POKEYMAN?!

I'm still addicted to this stuff. It's incredible how Pokemon can suck you in.

First of all, I've finally tried out that all-fired "EV Training" after watching in horror as my team of 00bers (Groudon, Kyogre, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Articuno) fell apart to a Latios that MUST have been holding a Soul Dew, in Colosseum, one after another. So I'm EV training a Metagross named Armageddon to kick that stupid bird's ass. He's getting max Attack so he can shove a STAB Meteor Mash down that sucker's throat. Stupid Latios.

Besides that, my NB team has gone under major revision since I last posted it here. Here's the latest:

BOO-DIDDLY THE GENGAR

Item: Lum Berry

Ice Punch

Thunderbolt

Taunt

Giga Drain

Hi there, unsuspecting Salamence. Gengar ain't afraid of you, boy. Oh, look, it's Swampert. Howdy. Eat a 240 base power HP-restoring attack. And there's that smartass Blissey, looking to wall my team with T-Wave, Softboiled, Seismic Toss, and Aromatherapy. Come out against Lapras and kill it. I send out Gengar and BOOM, Taunted. Blissey be screwed.

ARMSTRONG THE HERACROSS

Item: Leftovers

Brick Break

Megahorn

Earthquake

Rock Slide

Heracross hasn't changed much since I last posted the team here. His held item's changed, sure, and he's now tweaked for Speed instead of HP, but all in all he kicks just as much ass as before.

NESSIE THE LAPRAS

Item: Leftovers

Surf

Ice Beam

Psychic

Thunderbolt

For a while, Nessie's moveset was different, but it's now the same as it was two months ago when I first told you about it. Her EVs are tweaked for HP and Special Defense. If one of my other guys has weakened a Zapdos for her, she can come out against it and take it down with an Ice Beam or two. Nessie's able to take 2 or 3 Thunderbolts before dying.

GIOVANNA THE GARDEVOIR

Item: Petaya Berry

Psychic

Thunderbolt

Snatch

Destiny Bond

Destiny Bond is my best shot at killing the dastardly Tyranitar and Snorlax. Works well most of the time. Giovanna once Snatched four, count 'em, FOUR Calm Minds from some stupid Blissey and proceeded to wipe out half the other guy's team before going under. And when she left, she DB'd to take down ANOTHER guy. So, yeah, it's still Gardy and she's still strangely erotic.

IRON MAN THE REGISTEEL

Item: Leftovers

Iron Defense

Amnesia

Seismic Toss

Ice Punch

If Iron Man gets his defenses up, nothing will stand in his way (except 404 HP Subs, Roarers, and Blissey). He usually either tanks early on, or he sticks around and whittles down the entire team over the course of a few dozen turns. Hit or miss.

GIANTENEMYCRAB THE KINGLER

Item: Ganlon Berry

Body Slam

Hidden Power Ghost

Rest

Sleep Talk

Nobody expects Kingler, or his weird moveset! Kingler OHKO'd a Gengar on the switch with his Hidden Power once. The only things different about Kingler: His EVs, originally in HP and Attack, now lie in Attack and Defense, and his Hidden Power has shifted from Ground to Ghost so he's not totally helpless against a Gengar or Misdreavus. Like Iron Man, Kingler sometimes is the miracle that saves me, or he's a bit of a nuisance that gets OHKO'd. Depends on if my other guys have managed to kill the special attackers. If there's nobody left but physical sweepers, Kingler usually does quite well.

Annnnd that's the team. Weird, ain't it? Well, I love these guys, and they win for me more often than not, so I'm pleased.