Professor Oak's Field Notes

I think it’s a great strategy! As you said, a Taunter would really screw over your Gorebyss, so watch out for that. Also, your strategy is contingent on the idea that Gorebyss will be faster than the opponent, which wouldn’t always be the case in regular competitive battles. However, because it’s the Battle Subway, this shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

Great idea, I’d say go for it!

For Arcanine, I’ve always been a fan of having Extremespeed, just because it helps out in really close situations. If anything, I’d replace Retaliate with Extremespeed, but that’s just the classic Arcanine moveset within me speaking.

Despite the fact that Ice Shard always goes first, I would still have had Ice Beam instead. Besides that, since most of the moves are special anyway, you might as well go ahead and make them all special attacks and add EVs to the Sp. Atk category, since the base stats for Atk and Sp Atk are the same (85). 

Raichu worries me, only because it has poor base stats relative to the other OU tier electric types (Electivire, Jolteon, Zapdos, Rotom, and Magnezone).  The strategy is solid, but it just won’t have the same stats to back it up like the aforementioned OU electrics.

Pokemon I didn’t comment on are fine as-is. Nice work :D

I hate the Ninjask “strategy”, but that’s more of a personal thing than a competitive criticism. Anyway, the most annoying Ninjasks have Substitute instead of Toxic, and sometimes they have Protect instead of X Scissor. Jolly would be a better nature for the purpose this Ninjask is meant to serve.

You may not need Tyranitar on your team at all, because it really covers the same types as Garchomp, and Garchomp would be amazing if you Baton Passed him in after you’ve gained speed with Ninjask. However, Garchomp is an Uber, and under Standard Cup rules, you wouldn’t be able to use Garchomp, so just keep that in mind.

For Skarmory, you may wants Impish or Bold instead, so you get to raise Defense without losing Special Defense (as it stands, it’s Lax, which means +Defense and -Sp. Defense). It just doesn’t make sense to cut from your Sp. Defense when you don’t have to.

Any other pokemon I didn’t mention is well done. Nice team here.

I quite like the team I have now, which is:

Blissey @ Leftovers

Bashful/Natural Cure

Ice Beam 

Toxic

Softboiled

Protect

Krookodile @ Black Belt

Serious/Moxie

Foul Play

Stone Edge

Earthquake

Outrage

Scizor @ Scope Lens

Adamant/Technician

Roost

Superpower

U-turn

Bullet Punch

Gengar

Modest/Levitate

Focus Blast

Thunderbolt

Shadow Ball

Energy Ball

Bronzong @ Quick Claw

Relaxed/Levitate

Earthquake

Gyro Ball

Hypnosis

Stealth Rock

I realize there’s only five listed here, and that’s because my other slot is an Arcanine that I intend to replace. I’m thinking about Marshtomp as a replacement but I’m still not sure.

Also, some of the natures aren’t the best, and I intend to fix them eventually. EVs were placed to enhance whatever base stats were highest on these pokemon (i.e. Gengar got Speed and Sp. Attack EVs).

Garchomp’s going to be uber again, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. Tiers for BW haven’t been finalized by Smogon yet, so I’m pretty sure nothing is set in stone. In DP, Blaziken is UU, and I don’t think that Speed Boost is going to be nearly enough to make Blaziken an Uber like Garchomp, though Blaziken has a shot at OU. There’s some hot discussion on this topic in the Smogon forums.

Even if it’s placed in OU with Speed Boost, no, I think Garchomp will be more powerful that Blaziken anyway.

For Golduck, I suggest Timid or Modest; Serious doesn’t really help you or hurt you. Go for Calm Mind, Psychic/Ice Beam, Surf/Hydro Pump, and Hidden Power [Grass]. Other water types are better suited for competitive battle, like Swampert, Milotic, Gyarados, Empoleon, Starmie, Kingdra, Suicune, and Tentacruel. Lots of options in the water department.

Chandelure’s a solid Fire type. You’ll want it to be Timid to maximize SpA. Though I’m not sure if you can find Litwick in the Dreamworld yet, the ability Shadow Tag is preferred when available. Go for Flash Fire until Shadow Tag Litiwick is released. Substitute, Calm Mind, Flamethrower, and Shadow Ball are the recommended moves, but Will O Wisp works well.

Since Swanna has poor stats, you’ll want to go with Timid, and have a moveset of Surf, Air Slash, Ice Beam, and Roost. I don’t understand why you have two Water types on your team; you should replace one of them for more type coverage. 

Serperior seems to serve best as a support figure. Throw on a Jolly nature, add Reflect, Light Screen, Safeguard, and Leaf Storm, and you have some serious defenses for whatever you send out next. It is outclassed, however. Sceptile, Breloom, and Roserade are more versatile Grass types and are better suited for competitive play.

Emolga’s crowning glory is its speed, so I wouldn’t choose Brave. Go for Timid, and Taunt/Encore, Discharge/Thunderbolt, Light Screen/Quick Attack, and Air Slash. This is generally a weak pokemon though, and would be better replaced by an Electivire, Jolteon, Magnezone, Zapdos, or an Eelektross.

Espoen is one of my favorites! Go for Timid, with Calm Mind, Psychic, Substitute, and Baton Pass. Send in Espeon on something the opponent will switch out, giving you a turn to set up the Substitute. Then, use Calm Mind as they take down your substitute, and then follow with Baton Pass into a formidable Pokemon with insanely high defenses. Proceed to sweep.

This is my two cents, thanks for the submission. (: