Ok, Im pretty new to gen 8 ou. Any help making my team better?

Thunderstar175

Thunderstar175

Regieleki @ Choice Specs
Ability: Transistor
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Electro Ball
- Volt Switch
- Hyper Beam
- Rapid Spin

Registeel @ Assault Vest
Ability: Clear Body
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Steel Roller
- Heavy Slam
- Brick Break
- Explosion

Cofagrigus @ Leftovers
Ability: Mummy
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Shadow Ball
- Disable

Mienshao @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Poison Jab

Tapu Lele @ Leftovers
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aromatherapy
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Psychic

Haxorus @ Lum Berry
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Close Combat
- Poison Jab



Explanation:First up on the list: Registeel
I use Registeel as a special tank. Assault vest plus 252 SpD EV and careful gives me 657 SpD at lvl 50. Pretty high right? Lets me tank a lot of special hits. Brick Break is there to get rid of annoying screens. Steel roller is there for the Tapus and Rillaboom. Heavy slam my main offensive move. Explosion as a last resort.
Next up: Cofagrigus
This is my physical tank. Iron defence plus body press is my main offensive move. Shadow ball is coverage and leftovers source of recovery
Next:Haxorus
My set up sweeper and late game cleaner. Dragon dance to set up; Close combat and poison jab as coverage for ice/fairy types and dragon claw STAB move. Lum berry cuz will-o-wisp annoying
Tapu Fini: Aromatherapy for annoying status, fairy type coverage, calm mind setup. Dont really use this
Mienshao: U turn + regenerator as a strong pivot, some coverage moves
Regieleki: Electro ball as i am going to be faster than everythign except other regieleki. Volt switch there as pivot. Rapid spin for hazards
 
you might wanna opt for a haxorus set with life orb, swords dance, and scale shot instead of dragon dance and dragon claw. More breaking ability, could be a pretty strong sweeper.
 
Mmixing bulky af pokemons and hyper offensive pokemons together in one team doesnt work, they have conflicting playstyles and should be used for different archetypes.
 
First fini is better than lele defensively beacuse of better bulk and misty surge,lele is more of a wall breaker,psyshock is a good move to use on it,Garchomp is stronger than Haxorus,swords dance plus scale shot can sweep teams,and it can also defeat staple Heatran,the 3rd most used pokemon in the tier,if it get off a scale shot it can out speed non scarf koko,which is most of them since no one runs scarf on koko probably,Lando T is the best and most used pokemon in the tier,so i recommand packing ice beam on a pokemon to defeat it, Registeel isn't that good in OU as a tank,it has great bulk but no recovery besides rest,Blissey,Toxapex,Regenerator Slowking-Galar,Ferrothorn etc outclass it,running Assault Vest on a non regenertor pokemon isn't that great besides a few, Spec Hyper Beam Regieleki really is just bad,hyper beam isn't the greatest move outside gen one really,beside a few occasion where it is good,but it is certainly not a great move on eleki, Cofagrigus isnt a pure bad pokemon,but OU has better physical walls with better typing moves abilities and stats,like Landorus-Therian,Corviknight,Buzzwole, the list goes on,I recommend you check out a pokemon's viability on here https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...ranking-thread-see-page-80-post-1997.3674058/ ,and smogon strategy dex analysis here in https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/,you can also check out some sample teams on forums too.
 
Some random guy ya said:
First fini is better than lele defensively beacuse of better bulk and misty surge,lele is more of a wall breaker,psyshock is a good move to use on it,Garchomp is stronger than Haxorus,swords dance plus scale shot can sweep teams,and it can also defeat staple Heatran,the 3rd most used pokemon in the tier,if it get off a scale shot it can out speed non scarf koko,which is most of them since no one runs scarf on koko probably,Lando T is the best and most used pokemon in the tier,so i recommand packing ice beam on a pokemon to defeat it, Registeel isn't that good in OU as a tank,it has great bulk but no recovery besides rest,Blissey,Toxapex,Regenerator Slowking-Galar,Ferrothorn etc outclass it,running Assault Vest on a non regenertor pokemon isn't that great besides a few, Spec Hyper Beam Regieleki really is just bad,hyper beam isn't the greatest move outside gen one really,beside a few occasion where it is good,but it is certainly not a great move on eleki, Cofagrigus isnt a pure bad pokemon,but OU has better physical walls with better typing moves abilities and stats,like Landorus-Therian,Corviknight,Buzzwole, the list goes on,I recommend you check out a pokemon's viability on here https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...ranking-thread-see-page-80-post-1997.3674058/ ,and smogon strategy dex analysis here in https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/,you can also check out some sample teams on forums too.
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Some things I will say is that haxorus is stronger than garchomp, its that chomp has higher speed and more defensive utility, and that lando's main role in ou is as a special sponge, not physical wall.
 
