Originally Posted by Fat zarator
I think your current team relies a bit too much on Exeggutor. For example:
Gengar can come in on Snorlax all day (since Surf won't hurt it at all) and then you have to switch Exeggutor into it, maybe even facing an Explosion.
As you said, you would use Exeggutor also against Starmie (which incidentally outspeeds your whole team), which exposes him to the risk of getting harassed by Blizzard. And Alakazam, if it gets a Special fall on the switch, can really put the hurt on you too. The only silver lining is that Starmie has really no safe switch ins (maybe he can try to come in on Golem's Rock Slide or Body Slam every once in a while, and sometimes on Lapras), and Alakazam can only come in on Gengar and maybe Lapras if he predicts well.
However, there are several scenarios which could seriously hamper you. For example, Chansey can come in on Exeggutor all day and wall everything bar Explosion. From there, he can either 1) Ice Beam Exeggutor or Golem switch ins 2) throw a Thunder Wave trying to catch one of your sweepers on the switch (even paralyzing Exeggutor will cause opposing Golem/Rhydon to outspeed and potentially finish you). Sure, you can blow up Chansey, but then what? They lost a Chansey, whose only job against you was to switch into Exeggutor and Gengar (who can be dealt with by Alakazam/Exeggutor). Meanwhile, you lost your only true Alakazam/Golem/Rhydon/Gengar/Starmie counter and also a good safe-ish switch in for Tauros. And don't kid yourself: most teams carry at least 3 of them all time.
So, what to do? First of all, I strongly suggest you to replace Surf on Snorlax with Earthquake. It will still dent hard Golem/Rhydon while not giving Gengar a free switch in which can force you to potentially lose Exeggutor. Next, put Blizzard on Tauros instead of Thunder, it gives you more coverage. Finally, you should really try hard to find a place on your team for Alakazam or Chansey, aka a Special wall, otherwise once you lose Exeggutor you're doomed. As of now, Lapras does not seem to serve a real purpose for the team (which seems to be centered around the Normal-typed offense of Tauros and Snorlax). I'd replace him, since replacing the other members leave yourself exposed to something else anyway (Gengar leaves you without a good lead, Golem opens you to Jolteon and Zapdos, Exeggutor is your most important wall so no, and replacing Snorlax or Tauros would probably slow down the entire team reducing the overall offensive potential)
My 2 cents. Good Luck with the team.
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