i am curious what OU teams have succeded in landing my fellow smogon users large winning streaks and why. Ill start with a quick note about the team that won for me: Sweepers didnt matter as i changed them between games, but two walls that would win match after match (landing me a 10 game winning streak) even when outnumbered by double were snorlax and weezing (together). Those two can form a defense that is rock solid and long lasting if you kill the enemy's pokemon in the right order at the beggining. I wont go into a full team or war story since those are for other forums, but i am still curious to hear quick notes on what makes your teams go great distances in battle and why. Hopefully this thread will have a good response (i sometimes land myself heaps of trouble for posting the wrong stuff). thanks for the input - matt
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Let's compare a Pokemon team to a penis.
Anyone can have a big penis, but does it matter if you can use it right?
Anyone can have a big penis, but does it matter if you can use it right?
Just curious, how does one respond to that? xD
with a LMFAO! Anyway, most people at the top of the ladder either won't share their team or post a huge "I got to position X on the ladder using this" in the RMT. So, as mentioned before, do you homework.
But you can't have bigger Pokemon teams, the limit's 6... Is there anything I'm missing?
The word big would mean more or less good.
Here is my winning team:
So, here's my team. Rate away. It has no pictures because I am sure everyone has seen all of these pokemon... oh, between 31 thousand and 48 thousand times this month.
Lead: Gengar @ choice scarf
modest nature, because I am not a chump.
255 satk, 255 spe
shadow ball
sludge bomb
Focus blast
thundabol
sludge bomb for hitting chumps hard, thundabol for gyarados, and... well, I may get HP ice on there, but you know, you know
Blissey @ leftovers
252 def 252 satk
bold nature
Seismic toss
Softboiled
Hidden Power bug
ice beam
This is my special wall. I <3 bliss. It won't change, because nothing outclasses it. ^_^ Hidden power bug nails celebi because they think they can stay in and leech seed her.
Garchomp @ yache berry
jolly nature
252 atk 252 speed
swords dance
outrage
earthquake
fire fang
Well, here's garchomp! The best attacker in the game. I totally fell in love with this thing after I 6-0d a team with him. It absolutely destroys everything in it's wake. Jolly for outrunning all the other chomps.
Tyranitar @ brightpowder
Jolly nature
252 atk 252 spe
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Crunch
Stone Edge
This is TTar, and he looks cool. He's shiney, too. He dds, outspeeds threats, after a DD, it hits past +nature base 100s. It survives gengar's focus blast, and DDs, then it DDs again as it misses. Then, it DDs a third time, and OHKOs skarm. Crunch for cress. Actually, it DDs as thunderwave misses. It sets up SS for my chomp.
Bronzong @ leftovers
Relaxed nature
252 HP, 152 atk, 100 def
Gyro ball
Stealth Rock
Rest
Earthquake
Ok, this dude is my physical tank, because it walls enemy chomps to no end, and it sets up rocks. Since bliss is the only special tank anyone could ever need, here is zong. I was opting for SD luke, but then I would have no physicall wall.
Gyarados @ leftovers
-bulky taunt spread-
adamant nature
waterfall
Dragon dance
Earthquake
Taunt
This dude could be my lead, but since gengar is the most popular lead, he isn't. It 6-0s teams.
Well, there's my team. I think it is pretty solid. It can take on any threat. It is also very original IMO. I have a 30-1 win/lose ratio.
So, here's my team. Rate away. It has no pictures because I am sure everyone has seen all of these pokemon... oh, between 31 thousand and 48 thousand times this month.
Lead: Gengar @ choice scarf
modest nature, because I am not a chump.
255 satk, 255 spe
shadow ball
sludge bomb
Focus blast
thundabol
sludge bomb for hitting chumps hard, thundabol for gyarados, and... well, I may get HP ice on there, but you know, you know
Blissey @ leftovers
252 def 252 satk
bold nature
Seismic toss
Softboiled
Hidden Power bug
ice beam
This is my special wall. I <3 bliss. It won't change, because nothing outclasses it. ^_^ Hidden power bug nails celebi because they think they can stay in and leech seed her.
Garchomp @ yache berry
jolly nature
252 atk 252 speed
swords dance
outrage
earthquake
fire fang
Well, here's garchomp! The best attacker in the game. I totally fell in love with this thing after I 6-0d a team with him. It absolutely destroys everything in it's wake. Jolly for outrunning all the other chomps.
Tyranitar @ brightpowder
Jolly nature
252 atk 252 spe
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Crunch
Stone Edge
This is TTar, and he looks cool. He's shiney, too. He dds, outspeeds threats, after a DD, it hits past +nature base 100s. It survives gengar's focus blast, and DDs, then it DDs again as it misses. Then, it DDs a third time, and OHKOs skarm. Crunch for cress. Actually, it DDs as thunderwave misses. It sets up SS for my chomp.
Bronzong @ leftovers
Relaxed nature
252 HP, 152 atk, 100 def
Gyro ball
Stealth Rock
Rest
Earthquake
Ok, this dude is my physical tank, because it walls enemy chomps to no end, and it sets up rocks. Since bliss is the only special tank anyone could ever need, here is zong. I was opting for SD luke, but then I would have no physicall wall.
Gyarados @ leftovers
-bulky taunt spread-
adamant nature
waterfall
Dragon dance
Earthquake
Taunt
This dude could be my lead, but since gengar is the most popular lead, he isn't. It 6-0s teams.
Well, there's my team. I think it is pretty solid. It can take on any threat. It is also very original IMO. I have a 30-1 win/lose ratio.
I hope you're kidding.
I'm sigging this, do you mind? XD
From my own experience, my winning teams are the ones that have an overall theme or strategy (usually weather, in my case). However, when I use a team for a while, then switch to another (not a new team, just using my Hail team instead of Rain, for instance), my performance drops for a couple of battles. So I'd say from my own experience that a team with an overarching strategy/theme that you use on a regular basis to keep the strategy "fresh" in your mind would yield the best results.
My alt is in the late 50's of the shoddy ladder (and rising). Heh I couldn't resist. Anyway, the main thing in common with all my successful teams is having a great overarching strategy; my teams usually don't work quite as well even when I throw together 6 pokemon but without an actual team goal.
Women do not have penises FYI.
I shall elaborate. When you run 6 pokemon which have been labeled "___th best ______ sweeper", and then just getting enough to work with your resistances, it's so dumb. And I do mean a "strategy", not just the classic sweep. Something slightly more intelligent.
Let's compare a Pokemon team to breasts.
Anyone can have huge breasts, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are the most attractive.
Anyone can have a good team, but that doesn't necessarily mean they will always win.
Sounds about right.
Use max stat 450, then you're really hardcore. Yeah man.
Hey, if you have a useful and effective strategy then go for it. If you don't, then I don't approve. Some people don't use blissey. I don't use boring, generic, utterly predictable strategies with boring, generic, predictable pokemon. Sue me.
Whatever works for you.
can't*
Am I the only one who actually noticed this post?
