im pretty new to pokemon (started half a year ago) and very new to netbattle. id love some input on my team. i dont mind criticism - i will even translate nonconstructive criticism if necessary. just do what comes naturally.

(M) @ Liechi Berry ** Terror
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Aerial Ace
- Earthquake
- Roar
- Rock Slide

(M) @ Leftovers ** Ghost
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Giga Drain
- Ice Punch
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt

(M) @ Leftovers ** Ariba
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 160 Def / 96 Spd / 252 SAtk
Hardy Nature (Neutral)
- Ice Beam
- Leech Seed
- Rain Dance
- Surf

@ Leftovers ** Jewel
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Confuse ray
- Surf
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt

(M) @ Leftovers ** Cuddles
Trait: Immunity
EVs: 252 Def / 4 Spd / 252 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Curse
- Rest
- Return
- Shadow Ball

(M) @ Salac Berry ** Blaze
Trait: Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Brick Break
- Endure
- Flamethrower
- Reversal


some thoughts of my own.

1) no-one has rapid spin. maybe i should give this to starmie, but what move should i lose?

2) i also dont have enough fighting type moves - thats why blaze knows brick break, also because it is too dangerous using endure when tyranitar is in the picture.

3) terror has roar and rockslide to try and negate the effectiveness of a baton passing ninjask. he used to know double-edge (and rock head ability) and have a choice band, but i decided on roar. is there a better item for him? i thought about leichi berry, but went for the obvious leftovers.

4) ludicolo has rain dance mainly to negate tyranitars sandstream, but also obviously because it makes it extremely fast and boosts the power of surf. i think it needs leech seed to try and counter things like blissey. i love it when seismic toss does damage of about 10HP after leech seed and leftovers.

5) cuddles has 4 speed EVs to (possibly) give him a slight advantage over other snorlaxes. it has helped in a curse-off.

6) there are a few common tricks i am not well-prepared to face, and i really find skarm-bliss so boring i dont even bother trying. i know blaze (my reversalken) can handle them with some amount of success - should i divide the Att and Sp Att EVs to help with this? if he has used endure then flamethrower is very powerful with STAB and blaze (both x1.5).

7) i used to have fire punch on ghost instead of giga drain. but i also used to have a sceptile (blade) instead of ludicolo (ariba), and i thought i needed a grass type move. would it be better to give fire punch to ghost and HP[grass] to ariba instead of ice beam (or leech seed)?

i would really appreciate any help. im a reasonably smart guy (i have a phd in pure mathematics), but i can still learn a lot about pokemon

I 2nd this motion :

You team has little in terms of physical defense so I'll suggest losing Ludicolo for Suicune or Milotic and possibly not using a EndRev Blaziken because of Tyranitar.

i only have poison and steel pokemon on my team. i was thinking about that chesto berry on snorlax and medicham can learn defence moves. if you can gat a blaziken in instead of arcanine. blazikens moves blaze kick>sky upercut>double kick>fire punch.(blaziken whith these moves blaziken can take out the hole R/S/E elite 4 ive got 1).

Slaking (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Truant
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Focus Punch
- Shadow Ball
- Hyper Beam
- Earthquake

Mewtwo @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
- Barrier
- Psychic
- Solar beam
- Recover

Shedinja @ No Item
Trait: Wonder Guard
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SAtk / 6 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Shadow Ball
- Silver Wind
- Confuse Ray
- Thief

Kyogre @ Leftovers
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Thunder
- Ice Beam

Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 196 HP / 58 Atk / 160 Def / 96 Spd
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Drill Peck
- Roar

Deoxys-E @ White Herb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SAtk / 6 Spd
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Superpower

an ubers team. Sounds hot.

