Apr 30, 2015, 06:43 PM
*just as a note, I will only be referring to your VGC team*
I think a lot of what Marcusube is trying to say is that Ice types aren't necessarily prevalent in VGC, but Ice Beam is. Milotic, Suicune, and other bulky water types can run havoc on you while you don't really have an answer to them. Thunder Punch on Dragonite is okay, but you're not going to OHKO any of them.
Your team lacks answers to some of the common pokemon in the meta, as well as some of what is 'common' in the game. For instance, you don't have a support pokemon, but you have two pokemon that need to set up (Doublade and Kingdra). You also have no mon with Protect on your team, meaning you'll just take shots every turn without being able to retaliate. You should look at the Pokemon global link doubles spot and see the most common pokemon and how you're going to deal with them. (http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/battle/oras/#double)
About what your team lacks, you have no form of speed control, no support, and no form of statuses. Speed is key in the current meta, and your team will always be lacking. A support would do wonders, especially one with intimidate and fake out (Scrafty and Hitmontop fit this role well). Your team also has no anti-intimidate aside from sending out two of your SpA mons, but that could lead to bad match ups quickly.
I would recommend watching some videos on youtube and looking at their teams. See what they have and why they are bringing it. Try and form a team that performs similar goals. Also, decide if you care more about being competitive or using specific pokemon, as your Kingdra and Doublade shouldn't be Naive, and I'm sure your Kingdra is not 5 IV since you caught it wild (I could be wrong). I know you said you wanted to use it because it's shiny, but remember that that could come back to bite you. If you don't care, then feel free to ignore what I just said.
I think a lot of what Marcusube is trying to say is that Ice types aren't necessarily prevalent in VGC, but Ice Beam is. Milotic, Suicune, and other bulky water types can run havoc on you while you don't really have an answer to them. Thunder Punch on Dragonite is okay, but you're not going to OHKO any of them.
Your team lacks answers to some of the common pokemon in the meta, as well as some of what is 'common' in the game. For instance, you don't have a support pokemon, but you have two pokemon that need to set up (Doublade and Kingdra). You also have no mon with Protect on your team, meaning you'll just take shots every turn without being able to retaliate. You should look at the Pokemon global link doubles spot and see the most common pokemon and how you're going to deal with them. (http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/battle/oras/#double)
About what your team lacks, you have no form of speed control, no support, and no form of statuses. Speed is key in the current meta, and your team will always be lacking. A support would do wonders, especially one with intimidate and fake out (Scrafty and Hitmontop fit this role well). Your team also has no anti-intimidate aside from sending out two of your SpA mons, but that could lead to bad match ups quickly.
I would recommend watching some videos on youtube and looking at their teams. See what they have and why they are bringing it. Try and form a team that performs similar goals. Also, decide if you care more about being competitive or using specific pokemon, as your Kingdra and Doublade shouldn't be Naive, and I'm sure your Kingdra is not 5 IV since you caught it wild (I could be wrong). I know you said you wanted to use it because it's shiny, but remember that that could come back to bite you. If you don't care, then feel free to ignore what I just said.
