Originally Posted by Shaibana
"I could give you a few helpful directions if you don't mind.
First of all, your Tiny Spider has a pretty unique niche that
no other pokemons pulls off quite as well, and few even
get access to. And that's setting up Sticky Web. In PvP,
all kinds of entry hazards are a pretty big deal, since
switching usually happens a lot. Sticky Web, rather than
damaging the opposing pokemons, will reduce the speed
of all non-Flying or Levetating pokemons that the opponent
sends in. Considering you have some pretty powerful
attackers that are only hindered by their mediocre speed,
I believe setting up Sticky Web could aid your team greatly."
"Moving on to said powerful attackers, one
of the few weaknesses of your team might
be the fact that Tyranitar, Tyrantrum and
Haxorus do overlapp somewhat in coverage.
First of all, Tyrantrum shares a typing with
both of the other two, meaning it also shares
some weaknesses and Same Type Attack Bonus
coverage with them. For this reason, picking
the moves and EV spreads for this trio becomes
very important. Tyranitar typically wants
both a dark-type move such as Crunch and
a rock-type move such as Stone Edge or Rock Slide."
"Tyrantrum can make great use of these very
same attacks as well, since it, too, is a rock-type
and its ability 'Strong Jaw' increases the power of
Crunch. Another move Tyrantrum likes to use is
Dragon Claw, but that's a move Haxorus also
wants to have badly. If your Tyrantrum was hatched
with the elemental fangs as egg moves, then you
should consider using those over Crunch and and/or
Dragon Claw in order to give your offensive coverage
more variety. Oh, and Dragon Dance is great on Haxorus."
"Ahh, now I'm getting sleepy from all this
talking, so I'll... say the rest I have to say
a bit quick. Togekiss: Thunder Wave and
Air Slash if you want to be hated like Bern.
Or you could use something like Air Slash,
Fire Blast, Roost and then either Nasty Plot,
Grass Knot or Heal Bell for the last slot, if you
want to be a nicer person. But Thunder Wave
and Air Slash is... a very scary combination.
Finally, Espeon is great for setting up Reflect
and Light Screen, though without the item
'light clay', they will only stay for 5 turns.
Psychic and Dazzling Gleam are great moves
on Espeon too, as well as Yawn."
"...I do plan to win this tournament,
you know. So stop helping my freaking
opponents. I swear... if Rider bringing
up Politoed or you having this whole
bloody lecture ends up costing me
even a single game in the future..."
"Oh, well I'm only here because I
want to watch you lose you know."
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