My first attempt at a Competitive team

[RoboPenguin]

Hey everybody! This is my first attempt at a competitive team (so it's not very impressive lol), and I would greatly appreciate any help to make it better. You may also notice that I have only listed 4 pokemon- this is because I currently am not sure who else to add (though am thinking along the lines of something like Reuniclus, Jellicent, or Mienshao). And yes, I am making a team out of 5th gen only.

So anyway, here's what I have so far!

Gigalith
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Attack/128 Def/124 SpDef
Nature: Sassy (Raises SpDef, Lowers Speed)
Item: Chesto Berry
Moves: Earthquake
Stone Edge
Stealth Rock
Rest

Gigalith is functioning as my “lead” and a bit of a physical sweeper. I will use him primarily to set up a Stealth Rock and the start of the round, with Sturdy allowing me to do this more easily (if he ends up attacking second). If he gets severely damaged, I will then switch him out to a better counter, and possibly bring him back in the game later, where I can use Rest to heal him.

Hydreigon
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpAttack/252 Speed
Nature Modest (Raises SpAttack, Lowers Attack)
Item: Life Orb
Moves: Draco Meteor
Dark Pulse
Flamethrower
U-Turn

Hydreigon is my primary special sweeper, using his high SpAttack and speed. Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse are there for powerful Special STAB, and the stat drop that comes with Draco Meteor won’t matter too much, since I will be constantly switching out of threats I cannot handle (with U-Turn). Flamethrower is there because it is a strong, reliable, special move, and covers two of my main weaknesses- Ice and Bug.

Chandelure
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Modest (Raises SpAttack, Lowers Attack)
EVs: 252 SpAttack/252 Speed
Item: Expert Belt
Moves: Fire Blast/Flamethrower
Shadow Ball
Psychic
Energy Ball

I love this guy!! :3 Useful for trapping annoying threats (like my little Whimsicott over there ;D) and can quite easily KO them with his enormous SpAttack and type coverage. Energy Ball is just there to cover his weaknesses (Rock, Ground, Water etc.).

Whimsicott
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Calm (Raises SpDef, Lowers Attack)
EVs: 252 Def/252 SpDef
Item: Leftovers/Big Root
Moves: Giga Drain
Leech Seed
Toxic
Substitute

I love this little guy as well! I can switch him in against something that won’t KO him, and start off with a Substitute. I will then use Leech Seed (standard SubSeed stuff ;D) before either using Toxic or Giga Drain. Big Root is there to get more health back from Giga Drain and Leech Seed, but Leftovers is there for more reliable healing if I can’t get that all set up. The EVs are there in both defences equally to help me survive as long as possible. :3


So, this is my team so far!!

However, I don’t know who to choose for my last two members; I know I need some sort of wall; something to KO fightings, and maybe something that can learn Electric, Psychic and Ice type moves. So, that’s where you come in! Please can you make some suggestions for the last two members of my team, and give constructive criticism of what I have so far (feel free to suggest some whole Pokémon changes, the only two I definitely want to remain are Whimsicott and Chandelure- I love those guys :3). Thanks!

 

[luxray_v8]

Put Earthquake on Hydreigon instead of U-Turn and Fire Blast instead of Flamethrower. Change its nature from Modest to Rash. For the Electric, Psychic and Ice you can use Kyogre, Frost Rotom or, if you like, one of my personal favourites, Luxray (altought it cannot learn Psychic moves) or another of my likes, Absol. And for KO Fightings you can use Reuniclus.



Note: For the Electric, Ice and Psychic use Gardevoir. =)

 

[frostwind]

id put whimsicott first. It annoys everyone, is one of the best leads, can subseed like a boss, and can scout too. Change giga drain to either energy ball (if you want power), U turn (easier switch ins), or taunt. Actually, you need taunt, but those are other options. Taunt can force a lot of switch outs.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Mix-Hydreigon? lolno. If anything, just change the LO to an Expert Belt since its very good at imitating the Choice items. Maybe run Surf over U-Turn, since that takes down Pokemon you'd normally have trouble with, like Heatran.

Other than that it looks good, bar the 2 missing Pokes. Jellicent and Reniculus are both great for sponging Fighting moves, although only Reniculus an only really fight back. So I'd say...

Reuniclus@Leftovers
Magic Guard
Nature: Bold
172 HP / 128 Def / 112 SAtk / 96 SDef
Psychic/Psyshock
Recover
Calm Mind
Focus Blast

 

[Uralya]

I've been using Beheeyem for awhile as a Conkeldurr counter, and not to mention Sawk, and it's worked amazingly. It has the same SAtk max as Reuniclus, with 40 less HP, but in return for +10 Attack, +10 SDef, and +10 Speed. If you have Shadow Ball or HP Ghost/Dark/Bug, you can take out a Reuniclus by outspeeding it. Here's the set I use:

Beheeyem
Modest (Mine was Quiet, since my moveset doesn't need to KO Reuniclus, as Simisage and Hydreigon and Chandelure do that...)
Synchronize
@I like Shell Bell, but try an Ex-Belt or Life Orb
EVs-180HP/76Def/252SAtk
-T-Bolt/HP Electric (I use T-Bolt)
-Psychic
-Calm Mind (If you use Nasty Plot instead, switch all but 4 Def EVs into SDef)
-Last spot can be for Shadow Ball for Reuniclus and Chandelure, but I put on Recover to add a wall effect to it. This is all on metagame and preference.

~AoH