Walking Into the door of Generation V.

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Equinox

Equinox

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My first OU Rate My Team-it's what I've been using mostly of now.
At a glance-
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The team itself:

Machamp-I love using Machamp, as it stirs up the job on what the opponent's lead is supposed to do.
Machamp@Adamant nature with Lum Berry
EVs: 240 HP / 248 Atk / 16 SpD / 4 Spe
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~ DynamicPunch
~ Payback
~ Bullet Punch
~ Stone Edge


Urgamoth-This is my favorite Gen 5 Pokemon. Use Butterfly dance once coupled that he already has high speed and special attack to begin with can make him a deadly sweeper.
Urgamoth@Timid nature with Life Orb and Flame Body
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
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~ Butterfly Dance
~ Fire Blast
~ Bug Buzz
~ Morning Sun


Meloetta-I like the reversal of types between Psychic and Fighting. This set however, focuses on her fighting forme and after Hyper Voice her speed is raised to 355 and the Atk is around like 380ish? Not completely sure but she can sweep through teams without really having to set up. Add in a bit of her bulk and your foe will have quite the problem on their hands.
Meloetta@Jolly Nature with Life Orb.
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
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~Ancient Song
~ Close Combat
~ Quick Attack
~ Shadow Claw


Waruvial-My revenge killer. Overconfidence with Choice Scarf adds a touch, making this sand crocodile all the more potent with each kill.
Waruvial@Adamant nature with Overconfidence and Choice Scarf
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
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~ Earthquake
~ Crunch
~ Stone Edge
~ Pursuit


Hippowdon-He's a good shield for the new Generation and can stall foes out.
Hippowdon@Impish nature with leftovers
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Sp Def
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~ Earthquake
~ Slack Off
~ Stealth Rock
~ Ice Fang


Garchomp-My other revenge killer and when paired with Hippowdon he can cause mass chaos, with boosted miss chances from Sand Veil. And yes, Garchomp is OU in 5th Gen.
Garchomp@Jolly nature with Choice Scarf
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed
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~ Outrage
~ Earthquake
~ Dragon Claw
~ Stone Edge
 
Honestly I can't really think of many ways to improve this team. I guess one idea I have is maybe change Ice Fang to Toxic. Meloetta is a really intersting Pokemon for your team which isn't a bad thing. If I were to use Meloetta I might actually get used to it after a while. Kinda like how I am with Eruffun right now.
 
If you're going to use Waruvial purely as a revenge killer, then I don't see how he is the best choice. Even with overconfidence the cahnces are you won't net mroe than one kill before having to switch out, so I would use Onokusu with a choice scarf, adamant, max attack and speed. Play around with the moveset depending on your teams weaknesses, but after using this guy a lot I think he really is the best revenge killer out there.

I would also actually reccomend using sally over garchomp, reason being his overconfidence ability. Having onokusu on your team there is no need for a second revenge killer, and if Salamence nets 1 kill and 1 dragon dance he becomes almost unstoppable. I would play a bulky set to ensure that he survives a hit whilst setting up with dragon dance, then every time he nets a kill he becomes stronger, making him an immense sweeping force.

Another change I would reccomend is giving Ulgamoth morning sun over HP ground. Whilst HP ground is better for coverage, I would turn Ulgamoth into a bulky sweeper utilizing its incredibly Hit Points stat. I would do this because stealth rock takes out 50% of Ulgamoth's health, and without a spinner you need a way of healing ulgamoth. Rather than playing max attack and speed, I would acredit maybe 180 hit points to ulgamoth, then spread the remaining evs between SpA and speed. After one butterfly dance ulgamoth becomes a great sweeper even with fewer evs on it, so the HP evs are needed to ensure it survives stealth rock and is able to set up efficiently. Remember to give it morning sun too.

As a side note, Darkrai is now rated as uber, just letting you know.

I like the idea of the team and hope you have fun playing with it. Hopefully my suggestions will help!
 
Give Hippowdon Roar since it looks like your useing the Stall set for it. It wuld work better as a lead instead as well.
 
Since he's not using spikes or rocks, I don't think roar is a necessity, and hippowdon makes an effective tank as well as being a lead.
 
Thanks for the criticism, but Hippo is a bit slow as a lead and that would swap places with Machamp, and he's my anti lead, and Fridge, have any bulky EVs spreads/moves for Sala? I can't think up of one albeit I do like the idea.
 
