RMT..... Please?

[PonySlaystation94]

Alright, I've been away from Pokemon for quite a while, and I seem to have lost my touch.... Okay, fine. I never really was good at building teams, and that's exactly why I'm here. I used http://www.smogon.com/dp to get my team's movesets and such, I just would like some input on (first of all, whether or not the team works well as, well, a team,) a few of the moves and hold items I was unsure of. Any input at all is welcome. Thanks in advance!

*The team is in no particular order aside from Metagross, who at the moment I plan to make my Lead.
**I would add sprites to make the post seem "prettier", but I am new to the forums and sadly, don't know how to do that yet.

Here goes:

Metagross @ Life Orb / Shuca Berry / Leftovers
Adamant
~ Meteor Mash
~ Earthquake
~ Agility
~ ThunderPunch / Explosion
152 HP / 252 Atk / 104 Spe

My tank, the idea here is to build up as much speed as possible before beating down on the enemies.


Blissey (Natural Cure) @ Leftovers
Bold
~ Ice Beam
~ Seismic Toss
~ Sing / Toxic
~ Softboiled
148 HP / 252 Def / 108 SpA

Pretty common build, my Special Tank, although she can obviously also dish out some impressive damage.


Charizard @ Salac Berry
Adamant/ Jolly
~ Belly Drum
~ Fire Punch
~ Earthquake
~ Double-Edge / Fly / Return
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Standard BellyZard, built to hit up Belly Drum, maxing out Attack and triggering Blaze to increase fire damage dealt. Psychical Sweeper.



Umbreon @ Leftovers/Chopple Berry
Careful
~ Mean Look
~ Baton Pass
~ Wish/ Moonlight
~ Toxic
252 HP / 92 SpD / 164 Spe

My Staller, set up to trap opponents with Mean Look then BP out to a Sweeper, or Metagross if needed.


Salamance @ Choice Specs
Modest
~ Draco Meteor
~ Dragon Pulse
~ Flamethrower
~ Hydro Pump
4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Obviously the Special Sweeper of the party, not much explanation is needed here.


Rhyperior (Solid Rock) @ Leftovers
Impish
~ Earthquake
~ Stone Edge
~ Megahorn / Avalanche
~ Stealth Rock / Roar / Substitute
252 HP / 6 Atk / 252 Def

The Psychical Wall of the crew, built to last long against Psychical Sweepers and deal out some nice damage.




EDIT: Another idea I had for a special sweeper would be Houndoom.

Houndoom (Flash Fire) @ Life Orb/Leftovers
Timid
~ Nasty Plot
~ Fire Blast / Flamethrower
~ Dark Pulse
~ Hidden Power Fighting / Will-O-Wisp
40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe

 

[tmhizzy]

Your team is so common >:[ . Couldn't you make a few changes.

 

[PonySlaystation94]

Well it's my first real competitive team, so I wasn't looking for something really original just yet.

(And I take it being common as a good thing- that means it must get the job done pretty well!)

As for the changes, that's the whole reason I posted here.

 

[Ka-King!]

If you're going with life orb on metagross, it'll wear you down, so use explosion to hopefully knock out both pokemon instead of your item killing your own pokemon. If a team is common, then people are also expierienced at knocking them out. Innovation is the winner these days.

 

[PonySlaystation94]

Good point, I didn't really think of either of those things. It seems like I have a lot of work to do on this team, I'll work on it today and get the revised version up tonight or tomorrow morning.

 

[Patman]

As 'Ka-King' said, put explosion on metagross, especially if you have life orb. I prefer the idea of a BP speed to metagross with another item to make more use of its defences...
but thats just me.

P.S. i think people prefer it if you dont take movesets straight from smogon

 

[Patman]

As 'Ka-King' said, put explosion on metagross, especially if you have life orb. I prefer the idea of a BP speed to metagross with another item to make more use of its defences...
but thats just me.

P.S. i think people prefer it if you dont take movesets straight from smogon

 

[Patman]

As 'Ka-King' said, put explosion on metagross, especially if you have life orb. I prefer the idea of a BP speed to metagross with another item to make more use of its defences...
but thats just me.

P.S. i think people prefer it if you dont take movesets straight from smogon A predictable team is a losing team