This is my first ever Pokemon team, I wanted to finally spend some time making a Pokemon team that didn't consist of Pokemon I thought looked interesting so made a team after doing a bit of research, and I wanted to know how I can improve it. I don't know much about competitive, so its probably not very good at all.
Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Leech Seed
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip
I have Ferrothorn as a lead Pokemon I can send in, and I think its an overall very defensive Pokemon, so I should be able to set up Stealth Rock and Leech Seed, and then use Gyro Ball, and Power Whip to do decent damage.
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- U-turn
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- U-turn
I chose a Dragapult and Urshifu offensive core to try and do lots of damage to the opponents team, I put U-turn on them both so they can both easily be swapped out if necessary and tried to make sure both would be good for countering a wide range of types.
Magnezone @ Leftovers
Ability: Analytic
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Toxic
I chose Magnezone, as it looked good as type coverage, and I could easily switch to anything else with Volt Switch, It also serves as Bulkier Pokemon on my team, as I have no other physically Defensive Pokemon on my team
Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Defog
- Moonblast
- Nature's Madness
- Taunt
I chose Tapu Fini as it looked like a bulky Pokemon that I could use for defence, but also removes spikes/stealth rock and still be able to put out a good amount of damage. It also serves as the only Specially Defensive Pokemon I have on the team.
Weavile @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard
I chose Weavile to try and out speed other Pokemon and be able to kill them first, when they are on low health, I added Ice shard as a priority move, and swords dance to buff Weavile if I need to.
Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Leech Seed
- Gyro Ball
- Power Whip
I have Ferrothorn as a lead Pokemon I can send in, and I think its an overall very defensive Pokemon, so I should be able to set up Stealth Rock and Leech Seed, and then use Gyro Ball, and Power Whip to do decent damage.
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- U-turn
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- U-turn
I chose a Dragapult and Urshifu offensive core to try and do lots of damage to the opponents team, I put U-turn on them both so they can both easily be swapped out if necessary and tried to make sure both would be good for countering a wide range of types.
Magnezone @ Leftovers
Ability: Analytic
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Toxic
I chose Magnezone, as it looked good as type coverage, and I could easily switch to anything else with Volt Switch, It also serves as Bulkier Pokemon on my team, as I have no other physically Defensive Pokemon on my team
Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Defog
- Moonblast
- Nature's Madness
- Taunt
I chose Tapu Fini as it looked like a bulky Pokemon that I could use for defence, but also removes spikes/stealth rock and still be able to put out a good amount of damage. It also serves as the only Specially Defensive Pokemon I have on the team.
Weavile @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard
I chose Weavile to try and out speed other Pokemon and be able to kill them first, when they are on low health, I added Ice shard as a priority move, and swords dance to buff Weavile if I need to.
doesn’t have much defensive utility, lacking a good way to recover health and Ferrothorn 
struggles against the same Pokemon. Tapu Fini 
is a solid defensive pick but this combination leaves you weak to some breakers like Kartana 
, Tapu Bulu 
and Zeraora 
with the latter being able to outspeed all your offensive options. Speaking about the offensive part of the team, this core is fine and Dragapult 
, Urshifu-R 
and Weavile 
are all extremely threatening Pokemon in the current metagame and they pair well together. Thus, I think that this team really need a rework of its defensive backbone, but you can keep the offensive basis as it’s already great. I’ll go over it in details just below.
: First, this is not really how you want to play Magnezone. This moveset with Analytic use to be how Specs Magnezone was played before the second DLC. Now, all Magnezone use Magnet Pull and most of them run Body Press with Iron Defensive alongside with a Defensive spread (but still need some Speed) to beat both the likes of Corviknight 
):
: Ferrothorn could be nice with a Spikes set to stack hazards, but I think you rather have an Electric immunity here with already two Pokemon weak to this type in your defensive core. This is especially important to deal with Zeraora 
. Here is the set:
would be more interesting here. Moreover, Ice Punch is mainly useful for Dragonite 
and you can already deal with it by using Corviknight