What's your pokemon team?

Not a bad change in team, actually. Covered up your previous typing flaws (except normal; but yeah, Slaking isn't all-too common), and added some balance. I'm curious why you felt you needed to add a spinner, though? Keeping Rotom strong for your F-G-W typing core is important, but a spinner wouldn't be necessary unless you want to put a stop to opposing stall teams. I'm not saying it was a bad choice, just curious as to your thoughts on said spinner.

 

Ah, I never thought that Hippopotas can use Eviolite, obvious as it is... Shows what a UU n00b I am. :lol:

Rain Dance just wouldn't work to counter hail, really. Abomasnow can just scare you out with Wood Hammer, or come in right after you RD and proceed to Wood Hammer. Changing the weather to counter other weather WITHOUT auto-weather, is a waste of time IMO. Too much of a disadvantage to bother. A solid counter to the deadliest UU weather pokes would be more suitable, IMO; i.e. a Stall'rein destroyer. And if anything can destroy Walrein in Hail, not much in UU should be able to stall said destroyer easily either, lol. So yeah, I'd say keep your Rapid Spin.

... Is Walrein not BL yet? >_>;

 

I raise you a full party of Caterpie, my good sir!

... Just to be an annoying prick.

 

Giant electric rat > Overrated electric rat

 

I can't say I'd be able to make 8 Battle Revolution-worthy teams out this selection (since you're limiting legends 'n all; you'll be fighting full teams of the BEST legendaries eventually), but I'd imagine I could make two good teams.

Team 1:

Ho-Oh: It's a powerhouse physically, nothing more to it.

Machamp: The same.

Gyarados: Intidimate's a great ability, particularly for the double battles you'll be doing; and of course Gyara is great.

Steelix: Hits harder than Skarmory, is a Ground type that gets STAB (same-type attack bonus) Earthquake which your Gyara and Ho-Oh can avoid, giving it nice synergy with the two).

Alakazam: Really should be replaced by Mewtwo or Latias (if it has a soul dew, otherwise it's an inferior Mewtwo with Dragon typing tacked on), but out of the pokemon you've got, it hits hard among the non-legendaries, and you need at least one powerful special attacker.

Electivire: The ol' bait and switch electric moves with Gyarados is a tactic of old, to get Electivire that free Motor Drive speed boost. It's not a bad pokemon either.


Team 2:

I would only recommend a few changes from Team 1, actually.

Mewtwo: The main powerhouse of the team, switching in from Ho-Oh.

Rhyperior: Hits nasty hard, and is very bulky on the physical side, switching in from Steelix.

Bronzong: Rhyperior should really be using Earthquake to do massive damage to both of your opponents with in doubles, and Bronzong also gets the ability Levitate (I really hope your Bronzong has Levitate) so it can dodge the friendly fire. In singles/on it's own, it's very bulky too, and because it's so slow it's Gyro Ball hits laughably hard. It can learn Trick Room to speed them both up to incredibly fast, and Machamp benefits from this too. Basically, Bronzong is strategically good for your team; not just hitting like a pile driver as the rest of the team. Switching in from Alakazam.



So yeah, those two teams might have so great success. And if you have a Soul Dew for Latias/intend to get one for it via the shop in Battle Revolution, you'd definitely want to use it on a team.

 

That After You-Belly Drum sweep won't work... After You doesn't have priority, so scarf users will come in and hammer Snorlax, and so will faster pokemon in general. Having half HP right from the get-go in doubles is asking for trouble, too. Snorlax is 100% more threatening than Cincinno, so I'd imagine the prime target is gonna be 'Lax; hence my worry over Belly Drum, since any one strong attack, neutral or especially super effective, will finish 'em off. A chople berry isn't gonna save him from any Close Combats, either... Cincinno has possibilities in doubles, but Snorlax is completely useless. You should replace 'em with something different ASAP.


I'm not a fan of slow and bulky in doubles, but Tangrowth does resist both water and ground which means something. The only problem with the moveset is Stun Spore; since Tangrowth is so slow, paralyzing one enemy means the other still murders you. I'd recommend ditching it for another offensive move that offers good coverage with power whip (... does anything go good with grass offensively? >_>.


If After You does turn Conkeldurr into a Focus-Punching machine of destruction, they'l do everything in their power to end that frail Cinccino of yours. That means you're out of your main STAB once that happens. I'll admit that After You-Pawnch is a neat gimmick and props on thinking it up, but it's not going to last too long. One, maybe two shots. I think you should just give Conkeldurr proper STAB over Focus Punch and a Fighting Gem if you want all that massive damage, although his massive HP would really appreciate leftovers and that bundle of EVs you can't decide on.