I had use a set for Salamence on my team. If I remember the spread was Jolly, Leftovers, Intimidate, maybe 180 HP/ 100 ATK/ 78 DEF/ 150 Spe, Roost Dragon Claw/Outrage Dragon Dance and Fire Blast. Im not 100% but it should do well for Salamence.
 
I would say check smogon but they have sally down as uber. My set isn't perfect as I have done all the calculations for all the gen 5 major tanks, but I'm currently going with 116 HP, 212 Att, 60 Def, 120 Spe. I may have a better set for you soon though, but experiment! Hope you have fun using the team.
 
I'm pretty sure this team is for PO, and even on wifi you could always transfer it or trade :/. Not to mini mod, but come on if you're bothering to post say something useful in the future :)
 
Thanks Fridge^And yes you can transfer Machamp, but this is a PO team. And Salamence is going to be OU in 5th Gen lol
 
I would think about having doryuuzu for the oh so common sandscatter sweeping combo.
And also rupusshin could be used instead of machamp if you wanted.
 
When we get around to doing tiers I have a feeling sally will remain uber due to the al the reasons it was previously and now it has overconfidence making it insanely broken, but I don't want to derail this into a sally convo. Anyway, while its OU those reasons make it a really potent threat.
 
I don't think you understand what Meloetta does... Meloetta that knows Ancient Voice turns it into Voice Form, making it Normal/Psychic. Also, it gives it a higher Sp. Attk than Attk., making Close Combat AND Quick Attack AND Shadow Claw useless. If you are heart set on using those, replace Ancient Voice with Return (for the sake of an example). She will also probably be locked in the ubers, following a similar path as Shaymin.

Even though Garchomp is DEFINITELY going to be Uber again, Outrage+Dragon Claw is a little redundant IMO. Not to mention that Jolly + Choice Scarf is complete speed overkill!

Waruvial is a bad choice for a revenge killer. Pick something faster.

Hippo is trying to do more than one thing :p. Give it a set like

Stealth Rock
Slack Off
Roar
Earthquake (good to have at least one attacking move, as well as having nice power, type coverage, and the ability to scare the pants off a few switch ins)

Or, if you want a gimmick offensive Hippo...

Earthquake
Stone Edge
Ice/Thunder Fang
Crunch

Don't try and do both ;)

Also, Ulgamoth seems like a sweeper on your team, so Morning Sun would be a turn lost that could be spent... well, sweeping/setting up for a sweep. Not to mention the PP is very low and if Sandstorm is still common, then it will be a horrible choice. When you have a sweeper, having only 2 attacking moves is a no-no. Something like Dragon/Ground or Water/Normal that is only resisted by a select few pokemon would be better off, but Fire/Bug is no where near as effective.

Ulgamoth also has a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, so Rapid Spin support is a must if you want to keep him alive, especially with LO recoil and the posibility of him getting Blissey walled.

Could use some sort of special wall, as you seem quite susceptible to them, outside of a respectable 105 Sp. D of Ulgamoth. Blissey is still the Standard, of course. Burunkeru is a new one that would fill the same niche, if you wanted something different.

Half your team is weak to Ice, so Weavile will be a MAJOR problem for you! Getting Ice Punched to wipe out most of your team is bad, and it seems like you have little pressure outside of Ulgamoth.

Hope that was enough criticism for ya! :D
 
What?^ Meloetta after Ancient Voice turns it into physical forme, which allows for a perfect sweep with physical moves. And Hippo is only in as a meat shield :p Salamence can't learn Outrage with Overconfidence btw Fridge.
 
Yeah sorry Ilidor, using ancient voice turns it into the physical fighting form, its original form is special and psychic.

I take your point about hte outrage, but even without it sally is broken. Dragon claw alone gets huge attack.
 
True, in which case I could just swap Sally With Blissey or Chansey (with an Evo Stone) which would cover Hippo
 
I wouldn't swap sally as it isn't uber, and anyways why would you put blissey on? I don't think Blissey would do much for the team and you're forgetting it covers quite a different role to Hippodon. I would reccomend trying out the new grass/steel type thingy from gen 5 (forget the name), the one that people are calling the new forretress. Looks promising.
 
To correct you Tyrant Tyranitar Salamence learns Outrage 2 ways. First is by breeding and the second is Move Tutor. So you are wrong about him not learning it.
 
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