The In-Game Team Advice Thread

[Laterose]

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

My Leaf Green team, also seen in my sig:

Charizard (SPANKY) lv. 56
Male, Lonely nature; Blaze
Fly
Smokescreen
Flamethrower
Dragon Claw

Omastar (DINKELBURG) lv. 54
Male, Serious nature; Shell Armor
Mud Shot
Tickle
Bite
Surf

Dragonite (LUCKY) lv. 57
Male, Timid nature; Inner Focus
Shock Wave
Thunder Wave
Wing Attack
Safeguard

Golem (HVYWPNSGUY -- TF2 reference, lol) lv. 55
Male, Jolly nature; Rock Head
Rollout
Defense Curl
Earthquake
Rock Blast

Primeape (PITWIG) lv. 55
Female, Careful nature; Vital Spirit
Strength
Swagger
Low Kick
Cross Chop

Jolteon (NINO) lv. 57
Male, Modest nature; Volt Absorb
Thunderbolt
Sand-Attack
Bite
Thunder Wave

Haven't paid much attention to natures as this is the team I've just gone through the game with. I am rather proud of it, though, as it's the first team in a while that I haven't had any trouble integrating HMs into. Oh, and my Primeape is a total beast.

 

[Snorelux]

My party

Hydreion ( Draco meteor, focus blast, dark pulse, fly)
Sammurott ( surf, hydro canon, ice beam, ???)
Serpior (frenzy plant, leaf blade, aerial ace, giga drain)
Emboar ( blast burn, earthquake, stone edge, ???)
Eelektross (thunderbolt, brick break, thunder, ???)
possibly reshiram...
What do you think? Help me out with the moves please.

 

[Oswin]

Re: My party

Don't get Reshiram as you have Dragon and Fire covered. For Samurott, Megahorn is good for Grass and Psychic types. Emboar could do with a good Dark or Ghost move for Psychics, dont have Thunderbolt and Thunder, get rid of Thunder because it's not worth the risk.

Also, I wouldn't really use the starters Hyper Beams as anything could happen in the recharge turn.

Hydreigion looks good, maybe give it a White Herb?

Samurott: Blizzard, Revenge, Megahorn and Surf (That's what mine has)

Serperior is good with Leech Seed and Coil, then you can really take advantage of Leaf Blade and Aerial Ace.

For Emboar I would have Hammer Arm, Stone Edge, Flare Blitz and assurance maybe? Wild Bolt would be good too.

For Eelektross I'd teach it Crunch, Thunderbolt, brick Break and either Crush Claw, Dragon Claw or Dragon Tail.

For your final member I would recommend Reuniclus, but you could go with any good Normal, Bug or Ghost types.

 

[Snorelux]

Re: My party

Thanks. I'll put my own spin on it, though I'm not sure about the reniclus.

 

[Nour386]

Attempt at a team

YAY! White! boo! finished it in a week

Team:
Seripor: Return, leaf blade, leech seed (suggestion here)
Semitoad: Surf, Hdro pump, mud shot, drain punch
Zekrom: (same as when first caught)
Volcarna: Bug buzz, Heat wave, Fly, (free space)
Gagakith: power gem, rock blast, smack down, rock slide
???? (going to add lucario)

open for suggestions on how to improve.

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Re: Attempt at a team

Anyway, you have a good team.
Serperior: The last move should be coil.
Seismitoed: Earthquake instead of mudshot.
Zekrom: Dragon claw.Thats what he needs.
Volcarona: I cannot believe that your volcarona doesn't have quiver Dance.Put that in and remove fly and put in Psychic.
Gigalith: Remove everything except Rock slide.Put in stealth rock.I know it sounds like a bad idea ingame but stealth rock is useful Against people like Cheren, Alder ,etc.
The last 2 slots should be filled with Earthquake, Return, Toxic etc.

If you put in Lucario, then try this slightly difficult-to- get set.
Lucario
Timid/Modest
Nasty plot(learned by Riolu at level 47)
Aura sphere
Shadow ball
Dragon Pulse/Vacuum wave
You will need to breed for Vacuum wave,though.

 

[Nour386]

Re: Attempt at a team

I AM NOT-TRYING TO MINI-MOD,JUST HELPING OUT.

