Rain teams are always good. So many pokemon can benefit from it and there are plenty of OU pokemon you can use. Azumarill would rape in a Rain team. I’m thinking about using Shedininja but that 1 hp BS really makes me wonder what its role in a team would be. I’m guessing it could be a late game sweeper? Or a gimmick.
cause there’s an overabundance of bulky waters and water pkmn that can cover their own weaknesses)
I’m pretty sure that EVERYONE knows that.
The rain storm team is definitely superior. S/R will destroy Hailstorm teams in a blink of an eye.
Rain teams kick ass. Go with that.
My old Rain Storm team was:
Kingdra
Gengar
Electrivire
Floatozel
Ludicolo
Swampert
Changes being worked on consisting of this:
Bronzong
Kingdra
Gengar
Electrivire
Azumarill
Sunicune/Swampert/Starmie/Lanturn/Jolteon/Ludicolo
Shedinja giveth, and Shedinja taketh away.
It’s the most high-maintenance Pokmon in the game. You have to be in control of the weather, status, and spikes being sent from the enemy side. Once you’ve cleared the field for him, though, you can then send out your Shedinja-- presumably late game, as that’s naturally when the “preparations” would be complete, and completely obliterate the enemy side with the opponent having no chance of stopping you.
This generation, Shedinja got Shadow Sneak, which is a STAB priority move which makes his life that much easier. A lot of big threats to ending his sweeps (Gengar, Alakazam) are now dealt with rather comfortably after application of that.
If you’d like me to post one of my Shedinja-based teams, I’d be more than happy, but it’ll take me a bit to type it all out.
Sheddy based team?
POST IT! xD
But Sheddy with rain or sun support is nothing to Knock off.
But for the Rain team I’m going to make, MixVire is going to like the fact it can use Thunder now.
Stall Ludicolo is a bitch. xD
I was thinking of using Jirachi to start rain, not sure why. =P
Mixed Kingdra likes Rain, a lot.
I bet Kabutops, Azumarill, or Floatzel would like to be a Physical sweeper for the team.
Then throw in another wall.
Nidoking or some other non floating poison
Forretress (spin)
Golduck (cloud nine)
Ninetales (absorb fire) (heatran is also acceptable)
Lucario (rock resist, general awesome)
Shedinja
CB Kabutops hits hard in rain…or possibly a swords dancing focus sash one…
also post that shedinja team…would be cool to see what you have thought up.
of all the weather teams…I had the worst luck running rain dance teams…I do better with sunny day and hail over rain lol.
Liar, this man gave new meaning towards SS teams.
I haven’t ran a weather team yet, so I wanna give a shot at it.
Good luck man it’s harder than it looks.
I just need to make more teams, I only have 3 reliable teams that I use right now.
Oh yeah? Well countless breeding and sacrifice awaits you! :sad:
You definitely need about 5 diverse teams. Well, at least that’s what I think.
im running this at shoddy:
electrode (rain dance)
kingdra
kabutpos
broznzong (rain dance)
specs lucario
pinsir
EDIT: so far im 3-0, guess i could use better pokes but i dont like using too many OUs
that’s a nice team, have you thought about switching pinsir for heracross though? seems like everybody does, I run a CS Pinsir sometimes…
Is Electrode really useful for setting up Rain Dance? Because I only ever see, Rain Dance, explode.
He is kinda, handles certain leadoffs like gyarados with ease. He can thunder with rain dance but by then a counter is usually in so most just explode to prepare Kingdra.
^ i use rain dance first (depending on the other teams lead) because it will outrun most leads (unlikely that he will be taunted first) then switch or explode acordingly. Ill also have hp ice and thunder (because of the rain) and life orb.
I use scarf pinsir because of the mold breaker EQ. It helps me hit Bronzongs, Gengars and other stuff that dont see that coming