Brand new to UU need help with team

Roserade (M) @ Black Sludge
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 120 SDef / 136 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Spikes
- Energy Ball
- Protect
- Hidden Power [Fire]
This Roserade is my lead, this allows me to take a couple hits to set up my spikes. Protect is for scouting purposes and Energy ball is for STAB and hidden power fire is just for type coverage. I didn't want dual spike coverage because I really didn't see the benefit for toxic spikes on my team plus I really wanted protect just to scout. With Roserades bulk on this set I can use this guy for fodder later on if I need to.



Milotic (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Marvel Scale
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Ice Beam
All I can say about Milotic is wow. I watched a couple of UU battles from Wilechase and I saw how his Milotic just completely took hits like a pro. I added this bulky water to be my special Wall. I chose scald over surf because since this is a special wall some physical attacker might come in and set-up and a burn would cripple that attacker. Toxic just for other bulky waters like Milotic.


Heracross (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Swarm
EVs: 16 HP / 240 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Megahorn
Once again I saw this set from Wilechase when he was battling UU. I really liked how sub with 3 attacking moves worked on heracross. Predicting the switch I can sub up and basically get a free hit on anything that comes in. Heracross hits hard. I might switch to a choice band though haven't really tested that yet but will in the future. I don't like it though how CC is the only move with 100 percent accuracy because sometimes I miss and break my sub. So is there any other moves that can go on Heracross that are more reliable or probably I will have to suck it up and deal with it.
Victini @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Victory Star
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- V-create
- Wild Charge
- Brick Break
- U-turn
Hands down my most useful poke in UU. With a choice scarf it can revenge kill basically any pokemon. V-create is an absolute monster of a move. Wild-charge really helps with the pesky Milotics. This poke basically is a late game sweeper when walls are down. I bring my Victini in and it sweeps.
Zapdos @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Heat Wave
- Roost

I really don't know why I have this poke on my team. I basically just have this one on my team because I noticed that most of my sweepers are physical so I needed a special attacker. Zapdos is pretty fast and has semi- bulk + roost so I can count on surviving a long time through the battle. I will definately consider replacing Zapdos though because he doesn't really seem useful in the battles I have played.


Donphan (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Ice Shard

This is my other lead if I don't like who is going against Roserade. Donphan is my favorite pokemon of all time so I love this guy hands down. I sometimes lead with him because a lot of people may think he is a defensive set and set-up hazards of some sort and I hit them really hard with a max attack earthquake. I have max hp to provide some sort of bulk against physical hits. Rapid spin to take care of hazards. Stealth rock to predict switch. What I don't like is how I dont have a phaser on this team. So I am thinking of getting ride of roserade and getting froslass maybe.

Overview: So basically what I really need help on is building a team that is balanced and doesn't have any weaknesses. So I am really open to anything you guys recommend for this team. I really am not good at putting teams together and finding synergy is really difficult for me. And what I really noticed that Scarf Flygon destroys my team if milotic isn't at full health and shell smash pokes with white herb basically sweep my team if I don't predict correctly. So yeah any advice/criticism would definately help me. Thanks guys.
 
You seem weak to Choice Band Staraptor. Double Edge OHKO's Zapdos and the rest of you team is either 1 or 2HKO'd by Brave Bird. I guess Vicitni can revenge, but certaintly if you suffer Roserade vs. Staraptor something on your team is going to die. To rectify this I would consider a defensive steel somewhere, possibly over Donphan. You still have to be wary of Close Combat but all other moves are handily walled.
 
Give Roserade Giga Drain instead of Energy Ball. The loss of 5 in base power is worth it for the recovery Roserade gains in Giga Drain.

Give Heracross Guts so it can absorb status. Jolly is better for the boosted Speed.

Physical walls aren't overly prevalent in UU, Slowbro being the main one these days and Zapdos can scare it with T-Bolt any day. For that reason, a bulkier EV spread should be considered for surviving Band Staraptor. The same moveset with this EV spread can still work nicely: 252 HP/216 Def/40 Spe with a Bold nature can take many of the physical attackers Milotic doesn't like.

Hope this helps.
 
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