I've also been thinking about a standard team:

The pok

i juz started netbattle todae n im having lots of fun
pls grade my team

Heracross @ Salac Berry
Adament Nature
EVS : 252Atk 252Spd 6Hp

Endure
Reversal
Sword Dance
Megahorn


Espeon @ Petaya Berry
Modest Nature
EVS : 252S.Atk 252Spd 6Hp

Psychic
Calm Mind
Morning Sun
Thunderbolt


Metagross @ Salac Berry
Adament Nature
EVS : 252Atk 252Spd 6Hp

Explosion
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Meteor Mash


Lapras @ Leftovers
Modest Nature
EVS : 252S.Atk 252Hp/Spd (not sure)

Surf
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Confuse Ray/Attract


Houndoom @ Petaya Berry
Modest Nature
EVS : 252S.Atk 252Spd 6Hp

Fire Blast
Solarbeam
Sunny Day
Crunch



Shuckle @ Leftovers (^^ Pwned a few legends)
Calm Nature
EVS : 252Def 252S.Def 6Hp

Toxic
Protect
Rest
Double Team

OK, besides everything else wrong with this team, for me the main concern is SkarmBliss. Heracross is completly pwned by Skarm. Even if you switch, that turn lays out nasty spikes all your pok

here is my new team. inspired by some of the comments i received after posting my first team a while ago. im happy with this team, and my win/loss ratio is about 75%/25% now (it was lower before, and im still counting every game ive ever played on smogon). of course there is room for improvement.


Salamence (F) @ Leftovers ** Sally
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Flying]
- Rock Slide

Suicune @ Leftovers ** Gust
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 236 HP / 212 Def / 4 Spd / 56 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Rest
- Roar
- Surf

Shedinja @ Lum Berry ** Shell
Trait: Wonder Guard
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Confuse Ray
- Shadow Ball
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance

Ludicolo (M) @ Leftovers ** Ariba
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 160 Def / 96 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Leech Seed
- Rain Dance
- Surf

Snorlax (M) @ Leftovers ** Cuddles
Trait: Thick Fat
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Curse
- Rest
- Return
- Shadow Ball

Starmie @ Leftovers ** Jewel
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Rapid Spin
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt


my own comments:

1) salamence needs a lot of care looking after. obviously ice beam will completely nail him. but he's there for his attack power as well as intimidate. i usually risk rockslide against lapras in case of the flinch, which seems to happen fairly often when you need it.

2) shedinja is mainly there to force some switch outs. most notably people who use kyogre. i used to have protect so i could see what moves they had, but i went for confuse ray since if youre doing things right, you shouldnt switch it into something that can kill it. then you get a switch to lay confusion on the next pokemon. spikes and sandstream obviously finish it off. so i have rapid spin on starmie, and raindance on ludicolo.

the rest is fairly standard as far as im aware. i would love to hear some comments. i realise there is a notable absence of a fighting move, as well as grass.

I suggest that you have Starmie as the starter. Especially because it forces their Salamence to leave while something takes the hit.

http://rapidshare.com/files/3084217/kk.pnb.html

just download the link save it to my documents

then when you go on netbattle and click on load team and click on

KK

then try the team out

then rate it

Welcome to psypokes, deadly devon. Here's how it works. You need to post your actual team.

I will give you some pointers, as per your team

VHPSA's (Very High Powered Special Attacks) Suck. Hydro Pump has a mere 5pp, and only 70% accuracy. Surf, on the other hand, has 100% accuracy, and 15 pp. And, it hits 2 opponents.

Some items are pretty much completely useless. Quick Claw is a good example. It only works when you have the same speed stat as your opponent, and only kicks in 25% of the time.

Now the roles- Ninjask is an exceelnt passer.
Know what each team needs - A special sweeper, a physcial sweeper, a special wall, a physical wall, and the rest are optional (ie, mixed sweepers, toxi-tanks, baton passers, psdeudo passers, clerics/healers, spikers, spinners, hazers, pseudo hazers). From what i see on your team, you have 3 special sweepers, 2 physical sweepers, and a toxi-tank.

Know the moves: Overheat sucks! especially on physical sweepers like houndoom.

Spread your EVs. By giving starmie a few Defense EVs, it may survive Crunch, T-bolt, or Shadow Ball.

DVs (only for special sweepers) - I saw this on Gamefaqs. If your special sweeper has absolutely no physical moves, move the Attack DVs down to 0 if no Hidden power, 2 if the Hidden Power requires 30 Attack DVs, or 3 if it requires 31 Attack DVs.


