Be the very best! Week 7

[Cmdr_King]

MalcomMasher 2-0
Yoshiken 0-2
Laggy 2-0
Nephrite 1-1
Andrew 0-2

Presidential Poison Leader: Nephrite!

->Weezing @ Poison Barb, Levitate, Bold
-Toxic
-Flamethrower
-Sludge Bomb
-Haze

->Gengar @ Black Glasses, Levitate, Mild
-Shadow Ball
-Toxic
-Confuse Ray
-Focus Blast

Crobat @ Bright Powder, Inner Focus, Jolly
-Toxic
-Air Slash
-Sludge Bomb
-Double Team

Drapion @ Iron Ball, (Battle Armor), Adamant
-Poison Jab
-Toxic
-Crunch
-Fling

Venusaur @ Miracle Seed, Overgrow, Modest
-Toxic
-Petal Dance
-Synthesis
-Giga Drain

Toxicroak @ Black Sludge, Dry Skin, Adamant
-Substitute
-BulkUp
-Toxic
-DrainPunch

Rain Dancing Water Leader: MalcomMasher!

->Wailord | Oblivious | Wacan Berry | Adamant, EVs 252 Atk/Def, 4 SpD
Rain Dance, Earthquake, Waterfall, Selfdestruct

->Seaking | Swift Swim | Damp Rock | Adamant, EVs 252 Atk/Spe, 4 HP
Rain Dance, Waterfall, Megahorn, Protect

Slowking | Own Tempo | Expert Belt | Modest, EVs 252 HP/SpA, 4 Def
Rain Dance, Surf, Psychic, Ice Beam

Kingler | Hyper Cutter | Focus Sash | Adamant, EVs 252 HP/SpA, 4 Spe
Rain Dance, Crabhammer, X-Scissor, Protect

Kingdra | Swift Swim | King's Rock | Adamant, EVs 252 Atk/Spe, 4 HP
Rain Dance, Waterfall, Outrage, Draco Meteor

Crawdaunt | Shell Armor | Choice Scarf | Impish, EVs 252 HP/Spd, 4 Atk
Rain Dance, Crabhammer, Crunch, Guillotine

[Laggy]

Team Malcom. Rain Dance goes up turn 1 no problem, and Neph's offensive might compared to the deluge of water attacks is sorely and utterly outclassed. Toxic isn't a factor at all, the only Pokemon that resists water and can sting the opposing team is Venusaur, whose moveset isn't impressing... yeah, it feels rather one-sided.

[MalcolmMasher]

I just realized. BlackGlasses on Gengar? Don't those strengthen Dark-type moves, which it isn't using? <_< Not that it'd be the first time any of us made a mistake in the planning process.

The big problem on Team Poison is Toxicroak, which absorbs water due to Dry Skin in addition to resisting several of my back-up moves. The good news is that Slowking fries it. Wailord's EQ and Kingdra's Draco Meteor both lay some serious hurt on, too (even a -2 Draco Meteor breaks a Sub). I will have to play carefully in order to avoid giving Toxicroak a chance to set up - this may be the one match where I'm _not_ trying to explode my whale - but keeping it in check seems doable.

[Ranmilia]

Team Rain not close.  I feel bad for Neph's team, it's antistall in a field of aggro.    But such is the nature of 2v2 I guess.

[Cmdr_King]

Well I guess Malcom has this.

MalcomMasher 3-0
Yoshiken 0-2
Laggy 2-0
Nephrite 1-2
Andrew 0-2