Rate My Platinum Team

[acetrainerlewis]

;395; Empoleon
Modest
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot / Flash Cannon
- Agility

;407; Roserade
Timid
- Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball / HP Fire
- Sleep Powder

;398; Staraptor
Adamant
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- U-Turn
- Return

;462; Magnezone
Modest
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Signal Beam
- Thunder Wave

;475; Gallade
Jolly
- Psycho Cut
- Close Combat
- Night Slash / Shadow Sneak
- Swords Dance

I need help on a 6th member too

 

[Noctourniquet]

This is very Smogony... Anyway, a couple of suggestions;

On Empoleon, ditch Grass Knot. The competitive players will tell you to use it, but In-Game, it's rather pointless in this case. You can go with Flash Cannon for poor coverage but double STAB, Signal Beam for coverage, or HP[Electric] for BoltBeam, which is your best option if you are willing to rebreed.

If you want to rebreed, Magnezone could use HP[Ice] in tis last slot for that all-important coverage. However, if you don't want to rebreed, then a supporting move like Thunder Wave could be worth a shot, or you could always switch to a Rash Nature and run Explosion instead.

I personally think that Gallade would benefit from a Jolly Nature. With SD boosting its already high Attack, I feel that Adamant is unnecessary. Additionally, Gallade likes the priority of Shadow Sneak as it can really rip frail or Type disadvantaged opponents apart after an SD or two.

That's all for now. I hope it helps.

 

[acetrainerlewis]

Thanks, changes added