Hello and welcome to the Scarlet & Violet Monotype Bazaar thread! The way it works is very simple: post the importable of your team with a brief description... and that's it! This is meant to be more casual than a RMT, so you can keep the descriptions in a small size, but make sure that they always follow the guidelines:
- The teams must be play tested
- The importable must be on either pokepast.es or under a spoiler tag
- No long descriptions OR teams without descriptions; one or two paragraphs at most is enough
Successful teams will also be added to the Team Showcase on the second post! If there's enough activity, they might be added based on a schedule, but for now, they'll be added case by case.
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Loaded Dice Pin Missile/Rock Blast is loads of fun, slow speed tier means it usually feels alot of pressure when getting up DDs but when it does it puts in work. Especially nice in the Fire matchup, and just spamming Pin Missile works as well at times vs. stuff like Dark. It's solid natural bulk means it can help check some mons. A dragapult behind a sub for example wouldn't be able to OHKO at +1, so you would be able to sack thorns in order to counter with Iron Hands. 
Max Bulk and Will o to help against physical threats, Nasty Plot Stored Power helps vs. stuff like Clodsire. Only set I really am considering a change for but it's been pretty reliable so far. 
I ran Toxtricity in place of this at start of run, benefit there was a bit more damage output from Overdrive/Boomburst as well as being a bit more useful in water/fighting mus. Found Sandy Shocks to be more worth overall, Protosynthesis boost in Sun is awesome for Fire Matchup, better speed tier let's it outpace +1 Quaquaval and just more stuff in general, Earth Power means it's more beneficial in Poison mu, and better bulk overall let's it become more reliable throughout the game.
Love this mon, hard counters Flutter Mane with Heavy Slam while also living 2 specs moonblasts. Heavy Slam also hits Hatterene pretty hard. It's movepool leaves it unable to hit dragons, but it's more useful for bulky waters like Gastrodon and steel types like Gholdengo to have Flamethrower/Giga drain. With Chi Yu going it should feel a lot less pressure as well in the Dark matchup.
Counters Volc which is cool, defog control helps with hazard stack, a mon I desperately wish I had an alternative for but it comes in clutch. Annihilape being banned means I also don't have to rely on it to chip the monkey, which was definitely stressful lmao.
Commonly (imo unfairly) regarded as the worst webs lead on Bug, Spidops nonetheless provides enough tools to do its job. It is what you might expect from a webs lead, but Insomnia prevents sleep from stopping webs from going up, and U-Turn provides valuable momentum. First Impression is useful to snipe a Chien-Pao lead or whatnot (happens remarkably often) and Sucker Punch is used as a valuable priority option on a slow mon. Max Atk investment lets Spidops hit deceptively hard on a super-effective attack. Spikes can be used instead if desired.
Finally, the star of the show. Rabsca is one of the few Bug types that can beat Dondozo, and Specs-boosted Energy Ball in fact 2hko's it (this thing has a SpA stat of 115!). Furthermore, Rabsca beats both Iron Hands (at -1 Spe) and Great Tusk 1v1 with Psychic, and in matchups where Rabsca is not as useful, it has added utility in Trick and the trump card, Revival Blessing. Revival Blessing permits the player to be more aggressive with their sweepers as it provides a second chance if the first attempt to sweep went awry, which is very useful for a hyper offense team that is... economical with regards to bulk. Scizor is generally the most valuable revive, but I've used most it on most of them (not Spidops). The EVs are malleable, but this set's Speed EVs are meant to outspeed max spe base 50 mons (e.g. Iron Hands, Azumarill) after webs.