SS OU In need of guidance for this OU Team

Hello everyone, I recently made my own OU team and wanted to get different opinions from everyone regarding said team.

Corsola-Galar (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Cursed Body
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 4 SpA / 76 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Giga Drain

I use it as my lead, setting up SR followed up by a will o wisp and hex spam, i bring giga drain for gastrodons that want to cuck dracovish. I also chose this spread to have equal split defense stats.


Salazzle (F) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Corrosion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Toxic
- Fire Blast
- Sludge Wave
- Taunt

I mainly use it to have a ferrothorn+toxapex counter in one; corrosion allowing me to toxic them both aswell as my fireblasts doing dmg to ferro despite rain up. it can also absorb toxic spikes after the balloon has been popped and can lock saied threats I want to cover inside a taunt. i also thought of encore instead, unsure about the choice.


Corviknight (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Mirror Armor
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- U-turn
- Tailwind
- Roost
- Brave Bird

More of a Enabler for my Dracovish; brave bird to cover fighting types - usually I tailwind and u-turn out to then start wrecking havoc with my dracovish.


Dracovish @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fishious Rend
- Ice Fang
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch

My Main Sweeper in this team, as previously mentioned to avoid being outsped by other choice scarfers that might OHKO Dracovish - the plan is to bring in dracovish with a tailwind set up and just spam fishious rend. the other moves are for coverage when needed.


Excadrill (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Iron Head

Physical Sweeper that also takes care of entry hazards. usually starting with sword dance, then rapid spinning said hazard away n start sweeping. I also played with the thought of giving it a focus sash or just abandon SD overall and give it more coverage.


Hydreigon (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flash Cannon
- Dark Pulse
- Dragon Pulse
- Nasty Plot

My 2nd Special Sweeper, nasty plot and just wreck havoc. i also thought perhaps giving it a choice scarf and replace NP with flamethrower.


Thank you for reading this, i hope you might be able to point out the weaknesses to this team that I might overlook.
I thank you all in advance!
 
Hey,
A couple of things. Supporting Dracovish with Tailwind is a neat tech. At first I thought it was a little redundant but I suppose it could help Dracovish get the speed over standard Dragapult. Tailwind is definitely sub-optimal on Corviknight, but its in service of your main sweeper, so I won't suggest replacing it.

A couple of things:
I would swap Giga Drain for Strength Sap on :Corsola-Galar: Replacing your most consistent source of healing to aid you in a niche match-up seems like an ineffective idea. In my opinion, Strength Sap basically makes Corsola-G what it is, and I can't see a whole lot of value in it otherwise, honestly. I suppose GD can cover for Seismitoad as well, but Corsola-G really doesn't want to risk being hit by Toxic.

I also would hesitate to call :Salazzle: Salazzle a "counter" to Toxapex, since it's going to be a taking a sizeable amount from Scald and SR damage. Toxic is also very predictable and easily scouted for, making it easily played around. That said, it does make a neat combo with Dracovish as it can sufficiently cripple common Draco checks like Seismitoad and Toxapex.

Lastly, I would consider swapping Dragon Pulse for Substitute on :Hydreigon: You do lose out a bit vs. other Hydreigon, but it gives you another way to pressure opposing Toxapex, Ferrothorn and Rotom-Heat, who your team doesn't particularly love right now.

Just my thoughts. i hope this helps somewhat!
 
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