Ferrothorn @ Focus Sash

Brave

252 Atk/148 Sp Def/108 Def

Iron Barbs

-Spikes

-Stealth Rock

-Gyro Ball

-Payback



As the lead, Ferrothorn's first priority is to set up a Steath Rock. After that is done, he can either set up Spikes on top of that, or proceed to attack with a devastating Gyro Ball. With a nature that saps Speed, Gyro Ball's power will most likely fall between 100 and 150 against any foe. For anything that resists Steel, a 100-power Payback can be used as an alternative.



Bronzong @ Light Clay

Quiet

252 Sp Atk/128 Def/128 Sp Def

Heatproof

-Psychic

-Reflect

-Light Screen

-Trick Room



Bronzong is mainly support in this case. Wielding a Light Clay, it can set up a dual-screen that lasts a whopping 7 turns. It can also use Trick Room to support the other members of my team and their low-Speed approach. If it ever comes down to a 1 on 1, Bronzong has Psychic to defend itself.



Metagross @ Wide Lens

Sassy

252 Atk/252 Sp Def/4 Def

Clear Body

-Meteor Mash

-Hammer Arm

-Zen Headbutt

-Magnet Rise



Metagross can be your worst nightmare here. With the aid of a Trick Room, it can move first and put a Magnet Rise up to stop Earthquake and/or Earth Power. Also, all 3 of it's moves pack a devastating punch. Meteor Mash, Zen Headbutt, and Hammer Arm have powers of 100, 80, and 100 respectively. Add STAB into the mix, and those go up to 150, 120, and 100 respectively. With a Wide Lens, they also become that much more potent. The accuracies of Meteor Mash (85%), Zen Headbutt (90%), and Hammer Arm (90%) all go up 10% with a Wide Lens equipped.



Empoleon @ Wave Incense

Modest

252 Def/252 Sp Atk/4 HP

Torrent

-Brine

-Flash Cannon

-Rain Dance

-Ice Beam



To finish off the Steel-types on my team, Empoleon is a Special attacker. the main strategy with him is to set up a Rain Dance. This does 2 things. It powers up his Brine attack, and it halves the damage done by Fire-types to the rest of the team for its duration. Flash Cannon gets STAB, making it a potent, 120-power/100 accuracy attack. In case of any lurking Grass-types, Empoleon also packs Ice Beam. As for Brine, it has damage that multiplies. Against a target with full health, it has 65 power. Add STAB, that goes up to 97.5 power. The Wave Incense adds 20% on top of that, bringing the power to 117. Along with a Rain Dance, the total base power becomes 175.5. If the opponent is at 50% health or lower, the base power becomes 351 after the multipliers.



Gallade @ Muscle Band

Brave

252 Atk/252 Def/4 HP

Steadfast

-Leaf Blade

-Psycho Cut

-Brick Break

-Trick Room



With the availability of Trick Room, Gallade can either overpower faster foes, or switch out to a slower teammate. With the use of a Muscle Band, the moves at Gallade's disposal become that much more devastating. With 2 moves that have a boosted critical hit ratio (Leaf Blade and Psycho Cut), you can expect some kind of crit hax to present at Gallade's arrival into battle. Even though both of the moves that Gallade gets STAB off of have a low power, they both bring something new to the table; Psycho Cut (105 with STAB) has a high crit ratio, and Brick Break (112.5 with STAB) can take out any Reflect/Light Screen the opponent uses.



Dusclops @ Eviolite

Brave

252 Atk/128 Def/128 Sp Def

Pressure

-Ice Punch

-Earthquake

-Pain Split

-Trick Room



Finally, Dusclops rounds off my gym team. Playing less to her own weaknesses, and more to the main weaknesses of the team, she packs a punch. With the Eviolite equipped, Dusclops' already amazing base Defenses of 135 each get 1.5x bonuses each, turning a defensive monster into an all-out tank. As if 190 base Defenses weren't enough, she can also Trick Room to get back to either Empoleon or Metagross for a sweep. Going back to my "playing to the main weaknesses of the team" statement, she has Ice Punch to deal with Ground-types, and Earthquake to deal with Fire-types.

Klefki @ Leftovers

Calm

Prankster

252 Def/252 SpD/4 HP



-Substitute

-Thunder Wave

-Spikes

-Toxic



Klefki is your standard lead with the added annoyance of having priority along with the possibility of it breaking into your house and/or car. As a lead, Klefki has the mission of wreaking havoc everywhere, while taking little to no damage itself. It does so through the use of +1 priority Spikes (for up to 3 layers), priority T-Wave, and priority Substitute to shield itself from damage. In an emergency, or in the case of a Ground/Electric type, Klefki can become an effective Toxic staller, just to add to the "fun" value it already carries.

