In the course of team creation and synthesizing, some Pokémon with especially effective movesets have become commonplace. Some of these types are listed below.
Curselax
Snorlax@Mint
Berry
Curse |
Earthquake |
Body Slam/Double-Edge/Return |
Rest
Very commonly used Physical Sweeper. First, Curses
up which lowers Speed while simultaneously raising Attack and Defense. Then uses
Earthquake or the other physical attack to lay
waste to the opponent. When it gets low on Health, it
Rests. Repeat until nobody is left standing
but him.
Death Starmie
Starmie@Miracle
Berry
Thunder Wave |
Confuse Ray |
Surf |
Recover
Parafusion paradise! Makes a great starter. First T-Wave, then Confusion,
then
Surf (which gets great STAB). Uses
Recover when necessary.
Tyranitar@Scope
Lens/Quick Claw/Leftovers
Earthquake |
Rock Slide/Ancient Power |
Crunch |
Fireblast / Surf
Aside from being kinda slow, T-Tar makes a great Sweeper, Physical or
Special (a little better at Physical). All the moves except one gets a big fat
STAB bonus. Fireblast
or Surf
rounds out the moveset for one unstoppable killing machine.
Hitmonchan/lee/top@Mint
Berry
Curse |
HP Ghost |
Mach Punch |
Rest
Curse
takes all the HitMons already great Attack
and takes it higher.
HP Ghost is for any nasty Ghosts that may
appear, and
Mach Punch (which isn't the strongest move, but
it always hits first and has plenty of PP) for everyone else.
Rest
refuels when it gets tired.
Machamp@Mint
Berry
Cross Chop |
Earthquake |
Rock Slide |
Rest
Three very powerful Attack moves which also include Critical Hit
bonuses and Flinch potential. Capitalizes on its #3 highest ranking Attack
power (only T-Tar and
Dragonite is higher).
Rest
for healing, and this is one tough hombre.
Houndoom@Scope
Lens/Kings Rock
Crunch |
Flamethrower |
Sunny Day |
Solar Beam
Crunch
and
Flamethrower
both get STAB.
Sunny Day plays a dual role of energizing
Flamethrower
and turning
Solar Beam
into a one-round attack instead of two. Top it off with Scope
Lens for critical hits or Kings Rock for
flinching, and this is an excellent Special Sweeper.