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All I hear is laughter OU

Hi!This is my first rate my team in smogon.Hope you like it.The title is silly though

A)TEAM CONSTRUCTION:
Well my team is based on Electivire.I was checking some OU pokemon and I found this guy.I hadnt used him ever in battle so I gave it a try.
Next I started thinking of a pokemon that works well with him.I decided to go with Gyarados as I had never used him in competitive battling too.Gyarados is immune to the common ground attacks that hit Electivire for super effective and electivire is not only immune but also benefits from electric attacks that Gyarados fears.
Then I needed a good lead that sets up stealth rock.I chose Infernape for that job.He sets up stealth rock always and is capable of destroying most of the common leads.
Now that my team has three offensive members,I decided to add a special and a physical wall.For the special wall I chose Blissey.No problem with that.The position for the physical wall took Forretress.His high defensive stat and access to rapid spin and other entry hazards made me put this guy over other physical walls.
For the last slot of the team I thought of adding a special attacker.I chose the surprising calm mind Lucario but I realised I had nothing in my team to deal with Swampert so I quickly replaced him for Breloom.

B)NOW TO THE TEAM:
1)THE LEAD:
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Infernape@focus sash
nature:naughty
EVs:252 Atk / 64 S.Atk / 192 Spe
-Fake Out
-Stealth Rock
-Close Combat
-Overheat

This lead is awesome.I found him in another RMT and I really liked him.Sets always stealth rock and is capable of KO every lead except Swampert.Metagross is OHKO after fake out by overheat except if it is holding occa berry.In that case it 2HKO .Jirachi and Azelf are both OHKO after fake out with overheat.Aerodactyl almost always uses stealth rock or taunts so it is OHKO 92% of the time by close combat after breaking the sash with fake out.

2)SPECIAL WALL:
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Blissey@leftovers
nature:bold
EVs:252 HP / 252 Def
-Softboild
-Thunder-wave/toxic
-Thunderbolt
-Flamethrower

Blissey is a very relyable special wall.She takes special hits like a man (or woman)and helps my team very much cause she weakens opposing sweepers with thunder-wave.I was thinking replacing T-wave though for toxic witch is better for stall.Besides Thunder bolt already has a chance of paralysing the foe.I prefered to max HP and defence stats to balance Blissey's terrible defence stat.Another EV spread option is 252 Def / 252 S.Def.

3)PHYSICAL WALL AND SPINNER:
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Forretress@leftovers
nature:impish
EVs:252 HP / 252 Def (IVs:0 Spe)
-Rapid Spin
-Explosion
-Spikes
-Toxic Spikes/gyro Ball

Great physical wall and spinner.He resists many moves sets up entry hazards and keeps away stealth rock..It explodes when his HP are low.He is also my main answer to Dragon types such as Salamence and Kingra.The only problem is that he is walled by ghosts (even by Gengar) so I might change toxic spikes for Gyro Ball.Gyro Ball gets STAB and pretty much save me from ghosts (IVs in speed are 0 in that case)

4)THE DRAGON DANCER:
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Gyarados@life orb
nature:adamant
EVs:252 Atk / 252 Spe
-Dragon Dance
-Waterfall
-Stone Edge
-Ice Fang

Pretty standard.Works great with Electivire as he attracts most electric attacks.He is immune to ground attacks witch causes problems to electivire.Its the typical Dragon Dance set with Life orb.If this guy can Dragon dance 2 times he is nearly unstopable.

5)LEADER OF ANTI-SWAMPERT CLUB:
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Breloom@toxic orb/poison health (or something like this, I cant remember)
nature:adamant
EVs252 Atk / 252 Spe
-Spore
-Swords Dance
-Seed Bomb
-Mach Punch

The title says it all.The best Swampert counter in my opinion and a physical attacker with a lot of potential.Spore with 100% accuracy is a fearsome move.Mach punch is a priority move and gets STAB.Seed bomb gets STAB also kills Swampert,Hippowdon and Rhyperion and after one Swords Dance is capable of 2HKO anything that doesnt resist it.Breloom is very frail though.Edit:I just thought of Rotom-C he can counter Swampert well and it solves my ghost problem.He is also a special attacker that my team lacks and works well with Gyarados and Electivire.He is also a good rapid spin blocker.

