Been using these guys for about a week

[Doctor Heartbreak]

Currently getting about an 80% success rate on Shoddy. When I win, it's usually a pretty close match. If you guys can think of ways to improve this team, please please post them.

AT A GLANCE:

Spiritomb@Leftovers
EVs: 252HP, 252Sp.Def, 6Atk
Nature: Careful
Ability: Pressure
Pain Split
Pursuit
Taunt
Will-o-Wisp

Kind of a lazy starter, but does a decent job of weakening opposing Gengar with Pursuit. Taunt is useful for phazing Blissey and screwing over Cresselia. Pain Split works pretty well with Tomby's awful base HP, especially against walls. It can survive pretty much any hit from a starter sweeper thanks to no weaknesses, and Will-o-Wisp to wreck them for the rest of the game. Works as a spin blocker, too! Free switches from fighting moves aimed at Heatran.

Gliscor@Leftovers
EVs: 252HP, 252Def, 6Atk
Nature: Impish
Ability: Sand Veil
Earthquake
Ice Fang/Stone Edge
Roost
Stealth Rock

Set up Stealth Rock, counter Hera. Ice Fang or Stone Edge (or Aerial Ace maybe)?

Gyarados@Leftovers
EVs: 72HP, 252Atk, 184Spd
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Intimidate
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Ice Fang
Waterfall

Standard DDdos, I guess. Once I've set up Spikes and Stealth Rock and burnt a few sweepers, Gyarados destroys. This is my first team featuring Gyara and man do I ever love him. So easy to set up with, good for drawing electric attacks for a free Donphan switch, and a beast. Switches in free on Earthquake.

Heatran@Choice Scarf
EVs: 20HP, 252Sp.Atk, 236Spd
Nature: Modest
Ability: Flash Fire
Fire Blast
Earth Power
HP Ice
Explosion

Good for a sweep if you can get Blissey out of the way. If you can't, Heatran can usually explode on her. Else, switch in on a fire move and Fire Blast straight to the bank. Don't know about the Specs, they're crippling sometimes. Maybe a Life Orb?

Machamp@Leftovers
EVs: 252HP, 252Atk, 6Spd
Nature: Adamant
Ability: No Guard
Dynamicpunch
Stone Edge
Rest
Sleep Talk

Machamp is so cool. Deals with Blissey, Tyranitar, a few Steels, wrecks a lot of walls with Dynamicpunch. Stone Edge for Gyara and Mence, who might otherwise set up on it. Confusion forces switches on a few things.

Skarmory@Leftovers
EVs: 252HP, 96Atk, 156Def, 4Spd
Nature: Impish
Ability: Keen Eye
Brave Bird
Roost
Spikes
Whirlwind

Throws down some Spikes, decent wall. Free switch in when somebody Earthquakes Heatran. Skarm has won me a fair few battles just by whirlwinding the last two or three team members around.

The Idea:
Passive damage in excessive amounts. Four fairly bulky Pokemon that set up Spikes, Stealth Rock and Burns to allow for Gyara to DD up. He can usually sweep a whole team if he gets two. If not, finish them off with Heatran and whirlwind. I also think I have every possible immunity covered, which means lots of free switches.

Problems:
- I really just cannot beat substitute Magnezone. He is a massive problem. Maybe there's some really obvious way to do it with this team, if so help a brother out
- Not enough power. Most of my walls can't do more than annoy opposing walls
- Nothing that's really fast. I'm basically hitting second every turn unless Gyara has some DDs under his belt
- Rain Dance/Hail teams, for some reason

Thoughts:
I could probably amp up the passive damage by adding a Ttar or Hippowdon. Three of my pokes are SS-resistant already. But who to take out, etc? Also Spiritomb might be better as Dusknoir, but then I'm left without a starter.

I'd really appreciate any help you guys can give me with this!

 

[gorm]

gliscor over donphan could help with your hera weak since donphan has no reliable recovery and gyara/spiritomb arent physically bulky. still srs and rocks and can come in on chomp. you lose rapid spin for roost.

 

[Taylor]

Also, Toxic Spikes wouldn't effect you apart from only Spiritomb, whom you could make a Rest Talker.

Zapdos won't find it too difficult to come in and cause some damage. He 2HKOs your team apart from Skarmory, who he OHKOs and Spiritomb, who like I said, hates Toxic Spikes (and Zapdos is on many teams with Toxic Spikes if I can remember correctly). Spiritomb should change to a Rest Talker for Infernape / Zapdos support.

Gliscor>Donphan is an alternative option that I would agree on. You still have a Pokemon that can come in on Tyranitar that doesn't have Ice Beam. Plus, the Heracross and Lucario coverage isn't too bad either (considering Gyarados is a poor answer to these two, especially with this spread and the lack of Spin after you add Gliscor).

Machamp's always the option of using more defense, but that's only a different route, you don't "need" it.

Skarmory's atk EVs are something I'd take out to boot the defense to 176. Finally, taking the remaining and adding them on to SDef for non-boosted STab attacks. Like Machamp, it's only an alternative.

 

[Raj]

I'd go with a more damaging Machamp set
Jolly @ Choice Scarf
No Guard
30 HP/ 252 Att/ 230 Spe
Dynamic Punch
Ice Punch
Stone Edge
Earthquake

It has just enough speed to outclass Jolly Garchomp and is bulky enough to take a Swords Danced Eztrenespeed. Obviously the main tool is super fast, always hitting Dynamic Punches with 50% of not getting hit back.
Good Luck!

 

[Taylor]

Tyranitar has an easier time sweeping, especially the Boah with Ice Beam.

 

[RedSP]

From a glance you have a bit of a Gyrados weakness yourself so I would put Stone Edge and Waterfall on your own Gyrados.

Overall, it's a pretty slow team so making Heatran scarfed would be nice but not absolutely needed.

 

[Doctor Heartbreak]

Okay, I replaced Donphan with Gliscor, but I'm unsure about his moveset. Stone Edge, Ice Fang or Aerial Ace? Which suits the team?

I also changed Heatran to scarfed. Still thinking about Machamp, I don't know if I'd want a less bulky version. He's very good for staying alive to distract walls while I set up, and things tend to fall apart a little if he dies early.

Taylor, what does changing Skarm's EVs do? I mean I'm sure it's a good idea, I just want to know if it helps him survive anything in particular or whatever.

Edit: RedSP, you have a point with putting Stone Edge on Gyara. But that leaves me with one definite (on Heatran) and one possible (on Gliscor) Ice move, which opens me up to the dragons a little more than I'm comfortable with. Is it worth it?

 

[Aeroblacktyl]

Okay, from what everyone is saying, things you have issues with, which are: Magnezone, Zapdos, and Tyranitar.


Your first remedy to this is Blissey. Stops the Magnezone, stops the Zapdos, stops any other special attacker for the most part.

The second thing, you wanted SS and a TTar counter, Hippowdon is perfect, which is kind of funny cause if they had Tar, they're setting the storm for you, but that's besides the point. The Place Hippowdon would go over is Gliscor. Even with Heracross issues, Hippowdon easily walls a Scarf Hera, and even more so, what you need to use here is prediction. You have Spiritomb who is immune, Gyarados who resists both STAB+Intimidate, and then you have Hippowdon who resist the one move Gyarados doesn't. Not to mention you'll have Skarmory who resists Bug x4.

As for the Blissey thing, I'd probably place it over Heatran. With this said, your theme will have to be SR+Spikes+SS, and then some heavy duty resistences+defenses, and some physical hitting.