First OU Team

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So I'm playing BW2 and I'm making a team of OU pokemon to play on the random match up on the GTS, so I was looking for some feedback. Keep in mind, this means that I'll be using 3 of 6 in any given match and items cannot be duplicated

Gliscor
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 ATK / 4 DEF / 252 SPE
Ability: Sand Veil
Equipped: Flying Gem
Swords Dance
Acrobatics
Earthquake
Substitute

Starmie
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA/ 4 SpD/ 252 SPE
Ability: Natural Cure
Equipped: Leftovers
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Recover

Scizor
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP / 252 ATK / 4 SpD
Ability: Technician
Equipped: Choice Band
U-Turn
Bullet Punch
Superpower
Pursuit

Gyarados
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 ATK / 4 DEF / 252 SPE
Ability: Moxie
Equipped: Choice Scarf
Waterfall
Earthquake
Ice Fang
Stone Edge

Meinshao
Nature: Naieve
EVs: 252 ATK / 4 SpA / 252 SPE
Ability: Regenerator
Equipped: Life Orb
Hi Jump Kick
U-Turn
Hidden Power (Ice)
Fake Out

Tyranitar
Nature: Careful
EVs: 252 HP / 4 ATK / 252 SpD
Ability: Sandstream
Stealth Rocks
Crunch
Pursuit
Superpower


So the first thing you may notice is the lack of true walls. Since there's only 3 pokemon on the random matchup, I felt like there hasn't been a lot of opportunity to switch in to appropriate defensive setups, so as a result I leaned more towards offensive builds.

Generally I set up my teams as Tyranitar / Gliscor / Scizor, or Meinshao / Starmie / Gyrados. I've also subbed Gyrados over Scizor in the Sandstorm setup if I may need some of his coverage options.


So far with the team I'm 1-4 on random matchup, so I'm clearly doing something wrong-- I'd appreciate any advice you folks could provide.
 
Yeah, there are a couple of things that are outdated in this team. The first thing is this: Sand Veil is now banned as an extension of the evasion clause. If you want to keep Acrobatics, change your ability to Hyper Cutter or Poison Heal. Otherwise, would recommend using a Poison Heal set, which makes Gliscor a bulky sweeper.

Another thing about Mienshao: that set has not worked well in OU. You said you wanted a wall, so I would recommend Blissey > Mienshao. Blissey has Leftovers recovery to keep itself from grinding away in Sand, making it a better choice over Chansey. It also has access to Aromatherapy and Softboiled, making it a very good wall and supporter.

As for your second wall, I would recommend Physically Defensive Hippowdon > Tyranitar. Hippowdon can take physical hits due to access to Slack Off, can lay down Stealth Rocks, and can take in Thunder Waves.


Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 84 Spd / 252 Def / 172 HP
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Swords Dance
- Taunt / Protect

Blissey (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Def / 170 HP / 88 SDef
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Softboiled
- Aromatherapy
- Seismic Toss
- Toxic / Thunder Wave

Hippowdon
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 SAtk
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind / Roar

Note: The Blissey spread gives her exactly 360 Sp Def.
 
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