My shiftry team

So, i'm building a team around shiftry because he is my favourite pokemon.
I have never been batteling competitive before and havent played gen 5.
So far this is what i have.

Shiftry @ lifeorb
Abilty: Chlorophyll
EV: 252 spe | 252 spa | 4 hp
Nature: modest

- Nasty plot
- Solarbeam
- Dark pulse
- Focus blast

So this is pretty much my shiftry, I am still not sure if i should take shadowball or focus blast because focus blast doesnt have the best accuracy.

Ninetales @ Heat rock
Ability: Drought
EV 252 HP | 252 SpD | 4 Spe
Nature: Calm

- Will-o-Wisp
- Flamethrower
- Confuse ray
- Pain split
To use shiftry, a sunny day setter is a must and i have a personal preferation for ninetails over charizard Y. And i think its a waste of the mega slot.

Cloyster @ Nevermeltice
Ability: Skill link
Ev: 252 Atk | 252 Spe | 4 Def
Nature: Jolly

- Shell smash
- Rock blast
- Icicle spear
- Razor shell

Because my shiftry is a special set i needed a good physical sweeper and cloyster is my go-to choise because i have been playing with him since red/blue and i think he looks awesome and is also a really good sweeper with shell smash.

Banette @ Banettite
Ability: Frisk
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
- Destiny Bond
- Knock off

Finally one of my favourite pokemon got a mega-evo and its a perfect troll set to annoy people. I went with knock off over shadow claw to get rid of eviolite chansey and other pokemon who rely heavy on their item. I took taunt to make sure i dont get stealth rocks to make it easier for cloyster to set up

Cofagrigus @ Leftovers
Ability: Mummy
Evs: 252 Def | 252 Hp | 4Spd
Nature: Bold

- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Haze
- Trick room

I replaced scolipede for cofagrigus because he is an amazing pokemon and a really easy switch in on talonflame mawile azumarill and other pokemon who rely so much on their ability. The trick room used to work for me in the past but cofagrigus is the only pokemon on my team who benefits from it. I might replace it for pain split because he lacks recovery. I like having haze on my team to clean all setups because i don's have a pokemon with whirlwind/roar

Mamoswine @ focus Sash
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Nature: Jolly

- Stealth rock
- Earthquake
- Icicle crash
- Ice shard

I replaced donphan for mamoswine as a lead. Took focus sash to make sure i get my stealth rocks up and make my team more phisically offensive in case cloyster cannot get set up
 
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Ok some quick changes for you m8, Personally i think that protect on bannett mega is a waste, i would put taunt on that thing to help fight the hazzards because my next suggestion is to take away donphan for mamoswine that will do a simmilar thing only better with higher atk the only thing it cant do is rapid spin, but if taunt is used properly hazzards shouldn't be much of a problem. pm me if you need the exact set.
 
Thank you for your response, I changed it see how i do in countering setups with banette because i lack experience. And wont i get outsped by froslass, greninsja and mamoswine becuase prankster doesnt work on the first turn? I also replaced scolipede with cofagrigus because he is so strong but im not quite sure about his moveset yet.
 
Switch Razor Shell on Cloyster with Ice Shard. Razor Shell's power is halved in the sun, and Cloyster needs a priority move to counter all the other ones running around.

I would switch out Mamoswine. He is great pokemon, but your team needs a hazard remover, considering Cloyster and Ninetales are weak to it. Instead of Donphan, I would suggest Excadrill. He Spins, lays down Stealth Rocks, and hits hard.

Excadrill @ Air Balloon / Leftovers
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 176 HP / 52 Atk / 80 Def / 202 SpDef
Adamant Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rocks
- Shadow Claw / Iron Head
 
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It looks like a great team you should try over cofagringas sometime not saying cofagringas is bad i actually like it and think if
it had a mega that'd be some amazing art

evolite calm trace porygon
252 hp 252 sp def 4 def
Tri attack
Thunder wave
Recover
Shadow ball
I always found having a normal and ghost on a team messes with people when switching. that or

Dusclops bold
Evolite
252 hp 252 def 4 sp def
Wil-O-Wisp
Pain Split
Confuse ray
Night shade
 
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