A tip for a E4 sweeper team

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Hello everyone!! After trying several times to sweep reukra team with my garchomp and with just one attempt having captured arceus, I still don’t know if my team is good enough to challenge the damn high command again. Ive made changes, what do you think?

Akula (Garchomp) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
Level: 111
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp252 Atk24 Def0 SpA19 SpD215 Spe
Naive Nature

  • Flamethrower
  • Swords Dance
  • Earthquake
  • Dragon Rush

Cleaver (Scizor) @ D. Scizorite
Ability: Tough Claws
Level: 100
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp241 Atk54 Def0 SpA215 SpD0 Spe
Naive Nature

  • Close Combat
  • Psycho Cut
  • Icicle Crash
  • Hone Claws

La Macarena (Roserade) @ Pixie Plate
Ability: Heliophobia
Level: 97
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp0 Atk92 Def252 SpA0 SpD166 Spe
Hardy Nature

  • Moonblast
  • Lunar Cannon
  • Moonlight
  • Attract

Rotten Man (Luxray) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Venomous
Level: 98
Shiny: No
EVs: 12 Hp0 Atk252 Def0 SpA246 SpD0 Spe
Serious Nature

  • Swagger
  • Poison Jab
  • Metal Burst
  • Toxic Spikes

True Demon (Greninja) @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Steadfast
Level: 88
Shiny: No
EVs: 6 Hp0 Atk0 Def252 SpA0 SpD252 Spe
Hardy Nature

  • Smokescreen
  • Giga Drain
  • Substitute
  • Flamethrower

PIXY (Blaziken) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 102
Shiny: No
EVs: 6 Hp252 Atk0 Def0 SpA0 SpD252 Spe
Adamant Nature

  • Blaze Kick
  • Swords Dance
  • Protect
  • Sky Uppercut

With this team i overtook reukra, with some tries. My old team was:

Akula (Garchomp) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
Level: 106
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp252 Atk24 Def0 SpA19 SpD215 Spe
Naive Nature

Flamethrower
Swords Dance
Earthquake
Dragon Rush

Cleaver (Scizor) @ D. Scizorite
Ability: Tough Claws
Level: 99
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp241 Atk54 Def0 SpA215 SpD0 Spe
Naive Nature

Close Combat
Psycho Cut
Icicle Crash
Hone Claws

Typhlosion @ Magnet
Ability: Motor Drive
Level: 94
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp0 Atk9 Def252 SpA21 SpD228 Spe
Docile Nature

Rain Dance
Flash Cannon
Iron Defense
Thunder

La Macarena (Roserade) @ Pixie Plate
Ability: Heliophobia
Level: 95
Shiny: No
EVs: 0 Hp0 Atk92 Def252 SpA0 SpD166 Spe
Hardy Nature

Moonblast
Lunar Cannon
Moonlight
Attract

PIXY (Blaziken) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 102
Shiny: No
EVs: 6 Hp252 Atk0 Def0 SpA0 SpD252 Spe
Adamant Nature

Blaze Kick
Swords Dance
Protect
Sky Uppercut

Rotten Man (Luxray) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Venomous
Level: 98
Shiny: No
EVs: 12 Hp0 Atk252 Def0 SpA246 SpD0 Spe
Serious Nature

Swagger
Poison Jab
Metal Burst
Toxic Spikes

Really there arent a lot changes cus im coming back to this game. As I said the first time in forum, maybe this is a horrible team or worst, but would be helpful if you give me some tip to be better. Thanks!!

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I see the problem, your team has no synergy whatsoever. Why are you carrying a Noctem reserved Pokémon in Delta Roserade without it’s weather? What the heck are you trying to do with 2 Mega in your team? Don’t forget rule #1: Only carry 1 Mega. Your Lucky Egg has no point in being here, get rid of that. It’s the champion, you will need a real strategy to beat it, let alone sweep.

Something I really want you to explain are the EV spread. What exactly do they allow you to do? How did you calculated how much you put where?

If you ever want to sweep Reukra, you have two things to keep in Mind:

  1. Speed. Shadow Mewtwo has 130 base speed, so having a Pokémon that boost its speed, even by one stage, is mandatory to outspeed and OHKO it. It’s that or strong Priority.
  2. Shadow Mewtwo has Intimidate. So, aside from a Pokémon behind a Substitue or who has Hyper Cutter or Clear Body, any physical attacker will somewhat suffers.

About the team, Garchomp’s special attack is too weak to use Flamethrower, so Fire Blast instead but then again, Reukra has no Fire weak Pokémon. It is also easy picked off by Shadow Mewtwo and Mega Flygon, so it maybe won’t be your main Sweeper.

If you are using Mega Delta Scizor (who could be your main Sweeper if you manage Delta Haxorus), always use Ice Shard instead of Psycho Cut because it way to slow. You don’t need the accuracy boost either, pick Swords Dance. If you setup Sticky Web with something like Armored Leavany, then all Pokémon who can take a boosted Ice Shard aside from D.Volcarona are outsped and solidly OHKO by Close Combat.

Delta Roserade has no reason to be here.

Not sure if Toxic Spikes are that vital here, Delta Luxray could be switched out.

Without Prankster, Delta Greninja loose it’s main attrait. Use a Protean Greninja or maybe a Choice Scarf D.Gardevoir with Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Moonblast and Earth Power.

Since Reukra don’t carry Ghost types or Protect, you can use High Jump Kick on Blaziken without much trouble. Reukra’s team is too offensive to use Swords Dance, you could be better using a Coverage move.

3

And if i want to keep Delta Roserade, would i switch my Delta Luxray for a Spiritomb with noctem? Also, im coming back to this game, so i didnt think a lot in my strategy.

4

Give your Roserade an ability capsule, Shadow Dance will be nice. I recommend a Choice Specs set with Moonblast, Dark Pulse/Lunar Canon, Heat Wave and Thunderbolt.

Delta Typhlosion could be an interesting mega to use thanks to its ability working in New Moon.

Spiritomb will be a great lead against Reukra as it will activate Noctem last and burn TTar easily.

5

But, what moves i have to teach to my dlt typhlosion?

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Thunderbolt, Flash canon and whatever else. Dark Pulse is an option, but it doesn’t hit any relevant targets in Reukra’s team.