Help with pokemon platinum team

Right off the bat, i'm noticing 4 Pokemon weak against Fire. Steelix, Skarmory, Scizor and Venusaur.

Also, Choice Band Salamence with Roost? :?

Is this a good team for just battling with friends, not that competitive tho. But he's pretty good and we're tied 3-3 coz i fail xD yea my last team didn't work so well o-o Salamence, Choice Band(switch out right at the start of the battle), Adamant, Ev trained for max att and spd Outrage, Fire Fang, Earthquake, and Roost Vaporeon, Leftovers (switch in to mence if he uses ice beam, if not probly steelix or skarm), Bold, Ev trained for hp and def Wish, Protect, Surf, Ice Beam Scizor, Life Orb, Adamant, Ev trained for max att and hp Swords Dance, Roost, Bullet Punch, X-Scissor Venusaur, idk what item to use o-o, Timid, Ev trained for sp. att and spd Leaf Storm, Sleep Powder, Synthesis, Need help on fourth move, thinking about Sludge Bomb or poison powder Skarmory, Leftovers, Impish, Ev trained for def and hp Spikes, Brave Bird, Roost, Need help on fourth move, alrdy covered stealth rock with steelix Steelix, Leftovers, Sassy, Ev trained for sp. def and hp Stealth Rock, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Need help again xDDoubleRainb0w

You already have a Physical wall in Skarmory, which has self-heal, therefore Steelix really isn't needed. I would use a Heatran in its place, which would help with your Fire weakness. It also attract earthquakes, which means more chances to skarmory to lay down Spikes/Stealth Rock, and more chances for Mence to Outrage away. Give Skarmory SRock, and use a Sub Heatran, to ease prediction:

SubHea: Timid / Naive, 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

~ Fire Blast
~ Earth Power
~ Substitute
~ Toxic / Explosion

@leftovers

Use Naive if you go for explosion. Switch on the fire attack, sub on the switch, and fire away until the sub is broken.

Spec Heatran could also work.

SpecHea: Modest, 40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe

~ Fire Blast / Overheat
~ Earth Power
~ Hidden Power Grass
~ Dragon Pulse / Flamethrower

@Choice Specs

A Flash Fire boosted Spec Overheat / Fire Blast coming off Heatran's base 130 SpAtk deals reediculous damage, even to something that resist it. Fire blast 2HKO standard Blissey, Gyarados and Dragonite, Heatran's common switch-ins after SRock damage. Fire blast does more damage over two turns, but Overheat deals much more damage on the first. If you use Overheat, use Flamethrower on the last slot to sweep late-game.

I'm also against SD Scizor without fighting moves. Steel/Bug gives you terrible coverage and make you easily walled by any bulky steel pokemon. Superpower / Brick Break over X-Scissor.

Sludge Bomb on Venusaur isn't bad per-se, but makes it stel types set-up bait too. If possible, use Hp Ground. If not possible, Roserade can fit the same purpose without changing much. Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk, S.Powder/Toxic Spikes/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/fire) @Focus Sash makes a great Toxic Spikes Lead, and Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk S.Powder/Sludge Bomb/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/ground) @Choice Scarf is a wonderful scarfer.

[QUOTE="DoubleRainb0w"]Is this a good team for just battling with friends, not that competitive tho. But he's pretty good and we're tied 3-3 coz i fail xD yea my last team didn't work so well o-o Salamence, Choice Band(switch out right at the start of the battle), Adamant, Ev trained for max att and spd Outrage, Fire Fang, Earthquake, and Roost Vaporeon, Leftovers (switch in to mence if he uses ice beam, if not probly steelix or skarm), Bold, Ev trained for hp and def Wish, Protect, Surf, Ice Beam Scizor, Life Orb, Adamant, Ev trained for max att and hp Swords Dance, Roost, Bullet Punch, X-Scissor Venusaur, idk what item to use o-o, Timid, Ev trained for sp. att and spd Leaf Storm, Sleep Powder, Synthesis, Need help on fourth move, thinking about Sludge Bomb or poison powder Skarmory, Leftovers, Impish, Ev trained for def and hp Spikes, Brave Bird, Roost, Need help on fourth move, alrdy covered stealth rock with steelix Steelix, Leftovers, Sassy, Ev trained for sp. def and hp Stealth Rock, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Need help again xDIcare0

You already have a Physical wall in Skarmory, which has self-heal, therefore Steelix really isn't needed. I would use a Heatran in its place, which would help with your Fire weakness. It also attract earthquakes, which means more chances to skarmory to lay down Spikes/Stealth Rock, and more chances for Mence to Outrage away. Give Skarmory SRock, and use a Sub Heatran, to ease prediction:

SubHea: Timid / Naive, 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

~ Fire Blast
~ Earth Power
~ Substitute
~ Toxic / Explosion

@leftovers

Use Naive if you go for explosion. Switch on the fire attack, sub on the switch, and fire away until the sub is broken.

