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If Suicune isn't really doing it for you why not try running Life kOrb Suicune, it requires less set up to be effective and it also provides a more "offensive" feel to it that your team also provides. Your Cune at the moment really lacks some power after a Calm Mind but with 252 SpA EVs and a Life Orb behind it will hit a lot harder and help to keep the momentum of the battle on your side, you can still set of on similar targets, scarf Heatran for example, but you will be continuing to dish out damage with an offensive set, whilst adding to the teams main resistance.

Now onto Blissey, you don't seem very "enthused" about it, as you have not written very much, which makes me feel you don't really use it very much, it seems to me that it will ruin the pace of your game and allow your opponant the opportunity to switch in a problem pokemon such as machamp, where from you have no switch and are likely to lose the momentum that you may have gained. It seems to me that you need something that can still tackle Skymin (you have no flying resist, but will be a little bit less of a hindrance offensivly, and Zapdos seems the perfect candidate for this, it provides a nice bit of help against Lucario who could go through your team should you mispredict at some point, it also does a nice job of finishing off Breloom, and Azelf or Infernape if they are slightly weakened without a boost. So if we put in an offensive ish Zapdos we will have a better chance to deal with those two particular threats, and you will agaion maintain the attacking momentum that you may feel at times that you don't have.

Finally a lot of your team suffers at the hands of another Blissey, so I would reccomend throwing Explosion over Grass Knot on Azelf, you already hit Swampert hard with a STAB Psychic and you would be siensible to run Hidden Power Grass on Zapdos, as HP Ice is not so much needed with Garchomp gone. Blissey wont expect Explosion on a Nasty Plot set so you will get away with that nicely, it may well serve as bait to Zapdos and Suicune who will find it easier to sweep with Blissey gone.

If you are having any specific problems, please do post a threat list and come back and ask, we will be happy to help you deal with any issues that you may not yet have presented us with :D
 
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Infernape @ Focus Sash
Naive / Blaze
64 Atk / 252 SAtk / 192 Spe​

~Close Combat
~Overheat
~Fake Out
~Stealth Rock​

My favorite lead ever. Fake out and destroy sashes
on the plethora of lead pokes that carry one,
Overheat and Close Combat provide great coverage
while destroying likes like T-Tar leads and Azelf after
Fake Out. Stealth Rock is nice to get out as well.
Good Standard here. I like the idea of Overheat > Fire Blast to KO azelf.

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Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Adamant / Poison Heal
44 HP / 252 Atk / 212 Spe​

~Focus Punch
~Spore
~Stone Edge
~Substitute​

AWESOME poke here. Never used Breloom before this
but it has been working out great. Focus Punch
provides a mega powerful STAB move that does
copious amounts of damage to almost everything.
Stone Edge is for flying types that come in trying
to resist me. Like Zapdos. Sub and Spore are givens
while Breloom also acts somewhat as a status absorber.
Standard. Most teams have trouble with Breloom so it looks pretty solid on this team.

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Azelf @ Life Orb
Timid / Levitate
36 HP / 252 SAtk / 220 Spe​

~Nasty Plot
~Flamethrower
~Psychic
~Grass Knot​

Man o man o man. This thing rapes at this point in the
metagame. No one ever sees this coming, as 99% of Azelfs
are used as those stupid suicide leads. This set has single
handedly swept through an entire hail team TWICE since
this Zelf has been incorporated. It rapes. Flamethrower covers
Steel types - especially Scizor, Psychic is for STAB, and Grass
Knot handles things like Swampert. After Nasty Plot, there
isn't much in the way of this other than Blissey.
I like it. Not many people expect Nasty Plot Azelf anymore so it should serve you well. If you can stand to lose coverage on T-tar replacing grass knot with Explosion would help against blissey.

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Scizor @ Choice Band
Adamant / Technician
6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe​

~Superpower
~Bullet Punch
~U Turn
~Pursuit​

Pretty damn good. It hits so many things hard. I often
will flat out use Superpower predicting a Heatran switch,
and this tactic has often worked. U-Turn almost Ko's
Celebi, Pursuit traps pokes, while Bullet Punch is for
STAB Priority. A psychical powerhouse, and more effective
than the SD set IMO.
I'm pretty sure Celebi will be OHKOed by U-turn. I don't think you need pursuit because you have blissey for most psychic and ghost types. Replace it with quick attack to help against infernape, gyarados and weakened Zapdos.
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Suicune @ Life Orb
Timid / Pressure
4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spe​

~Calm Mind
~HP Electric
~Surf
~Ice Beam​

It is my Fire Resist. An offensive Cune recommended by the
wonderful Goldfan. Thanks, man! He serves to keep the offensive
pace up on my team by hitting hard and boosting with CM. Surf
is obvious for STAB and Ice Beam handles Dragons. HP Electric
is also great becasue it hits Vaporeon, Gyara, and other Cunes coming
in to resist me. This thing is still in testing as of now,
but it looks like it will be more effective than the previous Cune I had here.
Thanks again Goldfan!
You have a big Dragon and Scizor Weakness (+1 Outrage does a hell of a lot to suicune without any hp or defense investment). I'd recommend changing Suicune into a Rest Talk Gyarados which would help a lot against fighting types, Scizor (which runs through your team), Dragons and Heatran (which your blissey can't touch atm).
You should use this moveset:
Rest
Sleeptalk
Waterfall
Stone Edge

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Blissey @ Leftovers
Calm / Natural Cure
252 Def / 80 SAtk / 176 SDef​

~Ice Beam
~Toxic
~Protect
~Softboiled​

Yeah yeah yeah, Blissey. Special wall and Toxic inducer.
Handles Dragon switch in's and stops other
various special attackers. Protect is useful for Explosion.
Softboiled is a given.​
Ice Beam and Toxic offer bad coverage so replace Ice beam with seismic toss or flamethrower. You already have protect on your moveset so wish is a great option over softboiled. Looks solid otherwise.


So at the moment you have a big Scizor and Fighting types weakness. Rest talk Gyarados would help you with this.
 
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