Anyway, you have a good team.
Serperior: The last move should be coil.
Seismitoed: Earthquake instead of mudshot.
Zekrom: Dragon claw.Thats what he needs.
Volcarona: I cannot believe that your volcarona doesn't have quiver Dance.Put that in and remove fly and put in Psychic.
Gigalith: Remove everything except Rock slide.Put in stealth rock.I know it sounds like a bad idea ingame but stealth rock is useful Against people like Cheren, Alder ,etc.
The last 2 slots should be filled with Earthquake, Return, Toxic etc.

If you put in Lucario, then try this slightly difficult-to- get set.
Lucario
Timid/Modest
Nasty plot(learned by Riolu at level 47)
Aura sphere
Shadow ball
Dragon Pulse/Vacuum wave
You will need to breed for Vacuum wave,though.

all good except quiver dance anything in it' place? i mean it's my anti-dark/grass/ and any other type weak to fire and bug.

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Re: Attempt at a team

all good except quiver dance anything in it' place? i mean it's my anti-dark/grass/ and any other type weak to fire and bug.

The only reason to ever use Volcarona is Quiver Dance.
Without Quiver Dance, Volcarona is really,really bad.
Stuff like Darmanitan with Superpower will be better if Volcarona doesn't have Quiver Dance.

 

[Nour386]

Re: Attempt at a team

The only reason to ever use Volcarona is Quiver Dance.
Without Quiver Dance, Volcarona is really,really bad.
Stuff like Darmanitan with Superpower will be better if Volcarona doesn't have Quiver Dance.

Touché but how will I fly everywhere?

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Re: Attempt at a team

Touché but how will I fly everywhere?

Use an Hm slave.

 

[Nour386]

Re: Attempt at a team

Use an Hm slave.

I did that for HG with my Ambipom and Manaphy so good bye flamethrower and fly hello quiver dance and psycic

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Re: Attempt at a team

I did that for HG with my Ambipom and Manaphy so good bye flamethrower and fly hello quiver dance and psycic

And don't use Heat wave, use Flamethrower.Its more reliable. I've had many sweeps broken thanks to Heat Wave missing.

 

[Nour386]

Re: Attempt at a team

And don't use Heat wave, use Flamethrower.Its more reliable. I've had many sweeps broken thanks to Heat Wave missing.

okay thanks for that!

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Re: Attempt at a team

okay thanks for that!

You are welcome!

 

[AshK]

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

My pokemon white team:
- I finished up team plasma storyline and I am just planning on training up my team and take on post elite 4/plasma trainers and eventually challenge elite 4/alder.
(i haven't paid attention to natures until much later in the game)

Emboar- lv. 52
- relaxed nature
Hammer arm
wild charge
head smash
flamethrower

Sigilyph - lv 51
-quiet nature
air slash
fly
psychic
sky attack

Scolipede- lv 51
hasty nature
toxic
megahorn
hard roller
venom shock

carracosta- lv 52
relaxed nature
aqua tail
rock slide
surf
shell break

Krokodile- lv 56
brave nature
bulldozer
crunch
eaarthquake
fowl play

beartic- lv 51
timid nature (probably the worst nature because it hinders his best stat, but I still manage)
icicle crash
slash
superpower
blizzard

 

[torf.0']

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

My Pokemon SoulSilver team, I'm about to take on the elite four the first time:

Feraligatr lvl 45
-Defence +Speed Nature
Agility
Crunch
Ice Fang
Waterfall

Crobat lvl 45
-Sp Att +Defence Nature
Confuse Ray
CrossPoison
Wing Attack (need higher power STAB, but didnt have access to breeding when i caught it)
Bite (looking to replace with Giga drain after E4 to exploit x4 weaknesses and mega healing)

Forretress lvl 45
-Attack +Sp Def Nature
Spikes
Explosion
Payback (want gyroball but he learns it so dang late in SS)
Bugbite (for stab but mostly to remove Lum and Sitrus berrys)

Victrebel lvl 45
+Attack -Sp Att Nature
Razor Leaf (replacing it with leaf blade in 2 levels)
Acid (want sludgebomb but dont want to use TM)
Wrap (gonna replace it with Sucker Punch when i get access to the move tutor, right now its so runners cant flee immediatly)
Sleep Powder (cause suprisingly runners can still run away when they're asleep:/)