Now that I'm finished with my speech, REPOST YOUR TEAM!!

i wANTED to make it simple

my team works good tho you should had used the team

About Hydro Pump + Thunder:

Over 10 attacks:

Hydro Pump will miss 3 times, but the other 7 will do 840 base.
Surf will not miss, and will do 950 base.
Surf has more PP than Hydro Pump

Therefore, surf is USUALLY better than hydro pump. Like Fire Blast, if the hydo makes the difference between 2HKO and 1HK0, it is worth it.

Thunder is a different kettle of fish.

Over 10 attacks, it will paralze three times! Just once for bolt.
The miss ratio as in hydro pump gives it 840 base.
Bolt will do 950 base like surf.

If your sweeper can handle the misses, is the 11 less base damage per move worth the 1 in 3 paralze?

How does shedinja get swords dance?

Agreed on rest.

[quote="Cuddles"]

Salamence (F) @ Leftovers ** Sally
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power [Flying]
- Rock Slide
Looks good.

Suicune @ Leftovers ** Gust
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 236 HP / 212 Def / 4 Spd / 56 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Rest
- Roar
- Surf
Give Ice Beam over Roar, or give a status-inflicting attack over Rest.

Shedinja @ Lum Berry ** Shell
Trait: Wonder Guard
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Confuse Ray
- Shadow Ball
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
I prefer Fury Swipes instead of Swords Dance.

Ludicolo (M) @ Leftovers ** Ariba
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 160 Def / 96 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Leech Seed
- Rain Dance
- Surf
Cool. I like your Ludicolo.

Snorlax (M) @ Leftovers ** Cuddles
Trait: Thick Fat
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Curse
- Rest
- Return
- Shadow Ball
Put Toxic instead of Curse.

Starmie @ Leftovers ** Jewel
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Rapid Spin
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt

Put Psychic over RSpin. It's a bad idea. Your Starmie looks like special one, so no need for RSpin.

Please give some comments on my first team (Just installed netbattle yesterday)
This team is indeed for fun only.

Scyther@Liechi Berry (Should use a scyther or a scizor?)
Nature: Jolly (+Speed -Special Attack)
Trait: Swarm
EVs: 252 Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
Baton Pass
Hidden Power (Flying)
Silver Wind
Swords Dance

Jolteon@Ganlon Berry
Nature: Modest (+Special Attack -Attack)
Trait: Volt Absorb
EVs: 252 Special Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
Agility
Baton Pass
Hidden Power (Ice)
Thunderbolt

Vaporeon@Shell Bell
Nature: Modest (+Special Attack -Attack)
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 Special Attack 252 HP 4 Speed
Baton Pass
Haze
Ice Beam
Surf

Espeon@Petaya Berry
Nature: Modest (+Special Attack -Attack)
Trait: Synchronize
EVs: 252 Special Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
Baton Pass
Calm mind
Morning Sun
Psychic

Umbreon@Leftovers
Nature: Calm (+Special Defence -Attack)
Trait: Synchronize
EVs: 252 Special Defence 252 Defence 4 Special Attack
Baton Pass
Hidden Power (Dark)
Moonlight
Toxic

Medicham@Black Belt
Nature: Adament (+Attack -Special Attack)
Trait: Pure Power
EVs: 252 Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
Baton Pass
Brick Break
Recover
Shadow Ball

All baton passers
team %: 57%
Just note that i dun have a all loss record (2 win 1 loss)
This team is also quite a mess coz i dun have any way to treat metagross effectively

i'm new here and this is my OU team- i have 2 different accounts and computers, and this is the one i use on the computer i'm on currently

Starmie @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 20 Def / 252 Spd / 236 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Rapid Spin
- Surf
- Thunderbolt

Snorlax (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Immunity
EVs: 76 HP / 176 Atk / 80 Def / 176 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Curse
- Double-Edge
- Rest
- Shadow Ball

Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Atk / 192 Def
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Drill Peck
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Roar
- Spikes

Metagross @ Leftovers
Trait: Clear Body
EVs: 108 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Def / 96 Spd / 36 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Agility
- Earthquake
- Meteor Mash
- Rock Slide

Alakazam (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Synchronize
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Fire Punch
- Psychic
- Thunderpunch
- Trick

Tyranitar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 44 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 60 Spd / 56 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Thunderbolt

well here it is

and for the Baton pass dude- if you are trying to pass def-vaporeon/umbreon is much better than jolteon is

I just installed Netbattle today and made a really bad team... Suggestions?

