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Okay, so can you beautiful people rate and help me with my team? This is the one I've been using in game.

Skarmory @ Leftovers

Impish | Sturdy

252 HP 252 Def 4 SpD

-Roost

-Brave Bird

-Stealth Rock

-Whirlwind

Sylveon @ Leftovers

Bold | Pixilate

252 HP 252 Def 4 SpD

-Protect

-Heal Bell

-Wish

-Hyper Voice

These two are standard, and they allow me to have a great physical wall, and a great special wall.

Greninja @ Assault Vest

Timid | Protean

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

-Ice Beam

-Surf

-Dark Pulse

-HP Fire

AV is truly amazing on Greninja as it allows it to survive so many hits that it couldn't normally. Otherwise, standard.

Talonflame @ Choice Band

Adamant | Gale Wings

252 Atk 252 Spd 4 HP

-Fly (I really need it, and this thing really only needs Brave Bird and Flare Blitz)

-U-Turn

-Flare Blitz

-Brave Bird

If I really need to change fly then I will, but it is super convenient to have fly on one of my competitive pokemon.

Garchomp @ Choice Scarf

Jolly | Rough Skin

252 Atk 252 Spd 4 HP

-Earthquake

-Outrage

-Stone Edge

-Brick Break

Kinda want to change brick break, but to what?

And finally...

Pinsir @ Pinsirite

Jolly | Moxie/Aerilate

-Swords Dance

-Close Combat

-Return

-Quick Attack

Standard Mega Pinsir. Still very threatening.

Alright, so rate this team and stuff.

since you have two pokemon that are very weak to SR, wouldn't it be good to have defog on the skarmory? Maybe even in place of SR...

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Who knows. It's already lightning fast and could have such a high Attack boost that it becomes a great mixed sweeper, while the new ability makes it a good partner for a myriad of Water and Flying types, boosting the power of moves such as Leaf Storm to good levels.

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Sceptile already has the stats for higher tiers. It's just that he doesn't have that great of an ability, a very underwhelming (special) movepool, and priority is everywhere. Unburden looks good on paper, but it's overkill on sceptile and it's a one time use. ...I think we all know about the latter two. I can see him being in RU or UU.

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BTW, does anyone here watch Blame Truth?

EDIT: [spoiler=PU: It Stinks]Krusty (Kingler) (M) @ Life Orb

Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Crabhammer
- Agility
- Knock Off
- X-Scissor
Rose (Roselia) (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Aromatherapy
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
Boss (Basculin) (M) @ Choice Band
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Crunch
- Superpower
Sims (Luxray) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wild Charge
- Superpower
- Volt Switch
- Ice Fang
Fridge (Rotom-Frost) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Blizzard
- Trick
Banzai (Marowak) (F) @ Thick Club
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Bonemerang
- Double-Edge
- Knock Off

just lol
Fun match. Wish my opponent wasn't kind of a spoilsport, though.
Defensive Roselia is amazing.
Now this was a really fun match.
The MVPs on this team are Luxray, Roselia, and Basculin, for sure.
VIVILLON IS TOO GOOD FOR RU TOO
WHY ISN'T GURDURR IN RU
Also this game was complete hax lmao
Me vs. Zak. Roselia puts in a lot of work.
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Can you beautiful people rate my newest team

it is a fun fun mono-electric team

Galvantua @ Focus Sash

Timid | Compoundeyes

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

Sticky Web

Thunder Wave

Thunder

Bug Buzz

Electivire @ Choice Band

Jolly | Motor Drive

252 Atk 252 Spd 4 HP

Fire Punch

Wild Charge

Earthquake

Cross Chop

Rotom-W @ Lum Berry

Bold | Levitate

252 HP 252 Defense 4 Spd

Hydro Pump

Volt Switch

Rest

Will-O-Wisp

Thundurus @ Life Orb

Mild (it's 6IV and the only option I have so I just roll with it) | Prankster

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

Thunder Wave

Thunderbolt

Sludge Wave

Dark Pulse

Zapdos @ Leftovers

Bold | Pressure

252 HP 236 Def 20 Spd

Discharge

Heat Wave

Defog

Roost

MANectric @ Manectite

Timid | Lightningrod/Intimidate

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

Thunderbolt

Volt Switch

Overheat

HP Ice

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Can you beautiful people rate my newest team