Mamoswine lvl 45
-Sp Defence +Attack Nature
Earthquake
Bite
Ice shard
Hail (filler, he has snowcloak)

Slowpoke lvl 45
Yawn (replacing with nastyplot after evolution)
Slack-off (replacing with Twave if i ever take it competive)
Surf
Zen headbutt (right now its attack is the higher stat, gonna move relearner pyschic when it evolves)

So thats my team, need a desperately better moveset for my crobat. But don't know if i can do it without breeding. I might just try to re breed for better IVs and also breed pursuit and roost onto a starly to give crobat Toxic, Pursuit, roost, and brave bird. pursuit would be good for hitting people on the switch after toxic but crobat really isnt bulky enough to heal up with roost. good for ingame though

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

My Pokemon SoulSilver team, I'm about to take on the elite four the first time:

Feraligatr lvl 45
-Defence +Speed Nature
Agility
Crunch
Ice Fang
Waterfall

Crobat lvl 45
-Sp Att +Defence Nature
Confuse Ray
CrossPoison
Wing Attack (need higher power STAB, but didnt have access to breeding when i caught it)
Bite (looking to replace with Giga drain after E4 to exploit x4 weaknesses and mega healing)

Forretress lvl 45
-Attack +Sp Def Nature
Spikes
Explosion
Payback (want gyroball but he learns it so dang late in SS)
Bugbite (for stab but mostly to remove Lum and Sitrus berrys)

Victrebel lvl 45
+Attack -Sp Att Nature
Razor Leaf (replacing it with leaf blade in 2 levels)
Acid (want sludgebomb but dont want to use TM)
Wrap (gonna replace it with Sucker Punch when i get access to the move tutor, right now its so runners cant flee immediatly)
Sleep Powder (cause suprisingly runners can still run away when they're asleep:/)

Mamoswine lvl 45
-Sp Defence +Attack Nature
Earthquake
Bite
Ice shard
Hail (filler, he has snowcloak)

Slowpoke lvl 45
Yawn (replacing with nastyplot after evolution)
Slack-off (replacing with Twave if i ever take it competive)
Surf
Zen headbutt (right now its attack is the higher stat, gonna move relearner pyschic when it evolves)

So thats my team, need a desperately better moveset for my crobat. But don't know if i can do it without breeding. I might just try to re breed for better IVs and also breed pursuit and roost onto a starly to give crobat Toxic, Pursuit, roost, and brave bird. pursuit would be good for hitting people on the switch after toxic but crobat really isnt bulky enough to heal up with roost. good for ingame though

This is a very very good team.
Feraligatr: This is a fantastic moveset. If you do breed then consider breeding a dragon dancing one.
Crobat: Crobat's special attack isn't fantastic unfortunately. Try something like superfang or u turn rather than Giga drain.
You don't need pursuit ingame, since AI rarely switches.

Forretress: Remove explosion. Its not too good ingame. Replace it with Gyro ball. Consider stealth rock instead of spikes. Just requires 1 turn of setup. Will be helpful in rematches against Bugsy and others.
Slowpoke: I don't think it learns nasty plot but i may be wrong.You can consider calm mind though.
Slack off is useful especially if you go competitive.

@AshK
I can only suggest Rock slide and Brick break for Krookodile instead of Foul play and Bulldozer. Otherwise the team is pretty good except for the natures that is.

 

[Oswin]

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

I'm thinking of this for a double battle team, so opinions please.

Poliwrath

Jolly
Water Absorb
Salac Berry
-Waterfall
-Belly Drum
-Hypnosis?
-?

Politoed

Mild
Water Absorb
?
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Hypnosis?
-Bounce?

Manectric
Mild
Lightning Rod
?
-Thunder
-Flamethrower
-Quick Attack
-Thunder Wave

Swampert
Adamant? Or Jolly?
Torrent
?
-Surf
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge (or Rock Slide)
-Ice Punch

Any tips or improvements?

 

[Angad]

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

I don't think that that will work too well, because you are going to be overwhelmed by the sheer power in Doubles, while not producing enough to do the same.

 

[Thundagere]

Re: TAKE NOTE: All in-game teams go here.

I would agree with Angad. The grass type weakness is going to be an issue, even with Flamethrower on Manectric. Also, why THunder Wave over something like Charge Beam? At any rate, I'd recommend a more offensive stance.