A new balance team for OU [RMT]

I made this team set up over the weekend, it's a dual-synergistic team with Sandstorm and Screen support to offer key members in the team much higher defense.But a team needs a leader that can help turn 2HKOs into OHKOs or 3HKOs into 2HKOs. The same kind of leader that hits hard, crushes sashed pokemon, and when he is finally near death, he explodes for titanic damage, fainting anything in his way.
Metagross @ Occa BerryAdamant252hp/236atk/12def/8spdBullet PunchBrick BreakStealth RockExplosion
Metagross uses his STABed Bullet Punch off 401 atk to punch major holes in anything wearing a Sash before setting up Stealth Rock for the whole team. Brick Break exists to counter the rise in Dual-Screen teams which would stand in the way of a sweep, Metagross will set up the team for victory by being Anti-Lead, SRer and Defense breaker before Metagross inevitiably explodes on anything troublesome for my team.Walls are usually lacking in offense, but thats where Tyranitar comes into play. with high defense and high offense he is quite a good beater.
Tyranitar @ Babiri BerryAdamant252atk/252spd/4hpDragon DanceFire PunchCrunchStone Edge
Stone Edge and Crunch offer Tyranitar two STABed attacks with Fire Punch for coverage over pokemon like Scizor who try to kill Tyranitar, Superpower would run through a 4x weak Tyranitar but he holds Babiri to deal with the prevalent Bullet Punch who'd cripple Tyranitar whereas his 221 easily outruns the any Super Power before Fire Punch will hit Scizor for 106%-126%Tyranitar however still has counters, and that is why you have a pokemon who is best buddies with Tyranitar, who gives Tyranitar physical defense, and titanic special defense and brings him back to life when he switches out at a sliver of hp.
Gardevoir @ Light ClayBold252hp/120def/136spdLight ScreenReflectHealing WishWill-O-Wisp
Gardevoir takes hits from the Special spectrum while dropping Will-O-Wisp and Reflect stops any physical attackers from denting Gardevoir. Gardevoir easily switches in on most special attackers, especially if they have abilities such as Heatran or Vappy who Gardevoir can Trace, and become immune to their STABed attacks. She can also switch in on Blissey's Natural Cure and set up with ease.Gardevoir's only weakness is Taunting the Screener. Gardevoir switches out in the worst case scenario only to return later and Healing Wish Tyranitar after dropping new Screens into the field, letting him easily Dance to victory.
Vaporeon @ LeftoversBold252hp/252def/4spdWishToxicSurfProtect
Vaporeon is defensively orientated to wall physical attackers, and disable stall them through Toxic/Leftover/Protect/Wish stalling, or simply Wish pass off to your Gardevoir, or Tyranitar himself. Instead of being a mixed wall Vaporeon specializes in walling attackers, which is even more brutal once Reflect is put in place. His defense effectively becomes 360 with a very sizable hp pool giving Vaporeon 28hp a turn. With Protect Vaporeon can recover quickly while waiting for Wish to go off or Toxic to force a switch. Then let the Vaporeon pass off a Wish to another weakened teammate.The Revenger
Porygon-Z @ Choice ScarfModest4hp/252s.atk/252spd Tri AttackThunder BoltIce BeamTrick
Porygon-Z reaches 418 speed under Choice Scarf and quickly revenge kills anything with a Super STABed Tri Attack with Boltbeam, making the spectrum of Porygon's attacks sheerly immense. If an opponent pulls out an opposing Blissey, Porygon can easily come in and Trick his Scarf onto it, so that the team can kill it at leisure.Once Scarf is on Blissey, then Porygon-Z drops down to 279 speed and loses his thunder as a Revenge killer, but ends Blissey's life as a cleric quickly, and gets off one or two heavy Tri Attacks before fainting.The beat stick.
Gliscor @ Life OrbJolly252hp/40atk/216spdSwords DanceEarthquakeStone EdgeRoost
Gliscor forms the roll as a bulky sweeper that is not only defensive, but evasive in sandstorm. Is that the worst? Not only that but Gliscor is also able to Roost off any damage it took from the opponent or it's Life Orb. This defense gives Gliscor the ease of Dancing twice up to 410atk, then hitting with huge Stone Edges or STAB Earthquakes. Gliscor is another target for Gardevoir's Healing Wish as he covers Tyranitar's Steel and Flying weakness quite well. Depending on what your opponent has left and the pace of the game depends on who will be revived to fight again.
 