Spec Heatran could also work.

SpecHea: Modest, 40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe

~ Fire Blast / Overheat
~ Earth Power
~ Hidden Power Grass
~ Dragon Pulse / Flamethrower

@Choice Specs

A Flash Fire boosted Spec Overheat / Fire Blast coming off Heatran's base 130 SpAtk deals reediculous damage, even to something that resist it. Fire blast 2HKO standard Blissey, Gyarados and Dragonite, Heatran's common switch-ins after SRock damage. Fire blast does more damage over two turns, but Overheat deals much more damage on the first. If you use Overheat, use Flamethrower on the last slot to sweep late-game.

I'm also against SD Scizor without fighting moves. Steel/Bug gives you terrible coverage and make you easily walled by any bulky steel pokemon. Superpower / Brick Break over X-Scissor.

Sludge Bomb on Venusaur isn't bad per-se, but makes it stel types set-up bait too. If possible, use Hp Ground. If not possible, Roserade can fit the same purpose without changing much. Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk, S.Powder/Toxic Spikes/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/fire) @Focus Sash makes a great Toxic Spikes Lead, and Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk S.Powder/Sludge Bomb/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/ground) @Choice Scarf is a wonderful scarfer.

Great idea...just one problem tho, I started EV training late after I finished the game and caught most legendaries w/o using synchronize so I don't have the right natues D: Any other suggestions, but not legendaries? xD Roserade is good, but I don't really like using HP since it's power and type is hard to determine and I probly won't spend that much time looking for a perfect pokemon with the right HP xD

[QUOTE="Icare0"]

[QUOTE="DoubleRainb0w"]Is this a good team for just battling with friends, not that competitive tho. But he's pretty good and we're tied 3-3 coz i fail xD yea my last team didn't work so well o-o Salamence, Choice Band(switch out right at the start of the battle), Adamant, Ev trained for max att and spd Outrage, Fire Fang, Earthquake, and Roost Vaporeon, Leftovers (switch in to mence if he uses ice beam, if not probly steelix or skarm), Bold, Ev trained for hp and def Wish, Protect, Surf, Ice Beam Scizor, Life Orb, Adamant, Ev trained for max att and hp Swords Dance, Roost, Bullet Punch, X-Scissor Venusaur, idk what item to use o-o, Timid, Ev trained for sp. att and spd Leaf Storm, Sleep Powder, Synthesis, Need help on fourth move, thinking about Sludge Bomb or poison powder Skarmory, Leftovers, Impish, Ev trained for def and hp Spikes, Brave Bird, Roost, Need help on fourth move, alrdy covered stealth rock with steelix Steelix, Leftovers, Sassy, Ev trained for sp. def and hp Stealth Rock, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Need help again xDDoubleRainb0w

You already have a Physical wall in Skarmory, which has self-heal, therefore Steelix really isn't needed. I would use a Heatran in its place, which would help with your Fire weakness. It also attract earthquakes, which means more chances to skarmory to lay down Spikes/Stealth Rock, and more chances for Mence to Outrage away. Give Skarmory SRock, and use a Sub Heatran, to ease prediction:

SubHea: Timid / Naive, 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

~ Fire Blast
~ Earth Power
~ Substitute
~ Toxic / Explosion

@leftovers

Use Naive if you go for explosion. Switch on the fire attack, sub on the switch, and fire away until the sub is broken.

Spec Heatran could also work.

SpecHea: Modest, 40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe

~ Fire Blast / Overheat
~ Earth Power
~ Hidden Power Grass
~ Dragon Pulse / Flamethrower

@Choice Specs

A Flash Fire boosted Spec Overheat / Fire Blast coming off Heatran's base 130 SpAtk deals reediculous damage, even to something that resist it. Fire blast 2HKO standard Blissey, Gyarados and Dragonite, Heatran's common switch-ins after SRock damage. Fire blast does more damage over two turns, but Overheat deals much more damage on the first. If you use Overheat, use Flamethrower on the last slot to sweep late-game.

I'm also against SD Scizor without fighting moves. Steel/Bug gives you terrible coverage and make you easily walled by any bulky steel pokemon. Superpower / Brick Break over X-Scissor.