6)THE STAR OF THE SHOW:
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ELECTIVIRE@expert belt
nature:adamant
EVs:252 Atk / 252 Spe
-Thunderpunch
-Icepunch
-Earthquake
-Cross Chop

The star of the show.Although people say that he is weak he is still in OU.He hits 13/17 types for super effective and thats very important.After a motor drive boost it outspeeds many threats and kills them with ease.It OHKO Gyarados, with STAB thunder punch,4HP/0Def Breloom with ice punch,2HKO Latias and gives in general every type that doesnt resists its moves.The EVs are obvious.Max attack and speed is what Electivire wants.I chose the purely physical set over the mixed set because I thought I could use it better.


C)Conclusion:
This team is used on shoddy.Although I used this team and its very good I still need a lot of help.Every rate is welcome.I will change pokemon if needed.

D)Dangers-Things to fix
In the beginning Swampert was this teams nemecis but now with Breloom he isnt the main problem.My team has a problem with ghosts in general.Also the lack of a special sweeper isnt good either.

Thanks in advance for the rates!
 
You could use Meditate instead of EQ and Life orb as item (To hit harder to neutral foes)

With Adamant nature there are only 4 common pokemon (Porygon-z, Gliscor, Heracross and Lucario) that you can't outspeed (unless you have Motor drive boost)

With 1 meditate you OHKO "Defensive latias" set from Smogon page.

T-Punch OHKO Lucario.

Cross chop ALWAYS OHKO Heatran unless it runs many HP and Defense EVs (rare)

Cross chop also OHKO 252 HP/ 252 Def bold blissey and T-punch almost always OHKO Max HP max def +defense nature skarmory (100% OHKO with stalth rock), sometimes OHKO scizor... that's with one meditate.

2HKO Hippowdon... it has potential for late game if you weaken foe's physical tanks (Hippowdon, Forry, Rhyperior)
 
Breloom is probably my favourite pokemon, it's nice to see him get some love but the set you're using is just an inferior Lucario in my opinion. Though Lucario doesn't get a 100% accuracy spore, Breloom finds it difficult to do a Swords Dance after the sleep clause has been activated and your opponent brings in their Breloom counter and Breloom usually isn't able to OHKO common switch ins (Salamence, for example) I'm not going to recommend you replace him with Lucario, though.

Instead, I'm going to recommend you use the Subpuncher:

Breloom@Toxic Orb
Ability: Poisen Heal
Nature:Adamant
EVs: 252 Attack, 44 HP, 212 Speed
-Spore
-Substitute
-Focus Punch
-Seed Bomb

With this set you're still able to beat everything you were able to beat with the Swords Dance set, but you can also leave a dent in the pokemon your opponent sends in to counter Breloom before you switch out, because you can safely take their attack from behind the Substitute.
 
Your team has a really bad mixape problem. He can come in on Blissey or Forretress and get a nasty plot and then sweep. Changing Breloom to Latias seems like a good choice. Latias can beat hippidown, Rhyperior and Swampert.With the change, Swampert isn't defeated as easily as before and you lose a sleep inducer.

I would also change gyarados to a bulkier one with 156 HP / 72 Atk / 96 Def / 184 Spe evs and leftovers as the item. Your Gyarados is the only counter for Lucario so it is important for him to have bulk.
 
I can see DDtar being able to do quite a bit to this team. With Fire Punch, it has a very easy time getting past your walls and Gyarados isn't going to be doing too well after the sr and ss damage, not to mention life orb. I would definatley go with the bulkier spread as you are currntley going to have major problems against MixInfernape, SD Infernape, SD Lucario, MixMence, DDTar, SubTran, and a few other physical sweepers. Brellom isn't really doing much and this team lacks speed so I would suggest Scarf Rotom-H. He'll give your team a much needed spin blocker and a fighting and ground immunity which lifts some weight off of Gyarados's shoulders. A simple Thunderbolt-Shadow Ball-Trick-Overheat should work.

Gl with the team.
 
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