XY OU Rate my team?

[Beartoe1999]

This is my OU rain team I threw together in a few minutes and tested, I've made a few adjustments already but I'de like to know what else I could do.

THE HYPNO-TOAD (Politoed) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Encore
- Protect

Politoed, obviously the grand-daddy of all rain teams. Full defensive spread. Damp rock since I don't have another rain inducer,I used to run rain dance jolteon over manectric but that felt kinda stupid. Surf does big damage in the rain, I don't care who you are, and ice beam for that always useful coverage. Encore so I can use it to lead and protect to scout and get of that final turn of toxic damage.

Mr.shivs (Toxicroak) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 60 SpD
Careful Nature
- Gunk Shot
- Drain Punch
- Sucker Punch
- Earthquake

Toxicroak is my fairy semi counter and is a good source of damage as well as an excellent source of special bulk. Since I'm running AV, gunk-miss is a must have for that extra bit of damage since I can't swords dance, and dry skin really helps his ability to last long in battle and fill that specially bulky hole in my team when goodra's not around. The rest of the set is pretty standard.

Bolt (Manectric-Mega) @ Manectite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunder
- Volt Switch
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Flamethrower

Very standard mega-nectric set besides the thunder for that extra damage in the rain, which is always goo. Other than that its very standard but it works very well. HP Ice for ground, Flamethrower for scizor and ferro and the odd time I'm facing a sun team. Volt switch for initiative, not much else to say here.

Thanksgiving (Talonflame) @ Life Orb
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- Roost
- U-turn

How can we forget the one thing everyone feels bad for using... Talonflame. I tried my best to make a noivern work out with hurricane, draco, flamethrower, and U-turn but talonflame does the U-turn job better and has the same power behind his BB as noiverns hurricane all the time rather than in the rain and its priority. Never the less, standard talonflame set, completes my volt-turn core.

Squelch (Goodra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 HP / 156 SpA / 100 SpD
Calm Nature
- Dragon Pulse
- Toxic
- Rest
- Muddy Water

MEGA-GARDEVOIR USED HYPER VOICE! IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE! GOODRA LOST 58% OF ITS HEALTH! Seriously, this thing is way too bulky specially. It's the reason there needs to be a battle vest that 1.5x's defence in exchange for all attacking moves. None the less, this is a full-on specially defensive goodra built for a rain team. Hydration rest Is a very hard thing to beat if you're all out of physical attackers. Toxic obviously to stall thing out and rest up... And muddy water for those surprisingly common ground types that think they're safe.

Hugs (Quagsire) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Recover
- Stockpile

Hugs doesn't give a shit about your set up, without a grass move stockpile recover quagsire is one of the most frustrating things to face. Sitrus berry is for when I get hit for up to 74%, Eat the sitrus and use that turn to stockpile and recover the next and You're gonna have a hard time killing it. Waterfall and earthquake just to have something to hit decently hard with.

Now feel free to leave tips and pointers please :)

 

[emilyyyy]

Hi! I veeeery briefly tested your team and I have a few thoughts I'd like to share. I love rain teams so this was right up my alley.

First, your Politoed. Scald is much better than surf in my opinion because Politoed isn't a particularly strong attacker so the burn chance helps a lot. Protect I question as well since you don't run Toxic on him; personally, I think it would be more beneficial to have Hypnosis. Not sure though.

I don't like Assault Vest on Toxicroak. Your team lacks any sort of set-up, and it's always nice to be able to take advantage of free turns. I'd switch to a Swords Dance set. Drop Earthquake for SD and give him Black Sludge. I'd also run 252 Atk/252 Speed Jolly. It's a much different role than you had before but I think it will work better for you.

Random small nitpicky thing, but in teambuilder make your Manectric have Lightningrod as its ability so you can get a free boost on the switch-in if someone wants to Thunderbolt your Politoed.

I think I might suggest replacing Goodra with Chansey. I know that Hydration is really appealing, but realistically with only 1 rain setter and 2 rain abusers already you probably won't get much of a chance to use it. Chansey could provide Toxic support and is a much stronger wall with better typing especially since Lati@s seems to wreck your team. Maybe try Soft-Boiled/Stealth Rock/Toxic/Seismic Toss? Best EV spread is 252 HP/252 Def with Eviolite (obviously). Bold to maximize physical bulk because Chansey's not going down to a special hit anytime soon.

Your team has no way to set or manage hazards, which is pretty much mandatory because you have a Talonflame. You should probably invest in a Defogger or Rapid Spinner. Lati@s is always a great option, as is Skarmory because you're in rain and seem to want a designated physical wall. You could replace Quagsire with either one of those because I don't think Quagsire is very needed on your team. Most setup sweepers should be easily revenge killed by Talonflame's Brave Bird, Toxicroak's Sucker Punch, or Mega-Manectric. I feel like I've already changed your team a lot so I'll let you handle this last slot. U-Turn Talonflame and Volt Switch Mega-Mane would really appreciate some hazard support!

 

[Beartoe1999]

Hmmm, I'll try these out, I'm gonna try Latios first. I have NEVER ran a Latios before, so any recommendations? I've got Defog, Draco meteor, Psyshock, Thunder wave? i'm thinking thunder somewhere and maybe rain dance, since I'm running SR on chansey the need for Skarm isn't as great, I'm thinking maybe replace Talonflame for Latios and run a kingdra over Quag or even Toxi... But i'm getting carried away.

 

[emilyyyy]

I'm currently running a Latios on my OU team, I use Thunderbolt/Psyshock (for M-Venu)/Draco Meteor/Defog @ Life Orb. Max Speed and SpA. Kingdra is GREAT on rain teams, I highly recommend using one! Swift Swim @ Choice Specs or LO, I've seen success with both physical and special variants. I usually run special with Hydro Pump/Draco Meteor/Surf/Dragon Pulse.