Gardevoir-Mega @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Focus Blast
Araquanid @ Splash Plate
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 216 HP / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Sticky Web
- Leech Life
- Magic Coat
Bisharp @ Lum Berry
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Iron Head
Magearna @ Assault Vest
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 200 HP / 56 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Iron Head
- Fleur Cannon
- Ice Beam
- Volt Switch
Greninja @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 176 Atk / 80 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Spikes
- Rock Slide
- Ice Beam
- U-turn
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 Spe
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Roost
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Focus Blast
Araquanid @ Splash Plate
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 216 HP / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Sticky Web
- Leech Life
- Magic Coat
Bisharp @ Lum Berry
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Iron Head
Magearna @ Assault Vest
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 200 HP / 56 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Iron Head
- Fleur Cannon
- Ice Beam
- Volt Switch
Greninja @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 176 Atk / 80 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Spikes
- Rock Slide
- Ice Beam
- U-turn
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 Spe
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Roost
Teambuilding Process
Obviously, I added Gardevoir-Mega. This is a very typical set and doesn't require much explaining. Psyshock for Chansey, Hyper Voice for the Pixilate boosted Fairy type move, Focus Blast for Rock and Steel types, and WoW for crippling physical attackers.
I added Shuckle and Bisharp. Shuckle provides hazard support, and as Gardevoir-M's speed is not high, having Sticky Web support is amazing for it to spam Hyper Voice. Bisharp is there for the Defiant, as Sticky Webs are annoying on most team archtypes, and Defog raises Bisharp's Attack sharply. Stealth Rock support is also crucial for Bisharp and Gardevoir to pick up some important KOs.
Gliscor was added as a defensive backbone to Hawlucha, as well as a Defogger and being able to spread Toxic. It also helps with a Ground immunity, which both Bisharp and Gardevoir has a little trouble with. Scarf Greninja provides momentum and lets other teammates get in to check threats. It's also good at revenge killing Volcarona at +2, and non-Max Speed Electric Seed Hawlucha.
At this time, I had no Specially Defensive backbones on my time. Magearna was my choice, as it provides Volt Switch, as well as being able to check opposing Greninja, Gardevoir-M, Tapu Lele, Diancie-M and Keldeo. Magearna now forms a VoltTurn core with Greninja, and provides the team with a lot of momentum.
After testing the team, I found that Shuckle was an absolute deadweight to the team. It's slow, gets encored easily, and does absolutely no damage to anything. I found another Sticky Web user which was more reliable, and helped me check non-Supersonic Skystrike Gyarados. This is Araquanid, which does massive amounts of damage with Liquidation and Leech Life, as well as setting up Sticky Web and able to live a lot of hits due to its natural bulk. At this time, I changed Toxic to Stealth Rock on Gliscor as Stealth Rock was essential on this team. And this is the final product of it, although I still find it pretty frustrating against some certain Pokemon.
Threatlist
Gyarados: Gyarados absolutely destroys my team after a Dragon Dance, especially Supersonic Skystrike forms. Araquanid is the only reliable switch in to Mega Gyarados and able to Leech Life and potentially beat it 1v1, but it requires some mind games.
Mega-Pinsir: The only switch-in is Gliscor, and Gliscor is 2HKOed by Frustration, which means I have to sack something in order to check it, furthermore, since I gave up Toxic on Gliscor, it cannot check Pinsir in return. The only other way is by getting in Greninja and Rock Sliding it.
Fat Defensive Cores: I have no reliable way of beating very solid defensive cores. Tangrowth and Toxapex are both threatened by Bisharp, but Tangrowth can Earthquake and Toxapex can burn it with Scald. Slowbro-M/Slowking and Ferrothorn requires a lot of mind games to beat, and it really requires a lot of hax to actually really break through these cores.
Thanks for reading this!!! I'm still a really new teambuilder, and I really would like to improve this team!
P.S. I try to build this team without having to use Pokémon which take a lot of time to hunt, so it would be appreciated if the Pokémon suggested could be easily found. I would still appreciate Showdown teams, as I really would like to get into USM teambuilding too :)