my first RMT

lemoncoolers

Im new to competitive pokemon, been lurking for a bit and came up with this team. Looking to maybe get some direction on how it can be improved.
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Politoed (M) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Grass]
Drizzle to combat other weather types as well as up the power of water moves for toed and other team members, speed EVs to get in a STAB hydro pump right off the bat specially offensive often takes by surprise and can knock a hole in a team right away. Ice beam to deal with dragon and bulky grasses. Focus blast for ferrothorn. Hidden Power Grass to cover Water Absorb Jellicent, Rotom-W
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Toxicroak (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Dry Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Cross Chop
- Sucker Punch
- Ice Punch
S-Dance up on an advantageous switch in, dry skin & leftovers recovery in rain to keep him alive. puts a dent in almost anything with sucker punch or STAB cross chop. Ice punch can take out gliscor after a dance. Coming in on a good prediction and getting 2 dances set up it can power through most walls.
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Gyarados (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Bounce
d-dance with life orb it can hit hard with waterfall and outspeed many. Moxie complements its attack set when it is set up to sweep. Stone Edge to hit flying types such as salamence, dragonite, zapdos, and opposing gyarados. bounce to hit bulky grass types.
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Magnezone @ Air Balloon
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 36 HP / 252 SAtk / 220 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Charge Beam
T-Bolt primary STAB to deal with skarm and trapping other steel types with magnet pull. air balloon to come in on earthquakes. substitute and charge beam to raise SPatk safely. HP ice to deal with flying and dragon threats.
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Dragonite (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 212 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Fire Punch
- Roar
Bulky D-dancer. Fire punch to deal with steel Roar to interrupt opposing sweepers setting up. outruns Modest Choice Scarf Politoed after one Dragon Dance, and Choice Scarf Landorus after two. Fire punch to hit bulky grass and steel harder.
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Ferrothorn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Thunder Wave
- Power Whip

Spikes support and draws out those which sweepers can set up on. thunder wave to slow down opponents making it easier for sweepers to set up on and leech seed for more hp support and residual damage making it easier to take out bulkier opponents.

thats what ive got so far. I went along the lines of using the pokes you like and doing best to cover their weaknesses. Trying to go for an offensive style while using pokes i like.
 
just a couple of tips.
Tell us why you used these pokemon and why they have those moves. If you take a look at other RMTs you will see about a paragraph per Pokemon.
Also, add pictures because noone wants to read a wall of text.
Fix it up or else you might end up with an infraction instead of advice.
 
Hi, nice team, but you have several weakness to common Pokes.

Choice Scarf Terrakion: Terrakion can OHKO just about every Poke on this team, even Dragonite, if Rocks are in play. Which brings me to my next point, this team is weak to Stealth Rocks, and without a spinner Dragonite's Multiscale is useless. Since you team has strong offensive momentum, Starmie is probably the best choice as a spinner. Gyarados seems like the weakest link, and Starmie can preform a similar role, so switch out Gyarados. Now that rocks can be removed, Dragonite and Politoed, are now a 2HKO and either one of them can dispose of Terrakion.

Volcarona: Not as much of a threat as Terrakion, but he can still cause problems. Since Volcarona is almost always run on sun teams, you have to assume that sun will be up when he is out. Volcarona can come in against Magnezone and Toxicroak and start to set up, then procede with the sweep. This isn't too much of a problem with Dragonite still in play, but switching Spikes to Stealth Rock would be great for decimating Volcarona, and sun teams in general.

Offensive Improvements: Roar on Dragonite is completely outclassed by Dragon Tail, which does the same function, but does a nice bit of damage. Since it is repetitive to have two of the same type attacking move on anything, Dragon Tail should either replace Outrage, or be dropped for a coverage move like Earthquake or better, a priority move like Extremespeed. Magnezone should have Thunder instead of Thunderbolt, since this is a Rain team. Focus Blast could also be replaced with something like Toxic or Perish Song, that will help you win the stall war, and will actually place more pressure on your opponent. Hydro Pump has horrid accuracy, so it is completely unreliable. Politoed should have Surf, since it is the only powerful and reliable STAB available to Politoed. It wouldn't hurt to have Jolly nature on Toxicroak either, since attack can be boosted, but the speed stat will be static, and Toxicroak needs the sweeping ability.

Spreads:

Starmie @ Life Orb
252 Spe/252 Sp.Atk/4 Hp
Timid
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Thunder
-Rapid Spin

Play around with this spread, and try to make it as offensive as possible, keeping pressure on your opponent. Bolt Beam has great coverage, so thats a good start, and I find Surf much more reliable than Hydro Pump, but its yours to test.

Good Luck, lemoncoolers
 
thanks for the constructive advice. much appreciated. Ive been playing with the set for a while and it is very solid. apologies for my brief descriptions, my knowledge of the meta game is limitied. : P
 
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