Gen 6 Mega Absol Team

[pokestar56]

This is my pokemon team for competitive battling. It is composed of 2 physical sweepers, 1 mixed sweeper, 1 special sweeper, and a physical and special wall.

Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance
Excadrill is my rapid spinner he is also used as one of my physical sweepers. Can switch in to counter Skarmory's weakness to electricity and swords dance to begin to sweep. Rapid spin away any hazards that absol cannot/have not prevented. Rock slide to cover any fire and flying types. Earthquake for a powerful STAB and air ballon to tank an earthquake. Also can switch in on resisted moves and sword dance. Also I do enjoy mold breaker for people who do not know what it does.

Gengar @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Bomb
- Destiny Bond
Gengar is my effective spin blocker also a great special sweeper. He can take any earthquakes aimed at Excadrill and use that turn to take advantage thanks to his blistering speed. Destiny bond used as a fun tactic when Gengar is cornered. Especially useful against sucker punch users: Mawile and Kangaskhan. Shadow Ball as his powerful STAB. Focus Blast to handle pesky steel types like ferrothorn and also good against tyranitar. Sludge bomb for a nice counter to fairies. I originally had black sludge as an item but opted for life orb to get more damage seeing as gengar is quite frail.

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 224 HP / 252 Def / 32 SDef
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird
- Stealth rock
- Roost
- Whirlwind
Skarmory is my physical tank, trap setter and sometimes lead. Also used as a great phazer. He is a great switch lead between he and Absol depending on opponents potential leads. Brave bird for powerful STAB and can not be immobilized by taunt. Rocks to set hazards for enemy team. Roost to provide longevity and help with the recoil from brave bird. Whirlwind to phase out pokemon and prevent sweepers from setting up. Also great for ruining substitute setups.

Absol (F) @ Absolite
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Protect
- Fire Blast
- Play Rough
Absol is a great switch lead with skarmory, is effective when opponent has any hazard type of lead. Also a uncommon mega to use but very effective as the fastest magic bouncer in the game. Also has great help for Dragonite due to Stealth Rock weakening dragonite so easily. Protect is to ensure it mega evolves safely and to scout the enemy team. Sucker punch is my only priority move so I feel it is very important. Fire blast to take care of grass and ice types. Play rough for dragons and fighting types.

Dragonite (F) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Thunder Punch
- Extreme speed
My star physical sweeper. A switch into an earthquake and free turn to DDance. Or any moves that it resists. Weakness policy to draw SE attacks while multiscale is active. And DDance on the first turn after the boost from weakness policy Dragonite becomes a real menace. Even if opponent trys to play around weakness policy it gives dragonite a better chance to live. Extreme speed for priority, dragon claw for powerful STAB. Thunder punch to counter the common fairies of Togekiss and Azumaril.

Rotom-Wash @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 28 SAtk / 232 SDef
Calm Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Will-O-Wisp
- Rest
Rottom wash for my highly effective special tank. He can check many threats with great bulk and small weakness to grass. Volt-turn for an effective quick switch and STAB. Hydro Pump to hit fire and ground types. Will-O-Wisp to make up for lack of physical defense investment, and weaken pokemon that are difficult to wear down. Rest as an effective way to annoy opponent by fully healing then waking up thanks to the Chesto Berry.

Please feel free to make many useful suggestions. I would like to use this team for a long time so any useful advice will be more than appreciated.

 

[pokestar56]

Bump!

 

[silver97]

your team is nice but maybe it needs some changes. firstly absol doesn't need protect but you can give it swords dance to hit hard with STAB priority and its cool speed tie. also your team doesn't like powerful water types pokemon such as keldeo and mega gyarados; my suggestion is to replace excadrill with unaware clefable that increase a lot the bulk of your team and help you to deal with boosted pokemon; since clefable prevent opponents from sweeping, whirlwind won't be so necessary any more and you can give to skarmory defog over whirlwind which is a much more reliable way to take off hazards than rapid spin; lastly you should replace thunder punch with an earthquake on dragonite to give him better coverage.
clefable @ leftovers
ability: unaware
EVs: 252 hp/252 def/4 Sdef
bold nature
-wish
-cosmic power
-stored power
-moonblast
if you want clefable can also run heal bell to help your sweepers to do their job.

i'm quite new at team rating but i hope this will be helpful for you.

 

[pokestar56]

Thank you for the suggestions. I will try the swords dance on Absol as well as give earthquake to Dragonite. However after much though I believe my best answer for bulky water types will be to switch Skarmory for Ferrothorn.

Relaxed
252 HP / 184 Def / 68 SpD
Leftovers
~ Stealth Rock
~ Leech Seed
~ Power Whip
~ Gyro Ball

He can take Skarmory's place as a stealth rocker. Also great switch in to any water type to wear them down with leech seed. Originally I would deal with water types by having Rotom Wash will-o-wisp them and then volt switch to have a teammate finish them off. Gyro Ball will be great for fairies. And obviously power whip for the water types.

By removing Excadrill, I still need a defoger/spinner, although i would like to ensure they fit the offensive role as well. I found Starmie to be a great replacement for Excadrill.

Item: Choice Scarf
Nature: Timid
Ability: Natural Cure
Evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Moves
- Ice Beam
- Rapid Spin
- Thunderbolt / Psyshock
- Surf / Hydro Pump
Choice scarf will provide a nice surprise for those thinking they will out-speed Starmie. Thunderbolt to deal with flying, waters etc. Surf for accuracy over hydro pump. Also Psyshock could be implemented to deal with the popular ghost threats.

Let me hear opinions on this idea, thanks.