Sludge Bomb on Venusaur isn't bad per-se, but makes it stel types set-up bait too. If possible, use Hp Ground. If not possible, Roserade can fit the same purpose without changing much. Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk, S.Powder/Toxic Spikes/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/fire) @Focus Sash makes a great Toxic Spikes Lead, and Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk S.Powder/Sludge Bomb/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/ground) @Choice Scarf is a wonderful scarfer.

Great idea...just one problem tho, I started EV training late after I finished the game and caught most legendaries w/o using synchronize so I don't have the right natues D: Any other suggestions, but not legendaries? xD Roserade is good, but I don't really like using HP since it's power and type is hard to determine and I probly won't spend that much time looking for a perfect pokemon with the right HP xD

Solving the fire-weakness any other way tends to change the entire focus of the team, but hey, we can try. Get a Rain Dance Kingdra:

208 Atk / 136 SpA / 164 Spe, Rash/Mild, Swift Swim @Life Orb

~ Rain Dance
~ Waterfall
~ Hydro Pump / Surf
~ Draco Meteor

Switch in the fire attack, scare the poke, rain dance, and sweep. At worst, if a counter comes, you nulified you fire weakness for 4 turns. At best, you sweep your opponent. Putting it over steelix isn't a bad choice.

[QUOTE="DoubleRainb0w"]

[QUOTE="Icare0"]

You already have a Physical wall in Skarmory, which has self-heal, therefore Steelix really isn't needed. I would use a Heatran in its place, which would help with your Fire weakness. It also attract earthquakes, which means more chances to skarmory to lay down Spikes/Stealth Rock, and more chances for Mence to Outrage away. Give Skarmory SRock, and use a Sub Heatran, to ease prediction:

SubHea: Timid / Naive, 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

~ Fire Blast
~ Earth Power
~ Substitute
~ Toxic / Explosion

@leftovers

Use Naive if you go for explosion. Switch on the fire attack, sub on the switch, and fire away until the sub is broken.

Spec Heatran could also work.

SpecHea: Modest, 40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe

~ Fire Blast / Overheat
~ Earth Power
~ Hidden Power Grass
~ Dragon Pulse / Flamethrower

@Choice Specs

A Flash Fire boosted Spec Overheat / Fire Blast coming off Heatran's base 130 SpAtk deals reediculous damage, even to something that resist it. Fire blast 2HKO standard Blissey, Gyarados and Dragonite, Heatran's common switch-ins after SRock damage. Fire blast does more damage over two turns, but Overheat deals much more damage on the first. If you use Overheat, use Flamethrower on the last slot to sweep late-game.

I'm also against SD Scizor without fighting moves. Steel/Bug gives you terrible coverage and make you easily walled by any bulky steel pokemon. Superpower / Brick Break over X-Scissor.

Sludge Bomb on Venusaur isn't bad per-se, but makes it stel types set-up bait too. If possible, use Hp Ground. If not possible, Roserade can fit the same purpose without changing much. Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk, S.Powder/Toxic Spikes/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/fire) @Focus Sash makes a great Toxic Spikes Lead, and Timid, 4Hp 252 Spe, 252 SpAtk S.Powder/Sludge Bomb/Leafstorm/ Hp (ice/ground) @Choice Scarf is a wonderful scarfer.

Icare0

Great idea...just one problem tho, I started EV training late after I finished the game and caught most legendaries w/o using synchronize so I don't have the right natues D: Any other suggestions, but not legendaries? xD Roserade is good, but I don't really like using HP since it's power and type is hard to determine and I probly won't spend that much time looking for a perfect pokemon with the right HP xD

Solving the fire-weakness any other way tends to change the entire focus of the team, but hey, we can try. Get a Rain Dance Kingdra:

Rain Dance Mixed Kingdra

208 Atk / 136 SpA / 164 Spe, Rash/Mild, Swift Swim @Life Orb

~ Rain Dance
~ Waterfall
~ Hydro Pump / Surf
~ Draco Meteor

Switch in the fire attack, scare the poke, rain dance, and sweep. At worst, if a counter comes, you nulified you fire weakness for 4 turns. At best, you sweep your opponent. Putting it over steelix isn't a bad choice.

i mean mismagius

Skarmory actually walls more, don't be fooled.
Roost goes a long way for survivability, and skarmory doesn't have the horrid ground, fighting and water weaknesses that steelix does. Definitely swap out steelix.

I'm bad at rating in general though, so I can't really offer much more help.

Skarmory actually walls more, don't be fooled.
Roost goes a long way for survivability, and skarmory doesn't have the horrid ground, fighting and water weaknesses that steelix does. Definitely swap out steelix.

I'm bad at rating in general though, so I can't really offer much more help.

Hegna1