Hey I've finally reached the Elite 4 in my mono-grass run. I'm trying to come up with what pokemon to bring, so I'd like to hear what any of you think. Maybe some of you have already done a mono-grass run and know what's good.
So far I'm definitely bringing the following two:
Ferrothorn:
- Very tough and hits like a truck. Is one of the only grass types you can safely switch into flying types. Can beat up fairy-types and stall out guys with toxic if needed.
Mega Sceptile:
- Very fast, best counter against dragon types I've got, so I think it's a must have for Elias and Lin's Garchomp and Hydregion. I think giving it secret power rock could also be useful.
I'm more unsure of the following:
Breloom
- Technician and choice band makes a strong priority mach punch, but I'm afraid it might have outlived it's usefulness, because it is very frail, so it dies if it doesn't take out whatever it's up against.
I could also bring a sun-team chlorophyll package:
Whimsicott:
- With prankster it's guaranteed to set up sun, can also paralyze with stun spore, but otherwise it's very frail and even with max sp.atk. it doesn't deal much damage.
Leavanny:
- My current one is max attack and with a good investment in HP, under sun it can really set up on special attackers, because it is quite bulky. But I don't know how often that might come up. It also has sticky web, which might be useful.
Exeggutor:
- Pretty useless without sun, but can pack quite a punch. Sadly there aren't a lot of mons weak to grass in the Elite 4, so it might not be that good.
Venusaur:
- Pretty strong, but I don't know how usefull it's going to be. Sludge bomb can help with fairy types, sleep powder might also help beat some mons.
My biggest problem is that I am very weak against steel types. Breloom can deal with some, but I'm very afraid of Anna's Mega Metagross and Lin's Celesteela, since I Breloom definitely can't beat them. I'm also weak to fire-types, but there aren't a lot of those in the Elite 4, so I don't think I need to bring any counters.
What do you think might be useful?