Fabula Nova Chrysalis

Ugh, I hate this team, it wrecked me 6-0. It's funny that everything you mentioned "ice beam for skymin switches" happened to happen to me;(. Anyways, let me rate:

First off, Since Weavile already runs Night Slash, I don't think that pursuit is necessary. I think that Fake out could trick the opponent, especially with annoying azelf leads that seem to always get SR up. This way you completely negate SR set up, and you pretty much have the upper hand 6-5.

The Gliscor/Vaporeon set is amazing, I wish I would've thought of it. They compliment each other's weaknesses, forming a great pair. It seems that your Vaporeon can get set up on by gyarados, I suggest Hidden Power Electric to stop them, even though after a DD Gyarados can barely 3HKO Vappy. It's your call.

I really like your Celebi set, it looks great as an annoyance pokemon.
You have a triple fire weakness. You probably already realized that. This is why I think that Lucario should be switched to Infernape. Maybe a scarfape, considering that if nape's outsped, he's as unprotected as a worm by a flock of birds. Yeah, Infernape would help you alot.

As with the Gengar, since most run Scarf, you might want to replace him for something, unless you're going to scarf him.

And yes, you play an amazing defensive game, 6-0ing my team, which got me 28-4 without much effort.

Overall an amazing team, 5 stars easily.

Good job, and get to #1 on the ladder, i'll be rooting for yah!

-Dark

EDIT: Ok, how do I give him his stars ? lol...
 
For your Weavile lead, it is not necessary for this type of lead to carry all of those attacks, and not one that can kill the stereotypical Suicide Leads. I suggest you use the Anti-Lead set in the analysis on Smogon, made by a good friend of mine, JabbaTheGriffin. It allows you the same opportunities at abolishing the Suicide Lead, TrickScarfGar Lead, and the increasingly popular, Skymin Lead.

Now we move on to your defensive core. Your core consists of only Celebi, Gliscor, and Vaporeon, all of which can be easily dispatched and annihilated by Gengar which is usually a late game sweeper, and because of this fact, Weavile can't do shit to it. As a lead, Weavile will die very quickly actually. To cover up this fact, and support your whole core, I suggest you use Modest Leftover Heatran, with 252 HP, 36 SpA, 220 SpD with Lava Plume, Earth Power, and ResTalk. This Pokemon in tandem with Celebi makes the CeleTran combo, put with Vaporeon you have a core that is almost invincible.

Now we go on to Gengar. Gengar has very shaky accuracy and with Sandstorm, and SR it isn't going to be staying around long enough to do anything major. I suggest instead you use the ScarfGar set of Focus Blast, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power Ice, and Thunderbolt. You would use the generic spread of 6 HP, 252 SpA and Spe. The nature is up to you but you only have 2 options. Timid or Modest. Both have there ups and downs such as more power, or more speed. It can also kill Skymin if you can actually predict very good.

The last Pokemon, Lucario, is just pretty sweet in general but you are using him in a wrong way. Lucario's Item Slot should only be Life Orb as that is the only way you can get guaranteed OHKOs, or 2HKOs. I would also change his nature to Jolly so you can kill other Lucarios as well.
 
@darkartisan
The Weavile set I run tries to keep things weak to Ice Shard/Brick Break away and Get rid of Gengar/Azelf/Starmie. I was actually hoping you would take my Vaporeon so I could sick Weavile on you, and then use Gliscor to stop your Heracross :P Night Slash is only if I need a higher base power attack.

After Stealth Rock, any Gyarados is walled by Celebi. DDLife Orb variants get Thunder Waved and BulkyGyara can't do enough damage even with Ice Fang before it falls to Grass Knot.

I'm really thinking of HP electric for Starmies and slightly less to hit Sub/Calm Mind Suicune on Vaporeon, but I'd prefer Ice over Electric. Everything electric hits is already covered by my Celebi. I just don't know. Without Ice anywhere on my defensive side, Salamence is gonna run through me.

Infernape however is definitely replacing Lucario I think. I need the Fire for Forretress and Scizor. Without Fire anywhere, they virtually have no weakness.

@Sikh Assassin
I'm against the idea of a pokemon slot specifically for a lead. Each pokemon needs to be able to pitch in and function against opposing teams. Weavile's Ice Shard/Pursuit is necessary to keep back Gengar, Azelf, and Starmie and fend off Dragons/Skymin. Brick Break is for the both Tyranitar leads; Those who set up are wasted: They can't make a substitute after a Brick Break and they aren't faster after a DD or Rock Polish. It's also fine if they attack. It hurts teams who think they only need Tyranitar to take on Gengar. Basically, I don't believe in Anti-Lead pokemon. I'd honestly rather just switch out if it's a bad match-up, I'm okay with SR up, I have no weaknesses to it besides Weavile, who dies to anything anyway and only needs to function once or twice.

You're sadly mistaken if you think Weavile can't do anything to Gengar. Pursuit ensures Gengar goes down. If they're scarfed on Focus Blast, then I can just go to my Gengar and set up. Weavile's acceptable SpD and it's resistance to Shadow Ball means it can always get in on them and Pursuit.
Weavile ensures the death of Gengar.

Celetran is a famous defensive combination, covering it's own weaknesses. However what people don't realize is Celetran is two pokemon; Each pokemon can take attack types resisted. However Celetran doesn't wall as many OU threats, just threatens them back. Heracross hits both Celebi and Heatran for super effective damage. Gliscor is necessary to hold back fighting type threats. If I did switch to Heatran, I also would have no Stealth Rock, which Gliscor is usually able to do on the second or third switch of the game. Don't get me wrong, I have used Celetran, however I'm can't afford to drop Gliscor just for Heatran because its an accepted combination.

For Gengar, I agree completely. It's set can cause damage, but it's also stoppable. Because I'm devoting three team slots to my defense, and one to ensurance in the form of Weavile, I only have two team slots to devote to offense. Gengar really only takes advantage of Lucario's Ground and Fighting Weakness and allows me to sleep something. With Platinum's Accuracy drop, hypnosis is undesirable anyway. I'm going to spend a couple days designing a good Azelf, and see if it outdoes my Gengar. In Platinum, Azelf gets the Elemental Punches, and coupled with it's 125 base attack, it's going to be a much bigger threat. The stronger Explosion is also valuable.

Infernape is replacing Lucario. It cuts from my Fire Weakness and allows me to set-up on Dusknoir/Spiritomb late game. Both of these pokemon give me slight problems, as I don't have anything that can do enough damage to them, and I don't wanna get my Lucario Burned.
 
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