Announce your DP teams!

[Johnny Sasaki]

I've been trying to tweak my team to make it good. This team is one I want to build. Tips would be appritiated.

1.Ninetails: Modest nature
Fire blast, Confuse ray, Solarbeam, Safeguard

Id swap FireBlast for Flamethrower, for PP and accuracy.
HP(Grass) instead of Solarbeam.

2. Hitmonchan: Adament nature
Thunder punch, Fire punch, Ice punch, Close combat

Beauty Contest?
No need for Fire Punch and Ice Punch. Close combat is a good STAB attack. Low on PP tho.

3. Golduck: Mild nature
Psychic, Surf, Ice beam, Rest

Seems okay to me.

4. Venasuar: Sassy nature
Sleep powder, Earthquake, Frenzy plant, Protect

Sludge Bomb for Earthquake, Leech seed for Protect.

5. Pidgeot: Hasty Nature
Air slash, Mirror move, Roost, Double team

Really don't know about this, very little people run Pidgeots in their team.

6. Wigglytuff: Relaxed nature
Psychic, Sing, Substitue, Double edge

Seismic Toss for Double Edge. Wish for Sub. Psychic is okay I guess.

Your team's pretty okay, just that a few of your pokemon are running low PP movesets, which can be risky.
Anyways, props to you for the (only) UU team around here.

 

[Johnny Sasaki]

Just wondering, since I'm not a competative player (especially ATM since Nintendo WiFi doesn't like Vista), what would the best attack layout for each Pokemon be for the Elite Four?

If I need to post my updated team for help, I'll edit this post.

You don't really need to bother much on your strategy/movesets of your pokemon for Elite Four. Just have a few Sweepers in your team and you're set.

 

[Royal_Knight]

You don't really need to bother much on your strategy/movesets of your pokemon for Elite Four. Just have a few Sweepers in your team and you're set.

Play their weaknesses. It REALLY works. I beat the E4 with pokemon ranging fron lvl. 48 to 52.

 

[tetron]

What you need is massive amounts of snorlaxes
They are almost unkillable @_@

 

[Elecmon]

HP(Grass) instead of Solarbeam.

How do I make HP a grass type?

Beauty Contest?
No need for Fire Punch and Ice Punch. Close combat is a good STAB attack. Low on PP tho.

What would you suggest I put in instead?

Seismic Toss for Double Edge. Wish for Sub. Psychic is okay I guess.

I picked Psychic becuase it counters fighting types.

Anyways, props to you for the (only) UU team around here.

Yeah I get sick of OU and Ubers.

 

[Tcatomon]

That card thing is *awesome*

 

[Johnny Sasaki]

How do I make HP a grass type?

HP(type) is predetermined at the moment you catch the pokemon. You can't change it. Say, save your game, catch a Vulpix, teach it the Hidden Power TM, use it on say, a water and a rock pokemon, if it returns Super Effective for both of em, you have got yourself a HP(Grass). It can be really tedious to get your Nature + HP type the way you want it, but it's very worth it.

I'm pretty sure there's a formula for predetermining HP, but I don't really have the time to go understand it.

What would you suggest I put in instead?

Hmm, Earthquake's a natural choice, really no idea on the final spot. Sorry.

 

[GordoBaggins]

Updated team:

Infernape [m](Masaru) - Lvl 50
Rock Smash, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, Cut

Lucario [m](Tohma) - Lvl 50
Aura Sphere, Close Combat, Rock Climb, Dragon Pulse

Abomasnow [f](Yoshino) - Lvl 42
Wood Hammer, Avalanche, Ice Shard, Ingrain

Staraptor [m](Ikuto) - Lvl 50
Fly, Defog, Aerial Ace, Brave Bird

Luxray [m](Satsuma) - Lvl 50
Thunder, Spark, Strength, Crunch

Gastrodon [m](Yushima) - Lvl 47
Muddy Water, Surf, Waterfall, Body Slam

Anything I should be improving on, or am I good for the League armed with 50Hyper Potions and 20 Revives?

 

[Elecmon]

Uggg...putting together a team with all the guys you want of the natures you want is a pain in the ass...not to mention time consuming.

 

[Johnny Sasaki]

Uggg...putting together a team with all the guys you want of the natures you want is a pain in the ass...not to mention time consuming.

Well, if you're making a tournament team, Natures are pretty much important.
Else for casuals, you just gotta make sure your Nature aint conflicting with ur Pokemon. Say a -sp attk Nature on Mewtwo.

 

[Elecmon]

Well I've been breeding Tyrogue with the nature I want, but that nature get in the way of how I want him to evolve. The nature I want involves more to atk, but because of that his attack stat is higher so he wants to evolve into a Hitmonlee every time.

 

[Zeal Knight]

I dont want to announce my real team i regret them....

 

[jpwong]

Well I've been breeding Tyrogue with the nature I want, but that nature get in the way of how I want him to evolve. The nature I want involves more to atk, but because of that his attack stat is higher so he wants to evolve into a Hitmonlee every time.

If you have the cash, goto the department store and buy up the EV booster types you need to raise the value you need increased to offset the nature boost.

 

[Elecmon]

If you have the cash, goto the department store and buy up the EV booster types you need to raise the value you need increased to offset the nature boost.

