SV OU Looking for improvements (and advices)

Ello! It's been some time since i posted my first team in here, and i've been trying out other teams since then. I tried my best on doing this team, and i think it got pretty well, since it has only 2 type-weaknesses. (3, if you consider that some mons on this team suffer a bit agains't ground-type)
The team is here, and i hope you guys help me into improving it. https://pokepast.es/34932d6779b7e74b

:Samurott-Hisui:

not H-Samurott (Samurott-Hisui) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Sharpness
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 20 HP / 236 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ceaseless Edge
- Razor Shell
- Aqua Jet
- Taunt

Acting as a lead, and also a agressive setter, i chose H-Samurott since he deals with some other hazzard setters, like :Landorus-Therian:, :Glimmora: or dual-screens :Dragapult:. He can also get revenge kills against :Gholdengo: if he lasts till mid-game, and tank some hits from :Baxcalibur:, since he's a big threat against this team. Chose tera Ghost over Tera Water, since i tend to get a lot of troubles with :great-tusk:, and :sneasler: when setting.

:sneasler:
zeraora(?) (Sneasler) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Unburden
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dire Claw
- U-turn
- Close Combat
- Fire Punch

I chose Unburden over Poison Touch, since Sneasler can pivot or sweep if needed. Since he has air balloon, Unburden will be activated earlier, and it will make him outspeed a lot of mons that can threaten him, suck as :great-tusk:, :iron-treads: or :goodra-hisui:, and it makes him more valuable against :Gholdengo: or :Kingambit:, since these little guys dominate the tier.

:Great-Tusk:
big bertha (Great Tusk) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 176 HP / 252 Def / 80 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Knock Off
- Close Combat

Great-Tusk is here not only because of his versatillity but also because he can be very troublesome for steel type mons or hazzards, usualy i use him to knock off a item that is taking me headaches, such as rocky helmets, choice scarfs or other items. Again, he suffer a lot against :Baxcalibur:, but he can take a lot of damage since he is bulky-built. Usually, i don't find difficult to use him against a lot of mons since he normally have a good performance. Also, dealing with :Dragapult: can be painful, so i normally use agressive knock off since it's the only option i have against it.

:Goodra-Hisui:
scargot is good (Goodra-Hisui) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sap Sipper
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 196 HP / 252 SpA / 60 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Flash Cannon
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake

Needed a spd wall, as well a special attacker, since Goodra-hisui has a great defensive type-combination, and with Sap Sipper he gets immune against one of the big threats to this team, i thought making him with a offensive set with AV would be good. He still gets threatened by ground types, like :great-tusk: or other mons that out-speed him, and as well the other mons, he gets beaten up against :Baxcalibur: even though it has Ice type resistance.

:Ursaluna:
female rage (Ursaluna) (F) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 116 HP / 252 Atk / 140 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Fire Punch

Needed a Wallbreaker, got a Wallbreaker. Ursaluna in this team is not doing what she needs to, sweep. But she can be a good option since :Dragapult: is a threat to this team, she never had the chance to shine in the matches i did with this team but when she came, she KOed at least one or two mons with the help of Sneasler, since he halved a lot of hp of some mons. And with no surprises, since she is a ground-type, she also gets threatened against :Baxcalibur:.

:volcanion:
mental illness (Volcanion) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Steam Eruption
- Fire Blast
- Earth Power
- Sludge Bomb

Needing something to deal against :Baxcalibur:, the ice-grass weaknesses and also another SPA attacker, chose Volcanion since he sinergizes with :Sneasler: pretty well and also helps a lot when needed. With Steam Eruption, he can OHKO at least 2 mons and then die next, or just deal the damage needed to :ursaluna:'s entrance. It was supposed to Volcanion resist to ground-type, but no, he get's melted to earthquake, so Tera-Water to remove his fire-type and make him a bit tankier against this type, but also increase Steam Eruption damage, since it's a powerful stab.


That's it, didn't got the replays because i forgot to, but i'm hoping for you guys to make observations at this team since it doesn't sinergizes so well as i wanted to, wanting advices, but also for u guys to have a good day, or night depending of what period u guys are reading it.
 
With a samurott lead, you should probably just play a full hyper offense team, so I have a couple of suggestions in that regard.

On Sneasler you could use a more traditional unberden set, like this:

Sneasler @ Air Balloon
Ability: Unburden
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Acrobatics
- Night Slash

The coverage just hits a lot more than poison and fighting do together, notable examples being that acrobatics hits tusk and night slash hits gholdengo.

Also, since we’re going for a more offensive approach, your great tusk set could be made more offensive, I would recommend booster energy

Great Tusk @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Ice Spinner
- Headlong Rush
- Close Combat

This is a pretty standard set for offensive tusk, and I think it works well here.
 
Hmmm, gonna try it out then. I'll come back with the feedbacks abt it later.

Att: Got improvements and coverages against the menaces my team has, but felt a lack of opportunities to Ursaluna and Goodra to prove themselves, so i think that i should remove them of the team since normally or they get OHKOed or just get outsped by any other attacker/sweeper. I thought that maybe Scizor can do something in the place of one of these two, since he has coverage against a lot of types, but can also hyper-offense. Still, dont know what to do with the other option.
 
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ALSO, tried using Baxcalibur in the place of Ursaluna, since he covers the weaknesses this team has, but also do a lot of damage. But, i don't know if he can still on the team, since he opens a opportunity for a threat with Fairy.
 
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