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I need help with a status spam team

I was trying to make a status spam team based around pawmot and dragapult (i got inspired by 1LDK) but im kinda stuck on what to do with the team

:dragapult:

Dragapult (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 76 Atk / 180 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Dragon Darts
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Substitute

Dragapult is the main abuser of the Status with it has will o wisp to cripple physical mons and then it can click a 130 BP Hex it has in case of a rare blissey / hitting mons like no booster walking wake / roaring moon gave it tera fairy in case it faces booster energy ww / roaring moon.
:pawmot:

Pawmot (F) @ Leppa Berry
Ability: Iron Fist
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mach Punch
- Ice Punch
- Nuzzle
- Revival Blessing

Pawmot mostly clicks nuzzle to cripple and it has tera electric because moves under 60 bp get kinda get a technician boost and then also the electric type making the move do 1.5 so it does get strong , it has revival blessing to revive mostly dragapult but it has leppa berry to revive romething else it has mach punch for priority against kingambit sucker punch and ice punch for mons like lando-t and gliscor

:sneasler:

Sneasler (F) @ Protective Pads
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Dire Claw
- U-turn

Main Status spreader with poison touch everything has a 30% chance to poison gave it fake out for a sash break + 30% poison chance, has protective pads so stuff like zapdos cant switch in to paralyze it , also has u-turn to keep momentum going

:kingambit:

Kingambit (F) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Kowtow Cleave
- Iron Head
- Low Kick

obviously has sucker punch for priority kowtow cleave for stall mons / predicts iron head is for fairy type pokemons and low kick is for mirror matchups (fighting opposing kingambits) i made it jolly so it can use low kick better and assault vest because the team doesn't deal too well with special attackers

:ogerpon-wellspring:

Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Power Whip
- Ivy Cudgel
- Play Rough
- Swords Dance

Ogerpon is just kind of a filler I don't know what to put here but anyways it has power whip as a strong stab move ivy cudgel to hit fire types and play rough for dragon types because they resist both water and grass sword dance to set up. its role is mostly just a water immunity and a ground resist

:great-tusk:

Great Tusk @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Body Press
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock

Tusk just sets up rocks and threatens electric types with earthquake , it has body press for gambit / roaring moons and rapid spin for hazard removal gave it leftovers for passive heal and just tera water as a extra option against ice / water types

the problem with the team is: the fact that i have 3 fairy weak pokemons and 3 ground weak pokemons only 1 special attacking move: Hex, and overall the team is not good defensively so i need some help and advise for the team (preferably dragapult pawmot and sneasler stay).
 
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Sorry for letting this die, was planning on rating this earlier lol.

So here's the issue with status spam: gliscor is a PREMIER status absorber, and any status spreader that doesn't beat gliscor is gonna be a lot worse as a result. That's why I think 2 team members, Pawmot and Sneasler, just aren't worth using because Gliscor comes in too easily on them. Pawmot has ice punch, but honestly, I think it's best sets don't even bother with attacking and focus on utility with encore. So remove Pawmot+Sneasler, usually I don't like removing the core members of a team, but status spreaders that don't beat gliscor aren't good.

Instead, lets focus on filling a few key roles: You need a fairy resist, and with kingambit bringing in great tusk, you need a solid swap into that. I think adding Slowking-Galar+Rotom-Wash can fill both of those roles while spreading status.

You've got a sdef glowking to tank special hits, so you don't need AV on Kingambit. Just slap an SD Tera Blast Fairy set on there, you don't have a real abuser yet so why not.

I also think defensive tusk is no good, you need offensive Ice Spinner to beat opposing Gliscor and actually remove hazards.

With the current team, I'd also prefer clear body over infiltrator on dragapult just to improve the sticky webs matchup a little.

Here's a pokepaste with all my edits: https://pokepast.es/4f028dc50a431793
Hope the team works a little better, good luck!
 
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