RedDiamond1024 said:
Some things I will say is that haxorus is stronger than garchomp, its that chomp has higher speed and more defensive utility, and that lando's main role in ou is as a special sponge, not physical wall.
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Lando has intimidate which also helps on physical attack,I know I am wrong for that one,Haxorus has greater attack,but garchomp has a dual typing that happen to deal with one of dragon's only 2 resist,and Haxorus and garchomp both has the move the deal wtih fairy,even chomp mostly uses fire fang over iron head or poison jab to break OU's walls,corvinight is a pokemon in OU that Haxorus can never break too,which kind of makes chomp's attacking capability better and rough skin punishing attack can sometimes deal more damage.
 
Some random guy ya said:
Lando has intimidate which also helps on physical attack,I know I am wrong for that one,Haxorus has greater attack,but garchomp has a dual typing that happen to deal with one of dragon's only 2 resist,and Haxorus and garchomp both has the move the deal wtih fairy,even chomp mostly uses fire fang over iron head or poison jab to break OU's walls,corvinight is a pokemon in OU that Haxorus can never break too,which kind of makes chomp's attacking capability better and rough skin punishing attack can sometimes deal more damage.
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Haxorus definitely breaks corviknight though

+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Mold Breaker Haxorus Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 305-360 (76.4 - 90.2%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

Even at +1
+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Mold Breaker Haxorus Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 229-270 (57.3 - 67.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
 
RedDiamond1024 said:
Haxorus definitely breaks corviknight though

+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Mold Breaker Haxorus Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 305-360 (76.4 - 90.2%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

Even at +1
+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Mold Breaker Haxorus Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 229-270 (57.3 - 67.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
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well a lot of them runs iron defense or bulk up so both of them can't really KO corviknight
without crit
 
Some random guy ya said:
First fini is better than lele defensively beacuse of better bulk and misty surge,lele is more of a wall breaker,psyshock is a good move to use on it,Garchomp is stronger than Haxorus,swords dance plus scale shot can sweep teams,and it can also defeat staple Heatran,the 3rd most used pokemon in the tier,if it get off a scale shot it can out speed non scarf koko,which is most of them since no one runs scarf on koko probably,Lando T is the best and most used pokemon in the tier,so i recommand packing ice beam on a pokemon to defeat it, Registeel isn't that good in OU as a tank,it has great bulk but no recovery besides rest,Blissey,Toxapex,Regenerator Slowking-Galar,Ferrothorn etc outclass it,running Assault Vest on a non regenertor pokemon isn't that great besides a few, Spec Hyper Beam Regieleki really is just bad,hyper beam isn't the greatest move outside gen one really,beside a few occasion where it is good,but it is certainly not a great move on eleki, Cofagrigus isnt a pure bad pokemon,but OU has better physical walls with better typing moves abilities and stats,like Landorus-Therian,Corviknight,Buzzwole, the list goes on,I recommend you check out a pokemon's viability on here https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...ranking-thread-see-page-80-post-1997.3674058/ ,and smogon strategy dex analysis here in https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/,you can also check out some sample teams on forums too.
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I feel like scale shot is much too much of a gamble to use, and then after a few scale shots that leaves me weak to priority moves like grassy glide. Blissey over registeel sounds good. Hyper beam on regieleki is a last resort kind of thing, like if their last pokemon is a ground type, then i click hyper beam. I might try buzzwole
 
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