OU Gravity Spikes

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(Focus Sash)
1. Roserade, Natural Cure, Timid
6 HP/ 252 SpA/ 252 Spe
-Sleep Powder
-Toxic Spikes
-Grass Knot
-Hidden Power (Fire)

Roserade works great as a lead and the combo off Sleep Powder and Toxic Spikes is devastating, but it also has a bite for common leads like Gyarados and Tyranitar with Grass Knot and it covers It's weakness's with HP (Fire) quite well.
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(Leftovers)
2. Dusknoir, Pressure, Relaxed
252 HP/ 252 Def/ 6 SpD
-Gravity
-Earthquake
-Will-O-Wisp
-Pain Split

Dusknoir allows me to hurt Pokemon like Bronzong with my Toxic Spikes and also leaves them vulnerable to Earthquake.
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(Choice Band)
3. Staraptor, Intimidate, Jolly
6 HP/ 252 Atk/ 252 Spe
-Brave Bird
-Close Combat
-U-turn
-Double-Edge

Staraptor is basically my Suicide Sweeper and Scout with It's high speed and attack It's basically guaranteed to take at least one of the other team down.
Gallade2.gif

(Life Orb)
4. Gallade, Syncronize, Jolly
6 HP/ 252 Atk/ 252 Spe
-Swords Dance
-Close Combat
-Ice Punch
-Night Slash

It has a low defense and rather average speed It's god-like attack power more than makes up for it, this thing tears apart Gliscor with Ice Punch and can usually OHKO a bulky Dusknoir with Night Slash.
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(Petaya Berry)
5. Empoleon, Torrent, Modest
12 HP/ 12 Def/ 252 SpA/ 232 Spe
-Agility
-Subsitute
-Grass Knot
-Ice Beam

Speedy special sweeper once Torrent is in action with a pretty decent special defense stat.

I'm not sure what to put in my last slot... Maybe a special wall?
 
Dusknoir allows me to hurt Pokemon like Bronzong with my Toxic Spikes and also leaves them vulnerable to Earthquake.
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First of all, Bronzong isn't affected by Toxic Spikes no matter what.

Your Empoleon is also lacking a STAB move. Surf is probably your best option, and I would replace Grass Knot with it, seeing as TS allows Empoleon to beat Vaporeon by merely stalling with Sub.

You also have no real check for Gyarados (Dusknoir can easily be worn down by switching and sponging attacks due to the lack of a reliable recovery move).

Dusknoir also looks like the only thing on your team that can even think of doing anything to Scizor via Will-o-wisp (Staraptor will be worn down by Brave Bird/Double Edge and Stealth Rocks to the point where CB Scizor will easily be able to defeat it).

A physically defensive Zapdos might fit well on your team because it can keep both Scizor and Gyarados at bay and has a reliable recovery move (which no other members of your team have).

Gravity doesn't look like it will be all that much help to your team anyway. The only things that you are really going to be hitting with Gravity/TS are Zapdos, Gyarados and Salamence (many Latias carry Refresh, so poison won't do too much to stop that), and for the latter two, that just assures them that they can't get burned from your Dusknoir, effectively allowing them to come in on him with impunity. I would drop Gravity completely.

While Gallade does have a higher attack, your team is lacking in speed, so replacing it with a scarfer or something with a priority move would allow you to get revenge kills that you wouldn't otherwise get.
 
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