagross make better Agility users due to their powerful STAB moves and high Attack.

If anything, go with Swords Dance on Feraligatr. Agility CAN work, but Swords Dance would be a better option.

Feraligatr (Adamant Nature) @Leftovers/Life Orb/Muscle Band
-Waterfall
-Swords Dance
-EQ
-Ice Punch/Ice Fang/Aqua Jet

 

[SlwaBluPhnx]

I chose Agility as a fille rmove ingame, since I won't be using salac ingame, but rather after I switch to competitive, but an attacking move seems like the better choice.

I adjusted the speed evs to give it the correct tier match, did not use some evs for economy, pumped some HP and rest into attack.

Life orb timid venusaur seems like a better one for my ideals. And I have tons of other pokes like metagross, tyranitar, all the eevolutions, ragonite (and a few pokes I like such as houndoom, slaking and stuff like dat) to pair these guys up with. In that sense, I can switch one of my pokes with steelix perhaps?