The only problem with that is most of the time those EV boost don't take effect untill a higher level. The first time I bred a Tyrogue with the correct nature I gave him Def EV boosters and his Def stat didn't go up, until after he evolved into a Hitmonlee.

 

[dizzy]

not permanent.
i'm thinking of switching rampardos for snorlax cause i just like him better
and spiritomb to i dunno what yet

 

[jpwong]

The only problem with that is most of the time those EV boost don't take effect untill a higher level. The first time I bred a Tyrogue with the correct nature I gave him Def EV boosters and his Def stat didn't go up, until after he evolved into a Hitmonlee.

Getting 100 points into Def at lvl1 is going to make a difference, plus you can probably battle def EV pokes exclusivly until it reaches the evo level.

In addition to the EV booster method, you can always pray that you get a low Atk IV and a high Def IV since those do kick in at low levels more than EVs do.

 

[Royal_Knight]

My current team are as follow for single:

Infernape lvl 75 male
attacks: flamethrower, blastburn, close combat, earthquake*

Dialga lvl 72 genderless
attacks: roar of time, earthpower, flash cannon, dragon claw*

Arceus lvl 70 genderless
attacks: extremespeed, recover, earthpower, surf*

Darkrai lvl 72 genderless
attacks: dark void, nightmare, focus punch*, night shade*

Manaphy lvl 69 genderless
attacks: surf, bubblebeam*, aquaring*, water pulse*

Tyranitar lvl 66 male
attacks: Stone Edge*, Crunch, Earthquake, Rockslide*

My double team are as follow:

Darkrai(lvl 72) & Darkrai(lvl 23, needs more training, too hard tho)
Typhlosion(lvl 70) & Infernape(lvl75) (this pair might be changed)
Lapras(lvl 60) & Lapras(lvl 63)

*=might be changed

hahaha, i bet all of you that made a team w/ arceus, darkrai, and sheymin are hating you did that seeing how their disabled on the PBR wifi!

 

[DtD]

Gallade w/ Lonely Nature @ Expert Belt
Close Combat
Psycho Cut
Stone Edge
Swords Dance

Honchkrow w/ Lonely Nature and Super Luck @ Scope Lens
Night Slash
Wing Attack
Taunt
Roost

Dusknoir w/ Relaxed Nature @ Leftovers
Calm Mind
Trick Room
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast

Roserade w/ Modest Nature @ Choice Specs
Magical Leaf
Sludge Bomb
Energy Ball
Weather Ball

Swampert w/ Relaxed Nature @ Leftovers
Earthquake
Avalanche
Stone Edge
Waterfall

Infernape w/ Naughty Nature @ Life Orb
Close Combat
Flame Thrower
Grass Knot
U-Turn

 

[Elecmon]

Typhlosion @ Choice Scarf
[Blaze]
252 SpAtk / 252 Speed / 4 HP
Modest
-Eruption
-Focus Beam
-Flamethrower
-HP Ice
Special sweeper, Eruption for STAB, and HP Ice to get rid of Dragon starters. Bring him out first and use eruption to take out a somewhat slower starter. Hp Ice takes out starter Salamences and other choice specs dragon starters.

Hypno @ Leftovers
[Insomnia]
252HP/56Def/200Sdef
Calm nature
-Seismic Toss
-Hypnosis
-Wish
-Reflect / Light Screen
Straight up tank. Hypnosis into a wish or reflect/light screen then switch out for a sweeper.

Nidoking @ Payapa Berry
[Rivalry]
6 HP / 252ATK / 252 SPD
Jolly
-Earthquake
-Megahorn
-Stone Edge
-Sucker punch
Physical sweeper, EQ for STAB, stone edge for ice types, megahorn against psychics. Bring in after Hypno if a physical sweeper is required.

Dewgong @ Damp Rock
[Hydration]
252 SpDef / 252 HP / 4 Def
Modest nature
-Rain Dance
-Ice Beam
-Surf / Aqua Jet
-Rest
Special sweeper, with rest for health, and some decent attacks. Switch in after Hypno if a specil sweeper is need for the situation.

Hitmonchan @ Expert Belt
[Iron Fist]
48Hp/252Atk/208Spd
Adamant Nature
-Mach punch
-Close Combat
-Ice Punch
-Thunder Punch
General all around attacker. Good coverage with elemental punches with power increase from expert belt.

Clefable @ Leftovers
[Magic Guard]
252 HP / 152 Def / 100 SpDef
Calm nature
-Thunder Wave
-Encore
-Softboiled
-Ice beam
Supporter/defender. TW then encore. Then softboil to regain any damage done. Bring in to jsut piss off others. Use TW to para then encore, if health gets low use SB to regain health along with Leftovers. ST thrown in for an attacking move.

 

[Naruya]

Well, I'm not sure of it, but my teams is eventually to be like this:

Why not more of DP-Pokemon? Well, feel free to kill me, but I think most of them are just as ugly as... the darkest night you can imagine ^^'' except for Luxray, Palkia, Dialga, Erekiburu (don't know its English name) and Lucario.

Thus, Typhlosion is ever since my favorite (same with Lugia) and starting with Leaf Green/Fire Red I started training Articuno and just love it, too. The other ones on this team... well let's see. It's still one more week till D/P are gonna be released in Germany xD