Ah, don't get me wrong, Forretress aint a bad Spike setter. Just didn't know if we were still going with Metagross, and I was thinking of a more offensive spike setter. We need to keep working on this team guys Edit: I do have some set ideas if we go with all the mons we discussed so far: - Mega Lopunny we discussed a bit, and I kinda wanna go with Power-Up-Punch as the last move - For Metagross, I was thinking of AV Metagross to better take on Fairies and to more effectively pursuit trap mons like Mega Alakazam if they decide to use them - For Florges, we could just run a defogging cleric Florges. Should be a decent Greninja answer (Should they bring it like we might do) as long as they don't run Gunk Shot. - If we go with Battle Bond Greninja, I'd say we run good old Choice Specs for now with Spikes.
For the last two Pokémon, I'm thinking we could go with Amoonguss and Alolan Marowak for a Fire-Water-Grass combo. Amoonguss could have a status move and Black Sludge, and we could use a Swords Dance set for Marowak.
Normally I'd agree, but if you take a look at the team with our current mons, we would kinda lose to anything with a strong Earthquake. Especially something like Scarf Moxie Krookodile... hm... Maybe we should think about using a bulky Defog Togekiss instead of Florges? Maybe something else over Alolan Marowak since I don't think we're likely gonna be able to be allowed to SD on anything. PhysDef Amoonguss with Spore sounds great, though Edit: Maybe we should get some sort of slower u-turn/volt switch mon since it's not likely we're gonna be able to switch directly into Lopunny/Greninja 90% of the time. Maybe something like Rotom-Heat to complete the FWG core?
Spoiler: Team Lopunny @ Lopunnite Ability: Limber EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Return - Fake Out - High Jump Kick - Power-Up Punch Metagross @ Assault Vest Ability: Clear Body EVs: 152 HP / 252 Atk / 104 Spe Adamant Nature - Meteor Mash - Zen Headbutt - Pursuit - Earthquake Togekiss @ Leftovers Ability: Serene Grace EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Air Slash - Defog - Heal Bell - Roost Greninja @ Choice Specs Ability: Battle Bond EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Hydro Pump - Dark Pulse - Water Shuriken - Spikes Amoonguss @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Spore - Giga Drain - Sludge Bomb - Hidden Power [Fire] Rotom-Heat @ Firium Z Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Volt Switch - Overheat - Discharge - Pain Split So, with TripleA's suggestions, here's what we have so far. I'm not the best at teambuilding because I mostly play randoms, so please look over it and make sure I didn't mess anything up.
That looks fantastic actually. Only thing's I'd suggest are maybe a Togekiss with a more specially bulky spread since we have plenty of physical bulk already, and MAYBE Bullet Punch over either Zen Headbutt or EQ, but really I think this team is fine.
The only thing I'd fix would be Pursuit on Metagross to something else, Maybe Ice Punch or Rock Slide
Ah, Pursuit was my suggestion. I said it as a way so we can trap a potential psychic type like Mega Alakazam, who currently runs through our team even with Ash Greninja. It's why I also suggested AV so we don't get 2HKO'd by Shadow Ball from it or regular Alakazam's LO varient. Traps Ghosts like Gengar, too, who haven't been used yet and are still a pain to switch into. I don't think we need rock slide for anything relevant when we already have EQ. We can still change it last minute if there's something important we missed that we need Metagross to take care of.
Gonna throw in names before I go to bed: I suggest a female Togekiss named Ellie (or Ella) and a male Metagross named Steven
How about a Rotom-Heat named Toasty, and an Amoongus named Augustus. That just leaves Greninja to be nicknamed.
Spoiler: Team Lola (Lopunny) (F) @ Lopunnite Ability: Limber EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Return - Fake Out - High Jump Kick - Power-Up Punch Steven (Metagross) @ Assault Vest Ability: Clear Body EVs: 152 HP / 252 Atk / 104 Spe Adamant Nature - Meteor Mash - Zen Headbutt - Pursuit - Bullet Punch Ellie (Togekiss) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Serene Grace EVs: 252 HP / 232 SpD / 24 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Air Slash - Defog - Heal Bell - Roost Greninja @ Choice Specs Ability: Battle Bond EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Hydro Pump - Dark Pulse - Water Shuriken - Spikes Augustus (Amoonguss) (M) @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Spore - Giga Drain - Sludge Bomb - Hidden Power [Fire] Toasty (Rotom-Heat) @ Firium Z Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Volt Switch - Overheat - Discharge - Pain Split I've changed Togekiss to SpDef, and gave Metagross Bullet Punch instead of Earthquake for now. I'm still not entirely sure what we're doing with Metagross' moveset.
That looks good. One last time I'm gonna check with the mod and make sure this team is valid Edit: All right, he said it looks fine! I guess we're all set. Wait, Ash-Ninja doesn't have a nickname. Anyone have a nickname for it?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-775824489 I unfortunately lost the battle, but I did manage to knock out five of his Pokémon. As long as we win these next two battles, I think we can still win this.
At least that gives us a chance, but we have to convincingly win these last two. Man. a 6-0 punishment is super harsh for such a small mistake... Well... how's building around Serperior sound to you guys?
Sounds interesting! What other Pokémon could we also use..? Pidgeot (Mega?), perhaps? or is that a bad one in meta?
