Hi everybody. I've just finished building my RBY team for the Gen 1 OU tier. It's my first time trying competitive, so I may have made some horrible mistake Hahaha I tried it a couple of times on Showdown and it was decent, but I definitely need more practice and data to properly evaluate it. Here are the details. Any opinion?
While building this team I focused on type coverage.
Almost every Pokemon has a STAB move for at least one of its types and I managed to get STABs against 13 types out of 15. The only one missing is Ghost, but since the Gengar line is the only one with this type and all of them are also Poison, I preferred to use super effective moves to Poison against them. About Psychic types I only have Jolteon's Pin Missile, that is quite weak, but I couldn't figure out a better solution.
Defensively, I have a good coverage too, with 14 resistances out of 15. The only one here is Dragon, but also in this case I don't care really much since Dragon moves are super effective only against other Dragons and I don't have any.
Gengar (Lead)
- Psychic
- Mega Drain
- Hypnosis
- Thunderbolt
Gengar does not have STABs, but it can use its high speed to put at sleep the opponent pretty quickly with Hypnosis. With Thunderbolt there's also the chance to paralyze and with Mega Drain he can recover its HPs a little when necessary.
Poliwrath
- Submission
- Surf
- Rest
- Amnesia
Poliwrath is one of the main attackers. Two STABs, Amnesia to rise its quite low Special and Rest to be a little annoying.
Rhydon
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Strength
- Toxic
Rhydon also has two STABs and Toxic to poison the opponent if needed. Strenght is a filler move, but it can be useful when any other try has failed.
Jolteon
- Pin Missile
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Sand Attack
As I said before, Jolteon's Pin Missile is my only hope against Psychic types. I definitely need advice on this. Then there are the STAB, Thander Wave to paralize and Sand Attack to annoy.
Jynx
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Lovely Kiss
- Mimic
Jynx also has two STABs, Lovely Kiss for sleep and Mimic to use if needed.
Dodrio
- Drill Peck
- Tri Attack
- Rest
- Toxic
Dodrio has the last two STABs, a Toxic like Rhydon and a Rest to recover.
While building this team I focused on type coverage.
Almost every Pokemon has a STAB move for at least one of its types and I managed to get STABs against 13 types out of 15. The only one missing is Ghost, but since the Gengar line is the only one with this type and all of them are also Poison, I preferred to use super effective moves to Poison against them. About Psychic types I only have Jolteon's Pin Missile, that is quite weak, but I couldn't figure out a better solution.
Defensively, I have a good coverage too, with 14 resistances out of 15. The only one here is Dragon, but also in this case I don't care really much since Dragon moves are super effective only against other Dragons and I don't have any.
Gengar (Lead)
- Psychic
- Mega Drain
- Hypnosis
- Thunderbolt
Gengar does not have STABs, but it can use its high speed to put at sleep the opponent pretty quickly with Hypnosis. With Thunderbolt there's also the chance to paralyze and with Mega Drain he can recover its HPs a little when necessary.
Poliwrath
- Submission
- Surf
- Rest
- Amnesia
Poliwrath is one of the main attackers. Two STABs, Amnesia to rise its quite low Special and Rest to be a little annoying.
Rhydon
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Strength
- Toxic
Rhydon also has two STABs and Toxic to poison the opponent if needed. Strenght is a filler move, but it can be useful when any other try has failed.
Jolteon
- Pin Missile
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Sand Attack
As I said before, Jolteon's Pin Missile is my only hope against Psychic types. I definitely need advice on this. Then there are the STAB, Thander Wave to paralize and Sand Attack to annoy.
Jynx
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Lovely Kiss
- Mimic
Jynx also has two STABs, Lovely Kiss for sleep and Mimic to use if needed.
Dodrio
- Drill Peck
- Tri Attack
- Rest
- Toxic
Dodrio has the last two STABs, a Toxic like Rhydon and a Rest to recover.
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