For the last move, you should go protect. Perfect type coverage is doubles is never something to need to go for. That, and your team is really lacking on protect users.


Speaking of type coverage, here comes Starmie with a loaded moveset. :lol: You need to drop BoltBeam for just one offensive move and protect. Neutral coverage like that which hits few pokemon super effective is really looked down apon in doubles. And of course, protect is infinitely useful. Life Orb as the item since Starmie really needs the boost in strength. Timid is best since Starmie is a bit too slow to be so frail without that speed.


With levitate and those resistances, Hydreigon only really worries about boosted rock slides so Protect isn't necessary... But now that I'm thinking harder, you don't want two dragon moves. I'll take back what I discussed on Hydreigon earlier and say that you should have Dark Pulse over D-Pulse. I know you want that earth-shattering power, but since you have great coverage in Fire/Ground/Dark, you don't need to end up using D-Pulse in order to score a neutral hit. Adding in Dark gives you further coverage and still retains STAB, even adding in that flinch chance (which could be a gamewinner if you're lucky). So yeah, I'd recommend Dark Pulse over Dragon Pulse.


Onto typing 'n all (excluding Snorlax), I think it does rather well. You've got good resistances/neutrality to the most common of multi-target moves (Surf, EQ, Rock Slide, and Heat Wave), although you lack a Dragon resist. But since a lot of dragons are firing of Draco Meteors and Outrage in doubles, steel types might not be able to whether it any better than non-steels. As for that member to replace Snorlax (if you decide to), I'd recommend something that hits hard, plain and simple. You could use some more speed on the team too to go with that power (Cinccino won't be around forever), since Hydreigon and Conkeldurr are already reasonably bulky, and Tangrowth is especially so.

Oh, and one more somewhat random thing; against trick room, you at least have a chance with Conkeldurr and Tangrowth. Give them both a -speed nature just in case. The moment you run into Trick Room, you'll be glad you did. In case you don't have them both at the ready to deal with said trick room, this would be why Protect is so important. Stalling out half of the turns TR is in effect means your team should thrive and survive if you have enough protects on movesets.

Anywho, the team definitely has potential if you play it right (and ditch Snorlax ), and I think at the least it'd give me a run for my money. Give us the details on how successful you were online, yeah?

 

Yep, always best to give something a try before completely scrapping the idea. My prediction is Snorlax won't be too good, though.

You aren't gonna find stall in doubles, so leech seed is pretty useless. You could run EQ if you're willing to risk it, particularly since Brick Break ain't useful without STAB (and even then... ), and Dark/Grass ain't the best offensive combination.

Tangrowth ain't outspeeding much, I can assure ya that. :lol:

Garchomp is banned. >_>; Your bigger worries are enemy Hydreigon, Salamence, Haxorus, and Latios (any of these with a scarf is pretty dangerous to your team), so Ice Beam isn't 100% necessary. T-bolt's in a similar vein in the fact you'll choose the move to fight off whatever you fear more; Rain Dance-abusing water types, or Dragons?

I forgot about that... sorry. =(

Gyara is all-around awesome for doubles (takes advantage of enemy rain, intimidate, bulky and hits hard), but the only problem will be Thundurus raining on your parade. Almost all rain dance teams run 'em, so that could cause trouble. Gyara is still definitely runnable, but for that reason compounded more, I'd say no on Togekiss.

Since you shouldn't see rocks very often, if at all in doubles, Volcarona is viable. The only problem is that Volc. is only really useful once it gets off a Quiver Dance for sweeping, since it's a bit slow otherwise. But it does hit nasty-hard and gets Heat Wave, and you might be able to take advantage of a sun team's boost. Just would have to be careful of boosting flash-fire pokes with that Heat Wave.

 

Shoulda mentioned you're playing on wi-fi. >_>

... I don't see why it wouldn't be.

Absolutely! =D Just keep in mind it's only got once use, and make sure not to murder your own team mate with EQ (if you run it on Gyara) after the attack boost.

Speaking of which, Garchomp and Zapdos is a nasty lead duo to watch out for on wi-fi doubles. I don't know exactly how common the pair is, but EQ-Discharge spam using their immunities is no joke of an opening strategy.

 

;_;

There's always Focus Blast. I don't blame ya for not wantin' to forsake a reliable move to get STAB sub-par and have to re-breed your Hydreigon and everything. Dragon Pulse is still more than acceptable.