What is your Elite Four team?

[Drago]

Yeah, this is one of those threads that would have worked better back when we had more members, but still.

I thought I’d see what everyone would be rolling with if they were an Elite Four member? You can decide your own rules based on past games or AI, but the only condition is: you must have a consistent type running through your roster.

I would be running an all-grass lineup of...

Ludicolo - Damp Rock
Rain Dance
Hydro Pump
Energy Ball
Ice Beam

The point of this, of course, is to slow down fire-types, and give players a nasty surprise when they lead with a fire Pokemon for an easy sweep.

If it can get Rain Dance off, it’ll help keep its allies alive for longer, and it also has Ice Beam in case the opponent is opting for a flying-type sweeper.

A lot of the Pokemon on this team have access to Chlorophyll, but there’s no way I’m going with a sun strategy on an all-grass squad.

Abomasnow - Life Orb
Blizzard
Wood Hammer
Earthquake
Ice Shard

The biggest beneficiary of Rain Dance, Abomasnow is here for a fun time, not a long time.

Between Wood Hammer and Life Orb, it’s likely to take itself out in a hurry, but it also has Earthquake in case any fire-types haven’t gotten the hint yet.

Leafeon - Normalium Z
Swords Dance
Leaf Blade
Knock Off
Double-Edge

Nothing particularly special about this set. Leafeon’s main objective is to successfully pull off a Z-move before dying.

Knock Off to disrupt strategies, Swords Dance because Leafeon’s in the mood for dancin’.

Breloom - Leftovers
Swords Dance
Mach Punch
Bullet Seed
Spore

Cry foul if you must. As best as I can recall, hidden abilities haven’t been found on AI Pokemon throughout the series. But that’s Breloom’s bread and butter, man. He’s already got a 4x weakness to flying attacks, let him just have this.

So yeah. It has Technician, and the moveset to reflect that. Otherwise, it’s basically Leafeon #2.

Conventional wisdom suggests the Life Orb should go here instead of Abomasnow, but I like the troll job that comes with guaranteed sleep + Leftovers.

Sawsbuck - Big Root
Double Edge
Horn Leech
Jump Kick
Toxic

Primarily here because I like Sawsbuck. If it can outlast its foes between Toxic and Horn Leech, we’re sitting pretty.

There are other items that would make more sense over the Big Root, like Leftovers or a Shell Bell, but I so rarely get a chance to arbitrarily insert the Big Root into a set.

Venusaur - Venusaurite
Sludge Bomb
Leech Seed
Giga Drain
Protect

Based on AI from previous games, this is the last line of defense, which works just fine because by now, the rain will probably have dissipated.

Mega Venusaurite’s Thick Fat helps further mitigate fire and ice-type assaults, while Sludge Bomb is there as a last-ditch effort to combat flying-types, as well as squashing fairies because screw them.

Leech Seed, Giga Drain and Protect are intended to keep Venusaur alive for as long as possible. I avoided Synthesis on this set in case it was still raining.

And there you have it. So who you got?

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

I always enjoyed Fire Pokémon quite a bit so I guess I'd use a fire team. Also, since the last time I did some serious battling was during Diamond/Pearl there'll be no Pokemon or items attacks or items in the team introduced after that.

Arcanine - Life Orb
Thunder Fang
Extremespeed
Iron Head
Overheat

Houndoom - Power Herb
Solar Beam
Flamethrower
Dark Pulse
Overheat

Charizard - Choice Band
Earthquake
Brick Break
Aero Ace
Flare Blitz

Tornupto - Passho Berry
Overheat
Eruption
Solar Beam
Sunny Day

Camerupt - Leftovers
Earth Power
Flamethrower
Rest
Sleep Talk

Infernape - Charcoal
Flamethrower
Close Combat
Overheat
Earthquake