Your team may have trouble with stall teams. The entry hazards that they use such as Spikes and Toxic Spikes really put a hamper on your team as Tyranitar, Vaporeon, Metagross, Porygon-Z, and Gardevior will all be killed by those aforesaid entry hazards. One way in which you can combat stall more effectively is by changing Gliscor's set a it. I suggest Taunt, Earthquake, U-turn, Roost, 252 HP/ 40 Def/ 216 Speed, Jolly, Leftovers, Sand Veil. With Taunt, Gliscor is an annoyance to many slow walls such as Hippowdon, Skarmory, etc. By stopping walls from recovering their HP with their respective recovery move or using status attacks, Gliscor can prevent most defensive Pokemon from setting up their entry hazards or staus effect, allowing you to U-turn out and go to a sweep without having to worry about being statused. You can also Taunt a status user and go to Gardevior to start setting up Dual Screens! By itself, using Taunt and Earthquake, Gliscor can defeat Hippowdon without Ice Fang, in addition to Blissey without Ice Beam, etc. With Jolly, it counters Lucario comfortably. The HP Evs add some bulk so Gliscor stays alive longer.

Now, I suggest using Earthquake over Brick Break on Metagross. Earthquake offers Metagross much better coverage then Brick Break does. Earrthquake allows Metagross to beat Fire-types such as Infernape and Heatran, as you survive their Fire Blast and hit them back hard with Earthquake. Dual Screen leads are not that common, so you should not have to worry about them that much. The most common lead that uses Dual Screen is Azelf, however, they usually run a set of Fire Blast/Explosion/Stealth Rock/Psychic. other uses that brick Break have are already fullfilled by Earthquake and Bullet Punch. For example, Brick Break gets a super effective hit on Tyranitar. You get a super effective hit on Tyranitar with Earthquake and Bullet Punch too!. Overall, Earthquake will give Metagross the best possible coverage.

On Gardevior, use a Calm Nature. Gardevior will find itself switching-in on Special Attacks more fotne than Physical attacks. Having a Calm Nature to boost your Special defense even further will help Gardevior switch-in on Special Attacks more effectively. You already have Will-O-Wisp to cripple physical attackers in addition to Reflect to increase Defense. It makes more sense to run Calm because of this. Also, use those 120 Defense Evs into Special Defense to gain even more Special Defense for switching-in on Special Attackers. Like stated before, you do not need Defense as Will-O-Wisp and reflect will take care of that and Gardevior likes to switch-in on Special Attacks, not Physical. Vaporeon is fine. Wish support on this team is useful. Since you have Sand Stream and Life Orb on the team, Wish can improve your team's survivability.

I'd consider Jolly over Adamant on Tyranitar. Jolly allows you to reach 364 Speed, which allows you to beat everything up to positive-natured base 115s, including Azelf and Starmie. Often the extra Speed is necessary to prevent you from being revenge killed by speedy threats such as Infernape and Gengar without Choice Scarf (as Choice Scarf Gengar will outspeed regardless) at the cost of losing the chance to OHKO/2HKO some Pokemon.

If using Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, I suggest a Timid Nature over Modest. With Timid, you can outrun Jolly Gyarados and Tyranitar after they have Dragon Danced and, of course, nearly anything without a Choice Scarf. You do not have a ability listed for Porygon-Z, but just in case you are using Adaptibility, use Download instead. Since a lot of the time Tri Attack will not be the move you are using, you will want to boost the power of your other moves as much as possible too, especially since you're going to end up getting locked into them.
 
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