WeatherEffectRain
Arm Wrestle?
Yep, I'm at it again. I've decided to start off a bit better on the board. Regirock, with it's huge Defense, passable HP and that Good-ish SDef make for interesting. However... I've devised my own thoughts for this. Sandstorm. Trick Room. Yes, this was farely shabby at my first thoughts... But oh how I've thought thorough.
Anyways, I'll get on this RMT. I didn't put quite as much thought for the different Pokemon on this as my prior, but my gosh do I think it's a cool thought.
*At a Glance*
So. Here's the start of the team, of which I built off of. This guy is a tank of massive proportions, especially...
...In sandstorm. Quite the boost, no? Special moves barely scratch this team so far. However, I've got a big weakness to Fighting, a hefty weakness to Ground, Grass, Water... Yeah. So, I considered using Hippowdon.
I wasn't sure about this, and after a bit of thought I just went with T-Tar to be safe.
So, what do I do now? Those weaknesses are hard to use, and they're both quite slow... This is where it hit me. As much as no one thinks about it, Cofagrigus is quite a usable choice. His low speed, amazing Defense, and using Leftovers and Pain Split are good recovery. I'm going with this guy for now, even though Sandstorm is going to whittle down his HP...
After this I was at quite the block; I still needed my team to be slow, at least for most of them. I also needed something that's able to be immune to Sandstorm, or at least cope. A Wishpasser would also be useful. This quite literally lowered my choices to one. Jirachi. It's also a good fit, resisting Grass and bringing only a third Ground weakness. 'Only'. I'll deal with that later.
Okay. Ground & Fighting resists. Something Immune to Sandstorm. Tough bill. However, Bronzong caught my attention as possibly the best out of the list. It also has another perk; it can set up Trick Room as well, and can use it well, too. So, I got it on my team.
So after this I found out I still have a weakness to Ground. So, my choices were limited. Something immune to sandstorm that's not hurt hard by Water, Grass, Ground... Grass-Types come up. However, Ground, Rock and Steel will all neutralize one of these. So, what do I do? I've narrowed down possibilities. Using one, of which Ground is the only safe. Torterra. *Shudders*. Ignore that glaring Ground Weakness? Ferrothorn and Cradily come up. Both can be useful, but... Ground neutrality probably isn't worth it. Overcoat? Oh god no Leavanny... So... This was my current problem. I figured that I'd have to sacrifice Sandstorm immunity, so my current choice was Celebi.
Now, with this handy-dandy weakness calculator, Ground is still too prevalent. As well as that, a Fire weakness is stacking up. This team is falling into a pretty big mess. So, what do I do? Wishmence, that's what! Sorry Jirachi.
So, now, I've found this disproportioned team is quite unreasonable, but it's weaknesses are cleared up, and as I see it, in the long run, it's a lot more valuable than Sandstorm immunity.
Then I realized Cofagrigus could go. Okay, just a little tidbit to help the team. Whatever, one less Sandstorm hit.
HOWEVER, after a notification from 3.14kachu, Ice and Dragon needed a bit more resistance. And I couldn't just add any Steel-Type at all. So, I go with re-using Hippowdon, and then placing Scizor where Reuniclus was. Celebi is now my only Special Sweeper though, as well as only one TR setter. This may need to be messed with more.
Now, after some pointers from BH, Bronzong is gone, and Salamence is gone, both in favor of typical workings, as well as an editted Celebi.
So, now that I've shown you my horribly un-thought-out process, I'll give you my current thoughts on it. As my prior team, I've not made this on PO yet, as I'm wanting some help prior. Anyways, on to the team.
Hippowdon(M)
Ability: Sandstream
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SDef
(0 Spd IV)
-Earthquake
-Slack Off
-Stealth Rock
-Ice Fang
The replacement for Tyranitar, and serving a role as a SS-setting, bulky, hazard-setting Pokemon. EQ is offensive STAB, Slack Off is great recovery, Stealth Rock is the said hazards and Ice Fang is for coverage against most. I'm considering changing the spread a bit to give it a tad better offenses, but I'm unsure as of now.
Regirock (N/A)
Ability: Clear Body
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Relaxed
(0 Spd IV)
EVs: 252 HP, 4 Atk, 252 SDef
-Drain Punch
-Ice Punch
-Stone Edge
-Curse
Regirock. The basis for this RMT, and a crazy wall in Sandstorm. Anyways, Drain Punch is recovery over Rest, Ice Punch is for coverage and some nice SE hits, Stone Edge is a STAB that has quite good coverage with Drain Punch.
Scizor(M)
Ability: Technician
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 248 HP, 252 Atk, 8 SDef
-Bullet Punch
-Swords Dance
-Bug Bite
-Roost
Standard Scizor if I'm correct. I can see why it's such a strong Pokemon, and this set should be good. Bullet Dance is going to be used alot, Bug Bite is seperate STAB, Roost is to retain Bulkiness. The best thing I see though, is Scizor's slow. Naturally. Then, he's also got Priority; So in OR out of Trick Room he functions properly. Quite nice.
Skarmory(M)
Ability: Sturdy
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SDef
-Spikes
-Whirlwind
-Roost
-Brave Bird
Standard Skarm. Hazards up, whirlwind Opponents, Roost off Damage. BB is the needed STAB.
Latias(F)
Ability: Levitate
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 HP, 4 SDef, 252 Spd
-Dragon Pulse
-Roar
-Reflect
-Recover
Latias, also curtosy of BH. Dragon Pulse is necessary STAB, Roar is for PHazing, Reflect doubles defense, Recover is important healing.
Celebi(N/A)
Ability: Natural Cure
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP, 212 Def, 44 Spd
-Calm Mind
-Recover
-Giga Drain
-Hidden Power(Fire)
Curtosy to BH for the set, Bulky Celebi is Standard, I believe. Calm Mind is for boosting the obvious stats, Recover is a form of Recovery not dependant on the foe's typing, Giga Drain is a STAB and another form of Recovery, and Hidden Power(Fire) is for coverage.
Okay, so there's my thoughts for it before I implement it. Notice before; I'm looking for help prior to PO as I did before. Any help would be appreciated
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