it is a fun fun mono-electric team

Galvantua @ Focus Sash

Timid | Compoundeyes

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

Sticky Web

Thunder Wave

Thunder

Bug Buzz

Electivire @ Choice Band

Jolly | Motor Drive

252 Atk 252 Spd 4 HP

Fire Punch

Wild Charge

Earthquake

Cross Chop

Rotom-W @ Lum Berry

Bold | Levitate

252 HP 252 Defense 4 Spd

Hydro Pump

Volt Switch

Rest

Will-O-Wisp

Thundurus @ Life Orb

Mild (it's 6IV and the only option I have so I just roll with it) | Prankster

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

Thunder Wave

Thunderbolt

Sludge Wave

Dark Pulse

Zapdos @ Leftovers

Bold | Pressure

252 HP 236 Def 20 Spd

Discharge

Heat Wave

Defog

Roost

MANectric @ Manectite

Timid | Lightningrod/Intimidate

252 SpA 252 Spd 4 HP

Thunderbolt

Volt Switch

Overheat

HP Ice

only one physical attacker is asking for trouble. You're also wrecked by excadrill, chansey, and mega venusaur. I guess you could try superpower on thundurus for chansey? Edited by Comet
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Since Sharpedo, Gallade, and Camerupt all got megas, looks like RU will have to say goodbye to the former two and PU/NU will have to say goodbye to the latter one.

Mega Sharpedo and Mega Gallade are both definitely going to net themselves into OU, while Mega Camerupt will most likely end up in RU/UU.

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Camerupt will probably be BL. Sheer Force Fire Blasts and Earth Powers are nothing to play around with. It'll be difficult to switch in to for sure.

Sharpedo will be low OU. It would be tricky to use and requires certain priority users to be gone. Speed Megas will always be more niche than wallbreaker or sweeper Megas.

Gallade is currently a worse Medicham. Time will tell if it gets anything different.

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Camerupt will probably be BL. Sheer Force Fire Blasts and Earth Powers are nothing to play around with. It'll be difficult to switch in to for sure.

Sharpedo will be low OU. It would be tricky to use and requires certain priority users to be gone. Speed Megas will always be more niche than wallbreaker or sweeper Megas.

Gallade is currently a worse Medicham. Time will tell if it gets anything different.

What do Mega Sharpedo and Mega Gallade get for abilities?

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Yeah but Sharpedo then loses Speed Boost, which gave it a neat little niche. 160 BP Crunch off the likely big Attack is gonna hurt like a bitch, yeah, but it's more than likely still made of paper, which pretty much makes it a wallbreaker in itself.

I wanna see what Mega Camerupt has for stats first. If it gets a huge Special Attack boost, then I'll back it going up to at least UU.

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Yeah but Sharpedo then loses Speed Boost, which gave it a neat little niche. 160 BP Crunch off the likely big Attack is gonna hurt like a bitch, yeah, but it's more than likely still made of paper, which pretty much makes it a wallbreaker in itself.

I wanna see what Mega Camerupt has for stats first. If it gets a huge Special Attack boost, then I'll back it going up to at least UU.

True that. Also, wouldn't it be 180 BP? Or are my calcs wrong?

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I don't believe so. Strong Jaw doesn't give 1.5x to biting moves, I think it's 1.2... which actually makes it 150 BP. Which is not as effective, but can still rip some Pokes a new asshole.

I'd love it if Mega Gallade got a new ability that was a "slashing moves" variant of Iron Fist/Strong Jaw. Psycho Cut/Leaf Blade/Night Slash would all have a lot more power with the chance for more critblicked if Focus Energy becomes a thing. Pretty good, IMO.

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i'm guessing gallade will be boosted to uu. camerupt will probably stay in uu, since his typing sucks. as for sharpedo, i have no idea. priority is a thing this gen, so i don't think it would be too hard to take out in uu, but it might just be too powerful.

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