The Bum

[Umbreon-dana]

The Bum's Soul Silver Team

Edit: Serebii decided to be a smartass and post it while I was writing the tile. Meh, it adds to the WTF factor, generating more views and replies. I guess I'll keep it.

Working on a limited budget here.

Sandshrew/Sandslash @ Amulet Coin
~ Strength
~ Rock Smash
~ Rock Climb
~ Cut

Comes in, Amulet Coin activates, leaves. Simple as that.

Raichu @ Life Orb
Modest
~ Thunderbolt
~ Focus Blast
~ Grass Knot
~ Fake Out

Even though I generally dislike the Pikachu family, they've got quite an interesting movepool. Thunderbolt for STAB, Grass Knot and Focus Blast for coverage, and Fake Out lets me get an earlier hit/flinch in.

Gyarados @ Muscle Band
Jolly
~ Dragon Dance
~ Waterfall
~ Earthquake
~ Return/Stone Edge

Standard Red DDdos. Dragon Dance boosts, Waterfall for STAB+HM, EQ for raw coverage, and the last move for additional coverage, HGSS wise, they get about the same coverage (WER hitting all but Giratina-Origin and Shedinja for neutral, while WES hits all but Breloom for neutral). Return is still being considered if Stone Edge is a one off TM.

Jynx @ Wise Glasses
Timid
~ Ice Beam
~ Focus Blast
~ Shadow Ball
~ Lovely Kiss

Ice Beam and Focus Blast gets pretty good coverage, hitting all but Froslass, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Solwking, Tentacool, Tentacruel, and Surskit for neutral. Shadow Ball gains even better coverage, and Lovely Kiss can pass around status. Also resists Psybeam.

Heracross @ Flame Orb & Guts
Adamant
~ Close Combat
~ Megahorn
~ Stone Edge
~ Bulk Up

Your average every day disembowled hercules beetle. Close Combat and Megahorn for STAB, Stone Edge for coverage, and Bulk Up for stat boosting.

Dragonite @ Leftovers
Careful
~ Roost
~ Fly
~ Surf
~ Outrage

Either an excuse to have Surf+Fly, or a MixNite. Roost recovers, Fly flies and gets STAB, Surf gets good coverage with Fly (I kid you not), and Outrage rounds up the coverage and gets more STAB. Opted for a bulky spread.

 

[Tadashi]

Oh god I hate HM moves for in-game purposes.

I wish you'd use your Sandshrew for something other than Amulet Coin (HM slaves are encouraged, though.)


Now, to a rate!

Raichu: Fake Out is the preferred option, since you won't last long with Wish, even in-game.

Gyarados: Stone Edge over Return, most definitely. Not only useful in-game, but then Gyarados becomes instantly competitively viable.

Jynx: Lovely Kiss over Mean Look. CPU doesn't switch often, so you're better off with LK.

Heracross: Bulk Up / Protect ... I prefer Facade. Flame Orb + Guts + Facade = awesome. But Bulk Up is the preferred option here.

Dragonite: Surf + -SA nature = bad. Mild (+SA -D) is usually the best option for a Mixed Dragonite, which you have. Lonely (+A -D) works too. Roost + Lefties is kinda redundant, though. Maybe you can swap items with Raichu.


Yay, a horrible rate. Enjoy!

 

[Umbreon-dana]

Oh god I hate HM moves for in-game purposes.

8D

I wish you'd use your Sandshrew for something other than Amulet Coin (HM slaves are encouraged, though.)

I will use it for sacrifice fodder, thanks.

Raichu: Fake Out is the preferred option, since you won't last long with Wish, even in-game.

Hmm..Good point.

Gyarados: Stone Edge over Return, most definitely. Not only useful in-game, but then Gyarados becomes instantly competitively viable.

I'm not going to use this competitively, but yeah, you make a good point.

Jynx: Lovely Kiss over Mean Look. CPU doesn't switch often, so you're better off with LK.

Agreed.

Heracross: Bulk Up / Protect ... I prefer Facade. Flame Orb + Guts + Facade = awesome. But Bulk Up is the preferred option here.

Close Combat still hits harder (180 Base Power with STAB, while Facade is left at 140) and can get SE, so I'm sticking with Bulk Up, Close Combat, Megahorn, and Stone Edge.

Dragonite: Surf + -SA nature = bad. Mild (+SA -D) is usually the best option for a Mixed Dragonite, which you have. Lonely (+A -D) works too. Roost + Lefties is kinda redundant, though. Maybe you can swap items with Raichu.


Yay, a horrible rate. Enjoy!

Well, to be honest, Surf is the only special move on the set, and so I thought to just throw in a Careful nature to help take hits and whatnot.

 

[Vaporeon4evr]

Jynx @ Wise Glasses
Timid
~ Ice Beam
~ Focus Blast
~ Shadow Ball
~ Lovely Kiss

Ice Beam and Focus Blast gets pretty good coverage, hitting all but Froslass, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Solwking, Tentacool, Tentacruel, and Surskit for neutral. Shadow Ball gains even better coverage, and Lovely Kiss can pass around status. Also resists Psybeam.

By the bolded portion, Tadashi's rate is rendered null.

If you resist Psybeam, then you have nothing to worry about. Ever.

(*hopes this Psybeam fad catches on*)

 

[Umbreon-dana]

Using that spare key I gave you, eh? 8P

By the bolded portion, Tadashi's rate is rendered null.

If you resist Psybeam, then you have nothing to worry about. Ever.

(*hopes this Psybeam fad catches on*)

And I also have HM Slave Amulet Coin Sandshrew as a SpecsVile and Bounce Karp counter. 8D

Luvdisc still sweeps this team, though...

*hopes it doesn't get overused to the point of being unfunny*

Also, I'm considering Impish over Careful on Dragonite and JollyCross over AdaCross, should I go with these?

 

[TubaPlaya]

and the Psy beam fad did catch on...