First competitive team that hasn't been a complete gimmick

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Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 44 Spd / 252 SAtk / 212 HP
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Can trap the Steel-types that Garchump can't deal with and scare out the Fairies, most notably Togekiss. Magnezone also provides some momentum in the form of Volt Switch, assuming the opponent has no Ground-types remaining. The 44 Speed EVs allow Magnezone to outspeed uninvested Scizor and KO with HP Fire.


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Lucario-Mega @ Lucarionite
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Flash Cannon
- Vacuum Wave
- Dark Pulse

Lucario is the only thing I have that can touch Gliscor (Crobat could PP stall it, i suppose); +2 Flash Cannon is a guaranteed OHKO. He's also my backup plan for if I have to get rid of Garchomp, whom this team was built around. The Mega stone also cannot be Knocked Off, which is fantastic. I won't be upset when Lucarionite gets banned, because it's too powerful.


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Jetshark (Garchomp) @ Leftovers
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake

Scare out something and Substitute up, then watch something die. Swords Dance only if necessary. If Togekiss is alive, then why hasn't Magnezone taken care of it? An interesting note is that Garchomp can survive any hit from Charizard-Y at full health, SD up, and outspeed + KO with Dragon Claw.


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Gastrodon (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Def
Calm Nature
- Recover
- Scald
- Toxic
- Protect

Walls Rotom-W for years once Crobat's taunted it. Gastrodon has turned games around for me, tanking Kingdra's and Thundurus' STAB moves like a champ, then proceeding to Toxic stall them to death.


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:^) (Forretress) @ Red Card
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Bold Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Volt Switch

Because what's funnier than seeing Baton Pass teams ragequit? I feel the name is appropriate. In all seriousness, Forretress' combination of Sturdy and Red Card has saved me many a time from threatening setup sweepers like Mawile (although Garchomp can easily handle it by subbing up on the Sucker Punch). Hazards are lovely and turn 2HKOs into OHKOs for my attackers.



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Crobat @ Black Sludge
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 HP / 4 Atk
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn

My wingman! Crobat prevents Hazards, fucks Breloom, and spreads Toxic around. Crobat is only outsped by Scarfers (which provides handy info if they're locked into an Electric-type move, for example) and a couple of other Pokemon like Jolteon (which is usually Choiced anyway) and Accelgor (which is usually Sash, and never used anyway). Something interesting to note is that Crobat can survive scarfed Landorus' Stone Edge provided it wasn't a crit, which can allow me to hard switch into Garchomp and set up.




Yesterday I was in a thread where the top Pokebank OU battler of Showdown was answering questions and he said my team was decent, but weak to Scarfed Genesect and special M-Lucario. I'd love to know who could be replaced to check those two!
 
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Have you considered giving Garchomp a salac berry instead of Lefties? Salac works excellently with substitute as eventually you will have subbed (and probably gotten at least one sd off) enough to activate the salac berry, giving you +1 speed on top of the sub and any sd's you have managed to pull off. Another pro to salac berry is when you are facing an unexpected scarf mon or take a crit you weren't prepared for by a faster mon and get hit below substitute range you will then have the opportunity to hit them with an attack the following turn thanks to the speed boost.
 
Good team! Good counters to special mega luke are sash dugtrio, scarf infernape, and scarf moltres. The scarfs come in and hit hard, while trio's sash lets it live and KO with EQuake. Counters to genesect are chansey and blissey if you have crobat out. Switch to blob and the coverage move is walled. Finally, heatran always beats genesect and has great potential outside the robotic insectazoid. Enjoy!
 
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I encourage you to PM me an updated version of this team with beefed up descriptions, and since you're new, to join the Mentor Program. I'll be unlocking this thread after that.

Have a nice day.
 
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