Ruby Battle Tower team

[swampert55]

I've already defeated the lv100 Battle Tower 100 times, but I am wondering what people think of my team that I used to win said Battle Tower.

Swampert@Leftovers
Body Slam
Earthquake
Muddy Water
Blizzard

Dragonite@Scope Lens
Flamethrower
Thunderbolt
Outrage
Fly

Mantine@Shell Bell
Water Pulse
Ice Beam
Confuse Ray
Wing Attack

 

[ShinyManafi]

The movesets aren't that great..but if you won 100 times streak, either it must have been extremely easy or you got very lucky.

Better would be Surf over Muddy Water, and Ice Beam over Blizzard for Swampert for reliability.
Aerial Ace over Fly on Dragonite and Surf over Water Pulse for Mantine.

 

[Gilgamesh]

If I were you I'd also replace body slam with protect, or maybe even toxic.

 

[swampert55]

Aerial Ace over Fly on Dragonite

Dragonite is trained in speed so Fly gets better power.

Surf over Water Pulse for Mantine.

I've always wanted to do that but never bothered since I never use Water Pulse anyway.

or maybe even toxic.

Toxic is a good move but my strategy is quick KO so I have all attack moves.

 

[Shine]

Fly takes two turns, which gives your opponent more time to set up.

And Toxic will help a lot more against more tanky pokemon, although a lot of them will have Rest or something...

 

[blaziken05]

Since this is ingame, the opponents don't set up. Fly'll take longer to work, but it's possibly more effective against the "AI." I think ingame, Fly can be effective (though as soon as you fight real humans, you'll fine AA is better). Return > Body Slam, though neither are that great on Swampert. Toxic's not the best choice because you don't have much of a tank (Swampert needs Curse and/or Rest to tank well)

 

[Shine]

In the Battle Tower, there's a good chance they will. Another thing, AA will always hit, which is useful in the Battle Tower as they like Double Teaming there IIRC.

 

[swampert55]

Fly takes two turns, which gives your opponent more time to set up.

That's true, but AIs don't usually take advantage of that.

Return > Body Slam

Really?! I never knew that.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Arial ace is always better than fly. Always. And I seriously think you should consider protect on Swampert, since it gives you leftovers recovery AND guarantees that you win against Slaking.

 

[Mercutio]

Movesets aren't very good, especially the Dragonite. Sure you can use it as a special sweeper, but look at how massive it can get its attack.

 

[Gilgamesh]

If you feel you absolutely have to use special moves on Dragonite, I think boltbeam is the way to go. Boltbeam and two physical attacks.