5th Gen OU team

[2btheOrb]

Hey this is a team that I have had some success with and am hoping to revive some advice.

Team at glance

Thundrus
Machamp
Hydregion
Forretress
Celebi
Magnezone

First poke


Thundrus Expert Belt
Mischievous Heart
Evs 252 speed 252 special attack 4 hp
Hasty
U-turn
Thunderbolt
Taunt
Hidden power fire

Basic anti lead with hp fire for Ferrothorn and U turn instead of volt switch for more damadge on T-Tar



Machamp Leftovers
No guard
Evs 252 hp 252 attack 4 defense
Adamant
Dynamic punch
Payback
Bullet punch
Ice punch

Takes care of blissey which this team despises, payback hurts gengar, Bullet punch for revenge kill and ice punch hurts Dragonite if Hydregion is dead.

Hydregion Choice Scarf
Levitate
EVs 252 speed 252 special attack 4 hp
Modest
Draco meteor
Dark pulse
Surf
Fire blast

Not much to say here. Draco meteor for more damage than dragon pulse, Surf for sand teams, Dark pulse for damage and Fire blast to hit steel types hard

Forretress Leftovers
Sturdy
Evs 252 hp 252 defense 4 attack
Relaxed
Counter
Rapid spinner
Volt switch
Earth Quake

My psychical wall and spinner with counter to hopefully hit exadrill and volt switch in case of magnezone

Celebi Leftovers
Natural cure
Evs 252 hp 252 defense 4 special defense
Sassy
Calm mind
Psychic
Giga Drain
Recover

My primary wall Calm minds up and kills thing. It has giga drain to kill swampert and is very helpful in calm mind wars with suicune

Magnezone Leftovers
Magnet pull
Evs 252 speed 204 special attack 54 HP
Timid
Substitute
Charge beam
Hidden power fire
Thunderbolt

Very gimmicky set that if it works get at least two kills. Switch in on Ferrothorn and substitute to avoid leach seed or thunder wave and Charge beam for special attack boost while replacing sub when necessary.
Then when I have +4 Special attack boost just kill it off and kill whatever comes in while it breaks my sub.

Sorry about formatting issues

 

[The Canceler]

Animated sprites can be found on www.arkeis.com. Also, your information is pretty unorganized and hard to read.

Now to rate. Your team looks like you just threw together your favorite Pokemon or something. I don't see how one supports the other. There's no flow to the team.

 

[2btheOrb]

Animated sprites can be found on www.arkeis.com. Also, your information is pretty unorganized and hard to read.

Now to rate. Your team looks like you just threw together your favorite Pokemon or something. I don't see how one supports the other. There's no flow to the team.

I have to disagree with my team having no synergy. Thundrus is weak to ice and rock who are killed by machamp, machamp is weak to psychic and flying while hydregion is imune to psychic and super effective and thundrus resists flying and is super effective. Also magnezone resist ice and kills with hp fire.
Celebi is weak to bug(scizor and Genosect) who magnezone kills, and for ghost weakness(Gengar and Shandelure) Gengar dies to psychic and shandelure is revenge killed and fire which i do need a fire resist besides hydregion.
Forretress also is only weak to fire which is as previously stated is resisted by hydregion. The team isn't just a random mesh of favorite pokes as you believe.
The only thing that mainly counters this team is bulky lightning rod zapdos if celebi dies.

 

[danilo]

bulky rotom h rips this team

 

[2btheOrb]

bulky rotom h rips this team

Not really it can easily be killed and how many of those do you actually see in OU because i haven't seen more than 4 and still even if my opponent uses it can be KOed by D meteor.

 

[On the Wind]

Besides the aforementioned lack of images, you should probably fix your format (look at the one in the RMT guidelines), as it makes the RMT much easier to read.
On to the rate.
Standard Excadrill in sand runs through your whole team. Forretress can't touch it if it has a baloon, and it's the only poke on your team with a chance against it. Magneton looks like it's not really doing much for your team, so I'd replace it with a physically defensive gliscor or skarmory to patch the excadrill weakness. The problem with that is that your team's ice weakness will just be compounded, so it's your choice. To fix that, you could consider replacing another poke for something like a slowbro or jellicent.

 

[2btheOrb]

Besides the aforementioned lack of images, you should probably fix your format (look at the one in the RMT guidelines), as it makes the RMT much easier to read.
On to the rate.
Standard Excadrill in sand runs through your whole team. Forretress can't touch it if it has a baloon, and it's the only poke on your team with a chance against it. Magneton looks like it's not really doing much for your team, so I'd replace it with a physically defensive gliscor or skarmory to patch the excadrill weakness. The problem with that is that your team's ice weakness will just be compounded, so it's your choice. To fix that, you could consider replacing another poke for something like a slowbro or jellicent.

Okay thanks for the suggestions and Ill change the format

 

[Faladran]

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.

Your descriptions are lacking, which puts you in violation of the rule above. Please elaborate more on each team member - about 3 or 4 solid sentences per member is a good goal to reach for. The RMT archive contains some examples of well-written RMTs. If you fix your descriptions, PM me with the updates and I'll be happy to unlock your thread.