New to site. please rate/fix. greatly appreciate.

[Diabolikal]

Ive been playing pokemon since it was first released, a friend and I are just now starting to play competitively. Any input on my team would be appreciated.

Azelf - Focus Sash 252 SpA/ 252 Spd/ 4 Atk Serious
Stealth Rock
Explosion
Psychic
Taunt
My lead. basically taunt so they cant put out hazards, then stealth rock. then bombard them with psychic. Then when its almost dead, use explosion

Gyarados -Life Orb 252 Atk/ 252 Spe/ 4 SpD Adamant
Earthquake
Waterfall
Avalanche
Dragon Dance
Physical sweeper. Dragon Dance, then take out whatever i can.

Mixape -Expert Belt 252 Atk/ 64 SpA/ 192 Spe Jolly
Flare Blitz
Close Combat
HP Ice
Grass Knot
Pretty Self Explainatory. Physical and Special Sweeper. Has many answers

Forretress -Shed Shell 252 HP/ 112 Atk/ 144 Def Relaxed
Rapid Spin
Spikes
Explosion
Gyroball
My Spinner. get rid of any hazards, then either gyroball or explosion.

Dusknoir -Leftovers 252 HP/ 228 Def/ 28 Def Impish
Thunderpunch
Will-o-wisp
Firepunch
Pain Split
My spin blocker. Thunderpunch takes care of starmie and tentacruel. Firepunch takes care of Forretress.

Cresselia -Leftovers 252 Spd/ 252 SpA/ 4 HP
Calm Mind
Psychic
Ice Beam
Chargebeam
I needed a Special Sweeper, and this is the best i could think of. Any idea of good replacements would be appreciated.

[aragornbird+]

Your descriptions are too short. You need longer descriptions. Like 4 to 5 sentences at least

[chenman333]

Sorry, but you should take a look at some other people's RMTs first. You should explain not only your pokemon, but why you chose them and how they synergize with each other to become an effective team. Though this team looks more or less like you just slapped a bunch of pokes together anyway.

[aragornbird+]

Yeah, and you should also explain why you chose your moves, natures, and items over other moves, natures, and items. Like did you make your Azelf Serious instead of Naive? Why Avalanche on Gyarados instead of Ice Fang? Why Flare Blitz on Infernape instead of Flamethrower? Why doesn't Cresselia even have a nature?

[Haunter+]

Welcome to Smogon, please read the rules before posting again as this thread is in violation of rule 3.

Originally Posted by Fat RMT rules

3. Have some actual words in your post beyond your six Pokemon and their moves. Not following this makes your post quite boring to read and rate. All Pokemon should have a good reason for being in your team anyway, so why not post that reason? If you are having trouble with this one, start by giving an explanation for each team member. Why are they there? What role do they serve? How do you get them in? Then, give an explanation of how you would open with the team and how you would go about using it. All of these things help people rate your team and allow us to offer more helpful advice.

This does not mean add one sentence saying "Standard x" or "all-around awesome" after each Pokemon. If you put thought into making the team, you can put thought into posting it.