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Metagross @ Wide Lens

Adamant

Clear Body

252 Atk/252 SpD/4 HP



-Earthquake

-Meteor Mash

-Zen Headbutt

-Bullet Punch



It just isn't a Steel-type team without Metagross, now is it? This is a modified version of my original VRGL Metagross, to account for the Gen 6 Steel nerf. There really is no special gimmick going on with Metagross: it just punches and keeps on punching. The moveset focuses on power, with Bullet Punch added in for revenge killing potential. the Wide Lens improves the accuracy of Meteor Mash (85%) and Zen Headbutt (90%), making misses far less likely, and making Metagross more reliable as a whole.

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M-Scizor @ Scizorite

Adamant

Technician

252 Atk/252 SpD/4 HP



-Bullet Punch

-X-Scissor

-Baton Pass

-Swords Dance



And now, we take a step into the stuff of nightmares. With Technician and STAB, M-Scizor gets a total of 90 power out of one Bullet Punch. This power on a priority move gets coupled with 150 base Attack and the possibility of a Swords Dance before launching the attack in the first place. Coupled with that is STAB X-Scissor (120 power), and Baton Pass, just in case we need to bring out...

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Aegislash @ Muscle Band

Adamant

Stance Change

252 HP/252 Atk/4 SpD



-King's Shield

-Iron Head

-Shadow Sneak

-Swords Dance



...yeah, that's gonna leave a mark. Aegislash kinda makes a moveset for itself, with King's Shield being vital in utilizing Stance Change. Swords Dance is both a way to raise Aegislash's Attack, and a way to keep it in Shield Forme for another turn to tank an attack. Iron Head is 120 power of pure death with a Swords Dance or two, and Shadow Sneak is 60 power of revenge kill in any situation. Simple, potent, deadly.

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Ditto @ Choice Scarf

Bold (or something, I don't remember)

Imposter

252 HP/assorted



-Transform



I actually used this in the last tournament, and it took out 3 Pokémon in one battle, where I lost 0-2. HP is the only thing that matters with Imposter, since the ability copies everything but the HP of the opposing Pokémon (including stat changes, which Transform can't do). The main draw of Imposter is this: You can use Imposter to become the opponent's mega evolution and thus have two on one team. The Choice Scarf means Ditto will almost always be faster than the Pokémon Imposter copied (barring a situation where the opposition also has a Scarf, then it's 50/50 who goes first). This means any sweeper, mega, etc. who has set up against my team can be copied and beaten using their own moves, and now I have their sweeper, all set up and tied up with a bow.

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Vaporeon @ Damp Rock

Timid

Water Absorb

252 SpA/252 Spd/4 HP



-Rain Dance

-Ice Beam

-Surf

-Wish



So, my team maaaay be slightly weak to Fire. Only a little. How about a team player? Damp Rock and Rain Dance means 8 turns of virtually no Fire weakness. Vaporeon even has a couple of good special moves that the team lacks in Surf and Ice Beam. But the real threat this whole set carries, the coup de grace that wraps the whole team together, is Wish. Anyone facing this team gets to watch when Vaporeon uses Wish and passes it to any member that they may have spent a long time whittling down the health of. Aegislash can spend an eternity behind that shield, with 150 defenses. And now it just got healed to the tune of 50% of it's max health. Enjoy~

Torkoal @ Focus Sash

Ability: Shell Armor

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def

Relaxed Nature

- Flail

- Rapid Spin

- Stealth Rock

- Lava Plume



Uxie @ Light Clay

Ability: Levitate

EVs: 252 HP / 24 Atk / 232 Def

Impish Nature

- Reflect

- Light Screen

- U-turn

- Thunder Wave



Sneasel @ Eviolite

Ability: Inner Focus

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Knock Off

- Low Kick

- Ice Punch

- Swords Dance



Tangela @ Big Root

Ability: Regenerator

EVs: 120 HP / 136 Def / 252 SpA

Modest Nature

- Ancient Power

- Giga Drain

- Leech Seed

- Hidden Power [Ground]



Mantine @ Leftovers

Ability: Water Absorb

EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD

Calm Nature

- Aqua Ring

- Confuse Ray

- Tailwind

- Surf



Probopass (M) @ Shuca Berry

Ability: Magnet Pull

Shiny: Yes

EVs: 252 Def / 4 SpA / 252 SpD

Bold Nature

- Volt Switch

- Pain Split

- Thunder Wave

- Earth Power