What's your pokemon team?

[Neosquid]

Okay.

Eventually Im gonna download PO and actually test this out. ^^;

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[Neosquid]

BUMP

Sableye (Leftovers, Impish) (252 Defense, 252 HP) (Prankster)
-Will o wisp
-Recover
-Taught
-Night Shade

Standard Sableye. It burns stuff and can heal off damage with Recover. Night Shade is to do some damage maybe, and Taught is there for defensive/setup/etc Pokemon.

Sharpedo (Adamant, Life Orb) (252 Attack, 252 Speed) (Speed Boost)
-Waterfall
-Crunch
-Protect
-Ice Fang/EQ

A physical Sharpedo used for revenge killing.

Gyarados (Adamant, Cell Battery) (252 Attack, 252 Speed) (Moxie)
-Waterfall
-Dragon Dance
-EQ
-Stone Edge

A setup Gyarados. It takes advantage of electric attacks with Cell Battery, and can obviously wreck havoc.

Venomoth (Modest, Leftovers) (Unsure on EVs) (Tilted Lens)
-Bug Bug
-Quiver Dance
-Baton Pass
-Sleep Powder

A Baton Passing Venmoth. Not much to it.

Porygon-Z (Modest, Life Orb) (164 HP, 252 SP. Attack, 92 Speed) (Download)
-Agility
-Tri Attack
-Ice Beam
-Dark Pulse

An Agility Porygon-Z. It can also take advantage of Venomoths Baton Passed Quiver Dance.

For the last slot, I'm thinking Hydreigon or Magnezone.

Thoughts?

[RockerJ]

My first question is this:

Why do you have Pokemon in every tier from NU to OU? Are these just Pokemon you like, or is the setup for some particular playlist?

[Neosquid]

*RU to OU

They're Pokemon I like, but I'm choosing ones that I think work well in a team...

[RockerJ]

That's what I thought.

On to my second statement:

What is the likelihood that Gyarados survives an electric type attack so that he may get the effect of Cell Battery? I imagine with a 4x weakness and below average defense, he can't take a decent hit without falling. But I'm assuming you've tested that out?

[Neosquid]

Doesn't Cell Battery absorb the Electric attack, or am I mistaken?

[RockerJ]

Doesn't Cell Battery absorb the Electric attack, or am I mistaken?

If it does, then that's OP as hell.

[Splash_King]

Cell Battery OP? Naaaaah. Really useful? Hell yes.


TEAM REVIEW YAAAAAAAAAAAY

bump

sableye (leftovers, impish) (252 defense, 252 hp) (prankster)
-will o wisp
-recover
-taught
-night shade

standard sableye. It burns stuff and can heal off damage with recover. Night shade is to do some damage maybe, and taught is there for defensive/setup/etc pokemon.

priority recover, burn and taunt... What a dick of a pokemon. Standard set, nothing to correct or give advice on; it is what it is. Thank god it's stats are sub-par, or this thing'd be the bane of every physical attacker.

sharpedo (adamant, life orb) (252 attack, 252 speed) (speed boost)
-waterfall
-crunch
-protect
-ice fang/eq

a physical sharpedo used for revenge killing.

sharpedo isn't useful for revenge killing, since it outspeeds little before the speed boost. Not only that, but it's fraility means revenge killing is all it'l be doing, which it's bad at... If it ain't sweeping, sharpedo needs to gtfo. And since you have gyarados for that (who is your team's water type regardless)...

gyarados (adamant, cell battery) (252 attack, 252 speed) (moxie)
-waterfall
-dragon dance
-eq
-stone edge

a setup gyarados. It takes advantage of electric attacks with cell battery, and can obviously wreck havoc.

all i can say is be very careful with moxie gyarados. Since you're using a cell battery, you need to make sure you can get off your sweep when you can. Lack of intimidate + a one-use item + sr being a huge thorn in gyara's side = a surprisingly unbulky gyarados.

As for the moveset, you need to watch the **** out for dragons like scarf haxorus or scarf lati@s and multi-scale d-nite ruining your sweeping days; hell, d-nite might set up dd on you by abusing roost/ a stone edge miss, so in gen 5, ice fang > stone edge for sweeping gyarados imo. Also, you might want to invest in a jolly nature since you're not going for bulk. You won't always get that cell battery boost, but it (as well as a possible extra dd) and especially moxie will make up for that loss in attack, whereas that extra speed might save you from an aerodactyl or jolteon (if your cell battery is used up). Might let you get the jump on other gyara prior to a dd too. But it's all up to you, either choice has clear benefits. If ya already considered what i said, forget 'bout changing the nature.

venomoth (modest, leftovers) (unsure on evs) (tilted lens)
-bug bug
-quiver dance
-baton pass
-sleep powder

a baton passing venmoth. Not much to it.

i'm pretty sure a +1 porygon-z isn't going to be sweeping... Even +2 z will be ****ed by things like blissey and the oh-so deadly and common mach punch. My personal opinion is to replace venomoth with something that aids the team's bulk/typing core more, or replace z with something that benefits from the bp'd quiver dances a lot more.

porygon-z (modest, life orb) (164 hp, 252 sp. Attack, 92 speed) (download)
-agility
-tri attack
-ice beam
-dark pulse

an agility porygon-z. It can also take advantage of venomoths baton passed quiver dance.

you ain't running hazards, so without that inconsistent download boost, this thing ain't gonna do too well. Unless you get it to +2 (or +3 if you're a tactically inclined son of a bitch), your team doesn't have the tools to use it effectively. Not to mention z and venomoth do next to nothing to help the team's typing and such, and since you already have one sweeper, you might be better off just throwing away the both of them for pokemon more team-oriented, rather than the current two who aim to steal gyara's thunder (eh? Ehh?! ;d) and sweep. Having two sweepers can work for hyper-offensive teams, but having three pokemon dedicated solely to sweeping will probably harbor bad results. So yeah.

for the last slot, i'm thinking hydreigon or magnezone.

hydreigon all the way. ;d the only steel type your team will get annoyed with is ferrothorn (what team isn't...), and magnezone will need hp fire to take it out. Unless you're running a dragon (ohai hydreigon) and can get a hp fire magnezone, there ain't much of a reason to use it.
thoughts?

For some reason, going into an advanced reply de-capitalized a bunch of the post... Meh. Too lazy to fix.

Not going into in-depth team rating until ya clear up what I've thrown at ya already; and fill in those remaining slots/confirm you're not changing Z and Venomoth.

[Neosquid]

I guess I can replace Porygon-Z and Venomoth. Any suggestions?

[RockerJ]

Is it a one time thing? Or does he continue to hold it? eating a battery sounds dangerous O.O