First Sandstorm Team

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Reptar (Tyranitar) @ Choice Band [Lead]
Adamant 160 Hit Points 252 Attack 96 Speed

Stone Edge
Earthquake
Pursuit
Crunch

Starts the sandstorm which negates focus sash leads that aren't immune. Pursuit can trap leads that can't OHKO that I certainly can. Takes hit's like a champ except from Machamp (and other guys with really good fighting things). And CB lets him come in later to dent a lot of things very heavily.

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HungryHipo (Hippowdon) @ Leftovers
Impish 252 Hit Points 168 Defense 88 Speed

Earthquake
Ice Fang
Slack Off
Roar

Standard physical wall right here. Stab Earthquake can seriously mess up things. Secondary sand streamer in case Tyranitar is dead and theres a hail up or something. Ice Fang dents dragons and Gliscors pretty badly. Roar is great when stealth rock is up especially against people who like to set up to try and take down my hippo,

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Baja Fresh (Cradily) @ Leftovers
Calm 252 Hit Points 96 Defense 160 Special Defense

Giga Drain
Toxic
Recover
Stealth Rock

Poisons walls, takes special hits amazingly well, and sets up stealth rock. All while also taking physical hits pretty darn well too. Giga Drain takes care of opposing bulky grounds like swampert and hippowdon, along with dealing relatively decent damage to some of the more specially defensive bulky waters while also gaining me some health too, which is always nice on a tank.

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Lava Sauce (Heatran) @ Choice Scarf
Rash 4 Attack 252 Special Attack 252 Speed

Fire Blast
Dragon Pulse
Earth Power
Explosion

Revenge Killer extraordinaire. Can out speed and seriously dent all of the dragons before they dance, or if they're not also packing a scarf. Explodes to seriously mess up special walls that I otherwise cannot take out with him, and to allow free switches. Also great at actually countering CB Scizor.

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Niggar (Gengar) @ Wide Lens
4 Defense 252 Special Attack 252 Speed
Thunder Bolt
Shadow Ball
Hypnosis
Focus Blast

fast and has amazing type coverage. sleeps stuff and with wide lens it's a lot less risky of a move, and it also makes focus blast a far more reliable counter to steels like magnezone. just a relatively standard special sweeper here and the only pokemon here that doesn't resist the sandstorm. But he gives my team those much needed fighting and ground immunities, and that's basically why he's here.

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BlueMeanie (Metagross) @ Leftovers
112 Hit Points 252 Attack 12 Defense 132 Speed

Agility
Meteor Mash
Earthquake
ThunderPunch

Agility lets my outpace pretty much anything that isn't scarfed and also didn't agility. Huge attack lets me sweep pretty darn easily. Also this beast has amazing resistances, and is bulky, especially with lefties letting him relatively often take an additional hit.
 
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