The Fush

Something I usually have trouble with when setting up Stealth rocks is the risk of letting the enemy set up, e.g Bennett's Volcarona and Yanmega, Titania's Scizor. Putting it on Cradily would mean running the risk of putting it in later in the fight, and therefore being useless, and if I make Archeops use it, Defeatist is bound to haunt me many times. That, and Cradily doesn't make a very good lead. It's not a bad a idea, using rocks in league, but it's something that has trouble fitting into my team. I prefer a more direct way of defeating the enemy, and when facing a monotype team, there's usually a common weakness that could be the bane of them (except for Sigmund QQ). People underestimate Archeops because of Defeatist. It's main role in my team is to shut down set-ups on the enemy's side (something that it has no trouble doing, even when Defeatist is active), and to wreck as much as it can before dying out. It has the speed and power to do this.

Lucario used Stone Edge!

Banned for Slugdies.

The combo isn't vital to use throughout the whole battle (heck, it's no use against Ciel), and in double battles it will last longer. Earthquake still retains it's original purpose in battle of being coverage, and finding another thing immune to it risks ruining my synergy. That, and Conkeldurr can tank it rather well too. The problem with getting Starmie and giving it surf is that only Cradily can make use of it/not be affected. This makes it the most useful in double battles, which are rather uncommon in the league, and any other member will not enjoy the surf. I have no reason to use Starmie other than this, because all it'll do is stop me from using the dark type moves which I desire to stop ghost types. Darmanitan may have surprise factor with life orb, but without speed it won't matter anyways; the gym leaders care more about setting up their own strategies then countering mine, meaning that whatever they're doing will make Darmanitan fall quickly. HOWEVER, in the case of facing a Trick Room team like Noel's, where my speed will be redundant, I will definetely keep Life Orb on Damy here as an option (since items are changeable throughout league). Oh, and if you're worried about fighting types, my team is more suited to countering enemies with offense than defense. I'll use conkeldurr if I need to take a hit, Acrobatics will DECIMATE them, and fighting types have a tendency to have another type that gives them a weakness (e.g Lucario). Zoroark is rather frail, meaning that I'll tend to use it for a quick bombing rather than a drawn out war. This means that I don't really plan to use Substitute if it's impersonating Conkeldurr or Archeops, per say. That, and Zoroark is more here to cover my team's weaknesses rather than be it's core, because Illusion can be a little bit shaky to rely on at times. The problem with using stealth rocks in league is that: Every team is monotype, so while Stealth Rocks will decimate some, it'll do nothing to others. In triple battles, switch ins are not as common, and rocks are harder to set up. Also, Earth Power is needed because it's a ground attack that, unlike Earthquake, won't run the risk of ruining my team (that, and it also covers the special side).

I see what you're doing aswell. VERY WELL THEN! Lucario Close Combat'd.

It's surprised enemy leads quite well, due to Taunt. I was actually considering Aerodactyl earlier, but I couldn't resist the acrogem combo. I'll take a look at Crobat, though. The only thing that seems too threatening to Archeops for me is Stealth Rocks, which isn't all that common in League. EDIT: Probably won't use Crobat, leaves a big Psychic weakness in my team.

Breloom used Mach Punch.

Starmie used Hydro Pump!

Noticing something with the pokemon I'm using? Breloom used Mach Punch!

Mamoswine used Ice Shard!

10/10 Bumpy Monkey

Jolteon used HP Ice!

Jolteon used Shadow Ball!

Rotom used Volt Switch.

Breloom used Bullet Seed!

Well that descended quickly, for fuck's sake!

Starmie used Hydro Pump!

Because they're the base EVs and items, the unedited version. They're what I'll use, because it's rare to change that stuff throughout the league. It's only really changed when it comes to Trick Room.

HOLY SHIT I'M LIFE FOR FUCKS SAKE THIS IS AMAZING MAKE BANJO THREE-IE NOW

I'm so tough that I can beat L in a staredown.

The sun rose at 25:00 AM, on a cold yesterday. Time paradoxes are very funny, as Nirvash proved. However, it was arguably unfair that Enigma had stolen the time warpers, and had looped the fabric of space-time, causing Dialga and Palkia to go and stop this, but Ikaru stopped Enigma's time-space powers. "Give me your cookies of space!" said Ikaru, but he saw Gardevoir, owned by Will, and ran to the nearest phone and called 911, for Will was Radomus in disguise, and needed help opening this jar that everyone hated to open, so Ikaru used his giant eagle to utterly rip the lid to shreds, and then pushed the contents of the mentally challenged *insert Reborn member*'s chinchillas from space BACK to space! Then suddenly, an idiot with a pink dress called Light appeared, shooting laser beams which were powerless against Roo's Absol, who was overpowered by Explosms' Yanmega until Sucker Punch

My favorite final fantasy villain. Who doesn't like a psychotic powerful jester who's more powerful than the gods and has a heavily symbolic piece of music and background?

Jolteon used Thunderbolt!

Mamoswine used Icicle Crash!

Feraligatr used Ice Fang!