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Me First!
Topic Started: Jul 12 2008, 11:16 PM (422 Views)
Kamen Rider

As everyone knows, speed is a huge factor is LC. Out of curiosity, I wanted to see what happens when you ignore speed by using priority moves as the main form of offense. After a lot of experimentation, I found a team that is pretty competitive without a single pokemon using scarfs, speed setups or boost moves.

Team Me First

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Snover
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant
Item: Oran Berry
EV
HP 116/ Att 180 /Spd 18/SDef 196
-Ice Shard
-Protect
-Wood Hammer
-Blizzard

My lead that produces hail. Hail is a huge asset for this team, negating focus sashers and ,combined with protect and flinch moves on almost ever pokemone, puts many pokemon in threat range of being KO by normally weak priority moves. Weather isn't all Snover brings though as STAB Ice Shard, 100% blizzards and Wood hammers can make him a mean physcial sweeper. General strategy against other leads is protect to scout unless the pokemon can obviously get KO by Ice Shards or there is an obvious counter to switch to.

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Murkrow
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Adamant
Item: Muscle Band
EV
Att 236/ Def 42/ Spd 188/ SDef 42

-Pursuit
-Sucker Punch
-Drill Peck
-Steel Wing

Yeah its Murkrow, but with the best Sucker Punch in LC how could I not include him? Acts as a counter to a ton of other pokemon and arguably the best physical sweeper in LC. I picked Muscle band over Life Orb because combined with Hail it gets weakended to quickly and over choice band because this team wants to avoid switching as much as possible. To be honest though it is pretty boring build and I might end up switching him for something more unique.

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Croagunk
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Brave
Item: Life Orb
EV
Attack 188/ Def 66/ Sp Attack 188/ Spd Def
-Fake Out
-Protect
-Vacuum Wave
-Sludge Bomb

My main revenge killer. Fake Out followed by Protect with hail tends to put anything not resistant into Vacuum KO Range. I originally had Bullet punch instead of Sludge Bomb but the extra priority move didn't really add anything and soon got replaced. He must be used sparingly unless he is in rain or absorbs a water attack.



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Shuppet
Ability: Insonmiac
nature: Adamant
Item: Oran Berry
EV
Att 240/ Ded 28/Spd 240/
-Shadow Sneak
-Protect
-Will-O-Wisp
-Return

My Shadow Sneaker. He generally revenge kills ghosts and psychics or switches in on moves he is immune to and status effects. Late game he tends to be a sacrifice to let others finish off.

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Kabuto
Ability: Battle Armor
Nature: Jolly
Item: Oran Berry
EV
Att 196/Def 196/ Spd 116
-Aqua Jet
-Stealth Rocks
-Waterfall
-Rockslide
I originally forgot about Aqua Jet as a priority move but, releasing my error, I quickly added Kabuto to the roster. Switch in on either resitance or neutral physcial attacks and setup up stealh rocks or KO's water vulnerable. Though uncommon he is good against other slow bulkys with Flinching on Waterfall or Rockslide.

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Natu
Ability: Syncronize
Nature: Timid
Item: Oran Berry
EV
HP 61/Att 30/ Def 20/ Spd 196/SpAtt 200
-Pluck
-Sucker Punch
-Psychic
-Thunder Wave

My experimental slot. This. for the longest time. had Glameow but it was giving my team too big a vulnerability to fighting. Natu is a very safe switch in most of the time and can generally status effect or eat a berry on the switch and can sucker punch unsuspecting pokemon intending to KO against its vulnerabilitys. Thunder wave also acts as a safety test against potential sucker puncher.

Other Pokemon that have been on the team at one point: Glameow, Meowth, Piloswine, Dusclops

Pros
-Can KO without giving any chance to respond or revenge kill
- Negates strategies involving setups for speed

Cons
-Words like Glass Cannon and Domino Effect come to mind with this team. A bad mispredict or unexpected critical on a switch can produce a gapping hole in defense without the right priority move to counter. Think about switching carefully.
-Other teams priority, particularly sucker punch, can be be a liability if you are not careful.
Edited by Kamen Rider, Jul 12 2008, 11:49 PM.
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Chris
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Abrasive Dick

Logged. Full Rate soon.
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tennisace0227
 
Glad that's out of the way, how's the grammer?

Cooper
 
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Dixie
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Back. Will see in the next week or so how much I can contribute.

From a quick glance, Elekid can run through this team
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Jonny Evans - Legend.
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squirtleboy12
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to much protect might tell your oponent your stratergie and just set up/sub on you wich is not good specially for the likes of croagunk wich 3/6 memnbers of your team are easy ohkos after a nasty plot or without nasty plot in the case of kabuto iwhc is ohko by vacumm wave.this team also requires alotof prediction on your part to be able to work because you have to much moves such as protect and sucker punch that if predicted incorrectly can cause you the game.
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