Topic: Team Building Q+A Thread

[Hahex and Oshawott]

What does RTM mean?

[Webby2]

It's actually RMT and it stands for "Rate My Team". Very simple and says what a lot of people want when posting a team because feedback is essential to improve as a team builder =]

[Legacy]

Hey I was wondering if anybody had a good moveset for a Rapid Spinning Armaldo, or if this was good? Seeing as it's attack and defence are it's main attributes, I was thinking of something like this, but with edits of course:

Armaldo @ ???
Brave/Relaxed (+Atk, -Spd/+Def, -Spd)
EVs: 252Atk/252Def/6HP

-Rapid Spin
-Swords Dance
-Rock Slide/Ancientpower
-X-Scissor

I've never done this before so I dunno if it'd be any good XD but I thought I'd give it a shot at least, and see if anyone had a good moveset.

[Laprabi]

Armaldo is only really any decent in NU, because of it's really low speed. It is also weak to Stealth Rock, so even in NU there are better options available. Also, the Stealth Rock set is Rock Blast/Stealth Rock/Rapid Spin/Knock Off, so yeah. It'll probably be better if you went with that (and these EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def with Impish and Leftovers), assuming you haven't made the Armaldo yet.

[Legacy]

No I haven't made it yet. It was just a thought is all. As I said, I've never really made a moveset for a pokemon, I tend to use the ones in the SMP, and make minor edits to movesets to make them fit my personal use (i.e. switching the occasional Taunt for Rain Dance etc. (just an example there =P)). I'm just looking for a good rapid spinner right now, but not a water type. Any ideas?

[Afro-Disiak]

Forretress would be your best choice probably, but if it's for a Rain Dance team I wouldn't worry about spinning away hazards - you should be focusing on setting up Rain and just sweeping, not wasting precious turns Rapid Spinning or silly things like that.

[Legacy]

I suppose you're right there...and Starmie could actually help what with being a rapid spinner anyways, it would fit right in...maybe...meh. Thanks for the help anyways =] hopefully I'll be posting up my first EV trained team soon enough.

[Afro-Disiak]

Well, saying that a lot of Rain Dance sweepers appreciate hazards being the opponents sides, especially Toxic Spikes. Forretress would probably work quite well, running a set like Toxic Spikes/Rapid Spin/Payback/Stealth Rock. The rain would give Forry a fighting chance against Fire attacks as well, making it pretty bulky. You could try Pain Split, Explosion, Spikes in the last slot if you think it would work better with your team.

[Legacy]

I'm after a 6th pokemon for my team now anyways, and i opted to keep Starmie. Just looking now to find others that fit =] Foretress is on my list now...

[f3raligatr]

Just bred this;



Natural Cure ♂
Timid Nature [+Spd -Atk]
IVs: 31 / 25 - 26 / 18 / 29 / 30 / 30
Special Moves - Leech Seed / Sleep Powder / Leaf Storm

Chuck or keep?

[Afro-Disiak]

Chuck, 30 speed is pointless unless you're running HP Fire, and even then you'll want a Calm Nature.

[f3raligatr]

Chuck, 30 speed is pointless unless you're running HP Fire, and even then you'll want a Calm Nature.

Right.

I've got the following parents (off the top of my head, I'll have to check IVs of the offspring otherwise);

~ Flawless Roselia, female, Timid.
~ HP Fire Exeggutor, male.
~ Flawless Timid Ditto.

Ideally I'd like the Lead set - Leaf Storm / HP Fire / Toxic Spikes / Sleep Powder - but breeding for HPFire ingame is horrendous; however I'll do it. Am I better off now seeing if I have an male offspring that has 31/x/x/30/30/x and using that with the Timid Ditto in the hope I'll get 31/x/x/30/30/31 with the Atk and Def being odd/even or even/odd.. or just aiming purely for a HP Fire and having Grass Knot over Leaf Storm, which may make things a little easier?

[Afro-Disiak]

Leaf Storm is better for the lead set, as it smacks around all things regardless of weight.

[f3raligatr]

Cheers anyway mate. I'm going to keep going with my current parents and see if anything decent crops up. I'm not in too much of a hurry anyway.. =]

[Legacy]

Where in the heck do you get a Life Orb in HGSS or in Platinum? I can't find it anywhere O_O