[WAR] Team Trainer: For Courage, Honor, and Glory! Again!

[Ksh13]

So, since I don't think I will get any more battles this week, I might as well share my allmighty mono water team as Sarah recommended me to do:

Gyarados @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 164 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Dragon Dance
- Substitute
- Bounce

Gyarados was the first pick, providing Intimidate and some important coverage with Bounce. This is the standard bulky Dragon Dance set, and I really enjoy using it. Substitute is surprisingly good, and can easily be set up against bulky Pokemon going for status attacks, as status does not break through Substitute.

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Foul Play
- Thunder Wave

For a mono water team, I have always thought Rotom-W is maybe the best. It is not weak to Electric, which is kind of big on a mono water team. I like using Thunder Wave over the regular Will-O-Wisp, as it gives the element of surprise and lets me go before them with Volt Switch and everything else. Foul Play is another special tweak, and I find it great for hurting physical attackers.

Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Sludge Bomb
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin

Tentacruel gives me a Rapid Spinner and an entry hazard in Toxic Spikes. It is also not weak to Grass, which is a plus. Scald and Toxic Spikes are just basic STAB attacks. I really like Tentacruel with Liquid Ooze, as it shuts down Mega Venusaur, because Liquid Ooze makes it take damage instead of gain health when using Giga Drain.

Keldeo @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Calm Mind
- Substitute

Keldeo is one of the best water-types in OU, and I really like using it. This is the standard Substitute and Calm Mind set. I didn't get to use Clam Mind that much, but Substitute came in handy several times. Secret Sword is one of the great things about Keldeo, as you damage with your Special Attack, but your opponent takes damage based on Defense, and not Special Defense. It is very good for breaking throguh special walls like Chansey.

Azumarill @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Knock Off

Assault Vest Azumarill is a personal favorite of mine. In many peoples eyes, it is not that good, but I love it. Assault Vest gives Azumarill more special bulk to live hits that the opponent does not expect it to live. The Fairy-types coverage also proved to be crucial for my team, as one of the members I battled had a mono dark team. Knock Off was also very good for well, knocking things off.

Sharpedo @ Sharpedonite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Protect
- Earthquake

Sharpedo claims the last spot in my team. Although I have not had much success with Mega Sharpedo in UU, it was awesome in monotype. Earthquake was an important coverage move on it, and was a great help in beating a mono poison team. Using Sharpedo is easy, Protect turn one to get a speed boost, mega evolve turn two, and hit like a truck.

That was a small recap of my mono water team for this weeks monotype competition in the Showdown category, although it seems very well built I built it in like 5 mins without any prior experience to monotype :P

[akdude]

Well...I haven't been battling much this week. I think the reason why is because my battling really has no impact on our points since I'm not as good as ash and not taking on as many battles as Sou. But here's my most recent WAR Battle

[Noblejanobii]

So, in my procrastination to work on my end of the week project for creative writing, this happened.



I'm just going to leave this here.

[bronislav84]

So guys, no RP entries again this week? The other teams are scoring in RP. I would have liked to at least have someone post from Trainer to be in for consideration.

[Noblejanobii]

WOOT! I GOT BRONZE IN CREATIVE WRITING THIS WEEK!! YES!!

[Sou]

grats to you guys who scored! All the entries were great xD

[Chakramaster]

Little update and sorry I couldn't get this up sooner: sorry on the lack of activity lately from me. I've been having more computer issues come up along with some unexpected issues with a friend recently. I'm limited to my iPhone for checking things on the internet. I'll try to stay on things and get back on top of my next RP posts and hopefully figure something out for a creative writing post as well. Being limited to my phone just makes it more complicated to double check things and make sure it's up to the quality it should be for a post or creative writing submission. Hopefully I can fix my computer soon.

[Sou]

Hi xD
/did not post an entry here by mistake

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

@Ksh13 That team looks really impressive. :) And it must have been since you did so well! :D Great job!
@akdude No worries! It's all for fun anyway :) Ash does seem pretty hard to beat!
@bronislav84 I tried writing up a character for the RP but all the magic stuff confused me too much xD
@Noblejanobii Fantastic work in creative writing! :D
@Chakramaster Sucks about your computer :( If you do have time to enter RP, that would be great, since no one else is doing it xD

Shout out to @Brettles who won GCEA! :D
@Sou Cleife doing awesome stuff in Drawn Art and Graphics. ;)

And well done to everyone who entered anything at all! :D I love seeing all your entries and you're all doing so well! SO PROUD ;_;

[Noblejanobii]

I am hoping my entry for this week is even better.