Double Battle Team

Slaking @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 Atk, 128 Def, 128 SpDef
Adamant
-Bulk Up
-Amnesia
-Return
-Slack Off / Rest (Which one?)

(Maybe another Pkmn...)>> Alakazam @ Lum Berry
EVs: 252 Speed, (Help with the other EVs...)
Timid
-Skill Swap
-Reflect
-Knock Off
-Light Screen

Ninjask @ Focus Band
EVs: 52 Speed, 229 Defense, 229 Special Defense
Careful
-Baton Pass
-Swords Dance
-Protect
-Aerial Ace

Metagross @ Chesto Berry
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Atk, 4 HP
Adamant
-Meteor Mash
-Psych Up
-Rest
-Shadow Ball

Miltank @ Chesto Berry
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spd, 4 HP
Jolly
-Return
-Shadow Ball
-Heal Bell
-Psych Up

For the sixth Pokemon, I *think* I need one with high Defense and Special Defense and a move that increases Attack and Speed in case Slaking dies...

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Strategy: Slaking uses Amnesia/Bulk Up accordingly to the situation and Slack Off when necessary. On the first turn, Alakazam Skill Swaps with Slaking and dies (If it survives for two more turns, I'll Skill Swap again with the opponent's Pokemon). Then I'll send out Ninjask. Protect, Swords Dance, and Protect. If it dies when it does Swords Dance, I'll send out either Miltank or Metagross and use Psych Up on Slaking, who was boosting its stats for the past five turns. Then I'll start killing everything...

But if Slaking dies, I need an alternative pokemon that can raise its Attack and Speed without dying.

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Thanks.

My Netbattle Single Battle Team:

Skarmory @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 Def, 252 SpDef, 4 HP
Careful Nature
-Roar
-Spikes
-Toxic
-Protect

Heracross @ Salac Berry
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spd, 4 HP
Adamant Nature
-Megahorn
-Rock Slide
-Endure
-Reversal

Latios @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 Spd, 252 SpAtk, 4 HP
Modest Nature
-Calm Mind
-Ice Beam
-Psychic
-Recover

Blissey @ Leftovers (Natural Cure)
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SpDef
Calm Nature
-Double Team
-Seismic Toss
-Toxic
-Rest

Metagross @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 Spd, 252 Atk, 4 Def
Adamant Nature
-Explosion
-Earthquake
-Meteor Mash
-Shadow Ball

Kingdra @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 SpAtk, 128 Def, 128 SpDef
Modest Nature
-Rain Dance
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Hidden Power [Electric]

For some reason, I have a common theme with all my teams, this one is physical only.
Don't offer other pokemon if they use special attacks, I only want physical pokemon for this team. Thanks ^_^

Single

Ninjask
Jolly
Leftovers
252spd 252hp (for extra sub[s])
Aerial Ace (For other Jasks)
Baton Pass
Sword Dance
Substitute

Scizor
Adamant
Leftovers
252att 252hp
Hp Rock
Iron Def
Sword Dance
Baton Pass

Herecross
Jolly
Salac Berry
252spd 252att
Brick Break
Endure
Flail
Megahorn

Zangoose
Jolly
Salac Berry
252spd 252att
Aerial Ace
Flail
Endure
Shadow Ball

Shuckle
Sassy
Leftovers
252def 252sp def
Protect
Toxic
Rest
Substitute

Breloom
Adamant
Leftovers
252att 252spd
Leech Seed
Brick Break
Spore
Hp Ground

Something I randomly threw together, tried it out, worked suprisingly well for not having special attacks, decided to see what you guys think.